(Credit: Ross Bonander/Texas Stars) All the dominoes were falling into place for a young Curtis McKenzie to have a long NHL career as the best rookie on the Calder Cup winning Texas Stars in 2014. A cherry on top, McKenzie won the Dudley Garrett Memorial Award, given out to the most outstanding rookie in the American Hockey League, joining the ranks of Hockey Hall of Famers Brett Hull and Ron Hextall. But in an all too common occurrence in professional hockey, the hard part is not getting to “the show” — it's staying there when you make it. After suiting up in 99 NHL games, at 36, McKenzie is back in the AHL. The young hotshot forward from British Columbia has become the “old man” in the locker room with the captain’s C above his heart. The once-perfect brown beard is now starting to sprinkle with gray whiskers. His brown eyes are seasoned, and the laugh lines around his cheeks have seemingly grown deeper since that first game in October. The date and time on the giant video board ...