2021–22 Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey season was the 58th season of play for the program, the 24th at the Division I level, and the 19th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Crusaders represented the College of the Holy Cross and were coached by Bill Riga, in his 1st season.
==Season==
Under their new head coach, the Crusaders started the season poorly, winning just one of their first ten matches. The offense slowly improved as the season went along, but Holy Cross couldn't keep the puck out of their own net, allowing at least 3 goals in fifteen of their eighteen games in the first half of the year. It was no coincidence that they won all three of those games.
The second half of the year was going much like the first and Holy Cross found itself mired in at the bottom of the Atlantic Hockey standings. Throughout January, the defense played much better but the team's scoring dried up. However, the Crusaders seemed to turn things around when the defeated the top team in the conference, American International, at the end of the month. In the final four weeks of the regular season, Holy Cross won nearly as many games as they had through the first four months. While they were too far back in the standings to move up, the late surge gave the team hope that they could advance in the postseason.
Holy Cross opened at Mercyhurst and outplayed the Lakers in both games. Unfortunately, while they outshot Mercyhurst 76–35, they lost both games 1–2.
==Departures==
Frank Boie 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Andrew Dumaresque	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Logan Ferguson 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Conner Jean 	Forward 		Transferred to Carleton
Peter Kessel 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Logan Milliken 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Siksika Buffaloes)
Jake Pappalardo 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Tulsa Oilers)
==Recruiting==
Daniel Colabufo 	Forward 		20	Camillus, NY
Liam Connors 	Forward 		20	Southborough, MA
Thomas Gale 	Goaltender		21	Kirkland, QC
John Gelatt 	Forward 		20	Middletown, NJ
Tyler Ghirardosi	Forward 		21	Montrose, BC; transfer from Quinnipiac
Matthew Guerra 	Forward 		22	Orlando, FL; transfer from Robert Morris
Jack Hillman 	Defenseman		20	Zionsville, IN
Mathew Shatsky 	Defenseman		20	Winnipeg, MB
==Roster==
As of August 31, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|Holy Cross Lost Series 0–2
==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	35	10	16 	26 	24
 	D 	35	4 	18 	22 	20
 	C 	35	10	8 	18 	28
 	F 	35	7 	11 	18 	45
 	C 	35	7 	10 	17 	6
 	F 	36	2 	10 	12 	8
 	F 	31	5 	7 	12 	21
 	D 	37	4 	7 	11 	16
 	F 	35	4 	7 	11 	23
 	F 	35	2 	9 	11 	34
 	F 	32	7 	1 	8 	23
 	D 	36	4 	4 	8 	23
 	F 	23	3 	4 	7 	34
 	C 	31	4 	1 	5 	12
 	F 	22	2 	2 	4 	6
 	RW	35	1 	3 	4 	6
 	D 	33	1 	3 	4 	20
 	D 	34	0 	4 	4 	2
 	G 	24	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	F 	11	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	0 	0 	5
 	F 	15	0 	0 	0 	4
 	D 	33	0 	0 	0 	43
 	D 	35	0 	0 	0 	4
Total	 	 	77	127	204	407
==Goaltending statistics==
 	26	1436	8 	14	2	59 	566	1	.906	2.47
 	12	429 	2 	6 	0	19 	172	0	.901	2.65
 	9 	338 	2 	3 	0	21 	171	0	.891	3.72
Empty Net	- 	40 	- 	- 	-	9 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2244	12	23	2	108	909	1	.894	2.89
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
==References==
2021–22
Category:2021–22 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season
Category:2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team