David Pastrnak scored a hat trick and he and Morgan Geekie collected ... “Yeah, I mean it’s fun to win in a hockey game, see the Garden happy and cheerful and being loud.

Buoyed by a hat trick and an assist by forward Sidney Crosby ... Koppanen was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League. … DeSmith faced the Penguins for the first time ...

Winthrop senior captain Mike Holgersen’s hat trick in the Division 4 boys’ hockey state championship game on Sunday turned ballcaps into confetti and gave the Vikings their first championship ...