2019–20 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season

2019–20 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season
Conference	4th Atlantic Hockey
Home ice	Tate Rink
Rankings
USCHO.com	NR
USA Today/; US Hockey Magazine	NR
Record
Overall	17–12–3
Conference	14–10–3–3
Home	8–5–2
Road	9–5–1
Neutral	0–2–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Brian Riley
Assistant Coaches	Zack McKelvie; Dalton MacAfee; Ross Chicantek
Captain(s)	Zach Evancho
Alternate captain(s)	Alex Wilkinson; Dominic Franco
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The 2019-20 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season was the 117th season of play for the program, the 110th at the Division I level, and the 17th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Black Knights represented the United States Military Academy and were coached by Brian Riley, in his 16th season.

Roster

As of July 1, 2019.[1]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Matt Penta	Senior	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1994-05-16	Waltham, Massachusetts	Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL)	—
2	Thomas Farrell	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1999-01-18	Mettawa, Illinois	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	—
3	Cody Fleckenstein	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-03-31	Fredonia, New York	Corpus Christi IceRays (NAHL)	—
4	Coby Mack	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1997-10-07	Rapid City, South Dakota	Northern Cyclones (NCDC)	—
5	Andrew Quetell	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-06-21	Cleveland, Ohio	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)	—
6	Colin Bilek	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-06-04	Brighton, Michigan	Northeast Generals (NAHL)	—
7	Alex Wilkinson (A)	Senior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1995-04-10	Raleigh, North Carolina	Connecticut Oilers (EHL)	—
8	Bryan Gerstenfeld	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1995-07-23	Fairfield, Connecticut	Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL)	—
9	Daniel Haider	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1997-12-19	Anchorage, Alaska	Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)	—
10	John Laurito	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1996-04-19	Johnston, Rhode Island	New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL)	—
11	Dominic Franco (A)	Senior	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1996-01-07	Portsmouth, Rhode Island	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
12	John Keranen	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-08-31	Delano, Minnesota	Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)	—
13	Tucker DeYoung	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996-03-23	Lake Bluff, Illinois	New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL)	—
14	Brendan Soucie	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1995-05-20	South Dennis, Massachusetts	Islanders Hockey Club (USPHL)	—
15	Marshal Plunkett	Sophomore	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-10-31	West Salem, Wisconsin	Coulee Region Chill (NAHL)	—
16	Eric Butte	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1997-05-28	Belmont, Massachusetts	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
17	Anthony Firriolo	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1998-07-03	Montville, New Jersey	Corpus Christi IceRays (NAHL)	—
18	Zach Evancho (C)	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1995-06-02	Buffalo, New York	Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL)	—
19	Brett Abdelnour	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	1998-10-23	Macomb, Michigan	Amarillo Bulls (NAHL)	—
21	John Zimmerman	Junior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996-05-02	Arlington, Texas	Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)	—
22	Noah Wilson	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-12-21	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)	—
23	Mason Krueger	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996-07-21	Bettendorf, Iowa	Corpus Christi IceRays (NAHL)	—
24	Kevin Dineen	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1996-04-02	Faribault, Minnesota	Coulee Region Chill (NAHL)	—
25	Patrick Smyth	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1999-04-23	Toledo, Ohio	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	—
26	Matt Berkovitz	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1996-02-16	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)	ANA, 123rd overall 2014
27	Michael Wilson	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1995-06-06	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)	—
28	Kendrick Frost	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-04-01	Lee's Summit, Missouri	Brookings Blizzard (NAHL)	—
33	Trevin Kozlowski	Junior	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1997-03-27	Valencia, California	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)	—
34	Justin Evenson	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1999-08-20	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Amarillo Bulls (NAHL)	—

