AIIRR FOORCERCE HOOCKEYCKEY Athletic Communications 2169 Field House Dr. USAF Academy, CO 80840 Weekly Release Phone: (719) 333-3478 GoAirForceFalcons.com [email protected] March 9, 2020 Air Force travels to RIT for AH quarterfinals Falcons are the No. 6 seed while RIT is No. 3 Oct. 6 TRINITY WESTERN (EX) W 8-0 Oct. 11 at Notre Dame L 3-4 8-3-1 in its last 12 games. The Tigers had a bye in This Week Oct. 13 at Notre Dame L 1-6 Air Force (12-18-6, 10-12-6 AHA) travels to the first round. Their last games came Feb. 28-29 Oct. 18 ARIZONA STATE L 0-3 Rochester, N.Y., for an Atlantic Hockey quar- when the Tigers spilt a two-game series with Air Oct. 19 ARIZONA STATE L 2-5 terfinal series against the RIT Tigers (19-13-4, Force. Senior Shawn Cameron leads the team with Oct. 24 RIT* L 1-2 15-9-4 AHA), Friday-Saturday, March 13-14, and 18 goals and 29 points. Junior Logan Drackett has Sunday, March 15, if necessary. All game times started nearly every game in goal and has a 2.75 Oct. 25 RIT* L 0-1 are 7:05 pm ET. GAA and a .907 saves percentage. Nov. 1 at Sacred Heart* L 1-7 Air Force is the No. 6 seed while RIT is No. 3. Nov. 2 at Sacred Heart* W 4-3 Familiar Foe Nov. 8 BENTLEY* W 4-2 Air Force and RIT have played four times Nov. 9 BENTLEY* W 3-2 Live Stream Nov. 22 at Robert Morris* W 2-0 Every home game and every Atlantic Hockey this season and the Tigers won three of the Nov. 23 at Robert Morris* (OTW) T 1-1 ot game will be streamed on FloHockey.tv for a four games. RIT swept the series in October subscription fee. Links to all broadcasts are on the in Colorado, 2-1 and 1-0. The teams split in Nov. 29 at Niagara* L 3-4 ot hockey schedule at www.GoAirForceFalcons.com. Rochester two weeks ago with Air Force win- Nov. 30 at Niagara* (OTW) T 1-1 ot ning game one, 3-0, and RIT winning game Dec. 6 HOLY CROSS* W 7-2 Radio/Internet two, 5-3. Taking out the empty-net goals in Dec. 7 HOLY CROSS* (SOW) T 3-3 ot Every game will be broadcast on Xtra Sports Rochester, all four were one-goal games. Jan. 3 AIC* W 4-1 1300 in Colorado Springs and online at www. The teams have played six times in the playoffs Jan. 4 AIC* L 1-5 GoAirForceFalcons.com. The game is also avail- with each team winning three. Jan. 10 at Army West Point* (SOL) T 3-3 ot able on TuneIn. Jay Ritchie will call the play-by- Jan. 11 at Army West Point* L 2-5 play while Dave Toller will provide color analysis. Notes from the MU Series Jan. 17 NIAGARA* W 4-3 Pregame show begins 30 minutes before faceoff. * Air Force earned its third series sweep of the sea- Jan. 18 NIAGARA* W 2-1 son and the first since Niagara, Jan. 17-18 Jan. 24 at Holy Cross* L 1-3 The Coach * Air Force scored eight goals in the MU series, Jan. 25 at Holy Cross* L 1-2 Head coach Frank Serratore is in his 23rd season the second most in any series this season Jan. 31 SACRED HEART* L 4-5 ot at Air Force with a record of 407-368-92 (867 * Air Force has scored 14 goals in the last four Feb. 1 SACRED HEART* L 2-5 games). The 2016 AHC Coach of the Year, he is games Feb. 7 at Canisius* (SOW) T 3-3 ot the winningest coach in the history of Air Force * Freshman Luke Manning had a career high two Feb. 8 at Canisius* L 0-1 hockey, having led Air Force to two regular- goals in the 5-1 win. He scored the game-winner Feb. 14 at Colorado College L 2-6 season titles, seven AHA tournament champion- on Saturday Feb. 17 COLO. COLLEGE% L 2-4 ships and seven NCAA Tournaments in the last * Freshman Willie Reim had four points in the Feb. 21 MERCYHURST* (OTW) T 1-1 ot 13 years. In his 27th season as a collegiate head series. He scored the game-winner on Friday and Feb. 22 MERCYHURST* W 2-1 coach, he has an overall record of 456-460-101 the first goal on Saturday. Feb. 28 at RIT* W 3-0 (1017 games). * Reim has scored a goal in three straight games Feb. 29 at RIT* L 3-5 * Tomlak has a point in five straight games Mar. 6 Mercyhurst& W 3-1 * Air Force had a season high 50 shots in game Playoff Picture Mar. 7 Mercyhurst& W 5-1 AIC won the regular-season