Season in Review; 1980-81

   There were 49 regular season Gordie Howe Hat Tricks plus another 13 during the play-offs in 1980-81.  Bob Bourne, Tim Higgins, Rick Middleton, Dave Taylor and Ryan Walter each had two during the regular season.  Rick Middleton was a finalist for the Lady Byng in 1980-81 and had a total of 16 PIM.  Tim Higgins had two in three games.  Dave Taylor had both of his against the Colorado Rockies.  Brian Sutter had two during the play-offs, both during a five game series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Ron Flockhart and Michel Galarneau scored their first career goal during their GHHT.  During the play-offs, on April 9, 1981, the Boston Bruins and Minnesota North Stars combined for three GHHTs, with Brad Maxwell and Bobby Smith of the Stars, along with Brad Park of the Bruins notching GHHTs.  Park and Smith fought each other during the game.  It was the only time in 1980-81, players earning a GHHT had the fight against each other in the same game.  In another play-off game, Michel Goulet and Peter Stastny both each had a natural GHHT during the third period.  In that game, the Quebec Nordiques beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0. The Detroit Red Wings were the only team without a GHHT, while the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks were the only teams without a GHHT against them.  The record of teams with a GHHT was 47-12-3, for a .782 win percentage.

Player	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	Opponent	Order
Rick Middleton	09/10/1980	Bos		NYR	W	1	1	2	7	Mario Marios	GAF
Anders Hedberg	11/10/1980	NYR	@	Tor	W	1	3	4	7	Laurie Boachman	GFA
Orest Kindrachuk	11/10/1980	Pit		Win	W	2	2	4	7	Al Cameron	GFA
Dave Taylor	18/10/1980	LAK		Clr	W	1	1	2	5	Merlin Malinowski	GAF
Laurie Boschman	18/10/1980	Tor		Phi	W	1	2	3	20	Paul Holmgrem	GAF
Ryan Walter	19/10/1980	Wsh	@	Chi	L	2	1	3	5	Dave Hutchinson	AFG
Dan Geoffrion	31/10/1980	Win		Pit	L	1	1	2	7	Mike Bullard	AGF
Wilf Paiement	09/11/1980	Tor	@	Win	W	2	1	3	7	Morris Lukowich	GFA
Paul Coffey	16/11/1980	Edm	@	Chi	W	1	1	2	7	Rich Preston	AFG
Tom Rowe	16/11/1980	Har	@	NYR	L	1	1	2	7	Dave Maloney	GAF
Glen Sharpley	19/11/1980	Min	@	Pit	W	1	1	2	5	Ross Lonsberry	GFA
Ted Bulley	22/11/1980	Chi	@	Min	W	1	1	2	5	Paul Shmyr	GAF
Michel Galarneau	28/11/1980	Har		Edm	W	1	2	3	5	John Hughes	AFG
Danny Gare	30/11/1980	Buf		Clr	W	1	1	2	5	Rob Ramage	GFA
Perry Turnbull	02/12/1980	Stl		Que	W	1	1	2	17	John Wensink	AFG
Rick Vaive	06/12/1980	Tor		Que	W	1	1	2	7	Normand Rochefort	FAG
Rob Ramage	06/12/1980	Clr	@	Wsh	L	1	1	2	7	Paul Mulvey	GFA
Bob Kelly	07/12/1980	Wsh	@	Bos	L	1	1	2	5	Al Secord	GFA
Larry Patey	13/12/1980	Stl		Clr	W	1	1	2	5	Rob Ramage	GAF
Denis Maruk	21/12/1980	Wsh	@	Phi	W	1	1	2	25	Frank Bathe	GAF
Jean Pronovost	21/12/1980	Wsh	@	Phi	W	2	1	3	25	Bill Barber	AGF
Mario Trembley	27/12/1980	Mtl		Wsh	W	1	1	2	11	Jim McTaggert	GAF
Tiger Williams	28/12/1980	Van		Stl	L	1	1	2	5	Wayne Babych	GAF
Tom McCarthy	30/12/1980	Min		Phi	W	1	2	3	5	Bob Dailey	GAF
Paul Holmgrem	04/01/1981	Phi	@	Wsh	W	1	1	2	7	Yvon Labre	AGF
Pat Boutette	10/01/1981	Har	@	Win	W	1	1	2	7	Dave Babych	FAG
Eric Vail	15/01/1981	Cal		Det	W	1	2	3	5	Willie Huber	AGF
Tim Higgins	15/01/1981	Chi		Bos	W	1	1	2	11	Brad McCrimmon	GFA
Blair Chapman	17/01/1981	Stl		Edm	W	1	1	2	5	Dave Hunter	GAF
Paul Gardner	17/01/1981	Pit		LAK	W	1	1	2	25	Jay Wells	AFG
Tim Higgins	18/01/1981	Chi		Que	W	1	1	2	7	Andre Dupont	FAG
Al Secord	22/01/1981	Chi		Mtl	W	2	1	3	7	Chris Nilan	AFG
Terry Martin	22/01/1981	Tor	@	LAK	T	1	1	2	5	Jay Wells	GAF
Keith Crowder	26/01/1981	Bos		Clr	W	1	1	2	5	Ed Cooper	AGF
Doug Lecuyer	29/01/1981	Win	@	Bos	L	1	1	2	5	Brad Park	AGF
Peter Stastny	07/02/1981	Que		Phi	W	1	1	2	7	Mel Bridgman	AGF
Larry Robinson	14/02/1981	Mtl		Wsh	W	1	2	3	19	Alan Hangsleben	AGF
Ken Houston	25/02/1981	Cal		NYI	W	1	1	2	7	Clark Gillies	AFG
Ray Bourque	26/02/1981	Bos		Min	W	1	1	3	7	Al MacAdam	FAG
Rick Middleton	26/02/1981	Bos		Min	W	2	1	3	5	Ron Zanussi	GFA
Darren Veitch	28/02/1981	Wsh	@	Stl	L	1	1	2	5	Brian Sutter	AFG
Ron Flockhart	28/02/1981	Phi	@	Min	W	1	1	2	9	Al MacAdam	GFA
Mark Messier	04/03/1981	Edm	@	NYR	T	2	1	3	5	Chris Kotsopoulos	FGA
Bob Bourne	11/03/1981	NYI	@	Win	W	2	1	3	5	Dan Geoffrion	AGF
Bob MacMillan	21/03/1981	Cal	@	Bos	L	1	1	2	7	Stan Jonathan	FGA
Bob Bourne	22/03/1981	NYI	@	Chi	W	1	1	2	9	Tim Higgins	GAF
Don Maloney	28/03/1981	NYR	@	Mtl	W	1	1	2	5	Chris Nilan	AGF
Ryan Walter	29/03/1981	Wsh		NYI	L	1	1	2	7	Bob Nystrom	FAG
Dave Taylor	04/04/1981	LAK		Clr	T	2	1	3	7	Randy Pierce	AGF