Standings

2019–20 Atlantic Hockey Standings
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#20 American International	28	21	6	1	0	64	96	46	34	21	12	1	103	68
Sacred Heart	28	18	8	2	0	56	104	63	34	21	10	3	127	82
RIT	28	15	9	4	1	50	86	73	36	19	13	4	108	98
Army	28	14	11	3	3	48	70	64	33	17	13	3	82	76
Niagara	28	12	12	4	2	42	64	65	34	12	18	4	72	87
Air Force	28	10	12	6	5	41	60	67	34	10	18	6	70	95
Robert Morris	28	11	12	5	3	41	65	65	34	11	18	5	75	90
Bentley	28	13	13	2	0	41	75	80	34	15	16	3	83	94
Canisius	28	9	13	6	3	36	71	83	34	10	18	6	80	109
Holy Cross	28	9	16	3	2	32	67	83	34	10	19	5	80	99
Mercyhurst	28	3	23	2	0	11	49	118	34	5	27	2	64	141
Championship: March 20, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Schedule and Results

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
October 6	4:05 PM	vs. Union*		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 3–2	1,541	1–0–0
October 11	7:05 PM	at Connecticut*		XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut	Kozlowski	W 2–1	2,029	2–0–0
October 19	7:05 PM	vs. Robert Morris		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 4–1	1,258	3–0–0 (1–0–0–0)
October 20	4:05 PM	vs. Robert Morris		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	L 0–3	1,159	3–1–0 (1–1–0–0)
October 25	7:05 PM	at Bentley		Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts	Kozlowski	L 0–5	1,368	3–2–0 (1–2–0–0)
November 1	7:05 PM	vs. American International		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 2–1	1,343	4–2–0 (2–2–0–0)
November 2	1:05 PM	at American International		MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts	Kozlowski	L 1–4	1,484	4–3–0 (2–3–0–0)
November 15	7:05 PM	at Holy Cross		Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts	Kozlowski	W 4–1	600	5–3–0 (3–3–0–0)
November 16	5:05 PM	at Holy Cross		Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts	Kozlowski	W 3–1	755	6–3–0 (4–3–0–0)
November 22	7:05 PM	vs. RIT		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 2–1	1,458	7–3–0 (5–3–0–0)
November 23	4:05 PM	vs. RIT		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	L 2–4	2,030	7–4–0 (5–4–0–0)
November 26	7:05 PM	at American International		MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts	Kozlowski	W 4–1	567	8–4–0 (6–4–0–0)
November 29	1:05 PM	at Canisius		LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York	Kozlowski	W 4–3	819	9–4–0 (7–4–0–0)
November 30	1:05 PM	at Canisius		LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York	Kozlowski	W 3–2	907	10–4–0 (8–4–0–0)
December 6	7:05 PM	vs. Bentley		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 4–3	1,419	11–4–0 (9–4–0–0)
December 7	7:05 PM	vs. Bentley		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	L 2–4	1,872	11–5–0 (9–5–0–0)
December 14	5:05 PM	at Robert Morris		Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania	Kozlowski	W 4–0	429	12–5–0 (10–5–0–0)
December 15	1:05 PM	at Robert Morris		Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania	Kozlowski	T 1–1 ^SOW	376	12–5–1 (10–5–1–1)
December 29	4:05 PM	vs. New Hampshire*		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 5–4	2,614	13–5–1 (10–5–1–1)
Fortress Invitational
January 3	8:00 PM	vs. #14 Providence*	#20	T-Mobile Arena • Paradise, Nevada (Fortress Invitational Semifinal)	Kozlowski	L 1–3	3,735	13–6–1 (10–5–1–1)
January 5	12:05 AM	vs. #6 Ohio State*	#20	T-Mobile Arena • Paradise, Nevada (Fortress Invitational Third Place)	Kozlowski	L 1–2 ^OT	4,769	13–7–1 (10–5–1–1)
January 10	7:05 PM	vs. Air Force		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	T 3–3 ^SOW	2,658	13–7–2 (10–5–2–2)
January 11	7:05 PM	vs. Air Force		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 5–2	2,668	14–7–2 (11–5–2–2)
January 18	7:30 PM	at Royal Military College*		Leon's Centre • Kingston, Ontario (Exhibition)		L 2–3 ^OT
January 24	7:05 PM	at Niagara		Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York	Kozlowski	L 1–4	751	14–8–2 (11–6–2–2)
January 25	4:05 PM	at Niagara		Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York	Kozlowski	L 2–3 ^OT	832	14–9–2 (11–7–2–2)
January 31	7:05 PM	vs. Canisius		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	L 2–3 ^OT	1,672	14–10–2 (11–8–2–2)
February 1	4:05 PM	vs. Canisius		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	W 4–2	2,116	15–10–2 (12–8–2–2)
February 7	7:05 PM	at Bentley		Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts	Penta	L 1–4	1,239	15–11–2 (12–9–2–2)
February 14	7:05 PM	at Mercyhurst		Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania	Kozlowski	W 5–1	789	16–11–2 (13–9–2–2)
February 15	7:05 PM	at Mercyhurst		Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania	Kozlowski	W 4–1	957	17–11–2 (14–9–2–2)
February 21	7:05 PM	vs. Sacred Heart		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	L 0–3	1,718	17–12–2 (14–10–2–2)
February 22	7:05 PM	vs. Sacred Heart		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Kozlowski	T 3–3 ^SOW	2,207	17–12–3 (14–10–3–3)
February 29	7:05 PM	vs. American International		Tate Rink • West Point, New York	Penta	L 1–4	2,242	17–13–3 (14–11–3–3)
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
Tournament Cancelled
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Dominic Franco	RW	33	10	13	23	40
Michael Wilson	F	27	11	9	20	30
Colin Bilek	RW	33	7	13	20	33
John Zimmerman	D	32	2	17	19	58
Mason Krueger	F	30	9	9	18	31
Eric Butte	F	33	8	7	15	19
Zach Evancho	W	22	6	9	15	24
John Keranen	F	33	2	12	14	12
Alex Wilkinson	D	33	4	9	13	0
Anthony Firriolo	D	30	3	9	12	10
Brett Abdelnour	F	32	7	3	10	12
Thomas Farrell	D	32	1	9	10	8
Daniel Haider	F	33	3	6	9	4
Cody Fleckenstein	D	33	1	6	7	16
Brendan Soucie	F	10	3	2	5	0
Matt Berkovitz	D	27	1	4	5	6
Marshal Plunkett	D	17	0	3	3	0
Patrick Smyth	F	28	2	0	2	6
Tucker DeYoung	F	16	1	1	2	2
Kevin Dineen	F	16	1	1	2	6
Kendrick Frost	LW	19	0	2	2	4
John Laurito	F	23	1	0	1	12
Andrew Quetell	D	9	0	1	1	2
Noah Wilson	D	25	0	1	1	8
Bryan Gerstenfeld	D	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Penta	G	3	0	0	0	0
Trevin Kozlowski	G	31	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total			83	146	229	343

