What a player can accomplish when the outcome of a game is in doubt in the late going is a true measure of greatness. So, give Jordan Hall an A+ for what he did last Saturday night.

With Georgia down by two with less than four minutes remaining, the nine-year pro scored consecutive goals at 11:28, 13:39 and 13:53 of the fourth quarter to lift the Swarm to a 17-15 victory over the visiting New England Black Wolves and enhance their overall record to an NLL-best 5-1.

“We’d spoken to him about being more aggressive, taking more shots,” coach Eddie Comeau said. “We were pleased he was able to capitalize.”

Comeau knows Hall well. Comeau was on Canada’s coaching staff for its 2006 world field championship triumph and Hall was on the roster while still at the University of Delaware. Comeau later had Hall in his lineup when there was an NLL team in New York, and Hall helped Comeau-coached Canada win the 2011 world indoor title. When the Swarm needed left-side help for this season after Jesse King’s availability was erased by a summer ball injury, they concentrated their trade efforts on Hall.

 “Jordan is the ultimate team player,” Comeau said. “If you ask him to play out the D door, he’ll do that. If you ask him to take faceoffs, he’ll do that. If you ask him to take on a scoring role, he’ll do that. Whatever you ask him to do, he does it well. He does a lot of things, like setting picks, that don’t necessarily show up on the game sheet. He has a great work ethic and attitude and part of that is an intense desire to win. And when he has success he’s the first to say it was a team effort.”

Hall lives in Baltimore, where he is a sales rep for a global uniform and store supplies corporation.

The Swarm got him from New England for three 2016 draft picks. The Black Wolves used them to get Seth Oakes, who has scored one goal while getting into three games, backup goalie Doug Jamieson and a prospect who is not on the team. Meanwhile, Hall has nine goals and 22 assists for the Swarm.

 “We were pleased to get him,” Comeau said. “He’s a veteran leader, a character guy and a great player.”

Georgia is at Toronto on Friday and has to win to retain first place in the NLL East ahead of the surging Rock (4-1).

Behind the Scenes

Georgia captain Jordan MacIntosh said after his nine-point night (3g, 6a) that strength and conditioning coach Jonathan Loudermilk has helped him recapture optimum performance after recovering from an offseason injury. The 27-year-old RIT grad had to regain his stamina for the 18-game Swarm schedule.

 “I’m really lucky that Coach Loudermilk has been by my side and kind of whipped me back into shape pretty quickly,” MacIntosh said. “I’m finally feeling like myself, feeling comfortable out there.”

Loudermilk, 31, the father of three, is founder-owner of One Eighty Sports Performance in Hoschton, Ga. He is in his first year working with Swarm players.

Goals Galore

Calgary’s Curtis Dickson, who was Jordan Hall’s teammate at Delaware in 2007, fired in five goals in his team’s 11-7 home loss to Toronto on Sunday, including this improbable and incredible finish:

WOW! @NLLRoughnecks @CurtisDickson17 with an incredible 1 handed #backhand goal! #NLL #TORvsCGY #tickletrunk pic.twitter.com/mfakE3eYzd

— NLL (@NLL) February 12, 2017

Dickson leads all NLL scorers with 22 goals in six games, including arguably the goal of the year.

SCORING LEADERS (Goals)

High on Harris

Latrell Harris, 18, is the youngest player in the NLL. He scored his first pro goal, Toronto’s seventh, in the 11-7 victory at Calgary.

It is easy to see why the Rock coaches think so highly of the 6-foot, 215-pound defenseman from St. Catharines, Ontario. The team has the best goals-against average in the league and Harris has a full-time role. He was the 12th pick in the 2016 entry draft.

His goal was spectacular. With only his right hand on the shaft of his stick at the front of the Calgary crease, he swung the stick to get off a low shot that eluded goalie Frankie Scigliano as two checkers crushed him to the floor.

“That was awesome,” he said afterward. “I’ll never forget it.”

Harris played Jr. A box lacrosse in his home city and he played field lacrosse at a high school where his coach was veteran NLL goalie Matt Vinc of the Rochester Knighthawks.

Rosie to the Rescue

Toronto goaltender Nick Rose is having the best season of his career.

GOALIE LEADERS (minumum 100 minutes)

Long Time Coming

John Rae was drafted 42^nd overall in 2010, by Colorado, but did not crack an NLL lineup until this season with Rochester and, at age 27, the 6-foot-1 defenseman from Barrie, Ontario, scored his first pro goal Saturday. He ran with the ball out of his own zone and, when nobody attempted to check him, he kept right on going. His shot eluded Saskatchewan goalie Aaron Bold to give the Knighthawks a 4-2 lead.

Rochester lost 21-12 at home. Rae was in the dressing room before it ended. He went to the aid of a teammate and got ejected in the fourth quarter.

Coaching Milestone

Saskatchewan’s Derek Keenan coached his 207th regular-season game, passing former Buffalo coach Darris Kilgour for the all-time lead.

Kilgour maintains first place in all-time wins with 121. Keenan is second with 115. Seven more wins and the record will belong to the Rush GM-coach. His 2015 and 2016 league champions are 4-2 with 12 games remaining on their 2017 schedule.

Rookie Scoring

With three goals and three assists in Toronto’s win in Calgary, Tom Schreiber of the Rock leads all rookies with 29 points. That’s six more than Rochester’s Kyle Jackson.

Attendance Update

Only three of the nine teams — Saskatchewan, Toronto and New England — have increased average attendance in 2017 so far.

The breakdown (last season’s averages in parenthesis):

NLL ATTENDANCE (Average)