The two men stand close by in the 44-year-old picture, with Perry Kane second from the left in the back row, Kevin Marchand second from the left in the middle row. Their jerseys bear the logo of the Dartmouth Arrows, the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League team they each played for in 1981, long before either one thought about the turns their lives would take, including their future children.

Seven years later, Brad Marchand was born.

Three years after that, Evander Kane .

Perry and Kevin’s lives wouldn’t intersect much after that single year they shared the ice. Marchand raised his kids in Halifax, while Kane headed across the country to Vancouver. But they have this week, as Brad Marchand and Evander Kane’s teams, the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers, battle for the Stanley Cup,

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