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AIIRR FOORCERCE HOOCKEYCKEY Athletic Communications 2169 Field House Dr. USAF Academy, CO 80840 Weekly Release Phone: (719) 333-3478 GoAirForceFalcons.com [email protected] Feb. 1, 2016 Falcons host RIT for two-game AHC series Oct. 5 UNIV. OF CALGARY W 5-0 AIR FORCE, 13-9-4 OVERALL, IS UNBEATEN IN LAST EIGHT GAMES Oct. 9 #5 DENVER W 5-4 ot This Week had an eight-game streak (8-0-0) at the end of the Oct. 10 at #5 Denver L 1-3 Air Force (13-9-4, 11-5-4 AHC) hosts the RIT 2010-11 season ... The next longest unbeaten streak Oct. 16 at Robert Morris* L 1-5 Tigers (12-10-4, 12-5-3 AHC), in a two-game came at the beginning of the 2008-09 season when Oct. 17 at Robert Morris* T 3-3 ot Atlantic Hockey Conference series, Friday-Saturday, the Falcons opened with a 13-game winning streak, Oct. 23 at #1 Omaha L 2-4 Feb. 5-6, at 7:05 pm both nights at Cadet Ice Arena the longest in school history ... During the current Oct. 24 at #1 Omaha L 1-4 (2,470). Air Force is tied for third in the conference streak, Air Force has allowed just eight goals in the Nov. 6 at Mercyhurst* W 5-4 ot with 26 points, one point behind second place RIT. eight games ... The Falcons have scored 24 goals Nov. 7 at Mercyhurst* L 1-3 and have outshot the opponent 275-164 (an average Nov. 12 Holy Cross* L 1-3 of 34.3 to 20.5) ... Air Force has killed all 23 of 24 Nov. 13 Holy Cross* W 5-1 Hottest Teams in the Nation opponent power plays during the streak and is 16.7 Nov. 20 at Sacred Heart* T 1-1 ot This weekend’s series matches two of the hottest percent on its own power plays (4-of-24) ... Shane Nov. 21 at Sacred Heart* W 3-2 teams in the nation on the ice. Air Force’s eight- Starrett has a 1.09 GAA (eight goals in 437 min- Nov. 27 Colorado College W 4-3 game unbeaten streak (6-0-2) is tied as the longest utes) and a .951 saves percentage (156 saves and Nov. 28 at Colorado College L 3-4 in the nation. RIT’s unbeaten streak of seven games eight goals). Dec. 4 Canisius* W 3-2 (5-0-2) is tied as the fifth longest in the nation. Dec. 5 Canisius* L 2-4 Jan. 2 Bentley* W 3-2 Radio/Internet Super Sophomores Jan. 3 Bentley* L 3-5 Air Force’s top three scorers, and five of the top Every regular-season and playoff game will be Jan. 8 AIC* W 8-2 six, are sophomores. Air Force’s sophomore class broadcast in Colorado Springs on Xtra Sports 1300 Jan. 9 AIC* W 5-1 has combined for 35 goals (48 percent of the team’s and on the internet at www.GoAirForceFalcons. Jan. 15 at Army West Point* W 1-0 total) and 99 points (54 percent). Sophomores Jan. 16 at Army West Point* T 1-1 ot com. The Jan. 16 game will be broadcast on AM Jordan Himley and Ben Kucera are tied for the team Jan. 22 Niagara* W 3-0 740 KVOR. Jay Ritchie will call the play-by-play lead with 16 points each. Jan. 23 Niagara* W 3-1 while Dave Toller will provide color analysis. Jan. 29 at Canisius* W 3-2 Pregame show begins 30 minutes before faceoff Jan. 30 at Canisius* T 1-1 ot each day. Trending Air Force is 8-1 in games decided by one goal this Feb. 5 RIT* 7:05 season ... AF is 9-3-1 in game one of a series and Feb. 6 RIT* 7:05 Live Stream 4-6-3 in game two ... Sophomores Jordan Himley Feb. 12 at Holy Cross* 7:05 Every Air Force home game and every AHA game and Ben Kucera lead the team with 16 points each Feb. 13 at Holy Cross* 7:05 will be video streamed live on AtlanticHockey.tv. ... Kucera and sophomore Erik Baskin are tied Feb. 19 Robert Morris* 7:05 Go to AtlanticHockeyOnline.com. for the team lead with nine goals ... Air Force has Feb. 20 Robert Morris* 5:05 Feb. 26 at Niagara* 7:05 taken at least one point in every conference series Feb. 27 at Niagara* 7:05 The Coach this season ...Air Force has held its opponents Mar. 4-6 AHA First Round (Best of 3) TBA Head coach Frank Serratore is