Zach McKelvie played a huge role in getting Army to its only appearance in a conference hockey final, back in 2007. He’s admittedly shocked that remains the high-water mark of a proud program that dates back over 100 seasons.

“We’ve had a lot of good teams since then,’’ said McKelvie, 40. “We’ve had a lot of competitive teams but, for whatever reason, we just haven’t been able to get it done in the playoffs.’’

He’d like to change all that, now that he’s head coach after serving 11 seasons as an assistant, but he understands that it’s a process.

“One of our goals is to change that and be a team that is really tough to beat,’’ said the former blue-liner, not straying far from the traditional Army ideals of playing sound, rugged, defensive-minded hockey.

“We need to change,’’ he continued

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