WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's hockey team will travel to Bentley for a single matchup this Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 5 p.m.
The game will be available to stream on
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WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HOLY CROSS:
- The Crusaders are coming off a tough weekend series against Army. Holy Cross dropped both games by scores of 3-2 and 4-1.
- Freshman Jack Ricketts scored his first collegiate goal on his first collegiate shot on goal in his first collegiate game played in Thursday's contest. Anthony Vincent scored the other goal in the first game. Ryan Leibold assisted on both.
- In Friday's game, Frank Boie scored Holy Cross' only goal to notch his first of the season.
- The Crusaders have not allowed a power play goal in opponents' last 18 opportunities, bringing their penalty kill up to 88.4% on the year, good for 11th in the nation.
- Alex Peterson still leads the team with eight points from three goals and five assists. Logan Ferguson and Leibold sit just behind him with seven points each.
SCOUTING BENTLEY:
- Bentley has been off since Dec. 19, so the Crusaders will be their first opponent in over a month.
- Before the pause, Luke Santerno led the Falcons with one goal and four assists for five points. Jakov Novak has a team high three goals.
- Nicholas Grabko has started five of the six games in goal and has posted a .900 save percentage and a 2.65 goals against average while going 1-4-0.
- On the year, Bentley has posted marks of 15.8% on the power play and 89.3% on the penalty kill.
- The Falcons are averaging 1.67 goals per game while giving up 2.83 to opponents.
SERIES HISTORY:
- This will be the third meeting this season between the Crusaders and Falcons, with Holy Cross winning both previous matchups in dramatic fashion.
- The Crusaders opened conference play this season with a 2-1 victory at Bentley thanks to an unassisted Andrew Dumaresque overtime goal. In the second game, it was Ferguson who provided the overtime heroics in a 4-3 win at home.
- Holy Cross owns a 37-28-10 advantage over Bentley all-time.
