An Egor Sokolov hat trick helped pace the Belleville Senators as they returned to the win column ending a season-high four-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Rochester Americans on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena.
After a scoreless first period, Belleville opened the scoring when Ridly Greig notched his tenth of the season at 4:11 of the middle stanza. The Senators continued to extend their advantage throughout the frame as Sokolov quickly found the back of the net twice before the 11:15 mark of the period to give the visitors a 3-0 lead. Shortly after, Rochester responded with a power play tally from Linus Weissbach to make it 3-1 after forty minutes.
In the third, Belleville struck twice more to seal the contest. Jonathan Aspirot notched his second of the campaign with a heavy slap shot before Sokolov completed his hat trick with a long-range effort into an empty net to round out the scoring with 4:07 remaining in regulation time.
The Senators return to action Friday when they visit the Syracuse Crunch with puck drop set for 7:00 p.m. (EST).
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