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Michael Frolik had dinner plans already set up when the Calgary Flames touched down in Winnipeg on Thursday afternoon.

He and Ondrej Pavelec were meeting at 529 Wellington for steak, on the Winnipeg Jets goaltender’s dime.

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“It’s usually the home guy (that pays),” Frolik was saying with a chuckle as the Flames packed their gear and prepared for quick a one-game road trip to the MTS Centre. “He’s my best buddy. We grew up together … it’s going to be nice to see him and we’ll probably go out for dinner. But it’s going to be exciting for me, too.

“I spent a good two years there, but it’s part of hockey life and I’m just going to take it as another game.”

Friday’s clash against the Jets for Frolik is, for sure, just another game. He’s played 515 of them in the NHL regular season for four different NHL teams.

But he does remember those 163 dates with the Winnipeg Jets, fondly. And the MTS Centre was his most recent home rink until the Flames handed him a five-year, $21.5-million contract on free agency.