Saturday, October 18, 2008

Rare company

An Alltel Center crowd of 5,004 saw Zach Harrison pull off a rare feat Friday night, as the junior forward scored three short-handed goals in MSU's 5-1 win over North Dakota. This had only been done by five other Division I players in recorded history.

Thanks to MSU athletic communications guru Paul Allan, here are the others:

Zach Harrison, Minnesota State vs. North Dakota, 2008

George Awada, St. Cloud State vs. Michigan Tech, 1998
Jayson Greyerbiehl, Colgate vs. Yale, 1989
C.J. Young, Harvard, vs. Dartmouth, 1988
Greg Dreschel, Colgate vs. Rensselaer, 1987
Norm Cherrey, Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Duluth, 1973

Not only was it a short-handed hat trick, but it was also a natural hat trick (three consecutive goals).

Read more about the game here and here.

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