Gordie Howe Hattrick

The Gordie Howe hat trick is a mostly -used in North American language term from the sport of ice hockey.

Under a Gordie Howe hat trick refers to the feat, to be recorded in one game each have a gate, a template and a fight that is punishable by at least a five-minute time penalty. This particular type of hat tricks, which does not have much to do with its actual meaning, is named after the legendary NHL and WHA player Gordie Howe, to score during his time as an active player both for his skills as well as for its hardness known had. Howe even managed the feat in his career, twice, on 11 October 1953 at his Detroit Red Wings game against the Toronto Maple Leafs and on March 21, 1954 against the Montreal Canadiens. The first historically mentioned Hattrick posted Harry Cameron on Boxing Day 1917.

Hat-tricks of this kind are not listed in any official statistics. The San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators and Ottawa Senators of the NHL are the only teams that keep records. Current record holder in the statistics is Brendan Shanahan, who in the course of his career was able to record 17 Gordie Howe hat tricks.