BOSTON – An eventful Halloween night in Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) men’s action featured a second straight shutout for Army West Point, a pair of one-goal conference games and two road wins against ECAC Hockey opponents.

SCOREBOARD
Army West Point 3, RIT 0
Niagara 6, Clarkson 2
Bentley 4, Holy Cross 3
Robert Morris 3, Air Force 2
Sacred Heart 3, Cornell 2
Recaps available below

ARMY WEST POINT 3, RIT 0
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West Point, N.Y. – Army West Point posted consecutive shutouts for the first time in 10 years and improved to 4-0-0 in conference play for the first time ever with a 3-0 win against RIT. JJ Cataldo (Stuart, Fla.) stopped all 27 shots he faced for his eighth career shutout, most among active NCAA goaltenders. 

Freshman Rhys Wallin (Wayzata, Minn.) started the scoring with his team-leading fourth of the year in the first period. Juniors Ben Ivey (San Diego, Calif.) and Nils Forselius (Guilford, Conn.) added tallies in the second and third periods, respectively.

Army’s last consecutive shutouts came Oct. 7 and 14, 2016, against Sacred Heart. The Black Knights have won five games in a row for the first time since a six-game stretch in January 2025.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
RIT	0-0-0–0	27	3/6	0/2	2-6-1 (1-3-0)
Army West Point	1-1-1–3	37	2/4	1/3	5-1-0 (4-0-0)

NIAGARA 6, CLARKSON 2
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Potsdam, N.Y. – Niagara scored the first four goals of the game and a season-high six in the game, cruising to a 6-2 road win at Clarkson and improving to 4-1-1 in its last six games.

Freshmen accounted for four Purple Eagle goals, including the first two from Theo Lemieux (Ste-Claire, Que.) and Adam Gionta (Clarence, N.Y.). Thirteen Niagara skaters finished with at least a point, including five who had a pair.

Charles-Edward Gravel (Levis, Que.) stopped 32 shots and allowed two goals or fewer for the fifth time in six starts this season. 
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Niagara	3-1-2–6	19	6/23	0/1	5-4-1 (1-1-0)
Clarkson	0-1-1–2	34	3/6	0/3	3-4-1 (0-0-0)

BENTLEY 4, HOLY CROSS 3
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Waltham, Mass. – Bentley rebounded from Friday’s shutout loss with three goals in less than three minutes of the first period and got the game-winner in the third, earning a 4-3 home win against Holy Cross and a split in the weekend series.

After Jack Larrigan (St. Louis, Mo.) got the Crusaders on the board first, the Falcons scored three times in 2:32 off the sticks of James Duerr (Chicago, Ill.), Dylan Cook (Princeton, Minn.) and Ephram McNutt (Ponoka County, Alta.). 

Holy Cross answered with a pair of goals in the second period, but reigning AHA Defenseman of the Week Alec Leonard (Toronto, Ont.) scored the game-winner, his third goal in three games.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Bentley	3-0-1–4	34	4/8	0/3	4-4-0 (3-1-0)
Holy Cross	1-2-0–3	22	4/8	0/3	4-6-0 (2-4-0)

ROBERT MORRIS 3, AIR FORCE 2
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Moon Township, Pa. – A shorthanded goal from Patrick Johnson (Chesterfield, Mo.) provided the difference as Robert Morris emerged with a win and a split in its two-game series with Air Force, both one-goal games decided in the third period.

Special teams were key for the Colonials throughout, as they earned their first AHA win of the season. The power play – just 2-for-28 (7.1%) entering the game – was 2-for-5, with Jackson Reineke (Faribault, Minn.) and Bruce McDonald (Ottawa, Ont.) scoring in the second period. 

The penalty kill, backed by goaltender Charlie Schenkel (Toronto, Ont.), quieted all four Falcon power-play opportunities and produced Johnson’s first career shorthanded goal at 5:53 of the third.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Air Force	1-0-1–2	30	5/10	0/4	3-5-0 (1-1-0)
Robert Morris	0-2-1–3	22	4/8	2/5	2-7-0 (1-3-0)

SACRED HEART 3, #15/T-13 CORNELL 2
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Ithaca, N.Y. – Sacred Heart scored two third-period goals to overcome a 2-1 Cornell lead and post a road win over a ranked opponent, 3-2 at Lynah Rink Saturday night. Junior Jack Spicer (Rockville, Md.) made 42 saves in his first career start for the Pioneers. He had made only two previous appearances in two-plus seasons, both in relief. 

Diego Buttazzoni (Langley, B.C.) started the scoring with his team-leading fifth goal but Cornell answered with goals in the first and second periods. 

Defenseman Aiden VanRooyan (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) scored his third of the year at 9:34 of the third to tie the score, and freshman Ethan Semeniuk (Fort St. John, B.C.) recorded his first career goal 2:59 later to lift the Pioneers to the win.

With Sacred Heart and Niagara’s wins Saturday, AHA teams have improved to 6-5-1 against ECAC Hockey opponents this year.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Sacred Heart	1-0-2–3	22	5/10	0/2	4-4-0 (1-1-0)
Cornell	1-1-0–2	44	3/6	0/4	1-1-0 (0-0-0)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, November 6
RIT at Bentley, 7 p.m. ET
Holy Cross at Merrimack, 7 p.m. ET
Canisius at Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. ET
Robert Morris at Long Island, 7:30 p.m. ET
Army West Point at Air Force, 7:05 p.m. MT

Saturday, November 7
RIT at Bentley, 6 p.m. ET
Canisius at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m. ET
Northeastern at Holy Cross, 7 p.m. ET
Army West Point at Air Force, 5:05 p.m. MT
Robert Morris at Long Island, 7:30 p.m. ET

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