The 2021–22 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season was the 119th season of play for the program, the 112th at the Division I level, and the 19th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Black Knights represented the United States Military Academy and were coached by Brian Riley, in his 18th season.
Season Army began the season with junior Justin Evenson as the team's starting goaltender. After two poor performance, however, Gavin Abric was given a turn in the net and the results improved. Despite in uptick in the goaltending, however, Army's offense suffered early in the year and the Black Knights went winless in their first six games. The team picked up their game in late October and managed to climb their way back to a .500 record by the winter break with senior All-American Colin Bilek leading the way.
An uptick in COVID-19 positives in January didn't affect Army too badly, however, it caused the cancellation of their annual meeting with the Royal Military College Paladins for the second straight season.
In the second half of the season, Army wasn't able to play very consistently and ended up losing slightly more than they won. Fortunately for the Black Knights, Atlantic Hockey was a sea of mediocrity that year and Army managed to finish third in the conference standings despite being just 1 game above .500.
Army played host to Air Force in the conference quarterfinals but the Black Knights' defense faltered. Army allowed their rival to fire 86 shots on goal in the two games and surrendered overtime goals in both.
Departures Matthew Berkovitz Defenseman Graduation (retired) Tucker DeYoung Forward Graduation (retired) Kevin Dineen Forward Graduation (retired) Cody Fleckenstein Defenseman Graduation (retired) Trevin Kozlowski Goaltender Graduation (signed with Iowa Wild) Mason Krueger Forward Graduation (signed with Quad City Storm) John Laurito Forward Graduation (retired) John Zimmerman Defenseman Graduation (signed with Quad City Storm)
Recruiting Joey Baez Forward 21 Tampa, FL Josh Bohlin Forward 21 Wausau, WI Andrew Garby Defenseman 21 Canton, MI Andrew Gilbert Defenseman 21 Fairfield, CT Hunter McCoy Forward 21 Newburyport, MA Michael Sacco Forward 21 Syosset, NY Evan Szary Goaltender 21 Nashville, TN Brad Zona Defenseman 21 Auburn, MA
Roster As of August 23, 2021.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Army Lost Series 0–2
Scoring statistics {| class="wikitable sortable" |- align="center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="" | || RW || 34 || 11 || 20 || 31 || 37 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || D || 35 || 9 || 12 || 21 || 26 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || F || 30 || 8 || 12 || 20 || 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || D || 35 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 48 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || F || 35 || 11 || 6 || 17 || 10 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || F || 35 || 7 || 10 || 17 || 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || LW || 35 || 8 || 8 || 16 || 16 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || F || 35 || 7 || 8 || 15 || 24 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || F || 34 || 6 || 9 || 15 || 21 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || D || 33 || 2 || 13 || 15 || 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || C || 26 || 3 || 9 || 12 || 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || F || 35 || 2 || 7 || 9 || 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || D || 23 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 10 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || D || 31 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 14 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || F || 23 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || D || 25 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 23 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || D || 30 || 1 || 5 || ''6 || 30 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || F || 14 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || LW || 21 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 8 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || F || 19 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || F || 25 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 6 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || F || 18 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || F || 16 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || D || 9 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || D || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || G || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | || G || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="f0f0f0" | || G || 31 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! Total !! !! !! 98 !! 167 !! 265 !! 323 |}Source:'''
Goaltending statistics 31 1748 13 13 4 73 905 4 .925 2.51 10 376 1 4 0 21 193 0 .902 3.34 Empty Net - 15 - - - 6 - - - - Total 35 2140 14 17 4 100 1098 4 .917 2.80
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
Awards and honors Colin Bilek AHCA All-American East Second Team Daniel Haider Atlantic Hockey Individual Sportsmanship Award Colin Bilek Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Scoring Trophy Colin Bilek Atlantic Hockey First Team Gavin Abric Atlantic Hockey Second Team Anthony Firriolo
References