2008-09: Season in Review

  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
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