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Opponent Site Univ. of Lethbridge (exh.) USAFA, Colo. vs. Alaska-Fairbanks% Anchorage, Alaska at Alaska-Anchorage% Anchorage, Alaska at Robert Morris (at Consol Energy Center)* Pittsburgh, Pa. AIC* USAFA, Colo. AIC* USAFA, Colo. Mercyhurst* USAFA, Colo. RIT* USAFA, Colo. Colorado College USAFA, Colo. Yale USAFA, Colo. at Canisius* Buffalo, N.Y. at Niagara* Niagara Falls, N.Y. vs. Clarkson& Denver, Colo. at Denver& Denver, Colo. Holy Cross* USAFA, Colo. Holy Cross* USAFA, Colo. at Bentley* Waltham, Mass. at Bentley* Waltham, Mass. at Sacred Heart* Milford, Conn. at Sacred Heart* Milford, Conn. Army* USAFA, Colo. Army* USAFA, Colo. at UConn* Storrs, Conn. at UConn* Storrs, Conn. Canisius* USAFA, Colo. Canisius* USAFA, Colo. at RIT* Rochester, N.Y. at RIT* Rochester, N.Y. Niagara* USAFA, Colo. Niagara* USAFA, Colo. at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa. at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa. Robert Morris* USAFA, Colo. Robert Morris* USAFA, Colo. AHA Play-in Games TBA AHA Quarterfinals (best of three) TBA AHA Final Four Rochester, N.Y. NCAA Regionals TBA (Bridgeport, Conn., Green Bay, Wis., Manchester, N.H., St. Louis, Mo.) HOME GAMES IN BOLD *Atlantic Hockey Association game % at Kendall Classic in Anchorage, Alaska & Denver Cup in Denver, Colo. Dates and times subject to change All times are local to site
Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Media/Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Pikes Peak Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Game Day at Cadet Ice Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hockey Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
COACHES/STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-10 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-14
PLAYERS 2009-10 Season Wrap-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17 2009-10 Scores/Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2010-11 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-21 Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-42
AHA/OPPONENTS AHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-46 Scores vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-48
LAST SEASON Last Season’s Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Game-by-Game Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-54
School Information LOCATION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169 Field House Dr. USAF Academy, CO 80840 COLORS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and Silver NICKNAME: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Falcons ENROLLMENT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400 FOUNDED: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954 FIRST YEAR HOCKEY: . . . . . . . 1968-69 AFFILIATION/CONFERENCE: . NCAA I/Atlantic Hockey ARENA/SIZE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cadet Ice Arena/200x85 CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,470 PRESS BOX PHONE: . . . . . . . . (719) 333-1532 SUPERINTENDENT: . . . . . . . . . Lt. Gen. Michael Gould ATHLETIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . Dr. Hans Mueh ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PHONE: (719) 333-4008 TICKET OFFICE PHONE: . . . . . 1-800-666-USAF
HISTORY Falcon Hockey History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Hall of Fame Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Wall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58-60 Year-by-Year Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Top 100 Scorers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-63 National Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 National/Air Fore Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Conference Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Falcons in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-69 Goaltender Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Records by Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-74 Season-by-Season Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-85 Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-88 Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-90
THE ACADEMY The Air Force Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Academy Senior Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Athletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Falcon Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Cadet Ice Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 A Championship Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC
Last Season 2009-10 RECORD/CONF.: . . POST-SEASON. . . . . . . . . . . . LETTERMEN RETURNING: . LETTERMEN LOST: . . . . . . .
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16-15-6/14-8-6 3rd AHA L in AHA semifinals 18 (11 F, 5 D, 2 G) 6 (2 F, 3 D, 1 G)
Media Relations ASSOC. AD/COMMUNICATIONS: . Troy Garnhart OFFICE PHONE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719)333-9263 GARNHART’S E-MAIL: . . . . . . . . . troy.garnhart@usafa.edu SID/HOCKEY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Toller OFFICE PHONE:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-3478 FAX: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-3798 TOLLER’S CELL: . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 200-2802 TOLLER’S E-MAIL: . . . . . . . . . . . dave.toller@usafa.edu WEBSITE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.GoAirForceFalcons.com
Coaching Staff HEAD COACH/ALMA MATER: Frank Serratore Bemidji State/1982 CAREER RECORD (YRS):. . . . . 263-319-47/17 yrs RECORD AT SCHOOL (YRS): . . 214-227-38/13 yrs ASSISTANT COACHES:. . . . . . . Mike Corbett/Denver, 1998 Andy Berg/USAFA, 2003 E-MAIL ADDRESSES: . . . . . . . . . frank.serratore.ctr@usafa.edu mike.corbett@usafa.edu andrew.berg@usafa.edu ATHLETIC TRAINER: . . . . . . . Erik Marsh (719) 333-2145 EQUIPMENT MANAGER: . . . . . . Robert Rush (719) 333-9260
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CREDITS The Air Force hockey media guide is a publication of the Air Force Academy media relations office. Dave Toller was responsible for the writing, editing and designing of this guide using QuarkXpress desktop publishing software. A special thanks to Troy Garnhart, Madeline McGuire, Jerry Cross, Valerie Perkin, Nick Arseniak and Melissa McKeown for their expertise. The action photos were taken by all the photographers of DenMar Services, Ken Mellott of Colorado Springs, Jeffrey Weeks of Show The Story, Ralph Clark and Russ Backer of Colorado Springs. Photos from the Atlantic Hockey Association Tournament were taken by James Lathrop (2008) and Kris Murante (2009). Photos from the 2008 NCAA Tournament were taken by Michael Silverwood and Peter Cooke. Photos from the 2009 NCAA Tournament were taken by Rich Stieglitz. The Academy scenics and individual photos were taken by DenMar Services.
Media Information MEDIA GUIDE The 2010-11 media guide is produced as a source of information for the media. Other materials may be obtained by contacting the media relations office: Phone: (719) 333-2313/3478 E-mail: dave.toller@usafa.edu
PRESS CREDENTIALS Press and photographry credentials are issued to members of the working media only. These credentials may be obtained by contacting the athletic media relations office at least one day prior to the event. A season credential doesn’t always reserve media members a seat in the press box.
PRESS PARKING There is no press parking lot at the Cadet Field House. The earlier you arrive, the better parking you will find.
POST-GAME INTERVIEWS Interviews following the game may be obtained outside the Air Force locker room after the 10-minute cooling off period. There is no post-game press conference or interview session and the locker room is closed. A member of the athletic media relations staff will be available to assist you in the interview process. Interviews with visiting players must be arranged with the visiting SID or coach.
WEEKLY INTERVIEWS General: All Air Force players and coaches are available for interviews during the week with the following guidelines. All interview requests must be made through Dave Toller in the athletic media relations office. Requests must be made at least one day in advance so that the player and/or coach can be properly notified. All interviews will be done between 2 and 3 p.m. MT. Game Day: No pre-game interviews with players will be granted on game day. Coaches interviews on game days are at their discretion, but must be set up in advance with the athletic communications office. No student-athlete or coach can appear on a live post-game television or radio interview without permission obtained in advance of the game.
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Off Days: Student-athletes are not available for interviews during off days or non-practice days. Off days are usually Sunday and Tuesday during the season, but that is subject to change. Coaches may do interviews at their discretion on off days, but requests must be made well in advance. Contacting Athletes: Cadet-athlete's private phone numbers and email address will not be issued to the media. Air Force cadet-athletes have also been instructed not to accept calls from media without prior notification from the athletic media relations office. Media members who contact coaches and/or athletes directly could result in credentials being revoked and loss of access in the future.
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Troy Garnhart Dave Toller Assoc. Athletic Director Asst. AD/Media Relations Communications Hockey Contact
PRACTICES Practices are open to the media with the following guidelines. Media may not listen to or be in the area of any pre- or post-practice talks between the coaches and players. These comments, if overheard, are off the record. Players and coaches may not be approached during practice. All interviews with coaches and players must be done before or after practice. Photographers are welcome to shoot practice, but must not interfere with practice in any way.
LOCKER ROOMS/FACILITIES All locker rooms and training facilities (training and weight rooms) are off limits to media - NO EXCEPTIONS. Air Force has a closed locker room policy for both home and away games.
DIRECTIONS
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Brian Jerman Video Coordinator
Dave Kellogg Hall of Excellence Dir. of Internet Services
Madeline McGuire Graphics
Jerry Cross Assistant
Nick Arseniak Assistant
Valerie Perkin Assistant
RINK
From Colorado Springs - Take I-25 north to the North Entrance of the Air Force Academy (Exit 156B). Take the second left turn (Parade Loop), about two miles. Take the first right at the top of the hill (Field House Drive). The first building on the right is the Cadet Field House. The Cadet Ice Arena is in the Field House. From Denver - Take I-25 south to the North Entrance Air Force Academy (Exit 156B). Take the second left turn (Parade Loop), about two miles. Take the first right at the top of the hill (Field House Drive). The first building on the right is the Cadet Field House. The Cadet Ice Arena is in the Field House.
Melissa McKeown Assistant
Adam Parker Video Assistant
Media Information FALCONS ON THE RADIO/NET The Air Force radio network will broadcast every home and away game for the second consecutive season. For the 13th consecutive season, Jay Ritchie will handle the play-by-play duties. Dave Toller will be the color analyst. Ritchie is in his 21st season of broadcasting Air Force Academy athletics. Ritchie also works on the pre- and post-game shows for football and broadcasts women’s basketball. The games will be broadcast locally on the Academy's flagship sister station, KCSF AM 1300. For the eighth consecutive year, Air Force hockey can be listened to anywhere in the world via internet. For more information, go to GoAirForceFalcons.com. Air Force hockey has appeared on national television eight times in the last four years. The Falcons have appeared on regional television numerous other times. Last season, CBS College Sports televised a 2-1 win over UConn at Cadet Ice Arena. CBS College Sports is coming back to Cadet Ice Arena on Jan. 14 when the Falcons host Army. Fox Sports Rocky Mountain televised the Air Force-Denver game last season from Cadet Ice Arena.
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LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS The Gazette P.O. Box 1779 Colo. Springs, CO 80901 O - (719) 636-0250 F - (719) 636-0163
KKTV (Ch. 11 CBS) 3100 N. Nevada Ave. Colo. Springs, CO 80907 O - (719) 578-0000 F - (719) 634-3741
Denver Post 1560 Broadway Denver, CO 80202 O - (303) 954-1294 F - (303) 954-1703
KOAA-TV (Ch. 5 NBC) 2200 7th Ave. Pueblo, CO 81003 O - (719) 630-3930 F - (719) 544-7733
Associated Press 1444 Wazee St., Suite 130 Denver, CO 80202 O - (303) 825-0123 F - (303) 892-5927 KRDO-TV (Ch. 13 ABC) P.O. Box 1457 Colo. Springs, CO 80901 O - (719) 575-6360 F - (719) 475-0815
KXRM-Fox 21 560 Wooten Road Colo. Springs, CO 80915 O - (719) 596-2100 F - (719) 591-4180 KCSF AM 1300 6805 Corporate Drive #130 Colo. Springs, CO 80919 O - (719) 593-2700 F - (719) 593-2727
The immortal words of an eastern visitor in 1893 live perpetually at the base of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. When teacher and poet Katherine Lee Bates took a wagon ride to the summit of Pikes Peak she was inspired to write a song that is still recited today. Her view from atop the 14,110-foot peak was the basis of her song “America the Beautiful”. The history of Colorado Springs traverses back to 1870 when Gen. William Jackson Palmer first visited the region and was captivated by its grandeur. A year later, he began designing his city of dreams. From its beginning on the corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade Avenues in downtown Colorado Springs, the city has grown more than 183 square miles and to nearly 400,000 people in the city and 600,000 in the metro area. MERICA S EST Colorado Springs is known nationally for its natural attractions. The Garden of the Gods, the area’s No. 1 natural Colorado Springs was attraction, is a majestic out-cropping of red sandstone rocks which are more than 300 million years old. Colorado Springs ranked as the No. 1 Best is also home to the Pikes Peak Highway, a 19-mile drive up Big City in 2007 (over the world’s highest toll road. The area’s No. 1 man-made 300,000) to Live by Money attraction is the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel. Another major attraction is the Broadmoor Hotel and ReMagazine based on quality sort. Built in the early 1900s, this five-star resort, hosted the of life, climate, social ac1995 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship and the 2008 tivities, cleanliness and Senior U.S. Open, and is nestled into the base of Cheyenne Mountain. The Pikes Peak region is home to the nation’s only safety. mountain zoo. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, with an elevation of more than 6,800-feet, has received several changes in the past two years. For the outdoors enthusiast, the city and the state offer a plethora of recreational activities. A short drive to the northwest features some of the nation’s finest ski resorts, including the cities of Vail and Aspen. A short jaunt to the southwest or northwest will find some of the best white-water rafting, fishing, hiking and cycling that the country has to offer. Valuing its past with a vision for the future, Colorado Springs is truly a city with unparalleled culture, recreation, growth and opportunity in the 21st century.
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Hockey Facilities Specialized Weight Training Among the Best in the Nation
The Air Force hockey locker room was completed in the fall of 2005. The new locker room is nearly double the size of the old room and features 28 pro-style lockers with large corner areas for the goaltenders. Each team member also has a locker in a changing area that is used for military and civilian clothes. The team room, with internet access, gives team members an environment to work on academics, watch a movie or relax with teammates. The audio/visual set-up is second to none with three flat screen TVs, DVD players and more. The TVs and DVD players are also equipped to plug into the team’s computerized video-editing equipment to watch film and have team meetings.
Right: A section of the Air Force hockey hallway has been dedicated to the former Falcons who have, or are, flying in the United States Air Force. Numerous former players have gone on to flying careers and this is a small sampling of those who have moved from the ice to the cockpit.
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The primary goal of the strength and conditioning program is to improve athletic performance and reduce the opportunity for injury. Athletes are provided year-round sportspecific training programs, based on both the specific demands of the sport and positions they play. These programs are designed to bring athletes to a peak in performance during the competitive season. The Olympic style exercises (cleans, jerks, snatches) are emphasized in each training session because of the positive effect they have on athletic performance. A priority is placed on free weight multi-joint exercises because of their higher degree of specificity to athletic performance. Because most sports are power oriented, training programs are designed to bring about maximum increases in power. An emphasis is placed not only on increases in strength and power, but on improving athleticism as a result of participation in the strength and conditioning program. This is accomplished using a variety of resistance training activities, as well as participation in speed/plyometric training programs. All athletes are tested on a regular basis to evaluate increases in strength and power, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program. The strength and conditioning facilities at the Air Force Academy are among the finest in the country, and athletes at the Academy have established a tradition of training with intensity and dedication. It is this combination of great facilities and dedication that allows athletes at the Academy to compete at a high level. Falcon athletes began their first year in the Falcon Athletic Center in 2003. The new weight facility is 23,000 square feet, nearly double the size of the previous facility. The new weight room features 48 multi-station platforms, allowing the athletes to perform a majority of their workout (cleans, squats, bench, etc.) at one station. In addition, the facility also has 48 dumbbell platforms to accommodate the dumbbell exercises athletes perform as part of their training, and a 40-yard running track with built-in electronic timing so that the athletes may measure their running speed on a regular basis.
THE COACHES
Head Coach Frank Serratore A short conversation with coach Frank Serratore makes your pulse race a little faster. His enthusiasm and energy for Air Force hockey are that powerful. As the fourth head coach in the 42 years of Air Force hockey, Serratore was in his office less than a week when he pointed out what it would take to turn the program around. "We want to be the hardest working team in the country," Serratore said. "We want to have a team full of over-achievers. Not everyone is blessed with outstanding ability, but everyone can work hard and play with pride and spirit." Serratore enters his 14th season at Air Force with a 214-227-37 record in 13 seasons at the Academy. He has an overall mark of 263319-46 in 17 seasons as a college head coach. Not only has Serratore turned the Falcon program around, he has turned it into a legitimate national contender. From 2007-09, not only were the Falcons among the hardest working in the country, they were among the best. Serratore led the Falcons to three straight league championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. Not only were the Falcons in the tournament, they made some noise, going further each year. Last year, the Falcons swept Army in the AHA quarterfinals at home to advance to the AHA Final Four. However, a late goal by Sacred Heart ended the Falcons’ season in the semifinals. AFA finished the season 16-15-6 overall and third in the AHA. The 2008-09 season proved to be the best in school history with a school-record 28 wins, another league championship and the Academy’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory. Air Force opened the season with a school-record 13 straight wins and rose to No. 10 in the nation, the highest in Academy history. Win No. 13 was a 4-1 win over third-ranked Colorado College to end a 24-year drought vs. the Tigers. As the No. 1 seed in the AHA Final Four, AFA rolled over Bentley and Mercyhurst with back-toback shutouts to win its third straight title. The first round of the NCAA East Regional put the Falcons against third-ranked Michigan. Andrew Volkening made 43 saves as the Falcons earned a 2-0 win. Air Force came within a whisker of the Frozen Four, but 10th-ranked Vermont defeated Air Force in double overtime on a goal that was rewarded on video review. Greg Flynn and Jacques Lamoureux earned All-American honors and Lamoureux was one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. Serratore led Air Force to 21 wins in 2007-08 en route to the AHA championship and NCAA Tournament berth. Air Force was 21-12-6 overall and finished third in the league with a 14-9-5 record. At the AHA Final Five, AFA defeated RIT, 5-0, in the semifinals. The Falcons then needed double-overtime to beat Mercyhurst, 5-4, in the championship game on a goal by Josh Frider. The win sent the Falcons to the NCAA Tournament where the Falcons nearly upset second-ranked Miami-Ohio. After falling behind early, the Falcons took a 2-1 lead in the second period, but fell 3-2 in overtime. In 2006-07, Air Force won its first-ever conference championship and trip to the NCAA Tournament. AFA faced Minnesota in the West Regional, the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, and led the Gophers, 3-1, with just over eight minutes left in the third period. However, Minnesota scored three goals in a span of 3:36 for a 4-3 win over the Falcons. AFA ended the season with a 19-16-5 overall record and a 13-10-5 mark for fifth place in the AHA. The Falcons became the first service academy team to ever win a conference hockey championship and play in the NCAA Tournament. The individual accolades came as well, as junior center Eric Ehn collected the hardware. Ehn was the AHA Player of the Year, a second-team AHCA East All-American, a first-team All-American by many national publications and was one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. In his first season at the Academy, Serratore's disciplined and aggressive style produced more wins than the previous two seasons combined and the first 15-win season in three years. The first-year coach guided the Falcons to a 15-19 overall record. The season could not have ended on a better note as the Falcons swept Army at West Point. His second season was no different as he guided one of the nation's youngest teams to the best winning percentage in four years at the Academy. In 1999-2000, Serratore led the Falcons to the most wins (19) in 23 years and the first winning season (19-18-2) in 10 years. Serratore juggled an injury-riddled and depleted Falcon lineup throughout the 2000-01 season. The Falcons still posted a 16-17-4 record. AFA claimed five CHA
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awards, including the Player of the Year (Marc Kielkucki) and the Student-Athlete of the Year (Scott Bradley). A great run at the end of the 2001-02 season capped a 16-16-2 overall record. The Falcons finished fifth in the CHA (6-10-2) and upset fourth-seeded Niagara in the CHA Tournament. For the second straight year, the Falcons claimed the CHA Student-Athlete of the Year (Brian Gornick). In 2002-03, a midseason scoring drought and numerous close losses left the Falcons with a 10-24-3 overall record. The highlights of the season included Andy Berg and Brian Reaney earning all-CHA honors and Mike Polidor being named to the academic all-district team. Expectations were low as the Falcons were in a rebuilding mode in 2003-04. However, Serratore led the Falcons to a 14-21-2 record, tying the then-school record with 14 Division I wins. The Falcons also defeated two teams that went to the NCAA Tournament (Miami-Ohio and Holy Cross). The 2004-05 season was the second year of a rebuilding process. A 14-19-3 overall record again tied the school record for Division I victories. The Falcons placed fifth in the CHA with a 5-14-1 record and then proceeded to upset fourth-seeded Wayne State in a thrilling overtime victory at the CHA Tournament. In 2005-06, the Falcons were 11-20-1 overall, but the team won a school-record eight league games. Serratore's Falcons also earned three all-conference honors and placed a school-record 11 players on the CHA all-academic team. Serratore, 53, came to the Academy from the Manitoba Moose of the International Hockey League, where he was the director of hockey operations in 1996. He was the head coach and general manager of the Minnesota Moose (before they moved to Manitoba) in 1994 and 1995. Prior to his position in Manitoba, Serratore was the head coach at the University of Denver from 1990-1994. During that time, he led the Pioneers to a 49-91-9 record in four seasons and is credited with rebuilding a struggling Pioneer program. In 1995 and 1997, Pioneer teams which were recruited during his tenure made two NCAA final eight appearances and placed third in the WCHA. Serratore was responsible for improving an out-dated program. The greatest success of his stint in Denver was the increase in attendance. In his first season, home attendance had dipped below 70 percent of the capacity. When he left, DU attendance was up to 93 percent of capacity, one of the top attendance marks in the country. Before taking over the reins at DU, Serratore was the coach and general manager of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Junior Hockey League. In one season, he took over a last-place team and led them to the USHL regular season and playoff championship. The worst-to-first Cinderella season earned Serratore the USHL General Manager of the Year and the Omaha Sportscasters Sportsman of the Year awards in 1990. His other coaching experiences have been as the assistant coach at the University of North Dakota (1987-89), the head coach and general manager of the Rochester Mustangs (1985-87) and the Austin Mavericks (1983-85) of the U.S. Junior Hockey League. During his tenure in the USHL, he won three league championships and was runner-up twice while posting a 247-103-6 record. In 1987, he led Rochester to the USA Hockey national championship. While coaching in the USHL, he was named general manager of the year twice and coach of the year once. Serratore attended Western Michigan University from 1977-79 before earning his bachelor's degree in physical education from Bemidji State University in 1982. He lettered four years in hockey at the two schools playing goalie. He then earned a master's degree in athletic administration/physical education from North Dakota in 1994. He played two seasons for the St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) from 1975-77 and had a brief stint with the Nashville South Stars (Central Hockey League) in 1982. The native of Coleraine, Minn., is no stranger to coaching at the Olympic development level. In August 2003, Serratore was the head coach of the United States Under17 Team that won the gold medal at the Five Nations Tournament in Prievizda, Slovakia. He has coached at two USA Hockey Olympic Sports Festivals and has been the coach of the USA Hockey Development Program since 1985. In 1993, he coached the West team to the silver medal at the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Serratore is married to the former Carol Samec of St. Paul, Minn. They have four children, twin boys Thomas and Timothy (21) and two daughters, Carly (20) and Carina (15).
Head Coach Frank Serratore Q: With two new teams (Robert Morris and Niagara) coming into the AHA this season. How doest that change the landscape of the league?
A: Atlantic Hockey is adding two good teams and they will finish closer to the top of the league than the bottom,” Serratore said. “They will make the league deeper and more competitive. The ante of playing poker in the AHA just went up. Robert Morris has three or four potential all-league guys, When we had our strong teams, we had two qualities … we were deep and we were old. That is where they are right now and they have a great goalie. Both schools were picked to tie for fourth in our league. Niagara came within one goal of the NCAA Tournament last season so these are two quality teams. In addition, our schedule is extremely difficult since we play 15 games against teams that the coaches predicted would be in the top six in the league. Our two eastern roads trips have us playing in two of the most difficult buildings in the league, at Bentley and at Sacred Heart. Q: Recruiting has always been a top priority for you and your staff. What challenges are involved with recruiting at the Academy? A: Recruiting is selling and good salesmen believe in the product they are selling. I believe this philosophy has allowed our staff to do a fine job in recruiting good hockey players to the Air Force Academy. Recruiting at the Division I level has become increasingly difficult over the last several years. There are more college hockey teams now than ever before. The challenges at the Academy are many. When I was at Denver, we were limited to 18 scholarships and it cost over $25,000 (now nearly $50,000) a year to attend school. Here at the Academy, we don't have the scholarship limitations, but we have different kinds of obstacles to overcome. Aside from the high academic standards set forth by the Academy, our biggest challenge on the recruiting trail is overcoming the perceptions and misinformation that exists about the service academies and the military. We have found that once we identify the right type of prospects, it is important to get into their homes. After educating the prospects and their parents on the Academy, the response is usually tremendous. Recruiting here is not a "sell" job like at most schools; our approach is to educate and present all the facts to a prospect. The opportunities offered at the Academy and afterwards are unlike anywhere in the country. When I first arrived at the Academy, I thought the post-graduation commitment would be a deterrent. I have found that to be just the opposite. The word “commitment,” in this context, has a somewhat negative connotation. A more accurate way to refer to this portion of our package is post-graduate “opportunity,” because this is what it is. The post-graduation opportunity has actually helped our recruiting. Once edu-
cated, our recruits and their parents view the commitment as a positive rather than a negative. The career and educational opportunities available to our kids after graduation are astounding. It's merely a matter of how you choose to approach the commitment, as an anchor or a springboard. One needs only take a look at the success of our graduates to know that it's truly a springboard.
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What type of player are you looking to bring to Air Force?
A: The type of player we are looking for is the classic overachiever; good student, good athlete and outstanding citizen. Most of the young men we recruit possess the foresight and maturity to see the "big picture" and where they can be five or 10 years down the road. Finding good players for our program is a tough job, but a job that can be done. The fine young men in our locker room are living proof.
Q: Cadet-athletes schedules are so demanding with academics and military life as well as practice, travel and games. How is the coaching staff able to maintain the balance between athletics and Academy life?
Carina, Tom, Frank, Carol, Tim, Carly
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A: Our guys are first and foremost cadets. Hockey is certainly a big part of their lives and has been since they were little kids in most cases. However, they came to the Academy to develop their leadership skills so they can go out and be a key part of our Air Force. They only play hockey here for four years and then our guys are out doing some great things in the Air Force. They are serving and defending our country and it is an honor to have played a small role in their development while they are here. They have to take care of business in their squadron and in the classroom or they won’t see the ice. It’s that simple. We have some tremendous young men and it is amazing how they can accomplish everything they do. Our guys take great pride in their academics as well. We have a fantastic support staff that helps with this process as well. We have an academic mentoring program that has kept our cadet-athletes ahead of the game by not allowing them to fall behind. The academic, athletic and military demands on our cadet-athletes are incredible. Nowhere, and I mean
Head Coach Frank Serratore
The Serratore File Coaching Experience Head Coach - Air Force Academy (1997-Pres.); record 214-227-37 Head Coach - Minnesota Moose [IHL] (1994-95); 52-56-16 Head Coach - University of Denver (1990-94); 49-92-9 Head Coach - Omaha (Neb.) Lancers [USHL] (1990); 49-13-0 Assistant Coach - University of North Dakota (1987-89) Head Coach - Rochester (Minn.) Mustangs [USHL] (1985-87); 89-34-2 Head Coach - Austin (Minn.) Mavericks [USHL] (1982-85); 109-56-4
Playing Experience (Goaltender) Nashville South Stars (CHL), 1982; Bemidji State, 1980-81 Western Michigan, 1977-79; St. Paul Vulcans (USHL), 1975-77 Greenway High School (Minn.), 1973-75 Education Master of Science degree, North Dakota, 1994 Bachelor of Science degree, Bemidji State, 1982
Collegiate Coaching Record 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 AFA Career
6-30-2 Denver 9-25-2 Denver 19-17-2 Denver 15-20-3 Denver 15-19-0 Air Force Academy 15-19-2 Air Force Academy 19-18-2 Air Force Academy 16-17-4 Air Force Academy 16-16-2 Air Force Academy 10-24-3 Air Force Academy 14-21-2 Air Force Academy 14-19-3 Air Force Academy 11-20-1 Air Force Academy 19-16-5 Air Force Academy 21-12-5 Air Force Academy 28-11-2 Air Force Academy 16-15-6 Air Force Academy 214--227-37 (13 years) 263-319-46 (16 years)
Serratore vs. the Opponents Ala.-Huntsville. . . . . . . . . 9-25-1 AK-Anchorage . . . . . . . 4-5 AK-Fairbanks . . . . . . . . 3-5 American Internat’l. . . . 18-0-1 Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-10-2 Augsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 Bemidji State . . . . . . . . 8-25-2 Bentley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-6-3 Boston College . . . . . . . 1-1 Boston University . . . . . 0-3 Canisius . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5-2 Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Colorado College. . . . . . . 7-20-2 Concordia . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . 11-3-3 Dartmouth . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Ferris State . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Findlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11-1 Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . . 15-5-6 Iona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-1 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Manhattanville . . . . . . . 1-0 Mankato State . . . . . . . . 0-7 Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 1-2 Mass.-Lowell . . . . . . . . 0-1 Mercyhurst . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-2 Merrimack . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Miami (OH) . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Mich. Tech . . . . . . . . . . 4-11-1
Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13-3 Minn.-Crookston. . . . . . 1-0 Minn.-Duluth . . . . . . . . . . 6-10-1 Nebraska-Omaha . . . . . 1-5 New England Coll. . . . . 2-0 Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27-3 Northeastern . . . . . . . . . 1-1 North Dakota . . . . . . . . 8-8 Northern Mich. . . . . . . . 1-15 Notre Dame. . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Providence . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Quinnipiac . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 RIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10-3 Robert Morris . . . . . . . . 4-6 RPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Sacred Heart . . . . . . . . . 13-6-2 St. Cloud State . . . . . . . 6-9-1 St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 St. Michael’s . . . . . . . . . 1-0 St. Olaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 St. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Salem State . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 SUNY-Potsdam. . . . . . . 1-0-1 Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Wayne State . . . . . . . . . 11-13-1 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9-1 Wis.-Stout . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
By the Numbers 1 Elite Eight Appearance
3 NCAA Tournament Appearances
4 AHA Championships (3 tournament; 1 regular season)
4 Straght winning seasons vs. all-Division I teams; school record 5 Division I Tournament championships 12 Road wins in 2008-09; school record 13 AHA Tournament wins (13-2 record) 18 Wins over Army, including two in the 2010 AHA Quarterfinals 28 School record number of wins in 2008-09 70 Percent of home games won by Air Force the last three years 105 percent of capacity at Cadet Ice Arena that AFA has averaged the last two years
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Assistant Coach Mike Corbett Mike Corbett is in his eighth season as an assistant hockey coach at the Academy. Corbett works with the Falcon defensemen and also assists with the nation-wide recruiting effort. Corbett has guided a group that has shattered the school records for goals allowed per game in 2006-07, 200708 and again in 2008-09. Under his direction, the Falcons have been among the nation’s leaders in fewest shots allowed per game each of the last four years.
The Corbett File Year at Air Force: . . . . . . . . 8th Collegiate Career Year:. . . . 8th Hometown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green Bay, WI Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996
A 1996 graduate of the University of Denver, Corbett was a three-year letterman for the Pioneers as a defenseman. Frank Serratore recruited Corbett to the Mile High city and coached him in the 1993-94 season. Corbett majored in management and minored in marketing. In 1998, he earned a master’s of science in management from DU.
Coaching Experience
Butte Irish (AWHL) . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00 Head Coach Billings Bulls (AWHL) . . . . . . . 2000-01 Head Coach Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) . 2001-02 Corbett was an assistant captain from 1995-97 and was named the team’s most inAssociate Head Coach spirational player in 1997. A three-time academic all-conference selection, Corbett was a Air Force Academy (AHA) . . 2003-Present finalist for the prestigious College Hockey Humanitarian Award. Assistant Coach After completing his eligibility, Corbett was a graduate assistant in the DU athletic department for a year and also worked in the Daniels College of Business. While at DU, Corbett spent a season working with the Colorado Avalanche as a community relations intern and as a statistician/video assistant for head coach Mark Crawford.
Playing Experience Defenseman
From 1997-00, Corbett was the head coach of the Butte (Mont.) Irish in the AmerUniversity of Denver (WCHA) . . 1993-97 ica West Junior Hockey League. Corbett also served as general manager and director and head instructor of the Irish Hockey Camp. Corbett led the Irish to a 79-78-9 record and was named the AWHL Coach of the Year in 1997-98. He managed and executed all phases of the business and hockey operations and also recruited and evaluated all prospects. Corbett moved across the state of Montana in 2000, taking over the Billings Bulls of the AWHL. The Bulls posted a 36-23-1 record in the 200001 season and advanced to the finals of the AWHL playoffs. Corbett was also the director of hockey operations with the club. Six players from that team went on to play at Division I institutions. Corbett was the associate head coach with the Sioux Falls Stampede of the U.S. Hockey League in 2001-02. He coached all players, with an emphasis on the defensemen, and helped lead the team to a 35-21-5 record. Corbett moved to Colorado Springs in 2002 as the Director of the Colorado Springs Amateur Hockey Association. In that position, he managed 52 youth teams and 150 coaches at all levels. As the head coach of the Pikes Peak Miners Midget “AAA” team, he achieved three major midget “AAA” tournament finals and one championship. He led the Miners to a 33-28-3 record. Corbett and his wife, Stacey, have two children, Jordan (20) and Mayson (15).
SERRATORE ON CORBETT Mike is what we refer to in the business as "a good hockey man.” He brings an extensive resume and a wealth of experience to our staff. Mike played for me at Denver and was a team captain. He possesses a very calm demeanor and his coaching style is very direct and professional. Mike's greatest strength as a coach is that he does not possess a weakness and his veteran presence is very valuable to our coaching staff.
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Assistant Coach Andy Berg Andy Berg enters his fifth season as an assistant coach and his sixth season overall with the Falcon coaching staff. A 2003 graduate of the Academy, Year at Air Force: . . . . . . . . 5th Berg, who served as a graduate assistant in 2003-04, Collegiate Career Year:. . . . 6th assists with coaching on the ice and also with the naHometown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stillwater, MN tion-wide recruiting effort. Berg separated from the Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Force Air Force in the summer of 2010. Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 A native of Stillwater, Minn., Berg graduated from the Academy with a degree in management and was a four-year letterman at forward. A two-time allCoaching Experience CHA selection, Berg finished his career tied for 12th Air Force Academy . . . . . . . 2003-04 in scoring with 142 points (64-78-142) in 140 Graduate Assistant games. As a senior, he earned the Chuck Delich Air Force Academy . . . . . . . 2006-Present Award as the team’s most valuable player. He led the team and was second in the CHA with 22 goals and Assistant Coach was fourth in the league with 40 points. His 15 power-play goals led the CHA and were second in the nation. Playing Experience Berg’s 15 power-play goals in 2002-03 tied the school record set by Mark Manney in Forward 1981-82. His 33 career power-play goals are the second most in school history and just one shy of tying the record of 34 set by John Decker in 1992-95. Air Force Academy. . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03 A three-sport star at Stillwater (Minn.) High School, Berg earned more CHA awards Columbia Inferno (ECHL) . . . . 2005 than any other Falcon with five major awards. He was named the CHA Rookie of the Year in the league’s first season and was also named to the all-rookie team. He was a second-team all-conference selection as a sophomore and senior and was named to the CHA all-tournament team as a junior. Berg is one of only two Falcons to earn CHA all-tournament honors. A two-year team captain, Berg led the team in points and goals twice. As a sophomore, he had 16 goals and 37 points and as a senior he had 22 goals and 40 points. During his four-year career, he helped the team to 61 wins. During his first three seasons, the Falcons were a .500 team, posting a 51-51-8 record. The Falcons won 19 games his freshman year and finished with a winning record (19-18-2) for the first time in 11 years. He then helped the Falcons to consecutive 16-win seasons in 2000-01 and 2001-02. After spending the 2003-04 season with the hockey team as a graduate assistant, Berg’s first assignment was with the 20th Contracting Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Berg served as the deputy flight commander for the services element and was named the company grade officer of the year for 2005. While at Shaw, Berg played 50 games for the Columbia Inferno of the East Coast Hockey League.
The Berg File
SERRATORE ON BERG Andy played for me at Air Force and was a team captain. He is one of only two players in school history to garner league honors for four consecutive years. Andy is a student of the game and is extremely passionate about coaching; this combination has enabled him to make a very smooth transition from playing to coaching. Andy possesses an excellent eye for talent and his youthful perspective is very valuable to our coaching staff.
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Support Staff
LT. COL. KY KOBAYASHI
ERIK MARSH HOCKEY ATHLETIC TRAINER
Erik Marsh is in his 17th season as the athletic TEAM PHYSICIAN trainer for the Falcon hockey team. Marsh is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Lt. Col. Ky Kobayashi enters his second season which is the leader in providing health care for the as the team physician for the Falcon hockey program. physically active. Athletic trainers provide expertise in Team doctors are assigned to the Academy hospital and the areas of prevention, recognition, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic in- volunteer their time to work with the athletic teams. The time and effort they put juries. into athletics is greatly appreciated. Marsh has been active with USA Hockey the last several years. This past Kobayashi oversees all medical treatment for the team and travels with the club summer he went to Karlstad, Sweden, with the USA In-Line World Champion selected trips. He is currently a staff orthopedic surgeon at the U.S. Air Force onship team that won the gold medal. In 2009, he travelled with the inline team Academy hospital. to the World Championships in Ingolstadt, Germany, and earned a silver medal. Kobayashi is a 1991 distinguished graduate of the Academy who lettered in In the summer of 2008, he traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia, with USA Hockey to baseball in 1988 and wrestling in 1990. He was a Western Athletic Conference work the 2008 Inline Hockey World Championships. In July 2002, Marsh travscholar-athlete in 1990. After graduating from the Academy, he was an Alpha elled to Nurenberg and Pfaffenhofen, Germany, with the USA In-Line team for the World Championships. In 2001, he travelled with the United States Select- Omega Alpha graduate at the University of Colorado Medical Center in 1995 and spent a year in general surgery at the David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, 17 Hockey Team at the Germany Competition, in Fussen, Germany. Calif. After two years as a flight surgeon at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., he completed Marsh came to the Academy in 1994 after serving as an assistant trainer at orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Connecticut in 2002 and fellowArmy for one year working with the 150-pound football team and gymnastics. ship training in Boston, MA in 2003. He was the chief of hand surgery at Keesler Marsh spent five years as a student trainer at Iowa State and two years as a gradu- Medical Center, Miss., from 2003-05 and at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Texas, ate assistant at Oklahoma, where he worked with the football, wrestling and 2006-08. In 2007, he was the assistant professor of surgery at the Uniformed Servbaseball teams. ices University of the Health Sciences. The native of Parker, Colo., earned a bachelor’s degree in physical educaOriginally from Sterling, Colo., Kobayashi and his wife, Michelle, have two tion/sports medicine from Iowa State in 1991. While at ISU, he played for the children, Maya and Max, and live in Colorado Springs. Cyclone lacrosse team as an attackman. He then earned his master’s degree in sports management from Oklahoma in 1993. A 1986 graduate of Ponderosa High School in Parker, Marsh is single and lives in Colorado Springs. In August 2006, Marsh finished the Pikes Peak Ascent, a 13-mile run to the top of Colorado’s famous mountain. The ascent has a vertical climb of more than 7,800 feet to the summit at an elevation of 14,110 feet above sea level. Marsh also enjoys cycling and playing the guitar.
JEFF KIPP
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Jeff Kipp began his Air Force Academy coaching career in 2004 when he was hired as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. His primary responsibility is the supervision of all aspects of the speed, strength and conditioning program for the Air Force hockey team. His duties at the Academy have also included speed development for the Falcon football team, as well as serving as the primary strength and conditioning coach for the Falcon lacrosse program and components of the Falcon track and field team (pole vaulters, sprinters and jumpers). Prior to joining the staff at the Air Force Academy, Kipp served as a performance coach at Velocity Sports Performance in Denver and Evergreen. Prior to his stint with Velocity, Kipp was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Denver. Kipp began his collegiate strength and conditioning coaching career as the strength and conditioning coordinator at the Colorado School of Mines. Kipp received his bachelor’s of science degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M University in 1995 and his master’s in exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado in 2004. Kipp also holds strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) credentials through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is certified through the National Association of Speed and Explosion where he serves as the state director for Colorado. Kipp is also a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, USA Weightlifting and USA Track and Field.
Kipp also serves as a speaker for the NSCA, speaking to groups of national and inAir Force equipment specialist Robert Rush (far left) and athletic trainer ternational coaches on the area of strength training, speed development and condiErik Marsh (second from left) earned a gold medal at the USA In-Line World Championships in 2010 in Karlstad, Sweden. The duo also trav- tioning. He has also authored several text chapters and served on the review board for text chapters by other strength and conditioning authors. eled to Bratislava, Slovakia, in June 2008 and Ingolsted, Germany, in Originally from Houston, Texas, Kipp now resides in Monument, Colo., with his 2009 earning the silver medal. wife, Vicki, and their three sons.
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Support Staff
ROBERT RUSH
CHRIS ZELSNACK
EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST
OFFICE MANAGER
Robert Rush is in his 10th season with the Falcon hockey team. Rush is in his 14th year at the Academy and also serves as an equipment specialist for the football team. Rush’s responsibilities with the hockey team are sharpening skates, ordering equipment and supplies, equipment issue, repair and maintenance.
Chris Zelsnack is in her fifth year as the office manager for the Falcon hockey team. Her skills are shared with the volleyball team as she manages both offices. Zelsnack is in her 14th year at the Academy. Prior to her move to the athletic department, Zelsnack served in the directorate of admissions as a reserve In the summer of 2010, he worked with two USA Hockey teams in internapersonnel clerk, a computer support tech and as secretary to the director of adtional competition. He travelled to Karlstad, Sweden, with the In-Line team, missions. earning a gold medal at the World Championships in July. In August, he travelled She moved to the athletic department in 1999 to take a position as the to Breclav, Czech Republic, with the Under-18 Select Ice Hockey team, earning a football staff secretary for the defensive coaches. After five years in football, silver medal. Zelsnack moved to athletic marketing to become a marketing assistant. After two years in marketing, Zelsnack joined the hockey staff. In 2009, he travelled with the USA In-Line team for the World ChampiZelsnack grew up in an Air Force family as her father was an agent with onships in Ingolstadt, Germany, and earned a silver medal. In the summer of 2008, he traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia, with USA Hockey to work the 2008 In- the Office of Special Investigations. She moved to Colorado Springs with her family in 1991. She spends her free time with family, friends and her Jack RusLine Hockey World Championships. sells, Mario and Vinnie. A 1992 graduate of Delta State in his hometown of Cleveland, Miss., Zelsnack has three sons, Billy, Jeremy and Jason, and three grandsons, Rush earned a bachelor’s degree in education. While a student and graduate assistant at Delta State, Rush worked as an equipment manager with the foot- Turing (5), Huxley (3) and Enzo (2). ball and baseball teams. After graduation, he spent three years as the head equipment manager at Southeast Missouri State working with the football, basketball and baseball teams. Rush came to the Academy in 1997 and worked with the junior varsity football team his first season. In 1998, he began working and traveling with the varsity football team. In 1999, he added baseball to his list of duties and became the first full-time equipment specialist for the Falcons in many years. Rush, and his wife, Shelly, met at Southeast Missouri State and were married in May, 1997. The couple resides in Colorado Springs with their son, Andrew (10), and dogs, Herzog and Whiskey.
UP CLOSE A survey of the 2010-11 hockey team brought the following results. If the voting was close, second place is listed. Fastest skater: 1. Danny Durham; 2. Stephen Carew
Funniest guy on the team: 1. Matt Becker
Hardest shot: 1. Jacques Lamoureux
Most superstitious player: 1. David Bosner
Best hands: 1. Derrick Burnett
Best faceoff man: 1. Scott Kozlak; 2. Stephen Carew
Hardest worker: 1. Paul Weisgarber
If you could choose one player to take a penalty shot with the game on the line, who would that be: 1. Jacques Lamoureux; 2. Derrick Burnett
Strongest player: 1. Scott Mathis Hardest hitter: 1. Scott Mathis; 2. Mike Walsh Best defensive forward: 1. Paul Weisgarber
In a one-on-one situation, who would you choose to be the defensive player: 1. Scott Mathis; T2. Brad Sellers; T2 Tim Kirby
Best defensive defenseman: 1. Brad Sellers; 2. Scott Mathis
Most likely to be a general: 1. Eric Artman
Best student in classroom: T1. Stephen Caple; T1. Paul Weisgarber
Most likely to win a karaoke contest: 1. Blake Page
Smartest player on the ice: 1. Derrick Burnett
Most likely to be on the cover of GQ: 1. Matt Becker
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THE PLAYERS
2009-10 Season Review Coming into the 2009-10 season, the Air Force hockey team had won three straight Atlantic Hockey Tournament championships, an AHA regular-season title and was a near-unanimous choice by the league’s coaches to win the conference again. With the team’s top returning goal scorer in All-American Jacques Lamoureux and one of the nation’s top goaltenders in Andrew Volkening, the Falcons seemed poised to do just that. However, deep down within the program, the Falcons knew that they had lost numerous core players from the three championship teams and the team’s depth was in question. The preseason accolades continued as both Lamoureux and Volkening were tabbed as preseason All-Americans and the Falcons were ranked in two of the preseason polls (19th by USCHO/CBS College and 14th by Inside College Hockey.com). Air Force battled through a rollercoaster season with a variety of complications. At times the defense struggled. At times the offense was non-existent. At times, injuries forced the coaching staff to juggle the lineup. The team’s depth was a question mark all season, but Volkening took this team to heights that, at times, seemed unreachable. The Falcons earned their fourth straight winning season, a school record against an all-Division I schedule, with a 16-15-6 overall record. The Falcons finished third in the AHA with a 14-8-6 record and advanced to the AHA Final Four for the fourth straight year, the only league team to reach the Final Four in each of the last four seasons. AFA’s season came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Sacred Heart in the AHA semifinals. When the 2009-10 season kicked off, the Falcons were dealt a large slice of humble pie from some familiar foes. Former College Hockey Amer-
ica conference rivals, Bemidji State and AlabamaHuntsville, provided an early season reality-check for the Falcons. Both teams reached the 2010 NCAA Tournament and Bemidji State was coming off of a Frozen Four appearance. Air Force was swept at Bemidji State by a combined score of 10-4 in northern Minnesota. The Falcons then opened the home schedule against AlabamaHuntsville and fell to 0-4 on the season with consecutive 4-2 losses. However, despite the rough start, when the conference season opened the Falcons looked like the three-time defending champions that they were. Back-to-back thrilling victories over an eventual 2010 Frozen Four team, RIT, put the Falcons atop the league standings. A goal by Tim Kirby with 1:45 left in the third period lifted Air Force to a 5-4 win in game one. In the second game, a goal by Matt Fairchild just before the final horn sounded in overtime gave the Falcons a 3-2 win and a series sweep. From an 0-4 start to first place in the league was a sign of the ups and downs in the season to come. In early November, the Falcons took three points from Bentley and began a 10-game unbeaten streak that ran through early December. AFA was 6-0-4 during the streak and 8-5-4 overall on the season. The new year brought another punch in the face to the Falcons in Milford, Conn. Sacred Heart, who went on an incredible run in the second half of the season, handed the Falcons a pair of convincing losses. The Pioneers dominated Air Force, 4-1 and 5-1, but this resilient group once again bounced back. AFA went 4-1-1 in the next six games, but a difficult late-season schedule was looming. From late January to late February, the Falcons were winless at 0-5-1 and scored just eight goals. The team was playing better hockey, but scoring became a problem and the quality of the opponents could certainly not be understated. AFA tied and lost in two games against Army in a very difficult venue to play in at West Point. AFA nearly came away with three points in the very tight series, but got just one. The next two games would come against two of the top teams in all of college hockey, I-25 rivals Colorado College, ranked 10th in the nation, and secondranked Denver. The Falcons proved they
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were playing better, but offensive woes plagued the team. Despite stellar goaltending and a much-improved defense, the Falcons lost at Colorado College, 2-0, and then nearly tied Denver the next night. Featuring two of the nation’s top goaltenders in Volkening and DU’s Marc Cheverie, the game went into overtime. With 57 seconds left, the Pioneers scored a goal on a shot that went off of a Falcon player’s helmet and the nation’s No. 2 team escaped with a 2-1 win. Following the losses, the Falcons had a week off, but suffered another setback. Senior team captain Jeff Hajner found a blood clot in his calf and it seemed that his season would be over. With the loss of the captain, and several other injuries piling up, Air Force would need every available body coming down the stretch. The Falcons knew a road trip to RIT would be no picnic, especially after sweeping the Tigers early in the season. RIT was looking to clinch the regular-season title and the Falcons were battling for home ice in the first round. AFA came back twice in the first game and tied the score at 2-2 heading into overtime. However, again the extra frame was not kind to Air Force as RIT scored early for a 3-2 win. The next night was all RIT in a 3-0 win. AFA came home to close out the regular-season against the hottest team in college hockey, Sacred Heart. The Falcons knew they needed at least one win against the same team that thoroughly handled them in early January, if they were going to be home in the quarterfinals. Not only did the Falcons win Friday, they swept the series and it was not even close. Trailing 1-0 after the first 20 minutes of game one, the Falcon offense found its groove and scored five goals in the second period for a 6-3 win. The onslaught continued the next night as Air Force scored three in the first period and four in the second for an 8-1 win. Late in the season, the Falcons’ biggest question was the offense and it now appeared to be
2009-10 Season Review clicking. As a result of the sweep, the Falcons clinched third place in the league, but the quarterfinal opponent would certainly not be easy. Army. The service academy rival that took three points from Air Force in January came to the Cadet Ice Arena with hopes of ending the Falcons’ season. Volkening had other ideas. While the offense stole the show in the Sacred Heart series, the Army series was all about defense and goaltending. Volkening stopped all 29 shots he faced in game one of the three-game series and Sean Bertsch scored two goals for a 3-0 win. The shutout was Volkening’s third straight in the AHA Tournament, dating back to last season, a new league record. The second game was nothing short of a dogfight, but it was Air Force that found a way to get it done. Trailing 2-1 late in the second period, an unlikely hero was born. Senior defenseman Brandon Johnson had played in just 40 career games entering Saturday’s contest and was playing forward for just the second time in his career. His second career goal tied the game at 2-2 with 2:38 left in the second period. Lamoureux scored with 1:25 remaining in the third for a 3-2 lead and Derrick Burnett sealed the win with an empty-netter as Air Force advanced to Rochester, N.Y., for the fourth straight year. The Blue Cross Arena in Rochester has been a home away from home for the Falcons. Air Force was a perfect 6-0 in the building entering the 2010 Final Four. But this was a different team in a different year. The Falcons faced second-seeded Sacred Heart with the winner advancing to the championship game and one step away from the NCAA Tournament. Each team had won handily on their home ice and now the showdown was set up at a neutral site. Air Force received a boost when a change in medication allowed Hajner to return to the lineup. The defense and goaltending were again there, but the offense sputtered. Trailing 1-0 late in the
third period, Air Force pulled its goaltender for an extra skater. And it paid off. Lamoureux’s 22nd goal of the season tied the game at 1-1 with 1:29 remaining in the third. Just as the Falcons’ spirits were soaring and the game appeared headed into overtime, the team’s emotions were crushed. With 42 seconds remaining, Sacred Heart’s Patrick Knowlton, a Colorado Springs native, scored the game-winner and ended the Falcons’ season. It was a bitter pill to swallow, but this was a team that had to overcome much adversity and still managed to finish in the top four in the league and earn a winning record. Air Force also claimed some individual accolades along the way. Lamoureux and Kirby were named first-team all-AHA and Volkening was a second team selection. Volkening was named the team MVP for the third straight year, just the second Falcon to earn the honor three straight times. He concluded his career holding nearly every Academy goaltending record, including season and career wins, season and career shutouts, season and career goalsagainst average and season and career saves percentage. As a senior, he ranked in the top three in the league and top 20 in the nation in goals-against average and saves percentage. Lamoureux led the team with 22 goals and 42 points. He was third in the nation with 13 powerplay goals, 13th in the nation in goals and 36th in the nation in points. Burnett led the team with 23 assists and was second with 33 points. Kirby was the team’s top scoring defenseman with 24 points.
