The Origin Of The Hat Trick
Sammy Taft ran a hat shop in downtown Toronto that gave out free hats to any NHL player that scored a three goals in one game at Maple Leaf Gardens.
The term “hat trick” first made its way into newspapers to describe a hockey player scoring three goals in one game in the 1930s and 1940s.
However, Sammy Taft is the man who some would say officially coined the term, "hat trick," when he started giving NHL pl…
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