Seniors Lead Charge in Comeback Effort

Saturday, March 2

West Point, NY

7:05 PM

Army West Point

10-18-7, 8-13-7AHA

Bentley

16-13-5, 15-9-4AHA

Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
Bentley	0	1	2	0	3
Army	1	1	1	0	3

Seniors Lead Charge in Comeback Effort

March 02, 2019 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Down 3-2 with nine minutes remaining, the Army West Point hockey team rallied back to force a 3-3 tie with Bentley on senior night.

Dalton MacAfee netted the game-tying score forcing the extra time. The Black Knights killed off a lengthy 5-on-3 to preserve the tie.

Prior to the game, Army honored its five seniors; Trevor Fidler, Tipper Higgins, MacAfee, Ian Mansfield and Taylor Maruya.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Mason Krueger picked up where he left off last night scoring two of Army's goals.
The sophomore opened the night by netting a goal 13:06 into the contest.
Brendan Soucie passed the puck over to Matt Berkovitz who backhanded it into the slot.
Krueger was waiting on the door step getting it past Bryniarski on his stick side.
Bentley scored a 5-on-3 goal 49 seconds into the second stanza to tie things up 1-1.
With 12:47 on the clock, Krueger struck again in similar fashion giving the Black Knights a 2-1 advantage.
Soucie and Berkovitz set up the score for the sophomore forward on the power play.
To kick off the third frame, Bentley netted a pair of goals spaced 46 seconds apart to jump ahead, 3-2.
Not to worry, MacAfee kept Army alive with an even-strength goal at the 8:48 mark.
Eric Butte dished the puck over to Zach Evancho who changed ice finding MacAfee at the blue line.
MacAfee fired a shot from the right side beating Bryniarski to tie the game.
Army fought off a 5-on-3 penalty kill late in the game to keep the score knotted 3-3.
In overtime, the Black Knights had a slew of close opportunities including a shot by Butte that rang off the pipe.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights outshot the Falcons for the second night in a row, 30-19.
Army closes out its home slate with a 4-8-3 record at Tate Rink for the 2018-19 campaign.
The nation's sixth-best team on the man-advantage recorded its 34th powerplay goal of the season.
The Black Knights' have the fourth-most powerplay tallies in the nation behind No. 4 Minnesota State (38), No. 5 Quinnipiac (37) and No. 2 UMass (36).
Krueger potted his seventh and eighth goals of the season in his first multi-goal effort.
The sophomore has tallied 10 career goals and 19 points.
It marked the first time this season Krueger has scored in three consecutive games.
He added his third powerplay goal of the season.
Tonight marked his first multi-goal game and third multi-point game in his career.
Soucie notched his second multi-point night of the year with with a season-high two assists.
The junior now has seven assists and 15 points on the year.
MacAfee netted his personal-best sixth goal of the season for his team-leading 30^th point.
The senior has contributed 13 career goals and 67 points.
Berkovitz tallied his second multi-assist game of the season with two helpers tonight.
It was his second multi-point game this year.
The sophomore has eight assists and nine points on the year.
Evancho dished out his 17th assist of the season and 27th point.
The junior now has 34 helpers in his career and 65 points.
Butte collected his fourth assist of the year and sixth point.
It is the fourth time Army has gone to overtime in six games.
Matt Penta made 16 saves in tonight's contest.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights head to Erie, Pa., next weekend to face Mercyhurst in the first-round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs.
Army will be on the road Mar. 8-10 in a best-of-three series.