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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - May 24 has been circled on the mind-calendars of Kevin King and Jacob DeSerres for some time now.
Not the actual date, of course. That wasn't set until recently.
It's the occasion that's so important: a Memorial Cup game between the Kootenay Ice and Saint John Sea Dogs.
The overagers are friends from their days growing up in Calgary. They hadn't seen each other for a while after DeSerres left the Western Hockey League to bring his goaltending skills to the Quebec circuit.
"We didn't see each other over Christmas. We're pretty good buddies, so we said if it couldn't be in Calgary, we made our date in Mississauga," said King. "We both held up our end of the bargain and made it here."
DeSerres said it was a regular topic of conversation after they first made the pact in November.
"We kept checking up on it throughout the year, reminding each other that we had it. Here it is."
King said that will make tonight's head-to-head battle all the more special.
"It will be a lot of fun to beat him," King said, with a smile. "There is competition between us. We're best of buddies, but it ? will give me some bragging rights for the summer."
