Army has named Brian Mahoney-Wilson the Black Knights’ full-time volunteer goalie coach. The former Lake Superior State standout and San Jose draft pick comes to West Point after spending last season as the goalie coach for the South Shore Kings premier, elite and U18 teams in the United States Premier Hockey League.
Army head coach Brian Riley has received a four-year extension to his term with the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee. The committee is responsible for the management of the NCAA championship, including team selection and operations, as well as future site selections for NCAA regionals and the Frozen Four.
Atlantic Hockey handed out its individual year-end awards Thursday night at the league’s annual championship reception at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. Mercyhurst goaltender Jimmy Sarjeant took home top honors as he was tabbed the AHA player of the year after going 14-0-5 with a 2.00 GAA, a .943 save percentage and one … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced its three All-Conference Teams on Thursday as 18 players were honored. 2014 AHA All-Conference First Team 2014 AHA All-Conference Second Team 2014 AHA All-Conference Third Team
Atlantic Hockey announced its 2013-14 All-Rookie Team on Thursday and Sacred Heart led the way with two selections. All players were nominated by their own coaches and then voted on by the remaining 11 coaches.
Repeat honorees Jordan Heywood of Merrimack and Jeffrey Reppucci of Holy Cross are among the group.
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Army sophomore forward Shane Hearn for one game under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. Hearn was given the game suspension by AHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio and supervisor of officials Gene Binda after a review of a play last Saturday against Canisius when it was determined that Hearn targeted the head of … Read more
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Army freshman forward Kyle Plageman for one game under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. Plageman was given a major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct at the 19:58 mark of the first period against Merrimack on Oct. 26. Upon further review by AHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio and … Read more
Sources indicated that the Black Knights would be able to make the trip to State College, Pa., despite a government shutdown that has put a number of personnel on furlough.
Coach Brian Riley hopes the West Point leadership and brotherhood bond will finally propel his team back to the top of the Atlantic Hockey standings.
Army’s season-opening scrimmage is set to go on as scheduled Saturday but games are in question for both the Black Knights and Air Force as the goverment shutdown rolls on. Army coach Brian Riley said in an email Friday that his team’s scrimmage and Skate with the Black Knights event at Tate Rink will happen … Read more
Joe Connor hands out some awards and ranks his top five venues from a whirlwind tour through the Northeast.
Army announced Tuesday that Eric Lang has been named the Black Knights’ new assistant coach. Lang, who replaces Mike Warde, spent the 2012-13 season as a volunteer assistant coach with Army. Lang spent three seasons as the women’s head coach at Manhattanville and one season as the men’s head coach before moving to Army last … Read more
Providence senior forward Kyle Murphy has capped his college career as the 2013 Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award winner. “I am extremely honored and deeply humbled to accept the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award,” Murphy said in a statement. “Derek was a great hockey player, but more importantly, he was an extraordinary person. Derek’s infectious … Read more
Three-time Atlantic Hockey academic all-star and Rhodes Scholar candidate Cheyne Rocha of Army has been selected as the 2012-13 winner of the Senior CLASS Award. The award, chosen by a vote of Division I men’s coaches, media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for … Read more
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Army freshman Andrew O’Leary an additional two games under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. O’Leary was handed a major penalty for contact to the head/cross-checking and also received a disqualification penalty at the 6:02 mark of the first period on Saturday, Dec. 29 against Canisius. Along with sitting out the second … Read more
Tuesday Morning Quarterback makes its 2012-13 season debut with Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski looking into early results and an NCAA suspension.
Army seemed poised to move up in the standings last season. Teams with 12 seniors on their roster usually get the benefit of the doubt, as you so often see squads with this makeup overachieve. Instead, the Black Knights won their fewest number of games (four) since the 1950-51 season. Army averaged fewer than two … Read more
Before Tom Kennedy had much of a chance to use his hockey skills to make an impression on the recruiter, he gave that observer all he needed to know with a gesture of compassion and maturity. Then an Army assistant coach, Brian Riley was on a trip to see Kennedy play for the Salisbury School … Read more
This week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback also looks at Boston University, a team that has overcome losing two big players over winter break. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski chime in.