Holy Cross Crusaders

The Holy Cross Crusaders are a Men's Division I team in Atlantic Hockey and a Women's Division I team who play a Division III schedule in the ECAC East.
==Men's program==
The Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents College of the Holy Cross. The Crusaders are a member of the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA). They play at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.http://www.holycross.edu/athletics/varsity/
=== Men's Program History ===
Holy Cross men's ice hockey began in 1966. The team played as an independent NCAA Division I team from its inception in 1966 through 1998.http://www.uscho.com/stats/teamYxY.php/holy-cross-crusaders/mens-college-hockey/team,hc/gender,m.html The Crusaders joined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) for ice hockey beginning in the 1998-99 season.http://www.uscho.com/stats/teamYxY.php/holy-cross-crusaders/mens-college-hockey/team,hc/gender,m.html That same season the team won the MAAC Tournament Championship. In 2003 ice hockey was split from the MAAC and became the Atlantic Hockey Association, a hockey-only conference.http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/ahahistory
In its history, the Holy Cross ice hockey program has seen two NCAA appearances, and has won the Atlantic Hockey and MAAC three times (1999, 2004, 2006)., Atlantic Hockey History Accessed 03-08-2007
In 2004 after beating Sacred Heart 4–0 to win the Atlantic Hockey Championship, the team received a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's history.http://www.insidecollegehockey.com/7Archives/Notebooks/0405/aha_0304.htm The Crusaders lost in the NCAA West Regional Semifinal to North Dakota 0–3.http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php/holy-cross-crusaders/mens-college-hockey/team,46/season,20032004/gender,m.html
===Men's Program Year by Year===
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1997-98 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998-99 	28 	19 	6 	3 	41 	 	 	2nd of 8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	27 	8 	16 	3 	83 	110 	19 	7th of 10 	 	35 	8 	24 	3 	98 	158
2000-01 	26 	8 	16 	2 	81 	99 	18 	10th of 11 	 	32 	8 	22 	2 	89 	133
2001-02 	26 	17 	7 	5 	95 	69 	33 	T-3rd of 11 	 	34 	17 	12 	5 	120 	109
2002-03 	16 	14 	11 	1 	81 	67 	29 	T-3rd of 11 	 	36 	17 	18 	1 	109 	105
Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Atlantic Hockey 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2003-04 	24 	17 	4 	3 	83 	54 	37 	1st of 9 	 	36 	22 	10 	4 	117 	89
2004-05 	24 	12 	7 	5 	76 	60 	29 	4th of 9 	 	36 	16 	14 	6 	108 	102
2005-06 	28 	19 	7 	2 	98 	65 	40 	1st of 8 	 	39 	27 	10 	2 	130 	95
2006-07 	28 	9 	14 	5 	87 	94 	23 	6th of 10 	 	35 	10 	20 	5 	96 	123
2007-08 	28 	9 	15 	4 	66 	85 	22 	9th of 10 	 	36 	10 	19 	7 	88 	114
2008-09 	28 	10 	15 	3 	73 	87 	23 	7th of 10 	 	38 	13 	20 	5 	106 	130
2009-10 	28 	10 	13 	5 	70 	74 	25 	7th of 10 	 	37 	12 	19 	6 	87 	102
2010-11 	27 	14 	8 	5 	97 	73 	33 	3rd of 12 	 	38 	17 	16 	5 	128 	118
2011-12 	27 	15 	8 	4 	93 	70 	34 	T-3rd of 12 	 	39 	20 	15 	4 	120 	107
2012-13 	27 	15 	9 	3 	83 	79 	33 	3rd of 12 	 	37 	20 	14 	3 	111 	106
2013-14 	27 	11 	13 	3 	68 	72 	25 	T-7th of 12 	 	39 	14 	22 	3 	97 	114
2014-15 	28 	12 	11 	5 	68 	61 	29 	T-6th of 11 	 	37 	14 	18 	5 	84 	87
2015-16 	28 	16 	7 	5 	89 	59 	37 	T-2nd of 11 	 	36 	18 	13 	5 	109 	90
2016-17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
On March 24, 2006, the Holy Cross men's hockey team made history by defeating the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament by the score of 4–3, in overtime.http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20052006/m/03/24/hc-umn.php Coined as one of the biggest upsets in NCAA ice hockey history.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2383111 The upset was the first time a fifteen or sixteen seed beat a number one or two seed, since the field was expanded to sixteen teams.Crusaders Pull Off Stunner, Win One for the Little Guy. College Hockey News, March 24, 2006.
==Women's Program==
As a result of the New England Hockey Conference planning on being strictly a Division III conference starting with the 2017-18 season Holy Cross announced in late October 2016 that it would elevate its women's program to full Division I status for the 2017-18 season.  The school has been rumored to be eventually moving its men's program to Hockey East as a replacement for the departing Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey program  which is leaving the conference for the Big Ten Conference for the 2017-18 season.  The move of the men's program would appparently force the school to elevate the women's program to Division I, the men's program would also be forced into a larger arena as Hockey East requires a minimum capacity of 4,000.  The only facility that big in the area would be the DCU Center, which the school has used for several games in 2016 against defending national champion Providence College and in-state rival Boston College  The school stated that is was hoping to announce a conference affiliation for its women's program in December or January.  The three options for affiliation are College Hockey America, ECAC and Hockey East.  In mid-January of 2017 the team was announced as forming a six team alliance with the Sacred Heart Pioneers, Franklin Pierce Ravens, Post University Eagles, St. Anselm Hawks, and St. Michael's Purple Knights.  The teams will play 20 games among themselves and hold a tournament at the end of the season to determine a champion.
