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DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 2014-2015 Holy Cross Men’s Hockey Holy Cross (0-2-0/0-0-0 AHA) vs. AIC (0-1-0/0-0-0 AHA) October 17-18, 2014 Hart Center (1,600) • Worcester, Mass. • 7:05 p.m. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2014-2015 Schedule & Results Live Video Streaming: Atlantic Hockey TV Live Stats: Primetime DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Series Records (Holy Cross varsity games since 1966-1967): Oct. 10 MERRIMACK . .L, 2-3 With AIC: HC leads 48-21-9 Oct. 11 at Merrimack . .L, 1-2 Last Meeting: HC 4, AIC 3 (2/22/14; Springfi eld, Mass.) Oct. 17 AIC * . .7:05 p.m. Last AIC Win: AIC 1, HC 0 (11/15/13; Worcester, Mass.) Oct. 18 AIC * . .7:05 p.m. First Meeting: AIC 12, HC 2 (11/30/71; Worcester, Mass.) Oct. 24 at Penn State . 7:00 p.m. Series Record At HC Home Game: HC leads 24-10-6 Oct. 26 at Penn State. 12:00 p.m. Series Record At The Hart Center: HC leads 24-8-6 Oct. 31 at Sacred Heart * . 7:05 p.m. Current Series Win Streak: HC, two games Nov. 1 SACRED HEART * . .7:05 p.m. 2013-2014 Season Series: HC won 2-1-0 Nov. 7 at RIT * . 7:05 p.m. Nov. 8 at RIT * . 7:05 p.m. Nov. 14 at Army * . 7:05 p.m. HC OPENS AHA SEASON AT HOME VERSUS AIC: Nov. 15 at Army * . 7:05 p.m. The Holy Cross men’s hockey team returns to action on Nov. 25 BENTLEY * . .7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18 when the Crusaders open up their Nov. 30 BROWN . .1:05 p.m. Atlantic Hockey season with two home games versus American Dec. 5 at Niagara * . 7:05 p.m. International. Both games will be played at the Hart Center in Dec. 6 at Niagara . 7:05 p.m. Worcester, Mass., at 7:05 p.m. Dec. 30 YALE . .7:05 p.m. The Crusaders are 0-2-0 overall so far this season as Jan. 2 AIR FORCE * . .7:05 p.m. Merrimack defeated Holy Cross 3-2 and 2-1 last week. The Yellow Jan. 3 AIR FORCE * . .7:05 p.m. Jackets are 0-1-0 as they fell to defending national champions Union, Jan. 9 at Canisius * . 11:05 a.m. 7-3 on Oct. 10. Jan. 10 at Canisius * . 7:35 p.m. Last year, the Crusaders won the season series versus the Jan. 16 at Mercyhurst * . 7:05 p.m. Jan. 17 at Mercyhurst * . 7:05 p.m. Yellow Jackets, 2-1-0. AIC won 1-0 on Nov. 15, while the Crusaders Jan. 23 ROBERT MORRIS * . .7:05 p.m. won 5-1 on Feb. 21 and 4-3 on Feb. 22. Jan. 24 ROBERT MORRIS * . .3:05 p.m. Holy Cross is undefeated all-time in Atlantic Hockey Jan. 30 NIAGARA * . .7:05 p.m. season-openers with a 10-0-1 record, including a 4-0-1 record at Jan. 31 NIAGARA * . .7:05 p.m. home. Feb. 6 at Bentley * . 7:05 p.m. After the fi rst weekend of play, AIC is tied for second Feb. 7 BENTLEY * . .7:05 p.m. in Atlantic Hockey with 3.00 goals scored per game, while the Feb. 13 RIT * . .7:05 p.m. Crusaders are tied for ninth with 1.50 goals per game. Holy Cross Feb. 14 RIT * . .7:05 p.m. is tied for third in the AHA by allowing 2.50 goals per game, while Feb. 20 at Sacred Heart * . 7:05 p.m. the Yellow Jackets are 11th with 7.00 goals allowed per game. Feb. 21 SACRED HEART * . .7:05 p.m. AIC leads the conference with a .500 power play percentage Feb. 28 at Bentley * . 7:05 p.m. as it went 1-2 versus Union, while the Crusaders are tied eighth as Mar. 6-8 Atlantic Hockey First Round Mar. 13-15 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfi nals they went 0-7 versus Merrimack. Holy Cross is third in the league Mar. 20-21 Atlantic Hockey Semifi nals and Final # with a .875 penalty kill percentage and AIC is seventh with a .700 percentage. Home games, listed in BOLD CAPS, played at the Hart Center After the series with AIC, the Crusaders will return to * Atlantic Hockey game action on Oct. 24 and Oct. 26 when they travel to University Park, # Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. Pa., to take on Big Ten opponent Penn State. All times listed are Eastern Time WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM HC IS UNDEFEATED IN AHA OPENERS: Holy Cross is undefeated all-time in Atlantic Hockey openers with a 10-0-1 record. The Last Time Holy Cross ... Niagara is the only other current AHA team who is undefeated in AHA openers as the Purple Eagles are 3-0-1 as they joined the Played in overtime . .March 14, 2014 at Mercyhurst (4-5) conference in 2010-2011. The Crusaders posted a 3-1 win at Canisius Won in overtime . .March 9, 2014 vs. RIT (3-2) on Oct. 11, 2003, a 3-1 win at AIC on Nov. 5, 2004, a 1-0 victory Lost in overtime . .March 14, 2014 at Mercyhurst (4-5) Tied in overtime . .Jan. 31, 2014 at RIT (3-3) over Army on Oct. 28, 2005, a 4-1 win over Mercyhurst on Oct. Had less than two penalties . Feb. 28, 2014 vs. Army (1) 20, 2006, a 4-1 win at Mercyhurst on Oct. 26, 2007, a 1-1 tie versus Opponent had less than two penalties . .Feb. 28, 2014 vs. Army (1) Canisius on Oct. 17, 2008, a 3-2 win on the road versus Canisius Scored 10 or more goals. Nov. 11, 2005 vs. Mercyhurst (10-3) Allowed 10 or more goals . Jan. 2, 2011 at #1 Yale (3-10) on Oct. 24, 2009, a 3-2 away victory versus AIC on Oct. 15, 2010, Was shut out . Feb. 15, 2014 vs. Connecticut (0-5) a 2-1 victory versus AIC on Oct. 15, 2011, a 6-2 win on the road Shut out an opponent. March 1, 2014 vs. Army (2-0) versus AIC on Oct. 16, 2012 and a 4-3 victory versus Sacred Heart Had a penalty shot . Nov. 12, 2013 at Connecticut (Tim Driscoll) Allowed a penalty shot. Feb, 8, 2014 vs. Sacred Heart (Spencer Graboski) on Nov. 1, 2013. This will be the sixth time that Crusaders have Scored a penalty shot goal. Oct. 20, 2012 at Clarkson (Brandon Nunn) opened the AHA season at home as they have a 4-0-1 record. Opponent scored on a penalty shot . Nov. 3, 2012 at Air Force (Stephen Carew) Scored a hat trick THE SERIES WITH AIC: This will be the 79th and 80th meetings . .Nov. 17, 2012 vs. RIT (Adam Schmidt) between Holy Cross and AIC as the Crusaders are 48-21-9 all-time Scored a hat trick in a period versus the Yellow Jackets. The Crusaders are 8-1-1 over the last 10 . Feb. 25, 2012 vs. Bentley (Adam Schmidt) Rookie scored a hat trick contests versus AIC. Holy Cross leads the series at the Hart Center, . Nov. 24, 2007 at Air Force (Everett Sheen) 24-8-6. Last year, the Crusaders won the season series, 2-1-0. Opponent scored a hat trick . Jan. 11, 2014 vs. Mercyhurst (Chris Bodo) Scored a short-handed goal GINN SETS HC DI SAVES CAREER RECORD: With his . .Feb. 8, 2014 vs. Sacred Heart (Mike Barrett) second save of the game in the season-opener versus Merrimack Rookie scored a short-handed goal at 1:02 in the fi rst period, senior captain Matt Ginn (Lindsay, . .Feb. 8, 2014 vs. Sacred Heart (Mike Barrett) Rookie scored career-fi rst goal on a short-handed goal Ontario) broke the Holy Cross Division I career saves record. The . Oct. 21, 2006 vs. Mercyhurst (Ryan Driscoll) record was previously held by Tony Quesada (2002-2006) with Opponent scored a short-handed goal 2,700. Ginn now has 2,763 career saves. Paul Pijanowski (1984- . Jan. 25, 2014 vs. Bentley (Matt Blomquist) Rookie scored a goal in season opener 1987) holds the school’s all-time record with 2,915 saves. Also, . Oct. 8, 2010 vs. Notre Dame (Adam Schmidt & Shayne Stockton) Ginn’s 47 victories, 99 games played and 5998:30 minutes played Rookie scored a goal in the home opener are all the second most by Division I goaltenders for a career at . Oct. 26, 2012 vs. Connecticut (Castan Sommer) Rookie scored a goal in his debut the school. Last year, Ginn fi nished the season with 1,076 saves . Nov. 11, 2012 at Sacred Heart (Tim Driscoll) becoming the fi rst Holy Cross goalie to ever make more than 1,000 Rookie tallied an assist in season opener saves for a season. Oct. 12, 2013 at #19 Boston University (Cameron Lawson) Rookie tallied an assist in home opener . Oct. 18, 2013 vs. Northeastern (Nick Finn) GINN & VIDAL NAMED CAPTAINS: Senior goalie Matt Ginn Rookie tallied an assist in his debut and junior forward Matt Vidal (Manorville, N.Y.) will serve as . Dec. 28, 2013 (Brett McKinnon) Rookie tallied a point in season opener co-captains for the 2014-2015 season. Oct. 12, 2013 at #19 Boston University (Cameron Lawson) Rookie tallied a point in home opener .