![Here's why hats are thrown onto the ice in celebration of hat tricks and what happens to those thrown by Kraken fans | The Seattle Times Here's why hats are thrown onto the ice in celebration of hat tricks and what happens to those thrown by Kraken fans | The Seattle Times](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11042021_Sabres-at-Kraken-Gallery_212833.jpg?d=2040x1360)
Here's why hats are thrown onto the ice in celebration of hat tricks and what happens to those thrown by Kraken fans | The Seattle Times
![Ever wonder what NHL teams do with the hats you throw on the ice for hat tricks? Blackhawks throw the hats away, while the Blues donate them to the homeless. : r/stlouisblues Ever wonder what NHL teams do with the hats you throw on the ice for hat tricks? Blackhawks throw the hats away, while the Blues donate them to the homeless. : r/stlouisblues](https://i.redd.it/f24npyxjowg11.jpg)
Ever wonder what NHL teams do with the hats you throw on the ice for hat tricks? Blackhawks throw the hats away, while the Blues donate them to the homeless. : r/stlouisblues
![NHL -- What the haul looks like from a hat trick by Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin - ESPN NHL -- What the haul looks like from a hat trick by Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin - ESPN](https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2017/0214/r180819_1296x729_16-9.jpg)
NHL -- What the haul looks like from a hat trick by Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin - ESPN
![Here's why hats are thrown onto the ice in celebration of hat tricks and what happens to those thrown by Kraken fans | The Seattle Times Here's why hats are thrown onto the ice in celebration of hat tricks and what happens to those thrown by Kraken fans | The Seattle Times](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11052021_tzr_tzr_134507.jpg?d=1020x655)