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Trevin Kozlowski	31	1853	17	11	3	68	681	1	.909	2.20
Matt Penta	3	133	0	2	0	8	62	0	.886	3.60
Empty Net	-	18	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
Total	33	2005	17	13	3	80	743	1	.903	2.39

Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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References

"2019–20 Hockey Roster". Army West Point Athletics. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
"Army West Point Black Knights (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
"Army (U.S. Military Academy) 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
"USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

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[1] "2019–20 Hockey Roster". Army West Point Athletics. Retrieved July 2, 2018.

[2] "Army West Point Black Knights (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[3] "Army (U.S. Military Academy) 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

[4] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

Army Black Knights men's ice hockey
Formerly the Army Cadets
Playing venues	Lusk Reservoir (1903–1916) Army Rink (1916–1930) Smith Rink (1930–1985) Tate Rink (1985–Present)
Head coaches	Edward Leonard King (1903–1904) Robert Foy (1904–1907) George Russell (1907–1910) LeRoy Bartlett (1910–1912) Philip Gordon (1912–1914) Frank Purdon (1914–1917) Joseph Viner (1917–1918) Philip Day (1918–1920) Talbot Hunter (1920–1923) Ray Marchand (1923–1943) John Hines (1943–1944) Robert Lutz (1944–1945) Len Patten (1945–1950) Jack Riley (1950–1986) Rob Riley (1986–2004) Brian Riley (2004–present)
Seasons	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1973, 1980–1991) ECAC 2 (1973–1980) College Hockey America (1999–2000) MAAC (2000–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–Present)
Rivalries	Air Force Falcons RMC Paladins
All-time leaders	Dave Rost (330 Points) George Clark (153 Goals) Tom Garver (75 Wins)
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