Black Knights Rout Sacred Heart 6-0

Friday, February 23

West Point, NY

7:05 PM

Army West Point

14-13-6, 11-10-6AHA

Sacred Heart

11-18-4, 9-14-4AHA

Sacred Heart

Army West Point

Black Knights Rout Sacred Heart 6-0

February 23, 2018 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point hockey team dominated Sacred Heart Friday night with a 6-0 shutout victory. Bruns recorded 30 saves, while the Black Knights netted three goals in under two minutes during the final frame to secure the win.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army captured two critical points in Atlantic Hockey with the victory and currently sit fifth in the league standings.
It was the Black Knights' fourth shutout win of the year and largest margin of victory.
The six straight goals was the most unanswered by the Black Knights since last February when the Cadets topped Niagara 6-1.
Bruns picked up his third career shutout in NCAA contests.
The 30 saves tonight marked his sixth 30 plus save performance this season.
He now owns a record of 10-9-3 on the year.
The Cadets posted a season-high 18 points collectively. It was also a season high in assists (12) and tied a season high in goals (6).
John Zimmerman led the way for the Black Knights with three assists.
It was the third three-assist performance by an Army player this season.
He was one of five players with multi-point games tonight.
Tucker DeYoung netted his first and second career goals tonight to pick up two points.
The freshman recorded the sixth multi-goal game by an Army player this season. It was DeYoung's second multi-point performance in three games.
Mike Preston tallied the second game-winning goal of his career tonight with the first score of the night.
He added an assist to tie a career-high two points.
Brendan Soucie dished out two helpers en route to the first multi-assist game of his career and fourth multi-point performance.
John Laurito was also responsible for a pair of assists and notched his second multi-assist game.
Trevor Fidler, Dominic Franco and Conor Andrle were also goal scorers for the Black Knights.
Andrle now boasts 96 career points and is just shy of the 100 point milestone.
Fidler scored his sixth goal of the year and 20th in his career.
Franco's was on the power play to mark the second consecutive game with an extra-man score.
He now has four power play goals this season.
Alex Wilkinson, Mason Krueger, Michael Wilson and Dalton MacAfee all had assists in the game.
Wilson and Franco lead the squad with 27 points apiece.
Army improves to 11-6-3 when being outshot by opponents and 11-3-3 when scoring first.
The Black Knights are now 6-6-3 on Fridays and 4-2-1 in the month of February.

HOW IT HAPPENED
PERIOD ONE (ARMY 2 – SHU 0)

The Black Knights came out strong keeping the puck in Sacred Heart's defensive zone for the first half of the frame.
Preston was the first to score with a snipe from the point after it was worked around the perimeter by Soucie 2:28 in.
Moments later, Fidler and Andrle worked a two man breakaway, but Brett Magnus pushed the puck aside.
With 11:02 on the clock, Army was charged with a five minute major. The Black Knights killed it off and were back to even strength with six to go.
The Black Knights fought off another penalty and capitalized when Preston was released. He skated the puck down the boards to set up Fidler for the score.
The goal put Army ahead 2-0.

PERIOD TWO (ARMY 3 – SHU 0)

Army continued to pad its lead in the following frame.
DeYoung netted his first-career goal just over three minutes into the action.
Zimmerman cleared the puck up to Soucie who was waiting at the blue line and DeYoung finished in front.

PERIOD THREE (ARMY 6 – SHU 0)

Just like last Friday night, the Black Knights had a flurry of goals in the third period.
The Cadets netted three goals in under two minutes.
Army's first of the period came 7:29 in on the power play. Franco tipped in Wilkinson's shot with the other assist coming from MacAfee.
Andrle may have had the goal of the year with a filthy toe drag around his defender for the score 37 seconds later.
Then at the 10:59 mark, DeYoung struck again to make the score 6-0.
Sacred Heart dinged the pipe twice tonight to help the Black Knights maintain the shutout.

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