The Crusaders will play their final road series of the regular season on Feb. 20 and 22 at AIC in Springfield. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at the MassMutual Center.
Talking Points
• Holy Cross split with Robert Morris in a weekend series in their last outing. In the first game the Crusaders won, 5-3, and fell in the second game, 4-2.
• Thirteen Crusaders picked up at least one point on the weekend, while four had multi-point weekends.
Ryan Leibold led the Crusaders with three points on Feb. 14 from two goals and one assist.
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Charlie Barrow and
Patrick O'Leary became the 20th and 21st Crusaders to score a goal in the 2019-20 season. Barrow added an assist on the weekend for his first two-point series of the season.
• In the series,
Matt Radomsky made 65 saves.
• In 2020, Holy Cross has picked up the second most league points (23), with a 7-2-1-1 record.
• With two assists on the weekend,
Logan Ferguson has broken the 20-point mark for the first time in his career. Ferguson has recorded six goals and a team-high 15 assists.
• On Feb. 14,
Conner Jean netted his team-leading fifth power play goal of the season.
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Jack Surowiec leads the team in blocked shots, with 40.
• In Holy Cross' last 10 games,
Kevin Darrar has averaged one point per game. The senior forward has picked up six goals and four assists in that time.
Balanced Scoring
• Holy Cross has seen 21 players record a goal and 23 of 25 skaters have picked up at least two points on the season.
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Conner Jean leads the team in scoring at 12 and accounts for 15% of the team's scoring.
Neil Robinson and
Kevin Darrar follow with nine goals.
• Ten Crusaders have hit the double-digit mark in points on the season.
Playoff Picture
• Since the start of 2020, Holy Cross has added 23 league points.
• Holy Cross sits in ninth place with 32 points. The Crusaders are just one point behind Air Force and Niagara and three points behind sixth place Bentley.
• The Crusaders have two series remaining in the regular season against first place AIC and Bentley.
Against the League
• With five power play goals,
Conner Jean ranks seventh in Atlantic Hockey.
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Alex Peterson has scored 14 points and ranks seventh in freshman scoring.
• The team ranks fourth in scoring, averaging 2.63 goals per game.
The Best Year Yet
• Eleven Crusaders have picked up season-highs in the 2019-20 season.
Extra Point Games
• In three Atlantic Hockey ties, the Crusaders have come away with the extra point twice. Both occasions happened in the shootout thanks to a goal from
Jake Pappalardo.
• The Crusaders have given up the extra point just once, on Dec. 7 at Air Force.
Scouting AIC
• The Yellow Jackets host the Crusaders currently riding a nine-game winning streak. Most recently, AIC topped Canisius twice.
• Senior forward Blake Christensen leads the team in points with 10 goals and 16 assists.
• Hugo Reinhardt has picked up a team-high seven power play goals.
• Stefan Durante played the last two games in net for AIC and owns a .920 save percentage and 2.32 goals against average in 15 games played.
All-time against the Yellow Jackets
• Holy Cross owns the all-time series, 55-29-12.
• AIC took all four games from the 2018-19 season, each game decided by just one or two goals.
