2023–24 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Army Black Knights men's ice hockey season was the 121st season of play for the program, the 114th at the Division I level, and the 21st in Atlantic Hockey. The Black Knights represented the United States Military Academy, played their home games at the Tate Rink and were coached by Brian Riley in his 20th season.
==Season==
Army could have hardly started their season worse, losing their first nine games and allowing at least 3 goals in every game. The Black Knight's weren't terrible on the offensive side but it was no where near good enough to overcome the poor performance they were seeing in net. Neither Gavin Abrin nor Evan Szary showed any signs of being able to keep the puck out of the net and, as the losses mounted, any hope for the season faded.
Just before Thanksgiving, Szary provided the first decent game in goal, enabling Army to win its first game of the year. Afterwards, the goaltending remained inconsistent for the rest of the season, alternating between decent outings and subpar performances. By season's end the Black Knights had the 3rd-worst goals against average in the nation, surrendering almost 4 goals per game. The team's offense remained consistently average all season long, capitalizing in the matches where the goaltending was at least respectable. In games where Army allowed 3 goals or fewer, the Black Knights went 10–2–2, on matches where they allowed at least 4 goals, the team went 0–20–0.
The defensive troubles resulted in the team finishing 10th in the conference and having to face Niagara in the First Round of the Atlantic Hockey tournament. The Black Knights fired 43 shots on goal, nearly double the total from the Purple Eagles, but they were let down by goaltending once more. Abric allowed 3 goals on just 20 shots while Army was stymied time and again by Niagara's netminder. The 1–4 loss followed the pattern that had been laid out all season long and ended a rather forgettable year for Army.
==Departures==
Brett Abdelnour 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Jude Brower 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Justin Evenson 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Reese Farrell 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Thomas Farrell 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Toledo Walleye)
Anthony Firriolo	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Jacksonville Icemen)
Kendrick Frost 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
John Keranen 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Patrick Smyth 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Noah Wilson 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
==Recruiting==
Jon Bell 	Defenseman		21	St. Cloud, MN
Mac Gadowsky 	Defenseman		21	Fairbanks, AK
Jacob Hewitt 	Forward 		21	Ashburnham, MA
Gus Holt 	Forward 		20	Bowling Green, OH
Nik Hong 	Forward 		21	Minneapolis, MN
Dayne Hoyord 	Forward 		21	Scandinavia, WI
Brent Keefer 	Forward 		22	Colorado Springs, CO
Pierce Patterson	Defenseman		21	Valrico, FL
Vincent Salice 	Forward 		20	Commerce Township, MI
Barron Woodring 	Forward 		21	Chicago, IL
Easton Zueger 	Defenseman		20	Sioux Falls, SD
==Roster==
As of September 14, 2023.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	32	15	16 	31 	14
 	F 	34	6 	19 	25 	31
 	F 	34	13	11 	24 	30
 	D 	28	4 	19 	23 	8
 	F 	34	6 	16 	22 	54
 	D 	35	5 	16 	21 	16
 	LW	34	10	9 	19 	33
 	F 	35	7 	10 	17 	14
 	F 	35	7 	10 	17 	6
 	F 	34	4 	6 	10 	12
 	D 	31	4 	6 	10 	8
 	F 	31	5 	3 	8 	16
 	F 	25	1 	4 	5 	8
 	D 	15	0 	4 	4 	7
 	D 	28	0 	3 	3 	6
 	D 	21	0 	3 	3 	16
 	D 	21	1 	2 	3 	4
 	F 	28	1 	2 	3 	8
 	F 	20	1 	1 	2 	0
 	D 	10	2 	0 	2 	2
 	F 	12	1 	1 	2 	2
 	F 	15	0 	1 	1 	4
 	G 	26	0 	1 	1 	0
 	F 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	33	0 	0 	0 	10
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	14	0 	0 	0 	19
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	0 	0 	15
Total	 	 	93	163	256	345
Source: 
==Goaltending statistics==
 	26	1233:12	8 	10	0	67 	593 	1	.898 	3.26
 	19	864:42 	2 	13	2	65 	413 	1	.864 	4.51
Empty Net	- 	22:20 	- 	- 	-	7 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	35	2120:14	10	23	2	139	1006	2	.8.79	3.93
==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 (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 	
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.Note: USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
==References==
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