WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross men's ice hockey senior forward Jack Ricketts was named to the Preseason All-Atlantic Hockey team, as voted on by the conference's head coaches, and announced by the league Tuesday.
 
Ricketts, who finished the 2022-23 campaign as a Second Team All-Atlantic Hockey selection, dressed for all 41 games for the Crusaders last season, recorded a career-high 16 goals and 16 assists for 32 points. Overall, Ricketts led the squad in points and blocked shots by a forward, tied for first in assists, and ranked tenth all-time for goals in a single season in program history. During the Crusader's playoff push at the end of the regular season, Ricketts rattled off an eight-game point streak in a stretch that saw the team go 6-2-0, the fourth-longest such streak in program history.
 
Ricketts also received votes for Preseason Player of the Year. Junior forward Liam McLinskey and senior netminder Jason Grande also received votes for the preseason team.
 
The Crusaders were picked to finish fourth by the league's coaches, receiving one first-place vote.
 
The full poll, preseason team and major awards can be seen below.

2023-24 Atlantic Hockey Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. RIT (7) - 105
2. Sacred Heart (2) - 99
3. AIC (1) - 90
4. Holy Cross (1) - 82
5. Canisius - 79
6. Niagara - 68
7. Army West Point - 53
8. Air Force - 47
9. Mercyhurst - 35
10. Robert Morris - 30
11. Bentley - 27
Coaches could not vote for their own teams. Based on an 11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 scale.
 
Atlantic Hockey Coaches' Preseason Co-Players of the Year (Votes)
Carter Wilkie, Jr., F, RIT (9)
 
Others Receiving Votes: Jack Ricketts, Sr., F, Holy Cross; Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Sr., D, RIT
 
Coaches' Preseason All-Atlantic Hockey Team
Forward: Carter Wilkie, Jr., RIT
Forward: Max Itagaki, So, Army West Point
Forward: Jack Ricketts, Sr., Holy Cross
Defense:  Gianfranco Cassaro, Sr., RIT
Defense: David Melaragni, Gr., Canisius
Goaltender: Tommy Scarfone, Jr., RIT
 
Others Receiving Votes:
Forwards: Liam McLinskey, Jr., Holy Cross; Jordan Biro, Sr., AIC; Joey Baez, Jr., Army West Point; Shane Ott, Jr., Niagara; Braeden Tuck, Gr., Sacred Heart
 
Defensemen: Brian Kramer, Sr., AIC; Josef Mysak, Sr., Niagara; Conner Hutchison, Jr., Sacred Heart; Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Sr., RIT; Evan Stella, Jr., AIC
 
Goaltender: Owen Say, So., Mercyhurst; Jarrett Fiske, Gr., Niagara; Jason Grande, Sr., Holy Cross
 
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