ARMY The Black Knights were running neckand-neck with the military brethren A i r
East Men’s College Report by Warren Koziereski
Force for the top spot in Atlantic Hockey as of late January. It won’t be easy with six of their last ten games on the road, but they are in
HUDSON VALLEY CC Two of their six wins came in January with a huge victory over defending national champ Erie. The Vikings were getting veteran leadership on the offensive side with sophomore forwards Kyle Constanty (pictured above) (Plattsburgh), Chris Breault and Jordan Smith along with defensive classmates Adam Hosmer and Hunter Craig.
MANHATTANVILLE position to secure a first round playoff bye. Freshmen Zach Evancho (Buffalo) and Brendan Soucie were leading the offense with ten goals each. Parker Gahagen (Buffalo) was named Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Month for December after he backstopped Army to a 4-1-1 record. He posted a league-best 1.32 goals against average, allowing eight goals in over 363 minutes between the pipes. Gahagen also posted a 0.959 save percentage, stopping 189 of 197 shots, lowered his goals against average on the season to 1.66, the third-best mark in the country, and raised his save percentage to 0.943, which also ranks third nationally. He made a career-high 48 saves New Year’s Eve in the consolation game of the Ledyard Bank Tournament at Dartmouth against Colgate.
Five of their first nine wins came in ECAC West conference play putting the Valiants in a tie for second just two points out of first with seven games remaining. After earning just two wins from Thanksgiving to their first game in January, they seem to have turned a corner earning points in three of the next four. Sophomore Matt Lippa continues his career-best season with a team best ten goals and tied with Adam Platt with 17 points. Through 18 games, the team had 11 players with ten or more points. Sophomore Tyler Feaver registered seven of the team’s first nine wins.
R.P.I. Averaging one win per month had the Engineers in last place in the ECAC and need-
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