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By Anna Kulesa
@akulesa_ NHL.com Staff Writer

From one Finnish hockey star to another.

Teemu Selanne congratulated Mikko Rantanen on his 50th goal this season by posting a throwback picture of them on his Twitter account.
"50 goals and counting…Congrats Mikko Rantanen, I might know where you got the magic touch," Selanne wrote alongside a photo with the Colorado Avalanche forward as a child.

Rantanen scored his 50th goal of the season in the first period of the Avalanche's 6-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. He became the first Finnish player to reach the 50-goal mark since Selanne achieved the milestone in 1998.
The Avalanche forward scored two more goals in the second period for his third hat trick of the season.

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