DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 2015-2016 HOLY CROSS MEN’S HOCKEY HOLY CROSS (0-0-0/0-0-0 AHC) vs. #18 QUINNIPIAC (0-0-0/0-0-0 ECAC) OCTOBER 9-10, 2015 OCT. 9-HART CENTER (1,600) • WORCESTER, MASS. • 7:05 P.M. OCT. 10-HIGH POINT SOLUTIONS ARENA (3,086) • HAMDEN, CONN. • 4:00 P.M. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2015-2016 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Live Video Streaming: Friday-Eversport Saturday-Quinnipiac All-Access DATE OPPONENT . TIME / SCORE Oct. 9 #18 QUINNIPIAC . 7:05 p.m. Series Records (Holy Cross varsity games since 1966-1967): Oct. 10 at #18 Quinnipiac . 4:00 p.m. With Quinnipiac: QU leads 21-5-4 Oct. 16 at Providence . 7:30 p.m. Last Meeting: QU 4, HC 1 (10/26/13; Hamden, Conn.) Oct. 23 at Canisius * . 4:05 p.m. Last HC Win: HC 5, QU 2 (2/12/05; Boston, Mass.) Oct. 24 at Canisius * . 4:05 p.m. Oct. 31 at Brown. 7:30 p.m. First Varsity Meeting: HC 4, QU 1 (1/2/98; Worcester, Mass.) Nov. 6 SACRED HEART * . 7:05 p.m. Current Series Win Streak: Quinnipiac, four games Nov. 7 at Sacred Heart * . 7:05 p.m. Series Record At The Hart Center: QU leads 7-4-2 Nov. 12 at Air Force * . 9:05 p.m. Series Record In Quinnipiac Home Game: QU leads 14-0-2 Nov. 13 at Air Force * . 9:05 p.m. Series Record At High Point Solutions Arena: QU leads 4-0-0 Nov. 24 AIC * . 7:05 p.m. Nov. 27 NIAGARA * . 7:05 p.m. Nov. 28 NIAGARA * . 7:05 p.m. HC OPENS SEASON VERSUS QUINNIPIAC: Dec. 4 MERCYHURST * . 7:05 p.m. The Holy Cross men’s hockey team is set to start its 50th season Dec. 5 MERCYHURST * . 7:05 p.m. in program history with a home-and-home series versus defending Dec. 11 at Bentley * . 7:05 p.m. ECAC regular season champion and 18th-ranked Quinnipiac on Dec. 12 at Bentley *. 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10. Friday’s game will be played at the Dec. 30 MCGILL . 4:05 p.m. Hart Center in Worcester, Mass., at 7:05 p.m., as legendary Rene Jan. 2 PRINCETON . 7:05 p.m. Jan. 5 at AIC * . 7:05 p.m. Rancourt will be performing the Canadian and American national Jan. 10 at Dartmouth . 4:00 p.m. anthems. For tickets to the game call 1-844-GOCROSS or visit Jan. 15 ROBERT MORRIS * . 7:05 p.m. GoHolyCross.com/Tickets. Saturday’s game will be played at the Jan. 16 ROBERT MORRIS * . 7:05 p.m. High Point Solutions Arena in Hamden, Conn., at 4:00 p.m. Jan. 22 CANISIUS * . 7:05 p.m. Last season, the Crusaders went 14-18-5 overall and 12-11- Jan. 23 CANISIUS * . 7:05 p.m. Jan. 29 at RIT *. 7:05 p.m. 5 in Atlantic Hockey, while the Bobcats went 23-12-4 overall Jan. 30 at RIT *. 7:05 p.m. and 16-3-3 in the ECAC. Quinnipiac won the ECAC regular Feb. 5 at Army West Point * . 7:05 p.m. season championship and fell to North Dakota in the fi rst round Feb. 6 at Army West Point * . 7:05 p.m. of the NCAA Tournament. Quinnipiac has made three straight Feb. 12 AIR FORCE * . 7:05 p.m. NCAA Tournament appearances and played in the 2013 national Feb. 13 AIR FORCE * . 7:05 p.m. championship game falling to Yale, 4-0. The Bobcats lead the all- Feb. 19 AIC * . 7:05 p.m. Feb. 20 at AIC * . 7:05 p.m. time series, 21-5-4. Feb. 26 at Sacred Heart * . 7:05 p.m. The Crusaders return 21 players from last season including fi ve Feb. 27 SACRED HEART * . 7:05 p.m. of six starters, while they welcome seven freshmen. Holy Cross Mar. 4-6 Atlantic Hockey First Round returns nine of its top 10 point producers. Mar. 11-13 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfi nals After the home-and-home series with Quinnipiac, the Crusaders Mar. 18-19 Atlantic Hockey Semifi nals and Final # will return to action when they hit the road to play defending national Home games, listed in BOLD CAPS, played at the Hart Center champion Providence on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. * Atlantic Hockey game # Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. HOME-OPENERS: Holy Cross is 25-19-5 all-time in home All times listed are Eastern Time openers. The Crusaders are 2-3-0 in home openers over the last fi ve seasons. WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM HC IN SEASON OPENERS: Holy Cross is 16-30-3 all-time in season