Three players had chances at natural hat tricks

[andyw2100]

First McCutcheon in the first, and then Bitz and later Sawada in the second. I've been to a lot of Cornell hockey games, but I don't think I remember a game where even two Cornell players had a shot at a natural hat trick, much less three. If this has happened before, does anyone know when? Or can anyone say definitively that it has not happened before? Just a little post-game pondering...

[Trotsky]

I was thinking that in 26 years of watching Cornell, I have never seen the same guy score on both ends of a 5x3.

Going over Cornell boxes, I actually found a game in which Cornell players had chances at natural hat tricks FOUR times!: http://www.tbrw.info/boxScores/box19651127.html

[andyw2100]

Thanks, Greg. Looks like that game was a little one-sided.

[Jacob '06]

Only 3 unique players though. It would be interesting to argue how you should interpret that statistic

[andyw2100]

What would have happened if in the game Greg linked to above Doran had scored one more goal at the end of the game. His non-natural hat trick would have already been celebrated when he scored his first goal in the third period. Had he completed the natural hat trick, would fans have thrown hats onto the ice again (assuming it was customary to do that in 1965.)

[Trotsky]

Here's a game in which that scenario actually took place: http://www.tbrw.info/boxScores/box19680217.html

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Trotsky]Here's a game in which that scenario actually took place: http://www.tbrw.info/boxScores/box19680217.html[/quote]
Wonder if the radio announcer said "Dartmouth is 7-1-1 when leading after the first period."::woot::