SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The No. 19 American International College ice hockey team fell 5-3 to Army West Point in an Atlantic Hockey Conference matchup on Sunday, January 9.
FAST FACTS:
SCORE: Army 5, No. 19 AIC 3
RECORDS: AIC falls to 8-3-0 on the season and 7-1-1-1 in the AHC; Army improves to 2-4-0 overall and 2-3-1-0 in AHC play.
LOCATION: MassMutual Center, Springfield, Massachusetts
STATS:
Army:
Colin Bilek: Hat trick, one assist
Tucker DeYoung: One goal
Ricky Lyle: One goal
Trevin Kozlowski: Win (1-3-0), 37 saves
AIC:
Zak Galambos: One goal, one assist
Tobias Fladeby: One goal
Eric Otto: One goal
Chris Theodore: One assist
Michal Stinil: One assist
Parker Revering: One assist
Blake Bennett: One assist
Stefano Durante: Loss (6-3-0), 16 saves in 57:32
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- AIC lit the lamp early, with senior Tobias Fladeby slamming home a one-timer into a yawning net at 4:02 off of a pass from redshirt sophomore Chris Theodore for his ninth of the year.
- A penalty at the end of the first frame bit AIC in the second, as Tucker DeYoung tallied the tying goal at 0:42 of the period.
- Army took the lead at 3:24 as Ricky Lyle lit the lamp from the right side.
- Another penalty put Army up a man, and it took just one second for Colin Bilek to one-time home the faceoff at 4:02.
- Bilek struck again on a powerplay at 10:21 on a rush after AIC just missed a shorthanded bid.
- The Yellow Jackets got onto the power play late in the frame and began a comeback attempt, with rookie Blake Bennett passing down the right wing wall to his classmate Michal Stinil; Stinil took a shot that ended up being a pass off the pads of Army goalkeeper Trevin Kozlowski, and redshirt sophomore Zak Galambos had the entire net to shoot home his third of the year at 16:40.
- AIC came out firing in the third and cut the deficit to just one quickly with junior Parker Revering taking the puck from redshirt sophomore Eric Otto after a faceoff win and moving it down the wall to Galambos; the defender cut below the goal line and then dished to Otto at the netmouth, and Otto snuck the puck inside the right post at 2:42 for his first collegiate goal.
- AIC continued to pressure, but could not find an equalizer; Army picked up one more power play goal as Bilek completed a hat trick at 16:27 to take the 5-3 lead that proved to be the final.
BIG Z:
- Galambos had an enormous week for AIC, with at least one point in each of the three games against Army.
- He notched two goals on Wednesday, set up the winner Thursday, and had a goal and an assist Sunday.
- The five points tied him for second-most on the week in all of Atlantic Hockey and was the league's best week for a defenseman.
STICK TAP TO COLLEGE HOCKEY'S FIRST FAMILY:
- The win for Army marked the 1,000th victory between Jack Riley, Rob Riley, and Brian Riley since a member of the Riley family took over coaching at West Point in 1950.
- AIC head coach Eric Lang was behind the bench with current Army head coach Brian Riley for 38 of those wins as his assistant coach from 2012-16.
NEXT UP:
- AIC hosts Long Island University in a nonconference game at 2:05 p.m. at the MassMutual Center on Wednesday, January 13.
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