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WINNIPEG - Manitoba Moose rookie Jordan Schroeder scored his first pro hat trick in his teams 7-2 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs in American Hockey League playoff action Monday. The victory narrowed Hamiltons lead in the best-of-seven North Division semifinal series 2-1. Game 4 goes in Winnipeg on Wednesday. The Bulldogs claimed the first two games of the series by scores of 2-0 and 8-2. Hamilton won the North Division and Western Conference titles with 115 points, 28 more points than the Moose, who finished fourth in the division. Schroeder, Vancouvers first-round pick (22nd overall) in the 2009 NHL entry draft, scored his teams first two goals on their first two power plays of the game in front of a crowd of 7,546 at MTS Centre. The five-foot-eight centre one-timed a pass from teammate Guillaume Desbiens that beat Bulldogs goalie Cedrick Desjardins at 12:04 of the first period. He added a second goal off a rebound at 14:28. 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