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CALGARY -- Plenty of hits, plenty of scoring and plenty of drama - the National Lacrosse League all-star game delivered all three.

John Tavares scored 45 seconds into overtime to lead the East to an 11-10 win over the West in the league's showcase game Saturday afternoon.

Tavares, the 36-year-old veteran from the Buffalo Bandits, fought off aggressive defensive coverage by East defenceman Jim Moss and worked his way to the side of the net where he bounced a shot past goaltender Gee Nash of the Colorado Mammoth.

The game drew a raucous crowd of 11,511 at the Pengrowth Saddledome, and fans were treated to a physical affair that bore little resemblance to all-star games in most other sports.

"Now that was a real game," said the West's Dan Dawson, who scored three goals in a losing cause. "You go in the dressing room, guys are icing themselves down, not your typical all-star game. Both teams wanted to win and it showed that."