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Army West Point coach Brian Riley has led the Black Knights to a 9-10-4 overall mark and a 7-7-4 record in AHC play this season (photo: Jim Rosvold\/USCHO.com).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October kicked off the 2017-18 season with an expected face atop the Atlantic Hockey standings.<\/p>\n

Army West Point sat on top, 13 points in its back pocket. The Black Knights swept their archrival Air Force for the first time in 14 years, earning a shutout along the way. After splitting with Niagara the next week, it seemed like the academy was ready to grab the mantle as the league\u2019s darling.<\/p>\n

The good times didn\u2019t last, however, and the season\u2019s second month saw the team fall back into the pack.<\/p>\n

Following a strong showing around the holidays, however, Army is back, roaring into the second half with a head of steam following four points in three games and an undefeated start to January. On the heels of a three-point weekend against Bentley, it stands to reason that the Black Knights, with a home-loaded schedule on the horizon, could fast become, once again, Atlantic Hockey\u2019s team to watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were impressed with Bentley,\u201d Army coach Brian Riley said. \u201cThey were a little banged up and shorthanded, but we had to battle back three times on Friday night. We played one of our best first periods on Friday, but (Bentley goaltender Aidan Pelino) was great in goal, so we didn\u2019t score. I had that feeling that it was going to be a dogfight, and it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Playing at Tate Rink for the first time in over a month, the Black Knights earned a hard-fought tie in front of their home crowd. A shorthanded goal by Brendan Soucie knotted the game at 1-1 in the second period, and Blake Box\u2019s first of the season tied the game at 2-2 after Falcon goals. In the third period, Conor Andrle scored what became the game-tying goal after the team surrendered a go-ahead goal four minutes prior. The emotional lift set a tone for the rest of the weekend, and Army bulldozed Saturday night with a 4-0 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cBentley deserves credit,\u201d Riley said. \u201cBut I give credit to our guys too where we battled back three times. That led to Saturday where we felt like we needed to win. Our guys got back to playing that complete game, and it started with special teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept of a complete game seems to be a recurring theme around Atlantic Hockey. It feels, at times, like a cliche, and it can appear as one of those \u201ccoachspeak\u201d buzzwords used in media sessions. But it\u2019s holding true, a lesson learned earlier in the year when Army slipped up following its six-win start.<\/p>\n

West Point split with Niagara a week after sweeping Air Force on the road. The win on Friday wound up as the team\u2019s sixth of the season, but it wound up as the team\u2019s last AHC victory for the entire first half of the year. A one-point weekend against Holy Cross begat a tie at Sacred Heart, which in turn preceded a pointless weekend at Canisius. Just like that, the first place Black Knights were a team in the middle of the pack.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were losing in November, we weren\u2019t playing poorly,\u201d Riley said. \u201cWe were just always doing something that wasn\u2019t going to put us in a position to be successful. We just weren\u2019t playing a complete game. If it\u2019s one thing we\u2019ve learned, to win is such a fine line between that and losing. You have to find a way to play for 60 minutes in the league this year – 40 minutes, 50 minutes, and even 58 minutes might not cut it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lesson the Black Knights learned when they stepped out of conference play. Army beat nationally-ranked teams when it beat Colgate at home and New Hampshire on the road, and even two losses on the road at Minnesota provided valuable lessons applied when it hit the ice at Nassau Coliseum against Sacred Heart to start the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the toughest five-game stretch that we\u2019ve had since I\u2019ve been here,\u201d Riley said of the nonconference slate, which also included a game at Merrimack. \u201cWe played Colgate when they were nationally-ranked. UNH was nationally-ranked. Merrimack plays in a tough place at (Lawler Rink), and then there are two games at Minnesota. We felt that beating Colgate and UNH, then going out to Minnesota in a 1-0 game with four minutes to go gave our guys confidence that we can compete with these teams and have success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was important because we were in a rough stretch going into those games. We came out of it a better team.\u201d<\/p>\n

That better team is now poised for a second-half run aided by the potential of playing at home for virtually all of January. The Black Knights hosted Bentley last weekend, then remain at Tate Rink for the next four regular-season games. Eight of the team\u2019s 13 second-half games are within its friendly confines, finishing up the season with Sacred Heart at the end of February.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll only be good if we can win some of these games,\u201d Riley said. \u201cThere\u2019s no guarantees. It\u2019s great to be at home, and we like playing in front of our fans, but we\u2019re going to have Mercyhurst for two and Niagara for two. They\u2019re very good teams. We\u2019re going to be pushed and challenged to find a way to play the right way to win hockey games. It\u2019s good to be at home, but we know that these are going to be big challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Black Knights are technically off this weekend, though they travel to Canada to play the Royal Military College on Saturday. They return to league play next week when they host the Lakers on Friday and Saturday nights.<\/p>\n

USA vs. Canada<\/h4>\n

That Army West Point-RMC Rivalry that renews this weekend is one of the very best in all of sports.<\/p>\n

