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Time Opponent Site 5:35 p.m. vs. Simon Fraser (exh.) Wenatchee, Wash. 6:05 p.m. MCGILL UNIVERSITY (exh.) USAFA, Colo. 7:37 p.m. at North Dakota& Grand Forks, N.D. 4:07 p.m. vs. Boston College/Michigan State& Grand Forks, N.D. 7:05 p.m. NIAGARA* USAFA, Colo. 5:05 p.m. ROBERT MORRIS* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. at Alabama-Huntsville Huntsville, Ala 7:05 p.m. at Alabama-Huntsville Huntsville, Ala. 7:05 p.m. CANISIUS* USAFA, Colo 7:05 p.m. SACRED HEART* USAFA, Colo. 7:35 p.m. SACRED HEART* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. at RIT* Rochester, N.Y. 7:05 p.m. at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa. 7:05 p.m. UCONN* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. UCONN* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. at AIC* Springfield, Mass. 7:05 p.m. at AIC* Springfield, Mass. 7:37 p.m. at Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colo. 6:05 p.m. DENVER USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. at Holy Cross* Worcester, Mass. 7:05 p.m. at Holy Cross* Worcester, Mass. 7:05 p.m. BENTLEY* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. BENTLEY* USAFA, Colo. 7:35 p.m. at Army* (CBS Sports) West Point, N.Y. 7:05 p.m. at Army* West Point, N.Y. 4:05 p.m. at Canisius* Buffalo, N.Y. 7:05 p.m. at Canisius* Buffalo, N.Y. 8:05 p.m. RIT* (CBS Sports) USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. RIT* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. at Niagara* Niagara, N.Y. 7:05 p.m. at Niagara* Niagara, N.Y. 7:05 p.m. MERCYHURST* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. MERCYHURST* USAFA, Colo. 7:05 p.m. at Robert Morris* Pittsburgh, Pa. 7:05 p.m. at Robert Morris* Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA AHA Play-In Games (Best of Three) TBA TBA AHA Quarter-Finals (Best of Three) TBA TBA AHA Final Four Rochester, N.Y. TBA NCAA Regionals (Bridgeport, Conn.,Green Bay, Wis., St. Paul, Minn., Worcester, Mass.) HOME GAMES IN BOLD *Atlantic Hockey Association game & Icebreaker Classic in Grand Forks, N.D. Dates and times subject to change 2011-12 Air Force Hockey - Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS/QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION Media Information ........................................................................2 Media/Radio.............................................................................. 3-4 Pikes Peak Region.........................................................................5 Game Day at Cadet Ice Arena ......................................................6 Hockey Facilities ..........................................................................7 Falcons in the Community ............................................................8
COACHES/STAFF Head Coach ............................................................................. 9-11 Assistant Coaches ................................................................ 12-13 Support Staff ......................................................................... 14-15
PLAYERS 2010-11 Season Wrap-up ...................................................... 16-17 2010-11 Scores/Results...............................................................17 2011-12 Season Outlook ....................................................... 18-19 Rosters................................................................................... 20-21 Player Bios ............................................................................ 22-42
AHA/OPPONENTS AHA ...........................................................................................43 AHA Composite Schedule .................................................... 44-45 Opponents ............................................................................. 46-47 Scores vs. Opponents ............................................................ 48-50
LAST SEASON Last Season’s Stats......................................................................51 Game-by-Game Box Scores ................................................. 52-56
HISTORY Falcon Hockey History ...............................................................57 Hall of Fame Coaches .................................................................58 Wall of Fame......................................................................... 59-61 Top 100 Scorers .................................................................... 62-63 National Honors .................................................................... 64-65 Air Fore Honors ..........................................................................66 Conference Honors .....................................................................67 Falcons in the Pros ................................................................ 68-69 Award Winners ..................................................................... 70-71 Goaltender Records .....................................................................72 Individual Records ......................................................................73 Team Records .............................................................................74 Year-by-Year Records ................................................................75 Records by Season ................................................................ 76-79 Season-by-Season Results .................................................... 80-92 Conference Champions ......................................................... 93-96 Lettermen .............................................................................. 97-98
