Men's Ice Hockey Defeats Crusaders 4-1

Saturday, February 5

Worcester, Mass. / Hart Center

6:00 PM

Sacred Heart

11-14-3, 8-10-2

Holy Cross

8-19-2, 5-12-2

Sacred Heart

Holy Cross

2/5/2022 8:40:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Neil Shea tallied his third multi-point game

WORCESTER, Mass.- The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team redeemed itself from a night ago defeating Holy Cross 4-1 to split the series on Saturday night.

Records:

Sacred Heart Pioneers- (11-14-3, 7-9-2-1 AHA)
Holy Cross Crusaders- (8-19-2, 5-11-1-2 AHA)

Top Performers:

Neil Shea (SHU)- 2 goals, 1 assist
John Jaworski (SHU)- 1 goal
Rourke Russell (SHU)- 1 goal

Goalies:

Justin Robbins (SHU) (W, 19 saves, 1.00 GAA, 7-8-3 record)
Matt Radomsky (HC) (L, 22 saves, 3.00 GAA, 6-11-2 record)

Of Note:

Holy Cross would take the lead coming 18:08 into the first period as Jake Higgins gave the Crusaders a 1-0 advantage.
After the opening half of the second period tallied no scoring, graduate Rourke Russell fired his second goal of the season 12:10 into the period to even the score at 1-1.
The third period was all Pioneers as sophomore John Jaworski was able to register Sacred Heart's 12^th power-play goal of the year coming 6:45 into the period to put SHU ahead 2-1.
Neil Shea was the rest of the story as he would put the Pioneers up two goals 11:14 into the third period before he sealed the victory with an empty net goal in the closing two minutes to secure the 4-1 victory.
This is Shea's third multi-point game of the season.
Graduate Alex Bates tallied his first points since January 7 against Niagara.

Up Next:

The Pioneers return to action on Thursday, February 10 when they host Bentley beginning a two-game series at Webster Bank Arena. Puck-drop is set for 7:05 p.m.