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Connor Bedard’s latest hat trick ties a feat not seen since the 1940s

In case you missed it, Connor Bedard, along with fellow first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini, both scored hat tricks on the same night. Bedard and Celebrini, in their age-20 and age-19 seasons, respectively, are the first pair of players aged 20 or younger to score three goals on the same evening since Jack Hamilton and Bud Poile accomplished the feat almost 82 years ago on Feb. 19, 1944.

Hamilton had a short career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, playing in just 102 games over three seasons and ending with 60 points and 28 goals. Poile made it into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder, but played in 311 career games (58 with the Black Hawks), and put up 229 points and 107 goals.