Watch: DeBrincat records 3rd hat trick of the year
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Alex DeBrincat is providing some light in an otherwise dark season for the Chicago Blackhawks.
The rookie forward snapped a 13-game goalless skid in style Sunday night, recording his third hat trick of the season to break the franchise record for hat tricks by a rookie, previously set by Steve Larmer in 1983.
Alex DeBrincat (Farmington Hills, Mich.) of the @NHLBlackhawks is the second U.S.-born rookie in NHL history to score three hat tricks in a season. #NHLStats #STLvsCHI pic.twitter.com/9YZ0pwgtO7
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) March 19, 2018
With his three tallies DeBrincat now sits tied for second among all rookies with 25 goals, which also shares the team lead.