A bid for revenge ended in heartbreak on ice for the Navy last weekend.

Despite holding a couple of promising leads, the Navy Region Northwest hockey team fell 5-3 to the Army team on Saturday at the Kraken Community Iceplex in Northgate, amounting to what is now a 2-7 record all-time in the rivalry series.

“It’s tough,” forward Corey Cicio said. “But we’ll be back next year and we’ll be ready for the challenge.”

Navy forward Joe Kelly opened the scoring about halfway through a first period littered with Army penalties. Army skaters responded swiftly, scoring twice before the period’s end to head to intermission with a 2-1 lead. To keep itself in the game, the Navy scored a game-tying goal in the middle frame followed by the highlight-reel play of the night from Evan Williams. The forwa

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