{"id":247084,"date":"2026-06-07T05:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/toronto-fans-dying-a-death-by-1000-cuts-mitch-marners-stanley-cup-final-hat-trick-sends-nhl-fans-into-a-frenzy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:01:15","slug":"toronto-fans-dying-a-death-by-1000-cuts-mitch-marners-stanley-cup-final-hat-trick-sends-nhl-fans-into-a-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/toronto-fans-dying-a-death-by-1000-cuts-mitch-marners-stanley-cup-final-hat-trick-sends-nhl-fans-into-a-frenzy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Toronto fans dying a death by 1000 cuts&#8221;:\u00a0Mitch Marner&#8217;s Stanley Cup Final hat trick sends NHL fans into a frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5176435\" data-slug-id=\"2791864\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights star Mitch Marner scored a career-first Stanley Cup Final hat trick in Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Marner scored three back-to-back goals in the second period, and assisted in the first goal of the game by Tomas Hertl, capping off a four-point period which spiralled him up to the Stanley Cup playoffs points leaderboard with 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists). He completed his hat trick in 6 minutes and 10 seconds, which made it the fastest hat trick in Stanley Cup Final history.<\/p>\n<p>The most number of goals Mitch Marner scored across 9 postseason appearances for his former team, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/toronto-maple-leafs\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>, was 3 in 2022-23, per Sportsnet stats on X. He requested to be traded from his hometown team in the summer of 2025, and joined the Vegas Golden Knights on an 8-year, $96 million contract.<\/p>\n<p>NHL fans on X went berserk after Marner registered his Stanley Cup Final hat trick, with majority taking shots at the Maple Leafs fanbase.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Toronto fans dying a death by 1000 cuts&#8221; wrote @Bronagnos on X<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Matthews is on the phone with his agent right now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Toronto fans are gonna be like, \u201cyeah but he didn\u2019t doesn\u2019t do anything in games 5-6.\u201d \ud83d\ude02<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Leafs fans crying right now for sure<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Toronto fans in absolute fucking shambles in here and it\u2019s fucking hilarious\u2026.\ud83d\ude06\u2620\ufe0f #forgedingold<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/nhl\/mitch-marner\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Mitch Marner<\/a> was under massive scrutiny from the Maple Leafs fanbase for his lackluster playoff performances over the years. His best playoff numbers for Toronto came in 2022-23 when he scored 14 points (3 goals, 11 assists) in 11 games. 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