I've NEVER seen this after a hat trick

On Sunday, Jack Eichel scored himself a hat trick, then went and grabbed a souvenir for the road. We'll talk all that and more, as we recap the Las Vegas Golden Knights vs the Columbus Blue Jackets on today's NHL Hockey video!

[@billsklar67]

According to my wife, the hat selection is part of a new tradition the coach is putting in place that for each hat trick, a fans hat is selected, signed and dated and hung up in the locker room. Something he instituted at other teams in the past. We'll see if it happens on the next (hopeful) home hat trick.

[@uranium54321]

That’s an awesome tradition! I hope more teams start to do cool stuff like this to celebrate achievements (not the same thing bc then it wouldn’t be as special, but just unique stuff like this)

[@michaeldodd6254]

It used to be common for a player to pick out a hat after a hat trick, lots of times they’d wear it on the bench

[@matt05024]

yea that would make sense, I remember last year pasta got a hatty and picked out a pink cowboy hat from the bin

[@laughingbeast4481]

@@uranium54321 Well, throwing hat on ice is itself not unique...good traditions simply tend to spread , nothing wrong about it.

[@jessebremner5209]

​​@@laughingbeast4481 he was talking about the other part of it not the hat throwing 🤪

[@DinnerBells]

That little nod/look from the trainer at 0:32 😂

[@tylerhood1217]

Its like he just dosen't know what to do when the coach makes eye contact after checking out the hat, he nooks like "it's a good hat boss, real good"

[@Hated_Sien]

Its a new tradition that Cassidy brought with him from Boston. Bruins players also do it, and have been doing it for a while it just was never really noticed.

[@thebelizeaneh]

No wonder nobody noticed if it was Boston. The Bruins just don't matter. The most hated team in the league, mainly because of Marchand. I don't think I will watch any playoff hockey as I don't watch until Boston is out.

[@Hated_Sien]

@@thebelizeaneh I am bias here, but i dont feel that Boston is the most hated team in the league.

[@RedSquirrelHunter]

@@thebelizeanehlmao soy take

[@matthewroberts3185]

​@@thebelizeaneh letting one team keep you from enjoying playoff hockey 😂😂😂 go cry to yourself

[@thebelizeaneh]

@@matthewroberts3185 sounds like you're the only one crying 😭 (maybe redsquirrelhunter too) why so offended over a comment? Crawl back in your safe space

[@EckHockey]

Sorry for the late upload here - completely forgot this one was finished lol

[@K9kid1446]

Ok

[@ben.becker5566]

from what i heard the coach told him to grab a hat to start a collection for his hat tricks and that was one of the first ones he saw

[@gabrielidusogie9189]

I’m loving hockey content. As a newbie to the sports it’s a great rabbit hole to fall into

[@rickpapineau5939]

Those VGK lids are just ridiculous... brutal.

[@Phr8]

Eck is my favourite Hockey/Halo channel. As a gamer + Hockey fan this channel is a banger. As a Halo & Canucks fan. This channel does a good job negotiating my rage from the past 2 years.

[@LGD19985]

Bratt had a hat trick that night, too. Nico put one of the only thrown hats (game was in Tampa) ontop of Bratt’s helmet on the bench!

[@beerleagueproductions5514]

Need coverage of that Debrusk goal tonight. So nasty

[@aaronoppie]

I would love a playoff pool for the channel!!

[@noeld6270]

Would love a playoff pool, make this happen plz

[@JimBobDiggly]

I just started watching hockey heavily this year since the bois did a season fantasy draft and I have been winning for the majority of it. Haha, But I love your videos Eck. I'd have to say Pavel Buchnevich is pretty underrated this year too, as he is almost the top point scorer on STL and has 12 less games played then Kyrou and Thomas! I traded Palat for him early on cause I had good hopes for him and despite missing those games he just kicked ass and felt like he almost carried some STL games, just surprising that he doesn't get talked about at all. Kind of a shame too. Keep making great videos! :D

[@Moon-zk1gj]

I think a little playoff bracket challenge in the channel here would be a cool idea, id participate.

[@007Hutchings]

Honestly if you watched hockey instead of the highlights you would know this is a new tradition. Surprised you and the guys you work with in your KZbin channel didn’t know this.

