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Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
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Ice hockey
Team winter sport
Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and shoot a vulcanized rubber hockey puck…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ernie McLea
Canadian ice hockey player (1876–1931)
Ernest Hope "Ernie" McLea was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player, in the era before professional hockey. McLea played in the 1890s for the Montreal Victorias and was a member of four Stanley Cup-winning teams. He scored the first hat trick in Stanley Cup play, and scored the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hat-trick
Achievement of three consecutive sporting feats
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Stanley Cup
National Hockey League championship trophy
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) considers it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montreal Victorias
1870s–1939 ice hockey club in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal, Quebec, Canada was an early men's amateur ice hockey club. Its date of origin is ascribed to either 1874, 1877 or 1881, making it either the first or second organized ice hockey club after McGill University. The club played at its own rink,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Winnipeg Victorias
Amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The Winnipeg Victorias were an amateur senior-level men's amateur ice hockey team in Winnipeg, Manitoba, organized in 1889. They played in the Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Victorias won the Stanley Cup in February 1896, 1901…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)