Did He GHHT? Mike Gartner

  Of course he did.  He played in the 1980s.  Everybody who was anybody GHHTed in the 1980s, even Wayne Gretzky.  Mike Gartner had three Gordie Howe Hat Tricks in his career.  Gartner had career 18 NHL fights, 8 of them were against the Flyers.  He also racked up fighting majors against Rob Ray and Tiger Williams.

Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	Opponent
15/01/1980	WSH	@	PHI	L	1	1	2	5	Andre Dupont
06/02/1982	WSH	@	PIT	W	1	1	2	9	Greg Malone
17/01/1985	WSH		PIT	W	1	1	2	7	Mitch Lamoureux

Team GHHTs: Kansas City Scouts

  The Kansas City Scouts only played two seasons in the NHL before moving to Colorado to become the Rockies.  During those two seasons, the team accumulated three Gordie Howe Hat Tricks.  The first being by Dave Hudson, a natural trick, last period of the last game of the 1974-75 season.  In comparison, the team only had one three goal hat trick during its existence, which was by Wilf Paiement, in an epic (for Scouts fans) win versus the Montreal Canadiens.  The Scouts would finish their time in Kansas with a 16 game winless streak, then they won a game... and then they finished with a 27 game winless streak.

Date	Player	D		VS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Opponent
06/04/1975	Dave Hudson	L		STL	1	1	2	5	Bob Plager
07/02/1976	Wilf Paiement	W	@	WSH	1	1	2	7	Nelson Pyatt
22/02/1976	Steve Durbano	L		MNS	1	1	2	7	Dave Cressman

Guess which one of these guys was a convicted pimp and a cocaine smuggler?

Career GHHTs: Wilf Pairment

  Wilf Paiement was a Gordie Howe Hat Trick machine.  Racking up 16 career Gordie Howe Hat Tricks, including one during the play-offs in 1982.  He had a GHHT with five different teams, a possible record.  His most prolific days were with the Quebec Nordiques, including five during the 1984-85 season.  In that season he had back-to-back GHHTs and also twice against Torrie Robertson.

Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	Opponent
07/02/1976	KCS	@	Wsh	W	1	1	2	7	Nelson Pyatt
01/04/1977	CLR		VAN	W	1	1	2	7	Jack McIlhargey
21/10/1978	CLR	@	STL	W	1	1	2	5	Brian Sutter
27/02/1979	CLR	@	BOS	W	1	1	2	5	Bob Miller
05/01/1980	TOR		QUE	L	1	1	2	7	Barry Legge
02/02/1980	TOR		CBH	L	1	2	3	7	John Marks
09/11/1980	TOR	@	WPG	W	2	1	3	7	Morris Lukowich
01/05/1982	QUE		NYI	L	1	2	3	9	Bob Nystrom
27/03/1983	QUE	@	BUF	T	2	1	3	11	Paul Cyr
02/01/1985	QUE		HAR	W	1	1	2	7	Torrie Robertson
04/01/1985	QUE	@	WSH	W	2	1	3	5	Alan Haworth
16/02/1985	QUE	@	PIT	W	1	3	4	17	Gary Rissling (No Fight major)
13/03/1985	QUE		MIN	W	1	1	2	7	Gordie Roberts
07/04/1985	QUE		HAR	W	1	1	2	22	Torrie Robertson (x2)
13/11/1985	QUE	@	CBH	L	1	1	2	5	Jerry Dupont
08/02/1987	BUF	@	CBH	W	1	2	3	7	Dave Donnelly

Career GHHTs: Chris Pronger

  Chris Pronger has been in the news of late, being hired by the NHL Department of Player Safety.  Pronger had a reputation as a player as being on mean SOB on the ice.  So you figure, he racked up a couple of GHHTs in his career.  Well, your figuring be wrong.  Chris Pronger has zero official career Gordie Howe Hat Tricks.  Yes, I was surprised by this as well.  He came close twice, having a goal and an assist while being involved in a line brawl.  On April 16, 1998, Pronger wrestled with Gary Galley during a line brawl, and was accessed with a roughing minor and a 10 minute misconduct.  The year before, in a play-off game versus the Detroit Red Wings, Pronger was a bit more active during a line brawl but once again never earned a fighting major.  Pronger got tied up Tomas Sandstrom at centre ice.  Check out the video below, at around 1:10 for Pronger. 

  Mr. Pronger, how many games suspension do you give yourself?  Here's a higher quality replay of the punch.  Over his career Pronger had 21 fighting majors, but never had a Gordie Howe Hat Trick. 

2012-13: Season in Review

  This blog has not been updated lately.  I haven't check in a while either to see if there was another
blog or site dedicated to Gordie Howe Hat Tricks.  If there is, leave a note in the comments.
  In a lockout shortened 2012-13, there were 10 GHHTs including one during the playoffs.  Four players earned their first, while Brenden Morrow notched his sixth in his career.  The league leader was Wayne Simmons who had a busy week in February, grabbing two in three games.  Brenden Dillion scored his first career goal then same game he earned his first GHHT.  Teams were 10-1 when a player had a GHHT, with the one loss being Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins in the first round of the playoffs.

Player	Pos	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	TOI	#
Evgeni Malkin	C	07/05/2013	PIT	@	NYI	L	1	1	2	9	21:05	1
Brenden Morrow	LW	17/04/2013	PIT		MTL	W	2	1	3	7	14:03	6
Ryan Whitney	D	03/04/2013	EDM	@	CGY	W	1	1	2	5	18:27	1
Nathan Horton	RW	16/03/2013	BOS		WSH	W	1	2	3	5	12:39	2
Wayne Simmonds	RW	23/02/2013	PHI		WPG	W	1	1	2	5	12:47	3
Jamie Benn	LW	23/02/2013	DAL		SJS	W	1	1	2	5	18:35	1
Derek Dorsett	RW	21/02/2013	CBJ	@	DET	W	1	1	2	9	16:05	1
Wayne Simmonds	RW	20/02/2013	PHI	@	PIT	W	2	1	3	5	11:43	2
Mike Richards	C	05/02/2013	LAK	@	CBJ	W	1	1	2	19	10:55	3
Brenden Dillon	D	01/02/2013	DAL		PHX	W	1	1	2	7	18:45	1

Career GHHTs - Bill Guerin

  Bill Guerin was one of the NHL's top power forward during his 18 year career.  He could score and he could drop the mitts. By the end of his career, he had 429 goals, 856 points and 1660 PIM.  Over his career, Guerin would rack up four Gordie Howe Hat Tricks.  He was a fight shy of getting a double Gordie in a game against the Mighty Ducks of Anahiem in 2002.

Rk	Age	Pos	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	S	S%
1	24-358	RW	02/11/1995	NJD	@	SJS	T	1	1	2	1	14	1	0	0	3	33.3
2	29-101	RW	18/02/2000	EDM	@	CGY	L	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	1	100
3	30-093	RW	10/02/2001	BOS		TBL	W	1	1	2	1	23	0	1	0	2	50
4	31-336	RW	11/10/2002	DAL		MDA	W	2	2	4	2	7	1	1	0	4	50

2012-13 GHT: Nathan Horton

 Nathan Horton grabbed his second career Gordie Howe Hat Trick.  His first came in the 2011 Play-off versus the Philadelphia Flyers.  This GHT came against the Washington Capitals on March 16th, 2013.  Horton scored the first goal of the game, collected two assists and had a scrap with Capitals tough guy, Matt Hendricks.