[@shanielcabral]

Love channels like this, bc I thought I was alone when I saw that lol

[@DinoChecksOut]

a friend of mine called a boston-vegas cup final in like the third week of october and i haven't been able to get that idea out of my head lol. not so sure it'll happen myself but vegas could go long this year for sure. a knights-kraken series would be fun to see if they happened to swap with the jets

[@Ruffman]

Those Vegas buckets are quite hard to look at, feel like I need my sunglasses LOL

[@uranium54321]

0:45 - don’t forget Peyton Krebs, he’s been a great part of the Sabres too! He’s a defensive forward and clearly we need all the help we can get in that department lol. I think playing ourselves out of a playoff spot had more to do with injuries to key defensemen for us (Samuelsson out a lot of the time and Dahlin out sometimes and playing through injuries other times) at the same time as the players start to get fatigued down the stretch bc we’re the youngest team in the NHL and many of the players haven’t experienced full seasons yet. Tuch definitely would’ve helped though. Whatever, it’s fine… we’ll be back next year and even better :)

[@winstonrumfoord7927]

The Bruins did a similar thing or a few years. Fun thing to connect with fans, I like how Michel made a bit more noticeable, would love to see a pick a hat out of a bucket for a hatty

[@michelrenaud3431]

How is MicheL? Me?

[@SquarePegs]

Pastrnak has been doing that for awhile now. I think that's kind of a neat way to mark a milestone. :)

[@Nicodemus2571]

I think that was due to Cassidy suggesting it. I've seen Pasta and Marchy do it before when Bruce was still coaching Boston. Not sure if it was initially his idea, or one of theirs.

[@cmacdhon]

The Bedard Jackets are looking better each day. I don't know if they play Chicago, SJ, or Anaheim again this season, but they would be interesting games to watch.

[@darealnukem7775]

Vegas is like the best Western team against any Eastern team this season, so no matter who it is, as long as they can make the cup final, I can see us beating anyone in a seven game series, including Boston!

[@civic9404]

I believe there is a hat wall at a few venues from the hats the players have kept through the years.

[@Crunchbricks778]

Eck do you think you could do a playoff prediction video I would love to see your opinion

[@MrMogolas]

Barkov once went to get his friends hat after the game as he just had bought the hat ;)

[@charlesbunn183]

I would love to do a playoff bracket I have wanted to do one for years but don't know where to go!

[@connorgoliath1633]

Vegas Edmonton Western Conference would be cool. Playoff pool would also be cool

[@paynestar420]

im just here for the thumbnail

[@v.demonaco3718]

Those helmets are fire. Real Golden Boys

[@sincitysinnermike]

The hat he picked was a badass hat too. The Zephyr VGK Lacer Locker Room hat. I want it.

[@sincityvgk_961]

Where can I find one of those ?

[@sincitysinnermike]

@@sincityvgk_961 be prepared to spend $150 on Ebay for it.

[@sincityvgk_961]

@@sincitysinnermike yeah I know I looked it up. That’s a nice hat, though to be honest.

[@hendog5396]

I think it's pretty normal for the players to take a hat as a souvenir, but they do so in the tunnel/ locker room after the game, before arena staff sends the hats to be reclaimed/ donated/ whatever else each team does with the hats. I don't think I've seen anyone grab one while they're still on the ice though😂

[@IceWarrior101]

I don't like the Golden Knights but I love those helmets!

[@tf7274]

Imagine as a fan...having your hat hung on the wall in the dressing room...pretty neat...

[@Kolbadoo]

It was a tradition in boston with Cassidy too! Wonder if it’s something he has his teams do

[@Stever99999]

Eck - How about a discussion on the insane Central race? Can't get any tighter.

[@joshprueher4688]

Eck in the nahl I want you to talk about the Wisconsin windigo and Chippewa steel it was a crazy comeback

[@Killa_Zman20]

As a Jets fan, I don’t want them making it out of round 1, but with how dominant they’ve been in the back half, I wouldn’t be surprised if they make another cup run.

[@__._._-_._.__]

so much hat tricks this past week

[@xTheFly]

When the hats rain in Edmonton they collect them and give them to the homeless here. It's kinda cool seeing everyone in the inner city wearing Oilers hats after a hat trick.

