I didn’t throw my hat Tuesday night when Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick. I wanted to, trust me, but I didn’t have a marker so that I could inscribe my name on the inside of my hat.
And folks, if you’re thinking right now — so what? — think again. My hat is 20 years old, from the first Stanley Cup victory the Avs had in 1996, and that kind of hat does not risk the fly.
Nonetheless, I was screaming, and I was doing my best to facilitate the hat throwing, by making hat throwing motions.