Niagara NIU 15-14-3, 9-12-3

Holy Cross CHC 13-16-3, 12-10-2

Niagara NIU

15-14-3, 9-12-3

Final

Feb. 17, 2023

Holy Cross CHC

13-16-3, 12-10-2

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	F
Niagara NIU	0	0	0	0
Holy Cross CHC	0	1	2	3

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey | 2/17/2023 9:47:00 PM

Hockey Falls To Holy Cross To Close Weekend

Next Game:

at Mercyhurst

2/24/2023 | 7:00 p.m.

Full Schedule

Feb. 24 (Fri) / 7:00 p.m.

at Mercyhurst

History

Worcester, MA—Niagara hockey closed out the weekend trip to Holy Cross, Niagara fell 3-0 to the Crusaders.
Game Recap
First Period

In the opening period neither team solved the others goalie as the period ended 0-0, the Purple Eagles outshot the Crusaders 10-4 in the opening 20 minutes.
Niagara won six faceoffs in the opening period with Ryan Cox having three wins, Glebs Prohorenkovs had two wins while Christian Gorscak winning one.
The Purple Eagles also blocked four shots in the opening period with Jonathan Ziskie, Lucas Bahn, Albin Nilsson and Prohorenkovs all blocking one.

Second Period

Holy Cross took a 1-0 lead just under three minutes into the second period.
Following the goal neither team generated much offense as there was just a combined 13 shots in the period. Niagara had five shots in the frame.
Niagara won 11 of 18 faceoffs in the second period and led 17-15 after two periods.

Third Period

The Crusaders milked the clock away in the third period and doubled their lead at the 13:51 mark.
Niagara tallied eight shots in the period and pulled Chad Veltri with over five minutes left in the period for the extra attacked. The Purple Eagles earned a later power play but Holy Cross iced the game with a empty net shorthanded goal.
The Purple Eagles went 16-8 in the faceoff circle in the third period.

Niagara Notes

Niagara senior forward Jason Pineo played in his 100^th career game on Friday. He is the fifth Purple Eagle to play in over 100 college games.
The Purple Eagles won 33 of 56 draws while Prohorenkovs went 14-8 in the circle. Cox won 12 of 18 faceoffs in his team leading 145^th career game.
Niagara gave Holy Cross just one power play and did not allow a shot from Holy Cross.
The Purple Eagles now sit in sixth place in the Atlantic Hockey standings with two games left in the regular season.

Up Next

The regular season concludes next weekend as the Purple Eagles play Mercyhurst in a home and home series on Friday and Saturday. Niagara heads to Erie on Friday before hosting the Lakers on Saturday. Both games are slated for 7 PM faceoffs.