Hat Tricks Suffocate Sea Wolves, 11-3, in Mississippi
April 4, 2025 - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
Danbury Hat Tricks News Release
Biloxi, Miss. - Gleb Bandurkin registered his third-career hat trick, part of a season-high four goals, and the Hat Tricks routed the Mississippi Sea Wolves, 11-3, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Friday. Vadim Frolov (2g, 4a) and Aleksandr Vasilyev (6a) each finished with a season-high six points, just the fourth and fifth time a Hat Tricks player has reached that point total in a single game. All 11 Danbury goals were at even strength.
Bandurkin backhanded Danbury's go-ahead goal off an offensive-zone faceoff just 1:33 into the first period. The 25-year-old forward tucked home his second goal of the night from the right wing at 5:02 to put the Hat Tricks ahead, 2-0.
With just less than 6 ý minutes left in the middle frame, Bandurkin scored on the doorstep to extend Danbury's lead to 6-1. The rookie posted the Hat Tricks' fifth hat trick of the season and its first since Chase Harwell's first of his career on March 21 against the Dashers (9-0W).
Danbury netted a season-high 11 goals, including four unanswered to begin the contest.
Vasilyev logged his sixth assist of the game on Bandurkin's fourth goal, marking a season-high in helpers. The 35-year-old forward stretched his point streak (5-8-13) to six games. Frolov totaled two goals for the first time since his first-career hat trick at Port Huron (7-2W) on Feb. 14.
Frolov scored back-to-back goals within the contest's first six minutes, the first coming on a cross-slot pass from Vasilyev at 11:02 as the Hat Tricks moved ahead by three. Frolov added another in the high slot with 3:04 remaining, padding Danbury's lead to 4-0.
Despite the Hat Tricks outshooting the Sea Wolves, 11-8, in the opening frame, Mississippi got on the board. Mississippi's Austin Langworthy scored from the goal line off a rebound in the slot at 19:27, making it a 4-1 contest.
The Hat Tricks carried their offensive momentum into the second.
Co-head coach and captain Jonny Ruiz scored from the right circle at 1:27, burying Danbury's fifth goal of the game.
Mississippi's Noah Hippolyte-Smith ripped home the second goal for the Sea Wolves of the game in the low slot with 3:53 to go in the second, trimming the lead to five, 7-2.
But Danbury's scoring barrage was nowhere near finished.
Jacob Ratcliffe scored off a deflection in front, growing the lead to 8-2 at 1:45. Harwell scored in the slot, his third goal in four outings, to put Danbury ahead, 9-3.
Mississippi scored its second goal of the third at 8:49 as Philip Wong zipped a shot from the blue line to make it 9-3 Danbury off an attempt to keep the puck in the zone.
Cory Anderson tipped in a loose puck in front for Danbury's 10th goal at 9:32.
Conor McCollum made 19 saves and improved to 21-13-6.
Up next, the Hat Tricks face off with the Sea Wolves again on Saturday. Puck drop is set for 7:20 p.m.
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