The Army West Point hockey team completed its weekend sweep of Canisius Saturday night with a 5-2 victory at Tate Rink. The Black Knights have now denied the Golden Griffins a win in the team's last four meetings. Army improved to 6-3-1 overall with tonight's win and are now 6-2-0 in Atlantic Hockey and have secured the top spot for the fifth consecutive week. The Black Knights hold a 6-2-1 lead over the Griffins in the last nine meetings. This weekend's 2-0 mark is the first time that Army has swept a weekend series since facing Niagara on the road last January. Five goals are the most that the Black Knights have netted this season and most since March 4 when they blanked AIC 5-0 in the AHA Opening Round. Click here for the video recap: https://youtu.be/ZTRK_fd8Gto. Dominic Franco and his linemates of Michael Wilson and Tipper Higgins had another impressive night for the Cadets as they tallied six points to tack on to last night's seven. Franco netted the first goal of the night for Army and was assisted by Wilson and Higgins. Conor Andrle got in on the scoring action for the Black Knights and netted the team's second goal of the evening with help from Wilson and Mike Preston. Higgins scored a goal for the second night in a row as well after successful passes from Preston and Franco. Dalton MacAfee netted his second of the year and the team's fourth of the night. He was assisted by Garrett Peterson who recorded his first point of the season and by Trevor Fidler. Taylor Maruya closed-out Army's five-goal night with the helpers from Zach Evancho and Brendan Soucie. Parker Gahagen improves to 6-2-1 this season after stopping 32 shots. Read More
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