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The Niagara men's hockey team will play five of its next six games at home beginning with this weekend's series agaisnt the Army Black Knights.
History 101
- These teams have met 12 times since their first meeting on Feb. 2, 2000.
- The Purple Eagles hold a commanding lead in the all-time series with an 11-1 edge.
- Out of the last five meetings, in which NU is 5-0, the Purple Eagles have outscored the Black Knights 25-4.
- Army holds a few spots in the "Last Time NU" page. The last time NU scored eight goals in a game and five goals in a single period was against Army on Nov. 16, 2013.
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Last Time Out
- The last time these teams went head-to-head was on Nov, 16, 2013 (that game from the last note). Boy, oh, boy. Hugo Turcotte scored a hat trick and added an assist to set a pair of career-highs with a four-point night. Injured defenseman Vincent Muto added a pair of goals and Isaac Kohls collected three assists in the game.
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Insert Your Own Quote From 'Holy Grail'
- A few Purple Eagles have put up big games against the Black Knights.
- That game on Nov. 16, 2013 led to a handful of career-bests:
- Isaac Kohls' three assists set his career-best in points in a game.
- Hugo Turcotte's three goals are a career-high for goals in a game and added an assist for a career-high four points.
- Stephen Pietrobon led the team in short-handed goals last season and scored his first of the year on Nov. 15 against the Black Knights.
- Jackson Teichroeb earned his first career win and first career shutout on Nov. 15 against Army. He made 15 saves on the way to the 5-0 W.
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Paint By Numbers
- Coming into the weekend, the Purple Eagles have scored exactly three total goals in each weekend series.
- That being said, they have scored five goals in each of the last three series openers against Army since they won 5-1 on Jan. 3, 2013. The last two series openers against Army have been 5-0 shutouts (Nov. 9, 2012 and Nov. 15, 2013).
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Time To Climb The Ladder
- The Purple Eagles have a good opportunity to make a charge up the AHA standings before the December break.
- Five of the next six games will be played at home in Dwyer with the lone road contest coming on Friday, Dec. 12 in the front-half of a home-and-home with RIT.
- During that stretch, NU will face Army, Holy Cross, and RIT who have a combined 8-10-8 record in conference play this season.
- Against the three aforementioned teams, NU holds a pretty commanding lead all-time with a 32-9-9 record.
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Getting On The Board
- It took less than a minute of overtime for the Purple Eagles to close out their first win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Bentley (11/8/14).
- The Purple Eagles took the first two leads of the game with goals from Hugo Turcotte and Keegan Harper before Isaac Kohls gave them the lead for good.
