A Chicago cancer survivor who realized life is too short ventured to see a match-up at all 124 major stadiums and arenas in North America — and set his final stop as an Islanders hockey game over the weekend.

Then he discovered something else extraordinarily special about the date.

Ashvin Lad,. 51, told The Post he picked Saturday’s afternoon showdown between the Long Island team and the St. Louis Blues because he liked the date of 11/22 as a “numbers nerd” — only to later learn the Islanders were celebrating a Hockey Fights Cancer event at it.

“It brings that whole post-cancer journey full circle,” said Lad, who sat with a handful of “Club 124” members at the game to celebrate his conquest.

It had been a long road for the testicular cancer survivor.

“Before Dec. 31, 1999, I just ha

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