Brian McGrattan has spent his entire career sending messages.
But even he couldn’t deliver his latest summons without laughing.
“Tell the cow he’s going down,” said the former Flames enforcer.
“I’m not fast, but I want to ‘go’ him.”
On Sunday he’ll get his chance when hockey’s last heavyweight champ takes on The World’s Fastest Cow.
Calgary sports fans who figured they’d seen the last of the popular pugilist after he was demoted by the Flames in 2015 obviously didn’t factor in the competitive nature of the 6-foot-4, 235-pound winger.
While at the Calgary Stampeders home opener on Canada Day with friend and former teammate Matt Stajan, the 34-year-old Calgary resident was struck by the ritualistic 110-yard footrace involving a fan and the stadium’s caped bovine.