Return to the "POINTER VIEW"January 25, 2002
Return to the "POINTER VIEW"
January 25, 2002
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| Chad Mayfield was one of three Black Knight freshman to tally three points during Army's 4-2 win over Quinnipiac Saturday at Tate Rink. Mayfield scored a goal and had two assists giving him six goals and six assists in 23 games this season. |
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| Senior netminder Scott Hamilton made 34 saves Saturday. He posted his second win against seven losses. He has a 3.99 goals against average on the season. |
A trio of Army freshmen tallied three points as the Black Knights halted an eight-game winless streak and put an end to Quinnipiac’s five-game unbeaten run in conference play with a 4-2 victory Saturday night at Tate Rink. Chris Casey, Chris Garceau and Chad Mayfield each had a goal and two assists to lead the charge.
Army (5-13-5/3-8-5) scored four unanswered goals after Quinnipiac (10-11-1/8-5-1) opened with a marker in the first minute of the game. Mayfield evened things in the first, and Casey netted his seventh of the season with two minutes left in the period to give the Black Knights the momentum.
Garceau added the eventual game-winner in the second, and junior Derek Hines put one in the back of the net midway through the third to open up an insurmountable 4-1 lead before 1,722 fans. The three-point effort by the freshman trio was a career best for each. The trio accounted for nine of the 11 points on Army’s four goals.
It was the first win for the Black Knights since a 9-2 triumph over Bentley Nov. 30. With the win, Army moved into the eighth and final playoff spot in the MAAC standings thanks to a 5-2 win by Iona over American International. The Black Knights now have 11 points on the year, one ahead of AIC’s total of 10.
Senior goaltender Scott Hamilton made 34 saves between the pipes. He went 57 minutes 37 seconds without yielding a goal after being beaten 57 seconds into the contest by Quinnipiac’s Neil Breen. Chris White beat Hamilton with 1:26 remaining in the game for the visitor’s other marker on the evening.
It was almost a year to the day that Hamilton backstopped a 2-1 overtime win over Quinnipiac at Tate Rink (Jan. 23, 2001). That win sent the Black Knights on a stretch that saw them win four of their next six games.
Army head coach Rob Riley, coaching in his 499th game behind the Black Knights’ bench, went back to the well one more time and the senior netminder did not disappoint.
The Black Knights travel to Springfield, Mass., tonight for a crucial head-to-head showcase with AIC at the Olympia Ice Center. Faceoff is 7 p.m. The two teams will then make the trip back to West Point for game two of the two-game series Saturday at 7 p.m. That game will most likely decide the fate of one or the other in their quest for the playoffs.
