2022–23 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season was the 120th season of play for the program, the 113th at the Division I level, and the 20th in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Black Knights represented the United States Military Academy and were coached by Brian Riley, in his 19th season.
==Season==
The start to Army's season could hardly have been worse. While the offense was still trying to cope with the loss of star forward Colin Bilek, the defense collapsed and allowed a barrage of shots to reach Gavin Abric. The worst came when the Black Knights were swept by Lindenwood, a first-year program, at home and dropped to the bottom of the national rankings. The team had a week off after that debacle but seemed to have figured out a few thigs upon return. The most obvious change was the implementation of a goaltending rotation between Abric and senior, Justin Evanson. That tactic payed instant dividends as the team allowed just 5 goals over a 5-game span and didn't lose a single match. The offense too began to improve and Joey Baez began taking over as the team's primary scorer.
By the midpoint of the season, the Black Knights were still recovering from their early-season woes but the team appeared to be on the right track. Army slowly moved up the Atlantic Hockey standings and had put themselves into a position for a potential home game in the playoffs. Unfortunately, the defense began playing inconsistently at the end of the season. Army split its final three weekend series and finished just 2 points behind Canisius for the final home site. Because of that, the team had to travel up to Buffalo, New York and the instability on the back end followed the Knights. After a poor performance in the first game, Army rebounded with an overtime shutout victory to push the series to a deciding third game. The offense was completely absent in the final game of the season and Army was sent packing with a 0–3 loss.
==Departures==
Colin Bilek 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Manitoba Moose)
Eric Butte 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Kansas City Mavericks)
Daniel Haider 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Christopher Konin	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Mitch Machlitt 	Forward 		Transferred to Geneseo State
Coby Mack 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Brody Medeiros 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Andrew Quetell 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Brad Zona 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
==Recruiting==
Jude Brower 	Defenseman		21	Mahopac, NY
Joey Dosan 	Forward 		21	Bloomington, MN
John Driscoll 	Defenseman		21	Eagle, ID
Reese Farrell 	Forward 		21	Auburn, ME
Max Itagaki 	Forward 		20	Glenview, IL
Lucas Kanta 	Forward 		21	Grand Forks, ND
Owen Nolan 	Defenseman		22	Mahopac, NY
Trevor Smith 	Forward 		21	Raleigh, NC
Sean Vlasich 	Defenseman		21	Upper Saddle River, NJ
Stephen Willey	Forward 		21	Shelton, CT
==Roster==
As of August 16, 2022.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	37	4 	29 	33 	28
 	D 	36	5 	24 	29 	18
 	F 	37	21	7 	28 	40
 	F 	36	11	17 	28 	12
 	LW	37	13	11 	24 	43
 	F 	37	10	14 	24 	20
 	D 	37	6 	14 	20 	18
 	F 	34	8 	8 	16 	30
 	D 	37	3 	9 	12 	39
 	D 	33	2 	10 	12 	16
 	F 	33	5 	3 	8 	16
 	F 	33	1 	6 	7 	18
 	F 	37	3 	2 	5 	8
 	F 	16	2 	2 	4 	2
 	F 	27	1 	2 	3 	8
 	D 	34	1 	1 	2 	16
 	F 	26	1 	1 	2 	4
 	D 	32	1 	1 	2 	4
 	F 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	F 	11	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	13	0 	1 	1 	0
 	F 	14	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	12	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	32	0 	0 	0 	8
Total	 	 	98	167	265	323
Source: 
==Goaltending statistics==
 	13	769:27 	7 	5 	1	34 	347 	2	.911	2.65
 	25	1428:36	7 	14	3	77 	703 	2	.901	3.23
 	2 	30:40 	0 	0 	0	3 	10 	0	.769	5.87
Empty Net	- 	28:19 	- 	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2257:02	14	19	4	119	1060	4	.903	3.20
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR 	- 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
==References==
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