<P> Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record for the most hat tricks in a career with 50 . Harry Hyland scored the league 's first hat trick , in the league 's very first game on 19 December 1917 , in which Hyland 's Montreal Wanderers defeated the Toronto Arenas 10 -- 9 . </P>
<P> Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record for the most hat tricks in a career with 50 . Harry Hyland scored the league 's first hat trick , in the league 's very first game on 19 December 1917 , in which Hyland 's Montreal Wanderers defeated the Toronto Arenas 10 -- 9 . </P>
first nhl player to score a hat trick
first nhl player to score a hat trick
Harry Hyland
Harry Hyland