Army West Point Athletics
Friday, November 8
West Point, NY
7:00 PM
Army West Point
vs
Niagara University
Hockey Returns Home for Series with Niagara
November 06, 2024 | Hockey
WEST POINT, NY - Army West Point hockey (2-5-0, 2-4-0 AHA) is set to host Niagara (4-3-2, 3-1-1 AHA) for a two-game conference series at Tate Rink this upcoming weekend.
Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday with game two at 4:00 on Saturday. Fans can stick around after the game on Saturday for a postgame autograph session with the team.
GAME ONE - 11.8 - 7 PM
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GAME TWO - 11.9 - 4 PM
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LAST TIME OUT
Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday with game two at 4:00 on Saturday. Fans can stick around after the game on Saturday for a postgame autograph session with the team.
GAME ONE - 11.8 - 7 PM
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GAME TWO - 11.9 - 4 PM
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LAST TIME OUT
- The Black Knights fell in a pair of games at Canisius this past weekend.
- Pierce Patterson netted his first goal of the season in game two.
- Three goaltenders saw the ice for Army, with plebe Jacob Biron making his collegiate debut.
- Sophomores Brent Keefer and Nik Hong have each paced Army this season with a point per game.
- Keefer has logged a team-best six assists to post seven points in seven games.
- Hong scored a goal in his first three games of the season and is at five points through five games.
- Both Hong and Keefer rank in the top-six in points per game in the conference.
- Keefer ranks ninth among all sophomores in the country with six assists.
- Sophomore Barron Woodring has tied Hong with the team-lead for goals with three.
- Army's sophomore class has accounted for over 50-percent (21-41) of Army's points this season.
- Freshman Sam Groebner has blocked a team-high 15 shots this season which ranks ninth in Atlantic Hockey.
- Senior Michael Sacco has recorded four points in Army's last four games through a pair of goals and assists.
- Senior Joey Baez ranks second in the nation with 45 career goals.
- Freshman Nils Forselius and junior Jude Brower have each tabbed their first career goals this season.
- Freshman goaltender JJ Cataldo picked up his first career win in his first career start, making 31 saves to take down Bentley.
- Army holds a 12-20-3 all-time record against Niagara.
- The two sides split the regular season series in Niagara Falls last season, with Army claiming a 3-0 shutout in game two.
- The sides matched up in the Atlantic Hockey First Round in the playoffs, with the Purple Eagles advancing with a 4-1 win.
- The last ten meetings have seen the series split evenly, 4-4-2.
- Niagara has had a successful start to conference play, boasting a 3-1-1 record thus far to top the AHA standings.
- They have collected at least a point in all five conference games as the one loss came in overtime.
- The Purple Eagles took down Sacred Heart in the AHA quarterfinals last year before falling to RIT in the semifinal series.
- Niagara was picked to finish sixth in the AHA preseason poll.
- Senior forward Shane Ott has posted 14 points in nine games to lead the Purple Eagles.
- Ott was named Atlantic Hockey America Forward of the Month for October.
- Freshman Trevor Hoskin was also named AHA Rookie of the Month and has 11 points through his first nine games.
- Pierce Charleson has been the man in goal this season, logging a 4-2-2 record with a .903 save-percentage in eight starts this season.
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