Teemu Selanne scored a hat trick - friend with cancer had asked for it

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Teemu Selanne (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) scored a hat trick (3 goals) in a match against Dallas Stars (Jan 11, 2007). Although a hat trick is nothing super-special, but this one really hit the news. Before the game Selanne had called to his friend in Finland. This friend has a brain cancer and he's running out of time very soon. He asked Selanne to score 3 goals and send him the puck afterwards. Selanne promised to do this, but also reminded that the odds for a hat trick are pretty minimal. But the most unusual thing happened. Selanne scored those three goals! To me this was the best news I've read for a while. There's always issues about terrorists and disasters, but luckily you