Army played four seasons at Providence College with the Providence Friars, where during the 1984–85 season the school transitioned from the ECAC to Hockey East. He was part of the Friars squad that captured the inaugural Hockey East tournament championship in 1985 and made it to the NCAA Championship Game. Army was a Hockey East all-league selection as well as an All-American during that campaign. Army has served as an assistant coach for the United States men’s national ice hockey team at the 1994 and 1996 Men’s World Ice Hockey Championships, and at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and also the 2012 World Cup of Hockey. Army has a long-time history and association with Providence hockey. After playing three seasons with the Friars from 1982-85, he served as an assistant coach under Mike McShane from 1989 through 1993. The Providence Friar’s named Army as the school’s men’s ice hockey coach in 2005. Named All-Hockey East First Team, 1984-1985. Drafted to NHL by Colorado Rockies,1981. Pivotal part of the Friar’s most successful class, which went 97-50-8 over four years.