THE ACADEMY The Air Force Academy..............................................................99 Academy Senior Leadership .....................................................100 Athletic Director .......................................................................101 Falcon Athletics ........................................................................102 Cadet Ice Arena.........................................................................103
SCHOOL INFORMATION
LAST SEASON
LOCATION:..........................................2169 Field House Dr. USAF Academy, CO 80840 COLORS: ..............................................Blue and Silver NICKNAME: ........................................Falcons ENROLLMENT: ..................................4,000 FOUNDED: ...........................................1954 FIRST YEAR/VARSITY HOCKEY: 1968-69 AFFILIATION/CONFERENCE:.......NCAA I/Atlantic Hockey ARENA ..................................................Cadet Ice Arena SIZE (CAPACITY): .............................200x85 (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: ................800-666-USAF 719-472-1895
2010-11 RECORD/CONF.: ...............20-12-6, 14-7-6/2nd AHA POST-SEASON..................................AHA Tournament Champion NCAA East Regional L, No. 1 Yale, 2-1 OT LETTERMEN RETURNING: ........18 (10 F, 6 D, 2 G) LETTERMEN LOST: .......................8 (6 F, 1 D, 1 G)
COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH .....................................Frank Serratore ALMA MATER:...................................Bemidji State/1982 CAREER RECORD (YRS):................283-331-52/18 yrs RECORD AT SCHOOL (YRS): .........234-239-43/14 yrs ASSISTANT COACHES: ....................Mike Corbett/Denver, 1998 Andy Berg/USAFA, 2003 E-MAIL ADDRESSES: .......................frank.serratore.ctr@usafa.edu andrew.berg@usafa.edu mike.corbett@usafa.edu ATHLETIC TRAINER: ......................Erik Marsh (719) 333-2145 EQUIPMENT MANAGER: ................Robert Rush (719) 333-9260
MEDIA RELATIONS SID/HOCKEY CONTACT: ..............Dave Toller OFFICE PHONE: ..............................(719) 333-3478 FAX: ....................................................(719) 333-3798 TOLLER CELL: ...............................(719) 200-2802 TOLLER’S E-MAIL:........................dave.toller@usafa.edu WEB SITE:.........................................www.GoAirForceFalcons.com
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 Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software. A special thanks to Troy Garnhart, Madeline McGuire, Jerry Cross, Valerie Perkin, Nick Arseniak and Melissa McKeown for their expertise. The covers were designed by Dave Toller. 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. Photos from the 2011 NCAA Tournament were taken by Dave Hahn/CSI Photo. The Academy scenics and individual photos were taken by DenMar Services.
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MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA GUIDE Media Guide The 2011-12 media guide is produced The 2010-11 media guide is pro- as a source of information for the media. ducedmaterials as a source of obtained information Other may be by for contacting mediamaterials relations office: the media.theOther may be Phone:by (719) 333-2313/3478 obtained contacting the media E-mail: dave.toller@usafa.edu relations office: Phone: (719) C 333-2313/3478 PRESS REDENTIALS E-mail: Press and dave.toller@usafa.edu photograph credentials are issued to members of the working media only. These credentials may be obtained Press Credentials by contacting the athletic media relaPressoffice and at photographry credentials tions least one day prior to the event. A season credential doesn’t are issued to members of the workalways reserve media members a seat in ingpress media only. These credentials the box.
may be obtained by contacting the athleticP media office at RESSrelations PARKING There is no press parking at the Cadet A least one day prior to the event. 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: 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.
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 through media relations.
Athletic Communications
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 inDave Toller Troy Garnhart structed not to accept calls from media Asst. AD/Media Relations Assoc. Athletic Director without prior notification from the Hockey Contact Communications 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.
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.
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Brian Jerman Video Coordinator
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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.
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MEDIA INFORMATION FALCONS ON THE RADIO/NET The Air Force/IMG radio network will broadcast every home and away game for the third consecutive season. For the 14th 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 ninth consecutive year, Air Force hockey can be listened to anywhere in the world via internet. For more information, go to GoAirForceFalcons.com.
