When the buzzer sounds on Game 80, Brent Krahn’s first season of professional hockey is officially complete.



And what a ride 2003-04 has been for the Calgary Flames’ blue-chip prospect — up and down the minor-league ladder, stopping pucks for ECHL Las Vegas and AHL Lowell, before being loaned out to Florida’s farm club in San Antonio.



Now, following the regular season finale — a 4-3 decision on April 11 over the visiting Grand Rapids Griffins — comes a breather. Summer ahoy.



But before Krahn can even make it out of the rink, he is buttonholed by Florida’s director of player development, Duane Sutter, who relays to the kid the non-negotiable marching orders.



Fly from San Antonio to Las Vegas. Collect your stray belongings. Drive your truck to Calgary. Report to the Saddledome. Practise with the Flames. Serve as their third goalie.



Understood?



“I’m like, ‘OK,...