AIIRR FOORCERCE HOOCKEYCKEY DEC. 21, 2012 Athletic Communications 2169 Field House Dr USAF Academy, CO 80840 Phone: (719) 333-2313 Fax: 719-333-3798 website: goairforcefalcons.com [email protected] Falcons travel to Mariucci Classic, Dec. 29-30 AFA IS 5-7-4 OVERALL AND 4-4-2 IN THE AHA FOR SIXTH PLACE Oct. 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA (EXH) L 2-4 This Week Minnesota Connections Oct. 12 vs. Alaska-Fairbanks# T 3-3 ot Air Force (5-7-3 overall and 4-4-2 AHA) travels to Air Force head coach Frank Serratore Oct. 13 at Alaska-Anchorage# T 3-3 ot Minneapolis, Minn., for the annual Mariucci Classic, (Coleraine) and assistant coach Andy Berg Oct. 19 #19 COLO. COLLEGE L 2-6 Dec. 29-30. (Stillwater) are both Minnesota natives. Oct. 20 at #7 Denver L 2-5 Air Force will face fourth-ranked Minnesota (11- Serratore and Minnesota coach Don Lucia Oct. 25 at Canisius* T 1-1 ot 3-3 overall) on Saturday, Dec. 29 at 7:05 p.m. CT. (Grand Rapids) grew up seven miles apart. Oct. 27 at Robert Morris* W 4-1 The Falcons will then play Alabama-Huntsville Air Force has 11 players on the roster from Nov. 2 HOLY CROSS* L 2-3 (3-14-1) on Sunday., Dec. 30 at 4:05 p.m. CT. the state of Minnesota: Stephen Carew (Eden Nov. 3 HOLY CROSS* W 7-0 The defending national champions, and the No. 1 Prairie), Jason Fabian (Roseau), Cole Gunner, Nov. 9 at Penn State W 5-1 team in the country, Boston College (11-2-1 overall), (Richfield), Scott Holm (Plymouth), John Kruse Nov. 10 at Penn State L 1-5 is the fourth team in the tournament. (Eden Prairie), Mike McDonald (Mahtomedi), Nov. 23 at UConn* L 1-2 Paul Moberg (Forest Lake), Ben Persian (Orono), Nov. 24 at UConn (Hartford)* L 2-3 ot Radio/Internet/Television Jesse Ramsey (Rogers), Mitch Torrel (Monticello) Nov. 30 MERCYHURST* L 4-5 Both games will be broadcast in Colorado and Trevor Waldoch (Forest Lake). Dec. 2 RIT* W 3-2 ot Springs on The Sports Animal AM 1300 and on Dec. 7 at Bentley* W 7-4 the internet at www.GoAirForceFalcons.com. AFA in the Mariucci Dec. 8 at Bentley* T 2-2 ot Jay Ritchie will call the play-by-play while Dave Air Force is in the Mariucci Classic for the sec- Dec. 29 at Minnesota% 7:05 Toller will provide color analysis. ond time. Dec. 30 vs. Alabama-Huntsville% 4:05 Pregame show begins 30 minutes before The Falcons also competed in the tournament Jan. 5 at Niagara* 7:05 faceoff each day. , Dec. 29-30, 2007. Jan. 11 ARMY* 7:05 Live stats are available at GopherSports.com. AFA fell to 14th-ranked Boston College, 8-2, Jan. 12 ARMY* (CBS S) 4:05 in the first game. The Falcons then tied No. 12 Jan. 19 at Sacred Heart (Bridgeport)* 4:05 Minnesota, 2-2 in overtime, in the consolation The Coach Jan. 20 at Sacred Heart (Bridgeport)* 12:05 game. Head coach Frank Serratore is in his 16th Jan. 25 ROBERT MORRIS* 7:05 season at Air Force with a record of 260-257-55 Jan. 26 ROBERT MORRIS* 7:05 record (572 games). 100 for Dell Feb. 1 AIC* 7:05 He is the winningest coach in the history of Air Senior forward Kyle De Laurell scored his Feb. 2 AIC* 7:05 Force hockey, having led Air Force to five AHA 100th career point on Dec. 7 at Bentley. Feb. 8 at Mercyhurst* 7:05 championships and five NCAA Tournaments in With four points on Dec. 7, De Laurell became Feb. 9 at Mercyhurst* 7:05 the last six years. the 43rd player in school history to record 100 Feb. 15 CANISIUS* 7:05 In his 20th season as a collegiate head coach, he career points. has an overall record of 309-349-64 (722 games). He is the first Falcon to hit the century mark Feb. 16 CANISIUS* 7:05 since 2011 grads Jacques Lamoureux and Derrick Feb. 22 at RIT* 7:05 Family Reunion Burnett. Feb. 23 at RIT* 7:05 Mar. 1 NIAGARA* 7:05 While Frank Serratore will be running the De Laurell has 100 career points (35-65-100) Mar. 2 NIAGARA* 7:05 bench for the Falcons, his son, Tom, will be play- in 122 games. ing for the Minnesota Gophers. Mar. 8-10 AHA First Round (Best of Three) 7:05 Tom Serratore is a junior forward for The Air Force - Not the Bus Force Mar. 15-17 AHA Quarterfinals (Best of Three) TBA Minnesota who has played