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Did you know? A "hat-trick" — 3 goals in one match by one player — comes from cricket: in 1858 H.H. Stephenson took 3 wickets with consecutive balls, and was presented with a hat. The term spread to football, ice hockey and other sports. In ice hockey fans throw their hats onto the ice when someone scores one.

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A "hat-trick" — 3 goals in one match by one player — comes from cricket: in 1858 H.H. Stephenson took 3 wickets with consecutive balls, and was presented with a hat. The term spread to football, ice hockey and other sports. In ice hockey fans throw their hats onto the ice when someone scores one.

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