1 definition by PenguinsApril
Scoring 5 goals in a National Hockey League game.
The sobriquet honours the greatest hockey player of all time, "Super Mario" Lemieux who scored 5 goals in a game four times during his peerless career.
Adapted from horse racing where a feature bet predicting the finish of the first 2 horses is called an exacta; the first 3 horses, a trifecta; the first 4 horses, a superfecta.
The sobriquet honours the greatest hockey player of all time, "Super Mario" Lemieux who scored 5 goals in a game four times during his peerless career.
Adapted from horse racing where a feature bet predicting the finish of the first 2 horses is called an exacta; the first 3 horses, a trifecta; the first 4 horses, a superfecta.
Marian Gaborik of Minnesota was the last man to score a Supermariofecta, on Dec. 20, 2007 vs. New York Rangers. As a penalty for their ineptitude, the Rangers had to pay him $37.5MM over 5 years.
by PenguinsApril November 10, 2010