Flying cross-country is nothing new to the Anaheim Ducks.
So their four-plus hour flight to Ottawa on Thursday was quite familiar to the NHL's southwestern-most team that features only three opponents located within its Pacific time zone.
Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle followed the team's regular plan by having his players sleep at home before flying out at 10 a.m.
"It's kind of like we get into this routine, and it's a routine that you start not just for the playoffs but that you start in September," Carlyle said. "And the number of miles that we put on, it's the nature of our business."
The flight to Ottawa was just a little longer than Anaheim's two trips to Detroit in the West finals.