Marie-Philip Poulin hat trick lifts Montreal Victoire past Ottawa Charge [Video]

Marie-Philip Poulin regularly tees up shot after shot at the end of practices.

On Wednesday night in Laval, Que., the Montreal Victoire captain put those reps to good use and sparked her team to victory.

Trailing 1-0 after Montreal’s sloppy first period, Poulin cranked up the energy early in the second by unleashing a blistering one-timer to even the score.

The Victoire kept rolling from there.

Poulin scored twice more for a hat trick, leading her red-hot team past the Ottawa Charge 4-1 on Wednesday night in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.

“That goal turned the tides of the entire game,” head coach Kori Cheverie said. “Pou has the ability to do that, and I’m glad she shot that puck that hard.

“I’m really happy that all that one-timer work she puts in at the end of practice came to fruition tonight.”

The goal came after Emily Clark, with a chance to double Ottawa’s lead, hit …