Cam Atkinson’s Hat Trick Means This Girl Gets a Puppy

Television cameras at Monday’s Columbus Blue Jackets game caught nine-year-old Maddie Wright holding a sign that read “Dad said if 13 scores on my birthday, we get a dog”.

Rattie, 22, made 11 appearances with the Blues, recording five points (three goals, two assists).

The Columbus Blue Jackets announced that coach John Tortorella will miss the team’s home-and-home series against the Montreal Canadiens after he sustained two broken ribs in a fall during an outdoor practice Friday.

And she left the game against the Montreal Canadiens fully satisfied and with more than enough ammo for future negotiations with her dad-all thanks to Columbus right wing Cam Atkinson. Atkinson, who wears No. 13, delivered on Wright’s wish for her 13th birthday, getting the third hat trick of his National Hockey League career.

He scored. That was the first puppy.

Players can go through all the superstitious rituals that they want prior to taking the ice; but if they want to find the back of the net without question, just make sure a young fan will get a puppy if they score. The Blue Jackets have dropped three straight contests (0-2-1) after suffering 3-2 shootout loss at Boston on Saturday.

Stars 2, Flames 1: DALLAS – Jamie Benn and Jason Spezza scored 80 seconds apart early in the second period to lift Dallas.