Nate Pavelski is getting plenty of great memories this season.
The 9-year-old son of Joe Pavelski was on the ice at Cotton Bowl Stadium Tuesday skating with his family and friends before the Winter Classic. On Thursday, he was able to get on the ice after practice in full uniform with Stars players, laughing while trying to score a goal in a scramble game. And on Friday, he was the Stars' junior starter of the game, standing on the ice for the National Anthem and then helping hold the silver stick that was presented to his dad for playing in his 1,000th career regular season game in December.
It was a pretty neat week in retrospect.
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