{"id":656188,"date":"2017-04-16T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T02:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=656188"},"modified":"2017-04-16T22:43:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T02:43:02","slug":"jake-guentzels-big-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/jake-guentzels-big-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Guentzel’s Big Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

After three seasons at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (2013-16), Jake Guentzel<\/a> signed a professional contract with the Pittsburg Penguins in May of 2016. That move has paid off for the Penguins.<\/p>\n

Watching the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs, you\u2019ve probably noticed that the former Mavericks has made the transition from college hockey to the NHL successfully. On Sunday, against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Guentzel scored a hat trick playing on the same forward line as All-World forward Sidney Crosby and Conor Sheary. After a semi-rough season in 2016-17, Guentzel is giving Mavericks fans something to cheer about.<\/p>\n

In the last eight games that Guentzel has played in, he\u2019s scored (9g-4a\u201413pts), he\u2019s also a plus-two. In three playoff games, Guentzel has scored (4g-1a\u20145pts).<\/p>\n

Guentzel didn’t\u00a0just emerge during the last eight games. I went back and took a look at his game logs, since February 19, 2017, Guentzel has been red-hot scoring (14g-13a\u201427pts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Below is the game-winning goal against the Blue Jackets. You can see his other two goals by clicking on the following links. \u00a0(goal one<\/a>) , (goal two<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Guentzel\u2019s hat trick goal wins it for Pittsburgh in OT, but please look at this work by Sidney Crosby pic.twitter.com\/G1mUguDjii<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) April 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n