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
KXRM-Fox 21 560 Wooten Road Colo. Springs, CO 80915 O - (719) 596-2100 F - (719) 591-4180
KRDO-TV (Ch. 13 ABC) P.O. Box 1457 Colo. Springs, CO 80901 O - (719) 575-6360 F - (719) 475-0815
KCSF AM 1300 6805 Corporate Drive #130 Colo. Springs, CO 80919 O - (719) 593-2700 F - (719) 593-2727
Air Force hockey has appeared on national television 10 times in the last five years. The Falcons have appeared on regional television numerous other times. Last season, CBS College Sports televised a 5-1 win over Army at Cadet Ice Arena. Two Air Force regular-season games this season will be on national television as CBS College Sports televising Army game on Jan. 20 and the RIT game on Feb. 3.
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AMERICA’S BEST COLORADO SPRINGS WAS RANKED IN 2007 AS THE NO. 1 BEST BIG CITY (OVER 300,000) TO LIVE BY MONEY MAGAZINE BASED ON QUALITY OF LIFE, CLIMATE, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY. 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. Colorado Springs is known nationally for its natural attractions. The Garden of the Gods, the area’s No. 1 natural attraction, is a majestic out-cropping of red sandstone rocks which are more than 300 million years old. Colorado Springs is also home to the Pikes Peak Highway, a 19-mile drive up the world’s highest toll road. The area’s No. 1 man-made attraction is the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel. Another major attraction is the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort. Built in the early 1900s, this five-star resort, hosted the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship and the 2008 Senior U.S. Open, and is nestled into the base of Cheyenne Mountain. The Pikes Peak region is home to the nation’s only 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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Game Day at Cadet Ice Arena
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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.
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 sport-specific 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.
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FALCONS IN THE COMMUNITY
Members of the Air Force hockey team have volunteered their time for numerous events, including the 2011 MS Walk (top left), 2010 Kid Force library social (top right), 2011 JDRF Walk for the Cure (right, second from bottom), Skate with the Falcons (bottom left) and the annual Toy Trick (bottom right)
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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 43 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 15th season at Air Force with a 234-239-43 record at the Academy. He has an overall mark of 283-331-52 in 18 seasons as a college head coach. Not only has Serratore turned the Falcon program around, he has turned it into a legitimate national contender with four conference championships and four NCAA appearances in the last five years. Last year, the Falcons recovered from a slow start to win its fourth AHA title in five years. The Falcons went 9-2-3 in the final 14 regular season games to earn the No. 2 overall seed. Air Force blanked the regular-season champion, RIT, 1-0, in the championship game. A 2-1 overtime loss to topseed Yale in the NCAA Tournament ended the Falcons’ season at 20-12-6. The 2009-10 season was the only one in the last five years that the Falcons watched the NCAA Tournament at home. The Falcons swept Army in the AHA quarterfinals at home but fell on a late goal to Sacred Heart in the AHA 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 schoolrecord 28 wins, another league championship and the Academy’s first-ever NCAA Tournament victory. Air Force opened the season with a schoolrecord 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-to-back 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 awarded on video review. Serratore led Air Force to 21 wins in 2007-08 en route to the second AHA championship and NCAA Tournament berth. Air Force was 21-12-6 overall and finished third in the league. 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 but second-ranked Miami-Ohio ended the Falcons’ season with a 3-2 overtime loss. 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. 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 injuryriddled and depleted Falcon lineup throughout the 2000-01 season. The Falcons still posted a 16-17-4 record. 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. In 2002-03, a midseason scoring drought and numerous close losses left the Falcons with a 10-24-3 overall record. 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 1419-3 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, 54, 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 Under-17 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 (22) and two daughters, Carly (21) and Carina (16).
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HEAD COACH FRANK SERRATORE Q: With 18 freshmen and sophomores on the roster, is your approach to this season any different than in previous years with a more veteran team?
A: Despite the fact we have a lot of freshmen and sophomores, I do not consider us a young team, we have a lot of good players who possess a lot of high level Junior “A” experience. I believe our team is deeper this year than it was last year when we won the conference championship in March. Like every year, we must become a great team in every sense of the word if we are to contend again for the AHA Championship. I have a lot of confidence in this group. I am very confident we will eventually become a very good team. If it does not happen early, look for it to happen late. As we have witnessed over the last five years, having it happen late is not be a bad thing.
