Holy Cross completed a weekend sweep of Mercyhurst with a 6-5 win in overtime Saturday night before over 800 fans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Crusaders improved to 6-3-1 overall and to 6-0-1 in the Atlantic Hockey Association. The Lakers dropped to 4-3-0 and 3-2-0 respectively. <\/p>\n
Mercyhurst was forced to play catch-up most of the night after falling behind 2-0 in the first period following HC goals by senior forward Greg Kealey and junior forward Andrew McKay less than ten minutes into the contest. <\/p>\n
Sophomore forward Dave Borrelli cut the lead to 2-1 with a shorthanded goal at 15:51, the Lakers’ third shorthanded tally in the series, and Mercyhurst deadlocked the contest early in the second on sophomore defenseman Conrad Martin’s first goal of the campaign. <\/p>\n
Holy Cross sophomore forward Pierre Napert-Frenette and Mercyhurst sophomore forward Scott Reynolds traded goals the rest of the period with Reynolds’ coming on a power play. <\/p>\n
The Crusaders recaptured the lead early in the third when Napert-Frenette scored but the Lakers battled back with goals from freshman defenseman Pat Henk and a second power play tally from Reynolds to take their first lead midway in the final stanza. <\/p>\n
Holy Cross pulled its goalie with under a minute left and, just seven seconds later, tied the game on a goal by sophomore forward Tyler McGregor. <\/p>\n
Holy Cross then pressed the advantage in overtime and eventually got the game-winner at 1:46 from sophomore forward Andrew Weber. <\/p>\n
Mercyhurst has a sizeable shot advantage, 35-18, converted two of four power plays and scored shorthanded — all to no avail. The Lakers still lead the all-time series against HC 10-3-1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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