Skin In The Gane

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:05 AM -0700 4/16/07, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:
>Out of curiosity, in which sport did 'hat trick' originate?  I have
>known it from basketball since the early 70's.  I have no idea what it
>means in hockey or soccer.
>Fritz

Didn't we cover this earlier today?  Anyway, in hockey, a player gets
a hat trick by scoring three goals in a game.  If s/he scores three
goals on successive shots, it's a natural hat trick.

LH

>  >>> msacks at THEWORLD.COM 4/16/2007 8:48 AM >>>
>  'Hat trick,' a term
>>  borrowed by hockey from soccer (where it actually _has_ a meaning),
>is a
>>  good example. 'Skin in the game' could be another.
>
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