THE BASICS:

Score: Holy Cross 3, RIT 3 (OT)
Records: Holy Cross (2-4-3, 2-0-3 Atlantic Hockey); RIT (2-5-1, 1-3-1 Atlantic Hockey)
Location: Rochester, N.Y. (Gene Polisseni Center)
Date: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014
Time: 7:05 p.m.

The Lead: Freshmen Danny Lopez (Barrington Hills, Ill.), T.J. Moore (Edina, Minn.) and Scott Pooley (Granger, Ind.) each scored a goal for the Crusaders as the Holy Cross men's hockey team tied the Rochester Institute of Technology, 3-3, in Atlantic Hockey action on Friday night in front of a crowd of 2,807 at the Gene Polisseni Center. The Crusaders remain undefeated in Atlantic Hockey with a 2-0-3 record. This is the first time the Crusaders have been undefeated after the first five league games since starting the AHA season at 4-0-1 in 2003-2004.   

HOW IT HAPPENED:                                                            

• Just 1:12 after the opening faceoff, the Crusaders took a 1-0 lead when Lopez scored his second goal of the season. Sophomore Mike Barrett (Orland Park, Ill.) posted an assist.
• At 8:07 of the first period, Moore increased the Crusaders' lead to 2-0 when he netted his first collegiate goal. Pooley and freshman Brett Mulcahy (Kelowna, British Columbia) each tallied an assist.    
• RIT outshot Holy Cross, 10-8 in the first period, while the Crusaders went 0-1 on the power play and the Tigers went 0-2.
• The Tigers netted the only goal of the second period when Brady Norrish found the back of the net at 16:11 for his second goal of the year. Holy Cross outshot RIT, 16-7, while the Crusaders went 0-1 on the man-advantage.
• At 12:25 of the third, Andrew Miller tied the contest at 2-2 for the Tigers with his second goal of the season.
• Pooley gave the Crusaders a 3-2 lead at 14:44 with his third goal of the season. Barrett and junior Castan Sommer (Shrewsbury, Mass.) each posted an assist.
• Late in the third period, the Tigers went with an empty net and with just 1:09 remaining Matt Garbowsky scored the equalizer to send the game to overtime. The goal was his fourth of the year.
• The Crusaders took the only two shots of the overtime as RIT goalie Jordan Ruby made both saves for the 3-3 final score.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Holy Cross outshot RIT, 37-31.
• Each team went 0-3 on the power play.
• Senior captain Matt Ginn (Lindsay, Ontario) had 28 saves for the Crusaders, while Ruby had 34.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• The Crusaders are still undefeated in Atlantic Hockey with a 2-0-3 record. This is the first time the Crusaders have been undefeated after the first five conference games since starting the AHA season at 4-0-1 in 2003-2004. 
• Moore netted his first collegiate goal.
• Pooley was named the second star of the game.

UP NEXT

• The Crusaders will return to action when they conclude the two-game series at the Polisseni Center versus the Tigers on Saturday, Nov. 8 at 7:05 p.m. 

BE PART OF THE ACTION THIS SEASON: 

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