Coyotes make history in last night's 8-1 crushing of the Blackhawks

In case you missed it last night, the Arizona Coyotes absolutely CRUSHED the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 8-1 in Tempe, AZ.

Michael Carcone had a hat trick and four points, while forwards Liam O'Brien and Jack McBain each managed to collect the Gordie Howe hat trick! For those not familiar, the Gordie Howe hat trick occurs when a player scores one goal, one assist and one fight. It's named in honour of Howe, given the gritty forward's physically dominating playing style.

It was the first such hat trick of their NHL careers for both O'Brien and McBain and, interestingly enough, it's the first time since 1988 that two teammates have reached the accomplishment in the same game. What's even more wild though is that the last two teammates to score a Gordie Howe hat trick in the same game were Peter Taglianeti and Andrew McBain, Jack's father. That's right, it took an entire generation of NHL players between the feat... my only question is where's Taglianeti's son in all this? Does he know what he could have been a part of!?!?

I kid, of course, but this was a history evening and a historic win for the Coyotes.

“We got off to a little bit of a slow start to be honest, but then kind of just settled into the game nicely,” the younger McBain said after the game. “There was no panic. We were kind of able to take it over.”

As for the Blackhawks... well... Connor Bedard scored a goal so they've got that going for them, at least.

“We got off our game plan,” Blackhakws head coach Luke Richardson said afterward. “But credit to them, I’m sure they were upset about their last game. We’re still maturing as a team, and maybe we were on our back foot from patting ourselves on the back for coming back in the last game.”