Army West Point Black Knights Advance to AHA Hockey Semifinals

One service academy hockey team will move on to the Atlantic Hockey America semifinals after the Army West Point Black Knights beat the Niagara Purple Eagles, 4-3, in overtime on Sunday. Meanwhile, the Air Force Falcons — who like Army were facing elimination in Game 3 — fell to Sacred Heart, 4-1. Army (16-18-2, 14-10-2 Atlantic Hockey America) will how face the No. 1 seed, Holy Cross in the AHA semifinals next weekend. This is the first time the Black Knights have made the AHA semifinals since the 2020-21 season. Army and Niagara went to overtime for the second time in three games against the Purple Eagles. In the extra period, the Black Knights’ Barron Woodring scored the game-winning goal. Woodring scored just 2:45 into overtime on the power play off a tip in front of the goal off a puck delivered from Ben Ivey. The goal set of a wild celebration by the Black Knights, who went on a tear to end the regular season and position themselves for a legitimate run at the AHA Tournament crown. Ben Ivey notched a g