TSN’s ace insider, Bob McKenzie, has north of 1.5-million followers on the social-media machine that is Twitter.
So when @TSNBobMcKenzie mentions you on his timeline, you find out fast.
“That was pretty special,” admitted Calgary’s Cale Makar, a blue-chip blue-liner for the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Brooks Bandits and a guy who won’t be squirming in his seat for long before hearing his name called at the 2017 NHL Draft.
“I had lots of family and friends and cousins going, ‘Holy cow, Bob McKenzie just mentioned you!’ It was definitely pretty cool. I think that’s when you kind of realize that you’re starting to be recognized out of the AJHL.