Worcester, Mass. – Niagara hockey dropped the weekend series to Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon falling 6-2 to the Crusaders at the Hart Center. The loss drops Niagara to 3-6-0 overall and 0-4-0 in conference play, while the Crusaders improved to 5-5-1 (5-1-1).

Holy Cross struck just 15 seconds into the game. Jack Stockfish capitalized on the opening faceoff, converting assists from Owain Johnston and Jack Seymour to give the Crusaders an early 1-0 lead.

Owen Kim extended Holy Cross' lead to 2-0 at 15:12, finishing off a rush with help from Ty Gagno and Connor Welsh. The Purple Eagles headed to the first intermission down two goals despite outshooting their opponents 16-10.

Niagara broke through early in the middle frame when Ethan Lund scored his first goal of the season at 2:25, with Cameron Eke and Declan McDonnell earning assists. The tally cut the deficit to 2-1.

Noah Hackett delivered at 8:10, blasting home a power play goal with assists from Glebs Prohorenkovs and Mitchell Becker to tie the game 2-2.

Holy Cross responded with four unanswered goals to put the game away. Matt DeBoer netted the game-winner on the power play at 12:27, assisted by Timothy Heinke and Stockfish. Michael Abgrall added two goals, including an empty-netter, while Jarrod Smith capped the scoring with another power-play marker with just 20 seconds remaining.

Deivs Rolovs made 33 saves in a losing effort for Niagara.

Game Notes

Niagara is now 14-24-5 all-time against Holy Cross

The Purple Eagles outshot the Crusaders 42-39

Spencer Young led the Purple and White with seven shots on goal

Lund scored his first goal since January 25, 2025 against RIT

Eke recorded his first collegiate point with an assist on Lund's tally

Up Next

Niagara returns home to face Army on Friday November 14 at 6pm inside Dwyer Arena.