THE BASICS:

Score: Holy Cross 2, Sacred Heart 2 (OT)
Records: Holy Cross (2-4-2, 2-0-2 Atlantic Hockey); Sacred Heart (2-5-1, 2-3-1 Atlantic Hockey)
Location: Worcester, Mass. (Hart Center)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014
Time: 7:05 p.m.

The Lead: Freshman Scott Pooley (Granger, Ind.) and junior Brett Lubanski (Farmington Hills, Mich.) both had goals as the Holy Cross men's hockey team tied Sacred Heart, 2-2, in Atlantic Hockey action on Saturday night at the Hart Center. Senior captain Matt Ginn (Lindsay, Ontario) had 26 saves, which gives him 2,939 career saves and the all-time saves record for Holy Cross.  The Crusaders win the two-game home-and-home series against the Pioneers as they defeated Sacred Heart, 3-0, on Friday night in Milford, Conn.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Crusaders went up 1-0 at 6:32 in the first period when Pooley knocked in a pass from freshman T.J. Moore (Edina, Minn.) from behind the net.
• Sacred Heart came back with a slap shot by Zach Luczyk at 11:02 in the first to tie the game at 1-1. 
• The Crusaders and the Pioneers each had nine shots, while Holy Cross went 0-1 on the power play and Sacred Heart went 0-2.
• At 7:18 of the second period, freshman Matt Scarth (Calgary, Alberta) took a shot that deflected off of Lubanksi and went into the net. The goal moved the Crusaders ahead 2-1. Junior Karl Beckman (Okemos, Mich.) also posted an assist on the goal.
• At 16:47 of the second period, Sacred Heart sophomore Spencer Graboski took a shot that found the top left corner of the net during a power play to tie the game at 2-2.  
• In the second period, Holy Cross outshot Sacred Heart 13-8. In the second period Sacred Heart went 1-1 on the power play, while Holy Cross went 0-1.
• Holy Cross survived a Sacred Heart 5-3 power play with 5:05 left on the clock for 53 seconds in the third period to bring the game to overtime.
• Holy Cross took two shots in overtime, while Sacred Heart took one. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Holy Cross outshot Sacred Heart (29-28) but lost on face-offs (41-40).
• The Crusaders went 0-5 on the power play, while the Pioneers went 1-6.
• Ginn had 26 saves for the Crusaders, while Andrew Bodnarchuk had 27. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Ginn broke the Holy Cross all-time career saves record when he stopped a shot from Sacred Heart sophomore Jordan Minello at 4:59 in the first period. 
• Ginn's 26 saves brought him to 2,939 career saves, which moved him in front of Paul Pijanowski (1984-1987) who held the school's all-time record with 2,915 saves.
• Ginn also set the all-time career games played by a goalie record as he appeared in his 106th game.
• The Crusaders are still undefeated in the Atlantic Hockey conference with their 2-0-2 record.

UP NEXT

• The Crusaders will return to action when they play back-to-back away games against Atlantic Hockey rival RIT on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8.  Both games will be held at the Gene Polisseni Center in Rochester, N.Y.

BE PART OF THE ACTION THIS SEASON: 

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KEEP CONNECTED:

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