No matter what happens to the Dallas Stars in the rest of their postseason journey, rookie Joel Kiviranta completing a hat trick to win Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals -- in a game he wasn't even supposed to appear in -- is now a hockey fairy tale.
Kiviranta scored his third goal of the game at 7 minutes, 24 seconds of overtime to give the Stars a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche, sending them to the Western Conference Final for the first time in 12 years.
"We had a secret Finnish weapon over here," Stars captain Jamie Benn said.