in all 16 games this Most sports experts will say that if you win Mar. 22-23 AHA Final Four TBA season and is tied for third on the team with your home games and split on the road you will six goals. He has been on a tear recently as he have a very good season *Atlantic Hockey Association game scored a goal in both games at Colorado College, The Falcons have done exactly that. Air Force # Kendall Classic in Anchorage, Alaska Dec. 7-8. is above .500 on the road (both road and neu- Tom’s twin brother, Tim, plays for Augsburg tral) the last six years with a 57-53-20. AFA was College in Minneapolis, Md., and is tied for sec- 10-10-2 in 2006-07, 10-9-1 in 2007-08, 12-7-2 ond on the team with five points in 11 games. in 2008-09, 5-10-3 in 2009-10, 9-7-4 in 2010-11, 10-7-5 in 2011-12 and 3-4-4 this season. AFA has a .520 road winning percentage since the 2006-07 season AIR FORCE HOCKEY 2012-13 PAGE 2 TANDINGS Scouting the Golden Gophers 2012-13 AHA S HEAD COACH FRANK SERRATORE AHA AHA Overall Minnesota is ranked fourth in the nation with Place Pts GP W-L-T W-L-T an 11-3-3 overall record and a 6-3-3 mark in the Frank Serratore (Bemidji 1. Niagara 19 10 9-0-1 10-2-4 WCHA. State, 1982) is in his 16th season as the Falcons’ hock- 2. Holy Cross 14 11 6-3-2 9-4-2 The Gophers are 6-1-1 at home this season. ey coach. He led Air Force Mercyhurst 14 10 7-3-0 8-6-1 Minnesota is unbeaten in the last three, includ- to five AHA Tournament 4. Army 12 9 5-2-2 5-7-2 ing getting three points at Colorado College, Dec. 5. Bentley 11 11 5-5-1 6-8-1 Championships and five 7-8. The Gophers has not played since then. NCAA appearances (2007, 6. Air Force 10 10 4-4-2 5-7-4 Fifteen Gophers have been drafted by the Canisius 10 9 4-3-2 5-7-4 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012). NHL, including leading scorer junior Erik Haula 8. Robert Morris 9 8 4-3-1 6-4-1 Serratore is the winningest who has eight goals and 22 points this season. 9. RIT 9 11 3-5-3 4-8-4 coach in AFA history with a 260-257-55 record. Sophomore Kyle Rau has six goals and 15 10. UConn 7 10 3-6-1 4-7-2 He is in his 20th season as a college head coach 11. AIC 5 10 1-6-3 4-8-3 points. with a 309-349-64 career record. Serratore 12. Sacred Heart 2 13 0-11-2 0-14-2 Freshman goalie Adam Wilcox has played 91 owns more wins than any other coach in Air percent of the team’s minutes and has a .920 Force hockey history. In service academy com- saves percentage and a 1.78 GAA. petition, Serratore is 19-10-1 vs. Army overall This Week and 18-10-1 vs. the Black Knights while at Air Friday, December 28: Force. Serratore came to the Academy from the * Penn State vs Robert Morris, 4:30 pm ET Scouting the Chargers Manitoba Moose of the International Hockey * - Three Rivers Classic (Pittsburgh, PA) Alabama-Huntsville is 3-14-1 overall and is one League, where he was the director of hockey of only two NCAA Division I independents. operations in 1996. Serratore was the head coach Saturday, December 29: * Robert Morris vs Miami/Ohio St., TBA Early in the season, UAH won at Lake Superior at Denver from 1990-1994 posting a 49-91-9 Army at Canisius, 7:05 pm ET State, 2-1. record. Serratore spent seven seasons in the Niagara at Bowling Green,7:05 pm ET The Chargers’ other two wins are a home United States Hockey League with three different # American Int’l at Connecticut, 7:15 pm ET sweep of Finlandia (Division III), Dec. 7-8. teams and collected a combined record of 247- & Air Force at Minnesota, 7:07 pm CT UAH was swept at Wisconsin, 5-0 and 4-1, on 103-6. * - Three Rivers Classic (Pittsburgh, PA) Dec. 13-14, in the team’s last games before the # - UConn Hockey Classic break. Collegiate Coaching Record & - Mariucci Classic 1990-91 6-30-2 Denver 1991-92 9-25-2 Denver Sunday, December 30: Scouting the Eagles 1992-93 19-17-2 Denver Yale at Holy Cross, 2:05 pm ET Boston College is No. 1 in the nation with an 1993-94 15-20-3 Denver Bentley at UMass Lowell, 4:00 pm ET 11-2-1 overall record and a 9-2-1 mark in Hockey 1997-98 15-19-0 Air Force * Minn St./Brown vs American Int’l, TBA East.