{"id":3737,"date":"2002-11-23T21:37:30","date_gmt":"2002-11-24T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2002\/11\/23\/army-trounces-st-clair\/"},"modified":"2010-08-23T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T16:54:45","slug":"army-trounces-st-clair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/recaps\/2002\/11\/23\/army-trounces-st-clair\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Trounces St. Clair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Army broke out of its scoring slump Saturday night, greeting visiting St. Clair College with eight goals in an 8-1 thrashing of the Saints before a sellout crowd of 2,740 at Tate Rink. Junior Bill Moss picked up the win, making 29 saves in his first collegiate start.<\/p>\n

Head coach Rob Riley saw 11 different Black Knights pencil their names on the scoresheet as the hosts increased their modest winning streak to two straight. Army (5-7-0) defeated Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival Quinnipiac, 3-1, Friday night.<\/p>\n

Moss got the nod in goal, breaking freshman Brad Roberts’ string of consecutive starts at 11, and made several key saves that enabled the Black Knights to open a cushion in the second period. <\/p>\n

Jon Boyle scored his first goal of the season and Chris Casey picked up his fourth to stake Moss to a 2-0 lead after one period of play. Army then blew the game open in the second with four unanswered tallies. <\/p>\n

“There was an enormous amount of pressure on Bill,” Riley said. “This is his third year in the program and he finally got a chance to show what he can do. He made a lot of nice saves.”<\/p>\n

“I have always put a lot of pressure on myself,” Moss said. “So, I just approached this start as I have approached every other start in my life. I faced some shots right away, and then my teammates got a couple for me to take the pressure off.”<\/p>\n

“We were hoping he would see a couple of shots early,” Riley said. “That got him into the flow of the game and I think he became real comfortable after that. He went 60 minutes against a good team.”<\/p>\n

Tim Quinlan dented the twine just over one minute into the second before Army buried the Saints with three goals over a 2:22 span midway through the middle stanza. Nick Cahill lit the lamp twice around a marker by captain Joe Dudek that gave the Black Knights a 6-0 advantage. <\/p>\n

The visitors from Windsor, Ontario, ruined Moss’ shutout bid in his debut with a power play goal 5:41 into the third period. Army had just killed off a five-on-three when Saints’ Ryan O’Hagen finished off a pass from Pavel Shtefan to make it 6-1. <\/p>\n

Shtefan deked his defender to move in on a 2-on-1 break. Despite losing the shutout, Moss did not let up on the Saints.<\/p>\n

“I was a little disappointed,” Moss said. “But (Shtefan) made a nice move. There was really nothing I could have done.”<\/p>\n

Nic Serre, who finished with a goal and two assists, increased Army’s lead to 7-1, and Casey bagged his second of the day at 7:46 left in the contest to close out the scoring. <\/p>\n

Serre was one of four Black Knights to finish with three points on the night. Boyle, Quinlan and Casey were the other three. Cahill’s two goals marked the first multiple-goal game of the sophomore defenseman’s career.<\/p>\n

Army is off next week until it travels to Vermont for a Saturday evening contest at Gutterson Field House. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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