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 educated, 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.
Q:
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? 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 nowhere, are student-athletes challenged like they are at the service academies. Our athletes carry 20 or more credit hours, participate in athletics and are required to perform a host of military duties. I am often asked the question, how do you inspire your athletes ... my response is simple, my athletes inspire me!
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HEAD COACH FRANK SERRATORE
The Serratore File Coaching Experience Head Coach - Air Force Academy (1997-Pres.); record 234-239-43 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
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 2010-11 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 20-12-6 Air Force Academy 234-239-43 (14 years) 283-331-52 (18 years)
Serratore vs. Opponents Ala.-Huntsville AK-Anchorage AK-Fairbanks American Internat’l Army Augsburg Bemidji State Bentley Boston College Boston University Canisius Clarkson Colgate Colorado College Concordia Connecticut Dartmouth Denver Fairfield Ferris State Findlay Holy Cross Iona Maine Manhattanville Mankato State Massachusetts Mass.-Lowell Mercyhurst Merrimack Miami (OH) Michigan
9-25-1 4-6 3-6 19-1-1 20-11-2 5-0 8-25-2 21-6-3 1-1 0-3 6-5-4 1-0-0 0-1 7-21-2 3-1 12-3-4 0-1 1-11 6-1 0-1 10-11-1 17-5-7 0-1-1 0-3 1-0 0-7 1-2 0-1 7-8-2 0-1 1-2 1-0
Mich. Tech Minnesota Minn.-Crookston Minn.-Duluth Nebraska-Omaha New England Coll. Niagara Northeastern North Dakota Northern Mich. Notre Dame Princeton Providence Quinnipiac RIT Robert Morris RPI Sacred Heart St. Cloud State St. John’s St. Mary’s St. Michael’s St. Olaf St. Thomas Salem State SUNY-Potsdam Union Vermont Wayne State Wisconsin Wis.-Stout Yale
4-11-1 2-13-3 1-0 6-10-1 1-5 2-0 10-28-3 1-1 8-8 1-15 1-1 1-0 0-2 6-4 12-11-4 6-7 1-0 15-7-3 6-9-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 1-0-1 1-0-0 0-1 11-13-1 4-9-1 3-0 2-3
By the Numbers
1 Elite Eight Appearance 2 Hobey Baker Finalists 3 All-Americans
4 NCAA Tournament Appearances
5 AHA Championships (4 tournament; 1 regular season)
5 Straight winning seasons vs. all-Division I teams; school record 6 Division I Tournament championships 12 Road wins in 2008-09; school record 17 AHA Tournament wins (17-2 record) 19 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 three years
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ASSISTANT COACH MIKE CORBETT Mike Corbett is in his ninth season as an assistant hockey coach at the Academy.
The Corbett File
Year at Air Force: Corbett works with the Falcon defenseCollegiate Career Year: men and also assists with the nation-wide Hometown: recruiting effort. Corbett has guided a group that has shattered the school records for goals Alma Mater: allowed per game in 2006-07, 2007-08 and Year 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 five years.
9th 9th Green Bay, WI Denver 1996
Coaching Experience
Butte Irish (AWHL) Head Coach A 1996 graduate of the University of Denver, Corbett was a three-year letterman for Billings Bulls (AWHL) the Pioneers as a defenseman. Frank Serratore Head Coach recruited Corbett to the Mile High city and Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) coached him in the 1993-94 season. Corbett majored in management and minored Associate Head Coach in marketing. In 1998, he earned a master’s of science in management from DU. Air Force Academy (AHA) Corbett was an assistant captain from 1995-97 and was named the team’s most Assistant Coach
1997-00 2000-01 2001-02 2003-Present
inspirational player in 1997. A three-time academic all-conference selection, Corbett was a finalist for the prestigious College Hockey Humanitarian Award.
Playing Experience After completing his eligibility, Corbett was a graduate assistant in the DU Defenseman 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 University of Denver (WCHA) 1993-97 community relations intern and as a statistician/video assistant for head coach Mark Crawford. From 1997-00, Corbett was the head coach of the Butte (Mont.) Irish in the America 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 (21) and Mayson (16).
