On Tue, 10 Dec 1991 16:22:00 CDT <SKOWEN@UWLAX> said:
>I know that I've heard the reasoning behin the term "hat trick" before, but I
>can't remember exactely where this term came from.  Could someone please
>refresh my memory?
>
 
As I understand it (and I'm relying on my memory of something that
I think Stan Fischler once wrote somewhere), it started back in the
very earliest days of hockey, when a local haberdasher promised
to give a free hat to any player on his town's team who scored
three goals in a game.