Holy HolyCross Cross (0-3-1) Women’s vs. Franklin Pierce (0-0-0) Hockey Friday, Oct. 20 7:00 p.m. • Winchendon, Mass. GAMEDAY QUICK FACTS HOLY CROSS ON THE ROAD AGAINST FRANKLIN PIERCE • The Holy Cross women’s hockey team will travel to Frank- Live stats: http://bit.ly/Franklinstats lin Pierce for a single game matchup at 7:00 p.m. Friday in Live video: http://bit.ly/Franklinvideo Winchendon, Mass. @HCrossWHockey RECAPPING TEAM CHINA • The Crusaders hosted an exhibition game against the Chi- nese National team Wednesday, Oct. 18. • Holy Cross lost 3-1 to Team China. Rachel Llanes scored in twice for Team China, along with Qinan Zhao. 2017-2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Katie MacCuaig scored in the third period for the Crusaders from Kara Violette and Sam Girard. DATE OPPONENT . TIME / SCORE • Holy Cross’ Julia Pelletier recorded 36 saves in the exhibi- Sept . 24 LAURENTIAN (EXH) . W 7-0 tion. Sept . 30 NEPEAN . W 5-2 Oct . 6 RIT . T 2-2 (OT) Oct . 7 RIT . L . 3-2. SCOUTING FRANKLIN PIERCE Oct . 13 at Dartmouth . L 3-2 (OT) • The Crusaders defeated Franklin Pierce three out of four Oct . 14 at New Hampshire . L 9-1 Oct . 18 CHINESE NATIONAL TEAM . L 3-1 times in the 2016-2017 season. Holy Cross is 6-4-0 against Oct. 20 at Frankline Pierce ...................7:00 p.m. Franklin Pierce since the first game between the teams in Oct . 25 FRANKLIN PIERCE . 7:05 p .m . 2013. Nov. 3 at St. Michael’s .....................7:00 p.m. Nov. 4 at St. Michael’s .....................7:05 p.m. • The Ravens will open their season against the Crusaders on Nov . 11 SACRED HEART . 2:05 p .m . Friday. Nov . 12 SACRED HEART . 2:05 p .m . • Franklin Pierce went 18-7-2 last season. Nov. 17 at Harvard..........................6:05 p.m. • Alex Brolsma will be returning for the Ravens and led the Nov . 18 HARVARD . 2:05 .mp . Nov. 24 at Dartmouth. .. .6:00 p.m. team with 22 assists and was second on the team with 15 Dec. 8 at Saint Anselm. .. ..7:00 p.m. goals. Jan . 5 POST . .7:05 . p m. • The Ravens lost their senior goalie Shannon O’Neil, who had Jan . 6 POST . .2:05 . p .m . Jan . 13 SAINT ANSELM . 2:05 . p .m . 537 saves in 1351:22 minutes of play last season. Jan . 19 SAINT MICHAEL’S . 2:05 p .m . • Franklin Pierce is coached by David Stockdale, who is in his Jan . 20 SAINT MICHAEL’S . .2:05 p .m . sixth season as head coach. Jan. 26 at Sacred Heart .....................7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Sacred Heart ....................4:00 p.m. Feb. 2 at Post .............................8:45 p.m. HOLY CROSS RETURNEES Feb. 3 at Post ............................12:45 p.m. • Fifteen skaters return for the Crusaders in the 2017-18 Feb . 9 FRANKLIN PIERCE . 7:05 p .m . Feb. 10 at Franklin Pierce ....................4:00 p.m. season. Feb . 16 SAINT ANSELM . 7:05 p .m . • Three goalies also return for Holy Cross. Feb. 17 at Saint Anselm......................3:00 p.m. • Kara Violette led the team in points (19-16-35) last season. Feb. 23 Open Tournament Semifinals • Four of the team’s top five points leaders return. Feb. 24 Open Tournament Championship • Tessie Salatas played 917:29 minutes between the pipes for Home games, listed in BOLD CAPS the Crusaders, holding a .928 save percentage in 2016-17 and enters her senior season. All times listed are Eastern Time FRESH FACES • Head coach Peter Van Buskirk adds six to the roster for the 2017-18 season - two defensemen, three forwards and one GoHolyCross.com goalie. went 4-0-0 last season recording a .922 save percentage. • Allison Attea and Antonia Matzka will join the defensive core. • Also returning in goal for the Crusaders is sophomore Marcia • Katie MacCuaig, Grace Peluso and Mackenzie Griffith join LaPlante. During the 2016-17 season, LaPlante played in eight the Crusader offense. games and made 127 saves recording a .927 save percent- • Julia Pelletier joins the Crusaders as a goalie. age. CRUSADER CAPTAINS NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CRUSADER STAFF • Senior Kara Violette continues at the helm of the Crusader • The team welcomes new associate head coach Katie