2020-21 Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey season was the 57th season of play for the program, the 23rd at the Division I level, and the 18th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Crusaders represented the College of the Holy Cross and were coached by David Berard, in his 7th season.
The start of the college hockey season was delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As a result, Holy Cross's first scheduled game was in mid-November as opposed to early-October, which was the norm.
==Season==
Despite several COVID-related changes to the schedule, Holy Cross began the season well, winning 4 of their first 6 games and sat near the top of the conference in early December with a 4–1 mark in Atlantic Hockey play. The team added a series against Quinnipiac just before Christmas and the two losses seemed to reverse the Crusaders' fortunes. Holy Cross lost all of their remaining games with the offense being dormant for most of those contests. In their final 10 matches, Holy Cross scored just 10 goals and were shut out 4 times. With their schedule being rearranged in February, the Crusaders played only two games in the entire month and sat at the bottom of their conference when the Atlantic Hockey tournament was set to begin.
Four days before they were to play Sacred Heart in the first round, Holy Cross received a positive Covid test and immediately suspended all team activities. This caused the team to withdraw from the conference tournament and cancel the remainder of their season.
Erkka Vänskä sat out for the season.
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Charlie Barrow 	Defenseman	 	Graduation
Will Brophy 	Defenseman	 	Graduation
Beau Collins 	Goaltender	 	Graduation
Kevin Darrar 	Forward 	 	Graduation
Christian Hayes	Forward 	 	Transferred to Trinity
Patrick O'Leary	Defenseman	 	Graduation
Neil Robinson 	Forward 	 	Graduation
Dalton Skelly 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)
Jack Surowiec 	Forward 	 	Graduation
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Alec Cicero 	Forward 	 	19 	Buffalo, NY
Jake Higgins 	Defenseman	 	19 	Hingham, MA
Michael Kane 	Forward 	 	20 	Guilford, CT
Jack MacNab 	Forward 	 	22 	Indianapolis, IN; transfer from Notre Dame
Ryan Pineault 	Defenseman	 	19 	Glastonbury, CT
Jack Ricketts 	Forward 	 	21 	Oakville, ON
Jack Robilotti	Defenseman	 	19 	New York, NY
Lucas Thorne 	Forward 	 	21 	Dunnville, ON
==Roster==
As of August 31, 2020.
==Standings==
==Schedule and Results==
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==Scoring Statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	F 	12 	4 	5 	9 	23
 	C 	13 	5 	3 	8 	12
 	F 	14 	2 	6 	8 	6
 	RW 	15 	3 	4 	7 	8
 	F 	14 	3 	2 	5 	29
 	C 	16 	2 	2 	4 	10
 	F 	13 	2 	1 	3 	6
 	C 	15 	2 	1 	3 	2
 	D 	16 	2 	1 	3 	20
 	D 	13 	1 	2 	3 	2
 	C 	10 	0 	3 	3 	4
 	C 	5 	1 	1 	2 	2
 	D 	15 	1 	1 	2 	4
 	D 	16 	1 	1 	2 	6
 	F 	14 	0 	2 	2 	6
 	D 	15 	0 	2 	2 	4
 	F 	16 	1 	0 	1 	4
 	RW 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6
 	D 	13 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	F 	16 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	16 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	16 	0 	0 	0 	8
Total	 	 	30 	41 	71 	170
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	11 	648 	4 	7 	0 	29 	281 	0 	.906	2.68
 	6 	312 	0 	5 	0 	21 	141 	0 	.870	4.03
Empty Net	- 	4 	- 	- 	- 	2 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	16 	966 	4 	12 	0 	52 	422 	0 	.890	3.23
==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
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 (Final)	 	 	
USCHO.com	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 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==Awards and honors==
Player 	Award 	Ref
Matt Slick	Atlantic Hockey Second Team	
==References==
2020–21
Category:2020–21 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season
Category:2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team
Category:2020–21 in American ice hockey by team