its when a player scores three goals in a game
During a hockey game years ago, after a player scored three goals, fans tossed hats onto the ice, and the phrase hat trick came to be.
A hat trick is when one player scores three goals in one game. In bowling, three strikes in a row is called a turkey
a hat trick in ice hockey is three goals in one game. however Gordie Howe started the phrase " Gordie Howe hat trick" or a goal, an assist, and a fight.
Bill Mosienko -- Chicago Black Hawks -- 21 seconds