First played in 1923, West Point holds a 45-29-7 advantage over the Paladins, who last won, 3-2, during the 2001-2002 season. Last year, the teams played at Tate Rink, combining for 73 shots en route to a 5-3 win for the United States.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s game shifts to Ontario, where RMC is 17-16-6 against West Point. The Black Knights currently hold a four game unbeaten streak in Kingston, going 3-0-1 as part of a 6-2-2 stretch since 1992.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s officially an exhibition game, and it won\u2019t count towards anything in the NCAA hockey season. But that\u2019s merely a footnote. It\u2019s the longest-running international sporting event contested annually in the world, and it\u2019s a unique chapter in the United States-Canada hockey rivalry permeating throughout the Olympics and IIHF competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been the longest rivalry Army hockey has had,\u201d Riley said. \u201cIt\u2019s not like some teams who play Canadian schools at the beginning of the year and call it an exhibition. Their whole school will be at the game. It\u2019s going to be great because the atmosphere will force you to be at the top of your game. And any time Americans and Canadians play each other, there\u2019s an intensity that comes with that game. It\u2019s a rivalry game that brings out the best in the guys that play in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leaders, Not Followers<\/h4>\n

So about that whole 60-minutes thing. Just in case you still believe it\u2019s nothing more than \u201ccoachspeak,\u201d here\u2019s some stats that should rock your world.<\/p>\n

Teams scoring first have a .653 winning percentage this season with 76 victories. 10 league teams are over .500, including Canisius, who at 9-0-1 is the only AHC team yet to lose after scoring first. The Golden Griffins are tied with Air Force for most victories; the Falcons are 9-2-1 after lighting the lamp first.<\/p>\n

On the back end, teams leading after the second period are virtually assured of victory. AHC teams have led 96 times after the second period this season and have lost only six times with a 74-6-10 overall record. Over half of the league\u2019s teams are undefeated in that respect, led by Air Force\u2019s perfect 11-0 run.<\/p>\n

Canisius and Bentley are both perfect, going 6-0 and 4-0, respectively. AIC, Army West Point, and Holy Cross, meanwhile are undefeated. The Crusaders and Black Knights both have seven victories but have tied twice and once, respectively, while AIC is 6-0-1 after two periods.<\/p>\n

The remaining five teams split the six losses in a weird carousel or round robin. Sacred Heart led Mercyhurst, 2-1, but lost 3-2 in overtime. Mercyhurst led Canisius, 3-2, only to watch the Griffins rally for five goals in a 7-3 defeat. Canisius also beat Niagara, 4-2, after trailing 2-1, but the Purple Eagles rallied for a win over RIT by scoring twice in a 4-3 victory. RIT rallied past Robert Morris, 5-3, after trailing, 3-2.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, there\u2019s only one non-conference third period defeat; Niagara lost to Cornell, 5-4, after leading 3-1. It\u2019s hardly a stain, though, since the Big Red have a solid case and argument for the No. 1 overall ranking in the national polls.<\/p>\n

It goes beyond that. AHC teams are 64-20-7 when leading at the end of the first. Canisius once again leads the pack at a perfect 6-0, but Air Force, Army West Point and Bentley only have one loss when leading after 20 minutes. Air Force and Robert Morris hold the most wins, with eight apiece.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a simple point here.<\/p>\n

Teams have to score early, then compete for the rest of the game to put their opponents away. It might be stating the obvious, but it\u2019s a lot more beneficial to fight for the full 60 than to expect to rally down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Exercise Your Right!<\/h4>\n

Fan voting is officially open for the 2018 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, allowing an annual rite of passage where fans can have their say to the selection committee. 74 players are on the ballot this year, with nine players from eight AHC schools represented.<\/p>\n

Three of the AHC nominees are underclassmen, including AIC freshman Brennan Kapcheck. Sophomore Noah Delmas will represent Niagara, and junior Dylan McLaughlin was named out of Canisius. The remainder are all seniors – Brady Ferguson (RMU), Scott Pooley (Holy Cross), Derian Plouffe (Niagara), Kyle Schmidt (Bentley), Jack Riley (Mercyhurst) and Myles Powell (RIT).<\/p>\n

Fan voting closes on March 4 when the field is cut to 10 finalists. Voting is available at the Hobey Baker Award website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Players of the Week<\/h4>\n

Here\u2019s the latest, with help from the release from the league offices back here in the Bay State, where the weather doesn\u2019t seem to know if it wants to snow or be 50 degrees already.<\/p>\n

Player of the Week – Holy Cross\u2019 Danny Lopez:<\/b> Lopez had three goals and two assists as Holy Cross swept a weekend series against Sacred Heart.<\/p>\n

Defensive Player of the Week – Canisius\u2019 Cameron Heath:<\/b> Heath had two goals in AIC\u2019s 6-1 victory over the Yellow Jackets on Saturday. He added three blocked shots on the weekend.<\/p>\n

Goalie of the Week – Air Force\u2019s Billy Christopoulos:<\/b> The junior made 55 saves on the weekend to lead all AHC goaltenders in save percentage and goals against average. Saturday\u2019s win was also his first career shutout.<\/p>\n

Rookie of the Week – Canisius\u2019 Grant Meyer:<\/b> Meyer had three points in the Golden Griffins\u2019 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday. His first goal was the game\u2019s first, and his empty net goal sealed off the final victory for the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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