Back on January 13, 2006 the Washington Capitals were in Anaheim taking on the Mighty Ducks. The mightiest thing in the league that season though might’ve been the play of rookie Alex Ovechkin and on that particular night, he scored his first career hat trick.
Ovechkin has 23 hat tricks in his career thus far and we’ve all been fortunate to watch him play night after night for the last 14 seasons. Ovechkin already had taken the league by storm in his rookie season. He scored twice in his NHL debut and helped recreate excitement surrounding hockey in the DMV.