WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's hockey team fell to Army in the second game of the two-game series, 4-1.
For the second night in a row the Crusaders scored the first goal of the game only to see the Black Knights come back with multiple unanswered strikes to claim the victory.
Frank Boie scored his first goal of the season and
Erik Gordon made 24 saves, but it wasn't enough to fend off visiting Army.
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0 HC (2
nd, 5:16, EV): Boie intercepted a pass just in time to keep it in the zone, let a slapper rip from just above the right circle, and beat the goalie glove side.
1-1 AWP (2
nd, 5:29, EV): Army answered back just 13 seconds later to tie things up.
2-1 AWP (2
nd, 7:56, EV): Tic-tac-toe off a faceoff led to Army taking the lead off the stick of Anthony Firriolo.
3-1 AWP (2
nd, 17:55, EV): Lincoln Hatten backhanded one home from the slot to double the Black Knights' lead.
4-1 AWP (3
rd, 19:25, EN): Army's Colin Bilek added an empty-net goal to seal the deal.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- The Crusaders have not allowed a power play goal in 18-straight penalty kill opportunities, raising their season average on the kill to 88.4% and elevating them to 11th in the nation.
- Boie's goal was the seventh of his career.
- Holy Cross won the faceoff battle, 33-28, as Lucas Thorne led the team with a 71.4% win rate going 10-for-14.
UP NEXT:
Holy Cross will be back at it early next week with a matchup on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Bentley.
