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.

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin continued to etch his name in the NHL’s history books after another hat trick in the team’s 8-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Ovechkin, ...

Eberechi Eze tore through Tottenham at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday to score the first Premier League era treble in a north London derby and the 400th ever in the competition - and it got us ...

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 ...

Sennecke scored three goals in Sunday's 4-3 overtime win over the Flames. Sennecke had gone five games without a goal and three contests without a point. He broke his slump with the first hat trick of ...