The Flames are averaging a “hat trick” every 12 games this season. If they can get at least one over the final 12 games it would make 7 for this season, the most since the 1993-94 season.

  The final dozen games start Friday with a visit from the St. Louis Blues.

  Five different players have collaborated for the 6 “hats” led by Mike Cammalleri having two with singles triggered by Jarome Iginla, David Moss, Ollie Jokinen and Rene Bourque.

  The last time the Flames have six 3-goal performance was ’95-96 when Theoren Fleury and Gary Roberts notched 3 each.

  The 7 “hats” in ’93-94 were achieved by 5 players.

  The club record for most hat tricks in one season is 11 in the 1987-88 season, which included three 4-goal games, two of them by Joe Nieuwendyk. Four players produced the record led by Hakan Loob with 5 while Nieuwendyk had 4 as a rookie. The others went to Brett Hull and John Tonelli.

  The Flame record for most 3-goal games in one season is 7 in ’92-93 led by Robert Reichel and Roberts with 2. 

  The individual record for “hats” in one season is 5 — Loob, Fleury, McDonald and Kent Nilsson. Careerwise, the record is 13 shared by Nilsson and Fleury. 

  Meanwhile, Jokinen’s 10 points in his first 6 games represents the hottest scoring ever by a Flame player starting a career.  Joey Mullen, in 1986, and Doug Gilmour in 1988, both had 8 points in their first 6 contests with the team.  Dan Quinn has the best 6-game start of a Flame beginning an NHL career here. He had one goal and 6 assists for 7 points in 1982-83.

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