Ducks' Cutter Gauthier ties NHL record so old it was set by guys named 'Punch' and 'Phantom Joe'

The 22-year-old American has scored an astounding 14 goals in the team's last seven games.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.

This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.It doesn't take a math whiz to deduce that that's an average of — hang on, let me grab my abacus — approximately two goals per game.He's only the sixth player to do that since 1945, and the first since Mario Lemieux and Alexander Mogilny did it in 1992-93.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEAnaheim Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier is on a historic scoring spree.

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)Gauthier already has three hat tricks this month, and he kept things on tolling Wednesday night to tie another record that has stood for over a century.And, better yet, he did it in one of the Ducks' Hometown Remix sweaters, which are just — chef's kiss — perfection.Gauthier picking up the trash there meant that he had notched 12 goals in the team’s first six games to start the month.According to Sportsnet, that has not been done since the 1921-22 season, when Punch Broadbent of the original Ottawa Senators and "Phantom Joe" Malone of the Hamilton Tigers both did it.They just don't make nicknames like they used to, do they (although "Cutter" is a solid name to add to the list)?It absolutely pains me as a Philadelphia Flyers fan to see Cutter "I Don't Want To Be A Flyer" Gauthier absolutely cleaning up on the Left Coast, but it's an insane scoring clip, and it's helping the Ducks stay in the playoff race.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!Gauthier's 14 goals in seven games hasn't been done since the 1992-93 season, while his six-game scoring streak to start a month hasn't been done in 105 years.

(Brett Holmes-Imagn Images)While the Ducks lost on Wednesday to the Nashville Predators, they came into the game unde...

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