Hatty For Hendrix! Hendrix Lapierre Records Natural Hat Trick in Hershey Bears’ 4-2 Win Over Belleville Senators


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The American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears have dominated their opponents this season to the tune of a 38-9-0-2 record, with their most recent victory on Monday over the Belleville Senators coming on the back of a hat trick by former Washington Capitals first-round pick Hendrix Lapierre.

Lapierre, who has appeared in 20 games for Hershey this season and 25 for Washington, recorded a three-goal day against the Senators, pushing his season total to five.

The first marker for Lapierre came just under seven and a half minutes into the opening frame, putting home the tally on assists from Alex Limoges and Chase Priskie.

The 22nd overall pick in 2020 would pot his sixth of the 2023-24 campaign just over five minutes later, scoring shorthanded at 12:15 on assists from Henrik Rybinski and Hardy Haman Aktell to give the Chocolate and White a 2-0 lead that would carry into the first intermission.

Lapierre, who has two goals and seven points in 25 games with the Capitals, secured his second career hat trick nearly three minutes into the second, this time on the power play, to push Hershey to a commanding, 3-0 lead. The feat also gave the Gatineau, Quebec native a natural hat trick (three consecutive goals by the same player without another player from either team scoring intermittently).

Lapierre finished the game having scored on three of his four shots on net (75% shooting percentage) and now has 17 Points (5G, 12A) in 20 Games Played with Hershey.

By Michael Fleetwood

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About Michael Fleetwood

Michael Fleetwood was born into a family of diehard Capitals fans and has been watching games as long as he can remember. He was born the year the Capitals went to their first Stanley Cup Final, and is a diehard Caps fan, the owner of the very FIRST Joe Beninati jersey and since then, has met Joe himself.

Michael joined the NoVa Caps team in 2015, and is most proud of the growth of the NoVa Caps community in that time. An avid photographer, Michael resides in VA.





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