Army Prepares for Bentley and Frozen Fenway

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Riding a four-game unbeaten streak, the Army West Point hockey team returns to Atlantic Hockey action Thursday and Friday night against Bentley.

HOW TO FOLLOW
VIDEO • AtlanticHockey.TV ($)
RADIO • 1420 WLNA-AM (Thursday) // 1260 WBNR-AM/1420 WLNA-AM
AUDIO • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS • BentleyFalcons.com
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_Hockey

THIS WEEK: BACK TO LEAGUE PLAY

It is a special weekend for the two squads as the Black Knights and Falcons will first square-off at Frozen Fenway as part of the outdoor winter series held in Boston.
The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. at the home of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
It is the current Black Knights' first time playing in an outdoor rink.
Although the West Point hockey program was started on an outdoor frozen pond on the banks of the Hudson, the Cadets' last outing on a frozen pond was in 2012 when they faced AIC at Rentschler Field in February of 2011 and won 4-1.
Friday night's contest will be back at Bentley's Ryan Skating Arena with a 7:05 p.m. start to wrap-up the weekend.

LAST WEEK: UNBEATEN WEEKEND

The Black Knights continued their excellence in December with a 1-0-1 showing at Dartmouth's Ledyard Classic.
Army and the Big Green battled to a 2-2 draw on Friday before the Cadets downed Colgate 4-1 on Saturday.
Conor Andrle, Zach Evancho Trevor Fidler and Dominic Franco all skated away with two-point weekends after each recording a goal and an assist.
Taylor Maruya and Tyler Pham also added two points apiece after they each dished out a pair of helpers.
Blake Box netted a goal on Friday to mark his second of the season while Brendan Soucie recorded one on Saturday for his seventh. Parker Gahagen capped-off a successful 2016 year with a career-high 48 saves against the Raiders.

ARMY CONTINUES TO BE RECOGNIZED

For the past three polls released, the Army hockey team has garnered votes in the USCHL.com National Poll.
After receiving 10 votes for the past two weeks, the Black Knights were given 15 this week after tying Dartmouth and downing Colgate.
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 third in the nation with a .943 saves percentage, and in goals against average at 1.66.
The Black Knights' defense has also been successful and is second nationally, allowing just 1.78 goals per game.
Army's penalty kill has the second-best kill rate in the country at .899.
The Cadets have received votes seven times this season.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Following a two-point weekend at the Ledyard Classic, freshman Evancho was named the Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week.
He extended his point streak to five games with an assist opposite Dartmouth in the team's 2-2 tie and the game-winning goal against Colgate.
Currently, Evancho ranks second for Army in points with 13. He led the team during the month of December with four goals and two assists.

GOALIE OF THE MONTH

After posting a 4-1-1 record in the month of December, Parker Gahagen was recognized as the Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Month for the second time this season.
He is riding a four-game unbeaten streak which is the longest of his career and notched a career-high 48 saves against Colgate on Saturday night.
Gahagen allowed just eight goals in December for a goals against average of 1.32.
He also boasted 189 stops last month to give him a .959 save percentage.

SCOUTING BENTLEY

The two games this weekend will be the only meetings in the regular season between the Black Knights and Falcons this year.
Bentley enters the series with a 4-10-4 overall record and a 3-6-3 mark in the AHA with wins over Air Force (6-1), Mercyhurst (2-1) and Robert Morris (4-3).
The game at Fenway will be the Falcons' second in four years as the team last played Holy Cross at the historic ballpark in 2013 when they won, 3-2.
The Falcons are led offensively by senior captain Max French, who leads the team in points (18) and assists (11). He is tied for the team lead in goals with assistant captain Kyle Schmidt, with seven. Freshman Ryner Gorowsky is third on the squad in points with 10.

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