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 sixth season as an assistant coach and his seventh season overall with the Falcon coaching staff. A 2003 graduYear at Air Force: 6th ate of the Academy, Berg, who served as a Collegiate Career Year: 7th graduate assistant in 2003-04, assists with Hometown: Stillwater, MN coaching on the ice and also with the nationAlma Mater: Air Force wide recruiting effort. Berg separated from the Year 2003 Air Force in the summer of 2010 after seven years of active duty. A native of Stillwater, Minn., Berg Coaching Experience graduated from the Academy with a degree in Air Force Academy 2003-04 management and was a four-year letterman at Graduate Assistant forward. A two-time all-CHA selection, Berg 2006-Present finished his career tied for 12th in scoring with Air Force Academy Assistant Coach 142 points (64-78-142) in 140 games. As a senior, he earned the Chuck Delich Award as the team’s most valuable player. He led the team and was second in the CHA with Playing Experience 22 goals and was fourth in the league with 40 points. His 15 power-play goals led the Forward CHA and were second in the nation. Air Force Academy 2000-03 Berg’s 15 power-play goals in 2002-03 tied the school record set by Mark Manney in 1981-82. His 33 career power-play goals are the third most in school history. Columbia Inferno (ECHL) 2005 A three-sport star at Stillwater (Minn.) High School, Berg earned more CHA awards 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 18th season as the athletic trainer for the Falcon hockey team, and 25th year overall in the athletic training career field. Athletic trainers provide expertise in the areas of prevention, recognition, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. Marsh has been active with USA Hockey the last several years. This past summer he went to Pardubice, Czech Republic, with the USA In-line that won the silver medal at the World Championships. In the summer of 2010, he traveled to Karlstad, Sweden, with the USA In-Line World Championship team that won the gold medal. In 2009, he travelled with the In-Line team to the World Championships in Ingolstadt, Germany, and earned a silver medal. In 2001, he travelled with the United States Select-17 Hockey Team at the Germany Competition, in Fussen, Germany. That team featured many future NHL players including: Nate Thomson, Ben Lovejoy, Dustin Smith and Zach Parise. Marsh came to the Academy in 1994 after serving as an assistant trainer at Army for one year working with the 150-pound football team and gymnastics. Marsh spent five years as a student trainer at Iowa State and two years as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma, where he worked with the football, wrestling and baseball teams. The native of Parker, Colo., earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education/sports medicine from Iowa State in 1991. While at ISU, he played for the 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 fishing and playing the guitar. Last summer Marsh and teammate Tim Harris finished 6th out of 50 boats in the Johnson Lake (Nebraska) Walleye open tournament.
Team Physician Lt. Col. Ky Kobayashi enters his third season as the team physician for the Falcon hockey program. Team doctors are assigned to the Academy hospital and volunteer their time to work with the athletic teams. The time and effort they put into athletics is greatly appreciated. Kobayashi oversees all medical treatment for the team and travels with the club on selected trips. He is currently a staff orthopedic surgeon at the U.S. Air Force Academy hospital. Kobayashi is a 1991 distinguished graduate of the Academy who lettered in baseball in 1988 and wrestling in 1990. He was a Western Athletic Conference scholar-athlete in 1990. After graduating from the Academy, he was an Alpha 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, Calif. After two years as a flight surgeon at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., he completed orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Connecticut in 2002 and fellowship training in Boston, MA in 2003. He was the chief of hand surgery at Keesler Medical Center, Miss., from 2003-05 and at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Texas, 2006-08. In 2007, he was the assistant professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Originally from Sterling, Colo., Kobayashi and his wife, Michelle, have two children, Maya and Max, and live in Colorado Springs.
Jeff Kipp Strength and Conditioning Jeff Kipp came to the Air Force Academy as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2004. 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 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 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 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.
Air Force equipment specialist Robert Rush (far left) and athletic trainer Erik Marsh (second from left) earned a gold medal at the USA In-Line World Championships in 2010 in Karlstad, Sweden. The duo also traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia, in June 2008 and Ingolsted, Germany, in 2009 earning the silver medal.
