The Holy Cross men's ice hockey team is set to take on Sacred Heart in a home-and-home set on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Hart Center Rink in Worcester, Mass. and Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. at Martire Family Arena in Fairfield, Conn. Both games will stream live on FloHockey.

Friday's game, which will be simulcast on NESN+, is Game Show Night at the Hart Center.
 
THE CRUSADERS (2-4-0, 0-2-0 AHA):

• Following two non-conference series splits, Holy Cross was swept in its Atlantic Hockey opener by Army.
• Juniors Owen Kim and Matt Kursonis extended their point streaks to five and six games, respectfully, with Kim recording two goals and an assist and Kursonis recording a goal and two assists over the weekend set. The two juniors are tied for the team-lead with eight points each.
• Kursonis' six game point streak ties for the second-longest active streak in the nation. His four goals are tied for the most in Atlantic Hockey, while his four assists are tied for second. His eight points are tied with Kim for the league-lead.
• Senior Will Elias continues to lead the nation in blocked shots with 19 through the first six games, five ahead of the next closest skater. Sophomore Quinn McCall is currently tied for ninth in the nation with 11. As a team, Holy Cross sits in second in the nation, blocking 108 shots through the young season.

 
SCOUTING SACRED HEART (2-2-0, 0-0-0 AHA):

• Sacred Heart began the season 2-2, posting wins against then-no. 17 Penn State and Ohio State, and falling to Bowling Green and Ohio State.
• The Pioneers have yet to play a road game, with Friday night's matchup marking their first of the season.
• Sacred Heart welcomes back 12 letter winners from last season, while adding 11 freshmen and six transfers. Among the transfer group is graduate student Devin Phillips, who played 99 games in four seasons for the Crusaders.
• The Pioneers are led on offense by Diego Buttazzoni (3-1-4) and Aiden VanRooyan (2-2-4). Atlantic Hockey Preseason Player of the Year Ajeet Gundarah has commanded the net so far this season, playing all but 34 minutes for the Pios, posting a 3.79 goals-against average and .875 save percentage.

 
ALL TIME SERIES:

• Holy Cross holds the all-time series lead at 50-44-7, including a 30-16-3 mark at the Hart Center.
• The two teams met four times last season, with Sacred Heart winning the season series, 2-1-1.
• In October at the Hart Center Rink, the Crusaders won game one by a commanding 5-2 score, before Holy Cross took the extra point in the shootout during game two following a 2-2 tie. In February at Martire Family Arena, the Pioneers swept the weekend series by scores of 5-1 and 5-2.

 
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