WEST POINT, N.Y.- The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team fell just a bit short tonight at Army West Point as the Black Knights defeated the Pioneers 2-1 in overtime.

Records 

Sacred Heart: 4-7-1, 4-5-1 AHA

Army West Point: 8-5-1-, 7-4-1 AHA

Top Performers

Eric Butte (Army): 1 goal (GW) 1 assist

Kevin Lombardi (SHU): 1 goal

Goalies

Trevin Kozlowski (Army): (W, 6-4-1)  21 saves, 1 goal

Luke Lush (SHU): (L, 0-2-0) 25 saves, 2 goals

Up Next

• The Pioneers take a brief break as a postponed pair of games against LIU pushed SHU's next game to take place on February 16 when they host Bentley at 5:05 p.m.

Of Note

• Army West Point jumped out to a 1-0 lead 13:07 into the first period off a goal by Lincoln Hatten
• SHU answered in the second period though as sophomore Kevin Lombardi nailed his seventh goal of the year off feeds from Marc Johnstone and Patrick Dawson to even the score at 1-1, 5:43 in the period.
• After the scoring stalled in the third period, Eric Butte would tally the game-winner in overtime 3:07 into the period to give the Black Knights the 2-1 victory.
• In the last nine matchups with Army West Point, games have gone into overtime five times.