WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's hockey team fell to Army West Point, 3-1, on Nov. 16 at the Hart Center. Logan Ferguson scored the lone Crusader goal while Erik Gordon made 23 saves.
 
The first period saw the majority of scoring as Army tallied the first just over three minutes into the game. Not long after that, the Crusaders evened things up, 1-1. The Black Knights would go ahead a final time around the midway point of the first, 2-1.
 
The second period had another early West Point goal, scoring less than two minutes into the frame to push the game to 3-1. The Crusaders held an 8-6 shot advantage in the frame despite killing off five minutes of penalty time.
 
The third period again had the Crusaders leading in the shots column, 9-6, but they could not convert. Gordon made six saves and Holy Cross skated nearly two minutes six-on-five looking for a chance to equalize. The game ended with Army leading, 3-1.  
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
1- 0 Army | 1^st – 3:03 EV : Army's Michael Wilson scored with a shot rushing into the offensive zone.
1-1 HC | 1^st – 6:38 EV: Logan Milliken worked the puck from the half wall of the defensive zone to Alex Peterson, who began to rush past the Black Knights defense. Peterson let go of a shot that deflected off of Army's Kozlowski's pad for Logan Ferguson to send home the rebound.
2-1 Army | 1^st – 10:27 EV: Again, on a rush, Army's Eric Butte scored.
3-1 Army | 2^nd – 1:47 EV: Feckenstein scored on a center point shot through traffic.  
 
NOTES & NUMBERS

• The Crusaders killed four penalties, including one major penalty.
• Army held the shot advantage, 26-25.

 
UP NEXT
Holy Cross will play a home-and-home series with Sacred Heart on Nov. 21 and 22.