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Young Filatov records hat trick

By Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Apparently nobody told Nikita Filatov that he was no longer playing in the World Junior Championship. Columbus' Filatov, whose slick hands made him a fantasy favorite coming out of last year's draft, recorded a hat trick in the Blue Jackets' 4-2 win over Minnesota on Saturday. Filatov scored eight goals while leading his Russian team to a bronze medal (which could have easily been a gold medal if not for Canada's Jordan Eberle) at the world under-20 championship. To play a little bit of catch-u ...

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