October 21, 2008

Harrison Feat Recalls Mighty C.J. Young

The following article featuring former Harvard standout C.J. Young appeared October 21 on the College Hockey News Web site.

 

By Adam Wodon
Managing Editor


The Hall of Fame has called for Zach Harrison, and he's not even out of college yet. But it didn't want Harrison, it wanted his stick -- a stick he made history with.

Harrison, a Minnesota State junior forward from Flint, Mich., scored a shorthanded natural hat trick, scoring the games last three goals over a 29:54 span of the second and third period.

A shorthanded hat trick is rare enough -- apparently, according to some research, it has only happened six times in NCAA history. And the fact that the last one went into an empty net hardly diminishes the feat.

But a shorthanded natural hat trick?

The Hall of Fame was quoted in a Minnesota State news release as saying it wasn't sure it had ever happened before.

But oh, it has. And did it ever.

Complete article can be accessed via the CHN Web site by clicking here.