Army Shows Fight in Comeback Victory versus RMC

Saturday, January 19

West Point, NY

7:05 PM

Army West Point

Royal Military College of Canada

Army Shows Fight in Comeback Victory versus RMC

January 19, 2019 | Hockey

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Trailing 2-1 in the third period, the Black Knights scored four straight goals in a 10-minute span to secure a victory over international rival RMC Saturday night.

The Black Knights continued on to a 12-game unbeaten streak in the series with RMC and now boast an eight-game winning streak.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights controlled the first period with a 13-3 shot advantage.
Mason Krueger dinged the pipe eight minutes into the frame, but the score stayed knotted at 0-0.
The Paladins got on the board first scoring with 14:50 on the clock in the second stanza.
Army evened the score close after when Taylor Maruya stole the puck in the defensive zone and passed it up to Tipper Higgins. He moved it to Kevin Dineen who had an open shot on RMC's Brad Van Schubert for the score.
A minute in a half later, RMC went ahead, 2-1, on a power play opportunity.
Colin Bilek scored two goals 45 seconds apart to give Army the go-ahead.
After a string of penalties from the Paladins, Brendan Soucie received a feed from Bilek scored on the five-on-three advantage to pad Army's lead with 1:35 remaining.
Zach Evancho tallied an empty-netter to put the game away.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights continued on to a 12-game unbeaten streak in the series with RMC and now boast an eight-game winning streak.
Matt Penta earned his first start in net tonight and picked up the win after turning aside 16 shots.
Army posted a season-high 53 shots on the night.
Bilek tallied three points in the contest on two goals and an assist.
Two of the rookie's points were on the power play.
Dineen notched his first-career point against the Paladins with the Cadets' first goal.
Soucie scored his second goal opposite RMC tonight.
He now has three points against the international rival.
Evancho tallied an empty netter for his first goal against the Paladins.
Franco, MacAfee and Fleckenstein were also in the assist column.
The senior class boasts a 4-0 record against RMC.