Black Knights Face Sacred Heart at Nassau Coliseum

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point hockey team returns to the Empire State to face Sacred Heart at the Nassau Coliseum on Saturday.

ARMY (8-10-2, 6-7-2 Atlantic Hockey)

It will be the second meeting of the season for the two squads after they battled to a 5-5 tie on Nov. 21 in Fairfield, Conn.
Army's last league game came on Nov. 24-25 when it hosted Canisius.
Since then, the Black Knights picked up a pair of wins over No. 17 Colgate (3-1) and No. 13 New Hampshire (4-3) during a four-game non-conference stretch.
The game Saturday will mark Army's first neutral event of the season.
The Black Knights will be looking to climb the Atlantic Hockey standings with points throughout the rest of the season.
The only non-league game approaching is against the Royal Military College set for the end of January.

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SACRED HEART (4-12-3, 2-8-3 Atlantic Hockey)

The Pioneers are looking to start the second half of the season on the right foot after going 1-7-3 in their last 11 games dating back to Nov. 5.
In their last time out, Sacred Heart earned a point on the back end of a home-and-home with Holy Cross.
The Pioneers dropped a 4-1 decision on Dec. 29 before battling to a 5-5 draw on the 30th.
Sophomore Vito Bavaro leads the team with 18 points and 11 goals, followed closely by Marc Johnstone's 17 points and a team-high with 11 assists.
Brett Magnus has started 13 of the team's 19 games and holds all four of SHU's victories.
He has made 378 saves on 427 shots, good enough for a .885 save percentage and a 4.01 goals-against average.

LAST TIME OUT

The Black Knights concluded the non-league portion of their schedule with a series at #10 Minnesota who has won the last six B1G Championships.
Army and the Gophers skated to a close game on Friday with a one goal difference until the third period and an empty net goal put things out of reach for the Black Knights.
Brendan Soucie netted Army's lone goal of the weekend late in the game on Saturday.
It was the program's fifth goal against the Gophers and 19th of Soucie's career.
Jared Dempsey picked up two more starts in net for the Black Knights and totaled 58 saves.

Dempsey difference

Rookie net-minder Jared Dempsey has taken over the crease for the Black Knights while Cole Bruns is out of the lineup, performing admirably in his first collegiate action.
The Grosse Point Farms, Mich., has seen action in six games while earning the starting nod in five of those contests.
His collegiate debut came in the first meeting against Sacred Heart when he stopped all 15 shots faced in 32:14 minutes of action.
In Dempsey's 330 minutes between the pipes, he has posted a 2.55 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.
Despite owning a 2-3-1 record, Dempsey's minutes have come against quality opponents such as No. 17 Colgate, No. 13 UNH and two starts at No. 10 Minnesota.

ALL ABOUT THE DEFENSE

Army's D-Pair of MacAfee and Wilkinson has been a standout on both ends of the ice.
MacAfee leads the team with 13 assists and ranks 23rd nationally among defensive scoring with a 0.75 points per game average.
Wilkinson tops Army with three game-winning goals this season to rank tied for fifth in the country.
The pair's also a staple on the Black Knights' penalty kill unit which has a .878 efficiency and is sixth in college hockey.

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