THE BASICS:
Score: Army West Point 2, Holy Cross 1
Event: Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal Game Two
Location: Worcester, Mass. (Hart Center)
Records: Holy Cross (18-13-5); Army West Point (14-14-9)
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2016
Time: 7:05 p.m.
THE LEAD: Parker Gahagen tallied 36 saves while Taylor Maruya and Ryan Nick scored for the Black Knights as the Holy Cross men's hockey team fell to Army West Point 2-1 in game two of a best two-out-of-three Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series. Army West Point advances to the conference tournament semifinal in Rochester, N.Y as the Black Knights also won on Friday by a 3-0 score.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Neither the Crusaders or the Black Knights were able to find the back of the net in the first period as the Crusaders outshot Army West Point 10-6, and went 0-1 on the power play, while Army went 0-2.
- At 1:41 of the second period, sophomore forward Scott Pooley (Grander Ind.) sent a pass across to senior forward Brett Lubanski (Farmington Hills, Mich.) who ripped a slap shot from the top of the left circle, and the rebound bounced out to senior forward Castan Sommer (Shrewsbury, Mass.) who punched it in to give the Crusaders a 1-0 lead.
- At 7:51 of the second period and with Army shorthanded, Maruya stole the puck at his own blue line and moved in on a breakaway, sliding the puck under sophomore goalie Paul Berrafato's (Williamsville, N.Y.) stick side to equalize the score at 1-1.
- The Crusaders outshot Army 16-6 in the second period, going 0-2 on the man-advantage.
- At 5:52 of the third period, Army took a 2-1 lead as Clint Carlisle sent a pass from behind the net to Nick, who wristed a shot on goal from the blue line and the puck found its way through traffic, beating Berrafato low on the blocker side.
- With 2:15 remaining in the contest, the Crusaders went with an empty net.
- The Crusaders were unable to capitalize in the final minutes as Army recorded the 2-1 victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Holy Cross outshot Army 37-20 in the contest.
- Berrafato posted 18 saves, while Gahagen had 36.
- Each team went 0-3 on man-advantage opportunities.
- The Crusaders won 38 face-offs, while Army recorded 26.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Lubanski played in 149 career games, which are tied for third all-time in program history. He appeared in every game of his career.
- Sommer appeared in 148 games, which are fifth all-time.
- Senior defenseman Jake Bolton (Ellington, Conn.) played in 145 games, which are tied for seventh all-time.
UP NEXT:
- The Crusaders season has concluded.
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