Holy Cross sophomore Greg Kealey scored the game winning goal on a power play at 14:19 of the third period to lead the Crusaders to a 7-6 victory over Sacred Heart Friday evening at the Hart Center Ice Rink.<\/p>\n
Kealey was one of six HC players to tally multiple points in the game. Andrew McKay netted his first career hat trick to help Holy Cross to the win.<\/p>\n
Sacred Heart jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on Lloyd Marks’ goal just :32 into the opening period. The Pioneers doubled their lead at 7:53 when Chuck Metcalfe fired a wrister past HC netminder Derek Cunha.<\/p>\n
Holy Cross got on the board when Patrick Rissmiller scored on a wide open net at 12:05 after the Crusaders caught goalie Eddy Ferhi out of position. Kealey and Brandon Doria assisted on the play. <\/p>\n
Sacred Heart was again able to take a two-goal advantage as Richard Naumann found the back of the net at 15:26. Holy Cross pulled within one goal at 18:29 when McKay recorded his first of three goals on the night. Tim Coskren and Jeff Dams dished out the assists.<\/p>\n
Holy Cross scored three goals during the first 6:30 of the second stanza to take a 5-3 lead. Kealey scored off of a centering pass from Rissmiller at 1:39 to get HC rolling. The Crusaders took their first lead of the night when McKay scored on a breakaway at 3:01. Coskren tallied HC’s third goal of the frame at 6:30 on a slapshot.<\/p>\n
The Pioneers made a goaltending change after Croskren’s goal, replacing Eddy Ferhi with Kevin LaPointe. Sacred Heart cut the Crusaders’ lead to 5-4 when Garrett Larson scored after HC was unable to clear the puck out of the zone at 8:50. Mike Regan knotted the game at 5-5 on a feed from Marks at 10:40.<\/p>\n
The Pioneers regained the lead at 4:15 of the third period on a Martin Paquet breakaway goal. McKay completed hat trick when he was able to capitalize on a 2-on-1 at 11:14. Dams notched his fourth assist of the game on the play.<\/p>\n
Kealey knocked in the game-winner just seven seconds into the Crusaders’ second power play of the game, at 14:19 of the segment.<\/p>\n
Cunha made 25 saves in net for Holy Cross, including 12 in the third period. Ferhi and LaPointe combined for 18 save for the Pioneers.<\/p>\n
Holy Cross improves to 16-11-5, 13-7-5 MAAC, Sacred Heart drops to 14-13-4, 14-8-3 MAAC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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