[@darthtaksil]

In the words of the Windsor Spitfires commentators : play-by-play guy - "Im surprised fans still throw hats, those puppies are like 40 bucks now-a-days" Color guy - "Exactly, they can't have my hat. The amount these kids score now I'd be in debt on a weekly basis."

[@tetsooo]

Bergeron picked up a nice cowboy hat once a few years ago

[@bl00df4rt]

playoff pool would be rad! i watch almost every video anyway. would be fun to have a competition with your other subs.

[@kindrin4773]

Nice to have new hockey fans watching a player grab a hat after a hatrick

[@josephwood2827]

The Bruins have done it after every hat trick for the past 7, 8 years or so

[@saying_just_saying]

You wouldn’t see him do that in buffalo 😂

[@KRShields]

So glad to have tuck. The locker room has less drama.

[@stephennichol3620]

Less hats are getting thrown because you have to make sure the goal is not getting called back first and by the time you know for sure it's already too late

[@shellysmith1037]

And ...do you really want to cheer when it was scored by a guy with a shiny helmet?? Puuuuuhhhleeease

[@bryanwallace2148]

Vegas can have Eichel and his drama. Tuch wants to be on the Sabres and we like having him

[@terkish]

How about a breakdown of the Hurricanes tying the Flyers with 0.3 left in regulation and then scoring the OT winner 28 seconds later?

[@AdBul_]

Yep

[@seanyhockey]

Seen this many times over the years...

[@teejay9233]

YES please do the playoff pool

[@mikeshulman7176]

I'm pretty sure this happened for a Islanders player, but still extremely rare to see it.

[@austinmacneil9947]

Bratt also had a hattrick that same night

[@xdashx4962]

Do players not typically do that? I know Boston does every time theres a hat trick. Pasta always tries to pick the craziest hat he can find. I remember one time he picked out a cowboy hat that was thrown on the ice

[@PanPanOB]

THE FACE!

[@mp40submachinegun81]

keeping a hat from a hattrick is an old tradition. just normally chosen after the game and not infront of cameras.

[@annihilationHaven]

The shiny helmets has to be an advantage... you could just glance and know where all your teammates are instantaneously, even though it's an eyesore to watch. Feel sorry for Vegas fans, ouch.

[@GoldenKnightsFan-dv9er]

I find them unique and cool so i'm not mad at the helmets as long as they don't wear them in too many games

[@kyleklein3169]

Yes to the Eck Channel playoff pool

[@j.frankparnell3087]

He was just looking for something to cover up that goofy gold helmet.

[@simtsoz4905]

I didn't know C3PO played hockey!

[@peterberthiaume1182]

rly good

[@BaronSupremacy]

Those gold domes tho lol

[@hotlov72]

Hat girls In one pieces thank you Las Vegas

[@ryanmussell739]

First person I have heard say the eichle trade as a win win.

[@Edwardbanks]

Idk about a playoff pool but how about a Twin Suns style tournament with NHL 23

[@cardi8325]

It’s pretty much just a nice souvenir to have as it is his first hat trick as a golden knight….no different than picking up the puck after your first goal with a new team

[@tej5626]

it's not his first hat trick as a golden knight is it? I swear he had one against Buffalo back in November.

[@vegasbucs3519]

He had a hat trick in Buffalo against the Sabres before this. Pissed of the entire crowd in the process.

[@nouredineramjon639]

Gold knights go❤

[@urdnotsex5228]

Eichel will likely never hit his peak but I hope he ends up being a healthy ppg player for a long time Edit: added “likely” because I’m not a sith

[@whitepaws60]

I hope he gets back to 100% to spite buffalo for essentially trying to ruin his career

[@RytheCodplayer]

@@whitepaws60 So he isn’t 100% almost 2 years removed from experimental neck surgery? Maybe Buffalo was onto something when they didn’t want him to get it. He hasn’t been the same player since and he most likely never will be.

[@kftc1980]

Sometimes a player can have multiple peaks. What was Steve Yzerman’s peak? When he was top 3 in league scoring on a mediocre team, or when his was racking up fewer points but evolved into a complete player on a championship team? Eichel’s game is evolving.

