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Knew he had a good week obviously, but was not aware of one of the more amazing stats he incurred doing so.

The Calgary Flames’ blue-line prospect, currently logging big minutes on behalf of the American Hockey League’s Stockton Heat, earned an assist on his second shift Saturday.

On his fourth, he dropped his mitts for a dance.

And on his sixth spin of the evening, this time on the penalty-kill, he seized an opportunity to join the rush and re-directed a pass from red-hot rookie Jakob Pelletier.

A shortie.

And a Gordie.

“It all happened in one period for me, so it’s not like I was even thinking about it or anything like that. It just sort of happened. It’s rare to happen in a game, let alone one period, right? So pretty cool.”

With all three deeds done in just 4:28 of ice time, you’d think that Mackey’s Gordie Howe Hat-Trick would have been the hot topic in Stockton’s locker-room at Saturday’s first intermission.

https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...-weekly-honour