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Men's Ice Hockey Gabe Herman, Director of Communications

AHA Men’s Weekly Journal (Feb. 5, 2026)

All 10 AHA teams compete in conference action.

BOSTON - All 10 Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) programs will compete in conference matchups throughout the weekend.

MATCHUPS
Jan. 6/7 (Friday/Saturday)
  • (RV) Bentley vs. Holy Cross (Game One at Holy Cross - Game Two at Bentley)
  • Air Force at Niagara
  • (RV) RIT at Army West Point
  • Canisius at Robert Morris
  • Mercyhurst at Sacred Heart

AROUND AHA
  • Bentley senior forward Jake Black has tallied 26 points (13G-13A) over his last 26 games played, and led Division I with 17 points (9G-8A) in January. Black was honored as HCA’s Forward of the Month for his performance to begin 2026.
  • RIT goaltender Jakub Krbecek’s 15 wins are tied for the second-most among Division I sophomore netminders.
  • Army West Point junior forward Barron Woodring’s 320 faceoff wins are the fourth-most in Division I and lead AHA.
  • Robert Morris freshman defenseman John Babcock leads the nation with 77 blocks.

QUICK HITS
  • Sacred Heart senior forward Felix Trudeau’s five multi-goal games are tied for the third-most in Division I.
  • Holy Cross senior forward Matt DeBoer’s three game-winning goals in conference play are tied for the most in AHA.
  • Since Nov. 15, no Division I penalty kill has been more successful than Canisius’s, which has operated at 91.7 percent.
  • Niagara’s freshmen forward duo of Marshall Finnie and Maxim Muranov is tied for the second-most goals among AHA freshmen with eight each.

HEDDEN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Air Force senior defenseman Chris Hedden enters the weekend leading all active Division I blueliners with 98 career points (33G-65A) in 138 games played. The Kalamazoo, Mich., native has the opportunity to become the only active defenseman in the nation to collect 100 career points.

This season, Hedden is tied for the fourth-most points of his position group nationally, with 24 (11G-13A) through 26 contests.

GOTKIN 1,300
In his 38th and final season, Mercyhurst head coach Rick Gotkin is set to coach in his 1,300th career game on Friday at Sacred Heart.

Gotkin will become only the sixth Division I men’s head coach to reach the milestone, and the only active bench boss in the nation.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Forward: Jake Black, SR, Bentley (Pomfret, Conn.) - 2 GP, 4 PTS (3G-1A) vs. Robert Morris
Defenseman: Jack Dalton, JR, Bentley (River Forest, Ill.) - 2 GP, 4 PTS (1G-3A) vs. Robert Morris
Goaltender: Dominik Wasik, JR, Air Force (Superior, Colo.) - 2 GP (2-0-0), 1.00 GAA, .961 SV% vs. Sacred Heart
Rookie: Cole Christian, F, Air Force (Duluth, Minn.) - 2 GP, 2 PTS (1G-1A) vs. Sacred Heart

PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Forward: Jake Black, SR, Bentley (Pomfret, Conn.) - 10 GP, 17 PTS (9G-8A)
Defenseman: FJ Buteau, FR, Canisius (Montreal, Quebec) - 7 GP, 7 PTS (2G-5A)
Goaltender:  Teagan Kendrick, FR, Sacred Heart (St. Albert, Alberta) - 9 GP (5-3-1), 2.65 GAA, .926 SV%
Rookie: Evan Konyen, F, RIT (Newmarket, Ontario) - 10 GP, 9 PTS (5G-4A)

SCORING LEADERS
*Stats are from all regular-season contests.

GOALS
  1. Felix Trudeau (Sacred Heart) - 21
  2. Walter Zacher (Canisius) - 14
  3. Jake Black (Bentley) - 13
  4. Matt DeBoer (Holy Cross) - 12

ASSISTS
  1. Nick Sajevic (Air Force) - 21
  2. Marcus Joughin (Sacred Heart) - 20
  3. Mikey Adamson (Sacred Heart) - 17
  4. Two tied - 16

POINTS
  1. Felix Trudeau (Sacred Heart) - 29
  2. Nick Sajevic (Air Force) - 27
  3. Jake Black (Bentley) - 26
  4. Sam Stitz (Air Force) - 26

GOALTENDING LEADERS
*Min. 33% of team minutes played.

GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE
  1. Jakub Krbecek (RIT) - 2.03
  2. Lukas Swedin (Bentley) - 2.10
  3. JJ Cataldo (Army West Point) - 2.35
  4. Ajeet Gundarah (Sacred Heart) - 2.39

SAVE PERCENTAGE
  1. Jakub Krbecek (RIT) - .925
  2. Teagan Kendrick (Sacred Heart) - .924
  3. Lukas Swedin (Bentley) - .924
  4. JJ Cataldo (Army West Point) - .923

SAVES
  1. JJ Cataldo (Army West Point) - 676
  2. Charles-Edward Gravel (Mercyhurst) - 607
  3. Jakub Krbecek (RIT) - 605
  4. Dominik Wasik (Air Force) - 535

ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is in its second season following the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 10 Division I men's teams and seven women's teams. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.

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