William Army is an American retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Boston College.
Career Army began attending Boston College in the fall of 1976 after having been recruited for the ice hockey team by Len Ceglarski. After a pedestrian freshman season, Army more than doubled his point production as a sophomore and finished second on the team with 60 points. He helped lead the team to a surprising conference championship and their first NCAA title game in thirteen years. While the Eagles were unsuccessful in their championship bid, Army had firmly established himself as a star for BC. In 1979 he was invited to try out for the national team in the run up to the 1980 Winter Olympics, along with teammate Joe Mullen (neither were ultimately selected). His scoring declined sharply after 1978 but he remained a major part of the Boston College offense and led the team in scoring as a senior. He was named as an All-American despite finishing more than 50 points behind the nation's leader.
After graduating, Army embarked on a short professional career before retiring after the 1982 season. He was inducted into the Boston College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. Bill was enshrined in the RI Hockey Hall of Fame in 2025, joining his grandfather, George, and younger brother, Tim, as inductees, and his father, Tom, recipient of the Malcolm Greene Chace Memorial Trophy for "Lifetime Achievement of a Rhode Islander to the Game of Hockey".
Personal life Bill's younger brother Tim played college hockey at Providence and went on to a long coaching career including stops in the college- and NHL-levels.
Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1976–77 Boston College ECAC Hockey 2912142660————— 1977–78 Boston College ECAC Hockey 3422386036————— 1978–79 Boston College ECAC Hockey 2610243411————— 1979–80 Boston College ECAC Hockey 3220244419————— 1980–81 Rochester Americans AHL 19471121————— 1980–81 Port Huron Flags IHL 4211182910————— 1981–82 Flint Generals IHL 1276132————— NCAA totals 121 64 100 164 126 — — — — —
Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1979–80 AHCA East All-American 1979–80
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