Calgary (exh.)
W 3-1
at Bemidji State
L 1-3
Oct. 10
at Bemidji State
L 3-7
Oct. 16
Alabama-Huntsville
L 2-4
Oct. 17
Alabama-Huntsville
Oct. 23
RIT*
W 5-4
Oct. 24
RIT*
W 3-2 ot
Oct. 31
at Canisius*
Nov. 1
at Canisius*
Nov. 6
Bentley*
T 3-3 ot
Nov. 7
Bentley *
W 3-0
Nov. 13
at Holy Cross*
W 1-0
Nov. 14
at Holy Cross*
T 2-2 ot
Nov. 20
at UConn*
T 2-2 ot
Nov. 21
at UConn*
W 3-1
Dec. 4
AIC*
W 5-3
Dec. 5
AIC*
Dec. 11
Mercyhurst*
T 3-3 ot
Dec. 12
Mercyhurst*
L 1-3
Jan. 2
at Sacred Heart*
L 1-4
L 2-4
L 1-3 W 4-1
W 6-2
Jan. 3
at Sacred Heart*
Jan. 8
UConn (CBS C)*
L 1-5
Jan. 9
UConn*
Jan. 15
at Bentley *
W 6-3 W 3-0
W 2-1 T 2-2 ot
With Lamoureux, Burnett and Kirby coming back next season, the Falcons will return 13 of the top 15 scorers and five of the top six defensemen. The biggest question mark going into the 2010-11 season will be goaltending. Volkening started every game since the end of his freshman year. He played every minute of every game as a sophomore and junior and 98 percent of the minutes as a senior. Sophomore David Bosner and junior Stephen Caple both saw limited action in 2009-10 and will battle for the starting.
Jan. 16
at Bentley*
Jan. 22
Holy Cross*
L 4-6
Jan. 23
Holy Cross*
W 4-3 ot
Jan. 29
at Army*
L 2-4
Jan. 30
at Army*
T 3-3 ot
Feb. 5
at Colorado College
L 0-2
Feb. 6
Denver (FSN-RM)
L 1-2 ot
Feb. 19
at RIT*
L 2-3 ot
Feb. 20
at RIT*
Along with Volkening, the Falcons will lose Fairchild, Hajner, Johnson and Brett Nylander from the class of 2010. This class won three AHA tournament championships, one regular-season championship and set a new school record with 84 wins.
Feb. 26
Sacred Heart*
W 6-3
Feb. 27
Sacred Heart*
W 8-1
The class will certainly be difficult to replace, but with a large nucleus of players coming off of a season that fell short of their own expectations, the 2010-11 Falcons will look to return to the top of the hill.
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Oct. 5 Oct. 9
L 0-3
AHA QUARTERFINALS (BEST OF THREE) Mar. 12
Army (at USAFA)
W 3-0
Mar. 13
Army (at USAFA)
W 4-2
AHA FINAL FOUR (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) Mar. 19
vs. Sacred Heart - Semifinals L 1-2
HOME GAMES IN BOLD *Atlantic Hockey Association game
2010-11 Season Outlook In looking at the 2010-11 Air Force hockey team, there are some elements that are constant. And there will also be a few unknowns. A hard-working, experienced, deep team that plays smothering defense, blocks shots and plays with relentless tenacity is as common as the lightning bolt on the pants. They will skate as well as anyone in the country. They will put on their hard hats, pack a lunch and take a blue-collar approach to every game. But the x-factor this season will be the goaltending. For the past three years and 117 games, there was never a question who would be starting in the paint. From the end of his freshman season until he tossed his cap in the air at Falcon Stadium this past May, Andrew Volkening was between the pipes. However, the man behind the trademark plainwhite goalie helmet is now serving as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. Therefore, Air Force goes into the 2010-11 season without an experienced goaltender for the first time since the 200203 season. “We are much deeper than last year, “ head coach Frank Serratore said. “The strength of our team will be our competitive depth. Last year, we finished third in the league and without Andrew Volkening we would have finished between fifth and seventh. We will have to learn to be successful with mere mortals in net. We have three kids who are all battling right now and we need one of them to step up. We aren’t looking for someone to win games for us. We just need someone to play with enought consistency to not lose games for us.”
Air Force clinched its fourth straight winning season in 2009-10, a school record against an allDivision I schedule. The Falcons finished the season with a 16-15-6 overall record. The Falcons finished third in the AHA and, after sweeping Army in the quarterfinals, advanced to the AHA Final Four for the fourth straight year. AFA’s season came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Sacred Heart in the AHA semifinals. The good news for Air Force is that the top three scorers and 13 of the top 15 return this season. The Falcons return 83 percent of the points, 81 percent of the goals and 85 percent of the assists from last season. Air Force also returns its top three defensemen. The Falcons depth, along with the return of two first-team all-conference players, was enough for the league’s coaches to pick the Falcons third in the preseason poll. RIT, who advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four last season, was picked to win the league. Mercyhurst was picked second followed by Air Force. “With the schedule we have playing in the difficult west pod and travelling to Bentley and Sacred Heart in the east, if we finish third, I’ll do cartwheels,” Serratore said. “I like our team, but whether we finish in the top half or bottom half is going to be our goaltending. If one of them steps up and gives us 90 percent in the net, we can finish in the top half. If not, we will struggle.”
FORWARDS Seniors Jacques Lamoureux and Derrick Burnett will lead the Falcon offense. Lamoureux was selected by his teammates to wear the “C” while Burnett will wear an “A” this season. Lamoureux has been a two-time first-team allAHA selection and was a 2009 All-American. The AHA player of the year as a sophomore, he has scored 55 goals the last two years. Last season, Lamoureux led the team with 22 goals and 42 points. Burnett gives the Falcons great vision and playmaking ability. He led the team with 23 assists and was second with 10 goals and 33 points. Along with Burnett and Lamoureux, seniors Matt Becker, Sean Bertsch, Scott Kozlak and Blake Page give the Falcons experineced depth up front. All four are strong defensive forwards and will anchor the penalty kill. Kozlak has played in every game in his career (117) and has nine points, including three short-handed career goals. Page has played in 115 career games and had 14 points, including two short-handed goals, last season. Bertsch has played in 113 career games and had six goals last season. Becker played in 30 games last season and had eight points.
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Junior Paul Weisgarber was selected by his teammates to wear an “A” this season. He has played in every game the past two years and has scored six goals and six assists in each of the last two seasons. Weisgarber will play on one of the team’s top three lines and, with two short-handed goals last season, is another of the Falcons’ top penalty killers. Sophomores Stephen Carew, Kyle De Laurell and John Kruse all had solid freshman seasons and will look to move into a greater role this season. De Laurell was named the team’s freshman of the year last season as he tied for fourth on the team with six goals and fifth on the team with 18 points. Carew, who could see action at both forward and on defense, had six goals to tie for fourth on the team. Late in the season, his versatility was a key element to the Falcons success as he played defense due to several injuries on the team. Carew will start the season at forward, but does give the Falcons some options, much like Brett Nylander did for the Falcons the past four years. Kruse had five goals and 13 assists last season and scored two power-play goals and a game-winner last season. “I think we have better depth at forward than last year,” Serratore said. “Our fifth line this year will be better than our fourth line last year. Last year, we were really thin on numbers. This year, we can withstand an injury here and there. Injuries are part of the game, but this season we have some depth to overcome them. We expect our seniors to lead us both offensively and defensively.” The Falcons have five freshman forwards that will also see action this season. Four forwards, Jason Fabian, Casey Kleisinger, George Michalke and Tony Thomas could all contribute right away. George Michalke, Ryan Timer and Mitch Torrel will battle for playing time and give the team some quality depth.
2010-11 Season Outlook DEFENSE
our league. Niagara came within one goal of the NCAA Tournament last season so these are two quality teams.”
Three returning defensemen will key the Falcons this season. Senior Brad Sellers and juniors Tim Kirby and Scott Mathis give the Falcons three quality defensemen with extensive experience.
With 12 teams in the league there will be two scheduling pods with each team playing three games against each team within their pod and then two games against teams from the other pod for a total of 27 league games.
Sellers has played in 110 games the past three years and gives the Falcons a rock-solid presence on the back line. The pair of Kirby and Mathis are among the best in the conference. Mathis was chosen to wear the “C” by his teammates and was an AHA all-rookie and alltournament team selection as a freshman. Kirby earned first-team allAHA honors last season and was the top scoring defenseman on the team, and third in the AHA, with 19 assists and 24 points. Carew, who played three games on defense last season, could see some time on the blue line as his versatilty gives the Falcons some flexibility with the lineup. While playing either forward or on defense Carew will play the point on one of the power-play units. “Kirby and Mathis give us a legit 1-2 punch at our level,” Serratore said. “They are only juniors and they have already been decorated players in our league. We expect Sellers to have a big senior year. He needs to log a lot of minutes for us. He is solid player across the board and one without a weakness.” Sophomores Eric Artman and Mike Walsh gained some valuable experience last season and will battle for playing time. Freshman Adam McKenzie was a stellar junior player and will be in the mix right away. Freshmen Jacob Musselman and Aaron Quick will give the Falcons some depth on the back line.
RIT, Mercyhurst, Air Force, Niagara, Robert Morris and Canisius, picked to finish one through six in the preseason poll respectively, will form the western pod. Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Army, Bentley, UConn and AIC, picked to finish seventh through 12th in the preseason poll, will form the eastern pod.
GOALIE Replacing three-time team MVP Andrew Volkening will not be easy. Three players, junior Stephen Caple, sophomore David Bosner and freshman Jason Torf are all battling for the position. Caple played in three games last season for a total of 63 minutes. Bosner played in two games for a total of 17 minutes. Neither has ever started a collegiate game. “All three are in competition for the position and I am waiting to see which one will emerge,” Serratore said. “It might happen early in the season, it might happen after Christmas, but the sooner it does happen the better we will be. At this point, we aren’t looking for a guy to win games , just not lose games.”
THE LEAGUE The Atlantic Hockey Association became a 12team league beginning in 2010-11 with the additions of Niagara and Robert Morris. Air Force is familiar with both schools as both were conference members with Air Force in the College Hockey America conference until 2006. “Atlantic Hockey is adding two good teams and they will finish closer to the top of the league than the bottom,” Serratore said. “They will make the league deeper and more competitive. The ante of playing poker in the AHA just went up. Robert Morris has three or four potential all-league guys. When we had our strong teams, we had two qualities … we were deep and we were old. That is where they are right now and they have a great goalie. Both schools were picked to tie for fourth in
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The 2011 AHA Tournament will feature the same format from a year ago with a slight twist. There will be four first round, single-game contests on Saturday, March 5. The top two teams in each scheduling region will receive a bye into the quarterfinals with the remaining eight teams playing first-round contests. Those eight teams will be seeded No. 3 thru No. 6 in their scheduling region with the No. 3 seed hosting No. 6 and No. 4 hosting No. 5. The winners will the be re-seeded by the final regular-season standings with the top four teams from those standings playing host to the bottom four teams in a best two-out-of-three quarterfinal series the following weekend. The four winners will then travel to the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. with the highest remaining seed facing the lowest remaining seed in the first semifinal with the other two remaining seeds facing off in the second semifinal on Friday, March 18. The two semifinal winners will then face-off in the Championship Game on Saturday, March 19 with the NCAA automatic berth on the line.
2010-11 Numerical Roster No. 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 35 37 51
Name Jacob Musselman Brad Sellers Eric Artman Adam McKenzie Casey Kleisinger Scott Kozlak Kyle De Laurell Paul Weisgarber Danny Durham Ryan Timar Sean Bertsch Jason Fabian Derrick Burnett George Michalke Stephen Carew Tony Thomas Jacques Lamoureux Blake Page Scott Mathis Mike Walsh Tim Kirby Mitch Torrel John Kruse Aaron Quick Jason Torf David Bosner Stephen Caple Matt Becker
Pos. D D D D F F F F F F F F F F F F F F D D D F F D G G G F
Ht. 5-8 6-1 5-10 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-1 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-0 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-10 5-9
Head Coach: Frank Serratore
Wt. 175 180 170 175 165 165 195 170 175 180 180 190 187 165 175 195 195 165 190 195 205 185 190 205 180 190 175 170
Yr. FR. SR. SO. FR. FR. SR. SO. JR. SO. FR. SR. FR. SR. FR. SO. FR. SR. SR. JR. SO. JR. FR. SO. FR. FR. SO. JR. SR.
Hometown / Last Team Littleton, Colo. / Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL) Centennial, Colo. / Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) East Lansing, Mich. / Topeka Road Runners (NAHL) Petaluma, Calif. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Edwards, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Duluth, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) Mission Viejo, Calif. / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) Fargo, N.D. / Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) Chicago, Ill. / North Iowa Outlaws (NAHL) Novi, Mich./ Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Woodland Park, Colo. / Billings Bulls (NAHL) Roseau, Minn. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Corona, Calif. / Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) Parma, Ohio / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) South Lyon, Mich. / Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL) Grand Forks, N.D. / Northern Michigan Univ. (NCAA) San Clemente, Calif. / Bay State Breakers (EJHL) Crystal Lake, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL) Vernon Hills, Ill. / Chicago Steel (USHL) Austin, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) Monticello, Minn. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) Monument, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Hermosa Beach, Calif. / Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL) Chesterfield, Mo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Rice Lake, Wis. / Westside Warriors (BCJHL) Moorhead, Minn. / Fargo-Moorhead Jets (NAHL)
Assistant Coaches: Mike Corbett and Andy Berg
FALCONS BY STATE California (5) Burnett - Corona De Laurell - Mission Viejo McKenzie - Petaluma Page - San Clemente Torf - Hermosa Beach Colorado (5) Bertsch - Woodland Park Kleisinger - Edwards Musselman - Littleton Quick - Monument Sellers - Centennial Illinois (3) Durham - Chicago Mathis - Crystal Lake Walsh - Vernon Hills Michigan (3) Artman - East Lansing Timar - Novi Thomas - South Lyon
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Minnesota (7) Becker - Moorhead Carew - Eden Prairie Fabian - Roseau Kirby - Austin Kozlak - Duluth Kruse - Eden Prairie Torrel - Monticello Missouri (1) Bosner - Chesterfield Ohio (1)
Michalke - Parma
North Dakota (2) Lamoureux - Grand Forks Weisgarber - Fargo Wisconsin (1) Caple - Rice Lake
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Sean Bertsch . . . . . . . .BURCH David Bosner . . . . . . . .BOZ-nurr Stephen Caple . . . . . . .KAY-pull Stephen Carew . . . . . .cuh-ROO Kyle De Laurell . . . . . .duh-LORR-uhl Jason Fabian . . . . . . . .FAY-be-un Casey Kleisinger . . . . .KLY-sin-jerr Scott Kozlak . . . . . . . .KOZE-lack John Kruse . . . . . . . . .CREWS Jacques Lamoureux . .LAM-uh-roo George Michalke . . . . .muh-CALL-key Frank Serratore . . . . . .sara-TORR-ee Ryan Timar . . . . . . . . .TY-merr Mitch Torrel . . . . . . . . .TORE-el Paul Weisgarber . . . . .WISE-garber
2010-11 Alphabetical Roster No. 4 51 15 35 17 37 19 9 11 16 25 7 8 27 21 23 6 18 2 22 28 3 20 13 29 26 24 10
Name Eric Artman Matt Becker Sean Bertsch David Bosner Derrick Burnett Stephen Caple Stephen Carew Kyle De Laurell Danny Durham Jason Fabian Tim Kirby Casey Kleisinger Scott Kozlak John Kruse Jacques Lamoureux Scott Mathis Adam McKenzie George Michalke Jacob Musselman Blake Page Aaron Quick Brad Sellers Tony Thomas Ryan Timar Jason Torf Mitch Torrel Mike Walsh Paul Weisgarber
Pos. D F F G F G F F F F D F F F F D D F D F D D F F G F D F
Ht. 5-10 5-9 5-9 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-3 6-1 5-10 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-11 6-0 5-8 5-9 6-3 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-11 6-1 5-10 5-9
Head Coach: Frank Serratore
Wt. 170 170 180 190 187 175 175 195 175 190 205 165 165 190 195 190 175 165 175 165 205 180 195 180 180 185 195 170
Yr. SO. SR. SR. SO. SR. JR. SO. SO. SO. FR. JR. FR. SR. SO. SR. JR. FR. FR. FR. SR. FR. SR. FR. FR. FR. FR. SO. JR.
Hometown / Last Team East Lansing, Mich. / Topeka Road Runners (NAHL) Moorhead, Minn. / Fargo-Moorhead Jets (NAHL) Woodland Park, Colo. / Billings Bulls (NAHL) Chesterfield, Mo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Corona, Calif. / Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) Rice Lake, Wis. / Westside Warriors (BCJHL) Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) Mission Viejo, Calif. / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) Chicago, Ill. / North Iowa Outlaws (NAHL) Roseau, Minn. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Austin, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) Edwards, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Duluth, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) Grand Forks, N.D. / Northern Michigan Univ. (NCAA) Crystal Lake, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL) Petaluma, Calif. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Parma, Ohio / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) Littleton, Colo./ Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL) San Clemente, Calif. / Bay State Breakers (EJHL) Monument, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Centennial, Colo. / Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) South Lyon, Mich. / Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL) Novi, Mich. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Hermosa Beach, Calif./ Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL) Monticello, Minn. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Vernon Hills, Ill. / Chicago Steel (USHL) Fargo, N.D. / Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
Assistant Coaches: Mike Corbett and Andy Berg
FALCONS BY CLASS Seniors (7) 51 15 17 8 21 22 3
Matt Becker Sean Bertsch Derrick Burnett Scott Kozlak Jacques Lamoureux Blake Page Brad Sellers
Juniors (4) 37 25 23 10
Stephen Caple Tim Kirby Scott Mathis Paul Weisgarber
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Sophomores (7) 4 35 19 9 11 27 24
Eric Artman David Bosner Stephen Carew Kyle De Laurell Dan Durham John Kruse Mike Walsh
Freshmen (10) 16 7 6 18 2 28 20 13 29 26
Jason Fabian Casey Kleisinger Adam McKenzie George Michalke Jacob Musselman Aaron Quick Tony Thomas Ryan Timar Jason Torf Mitch Torrel
FALCONS BY POSITION Forwards (17) 51 15 17 19 9 11 16 7 8 27 21 18 22 20 13 26 10
Matt Becker Sean Bertsch Derrick Burnett Stephen Carew Kyle De Laurell Dan Durham Jason Fabian Casey Kleisinger Scott Kozlak John Kruse Jacques Lamoureux George Michalke Blake Page Tony Thomas Ryan Timar Mitch Torrel Paul Weisgarber
Defense (8) 4 25 23 6 2 28 3 24
Eric Artman Tim Kirby Scott Mathis Adam McKenzie Jacob Musselman Aaron Quick Brad Sellers Mike Walsh
Goalies (3) 35 37 29
David Bosner Stephen Caple Jason Torf
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eric
ARTMAN
Defense Sophomore 5-10 170 Shoots: Right East Lansing, Mich. Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)
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Artman’s Career Stats Year 2009-10
GP 22
G 4
A 3
PTS 7
PIM 14
SOG 21
PP 1
SH 0
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in 22 games and had seven points, the most among the freshmen defensemen ... Four goals and three assists on the season ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 12) after opening weekend ... Scored one goal in each game on the road at Bemidji State ... Also scored goals against UConn (Jan. 8) and at Army (Jan. 29) ... Career bests of two assists and two points in the 3-0 win over Army, March 12, in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals ... Assisted on the game-winner.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played for the Topeka Roadrunners and coach Scott Langer ... The team’s top scoring defenseman with 36 points (5-31-36) in 58 games … Second in the NAHL in points by a defenseman … +18 led the team and was fourth in the league … One of only three Roadrunners to play in all 58 games … NAHL South Player of the Week on Feb. 2 as he scored two goals in a sweep of St. Louis … Named to the all-South Division Team and was the team’s defenseman of the year ... Spent the 2007-08 season in Topeka and had 29 points (6-23-29) in 56 games … +19 was seventh on the team … Team was the South Division champions and placed third at nationals ... Graduated from East Lansing High School ... Earned three letters in baseball and was all-conference and all-district as a junior and senior ... Academic all-conference and all-district ... 2007 Distinguished Scholar Award.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 36 ... Parents are Bret and Nancy Artman ... Has one brother, Kevin ... Major is management ... Considering French as a minor ... This past summer, took a physics course and also completed the Soaring and Global Engagement programs ... Favorite snack is skittles ... Favorite book is the Da Vinci Code ... Favorite TV show is Las Vegas ... Listens to I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas before games ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Advice to young people is to “listen to your parents, they know what they are talking about” ... Wears the No. 4 because it is the same number Bobby Orr wore ... The thing he likes the most about Air Force hockey is the crowd ... Plays a game of solitaire before every game ... Credits his father for the having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Long-term goal is to manage his own business ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite player is Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green.
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CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, several times Assists: 2 vs. Army, Mar. 12, 2010 Points: 2 vs. Army, Mar. 12, 2010
GW 0
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matt
BECKER
Forward Senior Moorhead, Minn.
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5-9 170 Shoots: Right (Fargo-Moorhead Jets/NAHL) Becker’s Career Stats
Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 9 1 30 40
G 1 0 1 2
A 1 0 7 8
PTS 2 0 8 10
PIM 1-2 0-0 10-20 11-22
SOG 10 2 24 36
PP 0 0 0 0
SH 0 0 0 0
GW 0 0 0 0
2009-10 (JUNIOR) Earned the team’s most improved player award ... Played in a career-high 30 games and had a career-best eight points on one goal and seven assists ... Career-best two assists in the win over AIC ... Only goal of the season came in the 6-3 win over Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Tied his career high with two assists in a key 8-1 win over Sacred Heart in the final regular-season game of the season ... Added an assist the next night in the 3-0 win over Army in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) Played in one game and had two shots on goal against Yale.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN) Played in nine games and had two points ... Scored a goal in his first collegiate game, a 6-2 win over Mercyhurst ... Also had an assist vs. Mercyhurst later in the season.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 20 games for the Fargo-Moorhead Jets of the North American Hockey League in 2006-07 ... Had 10 points (4-6-10) ... Graduated from Moorhead High School ... Lettered three years in hockey and two in track ... On the all-tournament team at the 2005 Minnesota State Hockey Tournament ... Selected for Team Minnesota Select 15, 16 and 17 teams.
PERSONAL
CAREER HIGHS
Member of Cadet Squadron 18 ... Major is management ... Parents are Brad and Deb Goals: 1, twice Becker ... Has two brothers, Bryan and Joe ... Older brother, Bryan, was a three-year letterAssists: 2 vs. AIC, Dec. 5, 2010; man and a 2008 graduate of the Air Force Academy ... Father played hockey at the UniverSacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010 sity of North Dakota and in the NHL for the New York Rangers ... Grandfather, Willard Points: 2 vs. AIC, Dec. 5, 2010; Ikola, played on two national championship teams at Michigan and played in the 1956 Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010 Olympics in Italy, earning a silver medal ... Is the security officer in his squadron ... On the athletic’s list every semester ... Plans to work in the space and missiles career field in the Air Force ... Long-term goal is to earn his MBA and someday become a golf pro ... Favorite food is the pizza at Frank Pepe’s in New Haven, Conn. ... Favorite book is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... Favorite TV show is Entourage ... Favorite movie is Over the Top ... Something most people don’t know about him is that he tore both ACL’s at the same time, and both have been reconstructed, before coming to the Academy ... If he could be any cartoon character it would be Tommy Pickles from the Rugrats because of his adventurous lifestyle ... Wears the No. 51 because his dad wore No. 15 so he turned it around to make it his own ... Hobbies are golf, camping and fishing ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Buffalo Sabres forward Mike Grier.
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sean Forward Senior Woodland Park, Colo.
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Bertsch 5-9 180 Shoots: Right (Billings Bulls/NAHL) Bertsch’s Career Stats
Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 35 41 37 113
G 2 7 6 15
A 7 4 2 13
PTS 9 11 8 28
PIM 4-8 7-14 5-10 16-32
SOG 57 58 62 177
PP 0 0 0 0
SH 0 0 1 1
GW 0 0 1 1
2009-10 (JUNIOR) Played in all 37 games and had six goals and two assists ... Scored a career-high two goals in the 6-2 win over AIC, Dec. 2 ... First career short-handed goal came in that game ... Scored four goals in three games late in the season ... Scored two goals, including his first career game-winner, in the 3-0 win over Army in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals ... One goal and one assist to tie his career best of two points in the 4-2 win over Army as Air Force swept the quarterfinal series and advanced to the AHA Final Four.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) Played in all 41 games and had seven goals and four assists for 11 points ... Named to the NCAA East Regional all-tournament team as he scored a goal vs. Vermont in the regional final ... His goal tied the game at 2-2 midway through the third period ... Also had an assist in the game to tie his career high of two points ... His seven goals tied for seventh on the team and were the third most in the sophomore class ... Also scored against Sacred Heart, Bentley, Holy Cross, Mercyhurst and two against UConn.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN) Played in 35 games and had nine points (2-7-9) ... First career goal came against AIC, March 1 ... Scored in his next game vs. Bentley, March 7 ... Four points in his last six games ... Career best two points vs. Bentley, March 7, in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals ... One assist in the 5-4 double overtime win over Mercyhurst in the AHA Championship Game ... Assisted on Josh Schaffer’s goal in the third period to tie the game at 3-3.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played two years of junior hockey for coach Doug Johnson and the Billings Bulls of the North American Hockey League ... Team captain of the Bulls in 2005-06 ... Led the team in goals scored with 21 ... Had 47 points (21-26-47) in 2005-06 and had 45 points (18-2745) in 2004-05 ... Played 111 junior hockey games ... Graduated from Woodland Park High School ... Lettered two years in football.
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 2, vs. AIC, Dec. 5, 2010; vs. Army, March 12, 2010 Assists: 1, several times Points: 2, several times
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 4 ... Major is management ... Parents are Mike and Claire Bertsch ... Three siblings, Jessie, Cara and Jared ... Father played for Colorado College and was the head coach of the Tigers from 1983-88 ... Father is currently the assistant executive director of marketing and communications at USA Hockey in Colorado Springs ... Attended the USAFA Prep School ... On the athletics list as a freshman and the commandant’s list for military excellence as a sophomore ... This past summer, completed the powered flight program and soloed in an airplane ... Also served as the deputy commander for the military training squadron in the summer support program this past summer ... The assistant flight commander in his squadron ... Would like to someday coach hockey or work in the business field ... Favorite food is a walleye shore lunch ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the 2009 AHA Tournament and going to the NCAA Tournament ... Hobbies are hunting, fishing, golf, wakeboarding and snowboarding ... Favorite NHL player is former Avs captain Joe Sakic.
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BOSNER
Goalie Sophomore 6-1 190 Catches: Left Chesterfield, Mo. (Bismarck Bobcats/NAHL)
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Bosner’s Career Stats Year 2009-10
GP 2
MIN 17
GA 1
GAA 3.43
REC 0-0-0
SV 15
SV% .938
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in two games in a reserve role ... 17 total minutes on the season and gave up one goal with 15 saves ... First career action came in the 6-2 win over AIC, Dec. 5 ... Played the final 11:45 and made six saves while allowing one goal ... Also played in the 8-1 win over Sacred Heart in the regular-season finale ... Played the final 5:45 and made nine saves without giving up a goal.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played for coach Byron Pool and the Bismarck Bobcats of the NAHL ... Played in 33 games and had a 24-7-1 record … Second in NAHL with 1.78 GAA and .933 saves percentage … 24 wins were the second most in the league … Six shutouts were the second most in the league … Twice named the NAHL Goalie of the Week, once on Sept. 29, 2008, when he stopped 67 of 69 shots in a two-game sweep of Alexandria and again on March 9, 2009, as he stopped 53 of 57 shots in a two-game sweep over Owatonna … Helped lead team to NAHL Robertson Cup Round Robin finals … Had a 5-2 record in the playoffs … One of five finalists for the NAHL Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Goalie of the Year awards ... The goalie on the all-Central Division Team ... Also named to the all-rookie team ... Graduated from John Burroughs School ... Lettered four years in hockey and three in track ... Earned National Merit Scholarship Commendation.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 22 ... Parents are Matt Bosner and Joanie Rosenbaum ... Has one brother, Mike ... Major is foreign area studies with an emphasis in political science ... Minor is Spanish ... Long-term goals are to go to law school and become a JAG ... This past summer, comAREER IGHS pleted Global Engagement, Space and Combat Survival Training ... On the dean’s list and athletic’s list both semesters ... Favorite food is steak ... Listens to Nelly’s Heart of a Champion and Saves: 9 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010 Our Lives by The Calling before games ... Father is a cardiologist and mother is a neonatologist ... Favorite book is My Road Back to Life by Lance Armstrong ... Attended St. Louis Cardinals’ game when Mark McGwire hit his then-MLB record 70th home run ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the deciding fifth game in the NAHL Central Division finals to advance to the national tournament ... Favorite sport other than hockey is football ... Came to the Academy because of the “combination of a tremendous postgraduate opportunities and championship caliber hockey program” ... Favorite NHL team is the St. Louis Blues ... Favorite player is Buffalo Sabres’ goalie Ryan Miller.
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BURNETT
derrick Forward Senior Corona, Calif.
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6-2 187 Shoots: Right (Okotoks Oilers/AJHL) Burnett’s Career Stats
Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 39 37 37 113
G 7 8 10 25
A 19 16 23 58
PTS 26 24 33 83
PIM 13-26 15-30 13-29 41-85
SOG 39 62 83 184
PP 0 3 2 5
SH 0 0 0 0
GW 2 1 0 3
2009-10 (JUNIOR)
Played in all 37 games ... Second on the team with 33 points and tied for second with 10 goals ... Led the team with 23 assists ... Tied his season high with two assists three times on the season ... Did not score more than two points in any game, but scored in 22 of 37 games, the second best mark on the team ... One goal and one assist in the 3-0 win over Bentley, Nov. 7 ... Two goals and two assists in the Holy Cross series, Jan. 22-23 ... Six points in the final four games of the season ... Two goals and an assist in the sweep of Army in the AHA Quarterfinals.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)
Seventh on the team with 24 points and sixth with eight goals ... Sixth on the team with three power-play goals ... Career-high three points and three assists vs. Sacred Heart, Nov. 21 ... Tied career high with two goals in the 3-2 win over Army, Jan. 24 ... Two assists vs. Holy Cross, Feb. 21 ... Scored the first goal, and eventual game-winner, vs. Michigan in NCAA Regional on the power play.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN) Earned the team’s John Matchefts award as the top rookie as voted on by the team ... The top Falcon freshman scorer with 26 points (7-19-26) ... Third in the league and 28th in the nation in points by a freshman ... +8 was second among the Falcon freshmen and fourth on the team among the forwards ... First career point was an assist vs. Quinnipiac in his first collegiate game ... Had a four-game point streak early in the season ... First career goal came in his 19th game when he scored two vs. RIT, Jan. 12 ... Scored AFA’s first goal in the win over No. 4 Denver ... Three points, all assists, in the Bentley series ... Tied career best with two assists, Feb. 2 ... Three points in the Canisius series, Feb. 22-23 ... One goal in the first game ... Four points (1-3-4) in the AHA Quarterfinal series vs. Bentley, March 7-8 ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week, March 10 ... Had 17 points in his last 18 games ... Scored AFA’s first goal in the NCAA Northeast Regional vs. Miami to tie the game at 1-1 in the second period ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Month in March.
BEFORE AIR FORCE
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 2 vs. RIT, Jan. 12, 2008; vs. Army, Jan. 24, 2009 Assists: 3 vs. Sacred Heart, Nov. 21, 2008 Points: 3 vs. Sacred Heart, Nov. 21, 2008
Played 58 games for coach Gary VanHereweghe and the Okotoks Oilers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in 2006-07 ... Tied for second on the team in scoring with 61 points (19-42-61) ... Led the team in assists ... Eight power-play goals ... Graduated from Santiago High School ... Lettered three years in roller hockey.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Clay and Holly Burnett ... Has one sister, Meagan ... Major is social science ... This past summer, worked the Falcon Summer Sports Camps as a mentor to about 30 kids each week for two weeks ... Also took a class in geopolitics and served as a cadre member during Basic Cadet Training, leading incoming freshmen through the obstacle course ... Long-term goal is to get his master’s in business ... Is the assistant flight commander in his squadron ... Favorite snack is trail mix ... Favorite movie is Old School ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Helen Keller ... Greatest moment in sports was beating Michigan in the NCAA Tournament ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player is Philadelphia Flyer Mike Richards.
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stephen Goalie Junior Rice Lake, Wis.
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CAPLE
5-10 175 Catches: Right (Westside Warriors/BCJHL) Caple’s Career Stats
Year 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP DNP 3 3
MIN
GA
GAA
REC
SV
SV%
63 63
1 1
0.95 0.95
0-0-0 0-0-0
19 19
.950 .950
2009-10 (SOPHOMORE) First career action came Oct. 10, 2009, against Bemidji State ... Played 27:42 and made 10 saves while allowing one goal ... Also came on in relief against Alabama-Huntsville on Oct. 16 and played 29:51, making six saves and not allowing a goal ... Also played against Sacred Heart on Feb. 27 ... Played 5:51 and made three saves without allowing a goal.
2008-09 (FRESHMAN) Dressed and travelled with the team all season, but did not see any game action.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played two seasons for the Westside Warriors of the BCJHL and coach Mark Howell ... In 200708, played in 40 games and compiled a 26-14 record with a 2.65 goals-against average and a .900 saves percentage ... Fourth in the league in goals-against average in 2007-08 ... On the BCHL AllStar Team in 2007 ... Earned the team’s coaches award in 2007 and the team’s heart and soul award in 2006 and 2007 ... Played in 105 career junior hockey games ... Played 48 games with the Warriors in 2006-07 and also played 17 games with the Langley Hornets in 2005-06 ... Had a 5-5 record with Langley ... Graduated from Shattuck St. Mary’s (Minn.) High School ... Lettered four years in hockey and twice in lacrosse ... Hockey team won the U18 National Championship in 2005 ... His U18 team was second at the 2004 national championships.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 7 ... Parents are Jim and Laurie Caple ... Has one younger brother, Ethan ... Major is civil engineering ... Minor is French ... On the superintendent’s list for excellence in academics, military and athletics ... This past summer, travelled to Guam as part of the civil engineering Operation Air Force program ... Also worked Combat Survival Training as a loAREER IGHS gistics cadre ... Long-term goal is to work in the Air Force’s Red Horse program, a rapidly deSaves: 10 vs. Bemidji State, Oct. 10, 2009 ployable engineering squadron that works in combat areas ... Favorite class is law ... Favorite TV show is Swamp Loggers ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the 2005 Midget AAA national championship ... Favorite magazine is 8 Lug ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus ... Something not many people know about him is that he played high school hockey with Jonathan Toewes and Sidney Crosby ... Favorite sport other than hockey is SnoCross ... Hobbies are camping, off-roading and boating ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild.
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stephen Forward Junior Eden Prairie, Minn.
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CAREW
5-9 175 Shoots: Right Owatonna Express/NAHL Carew’s Career Stats
Year 2009-10
GP 36
G 6
A 9
PTS 15
PIM 4-8
SOG 53
PP 3
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in 36 of the 37 games ... 15 points on six goals and nine assists were second on the team among the freshmen ... Three of his six goals came on the power play ... First career goal came against Alabama-Huntsville, Oct. 17, 2009 ... Scored in the next game against RIT, Oct. 23, in a 5-4 AFA win ... His goal gave AFA a 4-2 lead in the second period ... Career-best two points on one goal and one assist in the 3-0 win over Bentley, Jan. 16 ... Assisted on the game-winner in that game ... Tied his career high with two points in the 8-1 win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 27 ... Assisted on the game-winning goal and scored the fifth goal of the game.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played for coach Pat Cullen and the Owatonna Express of the NAHL in 2008-09 ... Team captain ... Led the team and was 15th in the league with 54 points (28-26-54) … Eighth in the league with 28 goals … NAHL Central Player of the Week on Jan. 12 as he scored four goals in a pair of Express wins … Helped lead the team to the NAHL second round of the playoffs … Seven points (2-5-7) in the playoffs led the team ... Played the 2007-08 season with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL and had 19 points ... Graduated from Benilde-St. Margarets High School ... Lettered four years in hockey ... Team captain and MVP ... Four-time all-conference selection ... All-state honorable mention.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 39 ... Parents are Ed and Linda Carew ... Has one sister, Emma ... Major is management ... This past summer, took a philosophy class and completed the Space and Global Engagement programs ... On the dean’s list and commandant’s list (military excellence) in the fall of 2009 ... On the athletic’s list in the spring of 2010 ... Favorite food is Mac and Cheese ... Favorite movie is Boondock Saints ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Christopher McCandless, who hiked into the Alaskan wilderness with little supplies in the early 1990’s ... Favorite sport other than hockey is lacrosse ... Says that he is “better at playing guitar than playing hockey” ... Greatest moment in sports was sweeping Army in the AHA Quarterfinals last season ... Hometown was named the No. 1 place to live by Forbes and Money Magazine in 2010 ... Credits his father as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies are playing guitar, fishing, camping, cars and working out ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is New Jersey Devil forward Zach Parise.
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CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, several times Assists: 1, several times Points: 2, several times
SH 1
GW 0
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kyle
De LAURELL
Forward Sophomore 6-1 195 Shoots: Right Mission Viejo, Calif. Wichita Falls Wildcats/NAHL
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De Laurell’s Career Stats Year 2009-10
GP 36
G 6
A 6
PTS 12
PIM 8-16
SOG 83
PP 4
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in 36 of the 37 games ... Earned the John Matchefts Award as the team’s top freshman ... Fourth on the team with six goals and fifth on the team with 12 points ... Three of his six goals were game-winners ... Also scored a game-tying goal ... Career best three assists in the 5-4 win over RIT in his fourth collegiate game ... First career goal came in the 4-1 win at Canisius, Nov. 1 ... Goal was the eventual game-winner ... One goal and one assist in the 3-3 overtime tie with Bentley, Nov. 6 ... Scored the game-tying goal early in the third period ... Scored the game-winner in the 6-3 win at Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Career best four-game point streak in January.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played for coach John Bowkus and led the Wichita Falls Wildcats in points per game at 1.19 … Third on the team with 37 points (10-27-37) in 31 games, despite missing the second half of the season with a shoulder injury … Helped lead the team to the NAHL playoffs … NAHL South Player of the Week, Sept. 23, when he led all scorers at the NAHL Showcase with three goals and six assists as the Wildcats tallied a perfect 4-0 record … Named to the Showcase all-tournament team ... Scored one game-winner and assisted on the other three at the Showcase … Played 16 games with the Wildcats in 2007-08 ... Graduated from Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs ... Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 29 ... Parents are Jeffrey and Patrice De Laurell ... Has three siblings, Alysha, Leah and Elizabeth ... Major is operations research ... Minor is Spanish ... Favorite class is math ... Listens to Rise Against The Mathine before games ... This past summer, learned to fly UAV’s in the Unmanned Aerial Systems program ... Also completed Combat Survival Training ... On the athletic’ s list ... Lived in five different states during the two years prior to coming to the Academy ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Greatest moment in sports was scoring the game-winning goal in overtime for the hat trick to advance to the regional championships ... ... Famous person he would most like to meet is Wayne Gretzky ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player is Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin.
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CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, several times Assists: 3 vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009 Points: 3 vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009
SH 0
GW 3
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DURHAM
Forward Sophomore 5-10 175 Shoots: Right Chicago, Ill. North Iowa Outlaws/NAHL
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Durham’s Career Stats Year 2009-10
GP 18
G 2
A 2
PTS 4
PIM 8-16
SOG 21
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in 18 games and had two goals and two assists ... Scored three points in the RIT series, Oct. 23-24 as the Falcons swept the Tigers ... First career goal came in the first game of the series ... Career best two points (1-1-2) in the second game.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played for coach Dean Blais and the Fargo Force of the USHL for the first 20 games of the 2008-09 season ... Seven points (2-5-7) and was a +7 … Traded to the North Iowa Outlaws late in the season and played 18 games for Outlaws with 17 points (7-10-17) … Helped lead the team to the NAHL Robertson Cup Round Robin finals ... Graduated from Mount Carmel High School ... Lettered two years in golf ... Two-time Catholic League Golf Champion.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 24 ... Parents are Joseph and Marianne Durham ... Has two sisters, Katherine and Leah ... Major is management ... Long-term goal is to be a financial advisor ... This past summer, took a course in economics and also completed Global Engagement ... On the athletic’s list both semesters ... Favorite class is Spanish ... Favorite book is Bringing Down the House ... Listens to rap before games ... Favorite movie is Caddyshack ... Greatest moment in sports was winning a gold medal in the five nation’s tournament with Team USA ... Father is a vascular surgeon ... Credits his parents and former coach, Jeff Jones, as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobby is golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is retired defenseman Chris Chelios.
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, twice Assists: 1, twice Points: 2 vs. RIT, Oct. 24, 2009
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tim
Defense Junior 6-1 205 Shoots: Right Austin, Minn. (Southern Minnesota Express /NAHL)
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Kirby’s Career Stats Year 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 41 37 78
G 2 5 7
A 11 19 30
PTS 13 24 37
PIM 11-33 13-34 24-67
SOG 58 116 174
PP 0 1 1
SH 0 0 0
GW 0 3 3
2009-10 (SOPHOMORE) Earned the team’s defensive player of the year award ... Played in all 37 games and was the team’s top scoring defenseman with five goals and 19 assists for 24 points ... First-team all-AHA selection ... Earned the team’s Defensive Player of the Year award ... All 24 of his points came against league opponents (31 games) ... Third in the AHA in points by a defenseman with 23 in regular season AHA games ... Three of his five goals were game-winners ... Scored the game-winner vs. RIT, Oct. 23, with 1:45 left in the third ... Scored the game-winner vs. UConn, Jan. 8, with 2:46 left in the third ... Scored the game-winner vs. Holy Cross, Jan. 23, with 0.6 left in overtime ... Career best five assists vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27 ... His five assists tied as the most ever by an Air Force player vs. a Division I opponent ... Career-best seven points (1-6-7) in the Sacred Heart series ... Named AHA Player of the Week, first time in his career ... Had a career-best six-game point scoring streak early in the season which tied as the longest by any Falcon during the season.
2008-09 (FRESHMAN) Played in all 41 games and had two goals and 11 assists for 13 points ... 13 points were fourth among the Falcon freshmen ... +11 on the season ... 10 points in 28 conference games ... First career point was an assist vs. Bemidji State, Oct. 17 ... First career goal came at Bentley, Feb. 13, in a 3-2 win ... Season best two assists and two points vs. RIT, Feb. 28 ... Matched his season high with two assists vs. Mercyhurst in the AHA championship game.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played two seasons for coach Pat Cullen’s Southern Minnesota Express of the NAHL ... Played in 56 games and was the team’s top scoring defenseman with 43 points (6-37-43) ... Ranked fifth on the team in scoring by all players ... Third in the league in points by a defenseman ... Played in the NAHL All-Star Game and the Top Prospect Tournament ... Team captain ... Also played 50 games for the Express in 2006-07 and had 11 points (3-8-11) ... Graduated from Austin (Minn.) High School ... Lettered four years in hockey, three in baseball and one in football ... All-conference in hockey as a junior and senior ... All-conference and honorable mention all-state in baseball as a senior.
PERSONAL
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, several times Assists: 5 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010 Points: 5 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010
Member of Cadet Squadron 27 ... Parents are John and Lidia Kirby ... Has three brothers, Matt , Dan and John ... Major is social sciences ... This past summer, travelled to Robbins AFB, Ga., on Operation Air Force ... Favorite TV show is The Office ... Is the security officer in his squadron ... Would like to work in the contracting or security forces career field after graduation ... On the athletic’s list ... Favorite movie is Step Brothers ... Hometown of Austin, Minn., is known as SpamTown, USA ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Hobbies are disc golfing, golfing and fishing ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus ... Chose his number because that is what he wore in high school ... Credits his parents as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Favorite NHL team is the New Jersey Devils ... Favorite NHL player is Minnesota Wild defenseman Brent Burns.
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KOZLAK
Forward Senior 5-10 165 Shoots: Right Duluth, Minn. Southern Minnesota Express/NAHL
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Kozlak’s Career Stats Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 39 41 37 117
G 9 5 2 16
A 8 10 7 25
PTS 17 15 9 41
PIM 15-30 16-32 15-30 46-92
SOG 78 70 80 228
PP 0 0 0 0
SH 0 3 0 3
GW 2 0 0 2
2009-10 (JUNIOR) Played in all 37 games ... Two goals and seven assists for nine points ... Career-best three points (1-2-3) in the win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 26.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) Played in all 41 games ... Five goals and 15 points on the season ... Three short-handed goals were second on the team and sixth in the nation ... 10 points in 28 AHA games ... Tied his season highs with two assists and two points in the win over Bemidji State ... First goal of the season and tied his career high with two points vs. Bentley in 5-1 win ... Two assists and two points in 5-1 win at Holy Cross.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN) Played in all 39 games ... No. 2 freshman scorer on the team and the top goal scorer among the rookies ... Fifth on the team with nine goals ... 17 points in 39 games ... First career point was an assist vs. Quinnipiac ... First career goal came vs. Mercyhurst ... Career-best two points vs. Mercyhurst, Nov. 3 ... Scored AFA’s only goal in the 2-1 loss at No. 3 Colorado College ... Scored AFA’s only goal in the 3-1 loss to Mercyhurst, Feb. 8 ... Scored a goal vs. Canisius, Feb. 22 ... One assist vs. AIC, March 1 ... Scored a goal in the 9-2 win over Bentley, March 7 ... Two assists in the win over Mercyhurst in the AHA Championship game ... Assisted on Josh Print’s goal vs. Miami in the NCAA Northeast Regional.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 36 games for coach Pat Cullen’s Southern Minnesota Express of the North American Hockey League ... Had 26 points (12-14-26) in 36 games ... Had five points in 12 playoff games ... Graduated from Duluth Marshall High School ... Lettered four years in golf, three in hockey and two in soccer ... Golf team won the Minnesota state title ... Hockey team was third in the Minnesota state tournament.