openers. The Crusaders have a 1-4-0 record in their last fi ve THE LAST TIME HOLY CROSS. season-openers. The Crusaders fell at home last season to Merrimack by a 3-2 score on Oct. 10, 2014. Played in overtime . March 7, 2015 vs. Niagara (2-1) Won in overtime. March 7, 2015 vs. Niagara (2-1) OPENING SEASON VERSUS ECAC: This will be the fi rst time Lost in overtime . Jan. 17, 2015 at Mercyhurst (4-5) Tied in overtime. Jan. 2, 2015 vs. Air Force (1-1) that Holy Cross has hosted an ECAC Hockey team in the fi rst game Had less than two penalties . .Jan. 31, 2015 vs. Niagara (1) of the season. Holy Cross is 0-6-0 when opening seasons against Opponent had less than two penalties . .Nov. 14, 2014 at Army (1) ECAC opponents, all on the road. This is the second time the 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) Crusaders have started the season versus Quinnipiac as an ECAC Was shut out. Feb. 21, 2015 vs. Sacred Heart (0-5) member. The Bobcats won the season-opener in Hamden, Conn., Shut out an opponent . .Feb. 20, 2015 at Sacred Heart (1-0) by a 5-3 score on Oct. 12, 2011. Had a penalty shot . .Nov. 12, 2013 at Connecticut (Tim Driscoll) Allowed a penalty shot. .Feb, 8, 2014 vs. Sacred Heart (Spencer Graboski) Scored a penalty shot goal . Oct. 20, 2012 at Clarkson (Brandon Nunn) HC VERSUS THE ECAC: The Crusaders have an all-time Opponent scored on a penalty shot record of 24-55-6 against teams currently in the ECACHL (4-4-0 . .Nov. 3, 2012 at Air Force (Stephen Carew) Scored a hat trick against Brown, 1-1-0 vs. Clarkson, 0-5-0 vs. Colgate, 3-4-1 against . .Nov. 30, 2014 vs. Brown (Ryan Ferrill) Dartmouth, 0-4-0 vs. Princeton, 5-21-4 against Quinnipiac, 3-4-0 Scored a hat trick in a period . .Feb. 25, 2012 vs. Bentley (Adam Schmidt) vs. Rensselaer, 0-1-0 against St. Lawrence, 7-5-1 vs. Union and Rookie scored a hat trick 1-6-0 against Yale). The Crusaders went 1-1-0 last season versus the . .Nov. 30, 2014 vs. Brown (Ryan Ferrill) ECAC with a 5-0 victory versus Brown on Nov. 30 and a 3-0 loss to Opponent scored a hat trick . Jan. 11, 2014 vs. Mercyhurst (Chris Bodo) Yale on Dec. 30. The only teams that HC has not played in varsity Scored a short-handed goal games that are currently in the ECAC are Cornell and Harvard. Jan. 23, 2015 vs. Robert Morris (Castan Sommer) The Crusaders defeated No. 15 Yale, 5-4, on Dec. 30, 2012. Yale Rookie scored a short-handed goal . Feb. 8, 2014 vs. Sacred Heart (Mike Barrett) would eventually go on to win the national championship for the Rookie scored career-fi rst goal on a short-handed goal 2012-2013 season. .Oct. 21, 2006 vs. Mercyhurst (Ryan Driscoll) Opponent scored a short-handed goal . Feb. 7, 2015 vs. Bentley (Andrew McDonald) SERIES WITH QUINNIPIAC: These games will be the 31st and Rookie scored a goal in season opener 32nd meetings between the two schools with Quinnipiac leading . Oct. 8, 2010 vs. Notre Dame (Adam Schmidt & Shayne Stockton) the series, 21-5-4. This will only be the ninth and 10th times that Rookie scored a goal in the home opener . .Oct. 26, 2012 vs. Connecticut (Castan Sommer) these two former MAAC and Atlantic Hockey rivals meet as non- Rookie scored a goal in his debut conference opponents and the eighth and ninth since Quinnipiac . .Oct. 31, 2014 at Sacred Heart (Danny Lopez) entered the ECAC. The other non-conference game was in the fi rst Rookie tallied an assist in season opener . .Oct. 12, 2013 at #19 Boston University (Cameron Lawson) contest of the series on January 2, 1998, when Holy Cross won by a Rookie tallied an assist in home opener 4-1 score in the Crusader Classic in Worcester. Quinnipiac is 6-0-1 . .Oct. 18, 2013 vs. Northeastern (Nick Finn) versus the Crusaders as a member of the ECAC. As members of the Rookie tallied an assist in his debut . Dec. 28, 2013 (Brett McKinnon) same conference, MAAC and Atlantic Hockey, Quinnipiac had a Rookie tallied a point in season opener 15-4-3 record versus the Crusaders. The Crusaders last victory over . .Oct. 12, 2013 at #19 Boston University (Cameron Lawson) Quinnipiac was a 5-2 win on February 12, 2005, at the Fleet Center Rookie tallied a point in home opener .