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Kari Lehtonen Robs Brent Seabrook With Amazing Glove Save (Video)

Kari Lehtonen has been a wonderful addition to the Dallas Stars roster and is a big part of why the team is currently at the top of the NHL's Pacific Division. On Friday, during Dallas' 4-3 shootout win against the struggling Chicago Blackhawks, Lehtonen helped to keep his team in the game with a ridiculous glove save...

Marc Crawford Mellows, Finds Success Coaching in Dallas

He's cool, calm and collected -- and his team is winning on a regular basis. Meet the changed Marc Crawford. The old-school coach with the new attitude is helping the Dallas Stars contend for first place in the Western Conference. After being fired in Vancouver and Los Angeles, Crawford says he "probably figured a little...

Kari Lehtonen Stops Jack Johnson Penalty Shot In Final Minute (Video)

The addition of the shootout to the NHL has taken some of the excitement away from the penalty shot, simply because we see a number of these attempts on a nightly basis. It's just not as rare to see a skater and a goaltender go one-on-one with each other -- we see it every single night across the league. Still, when a...

Viktor Stalberg Penalty Shot Hits All 3 Posts: Video

Penalty shots were not kind to shooters on Wednesday night. First, we had Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos blowing the proverbial tire on his attempt in Pittsburgh, and then we had Chicago's Viktor Stalberg redefining what it means to have bad luck on the ice. With the Blackhawks and Stars tied, 2-2, in the...

James Neal, Matt Niskanen Agree To Terms With Dallas Stars

Just a day before the team was set to open training camp, the Dallas Stars made sure all of their players were under contract by agreeing to two-year deals with forward James Neal and defenseman Matt Niskanen. Neal is clearly the big one, as he is one of the clubs best young forwards and a building block going forward. His...

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05/16/12 Stars' Lehtonen out 2-3 weeks with knee injury Source: ESPN Dallas Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen suffered a minor knee injury playing for Finland at the world hockey championships and will be sidelined two to three weeks, according to Stars goaltending coach Mike Valley.
05/13/12 U.S. reaches World Hockey quarterfinals Source: WTGN TV - Chicago IL Jimmy Howard made 18 saves and the United States took down Finland, 5-0, on Sunday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals at the 2012 World Championship.
05/09/12 Finnish Lions find scoring touch against Switzerland Source: Helsingin Sanomat - Finland A pair of goals apiece from Jarkko Immonen and Valtteri Filppula and a solid performance between the posts from Kari Lehtonen saw Finland home 5-2 against Switzerland in their third game in the IIHF World Championships on Tuesday evening and maintained their 100% record in the tournament so far.

Background on kari lehtonen

Kari Lehtonen (born November 16, 1983) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected second overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, becoming the highest-drafted European goaltender as well as the highest Finnish player ever in NHL history.

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