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 1, several times Assists: 2, several times Points: 3, vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 26, 2010
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 16 ... Parents are Joel and Jane Kozlak ... Has one sister, Trish, and one brother, Joe ... Major is management ... Minor is German ... On the commandant’s list for military excellence in 2009 ... Also on the athletic’s list ... This past summer, worked with the Academy’s honor department ... Served as the Force Support Squadron Commander in the Global Engagement program this past summer ... Future plans include earning his MBA and working in the financial management field ... Is the honor officer in his squadron, educating other cadets about the honor code ... Favorite food is French toast ... Favorite book is A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein ... Famous person he would like to meet is Arnold Palmer ... Greatest moment in sports was playing in the NCAA Tournament ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Listens to country music before games ... Favorite movie is Jerry McGuire ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards.
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john
Forward Sophomore 6-1 190 Shoots: Right Eden Prairie, Minn. Owatonna Express/NAHL
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Kruse’s Career Stats Year 2009-10
GP 34
G 5
A 8
PTS 13
PIM 2-4
SOG 57
PP 2
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in 34 games and had five goals and eight assists for 13 points ... Third on the team among the freshmen in points ... 10th in scoring overall on the team ... In his third career series, had six points (1-5-6) in the sweep of RIT ... Career best three assists in the first game on Oct. 23 ... One goal and two assists in the second game ... Career best two goals, including the game-winner, in the 6-3 win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 26.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played for coach Pat Cullen and the Owatonna Express of the NAHL ... Played 34 games for the Express and had 33 points (11-22-33) … his +13 was second on the team while his five powerplay goals were third … Helped lead the team to the NAHL second round of the playoffs … Led his team with five playoff goals and was second on the team with six playoff points in nine games ... Graduated from Eden Prairie High School ... Lettered three years in hockey.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Norm and Stacy Kruse ... Has two siblings, Matt and Alicia ... Major is management ... Long-term goal is to start his own business ... This past summer, completed Global Engagement and the Space Program ... Favorite TV show is That 70’s Show ... Favorite movies are Inception and Happy Gilmore ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Something not many people know about him is that he can play the piano ... Greatest moment in sports was scoring his first collegiate goal against RIT last season ... Hobbies are golf and listening to music ... Favorite team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Blackhawk forward Dustin Byfuglien.
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 2, vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 26, 2010 Assists: 3, vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009 Points: 3, several times
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LAMOUREUX
Forward Senior Grand Forks, N.D.
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6-0 195 Shoots: Left Northern Michigan Univ./NCAA Lamoureux’s Career Stats
Year 2006-07 (NM) 2008-09 (AF) 2009-10 (AF) Totals
GP 16 41 37 94
G 1 33 22 56
A 1 20 20 41
PTS 2 53 42 97
PIM 3-6 11-30 19-52 33-88
SOG 12 158 155 325
PP 0 15 13 28
SH 0 0 0 0
GW 0 9 4 13
2009-10 (JUNIOR) Voted to wear an “A” by his teammates ... First-team all-AHA ... Played in all 37 games ... Led team in goals, points (22-20-42) and power play goals (13) ... Led the AHA and was third in nation with 13 power play goals ... Tied for third in conference and 13th in the nation with 0.59 goals per game (22) ... In AHA games, tied for third in points (35), tied for first in goals (18) and first in power play goals (11) ... AHA player of the week with six points in AIC series ... Tied career best four points on Dec. 4 ... Scored the game-winner, his team-leading fourth of the season, against Army in the AHA Quarterfinals with 1:25 left in the third period to send Air Force to the AHA Final Four... Scored AFA’s only goal in the 2-1 loss to Sacred Heart in the AHA semifinals ... The goal came with 1:29 left in third in extra skater situation.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) First-team INCH and second-team RBK/East coaches All-American ... One of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award ... Named to the NCAA East Regional all-tournament team ... Named the AHA Player of the Year and a first-team all-league selection ... Played in all 41 games ... Led the nation in goals per game (0.80), power play goals (15) and game-winners (9) ... Spent the majority of the season as the national leader in points per game ... Finished second with 1.29 points per game (33-20-53) ... In league games, was first in points (38), goals (23), power-play goals (12) and game-winners (5) ... Named the Hockey Commissioner’s Association National Player of the Month (October) with 15 points (8-7-15) in seven games ... AHA Player of the Week three times (Oct. 20, Oct. 27 and Jan. 5) ... Career-best eight-game scoring streak, second longest by any Falcon ... Had two career-best four-game goal scoring streaks ... Four points (2-2-4) in first SHU series ... Six points (3-3-6) in Bemidji State series ...First career hat trick vs. Bentley, Nov. 1 ... Two goals at Yale ... Second career hat trick came in the 4-1 win over UConn, Feb. 7; also a PPG and GWG ...Scored two goals vs. RIT, Feb. 27 ... Five points in three games vs. Sacred Heart to send AFA to the AHA Final Four ... Tied his career high with four points (2-2-4) vs. SHU on March 15 ... Scored AFA’s second goal in the 2-0 win over Michigan in the NCAA East Regional.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN)
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 3 vs. Bentley, Nov. 1, 2008; 3 vs. UConn, Feb. 7, 2009 Assists: 3, Bentley, Nov. 6, 2009 Points: 4 vs. Bentley, Nov. 1, 2008; AIC, Dec. 4, 2010 SHU, Mar. 15, 2009
Sat out the entire season due to NCAA transfer rules (Northern Michigan) ... Practiced with the team all year.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 16 games for the Northern Michigan Wildcats of the CCHA in 2006-07 ... Two points (1-1-2) on the season ... Played three seasons and 104 games for the Bismarck Bobcats of the North American Hockey League ... Coached by Dane Litke and Chad Johnson ... Tied for ninth in the league in 2005-06 with 70 points (32-3870) in 54 games ... Had 42 points (21-21-42) in 2004-05 ... Six points (3-3-6) in 2003-04 ... Graduated from Bismarck High School.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 40 ... Parents are Pierre and Linda Lamoureux ... Father was a goalie at the University of North Dakota and led the team to two national championships... Mom was a collegiate swimmer who has completed more than 20 marathons ... Has five siblings, Jean-Philippe, Pierre-Paul, Mario, and twin sisters, Monique and Jocelyne ... Jean-Philippe graduated from North Dakota ... A four-year letterman and two-year starter at goaltender, he led the Fighting Sioux to back-toback Frozen Fours ... Pierre-Paul is a student assistant coach at North Dakota ... Mario is a junior forward at North Dakota ... Twin sisters, Monique and Jocelyne, are sophomores at the University of North Dakota ... Both earned a silver medal playing for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics ... Major is management ... On the superintendent’s list in the fall of 2007, the fall of 2009 and the spring of 2010 for excellence in academics, military and athletics ... On the commandant’s and athletic’s lists as a sophomore ... Would like to work in the contracting career field after graduation ... Greatest moments in sports were winning the AHA Championship in 2009 and watching his sisters play in the Olympics ... Hobbies are working out and reading ... Person in history he would like to meet is Jesus ... Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Listens to Motley Crue before games ... Favorite NHL team is the Edmonton Oilers ... Favorite player is Hall of Famer Mark Messier.
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scott Defense Junior Crystal Lake, Ill.
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6-1 190 Shoots: Left Cedar Rapids Rough Riders/USHL Mathis’ Career Stats
Year 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 40 37 77
G 4 2 6
A 19 14 33
PTS 23 16 39
PIM 6-12 16-32 22-44
SOG 80 81 161
PP 1 1 2
SH 0 0 0
GW 1 0 1
2009-10 (SOPHOMORE) Played in all 37 games and was seventh on the team and second among the defensemen with 16 points ... Tied his career best with two assists and two points against Alabama-Huntsville ... First goal of the season came in the 3-3 tie with Bentley, Nov. 6 ... Power-play goal at RIT, Feb. 19 ... Tied his career best with two assists and two points in the win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, in the regular-season finale.
2008-09 (FRESHMAN) Played in 40 of the 41 games and was the top scoring freshman on the team with 23 points ... Earned the John Matchefts Award as the team’s top freshman ... Named to the AHA all-rookie team ... Second among freshman defensemen in the AHA with 12 points (3-9-12) in 28 league games ... Seventh in the league and 40th in the nation in points by a freshman with 0.58 per game ... Eighth in the league in points by a defenseman in all games with 0.58 (4-19-23)... Tied his career high of two assists vs. Bemidji State (Oct. 18) and Sacred Heart (Nov. 21) ... First career goal vs. SHU, Nov. 22 ... At least one point in 10 of the last 14 games ... Named to the all-tournament team at the AHA Final Four.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played two seasons for coach Mark Carlson and the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders of the USHL ... In 2007-08, played in all 60 games and was third on the team in scoring for a defenseman with 25 points (7-18-25) ... Team captain ... Played in 46 games in 2006-07 and had seven points (2-5-7) ... Graduated from Prairie Ridge (Ill.) High School.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 22 ... Parents are Mark and Cindy Mathis ... Has one sister, Claire ... AREER IGHS Major is management ... In the summer of 2009, completed the Jump (parachute) program and said it “was the coolest thing I’ve ever done” ... This past summer, he worked the Falcon SumGoals: 1 several times mer Sports Camps as a counselor and also travelled to Little Rock AFB, Ark., on Operation Air Assists: 2, several times Force and flew in the C-130 aircraft ... On the dean’s list every semester and on the commanPoints: 2, several times dant’s list (military excellence) three times ... Would like to work in the contracting or acquisitions career fields after graduation ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Favorite movie is No Country for Old Men ... Person in history he would most like to meet is John F. Kennedy ... Something not many people know about him is that he was at the Chicago White Sox game in 2009 when Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game ... Has worn his current number since he was in juniors ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies are ping pong, Xbox and reading ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Jonathan Toews.
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5-9 165 Shoots: Right Bay State Breakers/EJHL Page’s Career Stats
Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 38 40 37 115
G 4 6 6 16
A 10 7 8 25
PTS 14 13 14 41
PIM 1-2 5-10 7-14 13-26
SOG 46 63 62 171
PP 0 1 0 1
SH 2 0 2 4
GW 1 1 2 4
2009-10 (JUNIOR) Played in all 37 games and had 14 points on six goals and eight assists ... Tied for fourth on the team in goals and ninth on the team in points ... Tied for the team lead with two short-handed goals and tied for fourth with two game-winners ... Career bests of two assists and three points in the win over Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Career-best two goals and tied his career-best with three points in the win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, in the regular-season finale.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) Played in 40 of the 41 games ... Six goals were 10th on the team while his 13 points were 11th ... Nine points in 28 league games ... Matched his season highs with one goal and one assist for two points vs. Bemidji State, Bentley and Holy Cross ... His goal midway through the third period in the regular-season finale at RIT sealed the 3-1 win and clinched a share of the AHA regular-season title for the Falcons ... Scored the game-winner against Army in the 3-2 win.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN) AFA’s No. 3 freshman scorer (4-10-14) ... First career point was an assist vs. Mercyhurst, Nov. 2 ... First career goal, and game-winner, came the next night vs. the Lakers ... Three points in the Canisius series, Feb. 22-23 ... Season-best two points (1-1-2) in the second game ... Scored a goal vs. Bentley, March 7 ... Assisted on Josh Print’s goal in the NCAA Northeast Regional vs. Miami.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 43 games for coach Dave McCauley’s Bay State Breakers of the Eastern Junior Hockey League ... Second on the team with 45 points (20-25-45) ... Named the team’s offensive player of the year in 2006-07 ... Played in the EJHL All-Star Game and Showcase ... Graduated from San Clemente High School.
PERSONAL
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 2, vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010 Assists: 2, vs. Bentley, Jan. 15, 2010 Points: 3, vs. Bentley, Jan. 15, 2010; vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010
Member of Cadet Squadron 26 ... Parents are Kerry and Leslye Page ... Has two siblings, Taylor and Cody ... Major is management ... Worked the obstacle course at Basic Cadet Training this past summer and also worked at Summer Seminar ... Is the security officer in his squadron, responsible for the safety and security of approximately 100 cadets ... Has been on the commandant’s list twice for military excellence and the athletic’s list five times ... Plans to work in the space and missiles career field in the Air Force ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Favorite movie is Gladiator ... Favorite book is Harry Potter ... Favorite class is innovations ... Greatest moment in sports was beating Michigan and playing in two NCAA Tournaments ... Wears No. 22 because he played football as a kid and his favorite player was Emmitt Smith (also No. 22) ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Napoleon ... Favorite sports other than hockey are football, golf and basketball ... Two greatest influences on his sports career were Andrew Sherman and Larry Barron ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player is Pavel Bure.
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SELLERS
Defense Senior Centennial, Colo.
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6-1 180 Shoots: Right Springfield Jr. Blues/NAHL Sellers’ Career Stats
Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 39 38 33 110
G 2 0 1 3
A 6 12 3 21
PTS 8 12 4 24
PIM 8-16 9-18 10-20 27-54
SOG 31 41 49 121
PP 0 0 0 0
2009-10 (JUNIOR) Played in 33 games and had three assists and four points ... One goal and one assist in the 5-4 win over RIT, Oct. 23.
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) Played in 38 of the 41 games, missing three due to injury ... 12 assists were 10th on the team and fourth among the defensemen ... Eight assists in 26 AHA games ... Only multiple-point game came in the 4-1 win over UConn with two assists.
2007-08 (FRESHMAN) Played in all 39 games and had eight points ... First career goal came at Army, Jan. 25 ... Five assists in five different games ... Career-best two points (1-1-2) vs. Bentley, March 7.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played two years for coach Chris Wyler’s Springfield Junior Blues of the North American Junior Hockey League ... Played 57 games in 2006-07 and had 23 points (5-18-23) ... Played 57 games in 2005-06 and had nine points, all assists ... Graduated from Cherry Creek High School.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 33 ... Parents are Steve and Karen Sellers ... Has two younger brothers, Brian and Mike ... Major is management ... Minor is French ... Worked the obstacle course during Basic Cadet Training this past summer ... Is the chief of security in his squadron ... Plans to work in the space and missiles career field after graduation ... On the dean’s list once, the commandant’s list (military excellence) three times and the athletic’s list once ... Midget coach was former Colorado College coach Brad Buetow ... Favorite class is innovations ... Favorite movie is Predator ... Favorite food is Chipotle burritos ... Person in history he would like to meet is Jerry Garcia ... Something not many people know about him is that he is a huge Grateful Dead fan ... Favorite sport other than hockey is lacrosse ... Hobbies are fishing, hiking, camping and biking ... Credits his father as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Listens to Young Jeezy and Lil’ Wayne before games ... Long-term goal is to own his own hockey shop ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is Columbus Blue Jacket defenseman Mike Commodore.
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SH 0 0 0 0
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WALSH
Defense Sophomore 5-10 195 Shoots: Right Vernon Hills, Ill. Chicago Steel/USHL
24
Walsh’s Career Stats Year 2009-10
GP 20
G 0
A 3
PTS 3
PIM 2-4
SOG 13
PP 0
2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Played in 20 games and had three points ... +2 on the season ... First career point came in his first career game with an assist at Bemidji State ... Also had an assist in the win over Army, March 13, in the AHA Quarterfinals ... Assisted on Jacques Lamoureux’s power-play game-winner with 1:25 left in the game as Air Force swept the playoff series and advanced to the AHA Final Four.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 24 games for coach Steve Poapst and the Chicago Steel of the USHL and had 10 points (7-3-10) ... Team captain ... Missed the second half of the season due to a shoulder injury ... Also played 60 games for the Steel in 2007-08 (3-8-11) and 57 games in 2006-07 (4-8-12) ... Graduated from Vernon Hills High School ... Lettered two years in track.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 5 ... Parents are Mike and Marianne Walsh ... Has two sisters, Erin and Brigid ... Major is management ... This past summer, took a course in computer science, completed Global Engagement and flew unmanned aerials ... On the athletic’s list ... Plans to work in the acquisitions field after graduation and later get his MBA and work for a Fortune 500 company ... Favorite class is Spanish ... Favorite movie is She’s Out of my League ... Listens to “Forever” by Drake before games ... Person in history he would most like to meet is former Philadelphia Flyers’ coach Fred Shero ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the USHL’s Curt Hammer Award ... Has worn the No. 24 since he started playing juniors ... Favorite sports other than hockey are football and golf ... Credits his junior coach, Steve Poapst, with having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies are listening to music and playing golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Blackhawk defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson.
CAREER HIGHS Goals: 0 Assists: 1, several times Points: 1, several times
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WEISGARBER
Forward Junior Fargo, N.D.
10
5-9 170 Shoots: Left Waterloo Black Hawks/USHL Weisgarber’s Career Stats
Year 2008-09 2009-10 Totals
GP 41 37 78
G 6 6 12
A 6 6 12
PTS 12 12 24
PIM 6-12 8-16 14-28
SOG 63 60 123
PP 0 0 0
SH 0 2 2
GW 0 0 0
2009-10 (SOPHOMORE) Played in all 37 games and matched his career highs with six goals and six assists for 12 points ... Tied for fourth on the team in goals and 11th in points ... Tied for the team lead with two shorthanded goals ... Career-best two points (1-1-2) in the 5-3 win over AIC, Dec. 5 ... Tied careerhigh with two points (1-1-2) in the 3-0 win over Bentley, Jan. 16 ... Tied his career high for the third time with two points (1-1-2) in the 6-3 win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 26.
2008-09 (FRESHMAN) Played in all 41 games and had six goals and six assists for 12 points ... Nine points (4-5-9) in 28 conference games ... One of only two freshmen to play in all 41 games (Kirby was the other) ... Scored a goal in his very first collegiate game (Sacred Heart) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games vs. Bentley on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 ... Also scored against third-ranked Colorado College, the first goal of the game ... Scored the first goal of the game against 10th-ranked Vermont in the NCAA East Regional final.
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played in 60 games for coach P.K. O’Handley and the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL ... Team captain ... Had 27 points (10-17-27) in 60 games in 2007-08 ... Earned the team’s hardest worker award twice ... Helped lead team to the USHL Clark Cup playoff national finals twice ... Played in 43 games in 2006-07 and had 15 points (5-10-15) ... Graduated from Fargo (N.D.) South High School ... Lettered three years in hockey, four in golf and one in cross country ... AllConference and all-state three years in hockey ... Mr. Hockey North Dakota as a senior ... Team captain ... Team MVP as a junior and senior ... Member of National Honor Society.
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AREER IGHS Member of Cadet Squadron 7 ... Parents are Ray and Diane Weisgarber ... Has one sibling, Kelly ... Major is management ... Minor is French ... Plans to work in the acquisitions career field after Goals: 1, several times graduation ... Long-term goal is to get his MBA and become a CEO of a major corporation ... Assists: 1, several times This past summer, travelled to Morocco and Africa to study French as part of the Cadet SumPoints: 2, several times mer Language Immersion Program ... Also worked Basic Cadet Training as the safety and medical NCO ... Also travelled to Langely AFB, Va., on Operation Air Force ... Has been on the superintendent’s list every semester for excellence in academics, athletics and military studies ... Favorite book is Freakonomics ... Listens to O.A.R. before games ... Favorite movie is Happy Gilmore ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Jesus ... Greatest moment in sports was beating Michigan his freshman year ... Advice to young people is “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard” ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Hobbies are playing golf, water skiing and wake boarding ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is New Jersey Devil foward Zach Parise.
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BEFORE AIR FORCE Named to the NAHL all-Central Division team … Played in 57 regular-season games for the Bismarck Bobcats of the NAHL … Played for coach Byron Pool ... Tied for ninth in the league with 58 points on 24 goals and 34 assists … Led the team in points, game-winners and plus-minus and was second in goals and powerplay goals … In 10 playoff games last season, he had six goals and 10 assists, the third-most goals and third-most points among all NAHL players … Named to the all-tournament team at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup as he helped lead the Bobcats to the national championship … Scored a goal in the championship game … Also played 55 games for the Bobcats in 2008-09 and had 39 points on 17 goals and 22 assists ... Graduated from Roseau High School ... Lettered four years in hockey and three in track and football ... All-state honorable mention as a senior in football ... Team captain as a senior ... Hockey team won the state championship in 2007 ... Track team captain and MVP as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
6 ADAM MCKENZIE Freshman, D, 5-11, 175, Shoots: Left Petaluma, Calif./Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Named to the NAHL all-West Division team … Played in 56 regular-season games for the Wenatchee Wild of the NAHL … Played for coach Paul Baxter ... Ranked eighth in the league in points by a defenseman with 31 points on nine goals and 22 assists … Five power-play goals, one short-handed goal and one game-winner … In 10 playoff games last season, he had seven points, all assists, the third-most of any defenseman … Named to the all-tournament team at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup as he helped lead the Wild to the tournament’s semifinals … In 2008-09, had 28 points in 57 regular-season games on four goals and 24 assists … Earned the NAHL Academic Achievement award ... Graduated from St. Vincent High School ... Played two years of high school baseball and was the league MVP.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 11 ... Parents are Tom and Cynthia McKenzie ... Has one sister, Monica ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is the San Jose Sharks ... Favorite player is Sharks’ defenseman Dan Boyle.
Member of Cadet Squadron 37 ... Parents are Dan and Roxanne Fabian ... Has two older brothers, Mark and Erik ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is former Av Joe Sakic.
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18 GEORGE MICHALKE III
Freshman, F, 5-10, 170, Shoots: Right Edwards, Colo./Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
Freshman, F, 6-0, 165, Shoots: Right Parma, Ohio/Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played in 55 regular-season games for the Bismarck Bobcats of the NAHL … Played for coach Byron Pool ... Selected to play in the Central Division Top Prospects tournament … Earned Central Division Player of the Week honors … Second on the team in points with 54, tied for second with 34 assists and was fourth with 20 goals … Tied for 13th in the league in points … Led the team with nine power-play goals … In 10 playoff games, had 14 points on five goals and nine assists, the fourth most of any player in the NAHL … Named the most valuable player and selected to the alltournament team at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup as he helped lead the Bobcats to the national championship … Scored the game-winning goal in the championship game … Played 53 games for the Bobcats in 2008-09 and had 23 points on nine goals and 14 assists ... Bobcats’ playoff MVP as the Bobcats won the Central Division ... Graduated from Middleton High School ... Lettered three years in hockey and soccer and two in track ... Was third in the state in points in 2004-05 in Colorado ... First-team all-conference and all-state honorable mention in 2005-06.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 35 ... Parents are Terry and Laurie Kleisinger ... Has one brother, Cody ... Father was a goalie for the University of Wisconsin, played for the New York Rangers and was the goalie coach at Colorado College from 2000-04 ... Returned to Colorado College in 2009-10 as the goalie coach and is currently in that position ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite NHL player is former Av Peter Forsberg.
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BEFORE AIR FORCE Spent two and half seasons in the USHL before completing his junior career with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs of the NAHL … Played for coach Josh Hauge ... Played 10 games late last season with the Ice Dogs and had one goal and three assists for four points … Named to the all-tournament team at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup as he scored six points in 10 games as his team placed second … Early last season, played 22 games for the Sioux Falls Stampede and had 10 points on three goals and seven assists … In 2008-09, played 44 games for the Stampede and had 15 points (8-7-15) … Played 42 games for the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets of the USHL in 2007-08 and had 11 points on four goals and seven assists ... Graduated from University High School.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 12 ... Parents are George, Jr., and Kathleen Michalke ... Has one brother, Matthew ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is the Philadelphia Flyers ... Favorite NHL player is Flyer left winger Scott Hartnell.
The Falcons 2 JACOB MUSSELMAN Freshman, D, 5-8, 175, Shoots: Right Littleton, Colo. Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played in 36 regular-season games for the Brown Bears and had one goal and nine assists … Played for coach Oliver David ... In 2008-09, played 57 games for the Brown Bears and had three goals and 17 assists for 20 points ... Graduated from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 32 ... Parents are William and Tammy Musselman ... Has three siblings, Amber, Matt and Kayla ... Future goals are to go to graduate school and work in the space and missiles field ... Favorite team is the Anaheim Mighty Ducks ... Favorite player is retired winger Pavel Bure.
28 AARON QUICK Freshman, D, 6-3, 205, Shoots: Right Monument, Colo. Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played the first 30 games last season with the Wichita Falls Wildcats and had 16 points on seven goals and nine assists at forward … Played for coach Byron Poole ... Traded to the Bismarck Bobcats and played the final 15 games, scoring seven points (3-47) … Earned South Division Player of the Week … Played nine playoff games and scored four goals and one assist ... Graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 33 ... Parents are Frank Quick and Megan McGee ... Major is undecided ... Long-term goal is to become an orthopedic surgeon ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is Boston Bruin Milan Lucic.
20 TONY THOMAS Freshman, F, 6-2, 195, Shoots: Left South Lyon, Mich. Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 58 regular-season games for the Topeka Roadrunners of the NAHL … Played for coach Scott Langer ... Ranked third in the league with 11 power-play goals and was 11th with a +20 plus-minus … Ranked in the top 40 in the league with 20 goals and 47 points … Fifth on the team in points and goals … Earned South Division Player of the Week honors twice ... Graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School ... Lettered three years in hockey ... Team won the state championship ... First-team all-state selection ... Allleague and all-district in baseball.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Christopher and Deborah Thomas ... Has one brother, Nick ... Major is management ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite NHL player is Red Wing center Mike Modano.
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13 RYAN TIMAR Freshman, F, 5-10, 180, Shoots: Right Novi, Mich./Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Started the 2009-10 season with the Alpena Icediggers of the NAHL and had 29 points (1514-29) in 35 games … Played for coaches Jack Fritsche and Paul Baxter ... Traded to the Wenatchee Wild and played 13 games, scoring six goals and six assists … In 10 playoff games with the Wild, had 10 points (6-4-10), third-most on the team … Played 53 games for Alpena in 2008-09, 37 points (11-26-37) … Graduated from Novi High School.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 39 ... Parents are Jeff and Lori Timar ... Has four sisters, Kerri, Kristi, Kelli and Kati ... Major is undecided ... Long-term goal is to become an orthopedic surgeon ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite player is Red Wing foward Johan Franzen.
29 JASON TORF Freshman,G, 5-11, 180, Catches: Left Hermosa Beach, Calif. Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played in 24 regular-season games with the Metal Jackets and ranked sixth in the league with a .916 saves percentage … Played for coach David Cole ... His 2.85 goals-against average ranked ninth in the league … Went 1-1 in the playoffs with a .938 saves percentage and a 2.60 GAA ... Graduated from Culver Academy ... Lettered four years in hockey and three in soccer ... Soccer team captain and allconference twice ... Earned his school’s best athlete award and was academic all-state.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 20 ... Parents are Kevin and Susan Torf ... Has two siblings, Kyle and Caleigh ... Long-term goal is to be an aeronautical engineer and design airplanes ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite player is St. Louis goaltender Jaroslav Halak.
26 MITCH TORREL Freshman, F, 6-1, 185, Shoots: Right Monticello, Minn./Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
BEFORE AIR FORCE Played 43 games for the Wenatchee Wild of the NAHL … 15 goals and five assists for 20 points … Six game-winners, four power-play goals and one shortie … Ranked sixth on the team in goals … Earned West Division Player of the Week honors … Earned the NAHL Community Service Award in 2009-10 … In 2008-09, scored 35 points in 59 NAHL games … Played 23 games for the Wild and had 15 points (8-7-15) … Also played 36 games for the Albert Lea Thunder and had 11 goals and nine assists ... Graduated from Monticello High School ... Lettered four years in hockey.
PERSONAL Member of Cadet Squadron 30 ... Parents are Stephen and Kendel Torrel ... Has one brother, Gage ... Father and uncle played for Minnesota-Duluth .. Godfather won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2001 ... Plans to major in foreign area studies ... Favorite NHL teams are the Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings.
Falcons in the Community Members of the Air Force hockey team have volunteered their time on numerous occasions such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (below), the MS Walk for the Cure (center) and the Kid Force ice cream social (right).
Each of the last two years, members of the hockey team have welcomed fans to the Cadet Ice Arena for Skate with the Falcons night. Each of the last two years, more than 500 people have taken the ice with the Falcons (above, right and far right).
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THE OPPONENTS
Atlantic Hockey Association A new chapter in the history of college hockey was ushered into existence when the Atlantic Hockey Association was created on June 30, 2003, by nine charter members. The sixth Division I men's ice hockey conference arose when the founding members - American International, Bentley, Canisius, UConn, Holy Cross, Mercyhurst, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, and the United States Military Academy (Army) - required an organization that represented their specific hockey needs.
then won in overtime, 3-2. Air Force earned its first ever NCAA Tournament win, and just the second in the history of the AHA, as the Falcons blanked third-ranked and top-seeded Michigan, 2-0, at the NCAA East Regional. The Falcons nearly advanced to the Frozen Four, but fell to 10th-ranked Vermont, 3-2, in double overtime in the regional final. Then, in 2010, RIT beat Denver and New Hampshire to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four.
Quinnipiac, after a two-year stay in Atlantic Hockey, announced on August 24, 2004, that the Bobcats would be leaving and joining the ECAC Hockey League. Four months later the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) announced their hockey program would jump to Division I and joined Atlantic Hockey in the 2006-07 season. Beginning in 2006-07, Air Force joined Atlantic Hockey, making the move from the College Hockey America conference. The AHA expanded to 12 teams with the additions of Robert Morris and Niagara beginning withthe 2010-11 season. In 2005-06, Holy Cross earned its second Atlantic Hockey Association regular season and tournament crowns. The Crusaders posted the first ever NCAA Tournament victory as Holy Cross defeated top-seed Minnesota, 4-3, in overtime at the West Regional in Grand Forks, N.D. Air Force nearly pulled off another upset in 2006-07 as the Falcons pushed top-seeded Minnesota to the brink in the NCAA West Regional in Denver. Air Force led, 3-1, with just over eight minutes left in the third period, but fell to the Gophers, 4-3. Air Force became the first AHA team to earn back-to-back championships and again advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The Falcons again scared one of the “Big Boys� of college hockey, leading second-ranked Miami, 2-1, in the third period. However, the RedHawks tied the game with a power-play goal midway through the third and
2009-10 AHA STANDINGS Seed 1. RIT 2. Sacred Heart 3. Air Force 4. Mercyhurst 5. Canisius 6. Army 7. Holy Cross 8. Bentley 9. UConn 10. AIC
AHA Pts 45 35 34 33 30 26 25 22 15 15
AHA W-L-T 22-5-1 16-9-3 14-8-6 15-10-3 13-11-4 10-12-6 10-13-5 10-15-3 6-19-3 5-19-4
GP 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Overall W-L-T 28-12-1 21-13-4 16-15-6 15-20-3 17-15-5 11-18-7 12-19-6 12-19-4 7-27-3 5-24-4
AHA FINAL FOUR Friday, March 19 (AHA Semifinals-Rochester,N.Y.) No. 5 Canisius 0 vs. No. 1 RIT 4 No 3 Air Force 1 vs. No. 2 Sacred Heart 2
Robert DeGregorio, a former commissioner of Hockey East, was named the conference's first commissioner and held an integral role in the development of the league as play between the nine squads began in the fall of 2003. As the season unfolded, the fledgling conference made its mark in college hockey with victories over non-conference opponents such as Ohio State and Western Michigan (CCHA), Rensselaer (ECAC), Merrimack (Hockey East) and Wayne State (CHA), along with an exciting chase to claim the first-ever regular season title. Holy Cross secured the league's first regular season title, and followed up the feat by capturing the tournament championship, sending the Crusaders to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's, along with the league's, history. Success in the classroom is as important as success on the ice among the member institutions of Atlantic Hockey as more than 300 student-athletes have garnered All-Academic honors by the Atlantic Hockey Association. Currently, Atlantic Hockey spans a total of five states, reaching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. Members reside in Colorado (Air Force), Connecticut (University of UConn, Sacred Heart), Massachusetts (American International, Bentley, Holy Cross), New York (Army, Canisius, Niagara and RIT), and Pennsylvania (Mercyhurst and Robert Morris).
AHA MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Atlantic Hockey Association is to provide its members with a positive NCAA Division I college hockey experience fostering competitive excellence, championship play and recognition of teams and individual student-athletes and coaches. Atlantic Hockey is committed to academic excellence, a high level of competitiveness, sportsmanship and fair play within the context of athletic integrity. AHA CORE VALUES: Educational experience for student-athletes (life skills), Sportsmanship, Academic and athletic integrity, Excellence, Competitive equity, Cohesiveness of league members within AHA, Promote/enhance hockey (amateur/youth), Commitment to community service and Recruiting integrity. AHA VISION: The Atlantic Hockey Association's vision is to be among the elite in NCAA Division I Ice Hockey by embracing its core values and succeeding with integrity, teamwork, service to community and the competitive, inspired spirit of its membership.
Saturday, March 20 (AHA Champ.-Rochester,N.Y.) No. 2 Sacred Heart 1, No. 1 RIT, 6
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BLUE CROSS ARENA IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. Site of the 2010-11 Atlantic Hockey Final Four
Opponents AIC
ALASKA-ANCHORAGE ALASKA-FAIRBANKS
ARMY
Springfield, Mass. 1,700 Atlantic Hockey Yellow Jackets Olympia Ice Center 2,200 413-205-3930
Anchorage, Alaska 20,242 WCHA Seawolves Sullivan Arena 6,251 907-279-2071
Fairbanks, Alaska 9,828 CCHA Nanooks Carlson Center 4,595 907-451-1800
West Point, N.Y. 4,400 Atlantic Hockey Black Knights Tate Rink 2,658 845-938-5116
Gary Wright Vermont/1976 263-454-54 (26 yrs) Same 413-205-3522 5-24-4 5-19-4/10th 20/4
Dave Shyiak Northern Michigan/1993 51-109-21 (5 yrs.) Same 907-786-6103 11-23-5 9-17-2/T8th 15/8
Dallas Ferguson Alaska/1996 17-18-6 (2 yrs) Same 907-474-6861 17-18-6 17-16-6/2nd 17/6
Brian Riley Brown/1983 83-102-32 (6 yrs.) Same 845-938-3711 11-19-6 10-12-6/6th 24/3
Darryl Konicki Mike Getto 413-654-1425 TBA michael.getto@aic.edu AICYellowJackets.com
TBA Dallas Baldwin 907-786-GOAL 774-239-6809 dallas@uaa.alaska.edu GoSeawolves.com
Jamie Foland Cory Weibel 907-474-6805 TBA cjweibel@alaska.edu AlaskaNanooks.com
Bob Beretta Ryan Yanoshak 845-938-7197 845-406-1130 ryan.yanoshak@usma.edu GoArmySports.com
BENTLEY
CANISIUS
COLO. COLLEGE
UCONN
Waltham, Mass. 4,016 Atlantic Hockey Falcons John A. Ryan Arena 1,200 N/A
Buffalo, N.Y. 3,196 Atlantic Hockey Golden Griffins Buffalo State Arena 1,800 585-615-5316
Colorado Springs, Colo. 2,034 WCHA Tigers Colo. Springs World Arena 7,343 719-540-6520
Storrs, Conn. 29,517 Atlantic Hockey Huskies Mark Edward Freitas Forum 2,000 860-486-6745
Ryan Soderquist Bentley/2000 97-154-8 (8 yrs.) Same 781-891-2492 12-19-4 10-15-3/8th 19/6
Dave Smith Ohio State/1992 62-97-22 (5 yrs.) Same 716-888-2957 17-15-5 13-11-4/5th 18/9
Scott Owens Colo. College/1979 258-150-38 (11 yrs.) Same 719-389-6480 19-17-3 12-13-3/6th 18/8
Bruce Marshall UConn/1985 301-336-60 (22 yrs.) Same 860-486-3072 7-27-3 6-19-3/9th 21/6
Dick Lipe Kyle Mack 781-891-2417 646-387-2427 kmack@bentley.edu BentleyFalcons.com
Matt Reitnour Jason Veniskey 716-888-3767 585-615-5316 veniskej@canisius.edu GoGriffs.com
Dave Moross Dave Moross 719-389-6755 719-492-4347 DMoross@coloradocollege.edu CCTigers.com
Mike Enright Matt Lee 860-486-1498 TBA matt.lee@uconn.edu UConnHuskies.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Ennollment: Conference: Nickname: Arena: Capacity: Press Box Phone:
HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater/Year: Record at School: Career Record: Coach’s Phone: 2009-10 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFORMATION SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Enrollment: Conference: Nickname: Arena: Capacity: Press Box Phone:
HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater/Year: Record at School: Career Record: Coach’s Phone: 2009-10 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFORMATION SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
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Opponents DENVER
HOLY CROSS
MERCYHURST
NIAGARA
Denver, Colo. 11,644 WCHA Pioneers Magness Arena 6,026 303-871-3922
Worcester, Mass. 2,866 Atlantic Hockey Crusaders Hart Center 1,600 508-793-3978
Erie, Pa. 4,055 Atlantic Hockey Lakers Mercyhurst Ice Center 1,300 814-824-2167
Niagara, N.Y. 3,853 Atlantic Hockey Purple Eagles Dwyer Arena 2,100 TBA
George Gwozdecky Wisconsin/1978 373-227-50 (16 yrs.) 456-321-69 (22 yrs.) 303-871-3397 27-10-4 19-5-4/1st 19/10
Paul Pearl Holy Cross/1989 214-207-48 (14 yrs.) Same 508-793-2326 13-20-5 10-15-3/7th 20/3
Rick Gotkin Brockport/1982 399-272-52 (21 yrs) Same 814-824-2542 15-20-3 15-10-3/4th 18/7
Dave Burkholder RIT/1984 156-141-32 (9 yrs.) Same 716-286-8780 12-20-4 6-10-2/T3rd/CHA 21/7
Erich Bacher Erich Bacher 303-871-2390 720-318-5538 ebacher@du.edu DenverPioneers.com
Charles Bare Jim Wrobel 508-793-2583 TBA jwrobel@holycross.edu GoHolyCross.com
Lauren Packer Webster Erik Kaminski 814-824-3338 412-302-1278 ekaminski@mercyhurst.edu HurstAthletics.com
TBA Chris Smith 716-286-8724 716-628-0833 csmith@niagara.edu PurpleEagles.com
RIT
ROBERT MORRIS
SACRED HEART
YALE
Rochester, N.Y. 17,000 Atlantic Hockey Tigers Frank Ritter Arena 2,100 585-475-5537
Moon Township, Pa. 5,000 Atlantic Hockey Colonials Island Sports Center 1,500 412-865-4907
Fairfield, Conn. 3,400 Atlantic Hockey Pioneers Milford Ice Pavilion 1,000 203-913-4898
North Haven, Conn. 5,200 ECAC Bulldogs Ingalls Rink 3,500 203-432-0778
Wayne Wilson Bowling Green/1984 216-103-25 (11 yrs.) Same 585-475-2223 28-12-1 22-5-1/1st 17/7
Derek Schooley Western Michigan/1994 65-102-27 (6 yrs.) Same 412-397-4477 10-19-6 6-10-4/2nd/CHA 22/4
C.J. Marotolo Northeastern/1989 21-13-4 (1 yr.) Same 203-8814-4550 21-13-4 16-9-3/1st 17/8
Keith Allain Yale/1980 72-49-12 (4 yrs.) Same 203-432-4747 21-10-3 15-5-2/1st 20/6
Stephen Jaynes Stephen Jaynes 585-475-6154 585-755-0756 skjsid@rit.edu RITathletics.com
Jim Duzyk Jeff Symonds 412-397-4953 TBA sidga01@rmu.edu rmucolonials.com
Gene Gumbs Shaun Ihasz 203-365-4813 TBA ihaszs@sacredheart.edu SacredHeartPioneers.com
Steve Conn Steve Conn 203-432-1455 TBA steven.conn@yale.edu Yalebulldogs.com
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Enrollment: Conference: Nickname: Arena: Capacity: Press Box Phone:
HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater/Year: Record at School: Career Record: Coach’s Phone: 2009-10 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFORMATION SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Enrollment: Conference: Nickname: Arena: Capacity: Press Box Phone:
HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater/Year: Record at School: Career Record: Coach’s Phone: 2009-10 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFORMATION SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
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Scores vs. Opponents AIC Series Record: 19-0-1 Jan. 4, 1980 W 6-3 Oct. 13, 2000 W 4-2 Oct. 14, 2000 W 4-2 Oct. 24, 2003 W 5-1 Oct. 25, 2003 W 5-1 Oct. 16, 2004 W 4-0 Dec. 10, 2004 W 5-4 Dec. 11, 2004 W 2-0 Nov. 17, 2006 W 6-1 Nov. 19, 2006 W 3-0 Feb. 23, 2007 W 6-2 Feb. 24, 2007 W 5-1 Nov. 30, 2007 W 6-3 Dec. 1, 2007 W 4-2 Feb. 29, 2008 T 2-2 ot Mar. 1, 2008 W 5-0 Oct. 24, 2008 W 5-2 Oct. 25, 2008 W 3-1 Dec. 4, 2009 W 5-3 Dec. 5, 2009 W 6-2 * at Merrimack Tournament & Q-Cup Tournament
N* H H H H N& A A H H A A A A H H A A H H
Alaska-Anchorage Series Record: 7-12-1 Nov. 29, 1974 Nov. 30, 1974 Jan. 23, 1981 Jan. 24, 1981 Feb. 25, 1983 Feb. 26, 1983 Nov. 25, 1983 Nov. 26, 1983 Dec. 30, 1983 Dec. 31, 1983 Jan. 15, 1988 Jan. 16, 1988 Feb. 10, 1989 Feb. 11, 1989 Mar. 6, 1992 Feb. 26, 1993 Feb. 27, 1993 Dec. 4, 1998 Dec. 5, 1998 Oct. 17, 2003
W 7-3 W 4-3 W 4-3 ot W 7-6 ot L 4-5 L 2-3 L 4-7 L 4-6 L 4-8 L 0-5 W 6-4 W 4-3 W 8-7 T 7-7 ot L 2-3 L 0-3 L 0-4 L 1-3 L 0-2 L 4-5
A A H H H H H H A A H H H H A A A A A A
Alaska-Fairbanks Series Record: 5-16-1 Feb. 4, 1989 Feb. 5, 1989 Feb. 9, 1990 Feb. 10, 1990 Feb. 8, 1991 Feb. 9, 1991 Nov. 29, 1991 Nov. 30, 1991 Feb. 14, 1992 Feb. 15, 1992 Feb. 12, 1993 Feb. 13, 1993 Dec. 3, 1993 Dec. 4, 1993 Feb. 25, 1994 Feb. 26, 1994 Jan. 13, 1995 Jan. 14, 1995 Jan. 31, 1997
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L 3-4 ot L 4-6 W 5-2 W 8-5 T 4-4 ot L 0-6 L 0-3 L 3-4 L 1-3 W 7-5 L 2-9 L 1-11 L 1-6 L 4-10 W 2-1 L 2-5 W 4-3 ot L 2-9 L 4-6
H H H H H H A A H H H H A A H H H H A
Feb. 1, 1997 Oct. 13, 2006 Oct. 14, 2006
L 3-6 L 0-3 L 4-8
A A A
Army Series Record: 29-19-3 Jan. 23, 1976 L 0-3 A Jan. 24, 1976 W 9-2 A Jan. 28, 1977 W 6-3 H Jan. 29, 1977 W 6-2 H Oct. 27, 1989 L 2-4 A Oct. 28, 1989 L 0-4 A Oct. 26, 1990 W 5-2 H Oct. 27, 1990 T 3-3 ot H Feb. 7, 1992 W 7-3 A Feb. 8, 1992 L 4-5 A Dec. 30, 1992 L 3-5 A Jan. 29, 1993 W 5-2 H Jan. 30, 1993 W 4-1 H Jan. 21, 1994 W 7-3 A Jan. 22, 1994 L 4-6 A Feb. 17, 1995 W 5-2 H Feb. 18, 1995 W 9-6 H Feb. 16, 1996 L 1-3 A Feb. 17, 1996 L 0-7 A Feb. 28, 1997 L 3-6 H Mar. 1, 1997 W 5-2 H Feb. 27, 1998 W 3-2 A Feb. 28, 1998 W 5-3 A Jan. 3, 1999 W 2-1 A Feb. 27, 1999 W 4-3 H Feb. 28, 1999 T 3-3 ot H Mar. 3, 2000 W 4-2 A Mar. 4, 2000 W 3-0 A Mar. 2, 2001 L 2-5 H Mar. 3, 2001 W 4-3 H Dec. 7, 2001 W 4-2 A Dec. 8, 2001 W 5-4 A Jan. 18, 2003 L 1-2 H Jan. 19, 2003 L 1-2 H Jan. 16, 2004 L 3-4 A Jan. 17, 2004 W 3-0 A Jan. 14, 2005 W 5-2 H Jan. 15, 2005 W 2-1 H Nov. 11, 2005 L 0-3 A Nov. 12, 2005 L 3-4 ot A Jan. 19, 2007 W 4-1 H Jan. 20, 2007 L 0-2 H Mar. 17, 2007 W 6-1 N& Jan. 25, 2008 L 1-2 A Jan. 27, 2008 L 1-2 A Jan. 23, 2009 W 5-1 H Jan. 24, 2009 W 3-2 H Jan. 29, 2010 L 2-4 A Jan. 30, 2010 T 3-3 ot A Mar. 12, 2010 W 3-0 H* Mar. 13, 2010 W 4-2 H* & AHA Championship game, Rochester, N.Y. * AHA Quarterfinal series at USAFA
Bentley Series Record: 19-6-3 Dec. 11, 1998 Dec. 29, 2001 Oct. 25, 2002 Oct. 26, 2002 Oct. 10, 2003
L 4-8 W 6-1 W 5-2 W 6-2 W 4-2
H N H H N&
Nov. 7, 2003 W 4-3 A Nov. 8, 2003 W 4-3 A Oct. 15, 2004 T 2-2 ot N& Oct. 14, 2005 L 1-3 N& Oct. 20, 2006 W 5-1 H Oct. 21, 2006 L 5-6 H Jan. 26, 2007 L 1-3 A Jan. 27, 2007 W 2-0 A Oct. 26, 2007 L 0-4 A Oct. 27, 2007 W 3-1 A Feb. 1, 2008 T 4-4 ot H Feb. 2, 2008 W 3-1 H Mar. 7, 2008 W 9-2 H# Mar. 8, 2008 W 3-1 H# Oct. 31, 2008 W 5-1 H Nov. 1, 2008 W 8-2 H Feb. 13, 2009 W 3-2 A Feb. 14, 2009 L 1-4 A Mar. 20, 2009 W 3-0 N^ Nov. 6, 2009 T 3-3 ot H Nov. 7, 2009 W 3-0 H Jan. 15, 2010 W 6-3 A Jan. 16, 2010 W 3-0 A & Q-Cup Tournament # AHA Quarterfinals, USAFA ^ AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y.
