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Video: Simmonds nets hat trick for Flyers in Game 6 (Update)

New York Rangers v Philadelphia Flyers - Game Six

in Game Six of the First Round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Wells Fargo Center on April 29, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bruce Bennett

After setting a career-high with 29 goals this season, Philadelphia Flyers power forward Wayne Simmonds had been kept mostly under wraps (one goal, one assist) by the New York Rangers through the first five games of their first-round series. So far, he’s giving his team a real chance to make this series go the distance with Game 6’s first two goals.

They’re both basically trademark Simmonds goals, as the 25-year-old displays his knack for cleaning up rebounds and loose pucks in the “dirty” areas:

Update: Simmonds scored yet another goal to give himself a hat trick:

As a bonus, here’s Erik Gustafsson’s tally right out of the penalty box:

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