Tyler Parsons saw his junior hockey career come to an end in abrupt fashion, a 5-4 overtime loss in Game 7 of the second round of Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
The next thing he knew, the 19-year-old Calgary Flames goaltending prospect was en route to California from London, Ont., and cruising over the Golden Gate bridge into the San Francisco airport. A few hours after that, he was in Stockton and getting ready to join the American Hockey League playoff-bound Heat.
In other words, the reflection of a three-year stint with the London Knights — which included 17 straight wins en route to a Memorial Cup victory in 2016 and a World Junior gold medal this past winter — hasn’t exactly happened yet.