Black Knights Draw with Canisius, 2-2

Saturday, February 4

Buffalo, NY

4:05 PM

Army West Point

12-11-4, 11-9-2AHC

Canisius

OT 1

Army

Canisius

Black Knights Draw with Canisius, 2-2

February 04, 2017 | Hockey

Box Score

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Led by senior goaltender Parker Gahagen's 40 saves, the Army West Point hockey team tied top-ranked Canisius Saturday evening, 2-2, in overtime.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Tonight's game was the Black Knights' fifth overtime game of the season and fourth tie game.
Canisius outshot Army, 42-31, with Gahagen notching 40 saves. This is the 11th contest that Gahagen has made 30 or more saves.
Army's first goal of the contest snapped Griffs goaltender Charles Williams' 118:01 shutout streak.
Alex Wilkinson netted his second goal of his career, while Dominic Franco scored his eighth.
Dalton MacAfee, Michael Wilson and Ryan Nick were all credited with saves on the night.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Wilkinson gave the Black Knights their first lead of the weekend with a dart from just shy of the blue line. Army He was assisted by his defensive partner MacAfee and Wilson.
Mimicking Canisius' first goal of Friday night, the Cadets came out hard after the first intermission and scored just seconds into the frame.
Nick stole the puck in Army's defensive zone and passed it to Franco who was on the breakaway with Zach Evancho. Franco sniped it to Williams' stick side hip.
Halfway through the second stanza, Tyler Pham's wrister was stopped by the pipe and Williams was able to cover it just in time.
Canisius was granted a 5-on-3 and spoiled Army's shutout with the advantage. Dylan McLaughlin netted the goal off a rebounded shot that Gahagen initially saved.
The Griffs scored five minutes into the final period of play. Gahagen made three initial saves, but Canisius kept poking and finally got it past the netminder.
With 12:44 remaining, Michael Wilson had an opportunity to give the Black Knights the go-ahead, but the pipe thought otherwise. The puck unfortunately dinged off and redirected away from the back of the net.
During overtime, Gahagen was able to snag a big save when Nick Hutchinson attempted to pop it over him with 1:22 left on the clock.
Evancho fired one off the faceoff, but it was caught by Williams. Then with 10 seconds left, Gahagen closed-out the game with a save.

UP NEXT

Army returns to Tate Rink next weekend for a two-game series against Niagara. The Purple Eagles are the only team that the Black Knights have not yet faced this season.

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