Army West Point Athletics
Friday, January 17
West Point, NY
7:00 PM
Army West Point
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Air Force
Hockey Readies for Home Series with Air Force
January 16, 2025 | Hockey
WEST POINT, NY - Army West Point hockey (7-15-0, 7-8-0 Atlantic Hockey America) is set to host service-academy rival Air Force (11-12-1, 8-6-0 Atlantic Hockey America) in a pivotal conference series this weekend at Tate Rink.
Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The game can be seen on FloHockey with the radio broadcast available on The Varsity Network.
Saturday's game is sold out while limited tickets are still available for Friday's game which can be purchased HERE.
LAST TIME OUT
Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The game can be seen on FloHockey with the radio broadcast available on The Varsity Network.
Saturday's game is sold out while limited tickets are still available for Friday's game which can be purchased HERE.
LAST TIME OUT
- Army swept Mercyhurst at Tate Rink while outscoring the Lakers 22-2.
- The Black Knights set an AHA record with 13 goals in game two as all 12 forwards logged a point in each game.
- Nik Hong scored four goals in the series while Mac Gadowsky and Nils Forselius each posted seven points.
- JJ Cataldo picked up a pair of victories between the pipes allowing just two goals across the weekend.
- It marked Army's second weekend conference sweep of the season and first at home since November 2022 versus Bentley.
- Nils Forselius logged a six-point game in game two against Mercyhurst this past week. He is the only player in college hockey this season to record six points in a game and the only player to register five assists in a game.
- Nik Hong and Forselius are one of two teammates this season to each post at least five points in the same game (Michael Hage/TJ Hughes, Michigan).
- Forselius ranks fourth among AHA rookies with 12 points this season. Army is one of two AHA teams with three freshmen to register ten-plus points this season (Forselius, Ben Ivey, Jack Ivey).
- After not having a player with a plus-five rating in a game since 2008, Mac Gadowsky, Brent Keefer and Sean Vlasich each accomplished the feat this past weekend.
- Hong, Gadowsky and Forselius each earned weekly honors from Atlanitc Hockey America, tabbing forward, defenseman and rookie of the week, respectively.
- Hong ranks third in Atlantic Hockey with .54 goals per game in conference play.
- Army's 13 goals against Mercyhurst marked the most in Atlantic Hockey history and the most in the NCAA this season.
- Army is the first team to score nine-plus goals in back-to-back games this season and the first since Alaska-Anchorage this past March vs. Stonehill.
- JJ Cataldo was named to the Mike Richter Award Watch List this past week, given annually to the top collegiate goaltender in the country from the Hockey Commissioners Association.
- Cataldo's .927 save-percentage and 2.18 GAA are the best marks for an Army goaltender in the AHA era through a goaltender's first 16 career games.
- Army's 22 goals in the series versus Mercyhurst marked the most in program history in two-game Atlantic Hockey series.
- Army logged 50-plus shots on goal in consecutive games for the first time in the Atlantic Hockey era.
- The Black Knights saw three players register multiple goals for the first time in the Atlantic Hockey era (Hong, Gadowsky, Keefer).
- Gadowsky joined Joey Baez as the only Black Knights to record back-to-back three-plus point efforts in the past six seasons.
- Easton Zueger leads the conference with 2.25 blocked shots per game and is fourth in total blocked shots with 45.
- Air Force leads the all-time series 53-29-9.
- The Falcons have won five straight meetings after recording sweeps at West Point and at USAFA in 2023-24.
- The most recent series at West Point saw the sides split in 2022-23 as Army won the first game 3-1 before 4-6 defeat in game two.
- Army is 2-8-0 in the past ten matchups.
- Air Force enters play with an 8-6-0 record in AHA play and 11-12-1 mark overall this season.
- The Falcons have split their last three conference series', most recently winning 4-1 against Bentley after a 1-0 defeat in game one of the series.
- Forward Clayton Cosentino has led the team with 17 points this season while defenseman Chris Hedden has a team-high nine goals.
- Senior Guy Blessing has been a mainstay between the pipes, logging a .917 save-percentage and 2.34 GAA with three shutouts while starting 23 of 24 games.
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