Marner breaks Rocket Richard's 69-year-old Stanley Cup Final record with fastest hat trick
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Dave Stubbs
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Summary
Mitch Marner of the Vegas Golden Knights broke Maurice Richard's 69-year-old Stanley Cup Final record by scoring the fastest three goals (6:10) in a Cup Final game, doing so in the second period against Frederik Andersen and the Carolina Hurricanes. The historic hat trick helped the Golden Knights take the series lead.
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· 3 pulledMaurice Richard's record had stood for 69 years, since the Montreal Canadiens' late, mighty 'Rocket' beat Boston Bruins goalie Don Simmons three times in a span of 6:21 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at the Montreal Forum on April 6, 1957.
On Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, Vegas Golden Knights forward Mitch Marner toppled the incomparable Richard from the throne on which he sat for seven decades less a year, scoring three times in a 6:10 second-period barrage against Frederik Andersen of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Marner's historic night was only part of the
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