Black Knights Drop Close Contest to Brown

Sunday, December 30

Hanover, NH

4:05 PM

Army West Point

8-10-1

Brown

3-7-3

Brown

Army

Black Knights Drop Close Contest to Brown

December 30, 2018 | Hockey

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. – The Army West Point hockey team suffered a 5-3 setback to Brown on Sunday evening in the final game of the Ledyard Classic.

The Black Knights were first on the board with a goal from senior captain Taylor Maruya. The Bears answered back however with two scores in the first period and would not trail again in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights were the first to score in the game.
Daniel Haider won the faceoff at the right dot as Tipper Higgins gained control and Maruya passed the puck back to Dalton MacAfee who was waiting at the blue line.
MacAfee one-timed it to the net as Maruya crossed in front and tipped it past Gavin Nieto.
The Bears answered back with two-straight goals to close out the frame.
Halfway through the second stanza, Haider scored a goal of his own to tie the game at 2-2.
Marshal Plunkett cleared the puck up to Zach Evancho who carried the puck up the boards and dumped it down to Haider for a 2-on-1.
Haider fired the shot past Nieto's glove side for the score.
Brown was able to take its second lead of the game with a goal with 4:21 to play in the middle frame.
The Black Knights re-tied the game at the 7:23 mark in the third period with a power play goal by Brendan Soucie.
Colin Bilek split two Brown defenders finding Soucie all alone on the right side for the one-timer.
The lead didn't last long whoever as the Bears scored to gain a 4-3 lead six minutes later.
Brown scored an empty net insurance goal with 19 seconds remaining to secure the game.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Maruya scored his first goal of the season.
The senior captain now has 32 points in his career.
Evancho notched his third multi-assist game of the season tonight and 12th multi-point in his career.
The Buffalo, N.Y., native boasts 18 points this year to tie for first with MacAfee.
MacAfee recorded his 15th helper of the season and 45th in his career.
Haider netted goal number three of the year also garnering his fifth point.
Soucie posted his second goal of the weekend in Sunday's game.
The junior scored the only power play goal of the evening to mark his fourth extra-man score of the year.
Soucie now owns 11 points in 2018-19.
Higgins, Plunkett and Bilek all registered assists on the night.
Jared Dempsey made 29 saves which is the most since facing Niagara on Nov. 23.