Atlantic Hockey Preview - Holy Cross
My picks for 6th place in the Atlantic Hockey Association makes it's home in Worcester, MA - Holy Cross.
A couple years ago, the Crusadors made history as the first Atlantic Hockey Association team to win an NCAA tournament game with a victory over Minnesota. However, they could not follow up that majical season with a good one last year. Last year, Holy Cross only won 10 games, their lowest amount of wins since the 2000-01 season.
The offense was not deep last year lose a couple of key players. This may put more pressure on Dale Reinhardt to lead this group. He is by far the best returning forward from last years team. He scored 16 goals and had 18 assists. The next highest leading goal scorer had 7. They bring in 4 freshman forwards, and they may be looked at to make some major contributions right away.
The defensive side of the ice is very experienced. The Crusadors have 4 senior defensemen this year. They were very good last year as well. They only allowed 28.4 shots on goal per game. When you do that, you give yourself a change to win. They allowed goals on 20.1% of opponent's power play chances, which could be improved upon. This group should play well and keep the Cross in many games.
Holy Cross will need better contributions from their goaltending to get back to being an elite team in the conference. Ian Dams played the most games and had the best stats. He had very ordinary stats at best with a 3.23 goals against average and a .888 save percentage. Charlie Lockwood is the other returning goalie - and he wasn't much better. Freshman Adam Roy could come into play for Holy Cross if neither goalie does well.
The problems at goaltender could really be the downfall of Holy Cross. The defense should be solid and the offense could do enough. I think this group will be incosistant early on at least.
Projected record: 14-14
A couple years ago, the Crusadors made history as the first Atlantic Hockey Association team to win an NCAA tournament game with a victory over Minnesota. However, they could not follow up that majical season with a good one last year. Last year, Holy Cross only won 10 games, their lowest amount of wins since the 2000-01 season.
The offense was not deep last year lose a couple of key players. This may put more pressure on Dale Reinhardt to lead this group. He is by far the best returning forward from last years team. He scored 16 goals and had 18 assists. The next highest leading goal scorer had 7. They bring in 4 freshman forwards, and they may be looked at to make some major contributions right away.
The defensive side of the ice is very experienced. The Crusadors have 4 senior defensemen this year. They were very good last year as well. They only allowed 28.4 shots on goal per game. When you do that, you give yourself a change to win. They allowed goals on 20.1% of opponent's power play chances, which could be improved upon. This group should play well and keep the Cross in many games.
Holy Cross will need better contributions from their goaltending to get back to being an elite team in the conference. Ian Dams played the most games and had the best stats. He had very ordinary stats at best with a 3.23 goals against average and a .888 save percentage. Charlie Lockwood is the other returning goalie - and he wasn't much better. Freshman Adam Roy could come into play for Holy Cross if neither goalie does well.
The problems at goaltender could really be the downfall of Holy Cross. The defense should be solid and the offense could do enough. I think this group will be incosistant early on at least.
Projected record: 14-14
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