A variation of the Gordie Howe "Hat Trick" -- a goal, high stick and ejection as The WHA Aeros battle the Winnipeg Jets in 1975.
From Evan Weiner of NHL.com
Gordie also helped Marty one night with a stunt that came straight out of a Three Stooges comedy skit that left Dineen, and virtually everyone on ice, laughing except for the victim, Edmonton Oilers defenseman Roger Cote.
"They (Mark and Marty) remember it more than I do, but one time Marty was on the ground and he was holding around somebody's arms and the guy (Cote) said; 'You can let me go.' Marty said; 'Yeah, I was born yesterday,'" Gordie recalled. "There was a fight and in those days of the WHA everybody showed up. I looked around and Marty was on his back on the ice and (Aeros captain and left wing) Teddy Taylor went over and tapped the guy and said; 'It's all over.' What he said, I couldn't repeat it. It is a little bilingual -- English and profanity -- so when that happened, it started up all over again. I made it a point to go over there and I said; 'It's all over.' And he said something about old, something, something, so, I don't know why I did it, but these two big fingers went into his nasal cavity and gave it a yank and he came up pretty fast. It was quite embarrassing. I just lifted him up and Marty said; 'Boy, the greatest thing was you should have seen the look on the guy's face.' It worked good.
"You do things out there and you don't know why. It was the one thing I thought of, where would I get the best respect? It was up the nostrils.
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