A Gordie Howe hat trick: a goal, an assist and a fight.
Mr Elbows' career actually spanned 6 decades — he played a shift in 1997 (with the IHL's Detroit Vipers, now defunct), just to be able to say that he did: "The Vipers made headlines in 1997-98 by signing Hockey Hall of Fame winger Gordie Howe to a 1-day contract. Howe, 69 years old at the time of the game, suited up for the Vipers and played one shift. The publicity stunt was intended to drum up interest in the club as well as afford Howe the opportunity to play a professional hockey game in six consecutive decades." (Wikipedia)
In addition to his well-earned epithet, Mr Hockey, he's also known as "The Greatest" — not to take anything away from Muhammad Ali — even though Wayne Gretzky, "The Great One", edged him out in lifetime goals.
Gretzky reminisced that Howe said he should have been a center (rather than a winger) — which would have curtailed the amount of ice he would have had to cover — and that way could have played for another 20 years.
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