Quote (eagleANTH @ Aug 24 2010 09:42am)
niccccccccccccce in canada they call this one a hat trick. any idea as to why?
nice hockey reference!!! haha
to answer your question...
In sport, a hat-trick (or hat trick) means to achieve a positive feat in the sport three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes[1]. For instance in association football or ice hockey a player might score three goals, whilst in cricket a bowler might take three wickets in three deliveries.
The term was first used in cricket, to describe HH Stephenson's feat in 1858[2] and was used in print for the first time in 1878.[3]
This post was edited by Snickrz on Aug 24 2010 11:19am