FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen is leaning on the doorway into the Stars' dressing room, when his 3-year-old son walks into the room.
Lehtonen stops a sentence mid-thought and turns his attention to his boy -- a mop of red hair wearing a white Stars jersey and a tiny pair of black untied Chuck Taylors. His name, Mikko, is printed on the back with his dad's familiar No. 32 in big numbers on the back.
"Hey, buddy," Lehtonen says, greeting his son.
Mikko points to the hockey game on the television across the room.