Hockey Traditions

Based on facts and lore

Only one player has a particular kind of “Hat Trick” named after him

The NHL has operated now for over 100 years and the origins and who began what gets blurred over time.

Mr Mosienko receives his fedora from Mr Taft

One of the most recognizable hockey traditions to most sports fans is the “Hat Trick” and only in hockey do you observe fans expressing appreciation for their team’s player’s accomplishments by flinging their chapeaus, from fedoras to baseball caps, onto the playing surface.

Wives would throw their husband’s hats onto the ice

No less than three companies in three cities lay claim to initially “gifting” a fedora to a hockey player who scored three times in a game and the sport cricket also boasts of the term “Hat Trick” in their history.

No matter who really did begin this tradition it is still the fans who instituted it without influence tossing their fedoras onto the ice once word spread about what the hat company was providing for the players.

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Author: Buffalo Winter

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8 thoughts on “Hockey Traditions”

    1. Thank you, when thinking about hockey traditions and fans, did you know that here along the Lake we cheer for our city when we chant and not the team, I believe we are the only fans that do that in hockey.

      For example…Go Leafs Go versus Lets Go Buffalo

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      1. I did not know, interesting, thanks!

        I have always wondered whether or not fans are able to get their hats back after throwing them on the ice, and I wonder if back in the day they were able to retrieve their fedoras (now that I know) which must have cost a pretty penny.

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      2. I have found out that Philadelphia actually displays the hats they have collected over the years behind glass walls at Wells Fargo Center, but as far as getting your hat back (I doubt it, but you never know) I bring an inexpensive hat along just in case I need to celebrate a Hat Trick.

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      3. Cool and you’re smart to bring one that is inexpensive. About how many times have you been at the rink and witnessed a Hat Trick by Buffalo?

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      5. Lo and behold it actually worked on my phone using the link from my inbox to your article although, lol, I appear here as “Anonymous” and I am unable to give a like’ to your article.
        Traditions are fascinating to me as are the old photos.

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      6. I am gladdened to read your phone is able to allow you to check out the articles and images, replies are of more value to me than likes, I appreciate responses.

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