The shoe skates necessary to play professional hockey were not available when I was ten years old.

The shoe skates necessary to play professional hockey with the intensity of today's game were not available when you were ten years old, Dr. Bill. The NHL dates back to 1917.

Not to mention that it is entirely possible that the expression could have been inherited from field hockey.

Note: I am NOT disputing the cricket origin of the term 'hat trick'. I am merely saying that there is no reason that the term could NOT have come from elsewhere.