Hockey Upsets No. 7/8 Quinnipiac on the Road in Overtime

Friday, October 23

Hamden, CT

7 p.m.

Army West Point

3-1-0

Quinnipiac

4-2-0

Team	1	2	3	OT 1	F
Army West Point	1	2	0	1	4
Quinnipiac	2	0	1	0	3

Brent Keefer (28) skates during a game against Quinnipiac on Oct. 24, 26 in Hamden, Conn.

October 23, 2026 | Hockey

Box Score

HAMDEN, Conn. – Army West Point hockey secured a statement win on Friday night at M& T Bank Arena in Hamden, Conn., with a 4-3 overtime victory over the No. 7/8 Quinnipiac Bobcats. For Army (3-1, 2-0-0 AHA) is it the highest ranked win since the 2008-09 season, when the Black Knights knocked off No.2 Miami (OH). Senior Brent Keefer scored the games first and closing goals, playing the hero for the Black Knights in overtime for his third career game-winning goal.

Notables

Keefer continued his hot streak and now has six points in four games for the Black Knights with three multi-point games.
The Black Knights earned a powerplay goal for the third consecutive game with junior Jack Ivey scoring his first of the year on the extra man opportunity.
Freshmen Thomas Neu and Cade De St. Hubert both recorded their first career assists
The Black Knights earn their first ranked win since last season against then No. 12 Northeastern on Jan. 2, 2026.
Army now has their best start to a season since the 2019-20 season, when the Black Knights also went 3-1-0 thru the first four games.

By The Numbers

Goals: Brent Keefer (career high), 2
Assists: Multiple Tied (Vincent Salice, Nik Hong, Nils Foreslius, Thomas Neu, Cade De St. Hubert), 1
Points: Brent Keefer, 2
Blocks: Noah Mertz (career high), 3
Shots: Two Tied (Jack Ivey, Brent Keefer), 4
+/-: Multiple Tied (Lukas McCloskey, Vincent Salice, Cade De St. Hubert, Brent Keefer, Adam Marshall)
Saves: JJ Cataldo, 36
Faceoffs: Nik Hong, 9

How It Happened

The Black Knights jumped out to a 1-0 lead 2:38 into the first period. Freshman Thomas Neu stripped the Quinnipiac forechecker away from the puck in the defensive zone and passed it up to a streaking senior Brent Keefer for a breakaway goal to make it 1-0.
The Bobcats would answer late in first period with two of their own goals to make it a 2-1 lead for the home squad going into the first intermission.
Starting out the second period, a Quinnipiac player went to the box for two minutes for hooking at 4:15 and the Black Knight were able to capitalize to even up the game at 5:06 in the second on junior Jack Ivey's first of the year. Junior Nils Forselius fought down low along the boards and passed the puck to J.Ivey at the top of the slot to who took a wrist shot that beat the Quinnipiac goaltender to tie the game at 2-2.
About five minutes later at 10:15 in the second period, the Black Knight struck against from the stick of Adam Marshall. Freshman Cade De St. Hubert carried the puck into the zone from the defensive end. De St. Hubert passed it to Marshall at the same side bottom of the circle. Marshall took a shot from a small angle that went into the back of the net to make it 3-2.
Neither team found the back of the net, with senior JJ Cataldo finishing the game with 36 saves, until the Bobcats found the equalizer with 11 minutes left in the game to make it 3-3.
In the overtime, Army dominated possession time with four shots in the first two minutes before Keefer took a minor penalty for holding at 2:32. The Black Knights successfully killed of the penalty creating a 4 on 4 situation until the next stoppage.
With Keefer out of the box on the far end of the ice, senior Nik Hong beat the Quinnipiac player to the loose puck at the Army blueline creating an odd man situation. Keefer and Hong entered the zone apart from each other. Hong passed it across to Keefer at the dot. Keefer's intial shot was saved the but rebound kicked out and Keefer skated in and tapped in the loose puck to win the game for the Black Knights

Up Next
The Black Knights will return to action hosting the USNDTP U-18 team tomorrow Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m., at Tate Rink. Fans can purchase tickets to attend Saturday's game HERE.

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