The Boys of Tate are back!
Coming off of an early exit in the quarterfinals of the American Hockey Conference tournament, hopes are high for this year’s squad.
The first week of the season wasn’t what head coach Brian Riley wanted, but they ended the week strong.
The final from Schenectady. pic.twitter.com/er1pEZHw3u
— Army WP Hockey (@ArmyWP_Hockey) October 7, 2018
The season opened with a tough loss against a pretty good Union team. They had to travel to Schenectady.
Union opened the scoring with a short-handed goal, they followed that with two more in the second half.
Army would respond, scoring on a powerplay. Dalton MacAfee put one in the back of the net with the assists coming from Alex Wilkinson and Zach Evancho.
Union would net one more let in the second and win the game 4-1.
After the game things got emotional as Army went over to hug a Union player who lost his brother a few weeks ago.
We lost a game tonight but this young man lost his brother a few weeks ago. We wanted him to know that we were thinking of him and his family. https://t.co/clwIEcecfe
— Brian Riley (@Coach_BRiley) October 7, 2018
Next up was the home opener against UConn.
11:47 1st | WILKINSON on the power play!! pic.twitter.com/eKYp3pKg2P
— Army WP Hockey (@ArmyWP_Hockey) October 12, 2018
Alex Wilkinson opened the scoring on a power play to put the Black Knights up 1-0.
After that UConn proceeded to score four goals in a row to make it a 4-1 game going into the third.
Alex Wilkinson scored again to make it a 4-2 game, but the Huskies would score again and hold on to that lead and win 5-2.
Next up, the Black Knights were at home again. This time against Merrimack.
Army started this game with a BANG.
The first period saw not one, not two, but three Army goals.
Perfect drop pass, perfect shot. #GoArmy | #HockeyKnight pic.twitter.com/DOFz264Vri
— Army WP Hockey (@ArmyWP_Hockey) October 13, 2018
After this one, Zach Evancho netted Army’s second goal on a power play.
The Black Knights would score one more time, this time it was Brendan Soucie. This goal is beautiful, I can watch it over and over again.
Who wants to watch that one again? #GoArmy pic.twitter.com/WF6dh2hJOc
— Army WP Hockey (@ArmyWP_Hockey) October 13, 2018
That would be all the scoring for Army. They had to fight off a late rally by the Merrimack team who cut the Army lead to one.
The Black Knights held on to win to get their first win of the season.
Looking Ahead
Two away games for the Black Knights this coming weekend against Robert Morris.
