Bishop McCort Crimson Crushers - 1994-1995-1996-1997-1999 A

CORAOPOLIS - Quigley had the momemtum coming into the playoffs and they had the experience of the past few playoff years. Besides, Elizabeth Forward is fielding its first varsity team in 4 years and they should be happy with their season, shouldn't they ? Somebody forgot to tell them ! The Warriors came out flying in the first period as Joe Persang and Mike Mitchko tallied and gave EF a 2-0 lead with goals 14 seconds apart and a shot advantage of 8-1. Back came the Spartans late in the opening frame as Jason DiVito took a great pass from Allen Randolph and cut the lead to 2-1. EF's freshman stud Jeremy Delmaster scored just 19 seconds into the second to stretch the lead back to 3-1. DiVito came back for Quigley and scored on his own rebound to make it 3-2 at 12:34. Then the goaltending picked up as Luke Belsky and Adam Reichl made several key saves in the middle of the period. Then Delmaster got open ice and had a 2 on 1, which he used as a decoy and beat Belsky on the short side to exend the margin to 4-2 at 6:59 and the Warriors took the lead to the locker room. In the third period,Belsky kept the Spartans in the game with several key saves. Then Mike Haney blasted a slapshot past Reichl and the EF lead was now only 4-3 with 7:48 left in regulation. Quigley kept pressing and Reichl shined as he made several key saves to match Belsky including an improbable stop on Haney with just 2:10 to go. EF could taste it now and the Warriors were throwing their bodies in front of Quigley shots and players to keep the slim one goal lead. Then the prayer was answered as Joe Persang flung a long shot into an empty net with 11 seconds remaining and the upstart EF Warriors moved on with an impreesive 5-3 win.