Bill Army

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Bill Army
Born (1957-09-11) September 11, 1957 (age 68)
East Providence, Rhode Island, US
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Center
Played for Boston College
Rochester Americans
Port Huron Flags
Flint Generals
Playing career 1976–1982

William Army is an American retired ice hockey center who was an All-American for Boston College.[1]

Career

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Army began attending Boston College in the fall of 1976 after having been recruited for the ice hockey team by Len Ceglarski. After a pedestrian freshman season, Army more than doubled his point production as a sophomore and finished second on the team with 60 points. He helped lead the team to a surprising conference championship and their first NCAA title game in thirteen years.[2] While the Eagles were unsuccessful in their championship bid, Army had firmly established himself as a star for BC. In 1979 he was invited to try out for the national team in the run up to the 1980 Winter Olympics, along with teammate Joe Mullen (neither were ultimately selected).[3] His scoring declined sharply after 1978 but he remained a major part of the Boston College offense and led the team in scoring as a senior. He was named as an All-American despite finishing more than 50 points behind the nation's leader.

After graduating, Army embarked on a short professional career before retiring after the 1982 season. He was inducted into the Boston College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986.[4] Bill was enshrined in the RI Hockey Hall of Fame in 2025, joining his grandfather, George, and younger brother, Tim, as inductees, and his father, Tom, recipient of the Malcolm Greene Chace Memorial Trophy for "Lifetime Achievement of a Rhode Islander to the Game of Hockey".

Personal life

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Bill's younger brother Tim played college hockey at Providence and went on to a long coaching career including stops in the college- and NHL-levels.

Statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Boston College ECAC Hockey 29 12 14 26 60 — — — — —
1977–78 Boston College ECAC Hockey 34 22 38 60 36 — — — — —
1978–79 Boston College ECAC Hockey 26 10 24 34 11 — — — — —
1979–80 Boston College ECAC Hockey 32 20 24 44 19 — — — — —
1980–81 Rochester Americans AHL 19 4 7 11 21 — — — — —
1980–81 Port Huron Flags IHL 42 11 18 29 10 — — — — —
1981–82 Flint Generals IHL 12 7 6 13 2 — — — — —
NCAA totals 121 64 100 164 126 — — — — —

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1979–80 [5]
AHCA East All-American 1979–80 [1]

References

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