>>> Which Flyer was the first American-born player to record a hat trick in a Stanley Cup Final game?
(Answer Below)
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>>> MLB
Thirteen times a batter has struck out 200 times or more in a Major League season. The recently retired Mark Reynolds is responsible for three of them:
223 . . . Mark Reynolds, Diamondbacks (2009)
222 . . . Adam Dunn, White Sox (2012)
219 . . . Chris Davis, Orioles (2016)
217 . . . Yoan Moncada, White Sox (2018)
212 . . . Chris Carter, Astros (2013)
211 . . . Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees (2018)
211 . . . Mark Reynolds, Diamondbacks (2010)
208 . . . Aaron Judge, Yankees (2017)
208 . . . Chris Davis, Orioles (2015)
207 . . . Joey Gallo, Rangers (2018)
206 . . . Chris Carter, Brewers (2016)
205 . . . Drew Stubbs, Reds (2011)
204 . . . Mark Reynolds, Diamondbacks (2008)
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>>> BIG 5
In 1955-56 − the first season of the Big 5 − La Salle, Penn, Saint Joseph’s, Temple and Villanova played a combined total of 124 games.
Only two of them went beyond the regulation 40 minutes.
The first was the opener of a Feb. 4 doubleheader when Villanova outlasted Fordham by 12-7 in a second extra period after the first overtime was scoreless.
The only other OT contest of that season was . . . the second game of that same twinbill, when La Salle dropped a 67-63, 45-minute decision to Georgetown.
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>>> EAGLES
Zach Ertz has not scored a first-quarter touchdown since Nov. 26, 2017.
He has 10 (including the postseason) in other quarters since then.
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>>> NBA
The Dallas Mavericks’ Derek Harper improved his NBA season scoring average every season from his second through eighth campaigns:
> 5.7 . . . 1983-84 (rookie)
> 9.6 . . . 1984-85
> 12.2 . . . 1985-86
> 16.0 . . . 1986-87
> 17.0 . . . 1987-88
> 17.3 . . . 1988-89
> 18.0 . . . 1989-90
> 19.7 . . . 1990-91
He dipped to 17.7 in 1991-92.
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>>> Which Flyer was the first American-born player to record a hat trick in a Stanley Cup Final game?
Answer:
> Paul Holmgren on May 15, 1980, as the Flyers routed the Islanders, 8-3, to tie the series at 1-1. Homlgren scored the Flyers’ first (1-1), fifth (5-2) and eighth (8-2) goals, one in each period.