Games of the Year- #13

This is going to seem like an odd game but it just stood out to me as one of the most exciting games in the NLL this season.
It was a regular season game between the Boston Blazers and Colorado Mammoth. There was a brawl, goalies ejected, and a game with playoff implications coming down to the final seconds. So here is your number 13 game of the year.
This was the first ever meeting between the Blazers and Mammoth,but they played like they had known each other for a long time.
It was a low scoring game, with no one scoring until ten minutes into the first quarter. Boston did a terrific job defending Colorado, who had averaged 12 goals per game in their last three.
Boston ended up with a 2-0 lead after the first quarter, after goals from Daryl Veltman and Jamie Rooney.
Colorado made it 2-1 seconds into the second, but Dan Dawson scored 28 seconds after that.
The controversy began when Alex Gajic shot hit the post, then deflected behind Anthony Cosmo's leg and the ball spun on the goal line before Boston picked up the loose ball.
However, Colorado coach Bob Hamley threw the challenge flag and the officials ruled the play a good goal.
However, the officials reviewed the play again at halftime and stripped the Mammoth of their second goal, making it 3-1 Boston at halftime.
The third quarter was a high scoring one, with the score at 6-4 Boston going into the final frame.
The Mammoth got lucky when Boston goalie Anthony Cosmo was thrown out of the game for having enlarged pads. So Boston had to go with their backup goaltender,Nick Rose. The Mammoth took advantage of their momentum and starting shooting several shots on net. Colorado tied the game at six before Dan Dawson again worked his magic to take the lead for the Blazers.
Rich Catton tied it again for Colorado, but after a Dan Dawson and Jon Harnett goal the playoffs hope for Colorado were over.

Media coverage:
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Box Score:
PLAYERS Pos. G A SOG S LB PIM FO
44 Cosmo, Anthony G 0 0 0 0 0 12 0/0
66 Rose, Nick G 0 1 0 0 0 0 0/0
2 Dawson, Paul D 0 0 0 0 6 2 0/0
6 Dawson, Dan F 5 3 12 13 4 0 0/0
8 Downing, Greg T 0 1 1 1 4 0 0/0
9 Bining, Gary F 0 0 4 5 2 0 0/0
12 Durno, Jon D 0 0 0 0 3 4 0/0
16 Veltman, Daryl F 1 2 7 11 4 0 0/0
18 Reid, Jack D 0 0 0 0 3 2 0/0
20 Hotaling, Ryan T 0 1 1 6 8 0 10/21
23 Queener, Brett T 0 3 0 1 3 0 0/0
26 Kirk, Mike D 0 0 0 0 5 0 0/0
27 Giles, Mat F 1 2 6 6 4 0 0/0
33 Harnett, Jon D 1 0 1 1 4 0 0/0
37 Cotter, Nick F 0 1 9 9 3 2 0/0
85 Belisle, Mitch D 0 0 0 0 7 2 0/0
90 Rooney, Jamie F 1 0 4 6 6 2 0/0
97 Ross, Kyle T 0 0 1 2 2 2 0/0
TEAM 9 46 61 68 28 10/21

PLAYERS Pos. G A SOG S LB PIM FO
30 Levis, Chris G 0 0 0 0 1 0 0/0
41 Leyshon, Andrew G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
1 Prossner, Jed F 2 1 12 15 6 0 0/0
6 Langtry, Brian F 0 2 8 14 5 0 0/0
8 Carlson, Nick T 0 0 0 0 2 2 0/0
9 Gajic, Ilija F 0 0 6 12 4 4 0/0
10 Gajic, Alex F 1 0 8 8 2 2 0/0
11 Gallant, John D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0/0
17 Richardson, Brad D 0 1 0 0 5 0 11/21
18 Malawsky, Derek F 0 2 4 4 2 2 0/0
20 Murray, Bruce D 0 0 0 0 1 0 0/0
24 McFadyen, Ryan D 0 0 1 1 3 0 0/0
27 Smith, Cliff T 1 0 1 1 7 0 0/0
28 Ethington, Tom D 0 0 0 0 5 0 0/0
36 McKay, Chris D 0 2 0 0 7 4 0/0
48 Catton, Rich D 1 0 1 1 2 0 0/0
85 Shewchuk, Jamie F 2 0 9 14 6 0 0/0
91 Conway, Cory F 0 0 2 3 2 0 0/0
TEAM 7 52 73 64 14 11/21