The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 on Friday night. However, in equally important news...
Zach Werenski recorded a Gordie Howe hat trick, the first in Blue Jacket playoff history.
The first Gordie Howe hat trick in #CBJ playoff history!
— x-Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 13, 2019
Take a bow, @ZachWerenski! pic.twitter.com/aYx3aSB43W
A Gordie Howe hat trick, friends, is when a player scores a goal, records an assist and gets in a fight in the same game. It's something you tell your grandkids about, and rightfully sol
Here's how Werenski, the 21-year-old defensive stud for the Blue Jackets, made it happen.
Goal
THAT PUCK HAD EYES, ZACH.#CBJ pic.twitter.com/epluiQnUOC
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) April 12, 2019
Assist
— x-Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) April 13, 2019
Fight
Scoring goals, dropping mitts: The Zach Werenski Story#CBJ pic.twitter.com/baTr2PIMBe
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) April 12, 2019
The goal was gorgeous. The assist was a nice secondary helper. The fight was…admirable. And that's how history is made, folks.
