> This term amuses me.  What kind of hat trick is it if there ARE intervening
> goals by a teammate -- or depending on your point of view, by the other
> team, or if the feat extends over more than one period?  An "artificial" hat
> trick?  An "unnatural" hat trick?
>
> In youth hockey, I once saw a hat trick scored on a single shift.  Someone
> referred to it as a "pure" hat trick.

Might not be pure enough, unless it was scored on three consecutive shots by
the same player with no intervening shots by other players from either team.

-- Erik