Canisius Series Record: 5-5-2 Nov. 11, 2006 Nov. 12, 2006 Feb. 16, 2007 Feb. 17, 2007 Dec. 7, 2007 Dec. 8, 2007 Feb. 22, 2008 Feb. 23, 2008 Jan. 16, 2009 Jan. 17, 2009 Oct. 31, 2010 Nov. 1, 2010
W 5-3 L 1-4 L 2-4 W 5-0 T 3-3 ot T 3-3 ot W 3-0 W 4-3 L 4-5 L 2-4 L 1-3 W 4-1
A A H H H H A A H H A A
Colorado College Series Record: 7-57-2 Dec. 5, 1969 Dec. 6, 1969 Jan. 15, 1971 Jan. 16, 1971 Feb. 12, 1971 Feb. 13, 1971 Jan. 19, 1972 Feb. 16, 1972 Mar. 5, 1972 Dec. 8, 1972 Dec. 9, 1972 Jan. 23, 1973 Feb. 21, 1973 Nov. 30, 1973 Dec. 1, 1973 Jan. 15, 1975 Feb. 19, 1975 Feb. 11, 1977 Feb. 13, 1977 Dec. 9, 1977 Dec. 10, 1977 Dec. 5, 1978 Feb. 6, 1979
L 1-5 L 2-8 L 5-8 T 7-7 ot W 7-4 L 5-8 L 4-12 L 3-11 W 10-5 L 3-6 L 4-6 L 4-14 L 6-9 L 1-15 L 4-6 W 1-0 W 7-6 ot L 2-7 L 4-5 L 5-7 L 5-6 ot W 6-1 L 3-8
H A H A H A H A H H H A A H A A H A H A H H A
Dec. 11, 1979 Feb. 5, 1980 Nov. 21, 1980 Nov. 22, 1980 Dec. 1, 1981 Jan. 12, 1982 Dec. 14, 1983 Nov. 16, 1984 Nov. 17, 1984 Nov. 8, 1985 Nov. 9, 1985 Nov. 14, 1986 Nov. 15, 1986 Nov. 13, 1987 Nov. 28, 1988 Nov. 10, 1989 Nov. 11, 1989 Jan. 22, 1991 Jan. 29, 1991 Dec. 10, 1991 Jan. 10, 1992 Nov. 11, 1992 Feb. 23, 1993 Nov. 12, 1993 Nov. 13, 1993 Nov. 25, 1994 Nov. 26, 1994 Dec. 5, 1995 Jan. 7, 1997 Jan. 6, 1998 Feb. 24, 1998 Nov. 28, 1998 Jan. 28, 2000 Dec. 1, 2000 Jan. 25, 2002 Nov. 29, 2002 Nov. 28, 2003 Oct. 22, 2004 Oct. 22, 2005 Oct. 6, 2006 Jan. 19, 2008 Nov. 28, 2009 Feb. 5, 2010
L 4-7 L 2-3 L 2-6 L 1-6 L 2-4 L 4-10 L 6-7 L 4-13 L 3-6 L 3-8 W 6-5 ot L 3-8 L 6-7 L 1-5 L 2-5 T 3-3 ot L 1-7 L 1-3 L 3-4 L 1-4 L 2-4 L 3-12 L 2-6 L 1-9 L 1-5 L 2-4 L 1-10 L 2-4 L 2-3 ot L 1-2 L 2-6 L 2-8 L 0-10 L 1-4 L 1-8 L 0-7 L 2-4 L 1-4 L 3-6 L 1-2 L 1-2 W 4-1 L 0-2
H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H H A H H H H H A A A A A H A H A H A H A
Connecticut Series Record: 15-3-3 Jan. 2, 1987 W 7-5 Jan. 3, 1987 W 7-4 Nov. 26, 1993 W 5-2 Nov. 27, 1993 W 5-2 Jan. 2, 1998 W 8-0 Jan. 3, 1998 W 6-2 Jan. 5, 2001 W 3-0 Jan. 6, 2001 W 2-1 Dec. 29, 2003 L 0-1 Dec. 7, 2006 W 4-2 Dec. 8, 2006 L 5-7 Nov. 16, 2007 W 3-2 Nov. 17, 2007 L 2-3 ot Dec. 29, 2008 T 2-2 ot Jan. 3, 2009 W 4-3 Nov. 20, 2009 T 2-2 ot Nov. 21, 2009 W 3-1 Feb. 6, 2009 W 3-2 Feb. 7, 2009 W 4-1 Jan. 8, 2010 W 2-1 Jan. 9, 2010 T 2-2 ot * UConn Tournament
H H H H H H H H A A A H H A* A A A H H H H
Scores vs. Opponents Denver Series Record: 3-29-0 Jan. 26, 1972 L 3-6 Feb. 11, 1973 L 3-4 ot Nov. 23, 1973 L 4-6 Jan. 21, 1975 L 4-7 Jan. 13, 1976 L 6-11 Feb. 11, 1976 L 3-11 Feb. 1, 1977 W 9-8 Jan. 10, 1978 L 3-7 Feb. 14, 1978 L 3-7 Jan. 15, 1980 W 5-3 Feb. 12, 1980 L 1-11 Jan. 27, 1981 L 2-10 Feb. 10, 1981 L 2-5 Feb. 2, 1982 L 0-7 Feb. 1, 1983 L 4-11 Feb. 7, 1984 L 3-4 Jan. 22, 1985 L 1-8 Jan. 21, 1986 L 2-5 Jan. 13, 1987 L 6-9 Dec. 27, 1995 L 1-11 Feb. 5, 1999 L 3-7 Feb. 25, 2000 L 0-4 Dec. 29, 2000 L 2-5 Jan. 20, 2002 L 1-2 (#1) Nov. 30, 2002 L 0-7 Nov. 29, 2003 L 1-4$ Jan. 1, 2005 L 4-9$ Oct. 21, 2005 L 2-4 Nov. 24, 2006 L 1-2 Jan. 18, 2008 W 5-2 Nov. 29, 2008 L 1-4 Feb. 6, 2010 L 1-2 ot $ National Champions
A A A A H A A H H A A A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H
Holy Cross Series Record: 17-5-6 Feb. 5, 1993 W 4-3 H Feb. 6, 1993 W 8-0 H Oct. 23, 1998 T 5-5 ot H Oct. 24, 1998 W 5-2 H Oct. 22, 1999 W 3-2 A Oct. 23, 1999 W 6-2 A Oct. 19, 2001 W 4-3 H Oct. 20, 2001 L 6-7 H Dec. 30, 2001 W 5-1 N* Oct. 18, 2002 W 6-4 A Oct. 19, 2002 L 2-7 A Feb. 13, 2004 L 4-8 H Feb. 14, 2004 W 5-2 H Oct. 29, 2004 T 2-2 ot A Oct. 30, 2004 L 2-5 A Jan. 12, 2007 T 2-2 ot A Jan. 13, 2007 T 2-2 ot A Mar. 16, 2007 W 3-0 H& Nov. 23, 2007 W 3-1 H Nov. 24, 2007 T 5-5 ot H Nov. 14, 2008 W 1-0 ot A Nov. 15, 2008 W 5-1 A Feb. 20, 2009 W 4-3 H Feb. 21, 2009 W 3-2 H Nov. 13, 2009 W 1-0 A Nov. 14, 2009 T 2-2 ot A Jan. 22, 2010 L 4-6 H Jan. 23, 2010 W 4-3 ot H * UConn Tourn. Championship & AHA Quarterfinal, USAFA
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Mercyhurst Series Record: 6-6-2 Jan. 5, 2007 W 5-3 A Jan. 6, 2007 W 3-1 A Feb. 2, 2007 L 5-7 H Feb. 3, 2007 L 2-3 ot H Nov. 2, 2007 L 3-5 H Nov. 3, 2007 W 6-2 H Feb. 8, 2008 L 1-3 A Feb. 9, 2008 W 7-0 A Mar. 16, 2008 W 5-4 (2ot) N& Jan. 30, 2009 T 4-4 ot A Jan. 31, 2009 L 2-3 ot A Mar. 21, 2009 W 2-0 N$ Dec. 11, 2009 T 3-3 ot H Dec. 12, 2009 L 1-3 H & AHA Championship Game in Rochester, N.Y. $ AHA Championship Game in Rochester, N.Y.
Niagara Series Record: 11-27-3 Nov. 8, 1996 W 5-2 H Nov. 9, 1996 W 4-3 ot H Jan. 23, 1998 L 1-4 A Jan. 24, 1998 L 3-6 A Feb. 13, 1998 W 4-3 H Feb. 14, 1998 L 2-5 H Jan. 22, 1999 W 4-1 H Jan. 23, 1999 W 3-2 H Mar. 5, 1999 L 2-4 A Mar. 6, 1999 L 0-5 A Oct. 10, 1999 L 0-3 N% Jan. 2, 2000 L 1-3 A Jan. 3, 2000 L 0-3 A Jan. 30, 2000 L 0-3 H Mar. 11, 2000 L 1-9 N* Oct. 27, 2000 L 2-3 ot H Oct. 28, 2000 T 2-2 ot H Feb. 23, 2001 W 5-2 A Feb. 24, 2001 T 1-1 ot A Mar. 10, 2001 L 1-2 N* Jan. 27, 2002 L 0-4 H Feb. 22, 2002 T 3-3 ot A Feb. 23, 2002 W 4-1 A Mar. 14, 2002 W 5-3 A^ Oct. 5, 2002 L 3-7 N$ Nov. 1, 2002 W 5-2 A Nov. 2, 2002 L 2-6 A Jan. 10, 2002 L 1-6 H Jan. 11, 2002 L 2-3 H Nov. 21, 2003 L 2-3 ot H Nov. 22, 2003 L 2-5 H Feb. 20, 2004 L 1-4 A Feb. 21, 2004 L 1-5 A Jan. 21, 2005 L 2-3 A Jan. 22, 2005 L 0-3 A Feb. 18, 2005 L 2-5 H Feb. 19, 2005 L 3-5 H Jan. 13, 2006 W 5-4 ot H Jan. 14, 2006 L 2-7 H Feb. 10, 2006 W 3-2 A Feb. 11, 2006 L 2-6 A * CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Ala. % Johnson Nissan Classic in Anchorage, Alaska ^ CHA Tournament in Niagara, N.Y. $ Lefty McFadden Tourn. in Dayton, Ohio
RIT Series Record: 12-12-2 Nov. 30, 1990 W 5-4 ot H Dec. 1, 1990 W 6-3 H Dec. 1, 1995 L 3-4 H Dec. 2, 1985 L 0-2 H Dec. 9, 2000 L 3-4 H Oct. 15, 2005 L 2-5 N& Dec. 30, 2005 W 3-2 H Dec. 31, 2005 T 2-2 ot H Feb. 13, 2006 W 3-2 ot A Nov. 3, 2006 W 3-0 H Nov. 4, 2006 T 4-4 ot H Feb. 9, 2007 L 4-5 A Feb. 10, 2007 L 1-2 A Nov, 9, 2007 W 2-1 ot A Nov. 10, 2007 L 3-4 A Jan. 11, 2008 W 5-2 H Jan. 12, 2008 L 3-4 ot H Mar. 15, 2008 W 5-0 N% Dec. 5, 2008 W 2-0 H Dec. 6, 2008 L 2-3 ot H Feb. 27, 2009 L 4-6 A Feb. 28, 2009 W 3-1 A Oct. 23, 2009 W 5-4 H Oct. 24, 2009 W 3-2 ot H Feb. 19, 2010 L 2-3 ot A Feb. 20, 2010 L 0-3 A & Q-Cup Tournament % AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y.
Robert Morris Series Record: 4-6-0 Nov. 19, 2004 W 5-0 A Nov. 20, 2004 W 2-1 ot A Feb. 4, 2005 W 4-2 H Feb. 5, 2005 L 1-2 H Feb. 3, 2006 L 2-5 A Feb. 4, 2006 L 2-3 A Feb. 24, 2006 L 2-3 ot H Feb. 25, 2006 L 1-5 H Mar. 10, 2006 L 3-4 N* Nov. 26, 2006 W 4-3 H * CHA Tournament in Detroit, Mich.
Sacred Heart Series Record: 13-5-3 Jan. 7, 2000 Jan. 8, 2000 Dec. 28, 2003 Nov. 26, 2004 Dec. 1, 2006 Dec. 2, 2006 Mar. 16, 2007 Jan. 4, 2008 Jan. 5, 2008 Oct. 10, 2008 Oct. 11, 2008 Nov. 21, 2008 Nov. 22, 2008 Mar. 13, 2009 Mar. 14, 2009 Mar. 15, 2009 Jan. 2, 2010 Jan. 3, 2010 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Mar. 19, 2010
W 6-1 W 7-3 T 2-2 ot W 3-2 ot T 3-3 ot T 1-1 ot W 5-4 ot L 1-2 W 3-1 W 4-1 W 4-3 ot W 8-1 W 7-1 W 4-3 L 1-4 W 8-1 L 1-4 L 1-5 W 6-3 W 8-1 L 1-2
H H N# N^ H H N& A A A A H H H@ H@ H@ A A H H N%
& AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y. ^ RPI Tournament in York, N.Y. # UConn Classic Tournament @ AHA First Round Best of Three at USAFA % AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y.
Yale Series Record: 3-9-0 Nov. 24, 1989 Jan. 22, 1993 Jan. 23, 1993 Jan. 14, 1994 Jan. 15, 1994 Jan. 4, 1995 Nov. 3, 1995 Nov. 4, 1995 Dec. 27, 1996 Nov. 1, 1997 Nov. 26, 1999 Jan. 4, 2009
L 5-8 L 2-8 L 4-5 W 6-3 W 4-3 L 0-10 L 0-3 L 1-8 L 3-7 L 1-5 W 2-0 L 2-3
^ Yale Tournament % Denver Cup # UMass-Lowell Tournament
N^ A A H H A H H N% A N# A
LAST SEASON
Air Force Hockey Air Force Falcons Hockey Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2010) All games
2009-10 Statistics Overall: 16-15-6 Conf: 14-8-6 Home: 11-5-3 Away: 5-9-3 Neut: 0-1-0 ##
Overall: 16-15-6 Conf: 14-8-6 Neutral: 0-1-0 OVERALL Home: 11-5-3 Away: 5-9-3 CONFERENCE
Player
21 LAMOUREUX, Jac 17 BURNETT, Derrick 25 KIRBY, Tim 12 FAIRCHILD, Matt 18 DE LAURELL, Kyle 26 HAJNER, Jeff 23 MATHIS, Scott 19 CAREW, Stephen 22 PAGE, Blake 27 KRUSE, John 10 WEISGARBER, Pa 8 KOZLAK, Scott 15 BERTSCH, Sean 51 BECKER, Matt 4 ARTMAN, Eric 29 NYLANDER, Brett 11 DURHAM, Danny 3 SELLERS, Brad 2 WILLIAMS, Mark 9 JOHNSON, Brando 24 WALSH, Mike 1 VOLKENING, Andr TMTEAM Total Opponents ## Player
37 1 35 T
CAPLE, Stephen VOLKENING, An BOSNER, David TEAM Total Opponents
gp
37 37 37 37 36 31 37 36 37 34 37 37 37 30 22 36 18 33 21 16 20 37 16 37 37
g
22 10 5 10 6 6 2 6 6 5 6 2 6 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 10 96
gp
a
20 23 19 10 12 11 14 9 8 8 6 7 2 7 3 5 2 3 4 1 3 0 0 17 15
min.
shots
Power Plays
goals chance
Air Force Falcons Opponents
Goals by Period Air Force Falcons Opponents
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42 33 24 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 9 8 8 7 6 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 280 246
36 20
181 170
1st 2nd
3rd
40 38
34 32
+/- pen-min
OVERALL
0.95 19 2.44 989 3.43 15 0.00 0 2.54 1023 2.73 1174
avg/g shot%
1277 34.51 1119 30.24
27 24
sh
.081 .086
pp%
.199 .118 OT
2 2
pp sh gw
155 +1 19-52 13 0 4 83 -1 13-29 2 0 0 116 +6 13-34 1 0 3 90 -4 10-20 5 0 2 83 -13 8-16 4 0 3 95 -6 14-28 4 0 0 81 0 16-32 1 0 0 53 -14 4-8 3 1 0 62 +3 7-14 0 2 2 57 -4 2-4 2 0 1 60 -2 8-16 0 2 0 80 +2 15-30 0 0 0 62 +2 5-10 0 1 1 24 +5 10-20 0 0 0 21 +3 7-14 1 0 0 51 -8 12-24 0 0 0 21 -5 8-16 0 0 0 49 -6 10-20 0 0 0 9 -2 5-10 0 0 0 12 -6 6-12 0 0 0 13 +2 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3-6 0 0 0 127 -47 198-421 36 6 16 111 +42 214-477 20 4 15
ga gaavg saves
3 63:24 1 37 2159:50 88 2 17:30 1 16 24:47 6 37 2265:31 96 37 2265:11 103
Shots on Goal
Air Force Falcons Opponents
pts
Total 103 96
pct
w
l
t
.9 5 0 0 0 0 .918 16 15 6 .938 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .914 16 15 6 .919 15 16 6
gp
28 28 28 28 28 24 28 27 28 25 28 28 28 22 14 28 14 28 19 10 13 10 28 28 gp
g
18 8 5 9 6 3 2 5 6 5 6 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0
a
17 16 18 9 11 10 11 8 5 7 5 6 1 6 1 5 2 3 4 1 1
pts
sh
35 24 23 18 17 13 13 13 11 12 11 8 4 7 3 6 4 4 4 2 1
120 66 82 67 60 80 67 36 48 46 49 59 45 19 15 42 16 42 9 6 9
+/- pen-min
+4 +1 +9 -4 -7 -2 +3 -5 +3 -1 +5 +5 +4 +4 0 -2 -4 -2 0 0 0
17-48 9-21 9-26 9-18 5-10 11-22 15-30 2-4 7-14 1-2 7-14 11-22 5-10 7-14 4-8 10-20 7-14 6-12 5-10 2-4 1-2
pp sh gw
11 2 1 5 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
w
l
t
0 0 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 86 14 233 983 +11 152-329 29 6 14 70 10 178 856 -17 169-376 16 3 8 min.
CONFERENCE
ga gaavg saves
pct
1 5:51 0 0.00 3 1.00 0 0 0 28 1685:00 63 2.24 768 .924 14 8 6 2 17:30 1 3.43 15 .938 0 0 0 10 13:07 6 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 28 1721:28 70 2.44 786 .918 14 8 6 28 1721:08 86 3.00 897 .913 8 14 6
Shots on Goal
shots
Power Plays
goals chance
Air Force Falcons Opponents Air Force Falcons Opponents
Goals by Period Air Force Falcons Opponents
avg/g shot%
983 35.11 856 30.57 29 16
141 130
1st 2nd
3rd
23 15
33 27
28 27
.087 .082
pp%
.206 .123 OT
2 1
Total 86 70
2009-10 Box Scores AF BSU
Bemidji State 3, Air Force 1 Oct. 9, 2009 Bemidji, Minn. 0 1
0 1
1 1
1 3
FIRST PERIOD: BSU 1 - McKelvie [1] (MacQueen, Lehrke), 7:21.
SECOND PERIOD: BSU 2 -Lowe [1] (George, Read), 9:47.
THIRD PERIOD: BSU 3 - Cramer [1] (Kinne, Walters), 15:08; AF 1 - Artman [1] (Lamoureux, Walsh), 18:11
SHOTS: AF 6-4-11 -- 21; BSU 12-10-6 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:41) 11-9-5 -- 25; BSU - Dan Bakala (59:52) 6-4-10 -- 20; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; BSU 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; BSU 0-4
AF BSU
Bemidji State 7, Air Force 3 Oct. 10, 2009 Bemidji, Minn. 1 4
1 2
1 1
3 7
FIRST PERIOD: BSU 1 - Cramer [2] (Walters, Kinne), 4:13; AFA 1 - Lamoureux [1] (Hajner, Burnett), 4:34; BSU 2 - Wacker [1] (Lehrke, Peluso), 7:02; BSU 3 Hunt [1] (Read), PP, 11:18; BSU 4 - Read [1] (unassisted), SH, 12:24. SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Hajner [1] (Burnett, Lamoureux), PP, 4:12; BSU 5 - Read [2] (Cramer), 10:42; BSU 6 - George [1] (Hunt, Read), PP, 12:18. THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Artman [2] (Page, Kozlak), PP, 1:30; BSU 7 - McLeod [1] (unassisted), 13:58.
SHOTS: AF 12-6-6 -- 24; BSU 10-11-7 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (32:13) 6-5-x -- 11; Stephen Caple (27:42) x-4-6 -- 10; BSU - Dan Bakala (60:00) 11-5-5 -- 21; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; BSU 7-25; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-6; BSU 2-6
Alabama-Huntsville 4, Air Force 2 Oct. 16, 2009 USAFA, Colo.
UAH AF
2 1
2 1
0 0
4 2
FIRST PERIOD: UAH 1 - Fairbanks [1] (Talbot, Barker), 2:09; UAH 2 - Cseter (Barker), 3:10; AF 1 Hajner [2] (Burnett, Mathis), PP, 17:07. SECOND PERIOD: UAH 3 - Ruffini (Roshko, Koudys), 4:26; AF 2 - Hajner [3] (Burnett, Mathis), PP, 4:59; UAH 4 - Coburn [1] (Baxter, Morrison), 5:36. THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring.
SHOTS: AF 14-14-14 -- 42; UAH 13-5-3 -- 21; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (25:36) 11-0-x -- 11; Stephen Caple (29:51) 0-3-3 -- 6; UAH - Cameron Talbot (60:00) 13-13-14 -- 40; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; UAH 8-16; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-7; UAH 0-4
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Alabama-Huntsville 4, Air Force 2 Oct. 17, 2009 USAFA, Colo.
UAH AF
1 1
2 1
1 0
4 2
FIRST PERIOD: UAH 1 - Coburn [2] (Campbell, Baxter), 15:09; AF 1 - Carew [1] (De Laurell, Fairchild), PP, 19:46.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Fairchild [2] (Lamoureux), 4:56; UAH 2 - Cseter (Jarvinen, Desmet), 10:39; UAH 3 - Fairbanks [1] (Jarvinen, Train), 12:16. THIRD PERIOD: UAH 4 - Campbell [2[ (Coburn, Morrison), EX, 4:02.
SHOTS: AF 9-8-19 -- 36; UAH 7-13-7 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (56:03) 6-11-6 -- 23; UAH Cameron Talbot (60:00) 8-7-19 -- 34; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; UAH 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; UAH 0-6
RIT AF
Air Force 5, RIT 4 Oct. 23, 2009 USAFA,Colo. 1 0
2 4
1 1
4 5
FIRST PERIOD: RIT 1 - Murphy [1] (Ringwald, Burt), 19:06
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Durham [1] (De Laurell, Kruse), 2:39; AF 2 - Fairchild [2] (Kurse, De Laurell), PP, 5:26; AF 3 - Sellers [1] (Kruse, De Laurell), 13:12; RIT 2 - Janda [1] (Cornacchia, Eckenswiller), 15:53; AF 4 - Carew [2] (Fairchild, Sellers), SH, 17:35; RIT 3 - Haltigin [1] (Tanev, Mazzei), PP, 17:53
THIRD PERIOD: RIT 4 - Favot [1] (Hartley), SH, 2:35; AF 5 - Kirby [1] (Fairchild, Lamoureux), 18:15. SHOTS: AF 16-11-14 -- 41; RIT 5-21-12 -- 38; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 4-15-13 -- 37; RIT Jared DeMichiel (59:20) 5-17-11 -- 33; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; RIT 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-3; RIT 1-4
RIT AF
Air Force 3, RIT 2 Oct. 24, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 0 0
1 1
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
1 1
0 1
2 3
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Kruse [1] (Durham), 6:27; RIT 1 - Burt [3] (Favot, Ringwald), PP, 12:50. THIRD PERIOD: RIT 2 - Mazur [1] (Favot, Smith), 4:50; AF 2 - Durham [2] (De Laurell, Kruse), 8:25.
OVERTIME: AF 3 - Fairchild [3] (Kirby, Kruse), PP, 4:59
SHOTS: AF 6-9-7-4 -- 26; RIT 6-9-12-3 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:59) 6-8-11-3 -- 28; RIT Jared DeMichiel (64:59) 6-8-6-3 -- 23 ; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; RIT 5-10: POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; RIT 1-3
AF CAN
Canisius 3, Air Force 1 Oct. 31, 2009 Buffalo, N.Y. 0 1
1 0
0 2
1 3
FIRST PERIOD: CAN 1 - Scarsella [2] (Conacher, Shupe), :54
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [2] (Burnett, Kirby), PP, 9:54.
THIRD PERIOD: CAN 2 - Conacher [4] (Forsman, Scarsella), 5:41; CAN 3 - Scarsella [3] (unassisted), ENG, 19:35
SHOTS: AF 13-16-13 -- 42; CAN 9-12-9 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:03) 8-12-7 -- 27; CAN Dan Morrison (59:03) 13-15-13 -- 41 ; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; CAN 5-10: POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; CAN 0-3
AF CAN
Air Force 4, Canisius 1 Nov. 1, 2009 Buffalo, N.Y. 2 0
0 1
2 0
4 1
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [3] (Fairchild, Carew), 12:11; AF 2 - De Laurell [1] (Fairchild, Walsh), PP, 16:47
SECOND PERIOD: CAN 1 - Kostuch [1] (Shupe, Heidinger), PP, 13:41 THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Lamoureux [4] (Burnett, Kirby), :59; AF 4 - Kozlak [1] (Williams), 15:26
SHOTS: AF 10-7-12 -- 29; CAN 9-14-12 -- 35; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (59:48) 9-13-12 -- 34; CAN - Dan Morrison (59:55) 8-7-10 -- 25 ; PENALTIES: AF 7-14; CAN 6-12: POWER PLAYS: AF 2-6; CAN 1-7
BEN AF
Air Force 3, Bentley 3 (ot) Nov. 6, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 2 1
1 1
0 1
0 0
3 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [1] (Williams, Lamoureux), 1:12; BEN 1 - Hartung [1] (Harrison), 9:50; BEN 2 - Peterson [4] (Bonnett), 14:50 SECOND PERIOD: BEN 3 - Kemmerer [1] (Bahneman), 7:28; AF 2 - Mathis [1] (De Laurell, Lamoureux), 12:55
THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - De Laurell [2] (Kirby, Lamoureux), PP, 3:41 OVERTIME: No Scoring
SHOTS: AF 7-10-13-2 -- 32; BEN 12-7-5-1 -- 25; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:35) 10-6-5-1 -22; BEN - Joe Calvi (64:58) 6-9-12-2 -- 29 ; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; BEN 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; BEN 0-2
2009-10 Box Scores BEN AF
Air Force 3, Bentley 0 Nov. 7, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 0 1
0 1
0 1
0 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [5] (De Laurell, Burnett), PP, 9:46
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Burnett [1] (Kirby, Mathis), PP, 7:18 THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Hajner [4] (Fairchild), 18:16
SHOTS: AF 8-14-7 -- 29; BEN 14-6-7 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 14-6-7 -- 27; BEN - Joe Calvi (59:19) 7-13-6 -- 26 ; PENALTIES: AF 7-14; BEN 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-6; BEN 07
AF HC
Air Force 1, Holy Cross 0 Nov. 13, 2009 Worcester, Mass. 0 0
0 0
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
1 0
1 0
SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring
THIRD PERIOD: AF - 1 Fairchild [4] (Sellers, Burnett), 13:18
SHOTS: AF 11-7-12 -- 30; HC 10-12-7 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 10-12-7 -- 29; HC - Thomas Tysowsky (58:37) 11-7-11 -- 29 ; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; HC 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; HC 0-4
AF HC
Air Force 2, Holy Cross 2 (ot) Nov. 14, 2009 Worcester, Mass. 0 0
0 1
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
2 1
0 0
2 2
SECOND PERIOD: HC 1 - Nunn [1] (Linsmeyer), 10:46
THIRD PERIOD: AF - 1 Fairchild [5] (Mathis, Hajner), PP, 5:25; AF 2 - Weisgarber [2] (Bertsch), SH, 7:01; HC 2 - Sheahan [3] (uassisted), 16:05 OVERTIME: No Scoring
SHOTS: AF 8-6-7-1 -- 22; HC 10-9-9-2 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 10-8-8-2 -- 28; HC - Thomas Tysowsky (65:00) 8-6-5-1 -- 20; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; HC 7-14; POWER PLAYS: AF 17; HC 0-6
AF UC
Air Force 2, UConn 2 (ot) Nov. 20, 2009 Storrs, Conn. 1 1
1 0
0 1
0 0
2 2
FIRST PERIOD: UC 1 - Olson [4] (Naurato, Gerke), PP, 11:18; AF 1 - Burnett [2] (Kirby, Hajner), 15:53
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SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Lamoureux [6] (Burnett, Mathis), PP, 17:04
THIRD PERIOD: UC 2 - Coppola [2] (Sapieha, Carriere), 13:32. OVERTIME: No Scoring
SHOTS: AF 16-18-15-2 -- 51; UC - 4-9-8-3 -- 24; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 3-9-7-3 -- 22; UC - Jeff Larson (65:00) 15-17-15-2 -- 49.; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; UC - 7-14; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-6; UC 1-5
AF UC
Air Force 3, UConn 1 Nov. 21, 2009 Storrs, Conn. 0 0
3 0
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
0 1
3 1
THIRD PERIOD: AF 5 - Bertsch [2] (Kirby), SH, :44; AF 6 - Johnson [1] (Page, Becker), 7:30; AIC 2 Pleskach (Ceccacci, Penny), 15:01
SHOTS: AF 12-16-9 -- 37; AIC 8-4-10 -- 22; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (48:35) 8-3-9 -- 20; David Bosner (11:45) x-x-6 -- 6; AIC - Ben Meisner (60:00) 10-14-7 -- 31; PENALTIES: AF 3-6; AIC 5-10 POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; AIC 0-3
MC AF
Air Force 3, Mercyhurst 3 (ot) Dec. 11, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 0 0
1 2
2 1
0 0
3 3
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Carew [3] (Kirby), 13:10; AF 2 - Fairchild [6] (Lamoureux, Burnett), 14:51; MC 1 - Burtler [5] (Bremner, Cameron), 16:41.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [3] (Lamoureux, Becker), 2:28; AF 2 - Page [1] (Burnett, Williams), 4:36; AF 3 - Lamoureux [7] (Burnett, Hajner), PP, 9:14
THIRD PERIOD: MC 2 - Elliott [4] (Blakely, Coccimiglio), 1:55; MC 3 - Pitt [6] (unassisted), 7:32; AF 3 - Hajner [5] (Kozlak, Weisgarber), 9:00
SHOTS: AF 12-12-14 -- 38; UC - 5-5-12 -- 22; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 5-5-11 -- 21; UC - Jeff Larson (57:58) 12-9-14 -- 35; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; UC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-5; UC 0-5
SHOTS: AF 16-15-15-6 -- 52; MC 1-13-12-3 -- 29; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 1-12-10-3 -26; MC - Ryan Zapolski (65:00) 16-13-14-6 -- 49; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; MC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; MC 0-5
AIC AF
MC AF
THIRD PERIOD: UC 1 - Gerke [3] (Kirspel, Milller), EX 19:17.
Air Force 5, AIC 3 Dec. 4, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 1 1
1 1
1 3
3 5
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [4] (Lamoureux), 18:46; AIC 1 - Leitner [2] (Ceccacci, Primiani), PP, 19:56.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Kruse [2] (DeLaurell, Fairchild), PP, 4:46; AIC 2 - McLeod (Little), 19:21
THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Burnett [3] (Lamoureux, Williams), 1:24; AF 4 - Lamoureux [8](Carew), 2:44; AF 5 - Lamoureux [9] (Weisgarber, Nylander), 7:50; AIC 3 - Penny [1] (Pleskach, Leitner), PP, 10:25 SHOTS: AF 15-11-8 -- 34; AIC 10-16-8 -- 34; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 9-15-7 -- 31; AIC - Dan Ramirez (42:44) 14-10-0 -- 24; Ben Meisner (15:47) x-x-5 -- 5; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; AIC 510 POWER PLAYS: AF 1-5; AIC 2-5
AIC AF
Air Force 6, AIC 2 Dec. 5, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 0 2
1 2
1 2
2 6
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Burnett [4] (Lamoureux, Mathis), 1:02; AF 2 - Lamoureux [10] (Kirby, Burnett), PP, 14:17
SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Page [2] (Johnson, Becker), 3:16; AF 4 - Bertsch [1] (Weisgarber, Kozlak), 9:28; AIC 1 - McLeod {2] (McMillan, Little), 16:51
OVERTIME: No Scoring
Mercyhurst 3, Air Force 1 Dec. 12, 2009 USAFA, Colo. 0 0
1 0
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
2 1
3 1
SECOND PERIOD: MC 1 - Brandon Coccimiglio [10] (unassisted), 2:19.
THIRD PERIOD: MC 2 - Cameron [9] (Pitt, Gurtler), :54; MC 3 - Graham [3] (unassisted), 15:23; AF 1 Lamoureux [10] (Hajner, Burnett), 16:16.
SHOTS: AF 17-11-4 -- 32; MC 17-12-6 -- 35; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (55:56) 17-11-4 -- 32; MC Ryan Zapolski (60:00) 8-7-21 -- 36; PENALTIES: AF 12-46; MC 13-43; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; MC 0-7
2009-10 Box Scores AF SH
Sacred Heart 4, Air Force 1 Jan. 2, 2010 Milford, Conn. 1 1
0 1
0 2
1 4
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Carew [4] (Hajner, Nylander), PP, 9:08; SH 1 - Berube [5] (Delong, Jarman), 13:49 SECOND PERIOD: SH 2 - Johnson [11] (Jarman, Knowlton), 6:48.
THIRD PERIOD: SH 3 - Berube [6] (Delong, Macleod), 5:27; SH 4 - Knowlton [4] (Johnson), EN, 17:38 SHOTS: AF 10-7-11 -- 28; SH 12-8-20 -- 40; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:33) 11-7-18 -- 36; SH Steven Legatto (59:56) 9-7-11 -- 27; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; SH 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-3; SH 0-4.
AF SH
Sacred Heart 5, Air Force 1 Jan. 3, 2010 Milford, Conn. 1 1
0 2
0 2
1 5
FIRST PERIOD: SH 1 - Jarman [5] (Johnson, Knowlton), 11:06; AF 1 - Nylander [1] (Fairchild, Lamoureux), 11:25 SECOND PERIOD: SH 2 - Jarman [6] (Knowlton), 12:51; SH 3 - Knowlton [5] (Jarman), 15:45.
THIRD PERIOD: SH 4 - MacLeod [2] (Berube, Delong), EN, 17:52; SH 5 - Delong [5] (Berube, Brown), EN, 19:26
SHOTS: AF 16-9-12 -- 37; SHU4-16-7 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:07) 3-14-5 -- 22; SHU Steven Legatto (60:00) 15-9-12 -- 36; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; SHU 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-5; SHU 0-1.
UC AF
Air Force 2, UConn 1 Jan. 8, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 1 1
0 0
0 1
1 2
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Artman [3] (Page), 11:23; UC 1 - Cooper [1] (Coppola. Olson), SH, 18:43 SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring
THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Kirby [2] (Lamoureux), 17:14
SHOTS: AF 7-8-11 -- 26; UC 5-10-10 -- 25 ; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 4-10-10 -- 24; UC Garrett Bartus (58:57) 6-8-10 -- 24 ; PENALTIES: AF 3-6; UC 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; UC 0-3.
UC AF
Air Force 2, UConn 2 Jan. 9, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 1 1
1 0
0 1
0 0
2 2
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [12] (Hajner, Burnett), PP, 14:25; UC 1 - Gallagher [2] (Ranall0, Waterstradt), PP, 18:03
SECOND PERIOD: UC 2 - Gerke [4] (Krispel, Ambrosie), PP, 6:43.
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THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Lamoureux [13] (Mathis), EX, 18:20 OVERTIME: No Scoring
SHOTS: AF18-24-14-3 -- 59; UC 12-5-5-2 -- 24 ; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (63:21) 11-4-5-2 -22; UC - Garrett Bartus (65:00) 17-24-13-3 -- 57 ; PENALTIES: AF 8-16; UC 12-24; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-10; UC 2-6.
AF BEN
Air Force 6, Bentley 3 Jan. 15, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 2 1
1 0
3 2
6 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - De Laurell [4] (Kozlak, Hajner), 11:41; AF 2 - Weisgarber [5] (Carew, Becker), 15:25. SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Page [3] (Kozlak, Nylander), 8:53
THIRD PERIOD: AF 4 - De Laurell [4] Hajner), :40; (BC 2 - Robert [1] (Harrison, Hartung), 2:23; AF 5 Hajner [6] (Fairchild), PP, 5:57; AF 6 - Becker [1] (Carew, Nylander), 7:39; BC 3 - Hartung [3] (Bonnett), PP, 11:20
SHOTS: AF 9-8-13 -- 30; BC 10-8-11 -- 29; SAVES: AF Andrew Volkening (60:00) 9-8-9 -- 26; BC - Joe Calvi (60:00) 7-7-10 -- 24; PENALTIES: AF 7-14; BC 9-26; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-7; UC 1-7.
AF BEN
Air Force 3, Bentley 0 Jan. 16, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 2 1
1 0
0 0
3 1
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Kruse [3] (Page), 7:26; AF 2 Kirby [3] (Page, Mathis), 8:00; BC 1 - Nudy [2] (Koudys), 18:49
SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Carew [5] (Weisgarber, Nylander), 10:44. THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring
SHOTS: AF 11-12-11 -- 34; BC 10-10-5 -- 25; SAVES: AF Andrew Volkening (60:00) 10-10-5 -- 25; BC Kyle Rank (60:00) 9-11-11 -- 31; PENALTIES: AF 714; BC 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-5; UC 0-6.
HC AF
Holy Cross 6, Air Force 4 Jan. 22, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 1 2
3 1
2 1
6 4
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Fairchild [7] (Burnett, Hajner), 12:30; HC 1 - Clune [1] (Celin, Cox), 15:03; AF 2 Lamoureux [14] (unassisted), 15:10. SECOND PERIOD: HC 2 - Daly [2] (Cyr), PP, 1:38; HC 3 - Vos [4] (Gordon, Clune), PP, 5:06; HC 4 Forshner [3] (Linsmayer, Atkins), 10:26; AF 3 - Burnett [5] (De Laurell), PP, 13:07.
THIRD PERIOD: HC 5 - Miller [4] (Linsmayer, Forshner), 2:08; AF 4 - Lamoureux [15] (Kirby, Mathis), PP, 6:10.
SHOTS: AF 10-10-16 -- 36; HC 13-15-8 -- 36; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:43) 12-12-6 -- 30; HC Thomas Tysowsky (60:00) 8-9-15 -- 32; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; HC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-5; HC 2-2
HC AF
Air Force 4, Holy Cross 3 Jan. 23, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 1 0
2 2
0 1
0 1
3 4
FIRST PERIOD: HC 1 - Driscoll [1] (Cox), 4:37.
SECOND PERIOD: HC 2 - Cox [1] (Driscoll, Celin), .2:45; AF 1 - Burnett [6] (Carew, Weisgarber), 7:01; AF 2 - Lamoureux [16] (Mathis, Burnett), PP, 17:10; HC 3 - Forshner [4] Miller), 19:26
THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Fairchild [8] (Lamoureux, De Laurell), PP, 13:35. OVERTIME: AF 4 - Kirby [4] (Sellers), 4:59.
SHOTS: AF6-11-9-2 -- 28; HC 7-9-16-4 -- 36; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:59) 6-7-16-4 -- 33; HC Thomas Tysowsky (64:59) 6-9-8-1 -- 24; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; HC 7-14; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-7; HC 0-5
AF AR
Army 4, Air Force 2 Jan. 29, 2010 West Point, N.Y. 0 1
0 1
2 2
2 4
FIRST PERIOD: AR 1 - Sefchik (Omilusik), PP, 14:27 SECOND PERIOD: AR 2 - Maggard (Sefchik), SH, 1:20
THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Artman [4] (Lamoureux, Burnett), 4:34; AF 2 - Lamoureux [17] (Carew, Hajner), PP, 7:55. AR 3 - Pierson [1] (Rocha, Rae), 15:02; AR 4 - Skarda [5] (Rocha, Meyer), EN, 19:05
SHOTS: AF 16-5-11 -- 32; AR 12-16-14 -- 42; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (59:30) 11-15-12 -- 38; AR Jay Clark (60:00) 16-5-9 -- 30; PENALTIES: AF 1130; AR 7-14; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-6; AR 1-10
AF AR
Air Force 3, Army 3 (ot) Jan. 30, 2010 West Point, N.Y. 2 0
0 1
1 2
0 0
3 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Page [4] (Artman, Durham), 15:09; AF 2 - Burnett [7] (Fairchild, Kirby), 15:35 SECOND PERIOD: AR 1 - Starczewski [8] (Sefchik, Omilusik), 9:43
THIRD PERIOD: AR 2 - Maggard [4] (Amman, Colvin), 14:37; AF 3 - Fairchild [9] (Burnett, Lamoureux), 17:25; AR 3 - Sefchik [7] (Meyer, Clark), EX, 19:49
SHOTS: AF 21-11-7-1 -- 40; AR 6-14-9-3 -- 32; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 6-13-7-3 -- 29; AR Jay Clark (64:18) 19-11-6-1 -- 37; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; AR 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-2; AR 0-4
2009-10 Box Scores #10 Colorado College 2, Air Force 0 Feb. 5, 2010 Colo. Springs World Arena
AF CC
0 0
0 1
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
0 1
0 2
AF RIT
RIT 3, Air Force 0 Feb. 20, 2010 Rochester, N.Y. 0 0
0 3
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
0 0
0 3
AR AF
Air Force 3, Army 0 AHA Quarterfinal Game 1 March 12, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 0 1
0 2
0 0
0 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Bertsch [4] (Page, Artman), 1:38
SECOND PERIOD: RIT 1 - Haltigin [6] (Knowles, Saracino), 3:11; RIT 2 - Tanev [7] (Favot), 10:14; RIT 3 - Ringwald [10] (Favot, Burt), PP, 12:50
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Bertsch [5] (Page, Becker), 16:00; AF 3 - Burnett [9] (Kruse, Artman), 17:36.
SHOTS: AF 5-7-8 -- 20; CC 11-7-10 -- 10; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (59:04) 11-6-9 -- 26; CC - Joe Howe (60:00) 5-7-8 -- 20; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; CC 8-16; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-7; CC 1-4
SHOTS: AF 7-9-11 -- 27; RIT 12-16-5 -- 33; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 12-13-5 -- 30; RIT Jared DeMichiel (60:00) 7-9-11 -- 27; PENALTIES: AF 7-14; RIT 7-22 POWER PLAYS: AF 0-5; RIT 1-6
SHOTS: AF 14-17-7 -- 38; ARMY - 12-10-7 -- 29; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 12-10-7 -- 29; ARMY Jay Clark (60:00) 13-15-7 -- 35; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; ARMY 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; ARMY 0-5
DU AF
SH AF
SECOND PERIOD: CC 1 - Testwuide [17] (Schwartz), 1:06 THIRD PERIOD: CC 2 - Hall [5] (Schwartz, Guentzel), PP, 8:57
#2 Denver 2, Air Force 1 (ot) Feb. 6, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 0 0
1 0
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
0 1
1 0
2 1
SECOND PERIOD: DU 1 - Donovan [4] (Rakshani, Colborne), 11:21
THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [18] (Carew, Burnett), PP, :29; DU 2 - Ostro OVERTIME: DU 2 - Ostrow [11] (Lee, Vossberg), 4:03
SHOTS: AF 14-14-15-3 -- 46; DU 7-19-8-1 -- 35; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:03) 7-18-8-0 -33; DU - Matt Cheverie (64:03) 14-14-14-3 -- 45; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; DU 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 13; DU 0-4
AF RIT
RIT 3, Air Force 2 (ot) Feb. 19, 2010 Rochester, N.Y. 0 0
2 2
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
0 0
0 1
2 3
SECOND PERIOD: RIT 1 - Burt [12] (Tanev, Ringwald), PP, 7:34; AF 1 - De Laurell [5] (Kirby, Lamoureux), PP, 9:26; RIT 2 - Ringwald [9] (Burt, Favot), PP, 12:04; AF 2 - Mathis [2] (De Laurell, Kruse), PP, 15:39 THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring
OVERTIME: RIT 3 - Mazzei [8] (Favot, Haltigin), 1:10
SHOTS: AF 7-12-6-1 -- 26; RIT 7-11-12-2 -- 32; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (61:10) 7-9-12-1 -29; RIT Jared DeMichiel (61:10) 7-10-6-1 -- 24; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; RIT 5-10 POWER PLAYS: AF 25; RIT 2-4.
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THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring
Air Force 6, Sacred Heart 3 Feb. 26, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 1 0
1 5
1 1
3 6
FIRST PERIOD: SH 1 - Gingera [9] (Delong), 14:14
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Kozlak [2] (Lamoureux), 2:19; AF 2 - Fairchild [10] (Kozlak, Kruse), PP, 6:03; AF 3 - Kirby [5] (Carew, De Laurell), PP, 7:11; AF 4 - Kruse [4] (Kirby, Weisgarber), 8:16; SH 2 - Delong [13] (Stuart, Laurysen), PP, 10:04; AF 5 - Kruse [5] (Mathis, Kozlak), PP, 19:51.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 6 - Weisgarber [6] (unassisted), SH, 2:09; SH 3 - Stuart [1] (Delong, Johnson), 8:06
SHOTS: AF 9-17-9 -- 35; SHU 12-5-13 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 11-4-12 -- 27; SH Steven Legatto (28:16) 9-8-x -- 17; Olivier St. Onge (31:07) x-4-8 -- 12; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; SH 5-10 ; POWER PLAYS: AF 3-3; SH 1-3
SH AF
Air Force 8, Sacred Heart 1 Feb. 27, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 0 3
0 4
1 1
1 8
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Page [5] (unassisted), SH, 16:05; AF 2 - Lamoureux [19] (Kirby, Carew), 18:44; AF 3 - Lamoureux [20] (Kirby), PP, 19:38
SECOND PERIOD: AF 4 - Page [6] (Mathis, Becker), SH, 8:59; AF 5 - Carew [6] (Burnett, Kirby), PP, 12:15; AF 6 - Burnett [8] (Kirby, Lamoureux), 16:35; AF 7 - De Laurell [6] (Mathis, Kirby), PP, 19:40. THIRD PERIOD: AF 8 - Bertsch [3] (Becker, Page), 4:37; SH 1 - Gingera [10] (unassisted), 7:19
SHOTS: AF 17-12-19 -- 48; SHU 8-10-14 -- 32; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (49:36) 8-10-1 -- 19; Stephen Caple (5:51) x-x-3 -- 3; David Bosner (5:45) x-x-9 -- 9; SH - Steven Legatto (40:00) 14-8-x -- 22 ; Olivier St. Onge (20:00) x-x-18 -- 18 ; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; SH 11-22 ; POWER PLAYS: AF 3-9; SH 0-3
THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring
AR AF
Air Force 4, Army 2 AHA Quarterfinal Game 2 March 13, 2010 USAFA, Colo. 1 0
1 2
0 2
2 4
FIRST PERIOD: AR 1 - Skarda [7] (Meyer, Hull), 17:55.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Bertsch [6] (unassisted), 8:46; AR 2 - Meyer [13] (John Clark, Sefchik), PP, 15:20; AF 2 - Johnson [2] (Kirby, Weisgarber), 17:22.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Lamoureux [21] (Burnett, Walsh), PP, 18:35; AF 4 - Burnett [10] (Bertsch), EN, 19:40
SHOTS: AF 10-14-10 -- 34; ARMY - 12-11-10 -- 33; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 11-10-10 -- 31; ARMY - Jay Clark (58:48) 10-12-8 -- 30; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; ARMY 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-3; ARMY 1-4
AF SH
Sacred Heart 2, Air Force 1 AHA Semifinal March 19, 2010 Rochester, N.Y. 0 0
0 1
1 1
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring.
1 2
SECOND PERIOD: SH 1 - Boisvert (13) (Delong, Gingera), 10:14
THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [22] (Burnett, Mathis), EX, 18:31; SH 2 - Knowlton [13] (Jarman), 19:18
SHOTS: AF 11-13-9 --33; SH 8-16-10 -- 34; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (59:10) 8-15-9 -- 32; SHU Steven Legatto (60:00) 11-13-8 -- 32; PENALTIES: AF 3-6; SH 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; SHU 0-3.
HISTORY
History of Falcon Hockey With the drop of the puck to begin the 2010-11 season, the Falcons will enter their 43rd season of Division I hockey.
mark for the school’s best winning percentage. What will best be remembered from that team is a pair of dramatic one-goal wins over Colorado College.
With the Academy still in its infancy, the dream of hockey at the youngest military academy was born.
Matchefts went on to win 154 games in 11 seasons before passing the baton to his former standout, Chuck Delich. Delich, who still ranks 10th in NCAA history in career points per game, shattered every school record in his four years.
In 1958, a group of cadets began an intramural hockey team. Relying on freezing temperatures and the shadows from the dormitory, cadets donned football and lacrosse equipment and played hockey in the courtyard of Vandenberg Hall. A few years later one of the greatest college hockey coaches ever, Vic Heyliger, became interested in such a fledgling program. With six national championships to his credit at Michigan, the “Father of Air Force Hockey,” came to the Academy in 1966 and guided the club team.
