In my opinion, Fleury's shutout on his 500th win should've been in hat picks! (I know it was against Montreal, but it's still amazing 🤷)

I’m a blue jackets fan, and I truly appreciate everything Torts did with the franchise while he was here. But what he said about the Zegras goal is just plain stupid. Goals like that are great for the game, they’re a great way to attract more attention, and more fans. Torts and his whole tough man mentality is outdated, the game is now quicker and more skillful than ever before. Goals like that are just evidence of it, and what people want to see

pls never cut these down for time.. I’d love 30min episodes. What about adding an “honorable mentions” montage for sick plays that don’t result in something on the stat sheet?

I like how even though he's the one that did it, he still doesn't believe it's real life. Nice job Zegras, that's a freaking hat pick.

Two hat picks I think you missed: 1) Andre Burakovsky got his first hat trick a few days ago. 2) The Avs scored 7 goals a game for 3 straight games, something that hasn't been done in 25 years. Think this should be a team hat pick, not really a normal thing I know but it hasn't happened in 25 years.

God that Zegras-Milano goal was amazing!!!! I think a day after the goal I heard someone call it the “dishigan” which I love and will call it that forever when I too talk about it in 2029.

Not only did he call "Michigan" but I swear I hear him say "UP, UP!" (The direction not the Upper Peninsula) So it seems he was also calling for the aerial pass! Insane!!!

The hat picks I think you missed: 1: The Avs scored 3 seven goal games in a row, and it’s something that hasn’t been done in over 25 years 2: Marc-André Fleury is the 3rd goalie to ever have 500 shut outs and it was against Montreal, he grew up just outside of Montreal in Sorel-Tracy

I’m happily surprised you included Nathan Walker’s hat pick hat trick. Only the tip in was truly impressive on the ice, but it’s the story that makes it incredible.

The Zegras pass was bad-ass. I loved it. I've always thought the California teams were kinda boring... but man that has changed recently. The Ducks and the Kings both have some crazy good kids that are just plain fun to watch. I can't wait to see how Zegras career pans out. Gonna be some entertaining hockey.

5:50 Good Job Slavin!! that was a heck of a player save!

I heard someone call it "The Dishigan" and I fully support that.

Where is Mark Andre Fleury’s 500th game winner!?!?!?!?!?!?!🤨 How did that not make hat picks? No respect 🤦‍♂️

"And in 2029 when I'm 75 years old or whatever" Tell all your friends looking like that at 67 years old. That's a hat pick!

"Michigan, Michigan"... Absolutely brilliant "call your shot" moment in hockey! One of those goal's you'll see on highlights for years to come. Great for the game of hockey, just as long as this new era of the NHL doesn't turn into a show...think like the 'D2 Mighty Ducks' movie.

It blows my mind how long hockey was off of ESPN then this Milano goal blew up social media and was all over sportscenter. Tell me how that’s bad for the sport?

The Michigan pass definitely adds to the game. And I'm so glad you put the Nathan Walker hat-trick in. That was fun live and you're right about his reaction. Watching the game, I was thinking that myself.

As nice as that MacKinnon goal was, it wasn't even the best from the Avs this week. Makar going 200 feet through three Flyers to score should have been here.

7:37 - Non-Calgarians may not totally realize this, but the Saddledome has two gas-powered flamethrowers(?) installed above the ice at scoreboard level, that go off and shoot out fire whenever the Flames score; that's the orange flash that can be seen here. Even the arena staff thought that went in!

Love the lob shot goal, but can I just say the Makar coast to coast goal was incredible.

1000% here for what Zegras did (until he does it to the wild). This sort of stuff is something you can show people who've never seen a game before and it draws them into wanting to see more. It helps dispel the stereotype that hockey is a thug's game played mostly with luck and less skill than other sports. It's just magic.

