Worst Player Ever To Score A Hat Trick

[Rhiessan71]

Even before I saw the list there, I was thinking Odelein.

 

[MetropolisPt31]

All 3 of Alexei Yegorov's career NHL goals came in one game in 1996 - probably had the worst career of any player to score a hat trick.

RIP.

 

[Super Fadio Bro]

Darren McCarthy scored a hat trick on PATRICK ROY, in the playoffs no-less.

 

[MountainHawk]

Jiri Dopita scored 4 of his 12 NHL goals in 1 game for the Flyers.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

The fact that Dana Murzyn ever scored a hat trick is going to keep me slightly amused all week.

Thanks pnep.

 

[MXD]

Darren McCarthy scored a hat trick on PATRICK ROY, in the playoffs no-less.

McCarthy isn't the worst forward to score a hatty in the playoffs.
... Certainly a better player than Paul DiPietro.
Well... maybe not more skilled but... you see the point.

 

[Mayor Bee]

Jim McKenzie is probably one of the most obscure ones. He had long career and mostly known for fighting, in his best season had five goals.

Eric Boulton had a hat trick this year.

When I saw the thread title, I thought to myself that I would come in here, mention Jim McKenzie, and see how many people went, "Oh yeah, he DID get that one!'

Thanks for killing my dreams, ONE POST IN!

 

[Hyperkookeez*]

The fact that Dana Murzyn ever scored a hat trick is going to keep me slightly amused all week.

Thanks pnep.

ditto

My mind just exploded. How in the world did Dana effin' Murzyn score a hatty...?

 

[RECsGuy*]

Mother****ing Lyle "Cornelius" Odelein has a hatty? Well, there's the topic's winner.

 

[Proust*]

Michael Rupp.

 

[Rhiessan71]

Mother****ing Lyle "Cornelius" Odelein has a hatty? Well, there's the topic's winner.

Yes sir and if I remember correctly, one of the goals was an end to end Bobby Orr like rush through their entire team.

Back in the day when he used to get paired with Schneider and then Malakhov the magician.

 

[TasteofFlames]

While the fact that he can legitimately skate a regular shift in the NHL probably disqualifies him from this, I'm putting in a homer vote to the guy in my avatar.

 

[begbeee]

Jiri Dopita scored 4 of his 12 NHL goals in 1 game for the Flyers.

Jiri Dopita was for sure not one of the worst player ever to score a hat-trick. He was a beast in Europe for almost one decade, he won W.Champs 3 times and is has gold from Nagano...

 

[tony d]

Mick Vukota easily. Guy was never much more than an enforcer.

 

[DaveG]

I was gonna say Kevyn Adams, but god, it's not even close. Many worse players have done it.

A few seasons back, didn't Adams at one point have 6 goals and both were from hat tricks?

Yep, 2005-06. At that point in the season he had 7 points on the year. 1 assist and 2 hat tricks (vs NYR and Anaheim).

 

[Giuseppe Franco]

Mick Vukota.

17 goals in 546 career games, career high of 4 goals in a season. Had a hat-trick in 1990.

The even more amazing thing about Mick's trick was that is was done in a span of about 5 minutes during the first period of play!

 

[SealsFan]

I was thinking the same thing... when looking at the chart above, I'm willing to bet (without seeing them) that Tony Horacek and Marshall Johnston were "worse" players than Vukota.

Great chart, but no, Vukota was a goon winger while Johnston was an unspectacular defenseman who went on to score 10 goals the year he had the hat trick. Vukota's best year was 4 goals and 12 points, and Johnston had more points in each of the three years he played for the Seals.

And no relation to Joey Johnston, by the way...

 

[mrzeigler]