Lacha- leadership, serving as captain for the second consecutive pelle. She came to Holy Cross after nine seasons working as season. Junior Tori Messina has also been named captain an assistant coach at Boston University from 2008-2017. alongside Violette. • Michaela Tosone also joins the staff as the new director of • Junior Sam Girard has been named assistant captain for the operations. Tosone graduated from UMass Amherst where she Crusaders. was a member of the women’s hockey team. TRANSITION TO HOCKEY EAST • The Crusaders will be transistioning from the Division III NEHC into the Division I Women’s Hockey East Conference next year, for the 2018-19 season. • This season, Holy Cross will compete against Hockey East opponent, New Hampshire. In addition, the Crusaders will face Harvard and Dartmouth, who are members of the ECAC. • The Crusaders will also have a mix of matches against Franklin Pierce, Sacred Heart, Post, Saint Michael’s and St. Anselm. • Holy Cross will also host an exhibition game against Team China Oct. 18. IN GOAL FOR THE CRUSADERS • Holy Cross returns three goalies, two of which are dual-sport athletes. • Senior goaltender Tessie Salatas enters the 2017-18 season having played 30 games, amassing 1743:21 minutes of play. She has made 544 saves and faced 589 shots for a career save percentage of .924 and 1.55 goals against average. She has an overall record of 25-4-0. • As a junior, Salatas played in 16 games and went 11-4-0 during the 2016-17 season. • Junior Alex Barnes also returns for the Crusaders. Barnes CRUSADERS TALE OF THE TAPE FRANKLIN PIERCE 2017-18 Stats 2016-2017 Stats 1 .7 Goals Per Game 3 .74 4 .7 Goals Allowed Per Game 6 .11 26 .3 Shots Per Game 35 .0 3 .7 Penalties Per Game 4 .3 22 .2% Power Play 17 .2% 72 .2% Penalty Kill 92 .7% GoHolyCross.com Holy Cross Game Results (as of Oct 17, 2017) All games Date Opponent Score Shots Overall Conf Time Att. Goalie of record Oct 06 RIT T o t 2-2 28/26 0-0-1 0-0-0 2:00 312 Julia Pelletier Oct 07 RIT L 2-3 29/31 0-1-1 0-0-0 1:48 239 Tessie Salatas Oct 14 at New Hampshire L 1-9 22/37 0-2-1 0-0-0 2:04 217 Tessie Salatas Team Record W-L-T Attendance Dates Total Avg. Overall: 0-2-1 Total: 3 768 256 Conference: 0-0-0 Home: 2 551 276 Home: 0-1-1 Away: 1 217 217 Away: 0-1-0 Neutral: 0 0 0 Neutral: 0-0-0 Overtime: 0-0-1 GoHolyCross.com 2017-18 Women’s Ice Hockey Statistics Holy Cross Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2017) All games Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Oct 06 RIT T o t 2-2 312 ALL GAMES 0-2-1 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 Oct 07 RIT L 2-3 239 CONFERENCE 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Oct 14 at New Hampshire L 1-9 217 NON-CONFERENCE 0-2-1 0-1-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 TEAM STATISTICS HCW OPP SHOT STATISTICS ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh Goals-Shot attempts 5-79 14-94 24 Maeve Reilly 3 2 0 2 12 . 1 6 7 0-0 1 0 Shot pct. .0 6 3 .1 4 9 10 Amanda Kewer 3 1 1 2 6 . 1 6 7 1-2 0 0 G o a ls / G a m e 1.7 4.7 21 Julie Matthias 3 1 1 2 9 . 1 1 1 1-2 1 0 S h o t s / G a m e 26.3 31.3 6 Katie MacCuaig 3 1 0 1 8 . 1 2 5 1-2 0 0 POWER PLAYS 12 Danielle Doherty 3 0 1 1 11 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Goals-Power Plays 2-9 3-11 Conversion Percent . 2 2 2 . 2 7 3 5 Hannah Gillis 3 0 1 1 2 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Shot Attempts 15 15 9 Tori Messina 3 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 3-6 0 0 Shot Percent . 1 3 3 . 2 0 0 16 Kara Violette 3 0 1 1 8 . 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 GOAL BREAKDOWN 20 Victoria Young 3 0 1 1 1 . 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 Power Play 2 3 14 Allison Attea 2 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 S h o r t - h a n d e d 0 0 30 Alex Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Empty net 0 0 8 Maeve Christ 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 P e n a lt y 0 0 U n a s s is t e d 1 0 4 Jackie Gellner 3 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 O v e r t im e 0 0 19 Sam Girard 1 0 0 0 3 .