Explosive Second Period Lifts Army over Bentley

Friday, December 6

West Point, NY

7:05 PM

Army West Point

11-4-0, 9-4-0AHA

Bentley

6-9-0, 4-8-0AHA

Bentley

Army

Explosive Second Period Lifts Army over Bentley

December 06, 2019 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Thanks to three goals in the second period, the Army West Point hockey team defeated Bentley 4-3 on home ice Friday night.

The Black Knights improve to 11-4-0 overall and 9-4-0 in Atlantic Hockey after their fourth win in a row.

Daniel Haider had a career night with three points on a goal and three assists. Anthony Firriolo netted his first-career goal in the effort and John Keranen produced a pair of assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army charged ahead 11 minutes into the action with a goal by Haider from the doorstep.
Bentley tied the game with 1:26 to go in the opening period, but the lead would not last for long.
The Black Knights exploded in the second period with three tallies by three different goal scorers.
Mason Krueger got things rolling at the 17:16 mark after rebounding a shot by Thomas Farrell to spark the scoring run.
Firriolo netted his first-career goal three minutes later before Franco closed out the run thanks to a power play goal with 11:00 on the clock.
Bentley staged a comeback in the third period with back-to-back tallies with 8:11 remaining in the game.
The Falcons tried their hand at a 6-on-5 opportunity, but Franco made a huge block to close out the game and to keep the Army team on top.

HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Haider had a standout game posting three points.
The sophomore's three points was a career-high after a goal and two assists.
It was Haider's first multi-point game as well.
John Keranen notched a pair of assists which tied his career-high.
Krueger netted goal three of the season and 15 of the season.
Franco's power play score was his second of 2019-20. He now has three goals and 11 points this season.
The senior approaches 100 points and has 85 thus far on 38 goals and 47 assists.
Black Knights in the assist column include Farrell, Cody Fleckenstein, Zach Evancho and John Zimmerman.
Trevin Kozlowski registered 16 saves on the night.