Former Ducks hockey player, Teemu Selanne, center, and Garden Grove Mayor Steven Jones, fourth from right, join other dignitaries as they ceremonially break ground on SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. Selanne is opening a restaurant named Penalty Box at the location. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Former Ducks hockey player, Teemu Selanne during a ceremonially groundbreaking at SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. Selanne is opening a restaurant named Penalty Box at the location. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Former Ducks hockey player, Teemu Selanne signs a construction helmet during they ceremonially groundbreaking of SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. Selanne is opening a restaurant named Penalty Box at the location. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Garden Grove Mayor Steven Jones, left, points out things to former Ducks hockey player, Teemu Selanne, at the future site of SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. At right is Selanne’s business partner, Kevin Pratt. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. Selanne is opening a restaurant named Penalty Box at the location. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Former Ducks hockey player, Teemu Selanne, center, and his business partner, Kevin Pratt, chat with Mayor Steven Jones, left, at the future site of SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. Selanne is opening a restaurant named Penalty Box at the location. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)



Former Ducks hockey player, Teemu Selanne, center, joins Mayor Steven Jones, left, and Police Chief Todd Elgin, join other dignitaries as they ceremonially break ground on SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. Selanne is opening a restaurant named Penalty Box at the location. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Rendering of the future SteelCraft Garden Grove on Monday, Mar 5, 2018. SteelCraft is an outdoor, urban eatery made from shipping containers with multiple restaurant choices. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Ducks’ Teemu Selanne carries the Stanley Cup in 2007 (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Teemu Selanne Right wing 21 games: 5 goals, 10 assists Retired in 2014. Co-owner of a Laguna Beach restaurant. Expected to be included in the Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2017 when it’s announced later this month. Named as one of the NHL’s 100 greatest players in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in January in Los Angeles. Above,The Ducks’ Teemu Selanne celebrates with Ryan Getzlaf after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan / Orange County Register/SCNG)

Former Anaheim Ducks great Teemu Selanne signs an autograph at the end of the Ducks’ 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game Two of Western Conference Finals during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on Sunday, May 14, 2017. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)









A second restaurant for hockey hall of famer Teemu Selanne? Not sure if he’s going for a hat trick but when the SteelCraft Garden Grove broke ground on Monday, March 5, his new concept, Teemu Selanne Presents The Penalty Box, appeared on the list of tenants.

Slated to open in this fall, it will be much more casual than his Selanne Steak Tavern in Laguna Beach which was a winner in The Register’s Best of Orange County’s “Romantic” and “Splurge” categories. Apparently the Finnish Flash, longtime forward for the Anaheim Ducks, enjoys the dining business. “I really like talking with our customers and seeing how the kitchen and restaurant operations work,” he said.

The counter service eatery is a kitchen housed in a 40-by-8-foot cube cargo container. Part of a collection of cargo containers, it’s joining an unconventional food hall with communal seating.

SteelCraft Garden Grove is the second shipping container development for partners Howard CDM and SteelCraft. The two Long Beach companies developed and opened SteelCraft Long Beach in early 2017.

Other tenants include Beachwood Brewing Company, Dark Horse Coffee Roasters, Renegade Taco, The Chick ‘N Shack, The Nest, Urban Pie Pizzeria, Honey and Butter Macarons and Cauldron Ice Cream.

The theme of the restaurant perfectly suits the Olympic medalist with fare that celebrates the game: pucks (burgers, a blend of short rib, sirloin and Wagyu beef), sticks (Kobe and all-beef hot dogs) and twigs (fries). Selanne Steak Tavern chef Josh Severson will oversee the menu, which includes draft and bottled sodas, shakes blended with house-made ice cream and some “secret” items.

It’s an ideal fit even though the opportunity came completely by chance, according to Selanne’s business partner Kevin Pratt. “A friend of mine worked with SteelCraft’s founder Kim Gros, which is how we all met. We looked at the project and liked the idea of an open-air, communal dining experience. The burger concept was inspired by the popularity of our Flash Burger at Selanne Steak Tavern.”

Although it’s still too early to know whether The Penalty Box will be able to host watch parties and special events, the restaurant will definitely be a hockey hangout for fans as well as players, Selanne says. “The guys know they are always welcomed at Selanne Steak Tavern and now at The Penalty Box too!”