A natural hat trick is hard to come by.
A natural hat trick that accompanies three consecutive power play goals is rare.
A natural hat trick with three power play goals accomplished with one lacrosse shot is a feat in itself.
Logan Mailloux let it happen Saturday night in Erie.
Mailloux’s deluge in the final 20 minutes helped propel the London Knights to a 5-1 victory over the Erie Otters at Erie Insurance Arena on Saturday night.
Toss in the fact that it was Star Wars night and it seems that much more surreal.
Mailloux scored at 8:03, 16:26 and 17:28 of the final period. He now has four goals in his last two games and 17 on the year.
Ryan Winterton helped open the scoring in the first period when he picked up a puck at mid-ice and zipped a pass past Easton Cowan at the Otters’ blue line. Cowan skated into the Erie zone on the left and scored his 13th goal of the season on the glove of Nolan Lalonde just two minutes and 18 seconds into the game. The goal gave Cowan his 30th point on the year.
The Otters’ goal came short-handed at 12:16 of the first when Pano Fimis stole a catch deep in London territory and curled a pass past Noah Sedor to make it 1–1.
Sean McGurn broke the tie in the second period when he put on an exhibition of determination. The London co-captain found a loose puck at center ice on a penalty kill, poked it around a defender and somehow managed to control the bounce while whacking and hacking away at two Erie pursuers for the Otter net. Be successful By that point McGurn had been fouled enough that a penalty was due against the Otters, but the call was never needed as McGurn finished the job by curling a shot past Nolan Lalonde for his 19th goal of the season. This gave the Knights a 2–1 lead.
Knights goaltender Zach Bowen made 24 saves for their tenth consecutive win. Bowen is 10-1 on the year.
London defeated Erie 29–25.
Stan Butler made his coaching debut for the Otters against the Knights. Butler was hired on January 26. He has 737 career OHL wins.
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Tkachuk had five points in Team Atlantic’s semifinal win and then added another goal and two assists in the finals as they defeated Nathan McKinnon and Team Central 7–5. Marner had three assists and Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin recorded a hat trick for Team Atlantic.
Tkachuk and Marner win the Memorial Cup in 2016 playing in London, Ontario
Nick Suzuki of London won the Pitch n Puck event in which players are placed on the golf course with hockey pucks and hockey sticks. They had to go from tee to green using the white puck and were then able to switch to golf balls from there.
Suzuki tapped in for birdie as he found the net to backdoor teammates and walked away with the inaugural title for an event that may or may not ever happen again. Brock Nelson edged past London and former Knight Nazam Qadri in the final of the Accuracy Shooting event, and former Knight Mitch Marner was runner-up in the Breakaway event.
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London Knights head coach Dale Hunter is 12 wins away from 900 career wins. Hunter is just 21 wins away from tying the late Burt Templeton for second place all-time. Former Ottawa 67’s head coach Brian Kilrea is the winningest coach in OHL history. Kilrea achieved 1194 victories in his career.
Knights goalkeeper Brett Brochu is just two wins away from tying Jean Chiarello for second in all-time wins by a London goalkeeper. The OHL began tracking goalkeeper victories in the 1979–80 season. Brochu’s three saves in a shootout against the Kingston Frontenacs on January 28 brought the overage netminder to 81 career wins. Brochu Knights is 11 wins away from Michael Houser for the top spot on the list.
Former London forward Patrick Kane is 25 points away from 800 points in his career.
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London will host the Flint Firebirds on Monday, February 6, for Mitch Marner Bobblehead Night.
The first 2,000 fans inside Budweiser Gardens will receive a Mitch Marner bobblehead.
The Knights and Firebirds have split the two games they’ve played against each other this year, with each team winning the other’s team building.
London will host Kitchener on Wednesday, February 8 for the Don Brinkley Hall of Fame induction game that will honor the Hall’s three newest members: Dan Maloney, Rick Green and Dennis Widman.
Coverage of both games begins at 6:30 PM on 980 CFPL http://www.980cfpl.ca and on the Radioplayer Canada app.
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