===Women's Year by Year Record===
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	ECAC/NEHC Open Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	 	 	 	
Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Division I Independent 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	 	 	 	
1999-00 	15 	2 	13 	0 	16 	113 	- 	N/A 	N/A 	15 	2 	13 	0 	16 	113 	 	 	 	
ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	 	 	 	
2000-01 	18 	4 	13 	1 	27 	73 	9 	15th of 19 	Event not held 	22 	7 	14 	1 	49 	77 	 	 	 	
2001-02 	18 	7 	11 	0 	59 	54 	14 	7th of 10 	W, SF 9-0 (St. Michael's) L, F 3-2 (ot) Sacred Heart) 	27 	12 	12 	3 	98 	72 	 	 	 	
2002-03 	20 	15 	5 	0 	89 	52 	30 	3rd of 11 	W, F 3-1 (Sacred Heart) 	25 	17 	7 	1 	100 	65 	 	 	 	
2003-04 	17 	7 	9 	1 	66 	50 	15 	T-6th of 10 	Event not held 	24 	10 	13 	1 	81 	68 	 	 	 	
2004-05 	19 	9 	9 	1 	62 	55 	19 	T-5th of 12 	W, SF 4-0 (Sacred Heart) L, F 4-2 (St. Anselm) 	27 	12 	14 	1 	81 	76 	 	 	 	
2005-06 	19 	10 	9 	0 	58 	56 	20 	6th of 11 	L, SF 5-2 (St. Anselm) W, 3P 4-1 (St. Michael's) 	26 	11 	14 	1 	73 	83 	 	 	 	
2006-07 	19 	11 	7 	1 	76 	55 	23 	5th of 11 	L, SF 6-2 (Sacred Heart) W, 3P 4-2 (St. Michael's) 	27 	15 	10 	2 	110 	87 	 	 	 	
2007-08 	19 	13 	4 	2 	75 	44 	28 	3rd of 12 	L, SF 7-2 (Sacred Heart) W, 3P 3-0 (St. Michael's) 	27 	16 	8 	3 	93 	71 	 	 	 	
2008-09 	20 	17 	2 	1 	91 	28 	35 	1st of 5 (A) 	W, SF 5-1 (St. Michael's) W, F 4-2 (Sacred Heart) 	27 	24 	2 	1 	117 	37 	 	 	 	
2009-10 	19 	15 	2 	2 	81 	27 	32 	2nd of 12 	W, SF 5-2 (St. Michael's) W, F 3-1 (St. Anselm) 	26 	20 	4 	2 	105 	42 	 	 	 	
2010-11 	18 	13 	5 	0 	82 	34 	26 	3rd of 12 	W, SF 5-3 (Sacred Heart) W, F 5-4 (so) (St. Anselm) 	27 	17 	9 	1 	111 	57 	 	 	 	
2011-12 	18 	14 	3 	1 	70 	32 	29 	2nd of 12 	W, SF 3-0 (St. Michael's) L, F 7-3 (St. Anselm) 	27 	19 	4 	3 	103 	49 	 	 	 	
2012-13 	18 	9 	4 	5 	44 	28 	23 	4th of 12 	W, SF 4-1 (Sacred Heart) L, F 4-3 (ot) (St. Anselm) 	27 	16 	6 	5 	73 	44 	 	 	 	
2013-14 	16 	11 	4 	1 	42 	25 	23 	3rd of 12 	W, SF 2-0 (Sacred Heart) L, F 2-1 (St. Anselm) 	27 	18 	8 	1 	77 	39 	 	 	 	
2014-15 	17 	11 	4 	2 	66 	35 	24 	5th of 14 	W, QF 4-1 (Sacred Heart) W, SF 3-1 (St. Anselm) W, F 4-1 (Franklin Pierce)	28 	18 	7 	3 	96 	52 	 	 	 	
New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	New England Hockey Conference 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2015-16 	17 	14 	3 	0 	74 	26 	28 	T-2 of 14 	W, SF 9-2 (St. Michael's) W, F 4-3 (ot) (St. Anselm) 	27 	24 	3 	0 	120 	49 	 	 	 	
2016-17 	17 	14 	3 	0 	70 	25 	28 	3rd of 14 	W, SF 3-0 (Franklin Pierce) L, F 3-2 (ot) St. Anselm) 	27 	22 	5 	0 	100 	39 	 	 	 	
New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance	New England Women's Hockey Alliance 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2017-18 	20 	15 	3 	2 	97 	17 	32 	2nd of 6 	L, SF 3-1 (Sacred Heart) 	28 	16 	9 	3 	114 	50 	 	 	 	
Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Hockey East 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2018-19 	27 	1 	25 	1 	28 	123 	3 	10th of 10 	Did not qualify 	33 	1 	29 	3 	34 	141 	 	 	 	
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