Hockey Earns Second Consecutive AHA Sweep with Win over RIT

Saturday, October 31

West Point, N.Y.

4 p.m.

Army West Point

5-1-0, 4-0-0

RIT

2-6-1, 1-3-0

Team	1	2	3	F
RIT	0	0	0	0
Army West Point	1	1	1	3

JJ Cataldo (30) defends the goal in a shutout victory over RIT on Oct. 31, 2026

October 31, 2026 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point hockey earned their fifth consecutive victory on Saturday afternoon with a 3-0 victory over the RIT Tigers (2-6-1, 1-3-0 AHA) at Tate Rink. For Army (5-1-0, 4-0-0 AHA), this marks the first ever 4-0-0 start to a conference play in program history. Additionally, junior JJ Cataldo earned his second consecutive and NCAA active streak leading eighth career shutout.

Notables

Army West Point posted consecutive shutouts for the first time in 10 years.
The Black Knights have their best start to a season since the 2006-07 season when Army started the season 5-0-1.
Army has earned two consecutive AHA opponent sweeps for the first time in program history.
The Black Knights earned the program's first ever 4-0-0 record to open conference play.
Juniors Ben Ivey and Nils Forselius both earned multi-point games.
Freshman Rhys Wallin earned his first career game-winning goal and now currently tied for the lead in conference in goals among freshmen.
The Black Knights have won five games in a row for the first time since a six-game stretch in January 2025.

By The Numbers

Goals: Multiple Tied (Rhys Wallin, Ben Ivey, Nils Forselius), 1
Assists: Multiple Tied (Thomas Neu, Vincent Salice, Nils Forselius, Jack Ivey, Lukas McCloskey, Ben Ivey)
Points: Two Tied (Nils Forselius, Ben Ivey), 2
Blocks: Nik Hong (ties career high), 3
Shots: Ben Ivey, 4
+/-: Cam Charron, +2
Saves: JJ Cataldo, 27
Faceoffs: Nik Hong, 8

How It Happened

The Black Knights and Tigers battled thru the first period until Army earned the first goal of the game at 14:33 in the first period from freshman Rhys Wallin. Freshman Cam Charron passed the puck from the defensive zone up to senior Vincent Salice in the neutral zone. Salice one touch passed it over to a fast-skating freshman Thomas Neu. Neu carried the puck into the offensive zone and towards the back of the net. Neu passed it out in front to classmate Wallin at the hashes in the slot. Wallin took a shot that beat the RIT goaltender glove side to make it 1-0.
Neither team was able to find the back of the net after the opening score in the first period with the Black Knights outshooting the Tigers 16 to 12.
The Black Knights extended the lead 7:05 into the second period off the stick of junior Ben Ivey. RIT's Matthew Wang went to the box for tripping at 6:27 in the second period giving the lethal Black Knight powerplay the opportunity to strike. B.Ivey collected the loose puck along the boards and passed it up to his brother junior Jack Ivey. J. Ivey passed it along to junior Nils Foreslius. Forselius skated it down and across the zone and took a shot at the top of the hashes. The RIT goaltender saved the initial shot but the rebound came out right to B.Ivey who took a shot past the diving RIT goaltender.
The Black Knights took a 2-0 lead going into the second intermission and then added an insurance goal from Forselius at 8:44 in the third period. Sophomore Lukas McCloskey passed it up from the defensive zone to Forselius. Forselius carried the puck into the offensive zone but was unable to keep control. B.Ivey collected the loose puck at the hashes in the slot and tapped it to Foreslius in the slot. Forselius that went bar down past the RIT goaltender to make it 3-0.

Up Next
The Black Knights travel out to Colorado to take on service academy rivals Air Force in conference play next weekend on Nov. 6-7.

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