Black Knights Fall to Canisius

Saturday, December 1

West Point, NY

4:05 PM

Army West Point

8-8-1, 7-6-1AHA

Canisius

6-8-1, 5-7-1AHA

Canisius

Army

Black Knights Fall to Canisius

December 01, 2018 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point hockey team suffered a 4-2 setback to Canisius on Saturday night.

Tucker DeYoung and Trevor Fidler scored for the Black Knights tonight. After the game, Army took on the Long Island Rough Riders in the annual sled hockey game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights were first to score on Saturday evening when Ian Mansfield tipped the puck up the ice to Kevin Dineen.
He carried it up the ice for a two-on-one with DeYoung who beat Blake Weyrick on his glove side 3:39 into the game.
The Golden Griffins knotted things up at the 11:31 mark. The 1-1 score carried the teams into the first intermission.
Army struck again five minutes into the second stanza when Colin Bilek worked the puck over to Brendan Soucie for a breakaway.
Soucie fired the initial shot as Fidler trailed the play banking home the rebound.
Canisius scored back-to-back goals 2:31 apart to take a 3-2 lead before netting an insurance goal with 3:43 on the clock.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Fidler notched his fourth goal of the season and ninth point.
The senior has scored 24 times in his career and boasts 51 points.
DeYoung had the other goal of the night. It was his second score of the year and fourth in his two-year career.
Bilek, Soucie, Mansfield and Dineen were all credited with an assist apiece.
Soucie and Bilek both garnered their fifth helpers of the year.
Dineen now has three assists in 2018-19 and five-career points.
Mansfield posted his second helper of the year tonight and now boasts 21 points in an Army sweater.
Jared Dempsey registered 28 saves in net.

UP NEXT

After a short hiatus, the Black Knights will be back in action Dec. 29-30 at Dartmouth's Ledyard Classic.
Army will take on the host Big Green on Friday night, then will face Brown on Saturday.