What is a hat trick?

Answer 1

In both field hockey and ice hockey a hat-trick is when a player scores three goals in a game. Although people may consider a hat trick as three goals scored in a row, this is commonly confused with a natural hat trick (below).
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Answer 2

A hat trick is when 1 player scores 3 goals in a game. Hope it Helps!!

Answer 3

A hat trick is when the same player scores 3 goals in a game. A Texas hat trick is when a player scores 4 goals in the same game

Answer 4

Hat Trick is 3 goals by a player. Natural Hat Trick is 3 straight goals by a player.

Answer 5

A hat trick is when a player scores 3 goals in a game. I think that a natural Hat trick is when a player scores 3 goals in a row or when a player scores 4 goals, not really sure. I know that one year when dany heatly was at the all stars he scored a natural hat trick, i think.

Answer 6

3 goals in one game by the same player. It is common for the fans to throw their hats on the ice when this happens. Hence the term hat trick.

Answer 7

A hat trick is when someone scores three goals in a game.

Answer 8

a hat trick is when one player scores three goals in the same game.

Answer 9

A hat trick is when a player scores three goals in a game. Although people may consider a hat trick as three goals scored in a row, this is commonly confused with a natural hat trick (below). The term was brought to ice hockey in the 1940s when Sammy Taft, a Toronto hatter, gave free hats to Maple Leafs players who scored three goals in a game. It is not certain whether he picked up this practice from cricket.

If a member of the home team in ice hockey scores a hat trick, fans acknowledge it by throwing their own hats from the stands onto the ice, often causing a delay in play. This custom was started in Guelph, Ontario when the Guelph Mad Hatters, sponsored by Biltmore Hats. Mr. Biltmore would throw his tophat onto the ice for the player that scored 3 goals. Fans soon followed his lead and offering their hats to the player as well.

In 1996, Florida Panthers fans celebrated goals (not just hat tricks) by throwing plastic rats onto the ice, which were then cleaned up by men dressed in Orkin exterminator outfits. The history of this goes back to an incident in December of 1995, when Scott Mellanby scored what teammate John Vanbiesbrouck dubbed a "rat trick" after ridding the Panthers' locker room at Miami Arena of an unwanted rat with his stick on the same night he scored a pair of goals. When Mellanby scored a hat trick in a later game some fans threw plastic rats on the ice, mimicking the octopus thrown by Detroit Red Wings fans, and the practice soon became universal for Panthers home goals. The NHL later responded by banning the throwing of objects onto the ice by fans at the cost of a penalty for the home team, but specifically allowed the traditional throwing of hats to continue. This has been loosely enforced, however, as witnessed after the Nashville Predators' Paul Kariya scored a hat trick on April 18, 2006: two catfish were thrown on the ice and no penalty was given.

Former Blackhawk Bill Mosienko holds the NHL record for scoring the quickest hat trick. He scored 3 goals in 21 seconds against the New York Rangers on March 23, 1952.

The term natural hat trick (or Nat Trick) refers to when a player scores three goals consecutively in a single game. The goals do not have to happen in the same period.

A player accomplishes a Gordie Howe hat trick by scoring a goal, getting an assist, and participating in a fight, all in the same game. While this description has remained popular, it doesn't satisfy the conditions of a hat trick.

Mario Lemieux once accomplished what was unofficially referred to as a "Mario Lemieux hat trick" in 1993, by receiving radiation treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma the day of the game, and then scoring a goal and an assist that night against the Philadelphia Flyers. He has also recorded a "5-Goal Hat Trick" or the "Ultimate Hat Trick", in which he scored in all five possible game situations in one game. He scored on a Powerplay, shorthanded, even strength, penalty shot and an empty net goal. Calgary Flames star Jarome Iginla came close on February 23, 2003 against the Phoenix Coyotes. He scored on a powerplay, shorthanded, even strength, and empty net goal, but Lemieux is the only player to score the "Ultimate Hat Trick" in NHL history.

Answer 10

A hat-rick is three goals scored in a row