How close are we to comparing Vasilevskiy to the all time greats

Demko is like the new Carey Price with all this post to post magic and Vasy is like if task failed successfully were a person

Mack is easily a top 5 player in the world. I may be a bias Avs fan yet his speed and hockey IQ is absolutely off the charts.

What about Flury getting 500 wins? 3rd goalie to do it

I remember very fondly back in the day Datsyuk also flipping a puck over the net, not in *that* way and he didn't score, but it reminds me of how fun it was to watch players like Datsyuk create moves never seen before on the big stage. It's amazing.

You mentioned that you being a fan of Toronto makes the standard for inclusion for a Toronto hat-pick higher. Does the same apply for Colorado? Because there were a few other plays that would qualify IMO. Makar scoring on and end to end rush, Burakovsky's first NHL hattrick, and Erik Johnson with a stick save on a shot that got past Kuemper five hole.

I suspect that had Mr Tortorella lived in the late 1950s/early 1960s he would have condemned the slap shot when it was introduced by Geoffrion and Hull. Substituting brute force for the accuracy of the wrist shot? C'mon--it's bad for the game!

You forgot when Cale makar thought he was Connor McDavid

My favourite part of the last one is the buffalo fans behind the net being baffled by what Zegras did like look at their faces LOL

Where is Makar's end to end goal against the flyers?

Watched this after the Lightning vs Kings game (12/14) and Vasy makes a hat pick save AGAIN! Of course thats my opinion. Lightning steal OT win vs Kings.

been a long time fan of dang-its and hat picks now, and I love that you guys have made these a lot longer. Showing the best of the best (and worst of the worst) each week deserves these longer videos, and you guys knock it out of the park each week. Big ups, Steve and producer Drew--who I'm told exists. Cheers

Thank you for finally showing Hurricanes hat-picks. You could have added the Aho OT goal from that same game. The Canes had a ton of great plays from the western Canada trip. It would have been impossable to show them all. The Anderson goal line save in Edmonton and a few more that he had. The Canes stopping McJesus as he tried afew time to skate around them and failed.

This goal is good for the game. Anecdote: I teach in the inner city in Philly and have started after school floor hockey. Most of my students have little if any knowledge of hockey and don’t regularly watch the nhl. I showed a few this and their minds were blown at how great this game can be (also blew their minds with mcdavids goal). Goals like this grow the game

I personally think he should've featured Burokovsky instead of MacKinnon. Either 2 goals in 22 second or his first career hat trick against the Flordia Panthers. These IMO are better than the MacKinnon goal.

You missed two different shutout hat picks. First is Fleury’s as it’s his 500th win against his hometown team, most likely in front of a bunch of friends and family. Second would be Anton Forsberg’s first career shutout against the two time defending cup champs with his two young kids in attendance (also Tampas second regulation loss by more than one goal and first time being shutout this season)

Been waiting for this one since the Zegras play

Ahhh yes...the Hat Pick Vid that we all knew the biggest piece of the instant Zegras heard Milano shout "MICHIGAN!" lol

Okay how does Roman Josi pulling a McDavid by dangling through 4 skaters at the blue line to score a beauty goal not in hat picks when McDavid was featured two weeks in a row for the same play?

I think Vassy saw the arc of the puck and thought it might be coming down on his leg. A good goalie could do that.

No love for Makar’s coast to coast with the most goal against philly eh? I see how it is!

As a Kings fan, normally I would give the nod of a beautiful ducks goal in disgust, but Zegras has such a beautiful assist and in such a revolutionary way that I can't be in disgust. That was refreshing!

1000% agreed on the Zegras-Milano goal. Makes the game better, makes it more fun to watch, and really just helps it stand out. Genuine creativity is something that should be invested in and I'm glad to see Anaheim letting Milano be creative.

Me and my buddies would do the Michigan pass at the roller rinks after svechnikov did the first goal. We joked about someone doing it one day, really cool to see it done

I love the creativity of zegras's pass to Milano. This is coming from a buffalo fan. Asplunds reaction was mine when I saw zegras pull that off.