Least likely players to get a hat-trick

Player|Career GP|Career Goals|Goals per 82 Games|Hat Trick Date|Team vs Op. Team |HOME/AWAY
Mick Vukota|574|17|2.43|1989/10/20|NYI 5 vs WAS 4|AWAY
Lyle Odelein|1056|50|3.88|1994/3/9|MTL 7 vs STL 2|HOME
Jim McKenzie|880|48|4.47|1997/2/18|PHO 6 vs LAK 1|HOME
Duane Rupp|489|27|4.53|1971/3/24|PIT 8 vs DET 2|HOME
Marshall Johnston|251|14|4.57|1972/12/10|CLF 4 vs BOS 8|AWAY
Kent Manderville|646|37|4.70|1997/3/12|HAR 6 vs BOS 3|HOME
Dana Murzyn|838|52|5.09|1990/2/22|CAL 12 vs TOR 2|HOME
Tony Horacek|154|10|5.32|1989/12/30|PHI 6 vs LAK 3|AWAY
Jim Schoenfeld|719|51|5.82|1981/3/13|BUF 5 vs WIN 2|AWAY
Barry Gibbs|797|58|5.97|1975/12/31|ATF 8 vs NYR 1|AWAY
Darryl Sydor|1291|98|6.22|1998/1/3|DAL 6 vs CAR 1|AWAY
Georges Laraque|695|53|6.25|2000/2/21|EDM 6 vs LAK 3|HOME
Glen Wesley|1457|128|7.20|1993/12/15|BOS 5 vs NJD 4|AWAY
Kelly Buchberger|1182|105|7.28|1993/1/31|EDM 5 vs BUF 4|AWAY
Niko Kapanen|397|36|7.44|2006/2/9|DAL 5 vs PHO 1|AWAY
David Maley|466|43|7.57|1991/10/18|NJD 5 vs WAS 6|AWAY
Billy Carroll|322|30|7.64|1984/1/18|NYI 9 vs CHI 1|AWAY
Jeff Toms|236|22|7.64|2002/1/23|NYR 8 vs BOS 4|HOME
Uwe Krupp|729|69|7.76|1995/3/1|QUE 8 vs TBL 2|HOME
Rodger Smith|210|20|7.81|1926/1/15|PIP 5 vs BOS 1|HOME
Mike Rupp|416|40|7.88|2009/11/30|PIT 5 vs NYR 2|AWAY
Toby Petersen|298|29|7.98|2001/10/16|PIT 5 vs OTT 2|HOME
Tomas Kaberle|820|80|8.00|2006/10/28|TOR 5 vs MTL 4|AWAY
Ron Stackhouse|889|87|8.02|1979/3/18|PIT 5 vs NYR 1|AWAY
Deron Quint|463|46|8.15|2001/3/9|CBS 7 vs FLO 6|AWAY
Jeff Tambellini|180|18|8.20|2009/10/31|NYI 5 vs BUF 0|HOME

Vukota Nets Hat Trick For Islanders

Two Rupps and one Krupp. I love oddball similarities that randomness produces.

 

[rafterman]

Where's that Dupuis pencil drawing when you need it ?

 

[connellc]

Darren McCarthy scored a hat trick on PATRICK ROY, in the playoffs no-less.

All the goals were in one period too!

 

[achtungbaby]

No doubt, but Simon deserves credit, too. He is not the only enforcer to play with a good playmaker, but he is the only one to turn it into a semi-elite season.

Simon finished his career with 144 goals, 161 assists for 305 points in 782 games. If you consider all the times he was injured or suspended, Chris Simon quietly averaged 15 goals a season in his career. Along with his obvious skills at enforcing and agitating, and this is a guy you wanted on your team during his prime.

 

[seventieslord]

Simon finished his career with 144 goals, 161 assists for 305 points in 782 games. If you consider all the times he was injured or suspended, Chris Simon quietly averaged 15 goals a season in his career. Along with his obvious skills at enforcing and agitating, and this is a guy you wanted on your team during his prime.

I agree.

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=865155&page=4

 

[Brodeur]

It was very early on for me as a hockey fan, but I still remember journeyman defenseman Dominic Lavoie getting a hat trick for the Kings. He got sent down shortly thereafter which concluded the NHL portion of his career.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Lavoie
http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=20874

And not that he's a bad player by any means, but I was supposed to go see a Sharks preseason game in 2009 and missed out on a Doug Murray hat trick (6 goals in 345 regular season games).

http://espn.go.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=290925018

 

[Steve Kournianos]

I am not sure about "worst" but Tony Horacek scored one.

Horacek gets my vote because I watched him do it.

On Tv at least.

And Andy Delmore's playoff trick for a d-man blew me away

 

[BlackDog13]

No doubt, but Simon deserves credit, too. He is not the only enforcer to play with a good playmaker, but he is the only one to turn it into a semi-elite season.

Bob Probert 1987-88

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