Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, March 12
West Point, NY
7:05 PM
Army West Point
14-17-4
2
vs
3
Air Force
15-16-3
1
2
3
OT 1
F
Air Force
0
1
1
1
3
Army West Point
0
2
0
0
2
Overtime Defeat Ends Hockey’s Season
March 12, 2022 | Hockey
| Game 35 | |
| SCORE | No. 6 Air Force 3, No. 3 Army 2 (OT) |
| RECORDS | Air Force (15-16-3) | Army (14-17-4) |
| LEADING SCORERS | Air Force – Austin Schwartz/Parker Brown/Clayton Cosentino/Mitchell Digby/Will Gavin (1) | Army – Thomas Farrell/Daniel Haider/Marshall Plunkett/Anthony Firriolo/Brett Abdelnour/Joey Baez (1) |
| LOCATION | Tate Rink |
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The third-seeded Army Black Knights had their season come to an end in a 3-2 overtime defeat to sixth-seeded Air Force in the 2022 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals best-of-three series on Saturday night.
GAME SUMMARY
The outcome between the service academy rivals was decided in overtime for the second consecutive night. It took Air Force 15 minutes to score the game-winner in game one of the series on Friday night. The Falcons managed to end another tightly contested game 1:02 into overtime on a deflection.
Army came the closest to scoring first on two occasions. Josh Bohlin's redirect shot hit the pipe at 12:40 in the first period and Noah Wilson rattled the post 1:20 into the second period.
The Falcons took the lead at the 10 minutes on a Will Gavin goal off a faceoff. However, the Black Knights ended the second period with a 2-1 lead. Army scored its first goal on a 5-minute power play one minute after falling behind. Brett Abdelnour redirected effort in front of the net for his sixth goal of the season tying the game at 1-1. Even though Army didn't score another goal during the 5-minute power play, the Black Knights tilted momentum in their favor.
Army's second goal came on a turnover in Air Force's defensive zone. Michael Sacco collected the puck and found Joey Baez cutting towards the net with Marshall Plunkett also getting a touch before Daniel Haider smashed the puck into the back of the net for a 2-1 lead with 2:30 remaining in the period. However, the Falcons tied the game 2:36 into the third period on an Austin Schwartz wrister.
CADETS CAPSULES
- Daniel Haider netted his eighth goal, and second in the last three games.
- Brett Abdelnour scored his sixth goal of the season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Six of the last eight meetings have gone into overtime.
- Army committed a season-low zero penalties.
Team Stats
AFA
AWP
Shots
35
33
PPG
0
1
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
0
Penalty Mins
17
0
Faceoffs Won
35
27
Game Leaders
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
-1
Goals
1
Sh
1
A
0
+/-
-2
Goals
0
Sh
6
A
1
+/-
-2
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
Players Mentioned
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