ARMY HOCKEY GAME NOTES Games 21 & 22 vs. RIT January. 18-19, 2013 Tate Rink • West Point, N.Y. The Army hockey team will return to Tate Rink and host the Rochester Institute of Technology, Friday HOW TO FOLLOW and Saturday, in a pair of Atlantic Hockey Association games. Both contests are set to begin at 7:05 p.m. TELEVISION: None. Army enters the weekend in second place in the league with 17 points and a 7-5-3 record. The Black Knights are 7-10-3 overall following a loss and tie at Air Force last weekend. RADIO: 1340 WALL, 1390 WEOK RIT split with Bentley last weekend and comes to West Point tied for ninth in the league with 11 points AUDIO STREAM: www.goARMYsports.com off of a 4-6-3 mark. The Tigers are 6-10-4 overall. VIDEO STREAM: America One The first 500 fans through the turnstiles on Friday will be given Thunderstix. On Saturday, the popular “Skates With The Black Knights” returns. Fans can bring their own skates and LIVE STATS: goARMYsports.com be on the ice with the team for a postgame skate. TWITTER: Updates at twitter.com/army_hockey For tickets, please visit www.goARMYsports.com, call 1-877-TIX-ARMY or stop by the ticket office at Gate 3 of Michie Stadium. ARMY VS. RIT SERIES RAISING AWARENESS Series: RIT leads 10-2-4 The Army hockey team held its annual House of Blues on Jan. 5, 2013 and helped raise prostate cancer At West Point: RIT leads 5-1-2 awareness. The first 500 fans through the turnstiles received t-shirts, bracelets were handed out and Relay For Life was on site. In AHA Games: RIT leads 10-2-4 Army wore its blue sweaters for the game with blue socks and laces. Army senior captain Cheyne Rocha, who was instrumental in the annual awareness campaign, partici- Last Meeting: 11/5/11, RIT, 5-3 pated in a ceremonial faceoff. His father, Larry, a cancer survivor, dropped the puck. Last Meeting at West Point: 1/8/11, RIT, Rocha fittingly scored his first goal of the season in Army’s 4-1 loss to the nationally ranked Colonials. It was Rocha’s first goal since Feb. 25, 2011, a span of 27 games. 5-2 BACK-TO-BACK Army posted consecutive shutouts for the first time since the 2007-08 season when the Black Knights SCORING blanked Canisius and #19 Robert Morris. Rob Tadazak was in goal for both shutouts, his first two of his career. He made 25 saves in a 1-0 overtime Army For Against win on Dec. 30 at Canisius and returned the next game and was credited with 22 stops against #19 Robert 5 on 5: 32 43 Morris on Jan. 4, 2013. 5 on 4: 12 16 Josh Kassel was in goal as Army shut-out AIC on back-to-back games on Feb. 15-16, 2008. 5 on 3: 0 0 RMC IS BACK 4 on 4: 0 0 The Royal Military College will visit West Point on Saturday, Jan. 26, for a 7:05 p.m. face-off at Tate 6 on 5: 1 1 Rink. 5 on 6: 0 1 The annual matchup between Army and its Canadian brethren was contested for 75 consecutive years in 2005-06 but the series took a brief hiatus. 4 on 5: 1 1 It resumed last year and Army posted a 9-1 victory. The game is at West Point this year and will be played 4 on 6: 0 0 in Kingston, Ontario, in 2014. Totals 46 62 Army and RMC first met in 1923 when then Brig. General Douglas MacArthur wrote a letter as superin- tendent of the U.S. Military Academy to Maj. Gen. Sir Archibald MacDonnell, commandant of the RMC, to suggest they compete. Letters and ideas were exchanged before the first game was played at West Point SPECIAL TEAMS BREAKDOWN on Jan. 23, 1923. Power Play The rivalry continued for 75 years and has returned. Army leads the all-time series 40-29-7, including a G Att. Pct. 26-12-1 mark at West Point. Overall 12 84 14.3% Home 2 33 6.1% WEEKLY ACCOLOADES Away 9 48 18.8% Freshman Willie Faust picked up his second Atlantic Hockey Association Travel Team USA Rookie of the Neutral 1 3 33.3% Week honor after scoring twice in a 5-0 win over #19 Robert Morris on Jan. 4. AHA 9 65 13.8% Faust, a forward from Stillwater, Minn., Faust scored once in the second and one in the final period. BEATING THE BEST Penalty Kill Army’s 5-0 rout of #19 Robert Morris was the Black Knights’ first of a ranked opponent since knocking GA Att. Pct. off #2 Miami on Jan. 2, 2009. Overall 60 76 78.9% Home 20 23 87.0% VOTE FOR HOBEY Away 34 46 73.9% Army senior forward Andy Starczewski is among the candidates for the Hobey Baker Award and the fan Neutral 6 7 85.7% voting portion of college hockey’s biggest award is now open. AHA 45 56 80.4% Fans can log on to hobeybakeraward.com and make their selection between the 77 candidates. From now until March 10, fans will have their say in narrowing the list to the top-10. PPAGEAGE 1 • 22012-13012-13 ARMYARMY HOCKEYHOCKEY 2012-13 ARMY HOCKEY SCHEDULE The second phase of fan voting begins March 22 ARMY HOCKEY QUICK FACTS OCTOBER to determine the Hobey Hat Trick finalists. The win- GENERAL INFORMATION Fri. 12 vs. Nebraska-Omaha! 