Has anyone ever had a Gordie Howe hat-trick hat-trick?
Malkin played like garbage this game. Also, he got called for roughing, not fighting, which doesn't even make sense.
WOuld it not be 2 fights?I doubt any player ever had a 6-point game and 3 fights
WOuld it not be 2 fights?
Gloves were dropped too.Garbage by his standards, which is still better than most. It's all relative.
Weird that he & Shattenkirk got roughing penalties rather than fighting majors though. It's not like they were just wrestling around, they were throwing punches.
Gloves were dropped too.
Very weird that it wasn't called as fighting.
Great players make great plays. They can play dry and shitty all game, but it just takes a single smart play to develop into a goal.Malkin truly has an one of a kind ability to play like absolute garbage and still end up on the score sheet multiple times.
Garbage by his standards, which is still better than most. It's all relative.
Weird that he & Shattenkirk got roughing penalties rather than fighting majors though. It's not like they were just wrestling around, they were throwing punches.
Chicken-**** league knows that if they call it fighting, Malkin has to sit for 5- and they probably have to give him the instigator in this instance, too.
Not saying anything against Malkin doing what he did, btw.
At this point linesmen should be suspended for breaking up fights so poorly. Easy for a player to get injured because of them.
They really should be breaking up no fights with willing combatants. It is becoming downright embarrassing how the NHL portrays itself.
Absolutely agreed. There was zero reason for them to break that up but they never let it get going. There was more risk to the other guy because Malkin is a big Russian bear and therefor was able to throw a couple shots.
hat-trick =3WOuld it not be 2 fights?
Yep, I had a bit of a mong moment... for some reason I thought 2 goals 2 assists 2 fightshat-trick =3
= hat trick (gordie howe hat trick)
= 3 (goal + assist +fight)
= 3 goals + 3 assists + 3 fights
= 6 points + 3 fights