Hockey Continues Season at the Ledyard Classic

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point hockey team returns to the ice this weekend to start the second half of the 2016-17 season. Army takes on the Big Green on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Saturday's matchup is set to begin at 4:05 p.m. against either Colgate or #7 UMass -Lowell as the winners of the Friday night contests will face each other on Saturday.

HOW TO FOLLOW FRIDAY
Online Stream • Ivy League Network ($)
Audio • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
Livestats • DartmouthSports.com
Twitter • ArmyWP_Hockey
Game Notes • GoArmyWestPoint.com

HOW TO FOLLOW SATURDAY
Online Stream • Ivy League Network ($)
Radio • 1260 WBNR-AM/1420 WLNA-AM
Livestats • DartmouthSports.com
Twitter • ArmyWP_Hockey
Game Notes • GoArmyWestPoint.com

THIS WEEK: RETURN TO THE LEDYARD CLASSIC

The Army West Point hockey team returns to the ice this weekend to start the second half of the 2016-17 season.
At the break, the Black Knights posted an impressive 9-6-1 overall record and .594 winning percentage.
It was the first time in two decades that the Cadets had at least nine wins at the end of the first semester, and first with a full Division I schedule.
In league play, the Black Knights are 9-4-0 posting a .692 success rate with the next-best team (Air Force) at .650.
This will be the Cadets' second appearance at Dartmouth's Ledyard Classic, having played once before in 2008.

LAST TIME OUT: FOUR-POINT WEEKEND

Army closed out the first half of the season in style with a weekend sweep of Holy Cross to gain four points in the league.
This secured the top spot in AHA standings with 18 points. On Friday, the Black Knights came out strong at Tate Rink with four-straight goals.
The Crusaders snuck in two as the clock ticked to zero, but the Cadets had secured the 4-2 win. The Black Knights built off their momentum from the night before and netted four-straight goals at the Hart Center on Saturday.
Holy Cross recorded their lone goal of the night before Army posted four unanswered to win 8-1.
Freshman Brendan Soucie notched a hat trick and totaled four points on the night.
In all, 15 Cadets tallied at least one point on the weekend.

ARMY RECEIVING VOTES

For the past two polls, the Army hockey team has received 10 votes in the USCHL.com National Poll.
As a team, the Black Knights rank highly in multiple statistical categories amongst the nation's best.
The team boasts the most shutouts in the country with four, due in part to goalie Parker Gahagen who is second in the nation with a .940 saves percentage, and is third in goals against with an average of 1.69.
The Cadets have received votes six times this season.

FANTASTIC 44

The Black Knights' rookies have been the real difference makers in the team's offensive production.
The freshman class accounts for 44 points this season which is 14 more than the next-best class.
The group has posted a team-leading 18 goals and 26 assists.

SCOUTING DARTMOUTH

The hosting Big Green enter the weekend with a 4-5-2 record and a 1-3-2 mark in the ECAC.
Dartmouth opened its season with a 3-2 win over then-ranked 11 Michigan.
The team turned around and tied Cornell, 1-1, before blanking Colgate, 2-0.
The Big Green split their series with Robert Morris with scores of 3-0 (L) and 5-2 (W).
They concluded the first half of the season with a 5-1 victory over rival New Hampshire to break .500.
The Army-Dartmouth series dates back to 1914 and the teams have met 60 times since.
The Big Green lead the series 44-10-5 with the Black Knights' last win in the 1990-91 season when the Cadets topped Dartmouth, 4-3. In 2008-09, the Big Green squeaked past Army at the Ledyard Tournament with a 5-4 overtime win.

SCOUTING UMASS-LOWELL

The seventh-ranked Riverhawks have posted an impressive 10-5-3 overall record.
Some of UMass-Lowell's significant wins are over St. Lawrence (5-2), Nebraska-Omaha (4-2), Vermont (3-1, 4-2), Notre Dame (4-1) and Merrimack (4-1, 5-1).
The Riverhawks received 689 points in the latest USCHL.com Poll to rank them seventh and are also seventh in the USA Today Poll.
The teams +0.94 scoring margin ties Army 10th nationally. The Riverhawks boast a 19-6-0 all-time mark over the Black Knights.
The teams haven't seen each other since the turn of the century as UMass-Lowell picked up a 4-0 shutout in 2001-02.

SCOUTING COLGATE

Army has already seen the Raiders once this year.
The teams fought to a 2-2 draw in the season opener with Conor Andrle posting the comeback goals, both on the power play.
After finishing the game in a tie, Colgate now leads the series 36-18-7.
This season, the Raiders have progressed to 4-9-4 with wins over Maine (5-3), #19 Yale (4-1) and Princeton (4-3).

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Hockey Continues Season at the Ledyard Classic

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Players Mentioned

Conor Andrle

Parker Gahagen

Brendan Soucie

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Hockey Continues Season at the Ledyard Classic

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Players Mentioned

Conor Andrle

Parker Gahagen

Brendan Soucie

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