Kipp also serves as a speaker for the NSCA, speaking to groups of national and international coaches on the area of strength training, speed development and conditioning. He has also authored several text chapters and served on the review board for text chapters by other strength and conditioning authors. Originally from Houston, Texas, Kipp now resides in Monument, Colo., with his wife, Vicki, and their three sons.
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SUPPORT STAFF
Robert Rush
Holly Togiai
Equipment Specialist
Office Manager
Robert Rush is in his 11th season with the Falcon hockey team. Rush is in his 15th 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. In the summer of 2011, he earned a silver medal with the 2011 USA Hockey In-Line team at the World Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic. In the summer of 2010, he worked with two USA Hockey teams in international competition. He travelled to Karlstad, Sweden, with the In-Line team, earning a gold medal at the World Championships in July. In August, he travelled to Breclav, Czech Republic, with the Under-18 Select Ice Hockey team, earning a silver medal. In 2009, he travelled with the USA In-Line team for the World Championships 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 InLine Hockey World Championships. A 1992 graduate of Delta State in his hometown of Cleveland, Miss., 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 football 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 (11), and dogs, Herzog and Whiskey.
Holly Togiai is in her first year as the office manager for the Falcon hockey team. Her skills are shared with the volleyball team, as she manages both offices. Togiai spent nine seasons as an assistant women’s basketball coach from 2001-10. Prior to coming to Air Force, Togiai spent three years as a volunteer coach at Idaho State. Togiai was a four-year letterwinner at Idaho State. In her senior season, she was the Big Sky Conference’s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer. During her four-year stint with the Bengals, she was a two-time firstteam all-conference selection and also garnered Big Sky Co-Freshman of the Year honors in 1995. She became the third-leading scorer and secondleading rebounder in school history (now seventh and fourth, respectively), recording 20 double-doubles during her career. Togiai also ranks in the top 10 all-time in field goals made, field goal percentage, and free throws made. In addition to her accomplishments on the court, Togiai was also a standout in the classroom, being named to the Big Sky’s all-academic team three times. She graduated from Idaho State in 1999 with a degree in physical education. As a testament to her success at Idaho State, Togiai was inducted into the Idaho State Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 4, 2008. The native of Kennewick, Wash., is the daughter of Green and Linda Togiai and Margaret and Bud Shaw. She has five siblings, John and Justin Togiai, Lori Araujo, Crystal, married to Tony Kalmbach and Heather, married to Danny Cuillier. She also has two nieces, Lily and Kendall.
UP CLOSE
A survey of the 2011-12 hockey team brought the following results. Fastest skater: Steve Carew (16 of 18 votes)
Funniest guy on the team: Jacob Musselman
Hardest shot: Mitch Torrel
Most superstitious player: Tie: Scott Mathis and John Kruse
Best hands: Kyle DeLaurell
Best faceoff man: Casey Kleisinger
Hardest worker: Paul Weisgarber
If you could choose one player to take a penalty shot with the game on the line, who would that be: Tie: Kyle DeLaurell and John Kruse
Strongest player: Scott Mathis (15 of 18 votes) Hardest hitter: Mike Walsh (17 of 18 votes) Best defensive forward: Paul Weisgarber (16 of 18 votes) Best defensive defenseman: Scott Mathis
In a one-on-one situation, who would you choose to be the defensive player: Scott Mathis Most likely to be a general: Eric Artman
Best student in classroom: Paul Weisgarber
Most likely to win a karaoke contest: Tie: John Kruse, Ryan Timar and Jacob Musselman
Smartest player on the ice: Adam McKenzie
Most likely to be on the cover of GQ: Mitch Torrel
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2010-11 SEASON REVIEW Prior to the 2010-11 season, Air Force was picked to finish third in the Atlantic Hockey Association by the league’s coaches. Head coach Frank Serratore said that if the Falcons finished third, he’d do cartwheels. He knew the road was going to be bumpy, having to replace a four-year starter and all-conference goaltender and featuring 10 freshmen on the roster. After a rough start, Air Force finished strong with eight straight wins to include its fourth AHA championship in the last five years. The Falcons finished the season with a 20-12-6 overall record and won the AHA tournament as the No. 2 seed. Air Force advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in