2017-18 ARMY WEST POINT HOCKEY GAMESARMY (12-12-6, 9-9-6 AHA) AT BENTLEY (11-14-6, 8-12-5 AHA) 2017-18 SCHEDULE FEB. 16-17, 2018 • 7:05 PM DATE OPPONENT TIME ARMY AT BENTLEY Oct. 6 at AIC* W, 5-1 BENTLEY ARENA Oct. 7 at AIC* W, 2-1 30/31 WALTHAM, MASS. Oct. 20 at Robert Morris* L, 4-2 Oct. 21 at Robert Morris* W, 3-1 HOW TO FOLLOW Oct. 27 RIT* L, 5-4 VIDEO • AtlanticHockey.TV ($) Oct. 28 RIT* L, 3-1 RADIO • 1420-AM WLNA / 1260-AM WBNR Nov. 3 at #19 Air Force* W, 3-2 AUDIO • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch ($) Nov. 4 at #19 Air Force* W, 2-0 LIVE STATISTICS • bentleyfalcons.com Nov. 10 at #RV Niagara* W, 3-1 Nov. 11 at #RV Niagara* L, 3-2 Nov. 17 #RV HOLY CROSS* T, 2-2 OT THIS WEEK: OPENING BENTLEY ARENA Nov. 18 #RV HOLY CROSS* L, 4-0 For the third time in five seasons, the Army West Point hockey team will be part of the opening Nov. 21 at Sacred Heart* T, 5-5 OT ceremonies for a new rink. The Black Knights will take on Bentley this weekend for a two-game Nov. 24 CANISIUS* L, 4-3 OT series in the Falcons' brand new rink - Bentley Arena. Army and Bentley will face off for the second Nov. 25 CANISIUS* L, 3-2 time in 2018 after meeting back in early January. The Black Knights came away with three points Dec. 2 #17 COLGATE W, 3-1 Dec. 8 at Merrimack L, 4-1 off a Friday night tie and a Saturday night shutout Dec. 9 at #13 UNH W, 4-3 ARMY QUICK HITS win. The opening ceremonies for the rink will be- Dec. 29 at #10 Minnesota L, 3-0 gin Friday night prior to the 7:05 p.m. puck drop. Dec. 30 at #10 Minnesota L, 4-1 Location ......................... West Point, N.Y., 10996 Jan. 6 vs. Sacred Heart*- T, 3-3 OT Founded ....March 16, 1802, by an Act of Congress Jan. 12 BENTLEY* T, 3-3 OT Enrollment ................................................. 4,400 LAST TIME OUT: HOLDING OFF THE GRIFFS Jan. 13 BENTLEY* W, 4-0 Nicknames ...... Black Knights, Cadets, The Corps Army earned a big win on Saturday night against Colors ................................Black, Gold and Gray Jan. 20 at RMC W, 5-0 Conference ................................ Atlantic Hockey Canisius on the road. The Black Knights started Jan. 26 MERCYHURST* T, 2-2 OT 2017-18 Record ......................................12-12-6 the game strong with a power play goal five min- Jan. 27 MERCYHURST* L, 6-1 2017-18 AHA Record ..................................9-9-6 utes into the contest. Army maintained its lead for Feb. 2 NIAGARA* W, 6-2 Streak ...........................................................W-1 the remainder of the game and fought off a 6-on-5 Feb. 3 NIAGARA* T, 1-1 OT Road Record ...............................................9-6-2 Feb. 9 at Canisius* L, 4-1 Home Record ..............................................3-6-4 when the Griffs pulled their goalie with two min- Feb. 10 at Canisius* W, 3-2 utes to go. Michael Wilson scored the Cadets' two TALE OF THE TAPE Feb. 16 at Bentley* 7:05 PM power play goals of the evening and Trevor Fidler Feb. 17 at Bentley* 7:05 PM ARMY BENT added in a shorthanded tally. Army's penalty kill Feb. 23 SACRED HEART* 7:05 PM 2.48....................... Goals PG ........................2.65 did not allow a power play on the night as Canisius Feb. 24 SACRED HEART* 7:05 PM 2.66................Goals Allowed PG .................3.06 Mar. 2-4 AHA First Round TBA -0.17 .......................Margin ........................ -0.42 went 0-for-4 on the man advantage. Cole Bruns Mar. 9-11 AHA Quarterfinals TBA 26.9........................ SOG PG .........................28.1 made 17 saves in net, while Zach Evancho record- 4.14...................... Assists PG .......................4.71 Mar. 16 AHC Semifinal% TBA 6.62.......................Points PG ........................7.35 ed four blocks in the win. Mar. 17 AHA Championship% TBA 5.7...................... Penalties PG .......................5.2 HOME GAMES 12.7........................ PIM PG ..........................12.1 Michael Wilson leads Atlantic All times Eastern 4.4.................... PP Chances PG ......................4.4 * Atlantic Hockey Association Game 0.7......................... PPG/Gm ...........................0.9 Hockey in power play goals (9) - at the Nassau Coliseum % at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. 21/127 (.165) ...... Power Play ........29/137 (.212) 1 and goals per game (0.71). 119/135 (.881) .... Penalty Kill......105/135 (.778) MEDIA INFO BRANCH NIGHT The Black Knights have Assistant Director/MIH Contact ..........Ally Keirn Andrle ....................................................Infantry Email [email protected] Box .........................................................Infantry helped open three rinks in Office ............................................ 845-938-4090 Bruns .....................................................Infantry the last five seasons. Callan .....................................................Infantry 3 MIH Secondary Contact ........ Stephen Waldman Curran ....................................................Infantry Email [email protected] Curtin .....................................................Infantry Radio ............. 1260 WBNR-AM/1420 WLNA-AM DeCenzo .............................................Engineers The sophomore class has con- Play-by-Play .............Nikolai Busko and Zack Daly McGuire .................Field Artillery / Signal Detail tributed 20 of Army's 32 multi- Webstream ................................. Atlantic Hockey Pham .................................................... Aviation League Website .....www.atlantichockeyonline.com Preston .................................................... Armor point performances this season. Shecter ..................................... Medical Service 20 Atlantic Hockey Contact .............. Steffan Waters GOARMYWESTPOINT.COM @ARMYWP_HOCKEY 2017-18 ARMY ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER BY STATE NO. NAME CL. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/LAST TEAM (LEAGUE) California (2) 2 Dalton MacAfee Jr. D 6-0 205 Needham, Mass. / Boston University (HE) / South Shore Kings Premier (USPHL) 3 Cody Fleckenstein Fr. D 6-0 180 Fredonia, N.Y. / Corpus Christi Ice Rays (NAHL) #17 Taylor Maruya .................Westchester 5 Joe Shecter Sr. D 5-11 190 Farmington Hills, Mich. / Ottawa Jr. Senators (CCHL) #33 Trevin Kozlowski ....................Valencia 6 Nick DeCenzo Sr. D 5-11 190 Hibbing, Minn. / Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) Colorado (2) 7 Alex Wilkinson So. D 5-10 186 Raleigh, N.C. / CT Oilers (EHL) #9 Tyler Pham ..........................Fort Collins 8 Bryan Gerstenfeld So. D 6-1 204 Fairfield, Conn. / Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) #22 Ian Mansfield ......................Lakewood 9 Tyler Pham Sr. F 5-9 185 Fort Collins, Colo. / Indiana Ice (USHL) Connecticut (1) 10 Trevor Fidler Jr. F 5-7 165 Watertown, Mass. / South Shore Kings Premier (USPHL) #8 Bryan Gerstenfeld ....................Fairfield 11 Dominic Franco So. F 6-5 218 Portsmouth, R.I. / Langley Rivermen (BCHL) Illinois (2) 12 Blake Box Sr. D 6-2 208 Dallas, Texas / Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) #13 Tucker DeYoung .................. Lake Bluff 13 Tucker DeYoung Fr. F 6-0 185 Lake Bluff, Ill. / Jersey Hitmen (USPHL) #30 Cole Bruns .....................Prairie Grove 14 Brendan Soucie So. F 5-10 189 South Dennis, Mass. / Islanders Hockey Club (USPHL) Iowa (1) 16 Brendan McGuire Sr. F 6-6 220 Flower Mound, Texas / Amarillo Bulls (NAHL) #23 Mason Krueger ..................Bettendorf 17 Taylor Maruya Jr. F 5-11 170 Westchester, Calif. / Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) 18 Zach Evancho So. F 5-8 165 Buffalo, N.Y. / Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) Massachusetts (3) 19 Tipper Higgins Jr. F 6-0 195 Williston, Vt. / Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) #2 Dalton MacAfee .................... Needham 20 Conor Andrle Sr. F 5-11 190 St. Louis Park, Minn. / Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) #10 Trevor Fidler......................Watertown 21 John Zimmerman Fr. D 5-10 185 Arlington, Texas / Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL) #14 Brendan Soucie ..............South Dennis 22 Ian Mansfield Jr. F 6-0 200 Lakewood, Colo. / Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) Michigan (2) 23 Mason Krueger Fr. F 5-11 180 Bettendorf, Iowa / Corpus Christi Ice Rays (NAHL) #5 Joe Shecter .................Farmington Hills 24 Kevin Dineen Fr. F 5-11 175 Faribault, Minn. / Coulee Region Chill (NAHL) #31 Jared Dempsey ...Grosse Pointe Farms 25 Nash Worden Jr. D 6-0 191 Kaysville, Utah / Omaha Lancers (USHL) Minnesota (3) 26 Matt Berkovitz Fr. D 6-1 180 Green Bay, Wis. / Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) #6 Nick DeCenzo ........................... Hibbing 27 Michael Wilson So. F 6-0 205 Fond du Lac, Wis. / Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) #20 Conor Andrle .................St. Louis Park 28 John Laurito Fr. F 5-9 170 Johnston, R.I. / Jersey Hitmen (USPHL) #24 Kevin Dineen .........................Fairbault 29 Mike Preston Sr. D 6-2 222 Carmel, Ind. / Indiana Ice (USHL) North Carolina (1) 30 Cole Bruns Sr. G 5-10 185 Prairie Grove, Ill. / Omaha Lancers (USHL) 31 Jared Dempsey Fr. G 6-3 190 Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) #7 Alex Wilkinson .......................... Raleigh 33 Trevin Kozlowski Fr. G 6-4 200 Valencia, Calif. / Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) New York (2) #3 Cody Fleckenstein ...................Fredonia Head Coach: Brian Riley (Brown ’83), 14th season #18 Zach Evancho ...........................Buffalo Associate Head Coach: Zach McKelvie (USMA ‘09), fourth season Rhode Island (2) Assistant Coach: Chris McKelvie (Bemidji State ‘10), second season #11 Dominic Franco ................Portsmouth Head Officer Representative:Col. Ed Naessens #28 John Laurito ........................