Army hockey to face Air Force four times, resumes set with Canada's Royal Military College
The Army hockey schedule for 2023-24 features a home opener, an Ice Breaker tourney spot, four games with Air Force and the return of the exhibition series with Royal Military College of Canada.
The Black Knights will host Union College on Sunday, October 8, the opener for head coach Brian Riley's 20th season at the helm.
Army embarks to the upper Midwest for the annual Ice Breaker tournament, to be co-hosted by two schools for the second year in a row: The Black Knights will play at North Dakota on Oct. 13 and then travel 105 miles east to face Bemidji State on Oct. 14. It will be the second time Army has faced powerhouse North Dakota and fifth time against Bemidji. Wisconsin is the other team in the event.
Atlantic Hockey competition begins Oct. 28 at American International. The league home opener is Nov. 3-4 when Rochester Institute of Technology visits Tate Rink.
The service academy rivalry with Air Force features games in Colorado Springs on Nov. 10-11 and a visit by the Falcons on Jan. 19-20. The academies split two games at West Point last season.
The long-time rivalry with RMC resumes Jan. 27 at Tate Rink – the series with the Paladins goes back to 1923.
Army’s non-league slate includes games at Merrimack (Nov. 24), at Massachusetts Lowell (Nov. 25), New Hampshire (Dec. 29), at Penn State (Jan. 6) and at Princeton (Jan. 30).
For the postseason, Atlantic Hockey hosts single-game eliminations on March 2, best-of-three quarterfinals from March 8-10 and best-of-three semifinals from March 15-17. The final is a one-game playoff at the highest-remaining seed on March 23.
Army posted a 14-19-4 overall record in 2022-23. The Black Knights finished fifth in the regular season with 39 points (12-12-2 record). Army traveled to Canisius for the quarterfinals, forcing a decisive contest before bowing 3-0 in game three. Canisius went on to beat Holy Cross, 3-0, in the finals before bowing to Minnesota, 9-2, in the NCAA tourney opener.
Times for most of the contests will be set later, though many starts are set for 7 p.m.
2023-24 schedule
October
Sun. 8 – vs. Union, 2 p.m.; Fri. 13 – at North Dakota; Sat. 14 – at Bemidji State, 7 p.m. ET; Sat. 28 – at American International*; Tues. 31 – at Sacred Heart*
November
Fri. 3 vs. Rochester Institute of Technology*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 4 – vs. Rochester Institute of Technology*, 4 p.m.; Fri. 10 – at Air Force*, 9 p.m. ET; Sat. 11 – at Air Force*, 7 p.m. ET; Fri. 17 – vs. Canisius*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 18 – vs. Canisius*, 7 p.m.; Tues. 21 – at Holy Cross*; Fri. 24 – at Merrimack; Sat. 25 – at UMass Lowell
December
Fri. 8 – at Mercyhurst*; Sat. 9 – at Mercyhurst*; Fri. 29 – New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
January
Tues. 2 – vs. Bentley*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 6 – at Penn State; Tues. 9 – at Sacred Heart*; Fri. 12 – vs. Holy Cross*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 13 – vs. Holy Cross*, 4 p.m.; Tues. 16 – vs. Sacred Heart*, 7 p.m.; Fri. 19 – vs. Air Force*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 20 – vs. Air Force*, 4 p.m.; Sat. 27 – vs. Royal Military College, 7 p.m.; Tues. 30 – at Princeton
February
Fri. 2 – at Bentley*; Sat. 3 – at Bentley*; Fri. 9 – vs. Robert Morris*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 10 – vs. Robert Morris*; Fri. 16 – at Niagara*; Sat. 17 – at Niaraga*; Fri. 23 – vs. American International*, 7 p.m.; Sat. 24 – vs. American International*
March
Sat. 2 – Atlantic Hockey first round; Fri. 8-Sun. 10 – Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals, best of three; Fri. 15-Sun. 17 – Atlantic Hockey semifinals, best of three; Sat. 23 – Atlantic Hockey finals
Home games at Tate Rink, West Point; Atlantic Hockey games marked by an asterisk
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Army hockey to face Air Force four times and Royal Military College
