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.