The hat trick in different sports - in cricket where it originated, the same player has to take three consecutive wickets.
In hockey it is three goals by a player at any point in the game. If the goals were made one after the other it is a natural hat trick. Hockey has a good track record at hat tricks. Supposedly the origin in hockey, according to SportsAspire is that...
"in the 1940s, Alex Kaleta of the Chicago Blackhawks was walking around in Toronto, prior to his match against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was searching for a hat and found a man by the name of Sammy Taft. So he sees this swanky gray fedora with a gray trim, and he really digs it, but he didn’t have enough paper to buy it. So Taft makes an offer to Kaleta, telling him that if he were to score three goals in the upcoming match, the former would gift him the hat free of charge. As it turned out, Kaleta took it seriously, scored four goals, and Taft kept his word. Enter, the hat trick in hockey."
This is the accepted narrative in the NHL Hall of Fame, and hockey fans reward such an accomplishment by throwing their hats into the arena. That's what I was told yesterday, so I am going with it.
Compare the sports here. There are lots of differences.
This was a model at this year's convention in Denver.
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