The 70s
The program continued to gain momentum, posting its first winning season in 1970-71 with a 15-11-2 record. However, it was the following season that would be the Falcons’ breakthrough year. Heyliger hired his former All-American player at Michigan, John Matchefts, as an assistant coach and the Falcons posted a 25-6 record in 1971-72. A few years later, in Matchefts’ first season as head coach, the Falcons posted a 24-5-1
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The 90s John Decker, 1992-95
The third decade of Falcon hockey brought several changes to the program. Frank Serratore, who has coached at nearly every level of hockey, took over in 1998. His enthusiastic, disciplined style of hockey injected a new energy into the program. He has led the Falcons to more Division I victories than any other Falcon coach.
The 80s
At long last came the night of Nov. 29, 1968, when the first hockey game was Dave Spannbauer, 1974-77 played at the Cadet Ice Arena. The Falcons defeated the Colorado All-Stars, a collage of former collegiate players, 8-6. The first game was not without its share of quirky moments. During the first shift in the first period, a slap shot was taken and went completely through the “shatter-proof” glass and onto the running track in the multi-purpose area. The Falcons finally got their first taste of intercollegiate competition in the new arena and it was not pleasant. Notre Dame, another first-year program, swept the Falcons, 8-1 and 5-4. Air Force gained its first home win with a 64 win over Ohio State on Jan. 17, 1968.
After taking over the program in 1985, Delich garnered early success much like his predecessor. In his second season, he posted a 19-10 record, the most wins in 10 years. He then strung together a school-record five consecutive winning seasons in his 12 years while tying the school record with 154 coaching wins. During the Delich years, the Falcons posted a winning record against rival Army, including a 6-1-1 record at home against the Black Knights.
In Serratore’s 10th season, he took the program to new heights. The Falcons claimed the Atlantic Hockey Association championship and played Minnesota in the NCAA West Regional, both firsts for any service academy team. A 4-3 loss to the Gophers only whet the Falcons’ appetite. Serratore backed that championship season up with another ring as the Falcons won the AHA title and faced second-ranked Miami in the NCAA Northeast Regional, falling to the RedHawks in overtime.
John Anzelc, 1986-89
The 2000s
After knocking on the door twice, the Falcons finally kicked it in with a recordBilly Devoney, 2004-07 setting season in 2008-09. AFA won a school-record 28 games, won its third straight AHA championship and won its first-ever NCAA game with a win over the stoSeasons G W L T Pct. ried Michigan 6 165 85 77 3 .524 Wolverines. 11 310 154 150 6 .506
Coaching History
Coach Vic Heyliger John Matchefts Chuck Delich Frank Serratore Total
Heyliger
Years 1969-74 1975-85 1986-97 1998-Pres. ---
Matchefts
12 13 42
370 479 1324
Delich
154 214 607
197 227 651
19 38 66
.442 .486 .483
Serratore
With its humble beginnings in an outdoor rink relying on the unpredictable Colorado weather, Falcon hockey has grown by leaps and bounds. In the past 10 years, nearly 700,000 fans have watched the Falcons.
U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Having only four head coaches in the 42 seasons of varsity hockey, the Air Force Academy is proud to have two former coaches elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame: Vic Heyliger and John Matchefts.
VIC HEYLIGER HEAD COACH 1969-1974
JOHN MATCHEFTS HEAD COACH 1975-1985
Vic Heyliger, the “Father of Air Force Hockey,” came to the Academy in 1966 to coach the Falcons’ club team. In 196869, he became the Falcons’ first varsity head coach. In his six seasons at the helm, the Falcons quickly became a competitive hockey program at the Division I level. Heyliger led the Falcons to an 85-77-3 record, including a phenomenal 25-6 record in 1971-72, the fourth season of varsity hockey.
John Matchefts was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991 and was named to the NCAA’s 50th anniversary hockey team in 1997. Matchefts played on three national championship teams at Michigan under Vic Heyliger from 1951-53. Matchefts earned All-American honors in 1951 and 1953, was twice named to the all-tournament team at the NCAA Championships and was the finals MVP in 1953.
The native of Concord, Mass., will always be regarded as one of the greatest college hockey coaches ever. In 13 seasons as the head coach of his alma mater, Michigan, he led the Wolverines to six NCAA Championships. He led the Wolverines to a 228-61-13 record from 1944-57.
Following his college playing career, Matchefts played on the USA National Team in 1955 and earned a silver medal as an alternate captain with the 1956 USA Olympic Team. After serving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Matchefts returned to hockey in 1957 as the head coach at Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, Minn. While coaching at Lincoln and his alma mater, Eveleth High School, he led the 1959 and 1960 teams to the state tournament and never had a losing season.
In his fourth season, he led the 1948 Wolverines to a 20-21 record and the school’s first NCAA Championship ever. He repeated the feat in 1951 as Michigan posted a 22-4-1 record and defeated Brown, 7-1, in the championship game. That title was Michigan’s first of three straight championships and five in six years. Heyliger was a three-year letterman at Michigan from 1934-37. The outstanding defenseman award at Michigan is named in his honor. Following his playing career at Michigan, he played three seasons in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks. The 1938 graduate of Michigan began his coaching career at the University of Illinois. In four seasons, he guided the Illini to a 59-29-4 record. Heyliger, who was instrumental in the development of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, was named the National Collegiate Coach of the Year in 1953. After leaving Michigan in 1957, he remained active in hockey as he coached the USA National Team that competed against the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. In 1962 and 1963, Heyliger coached West Germany in the World Championships and later coached Team USA at the 1966 World Championships. He was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minn., in September 1974. Heyliger passed away in 2006.
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The native of Eveleth, Minn., guided the Colorado College hockey program for five seasons and posted a 48-72-2 mark. He was named the 1969 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Coach of the Year. Matchefts came to the Academy in 1972 as an assistant coach to Heyliger for three seasons. He took over the head coaching duties in 1974. In 11 seasons, Matchefts led the Falcons to a 154-150-6 record from 1974-85. In his first season at Air Force, he led the Falcons to a remarkable 24-5-1 record, the second-best mark in school history. He also paced the Falcons to four winning seasons in his first five years. His 154 wins are tied with Chuck Delich as the second-most career hockey coaching wins in AFA history. As an assistant coach, Matchefts went back to his hometown to recruit a player who was overlooked by nearly every other Division I school. Four years later, Chuck Delich became Air Force’s all-time leading scorer and one of the most potent offensive players in NCAA history. After spending four seasons as Matchefts’ assistant, Delich succeeded him as the Falcons’ head coach in 1984.
Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame
#4 Gary Batinich
#4 Mark DeGironimo
#5 Joe Doyle
Wing, 1975-78, Eveleth, Minn.
Center, 1993-96, Billerica, Mass.
Wing, 1986-89, Weymouth, Mass.
Batinich is the only non-center in the top five career scorers. He ranks fifth in career scoring with 196 points. The native of Eveleth, Minn., led the team in assists as a sophomore with 42, the third-most in AFA history. As a freshman, Batinich scored the game-winning goal in both of AFA’s wins over Colorado College in 1974-75. Year 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 Career
GM 29 26 26 23 104
Goals 21 22 22 17 82
Assists 29 42 26 17 114
Points 50 64 48 34 196
Pen-Min. 18-36 13-27 7-16 13-28 51-107
#11 Beau Bilek
DeGironimo ranks 17th on the career scoring list with 131 points in 124 career games. He was the team captain and MVP of the 1995-96 team. As a junior, he led the team with 20 goals and 39 points. Year 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Career
GM 27 32 32 33 124
Goals 6 14 20 17 57
Assists 9 22 19 23 74
Points 15 36 39 40 131
Pen-Min. 6-15 15-30 15-38 14-30 50-113
#5 Chuck Delich Center, 1974-77, Eveleth, Minn.
The captain and most valuable player of the 1994-95 team, Bilek helped lead the Falcons to consecutive 15-win seasons. Bilek ranks third in career scoring among defensemen and 26th overall. He led the team with 42 points in 1993-94. The Des Moines, Iowa, native led the Falcon defensemen in points three consecutive seasons. He played four years of professional hockey in the Chicago Blackhawks organization and was a two-time all-star (1997-98 and 1998-99) with the Columbus Chill of the ECHL.
Delich is the school’s all-time leader in goals and points with 156 and 279, respectively. He holds 14 AFA records and was named the team’s most valuable player twice. Delich not only broke the existing career records for goals and points in 1977, he obliterated them by more than 50 goals and 60 points. He also earned the Academy’s Athletic Excellence award in 1976 and 1977. He still ranks 13th on the NCAA career scoring list. The native of Eveleth, Minn., spent 16 years in the military, retiring as a major in 1993. He returned to the Academy in 1981 as an assistant coach and was the head coach from 1985 to 1997. His 154 career coaching wins are tied as the second-most in AFA history.
Year 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Career
Year 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 Career
Defenseman, 1992-95, Des Moines, Iowa
GM 32 30 32 33 127
Goals 10 6 9 8 33
Assists 13 14 33 29 89
Points 23 20 42 37 122
Pen-Min. 12-24 16-32 17-34 19-38 64-128
#7 Frank Daldine
GM 27 29 26 27 109
Goals 43 38 44 31 156
Assists 24 26 35 38 123
Points 67 64 79 69 279
Pen-Min. 10-36 16-40 17-45 15-30 58-151
#7 Joe Delich
Center, 1983-86, Rochester, Mich.
Forward, 1986-89, Eveleth, Minn.
Daldine is one of only two players in school history to lead the team in points all four years. He led the team in goals three times. Daldine ranks eighth in career scoring with 156 points. The team captain and most valuable player in 1984-85, Daldine helped lead the Falcons to their first winning season in seven years (1985-86). Originally from Rochester, Mich., Daldine scored 30 or more points every season and tallied 44 points as a junior and senior. He also led the Falcons in power-play goals three times, including a career-best 10 in 1983-84.
The younger brother of Chuck, Joe certainly left his own mark on Academy hockey. He is currently tied for 18th in career scoring with 130 points in 113 games (47-83-130). He led the team in assists twice with 25 in 1987-88 and 31 in 1988-89. In 1987-88, he also led the team in points (42) and power-play goals (seven) and tied for the lead in goals (17). Delich returned to the Academy as an assistant coach from 1999-2002.
Year 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Career
GM 28 26 27 28 109
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Goals 16 17 28 18 79
Assists 21 14 16 26 77
Points 37 31 44 44 156
Pen-Min. 7-17 6-12 12-24 11-22 36-75
Year 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 Career
GM 27 29 29 28 113
Goals 6 11 17 13 47
Assists 3 24 25 31 83
Points 9 35 42 44 130
Pen-Min. 3-6 12-27 15-32 20-47 50-112
Doyle was part of the first class in AFA history to post four winning seasons. He led the team in goals in 1987-88 and 1988-89 and was named the team MVP in each of those seasons. He ranks 22nd in career scoring with 126 points in 110 games. Doyle returned to the Academy as an assistant coach from 1994-98 and from 2003-06. Doyle was an assistant coach during Frank Serratore’s first season and helped the Falcons win 15 games in 1997-98, more than the two previous seasons combined. Year 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 Career
GM 27 29 26 28 110
Goals 4 12 17 24 57
Assists 6 18 21 24 69
Points 10 30 38 48 126
Pen-Min. 9-18 12-24 11-22 5-10 37-74
#9 Steve Hall Center, 1969-71, White Bear Lake, Minn. Hall currently ranks 16th on Air Force’s career scoring list with 136 points in 75 games. He is the only Falcon among the top 16 in career scoring to have only played three seasons. He was the captain of Air Force’s first varsity team and led the first two AFA teams in goals. In 1968-69, he led the Falcons with 21 goals, 22 assists and 43 points. He also led the team with 31 goals in 1969-70. Year 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 Career
GM 22 25 28 75
Goals 21 31 19 71
Assists 22 18 25 65
Points 43 49 44 136
Pen-Min. 18-36 6-32 8-16 32-94
#25 Tim Hartje
Forward, 1983-86, Anoka, Minn. The team co-captain of the 1985-86 team, Hartje helped lead the team to its first winning season in seven years (15-13). In each of the four seasons he played, the team increased its win total. He is tied for 35th in career scoring with 107 points and 25th in goals with 53. As a senior, he was named the team’s MVP as he led the Falcons with 19 goals and four game-winners and was second on the team with 40 points. Year 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Career
GM 28 26 29 28 111
Goals 10 10 14 19 53
Assists 9 10 13 22 54
Points 19 20 27 40 107
Pen-Min. 4-8 1-2 5-10 4-8 14-28
Many outstanding hockey players have worn the blue and silver in the past 42 years, but these 27 players were selected by the alumni as members of the Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame.
Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame
#19 Bob Ingraham
#1 Mark Liebich
#1 Al Morrison
Defenseman, 1990-93, Georgetown, Mass.
Goalie, 1989-92, Rexford, N.Y.
Goalie, 1972-75, White Bear Lake, Minn.
Bob Ingraham is one of the best two-way players to ever play at the Academy. Ingraham holds the career record for goals by a defenseman with 47 and ranks fourth in career scoring by a defenseman with 116 points. As a senior, he was the team captain of the 1992-93 team and is the only defenseman in school history to lead the team in goals for a season. In 1990-91, he led the Falcons with 18 goals, the most ever by a blueliner.
A four-year letterman, Liebich was just the second goaltender honored on the Wall of Fame. A 1992 graduate, Liebich ranks fourth in games played by a goalie (87) and third in saves (2,551). Among goalies with more than 50 games played, he ranks fifth in goals-against average (4.05) and tied for seventh in saves percentage (.878). A four-year starter, he won 33 career games. As a sophomore, he posted a career-best 55 saves as the Falcons earned a rare tie with Colorado College, 3-3, in 1989.
The third goaltender to have his photo placed on the Wall of Fame, Al Morrison joins Kim Newman and Mark Liebich. Morrison still holds the school record with 121 saves in a series vs. Michigan State in 1973. He played more minutes (6,180) and made more saves (3,270) than any other Falcon goalie. During his four years, the Falcons posted a record of 77-42-1. AFA won 25 games his freshman year and 24 his senior year.
Year 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 Career
GM 27 32 34 20 113
Goals 13 18 14 2 47
Assists 17 22 24 6 69
Points 30 40 38 8 116
Pen-Min. 13-26 8-24 10-28 8-24 39-102
#9 Justin Kieffer Center, 1996-99, Brainerd, Minn.
Year 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 Career
GM 17 19 21 30 87
SV/% .881 .886 .865 .871 .878
GA/GAA 66/4.27 77/4.40 89/4.60 121/4.24 353/4.05
SHO 0 1 0 1 2
#20 Bill Luukkonen Defenseman, 1976-79, Eveleth, Minn.
Kieffer became just the second player in school history to tie or lead the team in goals, assists and points in consecutive seasons. Tied for 13th in career scoring, he was one of just 20 seniors named to Team USA for the North American College Hockey Championships. He won the Academy Athletic Excellence award in 1998 and the Athletic Achievement award in 1999. The twotime team captain won the Vic Heyliger Award in 1998 and won the Delich Award twice. He was a first-team GTE/CoSIDA academic all-district selection and a third-team academic All-American. In 1998, he led the nation with 14 power-play goals. Year 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Career
GM 33 31 34 35 133
Goals 5 23 24 14 66
Assists 14 11 27 24 76
Points 19 34 51 38 142
Pen-Min. 19-38 28-74 37-86 26-55 110-253
#2 Doug Leibbrand Defenseman, 1974-77, Hastings, Minn. The team co-captain in 1976-77, Leibbrand ranks second in career scoring among defensemen and is tied for 23rd overall in AFA history. He played on the 1974-75 team that posted a 24-5-1 record, the best winning percentage in school history. The native of Hastings, Minn., led the blueliners in scoring in 1975-76 and 1976-77. He was selected as the team’s most valuable player in 1977 when he tallied 14 goals. His 35 career goals are the second most by any Falcon defenseman. Year 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 Career
GM 27 29 26 27 109
Goals 4 8 9 14 35
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Assists 14 14 39 23 90
Points 18 22 48 37 125
Pen-Min. 11-22 20-38 19-38 13-26 63-124
Luukkonen was the team cocaptain in 1979-80 and the team’s top scoring defenseman as a junior and senior. In 110 career games, he scored 67 points and ranks 15th on the career scoring list for defensemen. Year 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 Career
GM 26 27 26 31 110
Goals 1 3 9 10 23
Assists 2 6 17 19 44
Points 3 9 26 29 67
Pen-Min. 14-28 8-16 8-16 18-36 48-96
#25 Gerry Micheletti
Year 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 Career
GM 28 32 25 20 105
SV/% .882 .858 .875 .873 .872
GA/GAA 103/3.7 187/6.0 108/4.8 82/4.2 480/4.6
SHO 0 1 1 2 4
#1 Kim Newman Goalie, 1969-71, Eveleth, Minn. One of the best goaltenders to ever wear the blue and silver, Newman is the only player in school history to be named team most valuable player three times. A two-time team captain, Newman still holds many AFA records. His .903 career saves percentage has stood for more than 30 years. The native of Eveleth, Minn., posted 1,166 saves in 1969-70, a mark that may never be broken. As the goalie on AFA’s first varsity team (1968-69), Newman led the Falcons to their first winning season (15-11-2 in 1970-71). Year 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 Career
GM 22 25 27 74
SV/% 939/.882 1166/.899 1123/.9075 3228/.903
GA/GAA 125/5.68 131/4.50 114/4.10 370/5.00
SHO 1 2 1 4
Defenseman, 1972-75, Hibbing, Minn. One of the best defensemen to ever play at the Academy, he is the top scoring defenseman in AFA history and is tied for 20th overall. The Hibbing, Minn., product is one of only four Falcon hockey player to earn the coveted AFA Male MVP. He earned the award in 1975 as he led the Falcon defense in goals, assists and points for the third consecutive season. Micheletti was the team captain and MVP of the 1974-75 team that posted the best record (24-5-1) in school history. His 95 career assists and 127 career points are the most by any Falcon defenseman. Year 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 Career
GM 31 31 24 29 115
Goals 2 10 6 14 32
Assists 11 24 24 36 95
Points 13 34 30 50 127
Pen-Min. 29-74 38-94 33-82 18-36 118-286
#25 Steve Mullvain Defenseman, 1970-73, Richfield, Minn. A four-year letterman on defense, Mullvain was the captain of the 1972-73 team. As a senior, he was named the team’s MVP with 23 points in 30 games. He was the first defenseman in AFA history to earn team MVP honors. As a junior, he scored a career-best 44 points, a record for defensemen that stood until 1975. When he graduated, he was the top scoring defenseman in AFA history and ranked eighth in career scoring for all players. He currently ranks 34th alltime in scoring and fifth among defensemen. Year 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 Career
GM 29 28 31 30 118
Goals 2 7 8 6 23
Assists 13 19 36 17 85
Points 15 26 44 23 108
Pen-Min. 17-34 20-40 22-44 16-35 75-153
Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame
#4 Tom Richards
#11 Bob Sajevic
#6 Mike Smellie
Center, 1979-82, St. Paul, Minn.
Center, 1977-80, St. Paul, Minn.
Right Wing, 1977-80, Detroit, Mich.
Sajevic was the third in the stretch of three great AFA scorers to cover nine straight years. He ranks second in career scoring with 228 points in 113 games. The native of St. Paul, Minn., joins Chuck Delich as the only two players in school history to record 100+ goals, 100+ assists and 200+ points. Sajevic led the team in scoring as a sophomore and senior. He still holds the AFA record with nine assists in one series against Hamline in 1977. He is tied for the most hat tricks in a series with two against New Hampshire in 1977 and for the most goals in a period with four against Winnipeg in 1980.
Smellie was the team co-captain and most valuable player of the 1979-80 team. He currently ranks seventh in career scoring at the Academy with 77 goals, 89 assists and 166 points in 103 games. At just 5-8, 155 pounds, he used his quickness to rack up back-to-back 50+ point seasons. He led the team with 34 goals and was tied for the lead with 65 points as a junior. He also led the team with five hat tricks and 11 power-play goals that season. As a senior, he collected 55 points to rank second on the team.
Richards ranks sixth in AFA history with 168 points in 118 career games. He also ranks sixth in career goals with 78. He was the team captain as a senior and led the team in goals (22), assists (20) and points (42) as a junior. Year 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 Career
GM 29 31 26 30 118
Goals 6 17 22 22 78
Assists 7 24 20 26 90
Points 13 41 42 48 168
Pen-Min. 2-4 12-24 2-4 11-22 27-54
#19 Robin Robideaux Center, 1976-79, Silver Bay, Minn. Robideaux ranks ninth in career scoring at the Academy with 152 points in 108 games. A team co-captain in 1978-79, he scored 32 or more points in each of his four years. As a senior, he had a career high 43 points. Year 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 Career
GM 26 27 25 30 108
Goals 18 19 13 18 68
Assists 19 21 19 25 84
Points 37 40 32 43 152
Pen-Min. 14-28 26-55 22-55 26-62 88-200
#10 Bob Ross Center, 1969-72, Lakewood, Colo. Ross was the Academy’s career leading scorer for one season, before his record was broken by Dave Skalko. Ross ranks fourth in career scoring with 197 points in 106 games. He still holds the school records for most consecutive games with an assist with a nine-game streak in 1970. He is also tied for the school record with four goals in a period, five points in a period, two hat tricks in a series and three consecutive hat tricks. A native of Lakewood, Colo., Ross was a member of the first varsity hockey team ever at Air Force. Year 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 Career
GM 18 29 28 31 106
Goals 16 17 33 39 105
Assists 19 19 23 31 92
Points 35 36 56 70 197
Pen-Min. 2-7 6-20 3-6 4-8 15-41
Year 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 Career
Goals 15 25 32 35 107
Assists 25 34 33 29 121
Points 40 59 65 64 228
Pen-Min. 1-2 7-14 6-12 13-26 27-54
#5 Dave Skalko Center, 1970-74, Gilbert, Minn. Skalko, the first in the line of three outstanding scorers, held the career record for points for four years until Chuck Delich broke the record in 1977. He still holds the school record for assists in a season (49 in 1972) and assists in a career (144). Skalko led the team in scoring as a freshman, junior and senior. He also led the team in assists those same years and is one of three players to lead the team in scoring for more than two seasons. Year 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 Career
GM 29 27 31 31 118
Goals 19 16 27 13 75
Assists 34 17 49 44 144
Points 53 33 76 57 219
Pen-Min. 26-68 18-60 15-33 22-47 81-208
#7 Jim Skalko
Year 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 Career
GM 27 26 29 21 103
Skalko currently ranks 12th in career scoring at the Academy with 54 goals, 89 assists and 143 points in 105 games. He was the team captain in 1973-74. As a sophomore, he was second on the team in assists with 34 and fourth with 49 points. His 18 goals as a junior were third on the team. Despite playing just 14 games due to injury as a senior, he recorded 34 points (2.5 points per game). As a senior, he earned the Academy’s Athletic Leadership Award. GM 28 31 32 14 105
Goals 11 15 18 10 54
Assists 12 34 19 24 89
Points 23 49 37 34 143
Pen-Min. 39-97 12-24 26-63 5-10 82-194
Goals 9 11 34 23 77
Assists 12 14 31 32 89
Points 21 25 65 55 166
Pen-Min. 4-8 7-14 6-12 7-14 24-48
#21 Andy Veneri Forward, 1991-95, Reading, Mass. Veneri was the team MVP in 1993-94 and the team co-captain in 1994-95. He led the team in goals as a junior and in powerplay and game-winning goals as a senior. He ranks 33rd in career points with 112 in 129 career games. Year 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Career
GM 34 30 32 33 129
Goals 6 9 21 20 56
Assists 12 9 20 15 56
Points 18 18 41 35 112
Pen-Min. 15-40 18-44 31-66 23-46 87-196
#21 Todd Zejdlik Defenseman, 1972-75, Crystal, Minn. Zejdlik ranks sixth in school history for points by a defenseman with 99 points in 120 games. His defensive play was key to the team’s success as he played on two teams that won 20 or more games. Among all players, he ranks 40th in career scoring.
Center, 1971-74, Gilbert, Minn.
Year 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 Career
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GM 27 25 30 31 113
Year 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 Career
GM 31 32 27 30 120
Goals 3 9 4 8 24
Assists 13 16 21 25 75
Points 16 25 25 33 99
Pen-Min. 7-14 11-30 18-36 27-54 63-134
Season Results The 1960’s YEAR 1968-69
WON LOST TIED PCT. 6 12 0 .333
COACH Vic Heyliger
CAPTAIN, POS. Robert Stewart, F; Steve Hall, F
The 1970’s 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79
11 15 25 16 12 24 16 20 9 18
17 11 6 16 15 5 10 7 17 12
1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
.396 .571 .806 .500 .430 .816 .615 .741 .346 .597
Vic Heyliger Vic Heyliger Vic Heyliger Vic Heyliger Vic Heyliger John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts
Kim Newman, G Kim Newman, G Bob Ross, C Steve Mullvain, D Jim Skalko, C Gerry Micheletti, D Chuck Pribyl, D Chuck Delich, C; Doug Leibbrand, D Steve Asbell, D Robin Robideaux, F; Bill Luukkonen, D
The 1980’s 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89
15 13 12 5 8 14 15 19 15 14
16 13 17 23 16 14 13 10 14 12
0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
.484 .500 .417 .179 .346 .500 .536 .655 .517 .534
John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts John Matchefts Capt. Chuck Delich Capt. Chuck Delich Capt. Chuck Delich Maj. Chuck Delich
Bob Sajevic, C; Mike Smellie, F Chuck Evancevich, C Mike Drake, G; Tom Richards, C Dave Leibbrand, F Bruce Umland, C; Bob Sullivan, F Dan Johnson, F; Tom Zuccaro, D Tim Hartje, F; Frank Daldine, F Keith Nightingale, D John Manney, F; Tom Zupancich, F/D Kurt Rohloff, D
The 1990’s 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99
16 11 14 8 15 15 4 8 15 15
13 17 20 20 16 17 24 21 19 19
1 4 0 2 1 1 5 2 0 2
.550 .406 .411 .300 .484 .469 .197 .290 .441 .444
Maj. Chuck Delich Maj. Chuck Delich Maj. Chuck Delich Maj. Chuck Delich Chuck Delich Chuck Delich Chuck Delich Chuck Delich Frank Serratore Frank Serratore
Kurt Rohloff, D Dan Greene, D; Mike Parent, D; Mike Veneri, F Tony Roe, D; Mark Liebich, G; Brett Gallagher, F Eric Rice, F; Bob Ingraham, D; T.J. Courtney, C Tony Retka, D Beau Bilek, D; Erik Brown, F;Andy Veneri, F Mark DeGironimo, F; Pat Ryan, D Todd Lafortune, F; Steve Maturo, F Justin Kieffer, C Justin Kieffer, C
The 2000’s 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
19 16 16 10 14 14 11 19 21 28
18 17 16 24 21 19 20 16 12 11
2 4 2 3 2 3 1 5 6 2
.513 .486 .500 .311 .405 .431 .359 .538 .615 .707
Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore Frank Serratore
Nels Grafstrom, W Scott Bradley, W Andy Berg, C; Brian Rodgers, W Andy Berg, C; Scott Zwiers, W Shane Saum, C; Spanky Leonard, C Steve Mead, D; Matt Bader, W; Brooks Turnquist, D Matt Bader, W; BrooksTurnquist, D; Andrew Ramsey, W; Brian Gineo, D Billy Devoney, D; Andrew Ramsey, W; Brian Gineo, D Mike Phillipich, W; Eric Ehn, C; Matt Charbonneau, D; Frank Schiavone, D Mike Phillipich, W; Brent Olson, W; Jeff Hajner, C
The 2010’s 2009-10
16
15
6
.513
TOTALS
607
651
66
.483
Frank Serratore
Jeff Hajner, C; Brett Nylander, D/F; Matt Fairchild, F; Jacques Lamoureux, F
Top 100 Career Scorers NO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 20. 22. 23. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 33. 34. 35. 36. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. . 46. 47. 49. 51.
NAME, POS Chuck Delich, F Bob Sajevic, F Dave Skalko, F Bob Ross, F Gary Batinich, F Tom Richards, F Mike Smellie, F Frank Daldine, F Dave Bunker, F Robin Robideaux, F Eric Ehn, F Jim Skalko, F Justin Kieffer, F Andy Berg, F Marlo Mellum, F Steve Hall, F Mark DeGironimo, F Joe Delich, F John Decker, F Gerry Micheletti, D John Klimek, F Joe Doyle, F Doug Leibbrand, D Scott Zwiers, F Scott Bradley, F Beau Bilek, D Derek Olson, F Jason Mantaro, C Mark Manney, F Bob Ingraham, D Mike Henehan, F Andrew Ramsey, F Andy Veneri, F Jeff Hajner, F Steve Mullvain, D Eric Rice, F Tim Hartje, F Chuck Evancevich, F Brian Gornick, F Brian Rodgers, F Todd Zejdlik, D Tom Uren, D Kevin Pedersen, F Matt Fairchild, F Jacques Lamoureux, F Todd Lafortune, F Daryl Randall, F Brent Olson, F John Manney, F Nels Grafstrom, F Greg Flynn, D Mike Phillipich, F
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YEARS 1973-77 1976-80 1969-73 1968-72 1974-78 1978-82 1976-80 1983-86 1970-74 1975-79 2005-08 1970-74 1996-99 2000-03 1971-75 1968-71 1992-96 1985-89 1991-95 1971-75 1984-87 1985-89 1973-77 2000-03 1998-01 1991-95 1999-02 1988-92 1980-83 1990-93 1969-73 2004-07 1991-95 2007-10. 1969-73 1990-93 1983-86 1977-81 1999-02 1999-02 1971-75 1973-77 1972-76 2007-10 2009-Pres. 1993-97 1978-82 2006-09 1985-88 1997-00 2006-09 2006-09
GMS 109 113 118 106 104 118 103 109 109 108 133 105 133 140 118 75 124 113 128 115 108 110 109 147 145 127 144 119 100 113 96 137 129 151 118 121 111 111 130 141 120 106 99 156 94 120 116 124 92 135 137 134
GLS 156 107 75 105 82 78 77 79 82 68 53 54 66 64 73 71 57 47 58 32 48 57 35 51 38 33 58 48 55 47 45 49 56 44 23 57 53 55 45 41 24 28 51 43 56 53 45 31 41 41 16 36
AST 123 121 144 92 114 90 89 77 70 84 93 89 76 78 65 65 74 83 72 95 79 69 90 74 85 89 63 73 65 69 68 64 56 67 85 50 54 51 58 59 75 70 46 54 41 43 47 61 50 50 74 54
PTS 279 228 219 197 196 168 166 156 152 152 146 143 142 142 138 136 131 130 130 127 127 126 125 125 123 122 121 121 120 116 113 113 112 111 108 107 107 106 103 100 99 98 97 97 97 96 92 92 91 91 90 90
PEN/MIN 58/151 27/54 81/208 15/41 51/107 27/54 28/56 36/75 41/118 88/200 39/78 82/194 110/253 59/126 43/146 32/94 50/113 50/112 80/195 118/286 45/90 37/74 63/124 86/188 59/129 64/128 40/91 60/144 37/80 39/102 56/139 92/241 87/196 83/174 75/153 69/139 14/28 44/96 39/78 63/156 63/134 25/98 27/62 30/60 30/82 61/122 15/30 77/148 22/44 29/60 84/179 50/111
Top 100 Scorers NO 53. 54. 55. 56. 58.
63.
66. 67. 68. 70. 71. 72.
75. 76. 77.
80. 81. 83.
89. 90.
93. 95. 96.
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NAME, POS Mike Lucca, F Jim Jirele, F Dan Davies, D Shane Saum, F Derrick Burnett, F Bruce Umland, F Greg Gutterman, F Tom Murray, F John Anzelc, D/F Spanky Leonard, F Matt Watson, F Terry Courtney, F Josh Frider, F Michael Mayra, D Mike Veneri, F Chuck Pribyl, D Brian Reaney, D Dan McAlister, F Brian Gineo, D Gordon Curphy, F Steve Asbell, D Bill Luukkonen, D Jace Anders, D Joe Chapman, F Tom Zupancich, F/D Dave Stangl, F Rich Lund, D Dan Greene, D Jay Mosley, F Steve Maturo, F Steve Saari, F Justin Scott, D Kevin McManaman, D Dave Leibbrand, F Ryan Wiggins, F Josh Schaffer, F Jim Andersen, F Brooks Turnquist, D Theo Zacour, F Matt Charbonneau, D Keith Nightingale, D Mike DesRoche, F Steve Mead, D John Yelle, D Brendan Connelly, F Brandon Merkosky, F Bill Andersen, D Jim Brunkow, D
YEARS 1970-74 1985-89 1996-99 2001-04 2008-Pres. 1981-84 1985-89 1968-70 1985-89 2001-04 1986-90 1990-93 2006-09 2006-09 1988-91 1972-75 2000-03 1991-95 2004-07 1974-78 1974-78 1975-79 1999-02 1984-87 1984-88 1969-72 1978-82 1987-91 1984-86 1993-97 1980-83 1993-97 1985-89 1980-83 2002-05 2005-08 1983-86 2003-06 2004-07 2005-08 1984-87 1995-98 2002-05 1981-83 1999-00 2004-05 1981-83 1984-87
GMS 118 87 119 132 113 110 86 47 114 134 92 117 151 129 83 111 127 121 143 92 81 110 144 104 107 86 100 89 78 111 100 122 104 100 130 132 91 142 119 140 88 88 130 55 73 67 97 111
GLS 45 45 19 40 25 40 38 35 27 28 33 41 41 10 19 19 16 34 22 36 30 23 16 26 22 29 15 14 23 25 22 17 16 22 25 22 33 12 21 11 20 29 6 26 20 21 16 7
AST 44 42 65 43 58 42 44 47 55 54 48 40 40 65 53 52 55 36 46 31 37 44 50 39 41 34 48 47 36 34 35 40 41 35 32 35 23 43 32 42 30 21 43 22 28 27 31 40
CURRENT PLAYERS IN BOLD ITALIC
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PTS 89 86 84 83 83 82 82 82 82 82 81 81 81 75 72 71 71 70 68 67 67 67 66 65 63 63 63 61 59 59 57 57 57 57 57 57 56 55 53 53 50 50 49 48 48 48 47 47
PEN/MIN 54/110 20/44 90/241 88/223 41/85 33/79 52/88 22/68 47/108 50/100 26/70 172/426 54/119 88/147 44/107 51/118 97/226 66/176 41/82 43/97 17/42 48/98 27/54 48/94 49/109 24/56 57/110 31/63 36/74 40/93 33/66 77/158 76/157 13/34 28/67 48/115 40/88 76/162 40/102 85/184 44/134 33/66 57/97 42/98 26/71 32/64 54/110 17/34
National Honors
Academic All-Americans
Justin Kieffer
Brian Gornick
Mike Polidor
Mike Phillipich
The Falcon hockey team has had four players earn Academic All-American honors and five players have earned academic all-district honors a total of six times. Justin Kieffer, a 1999 USAFA graduate, became AFA’s first Academic AllAmerican. An operations research major with a 3.7 GPA, Kieffer was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American third team in 1998. Brian Gornick, a 2002 graduate, was named to the CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican third team in 2002. The forward from St. Paul, Minn., carried a 3.9 grade point average in operations research. Mike Polidor, a 2004 graduate, was named to the CoSIDA Academic AllAmerica team in 2004. The goaltender from Imperial, Penn., carried a 3.9 grade point average in astronautical engineering. Kieffer and Gornick were first-team academic all-district selections in their respective seasons. Polidor was a two-time first-team academic all-district selection in 2003 and 2004. Jeff Zurick, a 2002 graduate, earned first-team academic all-district honors in 2002. Frank Schiavone was a first-team academic all-district selection in 2008. In 2009, Mike Phillipich earned firstteam all-district honors and went on to earn third-team CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican honors. Phillipich carried a 3.72 GPA in systems engineering management.
All-Americans For the first 39 years of Air Force hockey, no Falcon ever earned All-America honors. However, in the last three years, three Falcons have earned the honor. Air Force claimed its first All-American in the 2006-07 season as Eric Ehn was named to the American Hockey Coaches Association East second team. Ehn also earned first-team All-American honors by Inside College Hockey.com and U.S. College Hockey Online. Ehn was second in the nation in scoring with 24 goals, 40 assists and 64 points (1.60 per game). Ehn became the first ever service academy player to earn AHCA All-American honors. He is also the first ever player from the Atlantic Hockey Association or the College Hockey America conference. Two years later, the Falcons had their second and third All-Americans. In the Falcons’ record-setting season of 2008-09, center Jacques Lamoureux and defenseman Greg Flynn earned All-American honors. Lamoureux was a first-team All-American by Inside CollegeHockey.com and was named to the American Hockey Coaches Association East second team. He led the nation with 33 goals, 15 power-play goals and nine gamewinners. He was also second in the nation with 53 points (1.29 per game) and was named the AHA Player of the Year. Flynn was a third-team InsideCollegeHockey.com AllAmerican as he was the top scoring defenseman in the nation with seven goals, 35 assists and 42 points (1.02 points per game). A first-team all-AHA selection, he was also named the league’s best defenseman.
Jacques Lamoureux
Jacques Lamoureux
Eric Ehn
Greg Flynn
FA L C O N S A N D T H E H O B E Y B A K E R AWA R D
Prior to 2007, the Hobey Baker Award was merely a pipedream for Air Force hockey. Then, during the 2006-07 season, Eric Ehn became the first service academy player to ever be named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate player. Not only was Ehn one of 10 finalists, he was chosen as one of the final three, The Hobey Hat Trick. The junior center from Dexter, Mich., was invited to the NCAA Frozen Four in St. Louis for the awards presentation. Ehn was joined at the awards ceremony by Notre Dame goaltender David Brown and North Dakota forward Ryan Duncan, who won the award. Two years later, sophomore center Jacques Lamoureux was named as one of 10 finalists for the Hobey, making Air Force one of only seven schools (Boston Univeristy, Miami, Michigan, North Dakota, 2006-07 Hobey finalists: Drew Bagnall, St. Lawrence; David Brown, Notre Dame; John Curry, Boston Univ.; Princeton and St. Cloud) to have two Hobey finalists in that three-year span. Lamoureux did not make the Nathan Davis, Miami; Ryan Duncan, North Dakota; Eric Ehn, Air Force; Bobby Goepfert, St. Cloud State; final three as three players from the Hockey East Conference were invited. Boston University’s Matt Gilroy T.J. Hensick, Michigan; David Jones, Dartmouth; won the award. Scott Parse, Nebraska-Omaha
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Eric Ehn
2008-09 Hobey finalists: Louie Caporusso, Michigan; Matt Gilroy, Boston Univ.; Chad Johnson, Alaska; Zane Kalemba, Princeton; Jacques Lamoureux, Air Force; Jamie McBain, Wisconsin; David McIntyre, Colgate; Viktor Stalberg, Vermont; Brad Thiessen, Northeastern; Colin Wilson, Boston Univ.
Air Force/National Honors
Team MVPs
FALCONS
1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 *1997-98 *1998-99 *1999-00 *2000-01 *2001-02 *2002-03 *2003-04 *2004-05 *2005-06 *2006-07 *2007-08 *2008-09 *2009-10
* Beginning in 1997-98, the MVP award was named the Chuck Delich Award in honor of the Academy’s alltime leading scorer.
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In 2008 and 2009, Air Force has had four players earn spots on the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team. Goaltender Andrew Volkening was named to the 2008 and 2009 all-tournament teams, while Jacques Lamoureux, Sean Bertsch and Greg Flynn were all named in 2009. Volkening became Air Force’s first player in school history to be named to an NCAA Regional alltourney team. He made 30 saves in the game vs. top-seeded Miami and made numerous spectacular stops.
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The Air Force Academy honors six cadet-athletes at the end of each academic year for their performance. The six categories are Most Valuable Male and Female Athletes, Scholar-Athlete, Athletic Leadership, Athletic Excellence and Outstanding Athletic Achievement. From 1969-98, nine Falcon hockey players were honored in 29 years. In the last 12 years, 11 hockey players have claimed Big Six honors.
MALE MVP
ATHLETIC
1974-75 Gerry Micheletti 2001-02 Brian Gornick 2006-07 Eric Ehn 2008-09 Jacques Lamoureux 2009-10 Andrew Volkening
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP AWARD 1973-74 Jim Skalko 2006-07 Billy Devoney 2007-08 Frank Schiavone
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD 2003-04 Mike Polidor 2008-09 Mike Phillipich
1971-72 Bob Ross 1972-73 Dave Skalko 1978-79 Tom Talbot 1985-86 Frank Daldine 1998-99 Justin Kieffer 2008-09 Greg Flynn
ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE AWARD 1975-76 Chuck Delich 1976-77 Chuck Delich 1979-80 Bob Sajevic 1997-98 Justin Kieffer
NCAA REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
In the 2009 NCAA East Regional, Volkening made 43 saves to blank third-ranked Michigan, 2-0. He came back the next night and made 32 stops in a double-overtime loss to 10th-ranked Vermont. Lamoureux scored a goal against Michigan to seal the win and Bertsch had a goal and assist against Vermont. Flynn assisted on both goals vs. Vermont and was a physical presence on defense in both games.
2008 NORTHEAST REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
2009 EAST REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
F: Nathan Gerbe, Boston College F: Ryan Jones, Miami (Ohio) F: Joe Whitney, Boston College D: Alec Martinez, Miami (Ohio) D: Nick Petrecki, Boston College G: Andrew Volkening, Air Force
F: Jacques Lamoureux, Air Force F: Sean Bertsch, Air Force F: Viktor Stalberg, Vermont D: Greg Flynn, Air Force D: Dan Lawson, Vermont G: Andrew Volkening, Air Force
Most Outstanding Player Joe Whitney, B.C.
Most Outstanding Player: Dan Lawson, Vermont
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Eric Rice, Sr., F Andy Veneri, Jr., F Beau Bilek, Sr., D Mark DeGironimo, Sr., F Todd Lafortune, Sr., F Justin Kieffer, Jr., F Justin Kieffer, Sr., F Marc Kielkucki, Jr., G Marc Kielkucki, Sr., G Derek Olson, Sr., F Andy Berg, Sr., F Spanky Leonard, Sr., F Brandon Merkosky, So., F Peter Foster, So., G Eric Ehn, So., F Eric Ehn, Jr., F Andrew Volkening, So., G Andrew Volkening, Jr., G Andrew Volkening, Sr., G
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Kim Newman, So., G Kim Newman, Jr., G Kim Newman, Sr., G Bob Ross, Sr., C Steve Mullvain, Sr., D Chuck Delich, Fr., C Gerry Micheletti, Sr., D Chuck Delich, Jr., C Doug Leibbrand, Sr., D Bob Sajevic, So., C Tom Talbot, Sr., G Mike Smellie, Sr., F Mike Drake, Jr., G Mike Drake, Sr., G Dave Leibbrand, Sr., G Bruce Umland, Sr., F Frank Daldine, jr., F Tim Hartje, Sr., F John Manney, jr., F Joe Doyle, Jr., F Joe Doyle, Sr., F Matt Watson, Sr., F Mike Parent, Sr., D Mark Liebich, Sr., G
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1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92
Big Six
Conference Honors 1999-2000 (CHA) Brian Gornick, So., F Second Team Andy Berg, Fr., F All-Rookie Team CHA Rookie of the Year
2000-01 (CHA) Scott Bradley, Sr., F CHA Student-Athlete of the Year Marc Kielkucki, Sr., G First Team CHA Player of the Year Brian Gornick, Jr., F First Team Andy Berg, So., F Second Team Joe Locallo, Fr., D All-Rookie Team
2001-02 (CHA) Brian Gornick, Sr., F CHA Student Athlete of the Year Derek Olson, Sr., F First Team Zach Sikich, Fr., G All-Rookie Team Andy Berg, Jr., F CHA All-Tournament Team
2002-03 (CHA) Andy Berg, Sr., F Second Team Brian Reaney, Sr., D Second Team
2003-04 (CHA) Mike Polidor, Sr., G CHA Student Athlete of the Year
2004-05 (CHA) Brian Gineo, So., D Second Team Matt Charbonneau, Fr., D All-Rookie Team Eric Ehn, Fr., F All-Rookie Team
2005-06 (CHA) Brooks Turnquist, Sr., D CHA Student Athlete of the Year Eric Ehn, So, F Second Team Michael Mayra, Fr., D Second Team All-Rookie Team
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2006-07 (AHA) Eric Ehn, Jr., F First Team AHA Player of the Year Andrew Ramsey, Sr., F Second Team Mike Phillipich, So., F AHA Tournament MVP AHA All-Tournament Team Billy Devoney, Sr., D AHA All-Tournament Team Andrew Volkening, Fr., G AHA All-Tournament Team
2007-08 (AHA) Greg Flynn, Jr., D Second Team Eric Ehn, Sr., F Third Team Brent Olson, Jr., F AHA Tournament MVP AHA All-Tournament Team Andrew Volkening, So., G AHA All-Tournament Team Matt Charbonneau, Sr., D AHA All-Tournament Team
2008-09 (AHA) Jacques Lamoureux, So., F First Team AHA Player of the Year Greg Flynn, Sr., D First Team AHA Defenseman of the Year AHA All-Tournament Team Andrew Volkening, Jr., G First Team AHA All-Tournament Team Matt Fairchild, Jr., G Third Team AHA Tournament MVP AHA All-Tournament Team Scott Mathis, Fr., D All-Rookie Team AHA All-Tournament Team
2009-10 (AHA) Jacques Lamoureux, Jr., F First Team Tim Kirby, So., D First Team Andrew Volkening, Sr., G First Team
ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE 1999-2000 (CHA) Scott Bradley Brendan Connelly Brian Gornick Mike Keough Billy O’Reilly Matt Zitzlsperger Jeff Zurick
2000-01 (CHA) Scott Bradley Brian Gornick Justin Hamilton Billy O’Reilly Jeff Zurick
2001-02 (CHA) Brian Gornick Justin Hamilton Mike Polidor Jeff Zurick
2002-03 (CHA) Justin Hamilton Mike Polidor
2003-04 (CHA) Matt Bader Buck Kozlowski Ross Miller Mike Polidor Brooks Turnquist
2004-05 (CHA) Matt Bader Mike Knaeble Ross Miller Brooks Turnquist Ben Worker
2005-06 (CHA) Matt Bader Matt Charbonneau Billy Devoney Eric Ehn Mike Knaeble Jay Medenwaldt Brooks Turnquist Frank Schiavone Peter Shenk Ben Worker Theo Zacour
2006-07 (AHA) Billy Devoney Matt Fairchild Greg Flynn Brian Gineo Mike Phillipich Brian Reese Frank Schiavone Ben Worker Theo Zacour
2007-08 (AHA) Matt Charbonneau Eric Ehn Matt Fairchild Greg Flynn Mike Phillipich Frank Schiavone
2008-09 (AHA) Stephen Caple Matt Fairchild Greg Flynn Josh Frider Scott Mathis Mike Phillipich Andrew Volkening Paul Weisgarber Mark Williams Kevin Wright.
2009-10 (AHA) David Bosner Stephen Caple Matt Fairchild Brandon Johnson Jacques Lamoureux Scott Mathis Brett Nylander Andrew Volkening Paul Weisgarber Mark Williams
Falcons in the Pros Beau Bilek (top left), a four-year letterwinner, ranks 26th on AFA’s career scoring list and third among defensemen. Bilek graduated from the Academy in 1995 but was not commissioned due to a medical condition. Bilek played four seasons in the Chicago Blackhawks organization (1996-99), mostly with the Columbus Chill of the ECHL and the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL. He was the Chill’s top scoring defenseman for three seasons and a two-time all-star.
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Justin Kieffer, a 1999 graduate, played one game with the Colorado Gold Kings of the West Coast Hockey League in 1999 and tallied one assist. Kieffer is tied for 13th on Air Force’s career scoring list with 142 points in 133 games as a forward from 1996-99. A captain in the Air Force, he is stationed in Minneapolis, Minn. Sean Broderick, a 2001 graduate, played in the preseason with the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League in 2001-02 and 2004-05 while stationed at Tinker AFB, Okla. Broderick was a four-year letterman at goalie and played in 41 career games at AFA. Andy Berg and Shane Saum played in 2005-06 with the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL. Berg played in 38 games over two seasons with the Inferno and had three goals and three assists. Saum played in eight games but did not score. Both were second lieutenants in the Air Force stationed at Shaw AFB. Berg, a 2003 graduate, is tied for 13th in Air Force career scoring with 142 points in 140 games. He is a two-time all-CHA selection and former team MVP. Saum, a 2004 graduate, was the team’s captain in 2003-04 who earned the prestigious Heyliger Award as a senior. Brian Reaney played three years in the East Coast Hockey League while stationed at Shaw AFB, S.C. He played 30 games with the Florence Pride of the East Coast Hockey League in 2003-04. He also played 11 games for the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL in 2004-05 and four in 2005-06. A defenseman from Park Ridge, Ill., Reaney had seven points in Florence and had one assist in Columbia. Reaney is a 2003 graduate of the Air Force Academy.
