WALTHAM, Mass.— Holy Cross head men's ice hockey coach Bill Riga earned his first victory as a head coach in the Crusaders 3-2 victory over Atlantic Hockey foe Bentley on Saturday evening at Bentley Arena.

Holy Cross (1-4-1, 1-2-1) scored all three of its goals in the first period and never looked back to claim three Atlantic Hockey points over Bentley (3-3-0, 1-1-0) and split the home-and-home series with the Falcons.

Junior Grayson Constable lit the lamp for the first time this season as he opened the scoring just over six minutes into the game. Sophomore Jack MacNab and senior Matt Slick were credited with helpers on the goal. Sophomore Tyler Ghirardosi then potted his goal on the power play with assists from sophomore Matt Guerra and senior Ryan Leibold to push the score to 2-0.

MacNab scored his first career goal, which also marked the Crusaders final goal and eventual game-winner, with an assist from sophomore Lucas Thorne. Bentley eventually got two back, scoring one in the second and one in the third, but couldn't pull even with the Crusaders.

Freshman Thomas Gale picked up his first career win in goal, posting 17 saves on the evening.

UP NEXT:
The Crusaders will travel to Quinnipiac for a non-conference matchup on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.