Hockey Falls in Exhibition against USNTDP

Saturday, October 24

West Point, N.Y.

7 p.m.

Army West Point

United States National Team Development Program (Exhibition)

Box Score (PDF)

Cade De St. Hubert (27) and Vincent Salice (8) celebrate Adam Marshall's (29) first period goal against the USNTDP on Oct. 24, 2026 at Tate Rink

Photo by: Carrie Johnston

October 25, 2026 | Hockey

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point hockey-controlled play for much of the night, outshooting the United States National Team Development Program U-18 Team (5-9-0, 4-4-0 USHL) 42-23 and winning nearly 60 percent of the faceoffs, but fell 3-1 in an exhibition contest Saturday night at Tate Rink. Army (3-1-0, 2-0-0 AHA) generated 71 shot attempts and carried a 1-0 lead into the first intermission before the visitors scored three unanswered goals.

Notables

Junior Adam Marshall scored Army's lone goal of the night and gave the Black Knights an early first-period lead.
Senior Vincent Salice recorded an assist on Marshall's opening-period tally.
Army outshot the U-18 Team, 42-23, including a 16-6 advantage in the opening period.
The Black Knights won 38 of 64 faceoffs (59.4 percent).
Freshman Thomas Neu won 9-of-12 faceoffs for a team-best 75.0 percent.
Junior Jack Ivey led Army with seven shots on goal.
Freshman Sean Gibbons added six shots on net.
Freshman Owen Crudale made 20 saves between the pipes, in his first collegiate action.

By The Numbers

Goals: Adam Marshall, 1
Assists: Vincent Salice, 1
Points: Two Tied, (Adam Marshall, Vincent Salice) 1
Blocks: Pierce Patterson, 2
Shots: Jack Ivey, 7
+/-: Thomas Quast, +1
Saves: Owen Crudale, 20
Faceoffs: Nik Hong, 10

How It Happened

The Black Knights struck first at the 7:53 mark of the opening period when Adam Marshall finished a setup from Vincent Salice to put Army ahead 1-0. Marshall tracked down the loose puck after a wide shot in the defensive end and pushed it up ahead to Salice. Salice picked up the puck, while Marshall skated up creating a 2-on-1 situation. Salice slid the puck across to Marshall at the hash marks and Marshall place a perfect shot right underneath the blocker to give the Black Knights the early lead.
Army controlled the first 20 minutes, outshooting the U-18 Team 16-6 and taking the one-goal advantage into the first intermission.
The Black Knights continued to pressure offensively in the second period, but Gerry DiCunzolo scored at 12:14 to even the game at 1-1.
Army fired 14 shots in the middle frame and held a significant edge in possession but was unable to solve the U-18 Team goaltender a second time.
USNDTP scored at 8:06 of the third period to give the visitors their first lead of the night.
Marshall nearly tied the contest with just over five minutes remaining, ringing a shot off the post, that was initially ruled as a goal but after a review it was turned over.
The Black Knights pulled their goaltender late and continued to attack, but USNTDP sealed the result with an empty-net goal at 18:28 of the third period.

Up Next
The Black Knights return to action on Oct. 30-31 when they host RIT for a two-game Atlantic Hockey America series at Tate Rink. Puck drop for Friday night's opener is scheduled for 7 p.m., while Saturday's series finale is set for 4 p.m. in West Point.

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