Dane Dobbie of the Coquitlam Adanacs was as hot after the game as he was during it Tuesday.
The A's leading gunner whipped in three third-period goals - all bullets high to the stick side of Langley Thunder goalie Brodie MacDonald - as Coquitlam prevailed 9-8 at Poirier Sports Complex.
The victory evened the best-of-seven Western Lacrosse Association final series at a game apiece, with Game 3 set for Thursday in Langley. Game 4 goes Saturday at 7:45 p.m. back at Poirier.
Dobbie didn't come out of the A's dressing room after for an interview request, with an Adanac team official informing media members, "He's not in the mood to talk right now."
On the phone with The Tri-City News on Wednesday morning, Dobbie insisted it was no big deal.
"It was just after the game... I needed to settle down a bit and take a couple breaths," Dobbie said. "It's the WLA final, there's a lot of pressure. You don't get this opportunity very often."
A melee involving both teams' occurred on the floor at game's end but the referees were quick to usher both squads to their respective dressing quarters.
"I don't really know what happened there," said A's general manager Randy Delmonico, who also serves an an assistant coach. "That game was over. We just wanted to get our guys off the floor so nobody got into trouble."
After a goal-filled first period that ended with Coquitlam leading 5-4, markers were hard to come by in the second. Ex-Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs' players Tor Reinholdt and Athan Iannucci tallied 53 seconds apart to put Langley up 6-5 going into the third, where the A's and Dobbie out-scored the visitors 4-2 to eek out the win.
Dobbie's third goal of the period and the game with 7:13 remaining stood as the winner.
Unlikley scorer Ross Halliday played unsung hero for the A's, netting two key goals, as did Jason Jones. Coquitlam singles went to Kevin Olson and Travis Cornwall.
Iannucci led all Thunder scorers with four goals and two assists.
