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Video: Travis Hamonic provides latest Gordie Howe hat trick

Pittsburgh Penguins v New York Islanders

of the New York Islanders of the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 11, 2011 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Jim McIsaac

If you asked a hockey fan which of this week’s games provided a Gordie Howe hat trick - one player scoring at least one goal, an assist and getting in a fight during a single game - then most would probably guess that it happened in the Boston Bruins’ beating of the Montreal Canadiens or the New York Islanders’ ugly bout with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

After all, both games featured plenty of hate, fights and goals.

As it turns out, Travis “Harmonic” Hamonic* produced a Howe-trick amid the 346 penalty minutes and 12 total goals that happened in the Pens-Isles game. Hamonic scored the first goal of the game, provided two assists (one on a P.A. Parentau power-play goal, the other on a John Tavares goal to start the second period) and got in two fights during a busy nine and a half minutes of work. Check out video footage of his hectic evening at the bottom of this post.

* - Some might call this the least creative nickname possible, but my guess is that his teammates go for the even-less-inspired “Hammy.” Modern hockey players just don’t respect the “art” of creating nicknames.
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