WATCH: Mitch Marner scores the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history

Mitch Marner put up a hat trick in 6 minutes and 10 seconds during the second period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night. The fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history. Four points in the period. An assist on Hertl’s goal to break the scoreless tie and then three goals of his own in just over six minutes. The Golden Knights destroyed the Hurricanes in the second period and Marner was the reason.

This is the same Mitch Marner who spent years being the poster child for playoff failure in Toronto. The guy who couldn’t get out of the first round. The guy Leafs fans blamed for every postseason collapse.

The guy who became synonymous with regular-season production and playoff disappearance. Toronto traded him to Vegas and now he’s scoring the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history while the Leafs sit at home watching it happen on television.

Toronto fans have to be absolutely sick right now. Years of watching Marner come up short in the playoffs, blaming him for everything, running him out of town, and now the man is putting on a historic performance in the Final wearing a different jersey. The classic hockey trade curse playing out in real time on the biggest stage in the sport.

The Hat Trick Was Absurd

The first goal had some luck to it. Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker put the puck into his own net and Marner got credit for the score. Fine. Sometimes the hockey gods give you one. The next two were all Marner. Clean goals. No controversy. No deflections. Just a guy who was absolutely feeling it in the second period of a Stanley Cup Final game and couldn’t be stopped.

Mitch Marner Hat Trick

A NATURAL HAT TRICK IN THE SPAN OF 6:10?!

MITCH MARNER JUST DID THAT 🤩 #StanleyCup

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Four points in a single period of a Cup Final game. Most NHL players don’t get four points in a Cup Final series. Marner did it in 20 minutes of hockey. The Golden Knights turned a scoreless game into a laugher in one period and Marner was the engine driving everything. The Hurricanes had no answer for him. The defensive structure that had been working for Carolina all postseason completely collapsed once Marner got rolling.

Six minutes and ten seconds between the first and third goal. Many players go their entire careers without scoring a hat trick in any game. Marner did it in a period. In the Final. In the fastest time it has ever been done on that stage. That’s a performance that goes in the history books permanently.

Mitch Marner Traded Playoff Failure for Playoff History

The narrative around Marner for years was that he couldn’t perform when it mattered. Toronto’s playoff collapses were pinned on him more than almost anyone else on the roster. He was the highest-paid Leaf who kept disappearing in April and May. The trade to Vegas was supposed to be a fresh start but nobody expected this. Nobody expected the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history in his first season with a new team.

Sometimes a change of scenery is all it takes. Get out of Toronto’s media pressure cooker. Get away from the fanbase that turned on you. Join a team built to win with a coaching staff that puts you in the right spots. Suddenly the guy who “couldn’t perform in the playoffs” is having the best postseason of his career and rewriting the record books in the Final.

Vegas is up in the series. Marner is playing the best hockey of his life. The Hurricanes are on their heels. Leafs fans are somewhere staring at a wall wondering what could have been.

The hockey gods have a sense of humor. They always have.

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