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The Gordie Howe Hat Trick. You’ve probably already heard of it before. But in case you haven’t, it’s named after the legendary Gordie Howe who was known to be one of the greatest players of all time. He scored goals, dished the puck, and also threw fists unlike no other before or since. Hence, the Gordie Howe Hat Trick - goal, assist and fight. It’s a little more deeper than that, but you get the idea.
According to hockey-reference Penguins game finder, it’s happened 46 times in the franchise’s history. The furthest back G.H.H.T. was from Orest Kindrachuk on October 11, 1980. Since then, 30 players have recorded the feat in the history of the Penguins.
Here’s The Club:
- C - Pat Boutette
12-1-83, MNS, 6-4L
G, A, F (Brian Lawton)
- RW - Matt Bradley
4-4-04, WSH, 4-3W
G, A, F (Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre)
- RW - Rob Brown
10-11-88, WSH, 8-7W
G, 2A, F (No player was penalized for WSH, and Brown was assessed a game misconduct. Sounds ugly.)
*Multiple G.H. Hat Tricks in this game for Pittsburgh
11-23-88, NYR, 8-2W
G, 2A, F (Brian Lawton)
12-27-89, NYR, 7-3W
G, 2A, F (Mark Hardy)
10-25-90, QUE, 6-3W
G, A, F (Everett Sanipass)
- C - Mike Bullard
2-2-83, @CHI, 7-4L
2G, A, F (Denis Savard)
11-20-83, @PHI, 5-4OTL
2G, A, F (Ray Allison)
- LHD - Paul Coffey
1-20-88, @CHI, 8-3W
3G, A, F (Dave Manson)
*Only player in Penguins history to record Hat Trick and G.H. Hat Trick in same game
1-30-88, CHI, 4-2W
G, 2A, F (Troy Murray)
10-11-88, WSH, 8-7W
G, 2A, F (Dale Hunter)
*Multiple G.H. Hat Tricks in this game
12-26-89, @WSH, 6-3L
G, A F (Stephen Leach)
12-18-90, WPG, 9-2W
G, A, F (Doug Evans; Evans recieved two for instigating and Coffey got two for slashing; also Jaromir Jagr and Scott Arniel [VAN] received Misconducts on the play.)
- C - Sidney Crosby
12-20-07, @BOS, 5-4SOW
G, 2A, F (Andrew Ference)
- C - John Cullen
11-14-89, NYR, 6-0W
G, A, F (Kris King)
- LW - Randy Cunneyworth
1-3-87, MTL, 6-3W
2G, A, F (Shayne Corson)
- C - George Ferguson
12-16-81, LAK, 7-6W
G, A, F (Mark Hardy)
- RW - Dan Frawley
3-28-87, @HAR, 5-4L
G, A, F (Scot Kleinendorst)
- C - Paul Gardner
1-17-81, LAK, 5-4W
G, A, F (Jay Wells) (Also received a misconduct, and a game misconduct)
- C - Orest Kindrachuk
10-11-80, WPG, 5-4W
2G, 2A, F (Al Cameron)
- LW - Troy Loney
1-19-85, CHI, 5-4W (GWG with 2:03 remaining in 3rd)
G, A, F (Marc Bergevin)
2-11-90, @PHI, 4-1W (GWG in 1st period)
G, A, F (Jeff Chychrun) (Both players received Game Misconducts)
- C - Evgeni Malkin
5-7-13, @NYI, 6-4L
G, A, F (Travis Hamonic)
*Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals
3-8-17, @WPG, 7-4W
2G (GWG), A, F (Blake Wheeler)
- C - Greg Malone
11-14-82, @BUF, 6-6T
G, A, F (Mike Ramsey)
12-11-82, QUE, 7-4L
2G, A, F (Pierre Aubry)
*Anton, Marian and Peter Stastny combined for six goals and seven assists in the game.
- RHD - Moe Mantha
11-30-85, NYR, 5-4W
G, A, F (Tom Laidlaw)
- LW - Brenden Morrow
4-17-13, MTL, 6-4W
2G, A, F (P.K. Subban)
- C - Ed Olczyk
10-3-97, @CAR, 4-3W
G, A, F (Adam Burt)
- LHD - Pat Price
10-31-81, BUF, 3-1W
G, A, F (Randy Cunneyworth)
- C - Dan Quinn
12-8-88, @PHI, 4-3L
G, A, F (Kerry Huffman)
*Quinn and Huffman both received Game Misconducts, along with three more players on both teams. Both teams combined for 279 PIM (140 for Pittsburgh, 139 for Philadelphia.)
- LW - Gary Rissling
3-6-84, @NJD, 6-5L
G, A, F (Pat Verbeek)
- LHD - Dave Roche
2-27-96, @VAN, 7-4W
G, A, F (Gino Odjick)
- RHD - Michal Rozsival
2-24-02, WSH, 6-2W
G, A, F (Matt Pettinger)
- LW - Craig Simpson
12-12-86, TOR, 8-3W
G, A, F (Jeff Jackson)
- LHD - Jiri Slegr
4-13-00, @WSH, 7-0W
G, A, F (Andrei Nikolishin)
*Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals
- C - Bryan Smolinski
3-7-96, OTT, 5-1W
G, A, F (Randy Cunneyworth)
- LW - Kevin Stevens
3-5-91, VAN, 4-1W
G, A, F (Robert Dirk)
3-28-93, @WSH, 4-1W
G (GWG), A, F (Al Iafrate)
12-28-93, PHI, 4-4T
G, A, F (Garry Galley)
- LHD - Peter Taglianetti
4-3-94, BOS, 6-2W
G, A, F (Brent Hughes)
*Game was played at the Coliseum in Richfield.
- RW - Rick Tocchet
11-17-92, BUF, 4-2W
2G, A, F (Brad May)
11-23-92, @NYR, 5-2W
G, 2A, F (Kris King)
10-23-93, STL, 3-3T
G, A, F (Garth Butcher)
11-6-93, @LAK, 8-3L
G, A, F (Rob Murphy)
- LHD - Zarley Zalapski
3-19-88, PHI, 7-0W
G, 3A, F (Don Nachbaur)
*First career goal, first career fight. Also scored the next night in Philadelphia.