The Holy Cross men's ice hockey team is set to take on Bentley in a home-and-home set on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Hart Center Rink in Worcester, Mass. and Saturday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. at Bentley Arena in Waltham, Mass. Both games will stream live on FloHockey.

Friday's game, which will be simulcast on NESN+, is Halloween at the Hart Center. Fans are encouraged to arrive to the Hart Center in costume beginning at 6 p.m. for a Trunk-or-Treat event in the Hart Center lobby.
 
THE CRUSADERS (3-5-0, 1-3-0 AHA):

• Holy Cross played to a series split with Sacred Heart last weekend, winning its first Atlantic Hockey game of the season on Friday, 3-1, before falling on Saturday, 4-3.
• Juniors Owen Kim and Matt Kursonis extended their point streaks to seven games, with Kim recording two goals and an assist in the two games and Kursonis recording a goal on Friday. Kim leads the Crusaders and Atlantic Hockey with 11 points, which is tied for fifth in the nation. Both Kursonis and Kim lead the league with five goals, which is also tied for fifth-most nationally.
• Senior Will Elias continues to lead the nation in blocked shots with 20 through the first eight games, three ahead of the next-closest skater. Sophomore Quinn McCall's 14 blocks on the season is tied for sixth in the nation. As a team, Holy Cross has blocked a nation-leading 139 shots, 13 more than the next-closest team.
• Elias, who also leads Atlantic Hockey with seven assists, is tied for sixth in the nation in the category.

 
SCOUTING BENTLEY (3-3-0, 2-0-0 AHA):

• Bentley is coming off of a weekend sweep of league foe Robert Morris, outscoring the Colonials 10-1 over the two games at Bentley Arena.
• Prior to their Atlantic Hockey opening series, the Falcons went 1-3 in non-conference play, defeating Vermont before falling to Northeastern and North Dakota.
• Bentley welcomes back 12 letter winners from last season, while adding 5 freshmen and three transfers.
• The Pioneers are led on offense by Jan Gaspar (3-0-3) and Oskar Bakkevig (2-3-5). The trio of Lukas Swedin (2-1-0), Nicholas Bevilacqua (1-1-0), and Easton Rye (0-1-0) have combined for a 2.67 goals-against average and .916 save percentage.

 
ALL TIME SERIES:

• Holy Cross holds the all-time series lead at 47-37-11. The Crusaders are 22-20-4 at home against the Falcons, and 24-15-7 on the road.
• The two teams met six times last season, four times in the regular season and twice in the postseason. Bentley won the season series, 4-1-1, which included a sweep in the Atlantic Hockey semifinal round at Bentley Arena.

 
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