No. 18/RV Hockey Earns Third Consecutive Victory at Tate Rink in 5-2 Win over Sacred Heart

Friday, November 13

West Point, N.Y.

7 p.m.

Army West Point

7-2-0, 6-1-0

Sacred Heart

6-5-0, 3-2-0

Team	1	2	3	F
Sacred Heart	1	0	1	2
Army West Point	0	2	3	5

Nils Forselius (9) and Ben Ivey (4) celebrate a goal in a 5-2 victory over Sacred Heart at Tate Rink on Nov. 13, 2026

Photo by: Ariel Fox

November 13, 2026 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point hockey secured their Atlantic Hockey America leading sixth victory in a 5-2 win over Sacred Heart (6-5-0, 3-2-0 AHA) on Friday evening. In the win, Army (7-2-0, 6-1-0) had four different goal scorers with junior Jack Ivey scoring two goals. The Black Knights sit atop the AHA standing with 18 points.

Notables

Freshman Noah Mertz earned a goal and assist, while J. Ivey scored two goals.
The Black Knights earned their first shorthanded goal of the year, which was the eventual game-winning goal from junior Nils Forselius.
Sophomore Jacob Ligi scored his first collegiate goal, while freshman Connor Jalbert earned his first career assist on the goal.
For the Black Knights, Forselius' goal was the first shorthanded goal since Stephen Willey at Mercyhurst on Jan. 10, 2026 in a 5-0 win. 1

By the Numbers

Goals: Jack Ivey, 2
Assists: Multiple Tied (Ben Ivey, Nik Hong, Billy Batten, Connor Jalbert, Noah Mertz), 1
Points: Two Tied (Jack Ivey, Noah Mertz)
Blocks: Two Tied (Cam Charron, Billy Batten)
Shots: Ben Ivey, 6
+/-: Multiple Tied (Jack Ivey, Liam Chapman, Noah Mertz)
Saves: JJ Cataldo, 16

How It Happened

The Pioneers opened the scoring for the game at 16:44 in the first period to make it 1-0 leading into the first intermission.
The Black Knights quickly responded from a strike from junior Jack Ivey nine seconds into the second frame. The Black Knights lost the initial faceoff to open the period, but Sacred Heart chipped the puck ahead, but it was intercepted by junior Ben Ivey. B.Ivey passed it up to J. Ivey who used the defender as a screen and shot it from the slot up high to make it 1-1.
Army took the lead at 4:15 in the second period from sophomore Jacob Ligi's first career goal. Freshman Noah Mertz brought the puck into the zone and passed it across to fellow classmate Connor Jalbert on the opposite boards. Jalbert connected with Ligi skating thru the slot. Ligi took a backhand shot that beat the Sacred Heart goaltender short side. The Black Knights would take a 2-1 lead into the second intermission.
The Pioneers tied the game at 2-2 at 9:15, but the Black Knights earned their first shorthanded goal from junior Nils Forselius to regain the lead. At 12:10 in the third period, senior Easton Zueger went to the box for boarding but a minute and four seconds into the penalty kill the Black Knights earned their third goal of the night. Sophomore Billy Batten poked the puck free at the defensive blueline and beat out the Sacred Heart defender for the loose puck. Batten and Forselius created a 2 on none situation and Batten passed it across to Forselius and slid it under the pad of the Sacred Heart goalie to make it 3-2.
Mertz and J. Ivey each added an empty net goal with under a minute in the game to make it 5-2.

Up Next
The Black Knights will return home to Tate Rink tomorrow Saturday Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., hosting Sacred Heart looking for their third sweep of an AHA opponent so far this season.

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