Dallas Stars great Jere Lehtinen wore number 26 for 15 seasons, and soon it will officially be his forever.
The Stars announced back in February that Lehtinen’s jersey would be retired as part of celebrations for the team’s 25th anniversary in Dallas. The recently released 2017-18 schedule confirms that Jere Lehtinen Night is Friday, Nov. 24 – the Stars’ traditional post-Thanksgiving game, this year with the Calgary Flames as visitor.
This sort of honor is nothing new for Jere: His number was retired from international competition by Team Finland in 2015, along with those of Saku Koivu and Ville Peltonen, his longtime fellows on the “Huey, Dewey and Louie” Line.