Ok, here's my take on the trivia question: A pure hat trick is when a single player scores the first 3 goals in a game. A natural hat trick is when a single player scores 3 consecutive goals in a game, without the opposing team scoring in between, and the goals are not the first three scored in the contest. (For example, in a game, the score is 1-1, and Joe Player then proceeds to score 3 goals in a row, boom,boom,boom, making the score 4-1, he/she has then tallied a "natural hat trick" I think I'm right about the "natural" and I'm pretty sure about the "pure" Yours, Terry E. Tuschen Jr. ****************************************************************************** University of Wisconsin-Madison WISCONSIN BADGERS Space Science and Engineering NCAA DIV. 1 Mens Ice Hockey Champions McIDAS Archive 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1997?! [log in to unmask] "A great day for hockey!" http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~terryt/ssec.html ****************************************************************************** HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.