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AHA Men's Recap: Semifinal Game 2's

March 15, 2025 - Holy Cross and Bentley will meet in the AHA Championship game next Saturday after the Crusaders and Falcons won their respective semifinal series 2-0. See below for a full recap of tonight's Game 2's.

FINAL SCORES/RECAPS

Army 1
Holy Cross 5
(Holy Cross wins series 2-0)
Box Score
  • Matthew Kursonis and Michael Abgrall scored 1st period goals to give Holy Cross a 2-0 lead. Jack Seymour and Ty Gagno then scored 2nd period goals to expand Holy Cross' lead to 4-0. 
  • After an Army goal from Nik Hong late in the 2nd period, Holy Cross' Liam McLinskey potted an empty netter in the final minute of the 3rd to seal the win for the Crusaders.
  • Holy Cross goaltender Thomas Gale made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage) to earn the win between the pipes. Gale made 74 saves on 77 shots (.961 save percentage) in two games in the semifinal round.
  • Liam McLinskey (1g, 2a), Michael Abgrall (1g, 1a), and Matt DeBoer (2a) collected multiple points for the Crusaders.
  • Holy Cross will make its fourth appearance in the Atlantic Hockey Championship game, with the previous three coming in 2004, 2006, and 2023. The Crusaders won the AHA postseason title in 2004 and 2006, defeating Bentley in 2006.
Bentley 3
Sacred Heart 0
(Bentley wins series 2-0)
Box Score
  • Connor Hasley stopped all 26 shots he faced en route to his third shutout in four postseason games. Hasley now has 11 shutouts on the season, which is one away from tying Niagara's Greg Gardner (1999-2000) for the all-time NCAA lead for shutouts in a single season.
  • Ethan Leyh found the back of the net 56 seconds into the game on assists on A.J. Hodges and Nik Aromstrong-Kingkade. The game would remain 1-0 until late in the 3rd when Leyh and Oskar Bakkevig scored empty net goals to seal the win for the Falcons.
  • SHU goaltender Ajeet Gundarah made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).
  • Bentley advances to the AHA Championship game. It will be Bentley's second AHA title game appearance, with the first coming in 2006.
NEXT UP
Saturday, March 22
AHA Championship Game
No. 3 Bentley at No. 1 Holy Cross / 7:00 p.m. ET / FloHockey

About Atlantic Hockey America
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) embarks on its first season in 2024-25 after the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 11 men’s teams (American International College, Bentley University, Canisius University, The College of Holy Cross, Mercyhurst University, Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, Sacred Heart University, the United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Military Academy), and six women’s teams (Lindenwood University, Mercyhurst University, Penn State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, and Syracuse University). In 2025-26, Delaware University will join the women’s league. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.