Thats the kind of goal you'd see in a mighty ducks movie, not a real Ducks game. Absolute mad lads

I watched so many of these live (except for the espn ones because they further pay-wall them). I was losing my mind because of all the great plays. That Calgary/Carolina game was epic.

Bro how was Hoglanders through the legs pass receive into the backhander to the roof goal on Winnipeg not in here? Disrespectful.

Hey, glad you picked the Walker thing to include, great story. However you said something that is incorrect. You said Nathan Walker was Australian born, that is incorrect, he was actually born in Wales, but raised in Australia, and is an Australian citizen.

What about Höglander's second goal against the Jets?? Or Pettersson's goal against the Hurricanes? I would have thought one of those two goals would have made the cut...

Hoglanders vs the jet deserves some love

I think I've seen this goal close to 20 times and it is still incredible! What a goal!

Missed Logan O'Connor's 2 goals in 22 seconds against the Rangers. Burakovsky's first hat trick should be up here too.

lol bad for the game AKA classic players and old guard realizing they’ve got nothing on these kids and they’ve built their livelihood and personality on a version of hockey that is being lapped. Runners run faster, weightlifters lift heavier, it’s an evolution of sport. It’s entertaining, it’s creative.

I feel like Marc Andre fleury becoming only the third goalie in nhl history to achieve 500 wins is pretty hat pick worthy.

Great video. I’m getting worried that we’re headed towards a total stoppage ala Spring 2020.

20 minutes of hat picks? Steve has blessed us this week

6:00 i was literally front row to that game and jesus christ we were all in disbelief

7:45 And note that Teuvo saves it with backhand of the stick!!

Jake Bean and Elvis Merzlikins had some amazing saves against the Kraken

im a sabres fan. and i was so excited to see that goal live. i was in awe and loved every second of it. that is untill i realized it was scored on the goaltender that is supposed to be the future in net for us. god what goes through his head on his 5 or 6 th game in the nhl ever and his first or 2nd on the season and he gets scored on this way. dude had to have been so rattled that literally ANYTHING can happen in this league . but at the same time he should now know that anything can happen in this league and to not be complacent with the minors and lesser leagues he has been in and it might make him open his eyes and become better at the game by not looking at the game conventionally that goal was UNREAL i cant wait to see whats to come from that kid

That last hat pick was literally from old NHL video games, you know those into clips before all-star games or first matches of playoff series. That was insane

So, we now live in a world where the number of Hat Picks appearances is a metric for being Hall of Fame worth. Congrats Steve!!!

"This is only bad for the game if you are content with the game never getting better." Gold.

Dude I love the Dishigan goal shows some serious change in the game

Hi dangle, hope your doing good! Ty for these videos and producer Drew

Thank you for doing Walker!!!

What an exciting time for the sport of Hockey!

The difference between dang it's and hat picks is literally someone covering up a mistake

The zegras move was actually used a few times by Datsyuk but never with succes

I called about 6 years ago that flipping the puck like the last hat pick over the net gently and hitting the goalies back and into the net is priceless but THAT MORE AS A PASS!?!?!? WTF! BLOODY Brilliant

Zegras with the (obviously) well-deserved hat pick. What. A. Goal. Tortorella’s take on it, that’s a major dang-it.

How dare you not put Fleury's Donut 500 win on the list?! Even the Canadian fans cheering for Fleury, makes hockey so much better (as you said in the end of the video)

what about nils hoglander's goal?

Thanks for the Australian love but it's wrong Tommy Dunderdale was the first Australian in the NHL he played on the Victoria arestocrate's they also had Stanley Cup wins. And is the only Australian in the NHL hall of fame ....but I'm proud of my countrymen making it. Great work guys.

I really really wanted to see the 4/5 player syncronized turn-around from the Edmonton Oilers

The game is changing just think the speed of the pros to pull that off !!! Wow 🤩

Hockey: Use a stick to whack a puck in a net on ice more than the other team. Zebras pass was exactly that. If you think it was not that please explain why?