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Marc Kielkucki (top right), a 2001 graduate of the Academy, signed as a free agent with the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 2001. The 6-foot-5, 200-pounder from Brooklyn Park, Minn., was named the CHA Player of the Year in 2001. In 2002, he played in 11 games with the Dayton Bombers of the East Coast Hockey League. In 2003 while on active duty, he played in 23 games with the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones and had a 9-9 record with a 3.30 GAA and a .896 saves percentage. (Photo by Myst Hornyak). Brian Gornick (bottom left) became the first Falcon and just the second service academy player to be selected in the NHL Draft. The 6foot-5, 210-pounder from St. Paul, Minn., was drafted in the ninth round by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in 1999. Gornick was a firstteam all-College Hockey America selection in 2001. Gornick graduated from the Academy in 2002. In 2002-03, he played in 54 games with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the AHL. He scored two goals and had four assists. In 2003-04, he played 24 games with the Mighty Ducks. He then played 18 games with the San Diego Gulls (ECHL) and had 24 points (9-15-24). Greg Flynn (bottom right) graduated from the Academy in 2009 after earning All-America honors as the nation’s top scoring defenseman. Flynn’s first assignment was to Hanscom AFB, Mass., where he also played for the Lowell Devils of the AHL, the top minor league affiliate of the New Jersey Devils. In 2009-10, he played in 11 games and had two penalty minutes.
Team Awards Vic Heyliger Award - This award, voted on by the team, is the cornerstone of Air Force hockey. It is awarded to the player whose dedication, character, leadership and work ethic exemplifies Falcon hockey. “The Father of Air Force Hockey,” Heyliger came to the Academy in 1966 to coach the club team and took it to the Division I level in 1968. He was elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974.
The Heyliger
J e ff H a j n e r Presented by Col. Billy Walker Deputy Athletic Director
1997-98 Justin Kieffer
2004-05 Matt Bader
1998-99 Joe Kramer
2005-06 Matt Bader
1999-00 Mike Keough
2006-07 Billy Devoney
2000-01 Scott Bradley
2007-08 Matt Charbonneau
2001-02 Brian Rodgers
2008-09 Mike Phillipich
2002-03 Scott Zwiers
2009-10 Jeff Hajner
The Delich
Chuck Delich Award (Most Valuable Player) - This award, voted on by the team, is named after the Falcons’ all-time leading scorer and the No. 8 scorer in the history of NCAA hockey. He still holds 14 AFA records and earned the Academy’s Athletic Excellence award in 1976 and 1977. He served as the Falcons’ head coach from 198597. His 154 career coaching wins are tied as the most in AFA history.
Andrew Volkening Presented by Chuck Delich Air Force All-Time Leading Scorer
1997-98 Justin Kieffer 1998-99 Justin Kieffer 1999-00 Marc Kielkucki 2000-01 Marc Kielkucki 2001-02 Derek Olson 2002-03 Andy Berg 2003-04 Spanky Leonard
2004-05 Brandon Merkosky and Peter Foster 2005-06 Eric Ehn 2006-07 Eric Ehn 2007-08 Andrew Volkening 2008-09 Andrew Volkening 2009-10 Andrew Volkening
2003-04 Shane Saum
John Matchefts Award (Freshman of the Year) This award, voted on by the team, is named in honor of the Falcons’ second coach. Matchefts, a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, played on three national championship teams at Michigan from 1951-53. In 11 seasons, he led the Falcons to a 154-150-6 record to tie as the most wins in school history. He earned a silver medal as an alternate captain on the 1956 USA Olympic team.
1997-98 Scott Bradley 1998-99 Brendon Connelly 1999-00 Andy Berg 2000-01 Joe Locallo
The Matchefts
Kyle De Laurell Presented by Roger McFarland Falcon Blue Line Club
2004-05 Eric Ehn and Matt Charbonneau 2005-06 Michael Mayra and Mike Phillipich
The Cronk
Matt Fairchild Presented by Scott Cronk Falcon Blue Line Club
Larry Cronk Award (Most Inspirational) - This award, voted on by the team, is presented to the player whose play on the ice inspired his team and most typifies Falcon hockey. Cronk, who currently manages the penalty box at home games, has been a part of AFA hockey since its inception in 1966. He was an assistant coach on the first varsity team and also served as equipment manager and rink manager.
1997-98 Mike McGuire
2004-05 Seth Pelletier
1998-99 Nels Grafstrom
2005-06 Billy Devoney
1999-00 Mike Keough
2006-07 Billy Devoney
2000-01 Justin Hamilton
2007-08 Matt Charbonneau
2001-02 Steve Mead
2006-07 Jeff Hajner
2001-02 Justin Hamilton
2008-09 Greg Flynn
2002-03 Brooks Turnquist and
2007-08 Derrick Burnett
2002-03 Justin Hamilton
2009-10 Matt Fairchild
2008-09 Scott Mathis
2003-04 Shane Saum
Steve Cook 2003-04 Brian Gineo
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2009-10 Kyle De Laurell
Team Awards Most Improved Player Award - This award, voted on by the team, is presented to the player who has made the most improvement over the course of the season or from one season to the next.
Most Improved
Matt Becker Presented by Murray Hamilton Falcon Blue Line Club
1997-98 Mike DesRoche
2004-05 Brian Reese
1998-99 Marc Kielkucki
2005-06 Josh Schaffer
1999-00 Brian Rodgers
2006-07 Ben Worker
2000-01 Kyle Fransdal
2007-08 Brent Olson
2001-02 Tom Starkey
2008-09 Kevin Wright
2002-03 Ryan Wiggins
2009-10 Matt Becker
Defensive Player of the Year This award is presented to the defensive player who the coaching staff feels was the team’s most diligent defensive performer. Defensive habits and skills with a plus-minus ratio are factors used to select this recipient.
Tim Kirby Presented by Brad DeAustin Vice Athletic Director
1997-98 Chad Shenk
2004-05 Brian Gineo
1998-99 Joe Kramer
2005-06 Brooks Turnquist
1999-00 Jace Anders
2006-07 Billy Devoney
2000-01 Jeff Zurick
2007-08 Greg Flynn
2001-02 Joe Locallo
2008-09 Greg Flynn
2002-03 Brian Reaney
2009-10 Tim Kirby
2003-04 Steve Mead
2003-04 Mike Knaeble
Jim Bowman Award (ScholarAthlete) - The Jim Bowman Award, selected by the hockey eligibility committee, is presented to the upperclassman who has excelled in both the classroom and on the ice. The award is named after a man who has put his heart and soul, not only into Air Force hockey, but into Air Force athletics as well. As a coach and administrator since 1958, Bowman’s extensive experience has been instrumental to the success of Falcon athletics.
Defense
The Bowman
Matt Fairchild Presented by Col. Mike Van Valkenburg Officer Representative
1997-98 Erik Oberg
2003-04 Mike Polidor
1998-99 Matt Zitzlsperger
2004-05 Ross Miller
1999-00 Mike Keough
2005-06 Ben Worker
2000-01 Brian Gornick and
2006-07 Ben Worker
Jeff Zurick
2007-08 Frank Schiavone
2001-02 Brian Gornick
2008-09 Mike Phillipich
2002-03 Mike Polidor
2009-10 Matt Fairchild Billy Devoney, a 2007 graduate, earned three of the team’s top awards after the 2006-07 season. He earned the Heyliger, the Cronk and the Defensive Player of the Year awards. Devoney is one of only two players in school history to win three of the team’s major awards in one season. Defenseman Mike Keough won three after the 1999-2000 season.
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Goaltender Most Saves
Highest Saves Percentage
PERIOD: 31, by Tom Talbot vs. Chicago St. (2nd), Feb. 28, 1976. OVERTIME: 10, by Kim Newman vs. Ohio, Feb. 14, 1970. GAME: 64, by Dave Spannbauer vs. Lake Forest, Nov. 15, 1975. SERIES: 121, by Al Morrison vs. Michigan St., Jan. 19-20, 1973. SEASON: 1,166, by Kim Newman, 1969-70. CAREER: 3,270 by Al Morrison, 1971-75.
SERIES: 1.000, by Mike Drake vs. Northern Arizona, Jan. 18-19, 1980; and Pat Kielb vs. Mankato State, Feb. 11-12, 1994. SEASON: .920 by Andrew Volkening, 2008-09. CAREER: .915 by Andrew Volkening, 2007-10.
Lowest Saves Percentage GAME: .600, by Jack Sundstrom vs. St. Anselm, Jan. 10, 1987. SERIES: .718, by Pat Kielb vs. Mankato State, Feb. 21-22, 1997. SEASON: .811, by Pat Kielb, 1994-95. CAREER: .815, by Mike Benson, 1991-95.
Fewest Saves PERIOD: 0, by Al Morrison vs. Lake Forest (2nd), Feb. 22, 1975. GAME: 6, Pat Kielb vs. Villanova, Jan. 10, 1997. SERIES: 20, Marc Kielkucki vs. Concordia, Nov. 20-21, 1998. OVERTIME: 0, by numerous players.
Most Shutouts
Lowest Goals Allowed Average SERIES: 0, by Mike Drake vs. Northern Arizona, Jan. 18-19, 1980 and Pat Kielb vs. Mankato State, Feb. 11-12, 1994. SEASON: 2.09 by Andrew Volkening, 2007-08. CAREER: 2.198 by Andrew Volkening, 2007-10
SERIES: 2, by Mike Drake vs. Northern Arizona, Jan. 18-19, 1980; and by Pat Kielb vs. Mankato State, Feb. 11-12, 1994. SEASON: 6 by Andrew Volkening, 2008-09. CAREER: 15 by Andrew Volkening, 2007-10.
Most Consecutive Shutout Periods SEASON: 12 by Andrew Volkening, 2008-09 (262 consecutive minutes vs. Sacred Heart, Bentley, Mercyhurst, Michigan, Vermont).
Highest Goals Allowed Average GAME: 17.0, by Mike McNeal vs. Clarkson, Dec. 29, 1982. SERIES: 12.5, by Tom Talbot vs. Boston College, Jan. 6, 1979. SEASON: 6.9, by Mike McNeal, 1982-83. CAREER: 5.2, by Mike Drake, 1978-82.
Most Goalie Minutes SEASON: 2,502 , Andrew Volkening, 2007-08. CAREER: 7,326, Andrew Volkening, 2007-10
Most Goals Allowed PERIOD: 9, by Mike Drake vs. Northeastern (2nd), Jan. 2, 1982. GAME: 17, by Mike McNeal vs. Clarkson, Dec. 29, 1982. SERIES: 25, by Tom Talbot vs. Boston College, Jan. 5-6, 1979. SEASON: 181, by Al Morrison, 1972-73. CAREER: 480, by Al Morrison, 1971-75.
Andrew Volkening
Kim Newman
Marc Kielkucki
Al Morrison
Goaltender Records Name Andrew Volkening Kim Newman Marc Kielkucki Peter Foster Mike Polidor Tom Talbot John Moes Mark Liebich Aaron Ratfield Mike Blank Dave Spannbauer Sean Broderick Al Morrison Mike Drake John Ducharme Pat Kielb Mike Benson
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Years 07-10 68-71 98-01 04-07 01-04 75-79 85-88 88-90 97-98 87-90 73-77 98-01 71-75 78-82 82-86 93-97 91-95
Over 35 Games Gms Svs 127 2909 74 3228 110 2502 86 1688 95 2255 73 2389 40 1085 97 2551 38 829 39 1033 45 1385 41 580 105 3270 73 2244 36 890 101 2296 36 742
Gls 269 345 311 218 304 324 146 353 115 145 198 81 480 378 164 424 173
GAA 2.19 4.66 3.16 2.94 3.62 4.43 3.65 4.05 3.37 3.9 4.4 3.73 4.6 5.2 4.7 4.19 4.66
Sho 15 4 10 7 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 4 2 0 3 1
Pct .915 .903 .889 .886 .881 .881 .881 .878 .878 .876 .875 .873 .872 .859 .844 .842 .815
Name Ed Fairbrother Stephen Caple David Bosner Jeremy High Will Heppner Ben Worker Zach Sikich Ian Harper Darec Liebel David Goodley T.J. O’Shaughnessy Matt Crandall Jack Sundstrom Kevin McLaughlin Bob Ligday Jon Marsh
Under 35 Games Years Gms Svs 74-75 1 3 08-Pres. 3 19 09-Pres. 2 15 00-02 4 24 69-70 1 18 05-07 15 252 02 10 197 05-Pres. 34 618 89-93 29 645 03 8 147 82-86 34 726 82-85 18 553 86-87 24 443 82-83 5 130 70-73 4 62 96 4 90
Gls 0 1 1 2 2 30 26 85 119 23 126 97 81 25 12 21
GAA 0.0 0.95 3.43 2.0 2.0 2.35 3.26 3.28 4.1 3.74 4.4 5.5 5.0 5.9 3.6 5.5
Sho 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pct 1.000 .950 .938 .923 .900 .891 .883 .879 .876 .865 .852 .850 .845 .838 .837 .811
Individual Records Most Goals PERIOD: 4, by Bob Ross vs. Wisconsin-Superior (1st), Nov. 27, 1971; Bob Sajevic vs. Winnipeg (1st), Jan. 26, 1980. GAME: 6, by Chuck Delich vs. Lake Forest, Nov. 17, 1973. SERIES: 9, by Chuck Delich vs. Chicago State, Feb. 27-28, 1976. SEASON: 44, by Chuck Delich, 1975-76. CAREER: 156, by Chuck Delich, 1974-77. DEFENSE: 47, by Bob Ingraham, 1990-93
Most Penalties
Bob Ross
Most Assists PERIOD: 5, by Todd Zejdlik vs. Gustavus Adolphus (1st), Feb. 7, 1975; Mike Smellie vs. Winnipeg (1st), Jan. 26, 1980. GAME: 7, by Jim Skalko vs. Lake Forest, Nov. 17, 1973. SERIES: 9, by Bob Sajevic vs. Hamline, Dec. 2-3, 1977. SEASON: 49, by Dave Skalko, 1971-72. CAREER: 144, by Dave Skalko, 1969-73. DEFENSE: 95, by Gerry Micheletti, 1972-75.
Most Points PERIOD: 5, by Pat Carmichael vs. Stanford (2nd), Feb. 19, 1972; Bob Ross vs. Wis.-Superior (1st), Nov. 28, 1972; Jim Skalko vs. Lake Forest (3rd), Nov. 17, 1973; Todd Zejdlik vs. Gustavus Adolphus (1st), Feb. 7, 1975; Bob Sajevic vs. Winnipeg (1st), Jan. 26, 1980; Mike Smellie vs. Winnipeg (1st), Jan. 26, 1980. GAME: 8, by Chuck Delich vs. Chicago State, Feb. 28, 1976. SERIES: 12, by Chuck Delich vs. Chicago State, Feb. 27-28, 1976. SEASON: 79, by Chuck Delich, 1975-76. CAREER: 279, by Chuck Delich, 1973-77. DEFENSE: 127, by Gerry Micheletti, 1972-75.
Most Hat Tricks PERIOD: 1, by Numerous Players. Most recently by Justin Kieffer vs. Army, March 1, 1997. SERIES: 2, by Steve Hall vs. Ohio, Feb. 2021,1970; Bob Ross vs. Wisconsin-Superior, Chuck Delich Dec. 11-12, 1970; Chuck Delich vs. Chicago State, Feb. 27-28, 1976 and Western Michigan, Feb. 4-5, 1977; Bob Sajevic vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 18-19, 1977 and Winnipeg, Jan. 25-26, 1980; Robin Robideaux vs. Hamline, Dec. 2-3, 1977. SEASON: 9, Chuck Delich, 1975-76. CAREER: 26, by Chuck Delich, 1974-77.
Most Consecutive Games Scoring GOALS: 14, by Chuck Delich from Jan. 4, 1974 through Feb. 16, 1974. ASSISTS: 9, by Bob Ross from Jan. 17, 1970 through Feb. 14, 1970. POINTS: 24, by Chuck Delich from Dec. 7, 1973 through Nov. 16, 1974. HAT TRICKS: 3, by Bob Ross from Dec. 11, 1970 through Jan. 8, 1971; Chuck Delich from Feb. 1, 1977 through Feb. 5, 1977; Bob Sajevic from Nov. 12, 1977 through Nov. 19, 1977. Salute: Following every home game, the Falcons salute the fans by tapping their sticks on the ice and then raising them to the crowd. At the completion of the Army series in the AHA Quarterfinals last year, right, both teams gathered at center ice to salute the crowd at Cadet Ice Arena.
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PERIOD: 4, Mark Skibinski vs. Rochester Institute of Technology (2nd), Dec. 1, 1990; Terry Courtney vs. Colo. College (2nd), Jan. 22, 1991, Feb. 24, 1990; Dan Davies vs. Brown, Jan. 18, 1997. GAME: 6, (twice) most recently by Dan McAlister vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. SERIES: 9, (twice) most recently by Mark Majewski vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Feb. 23-24, 1990. SEASON: 49, by Terry Courtney, 1990-91. CAREER: 172, by Terry Courtney, 1990-93.
Most Penalty Minutes
Mark Skibinski
PERIOD: 20, by Dan McAlister vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. GAME: 26, by Dan McAlister vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993; Dan Davies vs. Brown, Jan. 18, 1997. SERIES: 30, by Terry Courtney vs. Army, Feb. 78, 1992; Mark Majewski vs. AlabamaHuntsville, Feb, 23-24, 1990. SEASON: 131, by John Giusto, 1992-93. CAREER: 426, by Terry Courtney, 1990-93.
Most Power Play Goals
John Decker
(no records before 1981-82) SEASON: 15, Mark Manney, 1981-82; and Andy Berg, 2002-03 CAREER: 34, John Decker, 1992-95.
Most Short-handed Goals (no records before 1985-86) GAME: 2, Mike Knaeble vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Nov. 1, 2003 SEASON: 5, Eric Rice, 1991-92. CAREER: 7, Eric Rice, 1990-93; Matt Fairchild, 2007-10
Most Game-winning Goals (no records before 1985-86) SEASON: 9, Jacques Lamoureux, 2008-09 CAREER: 13, Jacques Lamoureux, 2008-Present
Team Records Most Games (Season) PLAYED: 41, 2008-09. WINS: 28, 2008-09. DIVISION I WINS: 28, 2008-09. LOST: 24, 1995-96; and 2002-03. TIED: 6, 2007-08. OVERTIME GAMES: 11, 2007-08. OVERTIME WINS: 3, 2004-05.
Most Goals PERIOD: 8 vs. Wis.-Superior (1st), Nov. 27, 1971. GAME: 16 vs. Stanford, Jan. 21, 1972. SERIES: 29 vs. Stanford, Feb. 18-19, 1972. SEASON: 227, 1971-72.
Most Assists PERIOD: 13 vs. Winnipeg (1st), Jan. 26, 1980. GAME: 24 vs. Stanford, Jan. 21, 1972. SERIES: 38 vs. Iowa State, Dec. 13-14, 1974. SEASON: 316, 1971-72.
Most Points PERIOD: 20 vs. Winnipeg (1st), Jan. 26, 1980. GAME: 40 vs. Stanford, Jan. 21, 1972. SERIES: 65 vs. Iowa State, Dec. 13-14, 1974. SEASON: 543, 1971-72.
Most Penalties PERIOD: 15 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3rd), Feb. 26, 1993. GAME: 21 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. SERIES: 32 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. SEASON: 326, 1998-99.
Most Penalty Minutes PERIOD: 82 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. GAME: 96 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26 1993. SERIES: 137 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb.26-27, 1993. SEASON: 802, 1992-93.
Combined Points PERIOD: 26 vs. Boston College (2nd), Jan. 6, 1979. GAME: 51 vs. Boston College, Jan. 6, 1979. SERIES: 88 vs. Chicago State, Feb. 27-28, 1976. SEASON: 841, 1972-73 (AF-405, OPP-436).
Combined Goals PERIOD: 10 vs. Boston College (2nd), Jan. 6, 1979. GAME: 21 vs. Boston College, Jan. 6, 1979. SERIES: 37 vs. Chicago State, Feb. 27-28, 1976 (AF-27, CS-10). SEASON: 356, 1972-73 (AF-166, OPP-190)
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Combined Assists PERIOD: 16 vs. Boston College (2nd), Jan. 6, 1979. GAME: 30 vs. Boston College, Jan. 6, 1979. SERIES: 51 vs. Chicago State, Feb. 27-28, 1976; vs. Boston College, Jan. 6, 1979. SEASON: 485, 1972-73 (AF-239, OPP-246).
Combined Penalties PERIOD: 36 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3rd), Feb. 26, 1993. GAME: 48 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. SERIES: 72 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26-27, 1993. SEASON: 675, 1992-93.
Combined Penalty Minutes PERIOD: 207 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3rd), Feb. 26, 1993. GAME: 231 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993. SERIES: 298 vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26-27, 1993. SEASON: 1,680, 1992-93.
Most Opponent Goals GAME: 17 by Clarkson, 17-0, Dec. 29, 1982. SEASON: 194, 1982-83.
Biggest Win Margin GAME: 14 vs. Iowa St. (15-1), Dec. 11, 1974.
Biggest Loss Margin GAME: 17 vs. Clarkson, 17-0, Dec. 29, 1982.
Fastest Goal GAME: 0:08, Tom Richards vs. St. Scholastica, Feb. 6, 1981. League: 0:13 Brian Gineo vs. Bemidji State, Oct. 28, 2005. PERIOD: 0:06 (3rd) by Steve Mullvain vs. Notre Dame, Mar. 7, 1970. League: 0:10 (3rd) by Brian Reese vs. RIT, Feb. 13, 2006.
Fastest Two Goals Six Seconds - 6:03 by Bob Fleury, 6:09 by Bob Ross vs. Illinois, Jan. 24, 1969; and 5:10 by Bob Ross, 5:16 by Bob Ross vs. Stanford, Jan. 21, 1972.
Fastest Three Goals 32 Seconds - 5:15 by Mark Kartarik, 5:26 by Kevin Pedersen, 5:47 by Mark Kartarik vs. Augsburg, Feb. 15, 1975.
Fastest Four Goals One minute, 23 seconds - 12:49 by John Bingaman, 13:13 by Gary Batinich, 13:25 by Kevin Pedersen, 14:12 by Chuck Delich vs. Chicago State, Feb. 28, 1976.
Fastest Two Goals to Start Game 38 Seconds: Brian Gineo (:18) and Seth Pelletier (:38) vs. Bemidji State, Jan. 7, 2005.
Hat Tricks SEASON: 15, 1975-76.
Saves SEASON: 1,184, 1969-70.
Power-Play Goals (No records kept before 1971-72) SEASON: 61, 1994-95.
Short-handed Goals (No records kept before 1971-72) GAME: 3 vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Nov. 1, 2003 (Mike Knaeble two and Matt Bader one). SEASON: 13, 1991-92.
Fewest PPG Allowed (No records kept before 1971-72) SEASON: 20, 2009-10
Fewest Short-handed Goals Allowed (No records kept before 1971-72) SEASON: 2, 1997-98; 2000-01, 2008-09.
Best Power-Play Percentage (No records kept before 1971-72) SEASON: 26.4, 1994-95.
Best Penalty-kill Percentage (No records kept before 1971-72) SEASON: 88.2, 2009-10
Streaks WINS: 13, 2008-09. LOSSES: 14 - Nov. 11, 1995 to Jan. 13, 1996. UNBEATEN: 13, 2008-09. UNBEATEN VS. DIVISION I TEAMS: 13, 2008-09. WINS AT HOME: 13 - Dec. 13, 1974. through Feb. 22, 1975. LOSSES AT HOME: 8 - Nov. 11, 1995 to Jan. 13, 1996. WINS ON ROAD: 6, 2008-09. LOSSES ON ROAD: 35 - Feb. 11, 1995 to Feb. 27, 1998. UNBEATEN ON ROAD: 5, Feb. 9-March 16, 2008. BEST START TO SEASON: 13-0, 2008-09.
Opponent Season Records ASSISTS: 280, 1982-83. POINTS: 474, 1982-83. PENALTIES: 366, 1993-94. PENALTY MINUTES: 892, 1993-94. SAVES: 1,170, 1986-87. HAT TRICKS: 7, 1972-73.
Records by Season P OINTS YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
NAME, POS. Steve Hall, C Dave Skalko, C Bob Ross, C Dave Skalko, C Dave Skalko, C Chuck Delich, F Chuck Delich, F Chuck Delich, F Chuck Delich, F Bob Sajevic, C Mike Smellie, F Bob Sajevic, C Tom Richards, C Mark Manney, F Frank Daldine, F Frank Daldine, F Frank Daldine, F Frank Daldine, F John Klimek, F Joe Delich, F Joe Doyle, F Matt Watson, F Jason Mantaro, F Bob Ingraham, D Eric Rice, F Beau Bilek, D Mark DeGironimo, F John Decker, F Mark DeGironimo, F Todd Lafortune, C Justin Kieffer, C Justin Kieffer, C Scott Bradley, W Brian Gornick, C Andy Berg, C Derek Olson, C Andy Berg, C Spanky Leonard, W Brandon Merkosky, W Eric Ehn, C Eric Ehn, C Brent Olson, W Jeff Hajner, C Jacques Lamoureux, C Jacques Lamoureux, C
G OALS G 21 19 33 27 13 43 38 44* 31 25 34 35 22 27 16 17 28 18 19 17 24 18 15 14 12 9 20 16 17 20 24 14 13 13 16 21 22 11 14 14 24 18 15 33 22
AST PTS 22 43 34 53 23 56 49* 76 44 57 24 67 26 64 35 79* 38 69 34 59 31 65 29 64 20 42 26 53 21 37 14 31 16 44 26 44 29 48 25 42 24 48 20 38 29 44 24 38 15 27 33 42 19 39 23 39 24 41 23 43 27 51 24 38 25 38 25 38 21 37 18 39 18 40 16 27 17 31 21 35 40 64 20 38 23 38 20 53 20 42
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
PPG YEAR 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
NAME Mark Manney F. Daldine/B. Umland Frank Daldine Frank Daldine John Klimek John Klimek Joe Delich Joe Doyle Matt Watson Bob Ingraham Bob Ingraham Eric Rice John Decker Andy Veneri Mark DeGironimo Justin Kieffer Justin Kieffer Brian Gornick Gornick/Zwiers/Rodgers Brian Gornick Derek Olson Andy Berg Spanky Leonard Brandon Merkosky Josh Schaffer/Brian Reese Andrew Ramsey Jeff Hajner Jacques Lamoureux Jacques Lamoureux
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PPG 15* 8 10 9 6 6 7 6 11 8 8 8 11 13 9 8 14 6 6 8 11 15* 6 10 6 10 9 15* 13
NAME, POS. Steve Hall, C Steve Hall, C Bob Ross, C Bob Ross, C Dave Bunker, F Chuck Delich, F Chuck Delich, F Chuck Delich, F Chuck Delich, F Bob Sajevic, C Mike Smellie, F Bob Sajevic, C Tom Richards, C Mark Manney, F Frank Daldine, F Frank Daldine, F Frank Daldine, F Tim Hartje, F John Manney, F Joe Delich, F Joe Doyle, F Joe Doyle, F Mark Majewski, F Bob Ingraham, D Eric Rice, F Eric Rice, F Andy Veneri, F Mark DeGironimo, F Andy Veneri, F Mark DeGironimo, F Justin Kieffer, F Justin Kieffer, F Justin Kieffer, F Nels Grafstrom, F Scott Bradley, W Brian Gornick, C Andy Berg, C Brian Gornick, C Derek Olson, C Andy Berg, C Shane Saum, W Brandon Merkosky, W Eric Ehn, C Eric Ehn, C Brent Olson, W Jacques Lamoureux, C Jacques Lamoureux, C
A SSISTS G 21 31 33 39 28 43 38 44* 31 25 34 35 22 27 16 17 28 19 21 17 17 24 20 18 21 12 21 20 20 17 23 24 14 14 13 13 16 16 21 22 13 14 14 24 18 33 22
AST PTS 22 43 18 49 23 56 31 70 16 44 24 67 26 64 35 79* 38 69 34 59 31 65 29 64 20 42 26 53 21 37 14 31 16 44 21 40 25 46 25 42 21 38 24 48 15 35 22 40 15 36 15 27 20 41 19 39 15 35 24 41 11 34 27 51 24 38 12 26 25 38 25 38 21 37 17 33 18 39 18 40 11 24 17 31 21 35 40 64 20 38 20 53 20 42
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
SHG YEAR 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
NAME Three Players Jim Jirele M. Mason/T. Supancich None Mark Majewski Three Players Eric Rice None Andy Veneri Mark DeGironimo Todd Lafortune Three Players Three Players Two Players Five Players Two Players Tom Starkey T. Starkey/S. Pelletier Mike Knaeble None Mike Knaeble Mike Phillipich Matt Fairchild Matt Fairchild Weisgarber/Page
* Denotes School Record
NAME, POS. Steve Hall, C Dave Skalko, C Steve Hall, F Dave Skalko, C Dave Skalko, C Dave Bunker, F Gerry Micheletti, D Gary Batinich, F Tom Uren, D Bob Sajevic, C Bob Sajevic, C Mike Smellie, F Tom Richards, C Mark Manney, F Tom Richards, C Frank Daldine, F Mark Manney, F Frank Daldine, F Bruce Umland, C John Klimek, C Frank Daldine, F John Klimek, F Joe Delich, F Joe Delich, F Dan Greene, D Jason Mantaro, F Bob Ingraham, D Eric Rice, F Beau Bilek, D Beau Bilek, D Mark DeGironimo, F Todd Lafortune, F Justin Kieffer, F Justin Kieffer, F Scott Bradley, W Brian Gornick, C Scott Bradley, W Spanky Leonard, W Scott Zwiers, W Steve Mead, D Brandon Merkosky, W Eric Ehn, C Eric Ehn, C Jeff Hajner, W Greg Flynn, D Greg Flynn, D Derrick Burnett, W
AST G 22 21 34 19 25 19 49* 27 44 13 25 18 36 14 42 22 39 9 34 25 33 32 32 23 20 22 26 27 26 22 21 16 21 10 14 17 14 15 18 10 26 18 29 19 25 17 31 13 22 8 29 15 24 14 15 12 33 9 29 8 24 17 23 20 27 24 24 14 25 13 25 13 22 4 24 5 22 13 17 2 17 14 21 14 40 24 23 15 23 3 35 7 10 23
PTS 43 53 44 76 57 43 50 64 48 59 65 55 42 53 48 37 31 31 29 28 44 48 42 44 30 44 38 27 42 37 41 43 51 38 38 38 26 29 35 19 31 35 64 38 31 42 33
GWG SHG 1 3 2 -2 1 5* -4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 -1 1 3 4 2
YEAR 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
NAME GWG Tim Hartje 4 John Klimek 5 Mike Mason 3 Four Players 2 M. Majewski/B. Ingraham 3 J. Mantaro/B. Ingraham 3 Eric Rice 3 Three Players 2 Three Players 3 Andy Veneri 4 Pat Ryan 2 Steve Maturo/Justin Kieffer 2 Nels Grafstrom 3 Nels Grafstrom 4 Derek Olson 5 Scott Zwiers 3 Shane Saum 3 Ryan Wiggins 4 Leonard/Saum/Zacour 2 Four Players 2 Josh Schaffer/Eric Ehn 2 Andrew Ramsey 6 Jeff Hajner 3 Jacques Lamoureux 9* Jacques Lamoureux 4
Records by Season
Records by Defensemen
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Pen/Min
NAME Doug Johnson Dave Skalko Jim Skalko Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Chuck Pribyl Robin Robideaux Robin Robideaux Robin Robideaux Steve Moes Steve Moes Rich Lund Neil Schubert Bob Sullivan Dan Johnson Jim Anderson Keith Nightingale Kevin McManaman Kevin McManaman T.J. Courtney T.J. Courtney T.J. Courtney John Giusto Andy Veneri John Decker Brian Mulligan Dan Davies Justin Kieffer Tony Lawrence Brian Reaney Ryan Smith Brian Reaney Shane Saum Shane Saum Andrew Ramsey Brooks Turnquist Andrew Ramsey Matt Charbonneau Brent Olson Jacques Lamoureus
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
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YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Pen-Min. 20-59 26-68 39-97 29-74 38-94 33-82 43-105 27-68 26-55 22-55 26-62 27-54 25-58 23-46 23-58 26-54 24-48 25-58 25-56 22-46 28-59 32-85 49-110 47-113* 43-131 31-66 30-76 25-71 27-91 37-86 38-92 29-66 19-41 19-46 28-86 26-60 30-87 20-50 25-61 30-60 32-78 19-52
Goals
NAME D. Johnson/L. Tetlow Doug Johnson Ron Nagurski Steve Mullvain Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Doug Liebbrand Doug Liebbrand Bill Luukkonen Bill Luukkonen Rich Lund Rich Lund Rich Lund Several Players Bill Anderson Bill Anderson Keith Nightingale Tom Zupancic Kevin McManaman John Anzelc Bob Ingraham Bob Ingraham Bob Ingraham Bilek/ DeGironimo Beau Bilek Beau Bilek Justin Scott Dan Davies/Justin Scott Dan Davies Dan Davies Jace Anders B. Reaney/J. Locallo Brian Reaney Brian Reaney Brooks Turnquist Brian Gineo Brian Gineo Billy Devoney Greg Flynn Greg Flynn Tim Kirby
Goals 1 3 10 8 10 6 14* 9 14* 9 10 4 4 5 2 5 7 6 12 8 11 13 14* 14* 6 9 8 6 5 5 4 7 3 6 3 4 9 6 5 8 7 5
Saves/%
NAME Kim Newman Kim Newman Kim Newman Al Morrison Al Morrison Al Morrison Al Morrison Dave Spannbauer Tom Talbot Tom Talbot Tom Talbot Mike Drake Mike Drake Mike Drake Mike McNeal Mike Crandall Jay Ducharme T.J. O’Shaughnessy John Moes John Moes Mark Liebich Mark Liebich Mark Liebich Mark Liebich Darec Liebel Pat Kielb Pat Kielb Pat Kielb Pat Kielb Aaron Ratfield Marc Kielkucki Marc Kielkucki Marc Kielkucki Mike Polidor Mike Polidor Mike Polidor Peter Foster Peter Foster Ben Worker Andrew Volkening Andrew Volkening Andrew Volkening
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Saves/% 939/.882 *1166/.899 1123/.908 769/.882 1132/.858 749/.875 620/.883 849/.881 605/.905 687/.847 960/.889 444/.862 914/.869 886/.840 604/.830 514/.852 399/.836 296/.880 570/.889 510/.873 488/.881 600/.886 572/.865 814/.871 560/.846 427/.854 593/.811 797/.851 479/.832 577/.878 700/.879 802/.887 947/.908 682/.887 882/.880 628/.882 660/.900 422/.868 251/.896 813/.911 937/.920* 989/.918
Assists
NAME Doug Johnson Steve Mullvain Steve Mullvain Steve Mullvain Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Doug Liebbrand Tom Uren Bill Luukkonen Bill Luukkonen Rich Lund Steve Moes Rich Lund Tom Zuccaro James Brunkow Keith Nightingale Tom Zupancich John Anzelc Kevin McManaman John Anzelc Dan Greene Bob Ingraham Bob Ingraham Beau Bilek Beau Bilek Beau Bilek Dan Davies Dan Davies Dan Davies Dan Davies Jace Anders Jace Anders Brian Reaney B.Reaney/S.Mead Steve Mead Brian Gineo Brian Gineo Michael Mayra Greg Flynn Greg Flynn Tim Kirby
Assists 7 13 19 36 24 24 36 39* 39* 17 19 17 16 18 4 7 10 15 16 15 19 22 22 24 14 33 29 12 18 19 16 14 19 12 19 17 14 15 15 23 35 19
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
GAA
NAME Kim Newman Kim Newman Kim Newman Al Morrison Al Morrison Al Morrison Al Morrison Dave Spannbauer Tom Talbot Gary Hennings Tom Talbot Mike Drake Mike Drake Mike Drake T.J. O’Shaughnessy John Ducharme Jay Ducharme T.J. O’Shaughnessy John Moes John Moes Mark Liebich Mike Blank Mike Blank Mark Liebich Mike Benson Pat Kielb Pat Kielb Pat Kielb Pat Kielb Aaron Ratfield Marc Kielkucki Marc Kielkucki Marc Kielkucki Mike Polidor Mike Polidor Peter Foster Peter Foster Peter Foster Ben Worker Andrew Volkening Andrew Volkening Andrew Volkening
YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
GAA 5.68 4.50 4.10 3.70 6.00 4.83 4.83 4.79 3.40 5.00 4.20 4.20 5.30 5.70 5.70 4.40 4.60 3.33 3.48 3.99 4.27 3.44 4.49 4.24 4.40 3.54 4.49 4.70 4.81 3.42 3.33 3.05 2.85 3.39 3.90 3.03 2.66 3.09 2.25 2.09 1.97* 2.19
Points
NAME Doug Johnson Steve Mullvain Steve Mullvain Steve Mullvain Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Gerry Micheletti Doug Liebbrand Tom Uren Bill Luukkonen Bill Luukkonen Steve Moes Steve Moes Rich Lund Tom Zuccaro Bill Anderson Keith Nightingale Tom Zupancich Tom Zupancich Kevin McManaman John Anzelc Bob Ingraham Bob Ingraham Bob Ingraham Beau Bilek Beau Bilek Beau Bilek Dan Davies Dan Davies Dan Davies Dan Davies Jace Anders Jace Anders Brian Reaney Brian Reaney Steve Mead Brian Gineo Brian Gineo Michael Mayra Greg Flynn Greg Flynn Tim Kirby
Points 7 15 26 44 34 30 50* 48 48 26 22 19 19 23 6 11 16 18 27 23 28 30 40 38 20 42 37 17 23 24 20 21 21 18 22 19 23 21 16 31 42 24
Scores vs. Opponents THE FOUNDATION OF AIR FORCE HOCKEY Prior to the Air Force hockey program going Division I in 1968-69, cadets had been playing hockey, both indoors and outdoors, since 1958. In 1966, Vic Heyliger was hired to coach the Air Force hockey club team and then make the transition to Division I in 1968. Heyliger, a former NHL player with the Chicago Blackhawks, started the Academy program after leading the University of Michigan to six national championships in 13 years. Heyliger’s club teams played schedules that included teams from the the University of Illinois, Ohio State and Bowling Green. The Air Force hockey program is trying to recapture some of the history of these club teams. Below is a list of players who helped pioneer the sport of hockey at the Air Force Academy. Most of these former players do not show up as lettermen, as letters are only awarded for varsity competition. If anyone has more information about the club era of Air Force hockey, feel free to contact sports information director Dave Toller at Dave.Toller@usafa.edu. Frank Birk, D Hal Henderson, D Frank Setterquist, W Bob Boots, W Eric Kliner, D Scott Sonnenberg, W George Stagno, W Pete Bracci, W Ted Legasey, W Roger Carlson, W Bill McConnell, W Bob Stewart, W John Carson, W Bruce McFadzean, D Lew Tetlow, D Dave Croitteau, G Pat Nesbitt, C Gene Thompson, D Kim Newman, G Tom Waugh, W Mark Denney, G Steve Wyman, D Bob Fleury, W Joe O’Gorman, F Dale Franz, D Tom Perrot, W Steve Hall, C Harry Rodman, F
1968-69 (6-12)
Dec. 13 NOTRE DAME 1-8 Dec. 14 NOTRE DAME 4-5 Jan. 10 at Bowling Green 2-5 Jan. 11 at Bowling Green 1-11 Jan. 17 OHIO STATE 6-4 Jan. 18 OHIO STATE 4-6 Jan. 24 ILLINOIS 6-2 Jan. 25 ILLINOIS 7-0 Jan. 31 OHIO UNIV. 6-9 Feb. 1 LAKE FOREST 2-4 Feb. 7 Wis. St.-River Falls @ 4-7 Feb. 8 Wis. St.-River Falls @ 6-8 Feb. 14 BOWLING GREEN 6-7 Feb. 15 BOWLING GREEN 4-6 Feb. 21 at Ohio State 5-7 Feb. 22 at Ohio State 7-4 Feb. 28 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 6-1 Mar. 1 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 8-6 Mar. 22 Army (exh.)$ 4-12 Mar. 23 Army (exh.)$ 0-8 @ at St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minn. $ Exhibition game played in St. Petersburg, FL HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Steve Hall, C, 21 goals, 22 assists, 43 points
1969-70 (11-17-1)
Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Jan. 2
Rainy River @ Rainy River @ COLO. COLLEGE at Colo. College GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS Penn*
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3-5 8-5 1-5 2-8 4-8 4-2 4-6
Jan. 3 Hamilton* 1-2 Jan. 9 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 9-3 Jan. 10 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 2-4 Jan. 16 LAKE FOREST 4-2 Jan. 17 LAKE FOREST 5-0 Jan. 23 at Ohio St. 0-2 Jan. 24 at Ohio St. 1-7 Jan. 30 NOTRE DAME 5-11 Feb. 3 NOTRE DAME 5-4 Feb. 6 WIS. ST.-RIVER FALLS 9-3 Feb. 7 WIS. ST.-RIVER FALLS 7-6 Feb. 13 at Ohio Univ. 4-5 Feb. 14 at Ohio Univ. 4-4 ot Feb. 16 at Lake Forest 8-2 Feb. 20 OHIO UNIV. 6-3 Feb. 21 OHIO UNIV. 5-4 ot Feb. 27 OHIO ST. 2-5 Feb. 28 OHIO ST. 5-6 Mar. 6 at Notre Dame 3-4 Mar. 7 at Notre Dame 3-6 Mar. 13 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN) 4-5 ot Mar. 14 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN) 2-6 * — Buffalo Tournament @ — at International Falls, Minn. HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Dave Skalko, C, 19 goals, 34 assists, 53 points
1970-71 (15-11-2)
Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 6
at Ohio Univ. at Ohio Univ.. $ at Wis. St.-Superior at Wis. St.-Superior at St. Louis at St. Louis
3-2 ot 4-3 ot 4-0 9-2 4-7 3-5
Dec. 11 WIS. ST.-SUPERIOR 13-4 Dec. 12 WIS. ST.-SUPERIOR 8-5 Jan. 8 NOTRE DAME 4-5 Jan. 9 NOTRE DAME 2-4 Jan. 15 COLO. COLLEGE 5-8 Jan. 16 at Colo. College 7-7 ot Jan. 22 at Ohio St. 2-3 Jan. 23 at Ohio St. 5-2 Jan. 29 at Royal Military (Can.) 4-2 Jan. 30 at Royal Military (Can.) 5-5 ot Feb. 5 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-5 Feb. 6 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 6-5 Feb. 12 COLO. COLLEGE 7-4 Feb. 13 at Colo. College 5-8 Feb. 19 OHIO ST. 4-0 Feb. 20 OHIO ST. 1-5 Feb. 26 ST. LOUIS 6-4 Feb. 27 ST. LOUIS 7-6 Mar. 5 OHIO UNIV. 4-3 Mar. 6 OHIO UNIV. 5-4 Mar. 12 at Notre Dame 0-5 Mar. 13 at Notre Dame 1-4 $ — at Athens, Ohio HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Bob Ross, 33 goals, 23 assists, 56 points
1971-72 (25-6)
Nov. 19 at Lake Forest 8-4 Nov. 20 at Lake Forest 8-2 Nov. 26 at Wis. St.-Superior 4-3 Nov. 27 at Wis. St.-Superior 10-5 Dec. 3 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 9-2 Dec. 4 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 4-2 Dec. 10 COLORADO 10-2 Dec. 11 COLORADO 7-2 Jan. 1 Dalhousie* 5-6 ot Jan. 2 Princeton* 6-1 Jan. 7 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 5-2 Jan. 8 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 6-5 Jan. 14 at St. Louis 4-6 Jan. 15 at St. Louis 7-5 Jan. 19 COLO. COLLEGE 4-12 Jan. 21 Stanford $ 16-3 Jan. 26 at Denver 3-6 Jan. 28 ST. LAWRENCE 3-5 Jan. 29 ST. LAWRENCE 7-4 Feb. 4 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 6-4 Feb. 5 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-1 Feb. 11 at Colorado 11-1 Feb. 12 at Colorado 14-5 Feb. 16 at Colo. College 3-11 Feb. 18 STANFORD 14-3 Feb. 19 STANFORD 14-4 Feb. 25 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 5-3 Feb. 26 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 9-3 Mar. 5 COLO. COLLEGE 10-5 Mar. 11 at Iowa St. 3-2 Mar. 12 at Iowa St. 7-0 * — Bowdoin Tour., Brunswick, Maine HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Dave Skalko, C, 27 goals, 49 assists, 76 points
Scores vs. Opponents 1972-73 (16-16)
Nov. 17 at Lake Forest 7-6 ot Nov. 18 at Lake Forest 7-2 Nov. 23 Boston Univ.* 4-10 Nov. 24 Minn.-Duluth* 2-7 Nov. 25 Lake Superior St.* 3-14 Dec. 1 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 6-5 ot Dec. 2 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 5-4 ot Dec. 8 COLO. COLLEGE 3-6 Dec. 9 COLO. COLLEGE 4-6 Dec. 27 Bowling Green** 4-3 ot Dec. 28 Michigan St.** 1-4 Jan. 5 Augsburg*** 4-6 Jan. 6 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 6-2 Jan. 12 WIS. ST.-RIVER FALLS 9-4 Jan. 13 WIS. ST.-RIVER FALLS 11-2 Jan. 19 at Michigan St. 1-10 Jan. 20 at Michigan St. 5-11 Jan. 24 at Colorado College 4-14 Jan. 26 at Royal Military (Can.) 5-4 Jan. 27 at Royal Military (Can.) 7-8 Feb. 2 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 7-0 Feb. 3 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 3-7 Feb. 9 LAKE FOREST 6-3 Feb. 10 LAKE FOREST 8-2 Feb. 11 at Denver 3-4 ot Feb. 16 at St. Lawrence 4-7 Feb. 17 at St. Lawrence 3-10 Feb. 21 at Colo. College 6-9 Mar. 2 at St. Thomas (Minn.) 7-3 Mar. 3 at St. Thomas (Minn.) 8-4 Mar. 9 ST. LOUIS 8-9 ot Mar. 10 ST. LOUIS 5-4 ot * — Christmas City Tourn., Duluth, Minn. ** — Flint Tournament, Flint, Mich. *** — Richfield Tourn., Richfield, Minn. HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Dave Skalko, C, 13 goals, 44 assists, 57 points
Feb. 2 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 4-10 Feb. 8 at St. Louis 3-0 Feb. 9 at St. Louis 3-11 Feb. 15 AUGSBURG 8-2 Feb. 16 AUGSBURG 10-3 Feb. 22 Merrimack** 2-4 Feb. 23 Lake Forest** 8-5 Mar. 1 BOWLING GREEN 2-6 Mar. 2 BOWLING GREEN 2-1 * — Flint Tournament, Flint, Mich. ** — Lake Forest Tourn., Lake Forest, Ill. HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, F, 43 goals, 24 assists, 67 points
1974-75 (24-5-1) Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 20 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 14 Feb. 15
at New Hampshire at New Hampshire COLORADO OHIO ST. OHIO ST. at Alaska-Anchorage at Alaska-Anchorage ST. THOMAS (MINN.) ST. THOMAS (MINN.) IOWA ST. IOWA ST. ST. CLOUD ST. (MINN.) ST. CLOUD ST. (MINN.) at Colo. College ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) at Denver at Royal Military (Can.) at Royal Military (Can.) at Wis.-River Falls at Wis.-River Falls GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS AUGSBURG AUGSBURG
7-6 4-9 6-0 2-1 3-2 7-3 4-3 11-5 1-6 10-2 15-1 9-1 7-5 1-0 7-3 15-2 4-7 4-4 ot 7-1 6-2 9-0 11-8 6-2 5-3 5-4
Feb. 19 COLO. COLLEGE 7-6 ot Feb. 21 LAKE FOREST 6-2 Feb. 22 LAKE FOREST 11-1 Feb. 28 at Bowling Green 3-5 Mar. 1 at Bowling Green 2-7 HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, C, 38 goals, 26 assists, 64 points
1975-76 (16-10) Nov. 14 at Lake Forest 8-2 Nov. 15 at Lake Forest 5-3 Nov. 21 at Mankato St. 7-5 Nov. 22 at Mankato St. 8-3 Nov. 27 Colgate* 2-6 Nov. 28 Pennsylvania* 7-5 Dec. 5 MANITOBA (CAN.) 3-4 Dec. 6 MANITOBA (CAN.) 9-6 Dec.10 US NAT’L TEAM(EXH.) 4-14 Dec. 12 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 5-4 Dec. 13 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 10-4 Jan. 9 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 10-8 Jan. 10 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 3-6 Jan. 13 DENVER 6-11 Jan. 16 BOWDOIN 3-5 Jan. 17 BOWDOIN 2-1 Jan. 23 at Army 0-3 Jan. 24 at Army 9-2 Jan. 30 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 6-2 Jan. 31 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 4-3 Feb. 6 at Western Michigan 7-5 Feb. 7 at Western Michigan 2-6 Feb. 11 at Denver 3-11 Feb. 13 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 5-7 Feb. 14 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 5-7 Feb. 27 CHICAGO ST. 13-6 Feb. 28 CHICAGO ST. 14-6 * - Utica Tournament, Utica, N.Y. HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, C, 44 goals, 35 assists, 79 points
1973-74 (12-15) Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Feb. 1
LAKE FOREST LAKE FOREST at Denver COLO. COLLEGE at Colo. College MICHIGAN ST. MICHIGAN ST. Michigan* York (Can.)* at Gustavus Adolphus at Gustavus Adolphus ST. MARY’S (MINN.) ST. MARY’S (MINN.) at Ohio St. at Ohio St. ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) ST. THOMAS (MINN.)
