WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's hockey team was edged by Bentley, 3-2, at the Hart Center. Mike Higgins scored his first collegiate goal and the Crusaders were perfect on the penalty kill, but they could not outlast the Falcons.
 
The Crusaders found their scoring early, with a power play goal to start the game. While the Crusaders held the lead until the mid-point of the period, Bentley scored to even things up, 1-1. Matt Radomsky made 10 saves in the frame and the Crusaders registered eight shots.
 
The second period again saw Holy Cross taking a lead, going ahead 2-1 as Mike Higgins picked up his first career goal. The Falcons found a shorthanded opportunity to tie the game up with two seconds remaining in the period.
 
Bentley picked up their first lead of the game three quarters of the way through the period. The Crusaders' pressured offensively and skated six on five in the final minute, but could not even the score line.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
1- 0 HC | 1^st – 2:21 PP: Dalton Skelly kept in a loose puck at the center point and quickly found Conner Jean at the right faceoff dot, all alone. Jean sent off a hard shot to the net, where Pete Kessel re-directed it into the back of the net.
1-1 BEN | 1^st – 9:37 EV: Ryner Gorowsky scored for the Falcons.2-1 HC | 2^nd – 9:18 EV: In the neutral zone, Jack Surowiec worked the puck from the boards out to Kevin Darrar, who found Mike Higgins on the far side of the ice. Higgins skated into the offensive zone with little pressure and sent a hard wrist shot past Bentley's Fraser Kirk.
2-2 BEN | 2^nd - 19:58 SH: Bentley's Brendan Hamblet got ahold of the puck as the Crusaders were breaking out and skated in on Radomsky alone for a shot to the top left corner.
3-2 BEN | 3^rd – 13:38 EV: Bentley's Novak Jokav turned on a shot and found an opening right under the cross bar.
 
 
NOTES & NUMBERS

• Matt Radomsky made 24 saves.  
• Holy Cross was outshot, 27 – 23.
• Mike Higgins scored his first collegiate goal.
• Conner Jean picked up his first assist of the season and his seventh point.

 
UP NEXT
Holy Cross will play at Bentley at 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 30.