Agree with you completely Steve about the Zegras/Milano goal. You know who Zegras reminds me of? Pavel Datsyuk. Incredibly creative and didn't everyone appreciate it when he pulled off some amazing, never-before- seen play? Yes they did, and then hockey players went right out and copied him, to put in their bag of tricks. The Zegras/Milano goal will be hard to pull off again because everyone will expect it, and cover the guy in front but it will probably lead to something different that we've never seen before. Love it!

Man you forgot Fleurys 500th W, that’s a career record that is absolutely huge.

Is the Jake Allen one a Dang-Pick?

The Zegras-Milano goal at the end is 10000000% good for hockey. That takes a crazy amount of skill to pull off, as seen by their reactions. We should be encouraging the skill part of the game because that’s what makes hockey so special. You can’t do something like that in football or basketball. Only this glorious game

Hey I don’t know if everyone else knows this or whatever but here’s a quick fun story… I was actually at Nathan Walkers first NHL game. He played for the capitals and he scored his first career goal in the capitals home opener, it’s one of my coolest memories being at the game where the first Australian born player scored an NHL goal. And his family sat a few rows behind mine. Rly cool to watch him grow and hopefully he stays in big leagues in St. Louis. Wish Washington didn’t get rid of him.

I’ve shown the Zegras/Milano goal to everyone I know, almost all of whom don’t watch hockey. But all those people who never watch hockey thought it was absolutely bonkers and wanted to watch it again. There’s no way this is anything but awesome for the game. Also I don’t know if this is a hat pick exactly, but this clip of the synchronized swim team Oilers is mesmerizing ukposts.info/have/v-deo/boqZoJqPZKGlyWw.html

Slavin is the best defensive defensmen in the league!!!!!!!!! Aho is the most underrated player in the league. 3rd in points from the loaded 2015 draft! He has out scored McJesus in every game they have played against each other. Part of that is because of his defensive play!!!

19:03 I'm gonna loosely quote the late, great hockey coach, Herb Thomas, "skating, passing, flow, and creativity. That's what this [game] is about." That goal from Milano and Zegras incorporated creativity into the game. If we want hockey to change, we need more and more players with that creativity. That play is one HELL of a Hat-Pick. Good lord.

Earliest I’ve ever been here! I love hat pick day!

Nathan Walker was born in Wales - moved to Aus when he was 2. He has the Welsh dragon tattooed on his sidez

the way you say *correct oliver* is the funniest thing also I wonder if nhl players every get curious and watch these videos

That goal was so good for the game and if it wasn't then I don't care because I love it. And Soupy's paddle save deserved a mention too.

8:09- I was thinking that Terravanen is Turbo.

The fact that it was a Ducks player doing the Michigan play, makes it look like it was out of the Mighty Ducks movies.

HUGE missed hat pick, not including Josi going 1 on 4 against the Red Wings defense and scoring.

Do the Avs get limited to 1 hat-pick a week? EJ saved the game-tying goal Sunday night against the Panthers, which was a bonkers game overall.

Macs goal was pretty sick but should be worth mentioning he scored it on the backups backups backup

During the intro for NHL 06, 48 seconds in, the Zegras to Milano play is done in the game. This is the first time I've seen it in real life and not in Chel

Vasilevskiy kinda gives me Dominik Hasek vibes, in that they find ways to stop the puck that just kinda leave you speechless about how it was even POSSIBLE. I think the difference is that it never LOOKED like an accident with Hasek; you could tell that he meant to do every single thing he did. Vasilevsky's saves are so fluid with such economy of motion that you can convince yourself that it was just blind luck.

That flames puck hitting the post was a dang it.

Not to take anything away from MacKinnon, but the Rangers' goalie that night was the backup from their AHL affiliate. Igor is on IR, and they needed to give Georgie a break, but Kinkaid was out on COVID protocol due to a false positive.