- Mark Jankowski took the Stanley Cup through his hometown of Dundas, Ontario on a fire truck and a limo bus
- Hundreds lined up at Dundas Driving Park to see the Cup and the first-time champion
- Read below for Jankowski’s speech, his Lucky Charms breakfast and the rest of the day
Mark Jankowski gave the Stanley Cup a tour of Dundas, Ontario, and he did not travel light.
The Carolina Hurricanes forward rode through his hometown with the trophy on Tuesday, first on a fire truck and then aboard a limo bus, per NHL.com. Friends and family cheered him on as he climbed aboard with the Cup in his arms.
Fans got their turn at Dundas Driving Park later that day. The Cup arrived at noon, and hundreds of people were already waiting in a line that kept growing, according to CHCH.
Jankowski spoke to the crowd before the photo line started.
“Dundas has always been a big part of me. I grew up here, had my childhood, it’s where I learned to skate, where I learned to first play hockey. And now I get to bring this big metal jug here.”
Wednesday morning was a lot quieter. Jankowski ate Lucky Charms out of the bowl, let the family dogs sniff around it, then carried it out to a fence in Carlisle to introduce hockey’s oldest trophy to a couple of horses.
Take a look at how Keeper of the Cup Philip Pritchard documented breakfast:
Getting here took a while. Calgary drafted Jankowski 21st overall in 2012 and he gave the Flames four seasons, then bounced through Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Nashville before Carolina brought him in during 2025.
His first championship came at 31, in his 10th NHL season. Jankowski posted 21 points in 68 regular season games and chipped in five more over 19 playoff games out of Carolina’s bottom six.
He also sat down with CHCH’s Sportsline to walk through the win and the road that got him there:
Carolina’s champions have scattered all over the map since June. Sebastian Aho got a rock star welcome in Oulu, Jackson Blake pulled 1,300 people to a lake in Eden Prairie, and Jankowski needed a fire truck, a limo bus and two dogs to get through his.
