St Joseph's Prep Hawks

2003 Greensburg CC Invitational Championship Game Greensburg CC 3 Fox Chapel 1 Fox Chapel coach Keith Kearney knows that his team will be a force in Class AAA this season, but he also knows from last years experience that he must have his full team in the lineup. So the coach must have been a little giddy when he opened up the game with the speed demons of Joe Budz, Matt Quigley and Kyle Misour against Greensburg CC because those guys can create chances and will be a major cog in the Foxes aspirations for playoff glory in 2004. The other issue facing Fox Chapel will be goaltending and whether to platoon Brad Killian and Todd Hendry or juts go with the horse and spot the backup. Having said that Killian got the start against GCC. Greensburg CC coach Joe Dykta has a nice situation between the pipes with Kent Weaver and Jake Genes and it is that his team plays well in front of both. The Centarian defense has done a nice job clearing pucks out of danger limiting second chances as it did against Plum in the semi-finals. GCC has combined good defense with timely scoring to advance to the finals of the month long extravaganza A/K/A Greensburg CC Invitational. This recipe will make the Centarians a very logical choice to make some noise in Class AA this upcoming season. GCC got a little of that timely scoring early on as Marc Perez slipped a backhander under Killian with 4:55 gone in the first period. The Foxes answered as Joe Budz and Matt Quigley combined to setup Kyle Misour and a wide open net on the back door with 7:29 remaining to tie the game at one apiece. Brad Killian stopped a great chance for GCC at 3:34, when he stopped David Ulishney on a breakaway. While Kent Weaver stopped Budz on a shorthanded opportunity with 1:59 remaining, The Centarians had the better of the play in the 2nd period outshooting FC 13-9 and capitalized as John Kennedy scored on a Doug Francken rebound on the power play at 1:58 and GCC regained the lead 2-1. GCC played strong defense and limited Fox Chapel’s chances by playing excellent fundamental hockey into the third period. That combined with strong goaltending by Weaver shut the door on FC the rest of the way. Marc Perez found himself wide open in front of Killian and Zach Cuttrell gave him a perfect feed which Perez buried to add insurance at 7:55 of the third and seal a 3-1 Greensburg CC victory and clinch the 2003 GCC Invitational title.