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The National Lacrosse League has a new champion, and for the first time in two seasons, it’s not the Saskatchewan Rush.

The visiting Georgia Swarm halted Saskatchewan’s run at a three-peat with a 15-14 overtime victory Saturday night at SaskTel Centre. The victory gives Georgia a two-game sweep in their best-of-three NLL final.

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Miles Thompson scored the winner 1:17 into the extra session. The Swarm tied the game with two seconds to play on a bizarre empty-net goal that saw Saskatchewan pull goalie Aaron Bold to equalize the floor after Georgia pulled their own netminder.

With the Rush trailing by one with 1:34 to play, Jeremy Thompson scored the equalizer to tie the game at 13, and Adam Jones then fired one home from close range with 1:12 remaining to give Saskatchewan a 14-13 edge. But Joel White tied the game with that last-ditch marker.

The championship is the Swarm’s first.