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Oklahoma City Barons: Jordan Eberle's hat trick breaks records

Barons notebook: Oklahoma City also added two more power-play goals in Monday's win over Texas

By Michael Baldwin | Published: December 31, 2012 Comment on this article

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Oklahoma City Barons: Jordan Eberle scores hat trick in Barons' 5-2 win over Texas
12/31/2012 If the NHL lockout ends before OKC comes back from road trip on Jan. 11, Eberle played his last game in the city in style.

“I'll try to last until 11 which is midnight back home and then go to bed,” said goaltender Yann Danis, from Canada.

The road trip continues with games in Grand Rapids (Friday), Milwaukee (Saturday) and Chicago (Sunday).

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Defenseman Martin Marincin is third on the team with a plus-8 rating, trailing only Eberle (plus-16) and Schultz (plus-15) ... Tough man Erick Lizon, a former OKC Blazer who was signed by the Barons last week from Wichita in the CHL, needed only three games to get involved in his first fight. And his second. Lizon squared off with Luke Gazdic in the first and second periods ... The Barons have owned a lead or been tied after the first period in their last 15 games. OKC is 8-5-2 in those games ... The Barons final goal was an empty netter by team captain Josh Green.

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