No stoppin' Seguin

Whalers' scoring leader notches hat trick in impressive victory over London

  Tyler Seguin scored his first-ever  hat trick to lead the Plymouth Whalers to an impressive 7-2 victory over London in a game played Saturday night at Compuware Arena.

  Plymouth (3-1-0-0) broke a 2-all tie after one period of play with three goals int he second period and two more in the third.

  AJ Jenks, Myles McCauley, Garrett Meurs and Joe Gaynor all scored for Plymouth, which bounced back in a big way from a lackluster 6-1 loss in Saginaw on Thursday.

  London (2-1-0-0) received goals from Justin Taylor and Jared Knight.

  The Whalers took the game over in the second period by outworking London.

  "Tonight was an unbelievable bounce-back effort," said Plymouth assistant coach Joe Stefan. "Everyone was disappointed with the way we played in Saginaw. We had a real tough practice Friday and I think the boys got the message. They sure proved it with the way they came out tonight. They played a full 60 minutes."

  After Taylor and Seguin traded first-period goals, Knight gave London a 2-1 lead at 14:!0 when he jammed a shot from the right goal line past Plymouth goalie Matt Hackett. That set the stage for Jenks' key goal of the game, a short-handed effort at 19:16 of the period that knotted the game at 2-2 and seemed to deflect off something in front f London goaltender Michael Hutchinson.

  Plymouth took the game over in the second period on a pair of power-play goals by Seguin at 0:39 and 15:17. Seguin's hat-trick goal came on a deflection in the slot of Beau Schmitz's low shot from the right point.

  Seguin now has six goals and five assists.

  Plymouth outshot London, 29-25.

  Plymouth hits the road next week, playing in Barrie on Thursday, Sudbury on Friday and Sault Ste. Marie on Saturday.

  Plymouth's next home game is Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7:05 against Sudbury.