Army West Point Athletics
Friday, October 13
Grand Forks, ND
7:00 PM CT / 8:00 PM ET
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Hockey Set For Ice Breaker Tournament at North Dakota & Bemidji State
October 11, 2023 | Hockey
WEST POINT, NY - Army West Point hockey (0-1-0, 0-0-0 AHA) will head west to compete in College Hockey Inc's annual Ice Breaker Tournament, which helps officially kickoff the start of the college hockey season.
The Black Knights will take on No. 7 North Dakota on Friday night before a matchup with Bemidji State on Saturday. Bemidji will open its season with Wisconsin on Friday night, as the Badgers will then take on North Dakota on Saturday.
October 13th at North Dakota - 7:00 PM CT / 8:00 PM ET
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October 14th at Bemidji State - 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET
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The trip sees several Black Knights return to their native region, as Army's four Minnesotans on the roster marks the most from any state.
Army opened its season this past Sunday at Tate Rink, falling to Union College by a score of 6-0. The Black Knights were unable to score on five power-play opportunities as the Garnet Chargers took a 3-0 lead in the first period on way to the victory.
Army Quick Hits
North Dakota
The Black Knights will take on No. 7 North Dakota on Friday night before a matchup with Bemidji State on Saturday. Bemidji will open its season with Wisconsin on Friday night, as the Badgers will then take on North Dakota on Saturday.
October 13th at North Dakota - 7:00 PM CT / 8:00 PM ET
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
October 14th at Bemidji State - 6:00 PM CT / 7:00 PM ET
Watch | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets
The trip sees several Black Knights return to their native region, as Army's four Minnesotans on the roster marks the most from any state.
- Lucas Kanta (Grand Forks, N.D)
- Easton Zueger (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
- Jon Bell (St. Cloud, Minn.)
- Nik Hong (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Ricky Lyle (Duluth, Minn.)
- Joey Dosan (Bloomington, Minn)
- Jake Felker (Omaha, Neb.)
Army opened its season this past Sunday at Tate Rink, falling to Union College by a score of 6-0. The Black Knights were unable to score on five power-play opportunities as the Garnet Chargers took a 3-0 lead in the first period on way to the victory.
Army Quick Hits
- Junior netminder Evan Szary made 13 saves in relief against Union, and currently ranks second in Atlantic Hockey with a .929 save percentage.
- Junior Michael Sacco won a team-hgih eight faceoffs in the season opener as the top-line center.
- Freshman forward Brent Keefer blocked three shots in his collegiate debut against Union.
- Junior Andrew Gilbert also added three blocked shots.
- Army took just one penalty as a team in its opening game, successfully killing it off.
North Dakota
- North Dakota comes in ranked seventh in the USCHO.com poll and will open its season against the Black Knights.
- UND fell in overtime this past season to St. Cloud State in the NCHC semifinals.
- The Fighting Hawks are led by senior forward Riese Gaber who was a 20-goal scorer this past season on his way to second team All-NCHC honors.
- Gaber was named to the All-NCHC Preseason Team along with sophomore forward Jackson Blake, who is the reigning rookie of the year in the conference.
- UND welcomes 14 newcomers to its roster this season through seven freshman and seven transfers.
- The Fighting Hawks are led by head coach Brad Berry who enters his ninth season at the helm.
- The Beavers were selected fourth in the CCHA Preseason Coaches Poll.
- Bemdiji took on No. 2 Minnesota this past Sunday in an exhibition contest, falling 5-2.
- Freshman defenseman Eric Pohlkamp was named the conference's preseason Rookie of the Year after being named the USHL Defenseman of the Year in 2022-23.
- Senior defenseman Kyle Looft was an All-CCHA Preseason team member.
- The Beavers are led by head coach Tom Serratore who enters his 23rd season at Bemidji State.
- Army is 0-1 all-time against North Dakota.
- The Black Knights fell to the Fighting Hawks 7-3 on December 28, 1966 in the St. Paul Classic.
- Army is 0-4 all-time against Bemidji State.
- All four games have been played in Bemidji, with a pair of two game-sets in1999 and 2007 which each saw a Beavers sweep.
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