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1974-75 Air Force Falcons
Scores vs. Opponents 1976-77 (20-7)
Nov. 12 at Wis.-Stout 6-2 Nov. 13 at Wis.-Stout 3-4 ot Nov. 19 at St. John’s (Minn.) 6-3 Nov. 20 at St. Cloud State 8-4 Nov. 26 York (Can.)* 1-5 Nov. 27 Waterloo (Can.)* 2-4 Dec. 4 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 9-1 Dec. 5 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 9-2 Dec. 10 MANKATO ST. 10-4 Dec. 11 MANKATO ST. 6-3 Jan. 7 MANITOBA (CAN.) 4-3 ot Jan. 8 MANITOBA (CAN.) 2-8 Jan. 14 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 10-4 Jan. 15 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 12-2 Jan. 21 at Royal Military (Can.) 6-2 Jan. 22 at Royal Military (Can.) 4-1 Jan. 28 ARMY 6-3 Jan. 29 ARMY 6-2 Feb. 1 at Denver 9-8 Feb. 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN 7-3 Feb. 5 WESTERN MICHIGAN 8-9 Feb. 11 at Colo. College 2-7 Feb. 13 COLO. COLLEGE 4-5 Feb. 18 AUGSBURG 7-6 ot Feb. 19 AUGSBURG 7-4 Feb. 25 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 6-2 Feb. 26 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 10-3 * - Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament, Binghamton, N.Y. HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, C, 31 goals, 38 assists, 69 points
1977-78 (9-17)
Nov. 11 at Wis.-Stout 7-3 Nov. 12 at Wis.-Stout 9-6 Nov. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7-11 Nov. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6-7 Nov. 25 at St. Louis 0-12 Nov. 27 at St. Louis 2-8 Dec. 2 HAMLINE 10-1 Dec. 3 HAMLINE 9-1 Dec. 9 at Colo. College 5-7 Dec. 10 COLO. COLLEGE 5-6 ot Dec. 27 at Boston Univ. 7-8 Dec. 28 at Boston College 1-6 Jan. 6 NORTHERN MICH. 1-5 Jan. 7 NORTHERN MICH. 0-3 Jan. 10 DENVER 3-7 Jan. 13 at Wis.-River Falls 2-5 Jan. 14 at Wis.-River Falls 5-3 Jan. 20 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 11-1 Jan. 21 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 10-3 Feb. 3 MANITOBA (CAN.) 6-4 Feb. 4 MANITOBA (CAN.) 1-9 Feb. 10 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 5-2 Feb. 11 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 3-8 Feb. 14 DENVER 3-7 Feb. 17 at Mankato St. 1-7 Feb. 18 at Mankato St. 2-4 HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Bob Sajevic, C, 25 goals, 34 assists, 59 points
1978-79 Air Force Falcons
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1978-79 (18-12-1) Nov. 10 at Northern Michigan 3-4 Nov. 11 at Northern Michigan 1-8 Nov. 17 ST. LOUIS 7-8 ot Nov. 18 ST. LOUIS 3-11 Nov. 24 Northern Arizona@ 2-2 ot Nov. 25 Northern Arizona@ 5-1 Dec. 1 MANKATO ST. 5-3 Dec. 2 MANKATO ST. 8-4 Dec. 5 COLO. COLLEGE 6-1 Dec. 8 ST. CLOUD STATE 6-2 Dec. 9 ST. CLOUD STATE 4-3 ot Dec. 28 Princeton* 3-6 Dec. 29 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.* 3-7 Dec. 30 St. Lawrence* 3-4 Jan. 5 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-11 Jan. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE 7-14 Jan. 12 MERRIMACK 3-10 Jan. 13 MERRIMACK 2-1 Jan. 19 at Royal Military (Can.) 9-2 Jan. 20 at Royal Military (Can.) 8-1 Jan. 26 at Gustavus Adolphus 5-1 Jan. 27 at Gustavus Adolphus 4-3 Feb. 2 WIS.-STOUT 11-3 Feb. 3 WIS.-STOUT 13-2 Feb. 6 at Colo. College 3-8 Feb. 9 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 5-2 Feb. 10 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 6-5 Feb. 16 WINNIPEG 4-5 Feb. 17 WINNIPEG 8-3 Feb. 23 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 9-2 Feb. 24 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 5-2 @ — at Albuquerque, N.M. * — RPI Tournament, Troy, N.Y. HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Mike Smellie, RW, 34 goals, 31 assists, 65 points
Scores vs. Opponents
Bob Sajevic
1979-80 (15-16)
Nov. 17 at U.S. International 2-13 Nov. 18 at U.S. International 3-6 Nov. 24 at Mankato St. 2-4 Nov. 25 at Mankato St. 2-5 Nov. 30 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 6-3 Dec. 1 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 6-5 Dec. 7 ST. SCHOLASTICA 8-11 Dec. 8 ST. SCHOLASTICA 6-5 Dec. 11 COLO. COLLEGE 4-7 Dec. 30 Dartmouth* 3-7 Dec. 31 Maine* 1-6 Jan. 2 at New Hampshire 4-9 Jan. 4 American International** 6-3 Jan. 5 Merrimack** 3-8 Jan. 11 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 3-2 Jan. 12 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 7-3 Jan. 15 at Denver 5-3 Jan. 18 NORTHERN ARIZONA 6-0 Jan. 19 NORTHERN ARIZONA 7-0 Jan. 25 WINNIPEG 6-5 Jan. 26 WINNIPEG 11-2 Feb. 1 at Wis.-River Falls 7-4 Feb. 2 at Wis.-River Falls 6-3 Feb. 5 at Colo. College 2-3 Feb. 8 MANITOBA (CAN.) 6-4 Feb. 9 MANITOBA (CAN.) 7-9 Feb. 12 at Denver 1-11 Feb. 15 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 3-5 Feb. 16 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 3-7 Feb. 22 AUGSBURG 7-6 Feb. 23 AUGSBURG 7-8 * — Auld Lang Syne Tourn., Hanover, N.H. ** — Merrimack Tourn., Andover, Mass. HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Bob Sajevic, C, 35 goals, 29 assists, 64 points
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1981-82 (12-17-1)
Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 27
at Mankato St. at Mankato St. ST. CLOUD STATE ST. CLOUD STATE IOWA ST. IOWA ST. COLO. COLLEGE ST. MARY’S (MINN.) ST. MARY’S (MINN.) Lake Superior St.* Minn.-Duluth* Northeastern* HAMLINE HAMLINE at Colo. College BRANDON (CAN.) BRANDON (CAN.) WIS.-RIVER FALLS WIS.-RIVER FALLS at Iowa St. at Iowa St. at Denver GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS WINNIPEG (CAN.) WINNIPEG (CAN.) Northern Arizona** U.S. International** ST. OLAF (MINN.)
4-9 2-5 6-4 6-4 4-3 ot 3-5 2-4 6-5 4-2 2-7 4-10 0-14 12-3 7-4 4-10 7-8 ot 2-4 9-6 6-5 ot 6-5 1-4 0-7 1-7 6-5 4-5 7-8 ot 5-7 4-5 4-4 ot
Frank Daldine
1980-81 (13-13)
Nov. 14 at Iowa St. 6-5 Nov. 15 at Iowa St. 5-6 Nov. 21 COLO. COLLEGE 2-6 Nov. 22 at Colo. College 1-6 Nov. 28 at North Dakota 1-7 Nov. 29 at North Dakota 1-8 Dec. 5 WINNIPEG 6-5 Dec. 6 WINNIPEG 7-5 Dec. 28 Cornell* 0-8 Dec. 29 Princeton* 1-7 Jan. 9 KENT ST. 3-4 Jan. 10 KENT ST. 5-2 Jan. 16 BETHEL (MINN.) 7-6ot Jan. 17 BETHEL (MINN.) 5-3 Jan. 23 at Alaska-Anchorage 4-3ot Jan. 24 at Alaska-Anchorage 7-6ot Jan. 27 at Denver 2-10 Jan. 30 WIS.-SUPERIOR 4-2 Jan. 31 WIS.-SUPERIOR 4-1 Feb. 6 ST. SCHOLASTICA 5-2 Feb. 7 ST. SCHOLASTICA 6-4 Feb. 10 DENVER 2-5 Feb. 13 MANKATO ST. 2-5 Feb. 14 MANKATO ST. 4-6 Feb. 21 NEW ENGLAND COLL. 8-6 Feb. 22 NEW ENGLAND COLL. 5-10 * - Broadmoor Holiday Tourn., Colo. Springs, CO HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Tom Richards, C, 22 goals, 20 assists, 42 points
Feb. 28 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 10-1 * — Jeno’s Holiday Tourn., Duluth, Minn. ** — Northern Arizona Tourn., Flagstaff, AZ HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Mark Manney, LW, 27 goals, 26 assists, 53 points
1982-83 (5-23)
Nov. 12 MANKATO ST. 4-6 Nov. 13 MANKATO ST. 4-6 Nov. 19 at Royal Military (Can.) 4-6 Nov. 20 at Royal Military (Can.) 4-6 Nov. 26 at Wisconsin 1-13 Nov. 27 at Wisconsin 0-14 Dec. 1 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 2-12 Dec. 3 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 5-2 Dec. 4 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 4-5ot Dec. 10 ST. SCHOLASTICA (MN.) 2-3 Dec. 11 ST. SCHOLASTICA (MN.) 2-3 Dec. 29 Clarkson* 0-17 Dec. 30 Toronto* 4-8 Jan. 7 AUGSBURG 0-10 Jan. 8 AUGSBURG 5-6 Jan. 14 WIS.-STEVENS POINT 11-1 Jan. 15 WIS.-STEVENS POINT 9-2 Jan. 21 NORTHERN ARIZONA 3-7 Jan. 22 NORTHERN ARIZONA 4-9 Feb. 1 DENVER 4-11 Feb. 4 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 8-6 Feb. 5 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 3-2 ot Feb. 11 at Gustavus Adolphus 2-5 Feb. 12 at Gustavus Adolphus 3-8 Feb. 18 at Northern Arizona 3-10 Feb. 19 at Northern Arizona 3-8 Feb. 25 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 4-5 Feb. 26 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 2-3 * — Syracuse Invitational Tourn., Syracuse, NY HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, RW, 16 goals, 21 assists, 37 points
Scores vs. Opponents 1983-84 (8-16-2)
Nov. 11 ST. CLOUD STATE 4-3 Nov. 12 ST. CLOUD STATE 7-6 ot Nov. 18 at U.S. International 1-1 ot Nov. 19 at U.S. International 2-5 Nov. 25 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 4-7 Nov. 26 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 4-6 Dec. 2 LAKE FOREST 6-4 Dec. 3 LAKE FOREST 2-6 Dec. 10 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 8-6 Dec. 11 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 4-5 Dec. 14 COLO. COLLEGE 6-7 Dec. 30 at Alaska-Anchorage 4-8 Dec. 31 at Alaska-Anchorage 0-5 Jan. 6 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 5-6 Jan. 7 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 5-3 Jan. 13 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 7-2 Jan. 14 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 7-2 Jan. 20 at Northern Arizona 2-10 Jan. 21 at Northern Arizona 3-6 Feb. 3 at Ala.-Huntsville 3-4 Feb. 4 at Ala.-Huntsville 5-7 Feb. 7 at Denver 3-4 Feb. 10 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 3-4 Feb. 11 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 3-4 Feb. 17 HAMLINE 6-6 ot Feb. 18 HAMLINE 5-4 HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, RW, 17 goals, 14 assists, 31 points
1984-85 (14-14-1)
Nov. 2 at Royal Military (Can.) 5-6 Nov. 3 at Royal Military (Can.) 6-6ot Nov. 9 LAKE FOREST 6-1 Nov. 10 LAKE FOREST 3-5 Nov. 16 COLO. COLLEGE 4-13 Nov. 17 at Colo. College 3-6 Nov. 23 at Notre Dame 6-5 Nov. 24 at Notre Dame 6-7ot Nov. 30 at St. Scholastica 4-3 Dec. 1 at St. Scholastica 3-5 Dec. 7 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 7-6 Dec. 8 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 3-6 Dec. 30 Dartmouth* 4-5 2 ot Dec. 31 Vermont* 1-3 Jan. 4 Bowdoin** 1-4 Jan. 5 Colby** 3-6 Jan. 11 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 6-8 Jan. 12 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 4-3 Jan. 18 NORTHERN ARIZONA 7-5 Jan. 19 NORTHERN ARIZONA 3-7 Jan. 22 DENVER 1-8 Jan. 25 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 4-3 ot Jan. 26 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 6-4 Feb. 1 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 5-3 Feb. 2 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-2 Feb. 15 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 7-4 Feb. 16 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 9-6 Feb. 22 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 6-2 Feb. 23 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 9-3 * — Auld Lang Syne Tourn., Hanover, N.H. ** — Down East Classic, Portland, Maine HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, C, 28 goals, 16 assists, 44 points
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1985-86 (15-13)
Nov. 8 COLO. COLLEGE 3-8 Nov. 9 at Colo. College 6-5 ot Nov. 15 ST. CLOUD STATE 4-6 Nov. 16 ST. CLOUD STATE 8-3 Nov. 22 at Gustavus Adolphus 6-1 Nov. 23 at Gustavus Adolphus 3-5 Nov. 27 NORTHEASTERN 3-8 Nov. 29 NOTRE DAME 6-8 Nov. 30 NOTRE DAME 6-5 ot Dec. 6 ST. SCHOLASTICA 6-4 Dec. 7 ST. SCHOLASTICA 4-3 ot Dec. 30 at Northern Arizona@ 7-6 ot Dec. 31 at Northern Arizona@ 4-11 Jan. 3 at U.S. International 2-4 Jan. 4 at U.S. International 3-7 Jan. 7 MERRIMACK 3-9 Jan. 8 MERRIMACK 7-5 Jan. 10 AUGSBURG 9-2 Jan. 11 AUGSBURG 5-2 Jan. 17 DARTMOUTH 2-4 Jan. 18 DARTMOUTH 1-5 Jan. 21 at Denver 2-5 Jan. 31 at Ala.-Huntsville 5-1 Feb. 1 at Ala.-Huntsville 0-4 Feb. 7 HAMLINE 6-2 Feb. 8 HAMLINE 6-4 Feb. 14 LAKE FOREST 7-4 Feb. 15 LAKE FOREST 5-2 @ — at Phoenix, Ariz. HEAD COACH: Capt. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, C, 18 goals, 26 assists, 44 point
1986-87 (19-10)
Oct. 24 at Ill.-Chicago 4-5 Oct. 25 at Ill.-Chicago 5-6 Nov. 7 KENT ST. 5-0 Nov. 8 KENT ST. 5-3 Nov. 14 at Colo. College 3-8 Nov. 15 COLO. COLLEGE 6-7 Nov. 21 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 9-2 Nov. 22 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 6-2 Nov. 28 at Brown 2-5 Nov. 29 at Brown 6-8 Dec. 5 at St. Scholastica (SB) 5-2 Dec. 6 at St. Scholastica (E) 1-3 Jan. 2 CONNECTICUT 7-5 Jan. 3 CONNECTICUT 7-4 Jan. 9 Plattsburgh St. * 2-3 Jan. 10 St. Anselm * 3-2 ot Jan. 13 DENVER 6-9 Jan. 16 ST. THOMAS 7-2 Jan. 17 ST. THOMAS 7-3 Jan. 23 CONCORDIA 6-5 Jan. 24 CONCORDIA 6-4 Jan. 30 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 7-2 Jan. 31 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 9-5 Feb. 6 NOTRE DAME 4-3 ot Feb. 7 NOTRE DAME 6-1 Feb. 13 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-5 Feb. 14 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-1 Feb. 27 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 5-4 Feb. 28 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 7-1 (SB) — at Silver Bay, Minn. (E) — at Eveleth, Minn. * — Merrimack Blue-Gold Tournament, North Andover, Mass. HEAD COACH: Capt. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: John Klimek, F, 19 goals, 29 assists, 48 points
Scores vs. Opponents 1987-88 (15-14) Oct. 30 at St. Cloud State 2-6 Oct. 31 at St. Cloud State 2-3 Nov. 6 ST. SCHOLASTICA 11-3 Nov. 7 ST. SCHOLASTICA 9-1 Nov. 13 at Colo. College 1-5 Nov. 20 AUGSBURG 6-3 Nov. 21 AUGSBURG 6-5 Nov. 27 BROWN 5-4 Nov. 28 BROWN 7-3 Dec. 4 BETHEL 10-2 Dec. 5 BETHEL 6-0 Dec. 29 at Middlebury 3-4 Dec. 30 at Middlebury 5-3 Jan. 2 at Merrimack 3-10 Jan. 3 at Merrimack 2-7 Jan. 8 ILL.-CHICAGO 1-8 Jan. 9 ILL.-CHICAGO 2-4 Jan. 12 PROVIDENCE 2-3 Jan. 15 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 6-4 Jan. 16 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 4-3 Jan. 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5-2 Feb. 5 at Notre Dame 4-5 Feb. 6 at Notre Dame 3-4 Feb. 12 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 9-6 Feb. 13 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 7-4 Feb. 20 at U.S. International 4-6 Feb. 21 at U.S. International 1-3 Feb. 26 Queens* 6-4 Feb. 27 Mich.-Dearborn* 1-3 * — Alabama Faceoff Tourn., Huntsville, Ala. HEAD COACH: Capt. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Joe Delich, F, 17 goals, 25 assists, 42 points
1988-89 (14-12-3) Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 28 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 10 Feb. 11
MICH.-DEARBORN MICH.-DEARBORN ALA.-HUNTSVILLE ALA.-HUNTSVILLE NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME ST. OLAF ST. OLAF St. Cloud State North Dakota COLO. COLLEGE ST. CLOUD STATE ST. CLOUD STATE Providence* Notre Dame* MIDDLEBURY MIDDLEBURY ST. ANSELM ST. ANSELM GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ALASKA-FAIRBANKS ALASKA-FAIRBANKS ALASKA-ANCHORAGE ALASKA-ANCHORAGE
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5-3 5-6 ot 4-6 3-5 6-6 ot 6-3 11-1 7-1 1-4 1-8 2-5 3-6 2-8 3-5 7-5 5-5 ot 4-3 11-3 9-2 7-5 10-4 3-4 ot 4-6 8-7 7-7 ot
Feb. 17 Ferris St. 6-3 Feb. 18 Ferris St. 5-3 Feb. 24 Ala.-Huntsville 1-2 Feb. 25 Ala.-Huntsville 4-2 * — RPI Invitational Tournament HEAD COACH: Maj. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Joe Doyle, F, 24 goals, 24 assists, 48 points
1989-90 (16-13-1)
Oct. 27 Army 2-4 Oct. 28 Army 0-4 Nov. 3 BABSON 2-1 Nov. 4 BABSON 1-3 Nov. 10 COLO. COLLEGE 3-3 ot Nov. 11 Colorado College 1-7 Nov. 17 ST. THOMAS 5-3 Nov. 18 ST. THOMAS 5-3 Nov. 24 * Yale 5-8 Nov. 25 * Northeastern 6-8 Dec. 1 AUGSBURG 6-1 Dec. 2 AUGSBURG 6-2 Dec. 29 MICH.-DEARBORN 4-7 Dec. 30 MICH.-DEARBORN 5-4 Jan. 2 NOTRE DAME 2-4 Jan. 3 NOTRE DAME 4-3 ot Jan. 5 NORWICH 4-1 Jan. 6 NORWICH 4-3 Jan. 12 MERRIMACK 4-5 Jan. 13 MERRIMACK 8-4 Jan. 26 St. Cloud State 1-8 Jan. 27 St. Cloud State 3-9 Feb. 2 Notre Dame 6-3 Feb. 3 Notre Dame 2-3 Feb. 9 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 5-2 Feb. 10 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 8-5 Feb. 16 FERRIS STATE 5-4 Feb. 17 FERRIS STATE 2-3 Feb. 23 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 8-6 Feb. 24 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 9-1 * - Yale Tournament HEAD COACH: Maj. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Matt Watson, F, 18 goals, 20 assists, 38 points
1990-91 (11-17-4) Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 28 Dec. 29
ARMY ARMY NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE Maine Maine AUGSBURG AUGSBURG Illinois-Chicago Illinois-Chicago ROCHESTER INST. TECH ROCHESTER INST. TECH ST. JOHN’S ST. JOHN’S ST. THOMAS ST. THOMAS
5-2 3-3 ot 2-6 3-8 1-7 1-5 9-3 6-2 1-4 2-7 5-4 ot 6-3 3-2 4-3 5-2 6-3
Jan. 4 NORTHEASTERN 3-11 Jan. 5 NORTHEASTERN 4-5 ot Jan. 11 VERMONT 2-5 Jan. 12 VERMONT 4-7 Jan. 18 Ferris State 5-8 Jan. 19 Ferris State 4-5 Jan. 22 Colorado College 1-3 Jan. 25 Alabama-Huntsville 6-8 Jan. 26 Alabama-Huntsville 3-3 ot Jan. 29 COLORADO COLLEGE 3-4 Feb. 1 NOTRE DAME 7-6 Feb. 2 NOTRE DAME 1-4 Feb. 8 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 4-4 ot Feb. 9 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 0-6 Feb. 22 Notre Dame 7-4 Feb. 23 Notre Dame 2-2 ot HEAD COACH: Maj. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Jason Mantaro, 15 goals, 29 assists, 44 points
1991-92 (14-20) Oct. 25 NOTRE DAME 8-4 Oct. 26 NOTRE DAME 3-5 Nov. 1 at New Hampshire 2-4 Nov. 2 at New Hampshire 4-9 Nov. 8 ELMIRA 4-1 Nov. 9 ELMIRA 7-5 Nov. 15 AUGSBURG 7-0 Nov. 16 AUGSBURG 12-4 Nov. 22 ST. OLAF 8-1 Nov. 23 ST. OLAF 5-2 Nov. 29 at Alaska-Fairbanks$ 0-3 Nov. 30 at Alaska-Fairbanks$ 3-4 Dec. 10 at Colorado College 1-4 Dec. 30 at Merrimack 2-8 Jan. 1 at Merrimack 2-6 Jan. 3 at Northeastern 3-6 Jan. 4 at Northeastern 4-9 Jan. 10 COLORADO COLLEGE 2-4 Jan. 18 at Vermont 0-4 Jan. 19 at Vermont 2-4 Jan. 24 CORNELL 2-4 Jan. 25 CORNELL 1-4 Jan. 31 ST. SCHOLASTICA 9-3 Feb. 1 ST. SCHOLASTICA 11-7 Feb. 7 at Army 7-3 Feb. 8 at Army 4-5 Feb. 14 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 1-3 Feb. 15 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 7-5 Feb. 21 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-6 Feb. 22 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 3-6 Feb. 28 at Notre Dame 3-8 Feb. 29 at Notre Dame 2-3 Mar. 6 at Alaska-Anchorage* 2-3 Mar. 7 at Notre Dame* 3-2 HEAD COACH: Maj. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Bob Ingraham, D, 14 goals, 38 points *-at McDonald’s NCAA Division I Independents Tournament, Fairbanks, Alaska (3rd Place) $-Fairbanks used ineligible player. Games forfeited to AFA
Scores vs. Opponents 1992-93 (8-20-2) Oct. 30 at Massachusetts-Lowell 2-3 Oct. 31 at Massachusetts-Lowell 2-6 Nov. 6 at New Hampshire 4-4 ot Nov. 7 at New Hampshire 3-6 Nov. 11 at Colorado College 3-12 Nov. 13 SALEM STATE 6-7 Nov. 14 SALEM STATE 4-3 ot Nov. 20 ST. THOMAS 1-2 Nov. 21 ST. THOMAS 6-4 Nov. 27 MERRIMACK 5-7 Nov. 28 MERRIMACK 4-3 Dec. 29 at Notre Dame* 1-4 Dec. 30 at Army* 3-5 Jan. 2 at Providence 0-10 Jan. 3 at Providence 1-2 Jan. 8 MANKATO STATE 5-6 ot Jan. 9 MANKATO STATE 4-4 ot Jan. 15 at Cornell 2-7 Jan. 16 at Colgate 5-3 Jan. 22 at Yale 2-8 Jan. 23 at Yale 4-5 Jan. 29 ARMY 5-2 Jan. 30 ARMY 4-1 Feb. 5 HOLY CROSS 4-3 Feb. 6 HOLY CROSS 8-0 Feb. 12 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2-9 Feb. 13 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 1-11 Feb. 23 COLORADO COLLEGE 2-6 Feb. 26 at Alaska-Anchorage 0-3 Feb. 27 at Alaska-Anchorage 0-4 *-Denver Cup Tournament HEAD COACH: Maj. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Eric Rice, 12 goals 15 assists, 27 points
1993-94 (15-16-1) Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 5 Nov. 6 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan. 1 Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 21
UMASS-LOWELL UMASS-LOWELL NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE COLORADO COLLEGE at Colorado College ST. THOMAS ST. THOMAS CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT at Alaska-Fairbanks at Alaska-Fairbanks at Boston College* at Princeton* PROVIDENCE PROVIDENCE MANKATO STATE MANKATO STATE YALE YALE at Army
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2-3 2-9 1-8 0-6 1-9 1-5 4-4 ot 4-3 5-2 5-2 1-6 4-10 1-5 2-3 ot 5-4 0-4 4-5 5-2 6-3 4-3 7-3
The four coaches in the history of Falcon hockey, Chuck Delich, Vic Heyliger, John Matchefts and Frank Serratore gathered at a banquet for Heyliger, Sept. 16, 2000. Jan. 22 at Army 4-6 Jan. 28 at St. Cloud State 3-9 Jan. 29 at St. Cloud State 2-8 Feb. 4 ST. OLAF 10-2 Feb. 5 ST. OLAF 5-4 ot Feb. 11 at Mankato State 2-0 Feb. 12 at Mankato State 6-0 Feb. 18 HAMLINE 14-2 Feb. 19 HAMLINE 7-3 Feb. 25 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2-1 Feb. 26 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2-5 *-Denver Cup Tournament HEAD COACH: Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Beau Bilek, D, 9 goals, 33 assists, 42 points
1994-95 (15-17-1) Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 9
NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE WISC-RIVER FALLS WISC-RIVER FALLS UMASS-AMHERST UMASS-AMHERST ST. THOMAS UNIV. ST. THOMAS UNIV. COLORADO COLLEGE COLORADO COLLEGE UMass-Lowell UMass-Lowell GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
2-5 2-8 5-3 4-5 ot 5-2 3-3 ot 4-1 7-4 2-4 1-10 3-6 4-3 11-0
Dec. 10 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 5-1 Dec. 21 US National Jr Team(Exh.) 2-6 Dec. 28 #Brown University 1-10 Dec. 29 #Ohio State 4-7 Jan. 4 Yale University 0-10 Jan. 6 Providence College 1-6 Jan. 7 Providence College 4-6 Jan. 13 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 4-3 ot Jan. 14 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 2-9 Jan. 20 RPI 3-4 Jan. 21 RPI 2-7 Jan. 27 Merrimack College 2-6 Jan. 28 Merrimack College 5-6 Feb. 3 ST. JOHN’S 10-4 Feb. 4 ST. JOHN’S 7-1 Feb. 10 Mankato State 4-5 Feb. 11 Mankato State 5-3 Feb. 17 ARMY 5-2 Feb. 18 ARMY 9-6 Feb. 26 MANKATO STATE 6-2 Feb. 27 MANKATO STATE 3-1 # - Denver Cup Tournament HEAD COACH: Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: John Decker 16 goals, 23 assists, 39 points and Mark DeGironimo 20 goals, 19 assists, 39 points
Scores vs. Opponents 1995-96 (4-24-5) Oct. 20 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 2-2 ot Oct. 21 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 3-4 Oct. 27 MASS.-LOWELL 3-3 ot Oct. 28 MASS.-LOWELL 2-2 ot Nov. 3 YALE 0-3 Nov. 4 YALE 1-8 Nov. 10 ELMIRA 7-5 Nov. 11 ELMIRA 4-5 Nov. 18 at RPI 2-11 Nov. 19 at RPI 1-9 Nov. 24 at Massachusetts 2-4 Nov. 25 at Massachusetts 1-7 Dec. 1 RIT 3-4 Dec. 2 RIT 0-2 Dec. 5 COLO. COLLEGE 2-4 Dec. 27 at Denver* 1-11 Dec. 28 at Cornell* 2-6 Jan. 5 PROVIDENCE 2-4 Jan. 6 PROVIDENCE 1-9 Jan. 12 MERRIMACK 1-4 Jan. 13 MERRIMACK 1-2 Jan. 19 BROWN 4-4 ot Jan. 20 BROWN 4-5 Jan. 26 Northeastern 3-6 Jan. 27 Union 0-10 Feb. 2 Mankato State 3-4 ot Feb. 3 Mankato State 1-3 Feb. 9 ST. THOMAS 6-5 Feb. 10 ST. THOMAS 6-2 Feb. 16 Army 1-3 Feb. 17 Army 0-7 Feb. 23 MANKATO STATE 8-2 Feb. 24 MANKATO STATE 6-6 ot * - Denver Cup Tournament HEAD COACH: Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Mark DeGironimo, F, 17 goals, 24 assists, 41 points
1996-97 (8-21-2) Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 11
WIS.-RIVER FALLS WIS. RIVER FALLS Princeton Princeton NIAGARA NIAGARA WIS.-EAU CLAIRE WIS.-EAU CLAIRE ST. THOMAS ST. THOMAS Mass.-Amherst Mass.-Amherst Yale@ Maine@ NORTHEASTERN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO COLLEGE VILLANOVA VILLANOVA
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Jan. 23 Niagara 1-4 Jan. 24 Niagara 3-6 Jan. 30 Nebraska-Omaha 1-2 Jan. 31 Nebraska-Omaha 3-4 Feb. 6 ST. JOHN’S 9-1 Feb. 7 ST. JOHN’S 7-3 Feb. 13 NIAGARA 4-3 Feb. 14 NIAGARA 2-5 Feb. 20 MANKATO STATE 3-4 Feb. 21 MANKATO STATE 4-6 Feb. 24 Colorado College 2-6 Feb. 27 Army 3-2 Feb. 28 Army 5-3 HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Justin Kieffer, 24 goals, 27 assists, 51 points
1998-99 (15-19-2)
J u s t i n K i e ff e r Jan. 17 Brown 3-5 Jan. 18 Brown 7-7 ot Jan. 24 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-5 Jan. 25 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-4 Jan. 31 Alaska-Fairbanks 4-6 Feb. 1 Alaska-Fairbanks 3-6 Feb. 7 MANKATO STATE 5-2 Feb. 8 MANKATO STATE 2-5 Feb. 21 Mankato State 3-5 Feb. 22 Mankato State 3-5 Feb. 28 ARMY 3-6 Mar. 1 ARMY 5-2 @ game played at Norwest Denver Cup at McNichols Arena in Denver, Colo. HEAD COACH: Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Todd Lafortune, 20 goals, 23 assists, 43 points
1997-98 (15-19-0) Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Nov. 1 Nov. 2 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 16 Jan. 17
NEBRASKA-OMAHA NEBRASKA-OMAHA Yale Merrimack ST. MARY’S ST. MARY’S ST. THOMAS ST. THOMAS Mankato State Mankato State BEMIDJI STATE BEMIDJI STATE ST. OLAF ST. OLAF CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT COLORADO COLLEGE MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS Alabama-Huntsville Alabama-Huntsville
4-2 1-6 1-5 1-9 4-5 4-0 2-3 5-3 1-8 1-11 6-3 5-3 3-2 7-1 8-0 6-2 1-2 6-2 0-3 1-6 0-3
Oct. 23 HOLY CROSS 5-5 ot Oct. 24 HOLY CROSS 5-2 Oct. 30 WISCONSIN-STOUT 3-2 Oct. 31 WISCONSIN-STOUT 5-1 Nov. 6 Bemidji State 2-3 ot Nov. 7 Bemidji State 3-7 Nov. 13 BETHEL 9-2 Nov. 14 BETHEL 5-0 Nov. 20 Concordia 1-2 Nov. 21 Concordia 8-0 Nov. 27 Colorado College 2-8 Nov. 29 MASSACHUSETTS 2-6 Dec. 4 Alaska-Anchorage 1-3 Dec. 5 Alaska-Anchorage 0-2 Dec. 11 BENTLEY* 4-8 Dec. 12 MINN.-CROOKSTON* 8-3 Dec. 27 Dartmouth# 1-8 Dec. 28 vs. Minn. St.-Mankato# 3-7 Jan. 2 Minn.-Duluth^ 2-7 Jan. 3 vs. Army^ 2-1 Jan. 8 AUGSBURG 3-0 Jan. 9 AUGSBURG 8-2 Jan. 15 Nebraska-Omaha 2-6 Jan. 16 Nebraska-Omaha 0-4 Jan. 22 NIAGARA 4-1 Jan. 23 NIAGARA 3-2 Feb. 5 DENVER 3-7 Feb. 7 MINN. ST.-MANKATO 0-2 Feb. 12 QUINNIPIAC 2-0 Feb. 13 QUINNIPIAC 3-5 Feb. 19 St. Mary’s 3-0 Feb. 20 Minn. State-Mankato 2-7 Feb. 27 ARMY 4-3 Feb. 28 ARMY 3-3 ot Mar. 5 Niagara 2-4 Mar. 6 Niagara 0-5 # Radisson Inn Classic at Air Force Academy # Auld Lang Syne Tournament, Hanover, N.H. ^ Silverado Shootout, Duluth, Minn. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Justin Kieffer, 14 goals, 24 assists, 38 points.
Scores vs. Opponents 1999-2000 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 30 Nov 5 Nov 6 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec 3 Dec 4 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Jan 2 Jan 3 Jan 7 Jan 8 Jan 14 Jan 15 Jan 28 Jan 30 Feb 4 Feb 5 Feb 11 Feb 12 Feb 18 Feb 19 Feb 25 Feb 26 Mar 3 Mar 4 Mar 10 Mar. 11 Mar. 12
(19-18-2, 6-10 CHA) vs. Boston University^ vs. Niagara^ at Holy Cross at Holy Cross FAIRFIELD FAIRFIELD at Alabama-Huntsville* at Alabama-Huntsville* FINDLAY* FINDLAY* SUNY- POTSDAM SUNY- POTSDAM vs. Yale& at Mass.-Lowell& IONA COLLEGE IONA COLLEGE SALEM STATE# NEW ENGLAND COLL.# at Niagara* at Niagara* SACRED HEART SACRED HEART at Bemidji State* at Bemidji State* at Colorado College (#10) NIAGARA* at Findlay* at Findlay* ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* CONCORDIA CONCORDIA Denver (#8) BEMIDJI STATE* at Army* at Army* vs. Findlay% vs. Niagara (#13)% vs. Bemidji State%
3-8 0-3 3-2 6-2 6-1 10-1 0-4 2-5 8-1 2-3 4-3 2-2 ot 2-0 1-3 2-4 5-5 ot 6-2 7-4 1-3 0-3 6-1 7-3 3-5 4-5 0-10 0-3 1-3 5-3 4-5 ot 3-2 4-2 4-0 0-4 4-3 ot 4-2 3-0 4-1 1-9 4-5 ot
* College Hockey America (CHA) game % CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama ^ Anchorage (AK) Johnson Nissan Classic & Mass-Lowell City of Lights Tournament # Radisson Inn Classic at USAFA HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORERS: Scott Bradley, 13 goals, 25 assists, 38 points; Brian Gornick, 13 goals, 25 assists, 38 points
2000-01
(16-17-4, 6-9-4 CHA)
Oct. 8 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 12
CALGARY (exh) AMERICAN INTERNAT’L AMERICAN INTERNAT’L vs. Fairfield% vs. Quinnipiac% NIAGARA* NIAGARA* FINDLAY* FINDLAY* AUGSBURG AUGSBURG
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4-2 4-2 8-2 5-2 2-3 2-3 ot 2-2 ot 3-4 ot 3-1 4-1 7-1
Nov. 17 at Wayne State* 4-3 Nov. 18 at Wayne State* 2-5 Dec. 1 at Colorado College (#7) 1-4 Dec. 3 BEMIDJI STATE* 3-0 Dec. 8 ST. MICHAEL’S& 11-2 Dec. 9 RIT& 3-4 Dec. 29 Denver$ 2-5 Dec. 30 Ferris State$ 2-3 Jan. 5 CONNECTICUT 3-0 Jan. 6 CONNECTICUT 2-1 Jan. 12 at Bemidji State* 4-4 ot Jan. 13 at Bemidji State* 5-4 ot Jan. 19 at Alabama-Huntsville* 0-4 Jan. 20 at Alabama-Huntsville* 3-5 Feb. 2 WAYNE STATE* 1-1 ot Feb. 3 WAYNE STATE* 2-1 Feb. 9 at Findlay* 2-5 Feb. 10 at Findlay* 3-7 Feb. 16 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 4-5 ot Feb. 17 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 2-4 Feb. 23 at Niagara* 5-2 Feb. 24 at Niagara* 1-1 ot Mar. 2 ARMY 2-5 Mar. 3 ARMY 4-3 Mar. 8 ^vs. Findlay 2-1 Mar. 9 ^vs. Alabama-Huntsville 0-7 Mar. 10 ^vs. Niagara 1-2 * College Hockey America (CHA) Game % at Quinnipiac Cup Tourn., Hamden, Conn. & Radisson Inn Hockey Classic at Air Force $ at Denver Cup in Denver, Colo. ^ CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Andy Berg, 16 goals, 21 assists, 37 points
2001-02
(16-16-2, 6-10-2 CHA)
Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 25 Jan. 27
at AK-Fairbanks at AK-Fairbanks FAIRFIELD FAIRFIELD HOLY CROSS HOLY CROSS USA UNDER 18 (EXH.) at Ala.-Huntsville* at Ala.-Huntsville* WAYNE STATE* WAYNE STATE* Hull, England (Exh.) Milton-Keynes, Eng. (Exh.) Peterborough, Eng. (Exh.) Coventry, England (Exh.) MANHATTANVILLE& NEW ENGLAND COLL.& at Army at Army vs. Bentley% vs. Holy Cross% at Findlay* at Findlay* at Wayne State* at Wayne State* BEMIDJI STATE* DENVER (No. 1) at Colorado College (No. 8) NIAGARA* (No. 20)
1-8 2-5 8-1 6-3 4-3 6-7 6-6 ot 0-2 1-3 4-7 3-5 5-0 4-6 6-2 8-3 6-3 9-2 4-2 5-4 6-1 5-1 2-4 2-4 3-4 5-3 2-4 1-2 1-8 0-4
Feb. 8 at Bemidji State* 1-5 Feb. 9 at Bemidji State* 2-2 ot Feb. 15 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 6-3 Feb. 16 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 6-5 Feb. 22 at Niagara* 3-3 ot Feb. 23 at Niagara* 4-1 Mar. 1 FINDLAY* 4-3 Mar. 2 FINDLAY* 5-1 Mar. 14 vs. Niagara@ 5-3 Mar. 15 vs. Wayne State@ 1-3 *College Hockey America (CHA) game & Radisson Inn Classic at USAFA % UConn/SNET Classic in Storrs, Conn. @ CHA Tournament in Niagara, N.Y. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Derek Olson, 21 goals, 18 assists, 39 points
2002-03
(10-24-3, 2-15-3 CHA)
Oct. 4 #vs. Miami (OH) 1-12 Oct. 5 #vs. Niagara 3-7 Oct. 13 UNIV. OF WINDSOR (EXH.)9-1 Oct. 18 at Holy Cross 6-4 Oct. 19 at Holy Cross 2-7 Oct. 25 BENTLEY 5-2 Oct. 26 BENTLEY 6-2 Nov. 1 *at Niagara 5-2 Nov. 2 *at Niagara 2-6 Nov. 15 *at Alabama-Huntsville 2-4 Nov. 16 *at Alabama-Huntsville 2-5 Nov. 22 *FINDLAY 5-6 Nov. 24 *FINDLAY 6-2 Nov. 29 COLORADO COLLEGE 0-7 Nov. 30 at Denver 0-7 Dec. 6 WISCONSIN-STOUT& 6-2 Dec. 7 AUGSBURG& 4-2 Dec. 28 at Fairfield 5-4 Dec. 29 at Fairfield 0-3 Jan. 4 *WAYNE STATE 2-2 ot Jan. 5 *WAYNE STATE 3-5 Jan. 10 *NIAGARA 1-6 Jan. 11 *NIAGARA 2-3 Jan. 18 ARMY 1-2 Jan. 19 ARMY 1-2 Jan. 24 *at Bemidji State 2-4 Jan. 25 *at Bemidji State 3-5 Jan. 31 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-2 ot Feb. 1 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 1-3 Feb. 14 QUINNIPIAC 5-4 Feb. 15 QUINNIPIAC 6-2 Feb. 21 *at Findlay 1-1 ot Feb. 22 *at Findlay 1-3 Feb. 28 *at Wayne State 2-3 Mar. 1 *at Wayne State 3-4 Mar. 7 *BEMIDJI STATE 0-5 Mar. 8 *BEMIDJI STATE 0-2 Mar. 14 ^vs. Wayne State 2-4 * College Hockey America (CHA) game # Lefty McFadden Tourn. in Dayton, Ohio & Radisson North Classic at USAFA ^ CHA Tournament in Kearney, Neb. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Andy Berg, 22 goals, 18 assists, 40 points
Scores vs. Opponents 2003-04
(14-21-2, 6-13-1 CHA)
Oct. 10 #vs. Bentley 4-2 Oct. 11 #at Quinnipiac 3-4 ot Oct. 12 British Columbia (exh) 8-6 Oct. 17 $at Alaska Anchorage 4-5 Oct. 18 $vs. Miami-Ohio (#21) 2-0 Oct. 24 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 5-1 Oct. 25 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 5-1 Oct. 31 *at Alabama-Huntsville 1-5 Nov. 1 *at Alabama-Huntsville 4-6 Nov. 7 at Bentley 4-3 Nov. 8 at Bentley 4-3 Nov. 21 *NIAGARA 2-3 ot Nov. 22 *NIAGARA 2-5 Nov. 28 at Colorado College (#5) 2-4 Nov. 29 %DENVER (#10) 2-4 Dec. 5 *at Findlay 1-1 ot Dec. 6 *at Findlay 5-2 Dec. 7 at USA Under 18 Team (exh) 2-4 Dec. 28 &vs. Sacred Heart^ 2-2 ot Dec. 29 &at UConn 0-1 Jan. 2 *at Bemidji State 1-3 Jan. 3 *at Bemidji State ! 1-5 Jan. 8 *WAYNE STATE 5-2 Jan. 10 *WAYNE STATE 2-3 Jan. 16 at Army (CSTV) 3-4 Jan. 17 at Army 3-0 Jan. 23 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 3-1 Jan. 24 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-6 Feb. 6 *FINDLAY 2-5 Feb. 7 *FINDLAY 2-1 Feb. 13 HOLY CROSS (#18) 4-8 Feb. 14 HOLY CROSS (#18) 5-2 Feb. 20 *at Niagara 1-4 Feb. 21 *at Niagara 1-5 Feb. 27 *BEMIDJI STATE 4-7 Feb. 28 *BEMIDJI STATE 1-9 Mar. 5 *at Wayne State 6-4 Mar. 6 *at Wayne State 3-1 Mar. 12 @vs. Findlay 1-9 # Quinnipiac Cup in Hamden, Conn. $ Nye Frontier Classic in Anchorage, Alaska * College Hockey America (CHA) game @ CHA Tournament in Kearney, Neb. % 2004 National Champions & SNET/UConn Tournament in Storrs, Conn. ^ AFA advanced to championship game after winning shootout on Zacour’s goal ! Game played in Coleraine, Minn. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Spanky Leonard, 11 goals, 16 assists, 27 points
2004-05
(14-19-3, 5-14-1 CHA)
Oct. 10 Oct. 15 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 24 Oct. 29 Oct. 30 Nov. 12 Nov. 14 Nov. 19
WINDSOR (EXH) #vs. Bentley #vs. American International &COLO. COLLEGE (Alt) QUINNIPIAC at Holy Cross at Holy Cross *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *at Robert Morris
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3-2 ot 2-2 ot 4-0 1-4 4-0 2-2 ot 2-5 2-6 1-4 5-0
Nov. 20 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Jan. 1 Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 11 Mar. 12
*at Robert Morris $vs. Sacred Heart $at RPI *WAYNE STATE *WAYNE STATE at American International at American International %at Denver (FSNRM) % vs. Colgate *at Bemidji State *at Bemidji State ARMY (CSTV National) ARMY *at Niagara *at Niagara *ROBERT MORRIS *ROBERT MORRIS *at Alabama-Huntsville *at Alabama-Huntsville *NIAGARA *NIAGARA *at Wayne State *at Wayne State (Comcast) *BEMIDJI STATE *BEMIDJI STATE vs. +Wayne State vs. +Bemidji St.
