Men's Ice Hockey Edged by Holy Cross 2-1

Thursday, November 7

Bridgeport, Conn.

7:05 PM

Sacred Heart

3-5-1, 3-3-0

Holy Cross

2-2-3, 1-1-1

Team	1	2	3	F
Holy Cross	1	0	1	2
Sacred Heart	0	0	1	1

Men's Ice Hockey Edged by Holy Cross 2-1

11/7/2019 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.- The Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey team fell to Holy Cross at home by a final score of 2-1. The Pioneers travel to the Crusaders tomorrow for a 7:05 p.m. puck-drop to conclude the home-and-home matchup.

First Period

Both sides were on the aggressive front to begin the game as SHU and Holy Cross reached double-digit shots on goal in the period as SHU edged the Crusaders 11-10 in the period.
Holy Cross jumped on the board off the offensive barage as a goal by Alex Peterson just 2:20 into the period would put the Crusaders ahead 1-0.
After letting up the goal, sophomore goalie Josh Benson held strong recording nine saves on the 10 shots faced in the period.

Second Period

The shots kept on coming as both teams egarly continued to press the attack as SHU racked up 17 shots on goal in the period while Holy Cross tallied 13.
While the shots kept flying, the goalies on both ends of the ice remained firm not allowing a single shot to slip by them keeping the game 1-0 in favor of Holy Cross.
SHU had the lone power-play opportunity to even the score but were unsuccessful in pressing as no Pioneer captialized on the one man advantage.

Third Period

It wasn't until late in the third period where the shots finally slipped by the goalies as 14:09 in the period Peterson again found the back the of the net off an assist by Jake Pappalardo to give the Crusaders a 2-0 edge with under five minutes left in the period.
SHU answered right back as just fifty seconds later 14:59 into the third period, junior Matt Tugnutt nailed his sixth goal of the season while the Pioneers were on the power-play off a pair of assists by first-year Braeden Tuck and senior Mike Lee to cut the Holy Cross lead to 2-1.
But even in the final minute and a half left in the period with Benson pulled out SHU was unable to salvage the game-tying goal resulting in the 2-1 tight loss.