BOSTON — Mark Jankowski had news.
Big news.
At the other end of the line, Rosemary Jankowski had questions.
“She couldn’t believe it,” Jankowski said of a chat with his mother, his first call after a dream-come-true summons to join the Calgary Flames. “She kept saying, ‘Don’t mess with me, don’t mess with me. Is this serious??!’ And I was like, ‘Yeah.’ She was pretty emotional.”
Jankowski and his Stockton Heat teammates had just arrived by bus Thursday in Tucson, Ariz., when the 22-year-old centre received word that his travel was far from over.
He scrambled to catch a flight to Dallas and then boarded another bird to Boston, where the Flames were preparing for Friday’s date with the Bruins.