Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150-year-history and why it's particularly special on the hockey rink.

This NHL season has felt like a nightly adrenaline rush. Teams are finding themselves in overtime each week, hat tricks are popping up in every division, and both rising stars and established greats ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere got his second career hat trick and Jonathan Quick stopped 21 shots as the ...

The last time a double hat trick was scored in a Boston Bruins game was in 1964. The opponent? The New York Rangers. The last time the Bruins scored a hat trick came back on April 5th last season, ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Raphinha scored a hat trick, including two goals from the penalty spot, as Barcelona reclaimed its four-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish league on Sunday.

The hat-trick by Federico Valverde against Manchester City reminded us of one thing: in European Cups, the heroes are not always the ones we expect.From lightning-fast hat-tricks to feats by ...

Dimitar Berbatov and Nwankwo Kanu have scored two of the Premier League's greatest hat-tricks Getty Images Eberechi Eze made history in the north London derby on Sunday. Not only was his hat-trick the ...

Puck drop tonight in the NHL brings a stacked quadrupleheader, with the Florida Panthers visiting Detroit, Senators vs Sabres, Utah Mammoth hosting the Calgary Flames and the Chicago Blackhawks facing ...