Army hockey will host Penn State, Vermont, Princeton, Air Force twice next season: AHA

Army hockey will face big names Penn State, Vermont and Princeton next season, as per a schedule release from Atlantic Hockey America.

Penn State and Army will meet in the inaugural Capital Arena Classic in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec. 12. Over the Christmas break, Army hosts Princeton on Saturday, Dec. 28, and Vermont on Sunday, Dec. 29.

Army will open the season with a Sunday, Oct. 6, contest at Union. The Black Knights will play an exhibition at Maine on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Army's conference season begins Oct. 19-20 at Holy Cross. The home openers will be Oct. 25-26 against Bentley.

All dates are subject to change, and start times will be announced later.

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Army hockey 2024-25 schedule

(2023-24: 10-23-2; 8-16-2-1-0-1 Atlantic, tenth place)

October

Sun. 6 - at Union (16-18-3, 9-10-3-2-1-1 ECAC, sixth place); Fri. Sat. 12 - at Maine (23-12-2, 14-9-1-0-0-1 Hockey East, third), exhibition; Sat. 19 - at Holy Cross* (21-14-4, 13-10-3-1-0-3 Atlantic, second); Sun. 20 - at Holy Cross*; Fri. 25 - Bentley* (16-17-2, 12-12-2-2-1-2 Atlantic, tied sixth); Sat. 26 - Bentley*

November

Fri. 1 - at Canisius* (12-21-4, 10-12-4-0-2-1 Atlantic, eighth); Sat. 2 - at Canisius*; Fri. 8 - Niagara* (18-18-3, 13-10-3-1-3-1 Atlantic, tied sixth); Sat. 9 - Niagara*; Fri. 15 - at RIT* (27-11-2, 18-7-1-0-3-2 Atlantic, first); Sat. 16 - at RIT*; Fri. 22 - Holy Cross*; Tues. 26 - at Stonehill (2-33-0 independent; Fri. 29 - at Massachusetts (20-14-3, 12-10-2-0-4-2 Hockey East, tied fifth)

December

Tues. 3 - at Sacred Heart* (14-19-3, 14-10-2-1-2-2 Atlantic, third), 7 p.m.; Thur. 12 - vs. Penn State (15-18-3, 7-14-3-2-0-1 Big Ten, sixth), at Washington, D.C.; Sat. 28 - Princeton (10-16-4, 8-11-3-2-4-0 ECAC, tied-ninth); Sun. 29 - Vermont (13-19-3, 7-14-3-3-1-0 Hockey East, ninth)

January

Fri. 3 - Merrimack (13-21-1, 6-17-1-1-0-1 Hockey East, tenth); Tues. 7 - at AIC* (20-16-4, 12-10-4-2-1-1 Atlantic, fifth); Fri. 10 - Mercyhurst* (9-22-4, 7-15-5-5-0-1 Atlantic, ninth); Sat. 11 - Mercyhurst*; Fri. 17 - Air Force* (18-19-1, 15-10-1-1-3-0 Atlantic, fourth); Sat. 18 - Air Force*; Fri. 24 - at Robert Morris* (11-25-3, 7-12-2-1-0-1 Atlantic, eleventh); Sat. 25 - at Robert Morris*

February

Sat. 1 - at Royal Military College (exhibition), 7:30 p.m.; Tues. 4 - at Bentley* (16-17-2, 12-12-2-2-1-2 Atlantic, tied sixth); Fri. 7 - Sacred Heart*; Sat. 8 - Sacred Heart*; Fri. 14 - at Air Force*; Sat. 15 - at Air Force*; Fri. 21 - at AIC*; Sat. 22 - AIC*

March

Sat. 1 - AHA first-round playoff, at higher seeds; Fri. 7-Sun. 9 - AHA best-of-3 quarterfinals (re-seeded following first round), at higher seeds; Fri. 14-Sun. 16 - AHA semifinals (re-seeded following quarterfinals); Sat. 22 - AHA championship, at highest remaining seed

Home games at West Point's Tate Rink; asterisk marks Atlantic Hockey America game