WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Holy Cross men's ice hockey team defeated Army by a decisive 5-1 score on Friday evening at Tate Rink.

With the win, Holy Cross improves to 2-5-0 (2-1-0 AHA), while Army moves to 3-2-1 (1-2-0 AHA).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Senior Jack Seymour wasted no time getting the Crusaders on the board, sending a wrist shot from the blue line past the Army netminder.
• Senior Matt DeBoer followed suit two minutes later, sneaking a rebound off a Seymour shot into the back of the net.
• Holy Cross exploded for three goals in the middle period, starting with sophomore Matt Kursonis' second of the season five minutes into the frame. Grabbing a pass from freshman Quinn McCall, Kursonis walked the puck into the offensive zone before sending a wrist shot from the slot past the goaltender.
• Senior Michael Abgrall extended the lead to 4-0 with his first score of the season on the power play ten minutes later, sneaking a shot from the point through traffic and into the back of the net.
• DeBoer scored his second of the game a minute later on a breakaway, collecting a clear from sophomore Owen Kim and beating the Black Knight's goaltender glove side.
• Army broke the shutout with two minutes to play in the second period with a power play goal.
• The power play time piled up for both sides in the third, but neither team was able to score.

BEYOND THE BOX:

• Junior Connor MacKenzie recorded 21 saves in his first collegiate win.
• Sophomore Owain Johnston led both sides again tonight with five blocked shots. Overall, the Crusaders' blocked 17 Army shots.
• Holy Cross was dominant at the face-off dot, winning 39 draws to the Black Knights' 27. Junior Jack Stockfish led the Crusaders and tied for the game-lead with 14 face-off wins.

UP NEXT:

• Holy Cross will return home to begin a four-game homestand when they welcome Sacred Heart to the Hart Center Rink on Thursday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Oct. 31.
• Both games are set for 7 p.m.

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