Category: STARS

Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing a miraculous hat trick, including the overtime game winner in game seven of the second round to send Nathan Mackinnon and the Colorado Avalanche packing, the main question on everyone’s mind was “Who is this Joel Kiviranta kid?”.  The answer to that begins with former Star and current General Manager of the Finnish national team Jere Lehtinen. Apparently still in good contact with those at the forefront of the organization he won the Selke trophy with, Lehtinen alerted the Stars of the then 23 year old Kiviranta, who agreed to sign with the team on...