[@RytheCodplayer]

@@kftc1980 Becoming a more complete defensive player isn’t the only reason why Yzerman scored less points later in his career. Part of the reason why Stevie Y was racking up fewer points was because of age and playing in the dead puck era where scoring dropped dramatically compared to the late 80s and early 90s. Eichel’s production has dropped off in a much higher scoring era compared to his first few seasons in the league and his defensive play isn’t remotely close to selke level.

[@kftc1980]

@@RytheCodplayer yet his team is at the top of the standings while he is among their top forwards in ice time nightly. He is a plus 20, second on the team behind Martinez. No one on this team is at a point per game. Part of that is the system, and for him part of that is who he has played with. Marchessault and him have started to click recently, and he’s working well with Barbashev. If you watch the games you will see many nights he is their best player, those tend to be the games where they dominate. He is visibly moody and gets down on himself too much at times, that seems to exacerbate his slumps. However he now seems to be around a cast of characters who help limit that.

[@owenposer6720]

Yes make the playoff pool channel

[@grendel0013]

I have seen this before and I approve. Lol.

[@fad3parks66]

I would love a neck playoff pool

[@szym_0]

NEED an eck playoff pool

[@taiter94]

Eichel definitely tossed him that hat to cover up his lid as a joke 😂

[@jimmtl9736]

Bro knew what he was doing with the thumbnail 🤣

[@zp9dy3]

I believe pastrnak does this in Boston I never knew this was a coach cass thing

[@kieranperreaultdit-morin9262]

dallas vegas WCF rematch? would love to see it

[@kftc1980]

Can Dallas get through Colorado?

[@fallis07]

What are we thinking boys, Leafs make it past round 1 finally?

[@Daniel-cw8lg]

Okay but why did Eichel look so depressed after every goal

[@Draftspike]

Bruins players have been doing it for a while.

[@tannerjohnson1285]

i would like that

[@basilperdikakis7627]

When I played AAA Royals in Calgary we had a guy who would go down on you after a hat trick. Seriously.

[@bted]

Those gold helmets tho

[@Fokhe]

day 109 of asking Eck for a jersey tierlist.

[@brandonf24]

How I wish the latest iteration of expansion team templates was applied in the 90s. I would've personally liked to seen a future HOFer in net with a slew of quality, skilled players to complement that ability...or even the haul of assets to acquire an Eichel-caliber player instead of say...a Mike Dunham, Sergei Krivokrasov, or Cliff Ronning. 🙄 Honestly, fk the VGK...I hope they get bounced out of the playoffs.

[@JOBdOut]

Tsktsk someone was trimmimg their audio without listening to it - the Bluejack you say

[@hoojee757]

Playoff pool for the channel would be sick.

[@user-zq9xh4rc3c]

ok no which part are you talking about, "I've NEVER seen this after a hat trick"?

[@danevertt3210]

Tuck is over a PPG player this season

[@mookiethedoggy4368]

this is common to grab a hat after a hatty… not sure if some of you actually watch hockey or just highlights but ya pretty common..

[@nolankuffner3573]

I will never get over those gold helmets Vegas has. They just look like.. 70s and shit 🤣

[@scott5017]

Those gold buckets are hideous

[@HistorysRaven]

If I was neutral, I'd love to see Eichel and the Golden Knights win the Cup. I'm not neutral, so I want them to lose so the Kraken can do it. (Probably won't happen.) As a Sabres fan, I just want a win...

[@nateballou3321]

How have u never seen that!? Other than fact he actually picked a hat out of bucket this happens all the time!? Anytime a player gets a hat trick they usually pick a hat that they like that was thrown on the ice and they keep it!? The Bruins always do it on hat tricks!? I remember 1 game Pasta got a Hatty and someone threw one of those bear head novelty hats they sold at games...it was like a big foam bear head..its really a cool ass hat!? And Pasta chose that hat as 1 he was guna keep!? It was definitely the coolest most unique hat ive ever seen thrown on ice and picked up by player!?

[@philipgiacalone5605]

Those shiny gold helmets look ridiculous. Seriously.

[@davescopies2346]

LA Kings

[@pnkflyd66]

Those helmets.

[@KyleMurray76]

As a golden knights fan I think this is the most dominant performance by the golden knights this season glad to see my fav team doing well.

[@pyRoy6]

Ohhh...so THAT'S a "hat pick"...