	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	Opponent
Paul Holmgrem	08/04/1981	Phi		Que	W	1	1	2	19	Kim Clackson	AGF
Brad Park	09/04/1981	Bos		Min	L	1	3	4	9	Bobby Smith	GFA
Marcel Dionne	09/04/1981	LAK		NYR	W	1	1	2	5	Ed Hospodor	GFA
Brad Maxwell	09/04/1981	Min	@	Bos	W	1	1	2	7	Stan Jonathan	FGA
Bobby Smith	09/04/1981	Min	@	Bos	W	1	1	2	7	Brad Park	GAF
Ulf Nilsson	09/04/1981	NYR	@	LAK	L	1	1	2	9	Dan Bonar	FAG
Peter Stastny	11/04/1981	Que		Phi	W	1	1	2	5	Ken Linseman	AGF
Michel Goulet	11/04/1981	Que		Phi	W	1	1	2	5	Paul Holmgrem	GAF
Brian Sutter	11/04/1981	Stl	@	Pit	W	1	1	2	11	George Ferguson	FGA
Brian Sutter	14/04/1981	Stl		Pit	W	1	1	2	5	Randy Carlyle	FGA
Hector Marini	16/04/1981	NYI		Edm	W	1	2	3	5	Mark Messier	FGA
Steve Vickers	20/04/1981	NYR		Stl	W	2	1	3	7	Larry Patey	FAG
Glen Cochrane	22/04/1981	Phi		Cal	W	1	1	2	14	Jim Peplinski (x2)	GFA

  I researched the 1980-81 season using the hockey summary project, along with hockeyfights.com and dropyourgloves.com.  On some specific GHHTs, or non-GHHTs, I gather information via google searches.

Update:
Special thanks to trottiertobossy and Eric Hornick for helping me research a potential GHHT by Dennis Potvin.  On December 16/1980, an altercation occurred between Denis Potvin and Tim Trimper.  It was listed as a fight by Hockeyfights.com but Trimper was noted as not receiving a fighting major.  Any newspaper articles I found on the game didn't mention the actual penalties.  I had already removed 2 GHHTs when researching altercations between two players where one doesn't receive a major and this one became the third.  trottiertobossy posted a fan's scorecard from the game that lists Potvin's major as a butt-ending major. 

Career GHHTs: Brendan Shanahan

  When career leaders of the Gordie Howe Hat Trick are being discussed, Brendan Shanahan's name always comes up.  For a while, he was believed to be the career leader in GHHTs.  While he's no longer believed to be the leader, it's believed to be either Rick Tocchet or Stan Mikita depending on the source, Shanahan is among the top three with 17 career GHHTs. For his career, Shanahan scored 656 goals, 1354 points, and 2489 PIM.  He has the third highest PIM out of any player in the HHOF.  Shanahan won three Stanley Cups and an Olympic gold medal during his career. He was elected to the HHOF in 2013.

Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	PIM	Opponent
11/02/1989	NJD	@	MTL	L	1	1	2	7	Chris Chelios
10/03/1990	NJD		QUE	W	2	1	3	9	Michel Petit
29/03/1990	NJD		NYR	W	1	1	2	27	Troy Mallette
21/12/1991	STL		NYI	W	1	1	2	7	Rich Pilon
15/02/1992	STL		CGY	W	1	1	2	7	Ronnie Stern
26/03/1992	STL		HAR	W	2	1	3	7	Randy Ladouceur
30/03/1994	STL	@	FLA	W	1	1	2	5	Scott Mellanby
25/04/1995	STL	@	DAL	W	2	1	3	7	Derian Hatcher
12/12/1996	DET		CHI	W	1	2	3	7	Bob Probert
26/03/1997	DET		COL	W	1	1	2	5	Adam Foote
09/11/1997	DET		CGY	W	2	1	3	5	Jarome Iginla
09/02/1999	DET	@	NSH	W	1	1	2	7	Bob Boughner
21/03/1999	DET	@	PHI	L	2	1	3	7	Luke Richardson
10/10/2001	DET		CGY	L	1	1	2	7	Bob Boughner
01/04/2002	DET		TOR	L	1	1	2	7	Wade Belak
31/12/2003	DET		ATL	W	1	1	2	5	Garnet Exelby
30/03/2006	DET	@	NSH	W	1	1	2	7	Scott Hartnell

Season in Review: 2009-10

  There were 18 Gordie Howe Hat Tricks in 2009-10.  Leading the league was Chris Stewart, who was the only player to score multiple GHHTs.  The first GHHT went to enforcer Brain McGrattan and enforcer Chris Neil wrapped up the season with a GHHT.  Fedor Tyutin had a natural GHHT againsty the Ducks and Ryan Getzlaf.  The fight capped completed Tyutin's GHHT while it started Getzlaf's.  Teams with a GHHT went 13-5.  Nine players got their 1st career GHHT while Jarome Iginla stretched his lead among active players with his 10th.  Three times there were GHHTs on back-to-back nights.  There were none during the play-offs.

Player	Pos	Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PIM
Chris Neil	RW	06/04/2010	OTT	@	FLA	W	1	2	5
Taylor Pyatt	LW	27/03/2010	PHX		COL	W	1	1	5
Fedor Tyutin	D	09/03/2010	CBJ	@	ANA	W	1	2	7
Ryan Getzlaf	C	09/03/2010	ANA		CBJ	L	1	1	7
David Booth	LW	03/03/2010	FLA		PHI	W	1	3	5
Daniel Carcillo	LW	02/03/2010	PHI	@	TBL	W	1	1	5
Chris Stewart	RW	08/02/2010	COL		STL	W	1	2	5
Mike Knuble	RW	07/02/2010	WSH		PIT	W	1	1	17
Jarome Iginla	RW	30/01/2010	CGY		EDM	W	2	2	5
Rick Nash	LW	23/01/2010	CBJ	@	MIN	L	1	1	7
Brandon Dubinsky	C	19/01/2010	NYR		TBL	W	1	1	5
Jason Chimera	LW	13/01/2010	WSH	@	FLA	W	1	1	5
Ian Laperriere	RW	12/01/2010	PHI		DAL	W	1	1	7
Zack Stortini	RW	09/12/2009	EDM	@	TBL	W	1	1	12
Chris Stewart	RW	02/12/2009	COL	@	FLA	L	1	2	19
Jared Boll	RW	23/11/2009	CBJ	@	NYR	L	1	1	10
Francois Beauchemin	D	14/11/2009	TOR		CGY	L	1	1	5
Brian McGrattan	RW	16/10/2009	CGY		VAN	W	1	1	5

2014 HHOF: Did they GHHT?

  The HHOF inducted six new members in 2014.  Making the cut are players Rob Blake, Peter Forsberg, Domink Hasek, Mike Modano, coach Pat Burns and referee Bill McCreary.  On this blog, we aren't interested in debating the choices.  Instead what we are interested in is, did they ever get a Gordie Howe Hat Trick?

  First off, since Domink Hasek is a goalie, it would have been truly remarkable for a goalie to get a Gordie Howe Hat Trick.  Same for a coach or a referee.
  Mike Modano, a finalist for the Lady Byng in 2003, scored 561 goals, 813 assists and 930 pim in his career.  He had a single NHL fight.  It was against Rob Brind'Amour on October 20th, 1990. Modano had no points in that game, and thus never recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick.
  Toughness is a characteristic that is often used when describing Peter Forsberg's game, but fighting is not.  Forsberg scored 249 goals, 636 assists and 690 pim, but only one fighting major.  His single fight, which the linsemen stopped before it began, was against Martin Lapointe in 1997.  Still no GHHTs for the class of 2014.
  The last inductee to be checked for GHHTs is Rob Blake.  Blake finished his career with 240 goals, 537 assists and 1679 pim.  Blake played a physical game and had 24 fighting majors, including two during the playoffs, and yes he did GHHT.

Date	Tm		Opp		G	A	PTS	Opponent
26/01/1993	LAK		SJS	W	2	2	4	Dean Evason
23/12/2002	COL		VAN	W	2	1	3	Jarko Ruutu

  So that's it for the class of 2014, three skater who combined for a total of two Gordie Howe Hat Tricks. 

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