Men's Hockey Advances to AHA Semifinals With Win Over Canisius

Junior Kyle Fletcher (Kanata, Ontario) posted three goals and one assist as the Holy Cross men's hockey team flew past Canisius, 7-3, on Sunday night at the Hart Center in the third and final game of a best two-out-of-three Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series.

With the win the third-seeded Crusaders improve to 17-15-5 overall, while the eighth-seeded Golden Griffins end the season at 13-19-6. The Crusaders will advance to the Atlantic Hockey Tournament semifinals where they will play second seeded Air Force at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., on Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m.

The first semifinal will be between top seeded RIT and the six seed UConn at 4 p.m. The championship game will be on Saturday, March 19. This is the first time since the 2005-2006 season that the Crusaders have advanced past the quarterfinals. In 2006 the Crusaders won their second Atlantic Hockey Tournament championship.

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