Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey

The Holy Cross Crusaders are a Women's Division I team who play in Hockey East.
==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 	 	 	 	
2019-20 	27 	5 	20 	2 	27 	98 	12 	9th of 10 	Did not qualify 	33 	5 	23 	5 	36 	117 	 	 	 	
2020-21 	19 	4 	14 	1 	29 	73 	13 	9th of 10 	L, 1R 3-0 (New Hampshire) 	20 	4 	15 	1 	29 	76 	 	 	 	
==Links==
*Hockey East women's website
*Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey website
Category:Established in 1999
Category:ECAC East teams
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Category:New England Hockey Conference women's teams
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