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Dallas Stars Top 100 Players of All-Time: 20-1

By Tom Dorsa

Apr 16, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Dallas Stars take the ice to face the Minnesota Wild during the first period of game two of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 16, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; The Dallas Stars take the ice to face the Minnesota Wild during the first period of game two of the first round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 8, 2015; Dallas, TX, USA; A general view of inside the American Airlines Center prior to the game between the Dallas Stars and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

#3 – FORWARD, JERE LEHTINEN

Next season, Jere Lehtinen will have his #26 hung to the rafters of the American Airlines Center, joining the four numbers already there. It is well deserved and frankly overdue.

As one of the hardest-working players of his era, Jere Lehtinen consistently wore his opposition down with exceptional three-zone reliability and a nifty touch of skilled offensive instincts.

Six times was Lehtinen a finalist for the Selke Trophy, the award given to the top defensive forward in the NHL, winning it three times (’98, ’99, ’03). As an elite two-way forward, the Espoo, Finland native also took very few penalties, just 210 PIM in 875 games.

Lehtinen played 14 seasons and 875 games in a green and white sweater – scoring 243 goals and 271 assists. Additionally, competing in 102 playoff games, the 1998 NHL All-Star tallied 27 goals and 22 assists.

In the 1999 Playoffs, in which the Dallas Stars captured their only Stanley Cup, Lehtinen played 23 games and scored a postseason-best eight even strength goals (Lehtinen had 10 total).

As the Dallas Stars were the only team the 1992 4th-rounder played for, Lehtinen is 2nd all-time in games played as a Dallas Star (875). Lehtinen was also a four-time Olympic medalist in his hockey career, now serving as general manager of Team Finland in international tournaments.

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