The 2008-09 season had 20 Gordie Howe Hat Tricks. Corey Perry had two GHTs, one in the regular season and one in the play-offs. Fourteen players had their first career GHT. Brent Seabrook capped off his first career GHT by scoring the game winner in overtime. Teams who had a player go Gordie won 80% of their games. In one of the losses, the Toronto Maple Leafs had two players, Jamal Mayers and Luke Schenn both get a Gordie Howe Hat Trick, but the Leafs still lost the game, 8-5 vs the Philadelphia Flyers. There were 69 three goal Hat Tricks in the NHL in 2008-09.
| Player | Date | Tm | | Opp | | Player | Date | Tm | | Opp |
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| Corey Perry | 12/05/2009 | ANA | | DET | | Mike Comrie | 29/12/2008 | NYI | @ | NYR |
| Ryan Getzlaf | 27/04/2009 | ANA | | SJS | | Jamie Langenbrunner | 12/12/2008 | NJD | | NYR |
| Luke Schenn | 03/04/2009 | TOR | @ | PHI | | Maxim Lapierre | 04/12/2008 | MTL | | NYR |
| Jamal Mayers | 03/04/2009 | TOR | @ | PHI | | Shawn Horcoff | 29/11/2008 | EDM | @ | STL |
| Zdeno Chara | 31/03/2009 | BOS | | TBL | | Brandon Dubinsky | 24/11/2008 | NYR | | PHX |
| Brent Seabrook | 27/03/2009 | CHI | | NJD | | Troy Brouwer | 09/11/2008 | CHI | | CGY |
| Paul Gaustad | 27/03/2009 | BUF | | TOR | | Ryane Clowe | 04/11/2008 | SJS | | MIN |
| Shea Weber | 28/02/2009 | NSH | | DET | | Corey Perry | 25/10/2008 | ANA | @ | MTL |
| David Clarkson | 28/02/2009 | NJD | | FLA | | Ian Laperriere | 23/10/2008 | COL | | EDM |
| Chris Stewart | 21/01/2009 | COL | | LAK | | Jarome Iginla | 14/10/2008 | CGY | | COL |
The 2008-09 season had 20 Gordie Howe Hat Tricks. Corey Perry had two GHTs, one in the regular season and one in the play-offs. Fourteen players had their first career GHT. Brent Seabrook capped off his first career GHT by scoring the game winner in overtime. Teams who had a player go Gordie won 80% of their games. In one of the losses, the Toronto Maple Leafs had two players, Jamal Mayers and Luke Schenn both get a Gordie Howe Hat Trick, but the Leafs still lost the game, 8-5 vs the Philadelphia Flyers. There were 69 three goal Hat Tricks in the NHL in 2008-09.