Season in Review: 2015-16

  2015-16 was a slow season for Gordie Howe Hat Tricks.  There were a total of seven.  The previous low total I had researched was 10 in 2012-13, a lock-out shortened season..  Compared to 2014-15, fights per game was down to 0.28 from 0.32 and goals per game down to 2.71 from 2.73.  So this was more a case of the stars not aligning for the GHHTs this year.  Of note, Chris Neil notched his fourth career GHHT while playing in 900th career game.  Alex Petrovic recorded a pair of Hat Tricks on February 9, 2006.  One was the Gordie Howe Hat Trick, another was for fighting the same opponent, Evander Kane, three times during the same game.

Rk	Player	Age	Pos	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	#		Opp
1	Chris Neil	36	RW	2015-10-22	OTT		NJD	L-SO	1	1	2	7	4	AGF	Jordin Tootoo
2	Justin Abdelkader	28	LW	2015-12-01	DET		BUF	W	2	1	3	7	1	GAF	Josh Gorges
3	David Backes	31	C	2015-12-12	STL		DAL	W	1	1	2	5	1	GFA	Jamie Benn
4	Alex Petrovic	23	D	2016-02-09	FLA	@	BUF	W	1	1	2	29	1	FAG	Evander Kane (x3)
5	Antoine Roussel	26	LW	2016-02-20	DAL		BOS	L	1	1	2	5	1	GAF	Adam McQuaid
6	Sergey Kalinin	24	C	2016-02-23	NJD		NYR	W	1	1	2	5	1	AFG	J.T. Miller
7	Brent Burns	30	D	2016-03-07	SJS	@	CGY	W	1	1	2	9	2	GFA	Garnet Hathaway