in his 19th season at to 29 shots or less 19 times in 26 games ... The Mar. 11-13 AHA Quarterfinals (Best of 3) TBA Air Force with a record of 322-307-70 record (699 Falcons have killed 23 of the last 24 opponent Mar. 18-19 AHA Final Four TBA games). He is the winningest coach in the history power plays over the last 10 games ... Air Force’s Mar. 25-27 NCAA Regionals TBA of Air Force hockey, having led Air Force to five streak of 23 straight kills ended at Canisius, Jan. AHA championships and five NCAA Tournaments 30 ... The Falcons rank first in the conference and *Atlantic Hockey Association game in the last nine years. In 23 seasons as a collegiate fifth in the nation at 86.6 percent on the penalty kill HOME GAMES IN BOLD head coach, he has an overall record of 371-399-79 ... AF leads the league in shots allowed per game at Dates and times subject to change / All times are (847 games). just 26.12 (ninth in nation) and in scoring defense at local to site 2.50 goals per game (19th in nation). No. 700 Friday’s game vs. RIT will be the 700th game First 9, Last 15 that head coach Frank Serratore has coached at Air Force was just 2-6-1 in the first nine games the Academy. He has a record of 322-207-70. His of the season, but are 11-3-3 in the last 17 games. 700 games are nearly double the second most in In those first nine games, four came against teams Academy history as Chuck Delich coached 370 ranked in the top five in the nation (Denver and games from 1986-97. Omaha) and seven came on the road. Air Force averaged just 2.2 goals per game. In the last 17 Follow us on Twitter @AF_HKY The Streak games, the Falcons are 11-3-3 with 15 of those games coming in league (10-2-3) and 10 of them at @AF_FalconVision Air Force is on a eight-game unbeaten streak (6-0-2) home. In those 17 games, Air Force has averaged For news, line charts, vid- that started with an 8-2 win over AIC on Jan. 8 ... 3.1 goals per game and allowed just 1.7 per game. The streak ties as the longest since the Falcons also eo and in-game updates AIR FORCE HOCKEY 2015-16 PAGE 2 Atlantic Hockey Series vs. RIT HEAD COACH FRANK SERRATORE 2015-16 Standings Air Force Leads 22-19-3 Frank Serratore (Bemidji AHC AHC Overall Nov. 30, 1990 W 5-4 ot H State, 1982) is in his 19th Place Pts GP W-L-T W-L-T Dec. 1, 1990 W 6-3 H season as the Falcons’ hock- 1. Robert Morris 28 20 12-4-4 15-7-4 Dec. 1, 1995 L 3-4 H ey coach. He led Air Force 2. RIT 27 20 12-5-3 12-10-4 Dec. 2, 1995 L 0-2 H to five AHA Tournament 3. Holy Cross 26 20 11-5-4 13-9-4 Dec. 9, 2000 L 3-4 H Championships and five Air Force 26 20 11-5-4 13-9-4 Oct. 15, 2005 L 2-5 N& NCAA appearances (2007, 5. Mercyhurst 23 20 11-8-1 13-12-1 Dec. 30, 2005 W 3-2 H 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012). 6. Canisius 21 22 8-9-5 8-15-5 Dec. 31, 2005 T 2-2 ot H Serratore is the winningest 7. Bentley 20 21 8-9-4 10-13-4 Feb. 13, 2006 W 3-2 ot A coach in AFA history with a 322-307-70 record. 8. Sacred Heart 19 22 8-11-3 10-14-4 Nov. 3, 2006 W 3-0 H In his 23rd season as a college head coach, he has 9. Army 16 20 5-9-6 7-11-6 Nov. 4, 2006 T 4-4 ot H a 371-399-79 career record. Serratore owns more 10. AIC 12 21 5-14-2 5-20-2 Feb. 9, 2007 L 4-5 A wins than any other coach in Air Force hockey 11. Niagara 8 20 3-15-2 3-20-3 Feb. 10, 2007 L 1-2 A Nov, 9, 2007 W 2-1 ot A history. In service academy competition, Serratore This Week Nov. 10, 2007 L 3-4 A is 25-10-3 vs. Army overall and 24-10-3 (68.9 Jan. 11, 2008 W 5-2 H percent) vs. the Black Knights while at Air Force. Friday, February 5: Serratore came to the Academy from the Manitoba Niagara at AIC, 7:05 pm ET Jan. 12, 2008 L 3-4 ot H Mar. 15, 2008 W 5-0 N% Moose of the International Hockey League, where Holy Cross at Army West Point, 7:05 pm ET he was the director of hockey operations in 1996.