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Gordie Howe hat trick

noun

Etymology

From Gordie Howe + hat trick. Named for Gordie Howe (1928–2016), considered one of the all-time best ice hockey players, but known for his tendency to fight.

  1. derived from *dreg-✻
  2. derived from *trakjaną✻
  3. derived from trekken
  4. derived from treck
  5. derived from tricor
  6. derived from tricāre
  7. derived from *triccāre✻
  8. derived from trechen
  9. derived from trique
  10. inherited from trikke
  11. compounded as hat trick — “hat + trick”

Definitions

  1. The triple achievement of a goal, an assist for a goal, and participation in a fight,…

    The triple achievement of a goal, an assist for a goal, and participation in a fight, within a single game.

    • "Basil got a ‘Gordie Howe hat trick’," Dave Gagner said. "He scored a goal, got an assist on the winner and got into a fight. A hell of a fight!"
    • "Last February against Anaheim," Severyn said . . . "I got a Gordie Howe hat trick that night. You know, a goal, a fight and an assist."
    • The assist came in the first period. . . . The goal came later in the first. . . . Then in the third, to complete the Gordie Howe hat trick, the fight just happened, said Milan Lucic.

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