Box Score WALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley freshman Stephen Castagna (North Vancouver, B.C.) scored with 3:03 left in regulation to tie the game and eventually send it to overtime, but Holy Cross scored in the extra period for a 3-2 win on Saturday night.
Castagna's goal tied the game 2-2 with just over three minutes remaining. Defenseman Seth Bernard-Docker (Canmore, Alberta) passed ahead to Josh Latta (West Vancouver, B.C.) who broke into the offensive zone with speed. As he approached the net he dropped a pass to Castagna, who beat Holy Cross goalie Thomas Gale with a backhander to the short side.
The goal was Castagna's 6th of the season.
Neither team scored over the final three-plus minutes and the game went to OT tied 2-2.
With just over a minute left in the overtime, Holy Cross' Jack Ricketts scored after gaining control of a bouncing puck in the neutral zone and scored himself on a breakaway to give the Crusaders the win.
Bentley gets one point from the game for going to overtime and Holy Cross gets two.
Holy Cross led 1-0 after the first period on a goal by left wing Lucas Thorne at 12:41.
Falcons goalie Connor Hasley (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) made 13 saves in the first frame on his way to a 37 save night.
Bentley tied the game 1-1 at 10:52 of the 2nd period on freshman Arlo Merritt's (Halifax, Nova Scotia) 5th goal of the year. Defenseman Hunter Toale (Coral Springs, Fla.) fed a quick pass to Matt Gosiewski (Stamford, Conn.) along the right-hand boards. Gosiewski then dropped a pass off to Merritt, who fired a quick shot from the right faceoff dot that beat Gale to his stick side.
Holy Cross took a 2-1 lead on a goal by left wing Devin Phillips at 8:03 of the 3rd period after he jammed in a rebound off a shot that Hasley saved by Liam McLinskey.
Holy Cross led 2-1 for about nine minutes until Castagna tied it 2-2 with 3:03 remaining.
