Rantanen won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche. He grew up and matured into a superstar with the Avalanche. While he's officially in a new phase of his career, you'll forgive him for feeling a little bittersweet about burying guys he used to enter grueling hockey battles with all the time. You don't just forget those kinds of memories.

Community Food Bank of Fort Worth will be the recipient of the hats from Rantanen’s hat trick, according to the Dallas Stars Foundation. The food bank distributes food to 400-800 families per day and serves over 5,000 families with special holiday meals, toys and bikes during November and December.

DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen carried the Dallas Stars past his former team in the first round of the NHL playoffs, punctuated with a hat trick that was part of his historic four-point third period in Game 7.