Comeback rallies happen all the time but usually not capped by a hat trick. “This Day” has one of those moments.  The early 90’s were still fairly a high flying time for the NHL where higher scores were common on a night to night basis.  Just think back to a time where goalies had to stand on their heads and there were actual 100 point scorers in the league.  Okay here is today’s moment from 19 years ago and a little video to go along with it.

December 27, 1992

Rookie Alexei Kovalev’s third goal of the game with 36 seconds left ended a four-goal rally in the final seven minutes and gave the Rangers a 6-5 win over Boston in New York. It was Kovalev’s first NHL hat trick.

This moment was a bit of a surprise but here we are going to spare the theatrics and get right down to it. Really this would be the best way to go about it.

Slap Shot director George Roy Hill died eight years ago today, December 27, 2002, at age 81. RIP, George, and thank you.