2-1 ot 3-2 ot 1-0 2-1 2-3 5-4 2-0 4-9 0-3 2-4 3-4 ot 5-2 2-1 2-3 0-3 4-2 1-2 1-3 3-2 2-5 3-5 1-5 3-3 ot 1-4 1-4 4-3 ot 0-6
*College Hockey America (CHA) game # at Quinnipiac Cup in Hamden, Conn. $ RPI Tournament in Troy, N.Y. % Denver Cup Tournament at Magness Arena & Game televised regionally on Altitude Sports + CHA Tournament in Grand Rapids, Minn. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Brandon Merkosky, 14 goals, 17 assists, 31 points
2005-06
(11-20-1, 8-12-0 CHA)
Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 Oct. 21 Oct. 22 Oct 28 Oct 29 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan 20 Jan 21 Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb 10 Feb 11 Feb. 13
#Maine (#11) #Union LAKEHEAD (exh) %Bentley %RIT DENVER (#9) at Colorado College (#4) *BEMIDJI ST. (#15) *BEMIDJI ST. (#15) at Army at Army ^at Bad Tolz, Germany ^at Rosenheim, Germany *WAYNE STATE *WAYNE STATE RIT RIT *at Alabama-Huntsville *at Alabama-Huntsville *NIAGARA *NIAGARA *at Bemidji State *at Bemidji State *at Robert Morris *at Robert Morris *at Niagara *at Niagara at RIT
1-3 9-2 2-2 ot 1-3 2-5 2-4 3-6 4-3 1-2 0-3 3-4 ot 7-2 4-1 3-4 7-6 3-2 2-2 ot 2-3 3-6 5-4 ot 2-7 2-5 3-5 2-5 2-3 3-2 2-6 3-2 ot
Feb. 17 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 3-1 Feb. 18 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 5-0 Feb 24 *ROBERT MORRIS 2-3 ot Feb 25 *ROBERT MORRIS 1-5 Mar. 3 *at Wayne State 3-1 Mar. 4 *at Wayne State 5-3 Mar. 10 $ vs. Robert Morris 3-4 *College Hockey America conference game #Icebreaker Tournament at C.S. World Arena %Quinnipiac Cup in Northford, Conn. $ CHA Tournament in Detroit, Mich. ^ Exhibition games played in Germany HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Eric Ehn, 14 goals, 21 assists, 35 points
2006-07
(19-16-5, 13-10-5 AHA)
Oct. 2 UNIV.OF CALGARY (exh.) 4-2 Oct. 6 #13 COLO. COLLEGE 1-2 Oct. 8 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-3 Oct. 13 at Alaska-Fairbanks 0-3 Oct. 14 at Alaska-Fairbanks 4-8 Oct. 20 *BENTLEY 5-1 Oct. 21 *BENTLEY 5-6 Oct. 27 &vs. UAH 7-5 Oct. 28 &vs. Notre Dame (#11) 0-2 Nov. 3 *RIT 3-0 Nov. 4 *RIT 4-4 ot Nov. 11 *at Canisius 5-3 Nov. 12 *at Canisius 1-4 Nov. 17 *AIC 6-1 Nov. 19 *AIC 3-0 Nov. 24 at Denver 1-2 Nov. 26 ROBERT MORRIS 4-3 Dec. 1 *SACRED HEART 3-3 ot Dec. 2 *SACRED HEART 1-1 ot Dec. 7 *at UConn 4-2 Dec. 8 *at UConn 5-7 Jan. 5 *at Mercyhurst 5-3 Jan. 6 *at Mercyhurst 3-1 Jan. 12 *at Holy Cross 2-2 ot Jan. 13 *at Holy Cross 2-2 ot Jan. 19 *ARMY 4-1 Jan. 20 *ARMY (CSTV) 0-2 Jan. 26 *at Bentley 1-3 Jan. 27 *at Bentley 2-0 Feb. 2 *MERCYHURST 5-7 Feb. 3 *MERCYHURST 2-3 ot Feb. 9 *at RIT 4-5 Feb. 10 *at RIT 1-2 Feb. 16 *CANISIUS 2-4 Feb. 17 *CANISIUS 5-0 Feb. 23 *at AIC 6-2 Feb. 24 *at AIC 5-1 Mar. 10 %HOLY CROSS 3-0 Mar. 16 ^vs. Sacred Heart 5-4 ot Mar. 17 ^vs. Army 6-1 Mar. 24 @vs. #2 Minnesota (ESPNU) 3-4 *Atlantic Hockey Association game & Lightning Hockey Classic in Tampa, Fla. % AHA Quarterfinal game at USAFA ^ AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y. @ NCAA West Regional in Denver, Colo. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Eric Ehn, 24 goals, 40 assists, 64 points
Scores vs. Opponents 2007-08
(21-12-6, 14-9-5 AHA) Oct. 8 Oct. 13 Oct. 19 Oct. 20 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan 25 Jan 27 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb 29 Mar. 1 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 29
UNIV. CALGARY (Exh) USA Under 18 (Exh) QUINNIPIAC (#14) QUINNIPIAC (#14) *at Bentley *at Bentley *MERCYHURST *MERCYHURST *at RIT *at RIT *UCONN *UCONN *HOLY CROSS *HOLY CROSS *at AIC *at AIC *CANISIUS *CANISIUS & Boston College (#14) & Minnesota (#12) *at Sacred Heart *at Sacred Heart *RIT *RIT DENVER (#4) (FSN-RM) at Colorado College (#3) *at Army (CSTV) *at Army (ESPN U) *BENTLEY *BENTLEY *at Mercyhurst *at Mercyhurst *at Canisius *at Canisius *AIC *AIC %Bentley %Bentley ^vs. RIT ^vs. Mercyhurst @ vs. Miami(#2)
4-1 4-3 4-1 3-1 0-4 3-1 3-5 6-2 2-1 ot 3-4 3-2 2-3 ot 3-1 5-5 ot 6-3 4-2 3-3 ot 3-3 ot 2-8 2-2 ot 1-2 3-1 5-2 3-4 ot 5-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 4-4 ot 3-1 1-3 7-0 3-0 4-3 2-2 ot 5-0 9-2 3-1 5-0 5-4 2ot 2-3 ot
*Atlantic Hockey Association game & Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. % AHA Quarterfinal game at USAFA ^ AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y. @ NCAA Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORERS: Brent Olson, 18 goals, 20 assists, 38 points. Jeff Hajner 15 goals, 23 assists, 38 points
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2008-09
(28-11-2, 20-6-2 AHA) Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 13 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Mar. 27 Mar. 28
Alberta (exh.) *at Sacred Heart *at Sacred Heart Bemidji State Bemidji State *at AIC *at AIC *Bentley *Bentley *at Holy Cross *at Holy Cross *Sacred Heart *Sacred Heart #3 Colorado College at #9 Denver *RIT *RIT *at UConn$ vs. Quinnipiac$ *at UConn at Yale *Canisius *Canisius *Army *Army *at Mercyhurst *at Mercyhurst *UConn *UConn *at Bentley *at Bentley *Holy Cross *Holy Cross *at RIT *at RIT Sacred Heart^ Sacred Heart^ Sacred Heart^ vs. Bentley# vs. Mercyhurst& vs. #3 Michigan @ vs. #10 Vermont@
3-1 4-1 4-3 ot 6-2 6-0 5-2 3-1 5-1 8-2 1-0 ot 5-1 8-1 7-1 4-1 1-4 2-0 2-3 ot 2-2 ot 2-4 4-3 2-3 4-5 2-4 5-1 3-2 4-4 ot 2-3 ot 3-2 4-1 3-2 1-4 4-3 3-2 4-6 3-1 4-3 1-4 8-1 3-0 2-0 2-0 2-3 (2ot)
*Atlantic Hockey Association game $ Toyota UConn Classic in Storrs, Conn. ^ AHA Quarterfinals at USAFA # AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y. & AHA Championship, Rochester, N.Y. @ NCAA East Regional, Bridgeport, Conn. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Jacques Lamoureux, 33 goals, 20 assists, 53 points
2009-10
(16-15-6, 14-8-6) AHA) Oct. 5 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Dec. 4 Dec. 5 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 19
Calgary (exh.) at Bemidji State at Bemidji State Alabama-Huntsville Alabama-Huntsville *RIT *RIT *at Canisius *at Canisius *Bentley *Bentley *at Holy Cross *at Holy Cross *at UConn *at UConn *AIC *AIC *Mercyhurst *Mercyhurst *at Sacred Heart *at Sacred Heart *UConn (CBS C) *UConn *at Bentley *at Bentley *Holy Cross *Holy Cross *at Army *at Army at Colorado College (#10) Denver (FSN-RM) (#2) *at RIT *at RIT *Sacred Heart *Sacred Heart Army& Army & vs. Sacred Heart%
3-1 1-3 3-7 2-4 2-4 5-4 3-2 ot 1-3 4-1 3-3 ot 3-0 1-0 2-2 ot 2-2 ot 3-1 5-3 6-2 3-3 ot 1-3 1-4 1-5 2-1 2-2 ot 6-3 3-0 4-6 4-3 ot 2-4 3-3 ot 0-2 1-2 ot 2-3 ot 0-3 6-3 8-1 3-0 4-2 1-2
*Atlantic Hockey Association game & AHA Quarterfinals at USAFA %AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Jacques Lamoureux, 22 goals, 20 assists, 42 points
Championship Seasons
2007 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference Champions
The 2006-07 season is one that will not be forgotten soon.
Air Force was in its first season of competition in the Atlantic Hockey Association after seven years in College Hockey America. That was only the tip of the iceberg. The Falcons claimed their first-ever conference championship, first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, first winning season playing an all-Division I schedule (19-16-5), first winning record in conference play (1310-5), first service academy to win a conference title and compete in the NCAA Hockey Tournament, first-ever All-American (Eric Ehn second-team AHCA), first-ever Hobey Baker finalist (Ehn finished in final three), first player ever selected to the Frozen Four Skills Competition (Andrew Ramsey) and the first finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS award for leadership, character and academics (Billy Devoney was a first-team Lowe's Front Row: Peter Foster, Eric Ehn, Theo Zacour, Andrew Ramsey, Lt. Andy Berg (asst. coach), Brian Gineo, All-American). Frank Serratore (head coach), Billy Devoney, Mike Corbett (asst. coach), Brian Reese, Jay Medenwaldt, The season was one of many ups and Mike Phillipich, Ben Worker. downs as the overall record hovered around Second Row: Ian Harper, Greg Flynn, Michael Johnson, Lt. Col. Chris Rein (officer representative), Maj. the .500 mark for most of the year. AFA won Eric Nelson (team doctor), Lt. Col. Russ Adelgren (officer representative), Robert Rush (equipment manjust three of its first eight games. However, ager), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Dave Toller (media after a sweep at Mercyhurst, the Falcons were relations), Lt. Col. Steve Fraser (officer representative), Bryan Becker, Michael Mayra, Andrew Volkening. 11-8-5 overall in early January. Back Row: David Martinson, Frank Schiavone, Josh Print, Matt Fairchild, Jeff Hajner, Josh Frider, Brett A five-game losing skid dropped the team’s Nylander, Matt Charbonneau, Josh Schaffer, Brandon Johnson, Brent Olson. record to 13-15-5 with just three regular-seaN.Y., the Falcons needed overtime to beat topThe big stage, the media attention, the large son games remaining. seeded Sacred Heart in the semifinals. AFA led crowd and the daunting opponent did not bother The Falcons rebounded to win the final three 3-1 in the third period, but the Pioneers took a 4the Falcons whatsoever. AFA scored first as Jeff regular-season games over Canisius and Ameri3 lead late in the third. After pulling the goalie, Hajner netted his 13th of the season midway can International. The momentum carried over defenseman Billy Devoney scored with 54 secthrough the first period. Volkening was stellar in into the AHA Tournament as the Falcons blanked onds left to tie the game. Then, in overtime, Josh the net and the Falcons entered the first intermisHoly Cross, 3-0, at the Academy in the quarterfiPrint tipped in a point shot by Greg Flynn to send sion with a 1-0 lead. Minnesota tied the game in nals. the Falcons into the championship game. the second, but the Falcons answered as Ramsey Then, at the AHA Final Four in Rochester, scored on the power-play with 37 seconds left in The opponent was none other than service the second period. academy rival Army. The game was arguably the biggest in Academy history. Not only was it for Early in the third period, freshman Brett Nybragging rights in the military world, but a conlander scored on a wrap-around goal and the Falference championship and NCAA bid were on cons had a 3-1 lead. With just over eight minutes the line. remaining, the Falcons clung to the two-goal advantage. After a scoreless first period, Mike Phillipich and Andrew Ramsey scored for a 2-0 lead in the However, the clock was about to strike midsecond period. Freshman goalie Andrew Volkennight on Cinderella. Minnesota scored three ing stopped 18 Black Knight shots in the first 40 goals in a span of 3:36 and escaped with a 4-3 minutes and was flawless in the crease. Air Force win over the Falcons. exploded for four goals in the third period for a The loss ended the Falcons’ championship 6-1 win. Phillipich was named the tournament's season, but the memories of the team’s first conMVP while Devoney and Volkening were named ference title and NCAA berth will last a lifetime. to the all-tourney team. The win propelled the Falcons into the NCAA Tournament and a meeting with the tournament's No. 1 seed, Minnesota, at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
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Championship Seasons
2008 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference Champions
Coming off of a league title in 2006-07, the Air Force hockey poster for the 2007-08 season read “A Championship Foundation.” Those words could not have been more prophetic as Air Force defended its championship by winning its second consecutive title and returning to the NCAA Tournament. Air Force finished the 2007-08 season with an overall record of 21-12-6. The 21 wins are the most Division I victories in school history and marked the first back-toback winning seasons in school history. A nine-game unbeaten streak, the longest in the nation at the time, ended with a 3-2 overtime loss at the NCAA Northeast Regional to Miami, the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament. Air Force claimed some big victories along the way, including a sweep of 14thranked Quinnipiac in the season-opening series.
Front Row: Andrew Volkening, Josh Schaffer, Frank Schiavone, Capt. Andy Berg (assistant coach), Matt Charbonneau, Frank Serratore (head coach), Mike Phillipich, Mike Corbett (assistant coach), Eric Ehn, In the first half of the season, the Falcons Josh Print, Ian Harper. Second Row: Greg Flynn, Derrick Burnett, Brad Sellers, Brent Olson, Dave Toller (athletic communicasettled for numerous ties in games that could tions), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Lt. Col Chris Rein (officer representative), Larry Cronk (penalty have been victories. However, one tie in parbox manager), Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Roger McFarland (blue line club), Bryan ticular, was a great one. In the consolation Becker (undergraduate assistant), Jacques Lamoureux, Tim Krystosek, Michael Johnson, Michael Mayra. game of the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mari- Third Row: Brandon Johnson, Scott Kozlak, Sean Bertsch, Blake Page, Matt Becker, Josh Frider, Brett Nyucci Arena in Minneapolis, the Falcons tied lander, Owen Kelly, Jeff Hajner, Matt Fairchild, Kevin Wright.
12th-ranked Minnesota, 2-2, on the Gophers’ home ice.
Three weeks later, fourth-ranked Denver came to town having won 19 straight over Air Force dating back to 1980. The Falcons got the monkey off their back with a convincing 5-2 victory, tying the highest ranked team Air Force has ever defeated. Matt Fairchild tallied his first career hat trick and Andrew Volkening stopped 29 of 31 shots.
The next night, 2007 All-American Eric Ehn suffered a fractured left fibula and significant ligament damage in his ankle in a 2-1 loss at Colorado College. It took some time for the Falcons to regroup, but the train was soon back on the track. A 7-0 win over Mercyhurst on Feb. 9 started a ninegame unbeaten streak, which was the longest in the nation. Air Force was the No. 3 seed in the AHA tournament and hosted eighth-seeded Bentley in a best-of-three playoff series. The Falcons of Bentley were no match for the Falcons of Air Force, as the home team swept the series, 9-2 and 3-1. Air Force was one of five teams to advance to the AHA Final Five in Rochester and the Falcons were scheduled to face secondseeded RIT in their hometown. Air Force silenced the partisan RIT crowd with a 5-0 win in the semifinals as Olson scored two goals and Volkening posted his fourth shutout in his last eight games. The win sent the Falcons to the championship game to face fifth-seeded Mercyhurst, a team playing its third game in as many days. An exciting game see-sawed back and forth until Josh Frider scored with 8:30 left in the
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third to tie the game at 4-4. The game remaining tied until Frider netted the game-winner 56 seconds into the second overtime, lifting the Falcons to the tournament title and a return trip to the NCAAs. Olson was named the MVP of the tournament with five points in the two games. Two weeks later, the Falcons were back on the ice at the NCAA Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass., to face top-seeded Miami, the No. 2 overall seed and the top scoring team in the nation. The game got off to an inauspicious start for Air Force as the RedHawks scored on the first shift of the game and had a 1-0 lead 19 seconds into the contest. However, the Falcons came roaring back in the second period to take a 2-1 lead on goals by Derrick Burnett and Josh Print. Miami tied the game with a power-play goal with 6:16 remaining and then scored the game-winner just under five minutes into overtime. For the second consecutive year, the Falcons’ season ended in the first game at the NCAA Regional after having a heavily-favored opponent on the ropes in the third period. Despite the disappointment at the time, the team’s accomplishments could not be forgotten.
Championship Seasons
2009 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference Champions
When the 2007-08 season concluded with an overtime loss to second-ranked Miami in the NCAA Tournament, the returning players all said they wanted more. It wasn’t good enough. “As much as we accomplished, it’s not enough,” said goaltender Andrew Volkening after the 2007-08 season. “I want to keep going up.” Many fans raised an eyebrow, or two, at those statements. The Falcons had just won 21 games, the most Division I wins in school history, earned their second consecutive conference championship, another trip to the NCAA Tournament and nearly knocked off the No. 2 team in all of college hockey.
More is what the 2008-09 Falcons delivered: a 28-11-2 overall record, the most wins in school history, the team’s first ever regular-season championship, the third straight Atlantic Hockey Association tournament title, a thirdconsecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, the program’s first ever win in the NCAAs and a trip to the Elite Eight.
Front Row (left to right): Andrew Volkening, Greg Flynn, Jeff Hajner, Capt. Andy Berg (asst. coach), Mike Phillipich, Frank Serratore (head coach), Brent Olson, Mike Corbett (asst. coach), Josh Frider, Michael Mayra, Tim Krystosek. Air Force started the season with a giant bull’s Middle Row: Tim Kirby, Greg Burgdoerfer, Jacques Lamoureux, Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Jeff Kipp (strength coach), Lt. Col. Dr. Eric Nelson (team physician), Larry Cronk (off-ice offieye on its back. Not only were the Falcons the two-time AHA champions, but the coaches picked cial), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Dave Toller (sports information), Lt. Col. Keith Bishop (officer representative), Brad Sellers, Scott Mathis, Derrick Burnett. Air Force first in the preseason poll. Back Row: Brandon Johnson, Scott Kozlak, Matt Becker, Paul Weisgarber, Sean Bertsch, Stephen Caple, The target didn’t seem to bother the Falcons Brett Nylander, Blake Page, Matt Fairchild, Kevin Wright, Mark Williams. early in the season as Air Force rolled to 13 consecutive wins and a No. 10 ranking in the national season game at RIT to share the title with the Tigers history of college hockey, the Michigan Wolverines. polls, both school records. and that is just what the Falcons got. in a 3-1 victory The top-seeded Wolverines, ranked third in the naWin number 13 came against a team that the Falto earn the top seed in the tournament. tion, boasted 13 NHL draft choices. However, it was cons had not defeated in 24 years, third-ranked ColAir Force’s first-team all-league choices that led the In the league quarterfinal best-of-three series, the orado College. After a 4-1 win over the Tigers at way. Volkening stopped all 43 shots he faced, Flynn Falcons hosted No. 8-seed Sacred Heart, but the sehome, the streak ended with a 3-1 loss at ninthries was much closer than the many fans anticipated. assisted on both goals and Lamoureux scored AFA’s ranked DU. The loss put the Falcons in a bit of a second goal of the game as the Falcons earned a 2-0 Air Force scored late to earn a 4-3 win in the first tailspin, posting just a 4-7-2 record through Decemwin for the program’s first ever NCAA win. Derrick game, but Sacred Heart won game two, 4-1, forcing ber and January. Burnett scored the first goal of the game, the evena deciding third game. tual game-winner. As has been the case the past three years, the FalAir Force left no doubt in the rubber match as cons flipped the switch in February, going 6-2 in the The win sent Air Force to its first-ever Elite Greg Flynn scored the first two goals of the game month. Air Force needed a win in the final regularEight and a matchup vs. 10th-ranked Vermont. The and cruised to an 8-1 victory and a trip to the AHA winner would earn a spot in the Frozen Four in Final Four in Rochester, N.Y. Washington D.C. Freshman Paul Weisgarber broke In the AHA semifinal game, Matt Fairchild a scoreless tie in the second period, but Vermont scored two goals and Volkening stopped all 26 shots scored two goals midway through the third for a 2-1 he faced in a 3-0 blanking of Bentley. The win sent lead. Air Force came back to tie the game at 11:18 the Falcons back to the championship game, setting on Sean Bertsch’s goal. Neither team scored during up a rematch of last years’ title game with Mercythe rest of regulation or the first overtime. In the sechurst. This game was not nearly the epic of the preond overtime, Vermont defenseman Dan Lawson vious season as the Falcons held the No. 2 scoring took a slap shot from the point at the 14:10 mark team in the nation without a goal in a 2-0 victory. and play continued for nearly two minutes. Upon Lamoureux and Fairchild scored and Volkening the first whistle, the play was under video review made 25 saves in the game. and, after a 12-minute delay; the shot was ruled a The third consecutive league championship sent goal as the puck went through the net ending the the Falcons back to the NCAA Tournament, a place Falcons’ season. where this team had some unfinished business. The loss was tough to swallow, especially being Who would be the Falcons’ opponent at the Big one shot from going to the Frozen Four, but the Dance? 2008-09 season proved the Falcons were truly one of the best teams in the nation. None other than the most storied program in the
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All-Time Letterwinners Anders, Jace 2002, 99 00 01 02 Andersen, James 1986, 84 85 86 Anderson, William 1983, 81 82 83 84 Anzelc, John 1989, 86 87 88 89 Artman, Eric 2013, 10 Asbell, Stephen R. 1978, 75 76 77 78 Bader, Matt, 2006, 03 04 05 06 Banks, Jeff 1989, 86 87 88 89 Barker, James H. 1977, 74 Barlow, Jeff 1994, 91 92 93 Barner, Neil 2002, 99 Batinich, Gary M. 1978, 75 76 77 78 Bazzachini, John 1981, 78 Becker, Bryan, 2008, 05 06 07 Becker, Matt 2011, 08 09 10 Beckman, Jason 1992, 89 Benson, Billy 1994, 91, 92 Benson, Mike 1995, 93 94 95 Berg, Andy 2003, 00 01, 02, 03 Berg, Scott 1978, 77 78 Bertsch, Sean 2011, 08 09 10 Bilek, Beau 1995, 92 93 94 95 Bingaman, John F. 1979, 76 77 78 79 Blank, Mike 1991, 88 89 90 91 Bogosian, Mark 1983, 82 Bosner, David 2013, 10 Bradley, Scott 2001, 98 99 00 01 Brandabur, Thomas 1980, 77 Brill, Michael 1986, 82 Broderick, Sean 2001, 98 99 00 01 Brown, Erik 1995, 92 93 94 95 Brunkow, James A. 1987, 84 85 86 87 Bucki, Mark A. 1986, 83 84 85 86 Bunker, David C. 1974, 71 72 73 74 Burgdorfer, Greg 2012, 09 Burger, Robert D. 1973, 71 Burnett, Derrick 2011, 08 09 10
Carmichael, Patrick M. 1974, 72 Carrano, Mike 2005, 02 03 Caple, Stephen 2012, 09 10 Carew, Stephen 2013, 10 Chapman, Joe 1987, 84 85 86 87 Charbonneau, Matt, 2009, 05 06 07 08 Chartrand, Steve 1990, 87 Christy, Deron 1993, 90 91 92 93 Cohen, Phil 2004, 01 Connelly, Brendan 2002, 99 00 Connors, Jeffrey 1984, 81 82 Cook, Steve, 2006, 03 Courtney, T.J. 1993, 90 91 92 93 Curphy, Gordon J. 1978, 75 76 77 78 DaCosta, Tony 1997, 95 97 Daldine, Frank R. 1986, 83 84 85 86 Dallas, Greg 1990, 88 Davies, Dan 1999, 96 97 98 99 Decker, John 1995, 92 93 94 95 DeGironimo, Mark 1996, 93 94 95 96 De Laurell, Kyle 2013, 10
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Delich, Charles R. 1977, 74 75 76 77 Delich, Joe 1989, 86 87 88 89 DesRoche, Mike 1998, 95 96 97 98 Devaney, Robert E. 1982, 81 82 Devoney, William, 2007, 04 05 06 07 Donovan, Richard C. 1983, 81 82 Doyle, Joe 1989, 86 87 88 89 Drake, Michael L. 1982, 80 81 82 Drew, Jeron C. 1982, 79 80 Droppo, Gerald W. 1973, 70 71 72 Ducharme, Jay 1986, 84 85 86 Durham, Danny 2013, 10
Ingraham, Cal 1993, 90 Ingraham, Robert 1993, 90 91 92 93
Ehn, Eric, 2009, 05 06 07 08 Erickson, Daniel P. 1982, 79 Evancevich, Charles 1981, 78 79 80 81
Kartarik, Mark H. 1978, 75 Kelley, Owen 2011, 08 Keough, Mike 2000, 97 98 99 00 Kieffer, Justin 1999, 96 97 98 99 Kielb, Pat, 1997, 94 95 96 97 Kielkucki, Marc 2001, 98 99 00 01 Kilbride, Pat J. 1983, 83 Kirby, Tim 2012, 0910 Klimek, John P. 1987, 84 85 86 87 Klimek, Steven A. 1980, 77 78 Knaeble, Mike, 2006, 03 04 05 06 Kochanski, Don J. 1985, 83 84 85 Koelling, John H. 1975, 73 74 75 Kolstad, William R. 1976, 73 Kozlak, Scott 2011, 08 09 10 Kozlowski, Buck 2004, 01 02 03 04 Kramer, Joe 1999, 97 98 99 Kriz, George 1995, 93 94 Kruse, John 2013, 10 Kyrstosek, Tim 2012, 09
Fairbrother, Edward F. Jr. 1976, 73 Fairchild, Lawrence (Matt), 2010, 07 08 09 10 Faust, Jeffrey 1981, 78 79 80 Federighe, Terry J. 1986, 83 Fleury, Robert D. 1971, 69 Flynn, Greg, 2009, 06 07 08 09 Foster, Peter, 2007, 04 05 06 07 Fransdal, Kyle 2003, 00 01 02 03 Frider, Josh 2009, 06 07 08 09 Gallagher, Brett 1992, 90 91 92 Gineo, Brian 2007, 04 05 06 07 Giusto, John W. 1996, 93 Goodley, David, 2006, 03 Gornick, Brian 2002, 99 00 01, 02 Grafstrom, Nels 2000, 97 98 99 00 Grant, Hoyt S. III 1983, 80 Greene, Daniel 1991, 89 90 91 Gregoire, Jeremy 1998, 95 Gronseth, Philip W. 1975, 73 74 75 Gutterman, Greg 1989, 87 88 89 Haataja, Rob 1991, 88 89 90 91 Haberlach, John 1998, 95 96 97 98 Hagland, Tate 1998, 95 Hajner, Jeff, 2010, 07 08 09 10 Hall, Steven J. 1971, 69 70 71 Hamilton, Justin 2003, 00 01 02 03 Hanson, Jon D. 1972, 69 70 72 Harper, Ian, 2009, 05, 06 07 08 Hartje, Tim D. 1986, 83 84 85 86 Hasbargen, Allen 2000, 97 98 Hedblom, Jon J. 1980, 79 80 Henehan, Michael A 1973, 70 71 72 73 Hennings, Gary L. 1979, 77 78 Heppner, Willard J. 1972, 69 70 High, Jeremy 2003, 00 01 Hilfer, Paul 1999, 96 97 98 Hoene, Peter 1980, 78 79 80 Howe, Scott 2005, 02
Javorski, Joe 1995, 92 93 94 95 Jirele, Jim 1989, 87 88 89 Johnson, Brandon 2010, 07 08 09 10 Johnson, Dan R. 1985, 83 84 85 Johnson, Douglas M. 1972, 69 70 71 72 Johnson, Michael 2010, 07, 08 Jordan, Stephen B. 1973, 70 71 Jorgenson, James A. 1976, 73 Juhala, Charles (Chuck) 1989, 87
Lafortune, Todd 1997, 94 95 96 97 Lamoureux, Jacques 2011, 09 10 Landreth, Kent A. 1991, 88 89 90 Larson, Adam 2004, 01 03 04 Laushine, Steven 1980, 78 Lawrence, Tony 2002, 99 Leibbrand, David A. 1983, 80 81 82 83 Leibbrand, Douglas C. 1977, 74 75 76 77 Leonard, Jed “Spanky� 2004, 01 02 03 04 Leone, Daniel J. 1996, 93 94 95 96 Liebel, Darec, 1993, 92 93 Liebich, Mark C. 1992, 89 90 91 92 Ligday, Robert C. 1974, 72 Lind, Tony 1990, 88 Lloyd, Brad 1988, 87 88 Lloyd, Brian A. 1986, 84 85 86 Locallo, Joe 2004, 01 02 Lucca, Michael J. 1974, 71 72 73 74 Lund, Richard S. 1982, 79 80 Luukkonen, William J. 1979, 76 77 78 79 Lyons, John 1992, 90
Name, Graduation Year, Years Lettered
All-Time Letterwinners Mackey, James 1984, 81 82 83 84 Majewski, Mark 1992, 90 Manney, John (Leroy) 1988, 85 86 87 88 Manney, Mark T. 1983, 80 81 82 83 Mantaro, Jason 1992, 89 90 91 92 Marchand, Eric 1999, 96 97 Marsh, Jon 1999, 96 Martinez, David P. 1988, 85 Martinson, David 2010, 07 Mascetta, Jason 2002, 99 Masiello, Steve 1993, 91 92 Mason, Mike 1988, 87 88 Mathers, Michael D. 1971, 69 Mathis, Scott 2012, 09 10 Maturo, Steve 1997, 94 95 96 97 Mayra, Michael 2009, 06 07 08 09 McAlister, Dan 1995, 92 93 94 95 McChesney, Jeffrey A. 1979, 76 77 78 McCrea, Steve S. 1982, 79 McGuire, Mike 1999, 96 97 98 99 McManaman, Kevin 1989, 86 87 88 89 McNeal, Mike J. 1984, 83 McQuillan, Michael P. 1977, 75 Mead, Steve 2005, 02 03 04 05 Medenwaldt, Jay, 2007, 04 05 06 07 Mellum, Marlo D. 1975, 72 73 74 75 Merkosky, Brandon 2007, 04 05 Michaud, David 1996, 95, 96 Micheletti, Gerald F. 1975, 72 73 74 75 Miller, Ross 2005, 02 03 04 05 Mitchell, Chris 1996, 94 95 96 Moes, John 1988, 87 88 Moes, Steven J 1981, 80 Morrison, Charlie G. 1985, 83 Morrison, Robert A. 1975, 72 73 74 75 Morrow, Greyson B. 1973, 70 71 72 73 Mosley, Jay M. 1986, 84 85 86 Mullvain, Steven L. 1973, 70 71 72 73 Murray, Thomas M. 1972, 69 70 Nelson, Eric 1991, 90 91 Newman, Kim L. 1971, 69 70 71 Nightingale, Keith M. 1987, 84 85 86 87 Nistler, Noel 1990, 88 Northon, Paul 1995, 94 95 Nylander, Brett 2010, 07 08 09 10 O’Reilly, Billy 2001, 98 99 00 01 02 O’Shaughnessy, Terrence J. 1986, 84 85 86 Oberg, Erik 1998, 95 96 97 98 Olson, Brent, 2009, 06 07 08 09 Olson, Derek 2002, 99 00 0, 02 Ord, James 2001, 98 99 Page, Blake 2011, 08 09 10 Palmer, John R. 1980, 79 80 Parent, Mike 1991, 88 89 90 91 Pate, Bobby 2003, 00 Pedersen, Kevin B. 1976, 73 74 75 76 Pelletier, Seth, 2005, 02 03 04 05 Perrot, Thomas A. 1971, 69 70 71 Peters, Marcus 2001, 98 99
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Phillipich, Michael, 2009, 06 07 08 09 Polidor, Mike 2004, 01 02 03 04 Pond, Keith R. 1985, 83 Pribyl, Charles R. 1976, 73 74 75 76 Priewe, Josh 2005, 02 03 04 05 Print, Josh 2009, 05 06 07 08 Raduenz, Brian D. 1988, 85 87 Ramsey, Andrew 2007, 04 05 06 07 Randall, Daryl R. 1982, 79 81 82 83 Ratfield, Aaron 2000, 97 98 Reaney, Brian 2003, 00 01, 02, 03 Reese, Brian 2007, 04, 05, 06, 07 Retka, Tony 1994, 91 92 93 94 Rice, Eric 1993, 90 91 92 93 Richards, Thomas L. 1982, 79 80 81 82 Rimstad, John 1997, 96 Rintala, Bryson 2005, 02 Robideaux, Robin D. 1979, 76 77 78 79 Rodgers, Brian 2002, 99 00 01 02 Roe, Tony 1992, 90 91 92 Rohloff, Kurt 1990, 87 88 89 90 Ross, Roberts B. 1972, 69 70 71 72 Ryan, Patrick G. 1996, 93 94 95 96 Saari, Steven 1983, 81 82 83 Sajevic, Robert 1980, 77 78 79 80 Sandness, Pete 1997, 95 96 97 Saum, Shane 2004, 01 02 03 04 Sauve, Neil T. 1987, 85 86 Schaffer, Josh 2009, 05 06 07 08 Schiavone, Frank 2009, 05 06 07 08 Schmitz, Mark J. 1983, 81 82 Schubert, Neal L. 1986, 83 Scott, Justin 1997, 94 95 96 97 Sellers, Brad 2011, 08 09 10 Sellnow, Derek 1997, 96 97 Seminaro, Jeff 1991, 89 Senta, Frank 1978, 76 Shadbegian, Mark D. 1977, 76 77 Sheehan, Neil E. 1983, 81 Shelton, Scott 1999, 96 Shenk, Chad 2001, 98 99 Shenk, Peter, 2009, 05 06 Sikich, Zach 2005, 02 Skalko, David J. 1973, 70 71 72 73 Skalko, James P. 1974, 71 72 73 74 Skibinski, Mark 1991, 89 90 91 Smalley, Doug 1994, 91 92 94 Smellie, Mike 1980, 77 78 79 80 Smith, Ryan 2002, 99 00 01 02 Snyder, David M. 1978, 76 77 78 Spann, Scott 1994, 92 Spannbauer, David M. 1977, 74 75 76 77 Stangl, David P. 1973, 70 71 72 Starkey, Tom 2004, 01 02 03 04 Starkovich, Paul 1972, 69 Stewart, Robert E. Jr. 1970, 69 70 Stock, John 2003, 01 Strang, Carson, 2006, 03 Strong, Gordon R. 1978, 75 76 77 78 Stucki, Michael 2001, 98 99
Sullivan, John 1995, 92 93 94 Sullivan, Robert 1984, 82 83 Sundstrom, Jack 1987, 86 87 Talbot, Thomas J. 1979, 76 77 78 79 Tesar, Jake 2003, 00 01 02 03 Tetlow, Lewis T. 1969, 69 Thompson, Ryan 2001, 98 99 Tramonte, Matt 1993, 92 93 Travalent, Mike 1989, 87 88 89 Turnquist, Blake 2009, 05 06 Turnquist, Brooks, 2006, 03 04 05 06 Umland, Bruce D. 1984, 81 82 83 Uren, Thomas D. 1977, 74 76 77 Veneri, Andrew 1995, 92 93 94 95 Veneri, Mike 1991, 89 90 91 Verville, Jeff 1988, 86 87 Vineski, Robert D. 1981, 79 Volkening, Andrew 2010, 07 08 09 10 Walsh, Mike 2013, 10 Watson, Matt 1990, 87 88 89 90 Waugh, Thomas R. 1971, 69 Weida, Johnny A. 1978, 75 76 Weisgarber, Paul 2012, 09 10 Wey, Chris 2007, 04 05 Whitican, Frederick L. 1975, 72 73 74 75 Wiggins, Ryan 2005, 02 03 04 05 Williams, Mark 2012, 09 10 Worker, Ben 2008, 05, 06 07 Wright, Kevin 2011, 08 09 Yelle, John 1984, 81 82 Zacour, Theo 2007, 04 05 06 07 Zejdlik, Joel M. 1982, 80 Zejdlik, Todd N. 1975, 72 73 74 75 Zerkel, Kirk 2000, 97 98 99 00 Zimmerman, Will, 2006, 03 04 05 Zitzlsperger, Matt 2000, 97 98 99 00 Zuccaro, Tom M. 1985, 83 84 85 Zupancich, Thomas 1988, 85 86 87 88 Zurick, Jeff 2002, 99 00 01 02 Zwiers, Scott 2003, 00 01 02 03
Name, Graduation Year, Years Lettered
ACADEMY
The Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy offers a fouryear program of instruction and experience designed to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. COURSE OF STUDY Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. The core academic curriculum includes courses in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete majors in science and engineering; the remainder graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some of the most popular majors include management, aeronautical engineering, foreign area studies, history, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical engineering, electrical engineering and engineering mechanics. FACULTY COMPOSITION The majority of the Academy's faculty members, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected primarily from career-officer volunteers who have established outstanding records of performance and dedication. Each has at least a master's degree and more than 55 percent have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise and provide academic stability and continuity. Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet learning as an integral part of their officer development. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved faculty for four years in a row. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting professors and endowed professors who serve one or more years. Officers from other services, as well as officers from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share their expertise with the cadets during the academic year. ATHLETIC PROGRAM The Academy's athletic program is designed to improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year.
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MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING An air, space and cyberspaceoriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organizational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Cadets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers. Fundamental concepts of military organization -- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical training -- are emphasized the first summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen then study the military role in United States society as well as the mission and organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive instruction in communication skills and juniors study the combat and operational aspects of the Air Force. The Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first summer. Combat survival training is a required threeweek program during cadets' second summer. For other second-summer training periods, cadets have options such as working with Airmen in an operational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. During their last two summers, all cadets are offered leadership training as supervisors or instructors in the summer programs listed above. Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of the programs available.
HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY In 1948, a board of leading civilian and military educators was appointed to plan the curriculum for an academy that would meet the needs of the newly established Air Force. The board determined that Air Force requirements could not be met by expanding the other service academies and recommended an Air Force Academy be established without delay. In 1949, then Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington appointed a commission to assist in selecting a site and on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized creation of the United States Air Force Academy. After considering 580 sites in 45 states, the commission narrowed the choice to three locations. The summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott selected a site near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado contributed $1 million toward purchase of the property.
NOMINATIONS Nominations to the Academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligibility criteria in other categories of competition established by law. For information on admission procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025.
In July 1955, the first Academy class entered interim facilities at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while construction began. It was sufficiently completed for occupancy by the cadet wing in late August 1958. Initial construction cost was $142 million.
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Women entered the Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980.
Senior Leadership Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a four-year academic, military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor’s degree and commission as an Air Force officer. The general is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 1976. His career encompasses a wide range of assignments, ranging from head football coach of the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, to serving as Air Force aide to the President of the United States. He has held numerous command positions at the group, wing and numbered air force level, and was commander of Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center during 9/11. Prior to his return to the Academy, he was Director of Operations and Plans, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in the T-38, T-41, KC-10, C-5, C-17, C-21, C-141 and KC135R. The general’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
Vice Superintendent Colonel Tamara Rank
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Commandant of Cadets Brig. General Richard Clark
Dean of Faculty Brig. General Dana Born
Commander, 10th Air Base Wing Col. Rick LoCastro
Director of Athletics
Dr. Hans J. Mueh Director of Athletics Dr. Hans J. Mueh is in his seventh year as the director of athletics at the Air Force Academy. A retired Air Force brigadier general, Mueh was vice dean of faculty for two years prior to his retirement from active duty in the summer of 2004. Mueh was heavily involved in Academy athletics before becoming director of athletics. He was the Academy's faculty athletics representative from 19962004 and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Athletics Association. Since becoming the director of athletics, Mueh has led the Academy to some remarkable feats. In 2007, the Academy was one of only three schools (Michigan State and Boston College) to reach post-season play in football (2007), men’s basketball and ice hockey (200607). It marked the first time a service academy has ever had a team compete in the post-season in all three sports. In addition, under Mueh’s watch the men’s basketball team has played in an NCAA tournament and the National Invitational Tournament’s Final Four. The ice hockey team won three straight conference championships and made three straight appearances in the NCAA tournament. Mueh was on the selection committee that hired current head coach Frank Serratore and led the Academy’s move into the Athletic Hockey Association. The football program, the Academy’s flagship sport, has gone through a major overhaul under Mueh. He led the transition from the retirement of the legendary Fisher DeBerry after 23 years at the helm to hiring current head coach Troy Calhoun, a 1989 Academy graduate. Calhoun’s impact was immediate, leading the Falcons to a 9-4 overall mark and a second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference in 2007. The Falcons qualified for their first bowl game in five years, playing in the Armed Forces Bowl in 2007. The program has posted back-to-back eight-win seasons and qualified for bowl games since, marking the first time since 1990-92 Air Force has been to a bowl three straight years. Mueh has been just as successful behind the scenes with the administration of the department. Mueh restructured the department with an internal/external model that has streamlined resources and made the department more effective from top to bottom. In addition, he has the department on course to become a federally chartered non-profit organization which will lead to more fund-raising opportunities.
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Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA Endowment and the announcement of an Indoor Training Facility that broke ground in the summer of 2010. The $15 million facility will be completed early in 2011. Mueh has also been active within the conference and the NCAA. He was recently selected to be part of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet and has been active on the NCAA’s academics/eligibility compliance cabinet, the men’s golf committee and the region 7 postgraduate scholarship committee. Mueh has been equally active within the conference on various leadership committees. He is currently on the awards and recognition committee and has previously served on the joint council executive committee, and committees on championships, television and sportsmanship. Before assuming his duties as vice dean at the Academy, Mueh was permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Academy, a position he held since October 1987 where he oversaw the annual design and instruction of 25 undergraduate courses for 1,500 cadets annually.
earned his master's degree in chemistry in 1970. He later earned a doctorate degree in chemistry from Wisconsin in 1976 as a distinguished graduate. He has also completed Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College. Between earning the two degrees, Mueh returned to the Academy as an instructor in the department of chemistry from 1970-72. He also served as assistant soccer coach and played semi-pro soccer with the Aurora Internationals in Denver during those two years, leading the Internationals to the Colorado state title in 1971. He volunteered for duty in Vietnam and served as an intelligence officer in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam and at Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand, in 1972 and 1973. After earning his doctorate degree, Mueh returned to the Academy in 1976 as an associate professor of chemistry. He remained at the Academy except for a stint in 1985-86 as the special assistant for technical matters at the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon.
Mueh was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Celle, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1951. He entered the Air Force in 1962 as a member of the Academy's eighth graduating class, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966. While at the Academy, Mueh was a two-year letterwinner in soccer as a goalie. He still holds the Academy record for saves in a game with 30, accomplishing it twice in 1965 against North Carolina and Benedictine. In his junior and senior years, Mueh helped the Falcons to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League championship and quarterfinal berths in the NCAA tournament. He was a first-team allleague selection in 1965.
In 1986, he assumed the position of acting head, department of chemistry, before being selected for his position of permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry in 1987. As faculty athletics representative, he was active in both the Western Athletic Conference and Mountain West Conference, and was the Academy's representative on the transition team to form the new MWC, the only faculty athletics representative on the team. He competes in golf, racquetball, handball and tennis, and has promoted Air Force Academy intercollegiate sports throughout his tenure, beginning with work as chairman of the hockey eligibility committee, officer representative to the men's golf team and five years as the officer representative to the football team.
Following graduation, Mueh completed two assignments in intelligence before attending the University of Wisconsin where he
Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three children: Kristine, Kurt and Deborah.
Air Force Athletics Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as the Air Force Academy's. The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and to build character. There are three subdivisions of the athletic program: intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and physical education. The intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAAsanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women's teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading. The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from Brigham Young, New Mexico, Colorado State, San Diego State, TCU, Wyoming, Utah and UNLV. All sports also compete against non-conference opponents, including many nationally-ranked teams.
The football team competes annually for the Commander-inChief's Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 16 times, which is more than Army and Navy combined. The winner of the annual rivalry visits the White House to have the trophy presented by the President of the United States. The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive buildings in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seemingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396 feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fields laid side by side. The structure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockey arena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating capacity of more than 9,000. Clune Arena seats 5,834. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and field competitions. The department’s newest facility is the Indoor Training Facility (pictured left), which will be completed in early 2011.
Brad DeAustin Vice Director of Athletics
Col. Billy Walker Deputy AD Head, Physical Education
Jim Trego Senior Associate AD External Affairs
John Coulahan Associate AD Finance
Marti Gasser Associate AD/SWA Intercollegiate Program
William Carpenter Associate AD Recruiting Support
Wayne Kellenbence Associate AD Support
Troy Garnhart Associate AD Info./Communications
Dermot Coll Associate AD Development/Gov’t
Karen Warner Associate AD Human Resources
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Cadet Ice Arena Sitting at more than 7,000 feet above sea level, air is rare at the Air Force Academy. The Cadet Ice Arena, with a capacity of 2,470, has proven that home ice certainly can be an advantage. The last two years, a ticket to Air Force hockey has been a hot commodity. Last season, AFA averaged 2,575 fans per game in 19 home games. AFA was one of only three schools in the nation to average a sellout throughout the regular season and playoffs (Michigan, and Notre Dame). Air Force averaged 104.3 percent of capacity last season, the second highest average in the nation (Notre Dame 105.3). AFA played in front of 13 home sellouts last season, including the final nine consecutive games. The Cadet Ice Arena has been sold out 19 of the last 25 regular season games and 21 of the last 29 games overall including the playoffs The Falcons have won more than 60 percent of all games played in the arena. In 42 seasons, the Falcons have had just 10 losing seasons at home. The team’s record of 431-269-37 merely scratches the surface. In service academy competition, the true measure of any academy team, the Falcons are 15-5-2 against Army at the Cadet Ice Arena. The Falcons’ first season of varsity hockey was the 1968-69 season when the team posted a 5-7 record at home. Air Force then went on to eight straight winning seasons at home. The Falcons finished 17-1 at home in 1974-75 and 14-3 at home in 1976-77. The team set a school record by winning 13 straight home games from Nov. 11, 1974 to Jan. 13, 1975. After two straight home losing seasons, Frank Serratore brought more than just winning hockey back to the “CIA.” In his first season, he led AFA to a 13-8 record. In 2008-09, AFA was 16-4 at home, the sixth best home winning percentage in history. The arena was originally built as part of the Cadet Field House in 1968. Throughout the years, the arena has seen improvements. In September 2000, the surface, refrigeration system, boards and glass were all replaced. In the summer of 2009, a new video board was installed on the south wall of the arena. Along with the video board, a new centerhung scoreboard and new sound system were added the the arena. The spring, summer and fall of 2007 brought new events to the Cadet Ice Arena. On March 10, 2007, the arena hosted its first ever playoff game as the Falcons defeated Holy Cross, 3-0. On Sept. 16, 2007, the arena hosted its ever professional game as the Colorado Avalanche played their annual BurgundyWhite game at the Academy. NHL stars Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk and company thrilled the over-capacity crowd of 3,031. The Avalanche Burgundy-White game returned to the “CIA” in 2008 and 2009.
ALL-TIME HOME RECORDS
1968-69 . . . . . . . 5-7 . . . . . . . . . . .416 1969-70 . . . . . . . 9-8 . . . . . . . . . . .529 1970-71 . . . . . . . 9-5 . . . . . . . . . . .642 1971-72 . . . . . . . 14-2 . . . . . . . . . .875 1972-73 . . . . . . . 9-4 . . . . . . . . . . .692 1973-74 . . . . . . . 10-5 . . . . . . . . . .667 1974-75 . . . . . . . 17-1 . . . . . . . . . .944 1975-76 . . . . . . . 9-6 . . . . . . . . . . .600 1976-77 . . . . . . . 14-3 . . . . . . . . . .824 1977-78 . . . . . . . 6-9 . . . . . . . . . . .400 1978-79 . . . . . . . 13-6 . . . . . . . . . .684 1979-80 . . . . . . . 12-5 . . . . . . . . . .706 1980-81 . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . .625 1981-82 . . . . . . . 11-8-1 . . . . . . . . .575 1982-83 . . . . . . . 5-13 . . . . . . . . . .278
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1983-84 . . . . . . . 7-8-1. . . . . . . . . .500 1984-85 . . . . . . . 13-5 . . . . . . . . . .722 1985-86 . . . . . . . 11-7 . . . . . . . . . .611 1986-87 . . . . . . . 17-3 . . . . . . . . . .850 1987-88 . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . .813 1988-89 . . . . . . . 10-8-3. . . . . . . . .548 1989-90 . . . . . . . 15-5 . . . . . . . . . .750 1990-91 . . . . . . . 10-9-3. . . . . . . . .523 1991-92 . . . . . . . 10-7 . . . . . . . . . .588 1992-93 . . . . . . . 7-7-1. . . . . . . . . .500 1993-94 . . . . . . . 12-8-1. . . . . . . . .595 1994-95 . . . . . . . 13-8-1. . . . . . . . .614 1995-96 . . . . . . . 4-12-5. . . . . . . . .310 1996-97 . . . . . . . 8-10-1. . . . . . . . .447 1997-98 . . . . . . . 13-8 . . . . . . . . . .619
1998-99 . . . . . . . 12-5-2. . . . . . . . .684 1999-00 . . . . . . . 12-4-2. . . . . . . . .722 2000-01 . . . . . . . 11-6-2 . . . . . . . . .632 2001-02 . . . . . . . 9-6 . . . . . . . . . . .600 2002-03 . . . . . . . 7-10-2. . . . . . . . .421 2003-04 . . . . . . . 6-9 . . . . . . . . . . .400 2004-05 . . . . . . . 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . .357 2005-06 . . . . . . . 6-6-1. . . . . . . . . .500 2006-07 . . . . . . . 9-6-3. . . . . . . . . .583 2007-08 . . . . . . . 11-3-5 . . . . . . . . .711 2008-09 . . . . . . . 16-4-0. . . . . . . . .800 2009-10 . . . . . . . 11-5-3 . . . . . . . . .658 Totals . . . . . . . . 431-269-37. . . . .609