title for the second two Mar. 13 at RIT^ 7:05 pm straight season. Sacred Heart placed second while * The AF penalty kill was perfect in all nine Mar. 14 at RIT^ 7:05 pm RIT was third, Army was fourth and Niagara was Mercyhurst power plays fifth. All had byes in the first round. Niagara will * The AF power play scored in both games and Mar. 15 at RIT (if necessary)^ 7:05 pm play a quarterfinal series at Army has a goal in three straight games Mar. 20-21 AHA Final Four TBA In the AHA first-round games, all three higher * Air Force has scored a goal in 12 of the last 15 Mar. 27-29 NCAA Regionals TBA seeds won. periods. No. 6 Air Force will travel to No. 3 RIT for a best * Five of the eight goals in the series were scored *Atlantic Hockey Association game of three series. by first-year players % Faceoff at Falcon Stadium No. 1 seed AIC will host No. 8 Bentley while No. 2 * Ty Pochipinski scored his first goal at Air Force. & - AHA First Round (best of three) seed Sacred Heart will host No. 7 RMU. A freshman at the Academy, but a sophomore ^ - AHA Quarterfinals (best of three) athletically, it was his second NCAA goal as he HOME GAMES IN BOLD Scouting RIT scored a goal while playing for CC last year. All times are local to site RIT finished third in the conference with a 19-13-4 overall record and a 15-9-4 league mark. RIT is A F H 2019-20 P 2 Atlantic Hockey H C F S 2019-20 Standings Media Information Frank Serratore (Bemidji AHA AHA Overall State, 1982) is in his 23rd Place Pts GP W-L-T 3/SW W-L-T On the Air season as the Falcons’ hockey 1. AIC 64 28 21-6-1 0/0 21-12-1 Every Air Force hockey game this season will be coach. He has led Air Force 2. Sacred Heart 56 28 18-8-2 0/0 21-10-3 broadcast in Colorado Springs on Xtra Sports 1300 to two regular-season league 3. RIT 50 28 15-9-4 0/1 19-13-4 and at www.GoAirForceFalcons.com. titles, seven AHA Tournament 4. Army 48 28 14-11-3 0/3 17-13-3 Championships and seven 5. Niagara 42 28 12-12-4 1/1 12-18-4 Follow the Falcons NCAA appearances (2007, 6. Air Force 41 28 10-12-6 3/2 12-18-6 Follow the Falcon hockey team on social media at: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017 Twitter: @AF_HKY; Instragram: AF_HKY; Robert Morris 41 28 11-12-5 2/1 13-19-5 and 2018). The 2016 Atlantic Facebook: AF.HKY Bentley 41 28 13-13-2 0/0 17-16-3 Hockey Coach of the Year, Serratore owns more wins 9. Canisius 36 28 9-13-6 2/1 10-20-6 than any other coach in Air Force hockey history. In 10. Holy Cross 32 28 9-16-3 0/2 11-21-5 Live Stream service academy competition, Serratore is 34-16-6 (66 percent) vs. the Black Knights while at Air Force. 11. Mercyhurst 11 28 3-23-2 0/0 5-29-2 Every regular-season home game and every Atlantic Hockey game will be streamed on FloSports.tv for a subscription fee. Collegiate Coaching Record This Week 1990-91 6-30-2 Denver Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals Player/Coach Interviews 1991-92 9-25-2 Denver Thursday, March 12: Players and coaches are available for interviews 1992-93 19-17-2 Denver before practice on Mondays and Wednesdays #7 Robert Morris at #2 Sacred Heart, 7:05 ET 1993-94 15-20-3 Denver (approximately 2 p.m. MT). All requests must be 1997-98 15-19-0 Air Force made at least one day in advance through Dave Friday, March 13: 1998-99 15-19-2 Air Force #8 Bentley at #1 AIC, 1:05 ET Toller in the athletic communications office. Air Force players are not available on game day. The 1999-00 19-18-2 Air Force #7 Robert Morris at #2 Sacred Heart, 7:05 ET locker room, training room, meeting rooms and 2000-01 16-17-4 Air Force #6 Air Force at #3 RIT, 7:05 ET weight room are off limits to media. 2001-02 16-16-2 Air Force #5 Niagara at #4 Army, 7:05 ET 2002-03 10-24-3 Air Force Post-Game Interviews 2003-04 14-21-2 Air Force Saturday, March 14: Head coach Frank Serratore and all players are 2004-05 14-19-3 Air Force #8 Bentley at #1 AIC, 1:05 pm ET available following the 10-minute cooling off peri- 2005-06 11-20-1 Air Force #5 Niagara at #4 Army, 4:05 ET od.