WEST POINT, New York The No. 19 American International College ice hockey team exploded out of the gate and downed Army West Point 6-2 in the first of three meetings in five days for the Atlantic Hockey Conference rivals on Wednesday, January 6.
FAST FACTS:
SCORE: No. 19 AIC 6, Army West Point 3
RECORDS: AIC improves to 7-2-0 on the season and 6-0-0-0 in the AHC; Army falls to 1-3-0 overall and 1-3-0-0 in AHC play.
LOCATION: Tate Rink, West Point, New York
STATS:
Army:
Colin Bilek: One goal
Daniel Haider: One goal
Mitch Machlitt: One goal
Justin Evenson: Loss (1-1-0), 10 saves on 14 shots in 25:18
Trevin Kozlowski: No decision (0-2-0), eight saves on 10 shots in 34:42
AIC:
Jake Stella: Three assists
Justin Cole: Two goals
Zak Galambos: Two goals
Chris Dodero: Two assists
Michal Stinil: Two assists
Brett Callahan: Two assists
Brennan Kapcheck: Two assists
Jan Kern: One goal
Tobias Fladeby: One goal
Stefano Durante: Win (6-2-0), 19 saves on 20 shots in 54:53
Jarrett Fiske: No decision (0-0-0), five saves on seven shots in 5:07
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- AIC's offense did not wait to get going, striking in the second minute of play as redshirt junior Justin Cole lit the lamp at 1:28 with assists from sophomore Jake Stella and junior Parker Revering.
- The Yellow Jackets then found themselves on a five-on-three power play and cashed in, as senior Brennan Kapcheck moved the puck low to high to defense partner sophomore Brett Callahan, and senior Tobias Fladeby one-timed Callahan's cross pass into the net for his eighth of the year at 3:48.
- Only 40 seconds later, the man-up unit struck again; this time it was redshirt sophomore Zak Galambos on the doorstep to bang in the rebound of a shot by senior Chris Dodero set up by freshman Michal Stinil.
- Army's Colin Bilek blunted AIC's momentum late in the first, one-timing home a power play goal at 15:34 right off the initial faceoff.
- In the second, AIC's power play went to work again and struck twice on a major penalty, as freshman Jan Kern notched his first collegiate goal at 5:18 from Callahan and Kapcheck, and Galambos was set up by Stella and Dodero for his second of the game and season at 6:16.
- Stella and Stinil added to their assist totals late in the period, and Cole ripped home his second goal of the game and season at 17:32 to give AIC a 6-1 margin.
- Army's Daniel Haider and Mitch Machlitt scored late in the game, but the Yellow Jackets still skated away with three more standings points.
SEVEN PAIRS:
- Sevenplayers Callahan, Galambos, Stinil, Cole, Kapcheck, Stella, and Dodero each notched multipoint games, with Stella racking up a hat trick of helpers.
- Stella's three-assist game is the team's second of the year, after junior Elijiah Barriga collected three at Bentley on December 18, 2020.
- Galambos and Kern each notched their first goals with AIC.
NEXT UP:
- AIC and Army continue the three-game week on Thursday, January 7 at 5:05 p.m. with another contest at Tate Rink.
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