Greensburg CC Centurians - 1994 - 1996 AA 1993 A

MOON TWP - Serra coach John Mooney knows his two time defending state champion Serra Eagles are not in championship form, in fact they finally were back to a full lineup for the first time all season due to suspensions and injuries. Just in time for a rematch between last years top two Class A teams. The first period was a very conservative battle and equally played with the shots at 7-7. The best scoring chance came as Serra freshman Josh Jones was robbed by Luke Belsky with just two seconds remaining. The second period brought on a little more action as Quigley's Mike Haney picked up a rebound from Chris Cummings shot and scored to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead. Then Quigley took a couple of bad penalties, which woke up Serra and Jesse Lubasch blasted a shot on the ice past Belsky to knot the game at one apiece with 2:55 remaining. A little over a minute later Lubasch set up C.J. King, who wristed a wicked shot past Belsky and all the sudden Serra had the lead 2-1, which it took to the locker room. Serra outshot the Spartans 15-7 in the 2nd period. Quigley pressed for the tie early in the third as Al Randolph found Haney on the back door, who beat Timmy Johnson to deadlock the game again. Serra attempted to regain the lead as Lubasch hit Steve Leppo on the breakaway with a perfect pass, but they could not beat Belsky at the eleven minute mark. Less than a minute later, Ken Lytle found a loose puck and beat Johnson to give the Spartans a 3-2 lead. The Serra picked up its game and poured shots on Belsky outshooting Quigley 14-7 in the period. Kane hit the post on the power play, Leppo missed the open net wth three minutes left and Serra was buzzin. Serra pulled the goalie with a little over a minute to play and a great play by Leppo, who jumped in the air, and what seemed like a play all in one motion, wristed the puck past Belsky to tie the game with just 54 seconds remaining. All the sudden the rust was off for the defending champs and the puck movement was dominating in the third and OT for Serra. But in the end it was Belsky, who made an incredible on Justin Lubasch on the backdoor with just 1.5 seconds left in the overtime.