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From gifting a hat to tossing them onto the rink, a history of hat tricks in sports

A hat tossed onto the hockey rink after a hat trick was scored.

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.

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