1-5 L ner will be announced April 12 as part of the Frozen Location ......................................West Point, N.Y. Four in Pittsburgh, Pa. Founded .....................................March 16, 1802 Sat. 13 vs. #20 Maine! 2-4 L Award criteria include candidates emulating Enrollment ..................................................4,400 Fri. 19 SACRED HEART* 5-2 W the exceptional character traits exhibited by the Nickname.......................................Black Knights Sat. 20 at Sacred Heart* 4-4 (OT) T award’s namesake, Hobey Baker. An American su- Motto ...................................Duty, Honor, Country Fri. 26 PENN STATE 0-5 L per-hero, Baker was a World War I fighter pilot and Colors .......................................Black, Gold, Gray was known as America’s greatest amateur athlete Mascot ..........................................................Mule Sat. 27 at Holy Cross* 7-2 W in his day, excelling at hockey and football at Princ- Superintendent .........Lt. Gen. David Huntoon Jr. eton. Award candidates must demonstrate strength Athletic Director ..............................Boo Corrigan NOVEMBER of character both on and off the ice, contribute to the integrity of his team and display outstand- Conference ................................. Atlantic Hockey Fri. 9 NIAGARA* 0-5 L ing skills in all phases of the game. Consideration Arena ..................................................... Tate Rink Sat. 10 NIAGARA* 1-4 L should be given to scholastic achievement and Size ..........................................200 feet x 85 feet Fri. 16 SACRED HEART* 3-2 W sportsmanship. Capacity ......................................................2,525 Tate Rink Box Offi ce .................. 1-877-TIX-ARMY Sat. 17 at Brown 0-3 L FOLLOW US Tate Rink Press Box ....................845-938-5116 Thur. 29 at Bentley* 3-2 W The Army hockey team is on Twitter and @army_ HOCKEY INFORMATION hockey is your place for photos, videos, stats, up- First Year of Hockey ....................................1904 DECEMBER dates and much, much more. Links, lineups, news, Overall Record ..................1093-987-120 (.524) notes and more will be tweeted to the official site 2012-13 Record ........................................7-10-3 Sat. 1 AMERICAN INT’L* 3-2 W of Army hockey. 2012-13 Conference Record ......................7-5-3 Fri. 7 at Connecticut* 2-2 (OT) T Letterwinners Returning ................................. 14 OVERTIME HEROICS Tue. 11 at Merrimack 2-4 L Letterwinners Lost .......................................... 12 Army’s 1-0 overtime win against Canisius on Dec. Newcomers ...................................................... 13 Thur. 27 RUSSIAN JR. ALL-STARS 2-6 L 30 showed just how hard it is to win in the extra Head Coach ........................................Brian Riley Sat. 29 at Canisius* 1-5 L session. Alma Mater ..........................................Brown ‘83 Sun. 30 at Canisius* 1-0 (OT) W When freshman Joe Kozlak converted a pass from Mac Lalor and R.J. Burns nearly three minutes Career Record..............105-155-46 (9 seasons) in, it gave Army its first overtime win since Jan. 7, Record at Army ............................................same JANUARY 2006 when the Black Knights topped Mercyhurst Hockey Offi ce Phone ...................845-938-3711 Fri. 4 #19 ROBERT MORRIS*# 5-0 W 3-2. Assistant Coaches ......Trevor Large, Mike Warde Sat. 5 #19 ROBERT MORRIS* 1-4 L The victory was Army’s first road overtime win Volunteer Assistant ...............................Eric Lang since edging Iona, 6-5, on Feb. 22, 2002. Captain..........................................Cheyne Rocha Fri. 11 at Air Force* 1-4 L It is the first time Army has beaten an opponent Alternate Captain ....................Ryan Leets, Brian Sat. 12 at Air Force*# 3-3 (OT) T 1-0 in overtime. ...................................Schultz, Andy Starczewski Fri. 18 RIT* 7:05 p.m. Dir. of Hockey Operations ..................Tom Doran SHOOTING BLANKS Sat. 19 RIT* 7:05 p.m. Athletic Trainer ...................................Jason Rule Sophomore Rob Tadazak turned away 25 shots Athletic Intern .......................... 2nd Lt. Mike Hull Sat. 26 RMC 7:05 p.m. for his first career shutout in a 1-0 overtime win at Offi cer Representative ...... Col. Wiley Thompson Canisius on Dec. 30. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Tadazak, making his 18th career start, recorded FEBRUARY Hockey Contact .......................... Ryan Yanoshak seven saves in the first period, three in the second, Fri. 1 at Mercyhurst* 7:05 p.m. 10 in the third and five in overtime. He stopped a Offi ce ............................................845-938-7197 Sat.