Mask History
- While playing for the AHL's Chicago Wolves, the Hamburglar was featured on his skullcap, an homage to the nickname he received shortly after arriving from Finland, and becoming enamoured with McDonald's hamburgers.
- He had a depiction of rapper Lil Jon, who is an avid Thrashers fan, on his skullcap.
- In the past, Lehtonen has worn helmets featuring characters Yuna and Rikku from the video game Final Fantasy X-2, as well as Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu's characters from Kill Bill. Lehtonen, however, is not a video game fanatic; "I've never played it, but I saw a couple of commercials about the game and just thought it looked awesome."
- He also had a mask made featuring Optimus Prime from Transformers, which was never worn in a game, only in pre-game warm ups.
- He also wore a mask that showed a depiction of Heath Ledger's Joker character from The Dark Knight, with a stylized ATL featured on the other side.
- His first mask for the Dallas Stars depicted Clint Eastwood's character from the movie "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
- His second mask for the Dallas Stars features Chuck Norris.
- His current mask for the Dallas Stars features characters and scenes from the movie "Tombstone."
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