1/5/09 - Javier Lorios savored his "special" moment after his hat-trick spearheaded a 7-5 Denver Dragons FC win for 1^st place in the Rocky Mountain Division against Ft. Collins Fury.

He is the second Dragons FC player to achieve the feat for the PASL 08/09-winter season since Tony Avery’s hat-trick against the Dynamite Reserves in the first game of the season.

The Fury made it a game in the third quarter by tying the game at 5 all after being down 5-1. With both sides now fancying their chances of victory, Lorios blasted a left footer on a power play to claim a 6-5 lead in the fourth period.

After the game Lorios said: "I’ve never had a hat-trick before in the PASL so to get one in a 1^st place game is even more special. It hasn’t really sunk in yet and it’s not just about me because I want to win for my team and it’s a big day for all of us."

"I wasn’t really thinking about anything – Captain Andrew Kummer told me it would be a great thing for being a new player on the team if I got the hat-trick," he added.

"I didn’t think the referee was going to signal a goal because it was hit so hard that it came back from the back of the net and didn’t know what to do when he did signal a goal- I just ran away like a headless chicken."