WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's ice hockey team is set to host Bentley for a single game at the Hart Center Rink on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. The game will stream on FloHockey. With a regulation win or an overtime result, Holy Cross would lock up the top seed in the playoffs, and their first Atlantic Hockey regular season championship since 2006.

THE CRUSADERS (19-11-2, 18-4-2 AHA):

• The Crusaders earned six points last weekend, sweeping Mercyhurst behind a 4-1 win on Thursday and a 7-3 win on Friday.
• Holy Cross has reeled off 16 consecutive Atlantic Hockey wins, which is a league record (counting OT/SO). Previously, AIC won 12 straight league games in 2019-2020, and Air Force compiled 12 AHA wins in a row across the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
• Sophomore Jack Stockfish earned Atlantic Hockey Forward of the Week honors for his four point performance over the two-game set against Mercyhurst, picking up two goals, including the game-winner on Thursday, and a goal and an assist on Friday. Stockfish went an incredible 31-for-40 (.775) at the faceoff dot, and finished the weekend +5. Stockfish is the third Holy Cross forward to earn the honor over the last four weeks.
• Gale has been undefeated since the non-conference overtime loss to Omaha in California to open the year, helping the Crusaders pick up 29 points in the ten league games he has started since the 2025 opener. Gale has allowed two or fewer goals in eight of those ten games.
• Holy Cross' kill percentage of 90.6% is the best mark in Atlantic Hockey and ranks third in the nation behind only Western Michigan and Boston College.
• On the other side, the Crusaders power play percentage of 22.9% is second in Atlantic Hockey and is good for 18th in the nation.

 
SCOUTING BENTLEY (17-13-2, 15-8-1 AHA):

• Bentley enters the contest with a 17-13-2 record in Atlantic Hockey contests, placing them 3rd in the standings, five points behind Holy Cross.
• Bentley took two out of a possible six points from Canisius over the weekend, winning in overtime on Friday, 4-3, before dropping Saturday's senior day contest, 3-5.
• Graduate student Ethan Leyh leads the Falcons in all offensive categories, having recorded 32 points on 13 goals and 19 assists.
   

ALL TIME SERIES:

• The two teams have met 87 times, with the Crusaders leading the all-time series, 46-31-10. Holy Cross is 9-1-0 in the last ten meetings, dating back to the 2021-22 season.
• The two teams met for a weekend set in Waltham, Mass. in January, with the Crusaders sweeping the series behind a 3-2 overtime win and a 5-1 regulation win. The two-game set began the Crusaders' NCAA-leading ten game win streak.

 
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