Five Unanswered Goals Sends Army Past Mercyhurst

Friday, October 26

Erie, PA

7:05 PM

Army West Point

3-2-1, 2-0-1

Mercyhurst

1-4-1, 0-1-0

Army

Mercyhurst

Five Unanswered Goals Sends Army Past Mercyhurst

October 26, 2018 | Hockey

Box Score

ERIE, Pa. - The Army West Point hockey team scored five unanswered goals to cruise to a 5-1 win at Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey action on Friday night.

Army got goals from five different players, while Dalton MacAfee and Mason Krueger led the team with two points on a goal and an assist apiece. Tipper Higgins was a contributor to the win with a pair of assists. Trevin Kozlowski was on his game with a career-high 27 saves between the pipes.

Mercyhurst outshot the Black Knights 29-27, but only Ethan Johnson found a way to put the puck past Kozlowski for the Lakers' lone goal. Stefano Cantali made 22 saves in the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Lakers got on the board first with Johnson scoring on a breakaway to give Mercyhurst a 1-0 lead after the Black Knights had killed off a penalty early in the first period.
The Black Knights evened the score a few minutes later with Krueger netting his second of the year with a shot from the right circle after being setup by MacAfee and Higgins.
Army took the 2-1 lead with 13:38 on the clock in the second period with Matt Berkovitz scoring his second of the season with a blast from the right point with assists to Krueger and Trevor Fidler.
MacAfee extended the lead to 3-1 with another slap shot from the point coming off a faceoff win by Higgins, coming 1:22 after Berkovitz's goal.
The Black Knights added to the lead with Zach Evancho adding his third of the year with a wrist shot from the left circle to beat Cantali to make it a 4-1 game. Alex Wilkinson recorded the assist for his sixth of the season.
Tyler DeYoung put the game away with an empty net goal in the final minute to close out the scoring and give Army a 5-1 victory.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights have outscored opponents 10-3 in their last two games.
Army won at Mercyhurst for the second time in the series history and the first time since a 3-2 win in 2006.
The four-goal margin of victory was the second largest for Army in the series.
The Black Knights are unbeaten in their last four games with a 3-0-1 mark.
Wilkinson extended his career-long point streak to six games with an assist.
Evancho now has seven career points against Mercyhurst to lead all Army skaters with four goals and three assists.
Army is now 2-1-1 in road games.
The Black Knights have scored five or more goals twice this season.
Army is 3-0-1 when allowing two or less goals this year.
The Black Knights have earned points in their first three games of the Atlantic Hockey season.
Army's record improved to 3-0-1 when leading after two periods.
DeYoung become the 12th skater this season to score a goal for the Black Knights.
Kozlowski's previous career high for saves in a game was 24, which came against Merrimack earlier this season.
Fidleris inching closer to 50 points in his career after his assist and now has 48 career points.
MacAfee finished with a +4 on the ice for the Black Knights.