LAKERS TRAVEL TO WEST POINT
The Mercyhurst men's ice hockey team will travel to West Point, N.Y., for a weekend series against Army on Feb. 19-20.
 
Mercyhurst (12-9-3 AHC) is currently in fifth place in the Atlantic Hockey standings. The Lakers are coming off of two straight 2-2 ties against Niagara. Army (7-10-7 AHC) is eighth in the league after a split weekend against Robert Morris.
 

LAST TIME AROUND
On Oct 23-24, the Black Knights traveled to Erie for a weekend series, in which Mercyhurst won both games.
 
During Friday's game, sophomore goaltender Brandon Wildung saved 37 shots to lift the Lakers to a 4-2 victory. Mercyhurst had two goals within 1:12 of each other to put them ahead of the Black Knights. Freshman Derek Barach, sophomore Bryan Sienerth, junior Kyle Dutra and senior Anthony Mastrodicasa had the goals for the Lakers.
 
On Saturday night, freshman Chris Makowski scored his first two collegiate goals -- one of which was during a power play. Barach, sophomore Jonathan Charbonneau and junior Philippe Drouin had the other goals for the 5-2 win. Drouin had one goal and two assists
. Freshman goaltender Adam Carlson stopped 33 shots for his first collegiate win between the pipes.
 
RILEY CONNECTIONS
Redshirt-sophomore Jack Riley grew up in West Point, watching and learning from Army's head coach Brian Riley -- or more specially known to Jack -- his father. Playing his father's team is nothing new for Jack Riley. He has played six games against Army and all have ended in a Mercyhurst win. In those games, he has recorded two goals and three assists. Four of those five points were during the Lakers' 6-3 win over Army on Dec. 6, 2014.
 
BARACH LEADING THE PACK
Barach is not only leading the Lakers in points, but he is also leading the rookies in the Atlantic Hockey Association with 27 points. He has 10 goals and 17 assists. Close by are Riley (26) and freshman Lester Lancaster (25).
 
LANCASTER ON POINT STREAK
Lancaster is on a four-game point streak, including two goals and four assists. During the past two weekends, Lancaster has been an absolute powerhouse. He has had three one-point games and one three-point game.
 
NEXT UP
The Lakers will travel to Rochester, N.Y., on Friday, Feb. 26 to take on the Rochester Institute of Technology (13-7-4 AHC) before hosting the Tigers at the Mercyhurst Ice Center on Saturday,. Feb. 27. RIT is currently third in the Atlantic Hockey standings with 30 points.