school history and, for the fourth time, lost a one-goal game on the national stage. Yale, the No.1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, needed overtime to beat the Falcons, 2-1, in the NCAA East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn. The season could not have gotten off to a more dismal beginning. An 0-4 start included a home loss to the last-place team in the league, the AIC Yellow Jackets. AFA earned its first win the next night, but the 1-5 Falcons would then begin a difficult stretch of games. Air Force’s first signature win of the season came on Nov. 7 when defending league champion, and 2010 Frozen Four participant, RIT came to town. AFA fell behind 2-0 in the first period, but bounced back as Paul Weisgarber tied the game with five minutes remaining and John Kruse scored the game winner with just over three minutes left for a 4-3 win. After a loss to Colorado College, the Falcons hosted third-ranked and undefeated Yale. The Bulldogs spent the majority of the season ranked first in the nation and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. But Nov. 14, 2010 is a night that the over-capacity crowd at the Cadet Ice Arena won’t soon forget. Trailing 3-0 in the third, AFA scored four unanswered goals and freshman goalie Jason Torf made 34 saves as the Falcons earned a 4-3 win. From that point on, Air Force was a different team. Beginning with that game, Air Force was 18-6-6 in the final 30 games of the season. A couple of three-point AHA series and a runner-up finish at the Denver Cup sent the Falcons into the holiday break with a 6-7-1 record. The second half of the season started much like the first half. AFA picked up just one point in a series at Sacred Heart, a team that
Lamoureux finished 11th in the regular season. After a 5-1 win over Army at home on national television, AFA couldn’t complete the sweep against the Black Knights. The Falcons again dug themselves into a big hole, but battled back to tie the game at 3-3. Army scored the game-winner with under five minutes remaining to pick up a series split. AFA then took three points from UConn and Canisius, and remained in the middle of the pack in the AHA. The turning point of the season came at league-leading RIT in early February. In the first game, the two teams battled to a scoreless tie in regulation, but the Tigers earned the 1-0 win in the extra frame. The next night was when this team became a team. RIT scored four goals in the first 12 minutes of the game, but Air Force battled back for the 5-5 overtime tie. The next weekend, Air Force hosted third-place Niagara and, despite an overtime loss, picked up a split in the series. That would be the last loss until the NCAA Tournament. Air Force needed to earn some points down the stretch to secure home ice in the playoffs. An unexpected road sweep at Mercyhurst set up a series with second-place Robert Morris and a chance to get a bye in the first round. That bye was clinched as the Falcons earned two 4-2 victories and finished second in the AHA regular season. After a week off, Air Force hosted Sacred Heart in the quarterfinals, March 11-12, at the Cadet Ice Arena. The Falcons out-scored the Pioneers 7-5 in the first game as the two teams combined for 10 goals in the first 26 minutes of the game. The next night was all defense. Torf stopped all 16 shots he faced as the Falcons earned a 4-0 win and an unprecedented fifth straight trip to the AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y.
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The second-seeded Falcons faced the third-seeded Holy Cross Crusaders in the semifinals and again had to come from behind. Trailing 2-1 in the third, Jacques Lamoureux scored twice late for a 3-2 win. The championship game was a winner-take-all showdown between the top two teams in the league as the No. 2 Falcons faced the top-seeded RIT Tigers. In the second period, Tim Kirby drove the length of the ice and Lamoureux scored the game’s only goal. Torf made a career high 40 saves and the Falcons had earned their fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last five years. Lamoureux was named the tournament’s MVP and was joined on the all-tournament team by Torf, Kirby and Scott Mathis.
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2010-11 SEASON REVIEW The Falcons’ opponent in the NCAA East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn., would be a familiar one. The Yale Bulldogs were the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament and were looking to avenge that early season loss to the Falcons. In addition, the game was played in Yale’s backyard, in front of more than 7,000 fans. Late in the second period, senior Sean Bertsch scored on a wrap around to tie the game at 1-1. Neither team scored in the third and the game went into overtime. Air Force had several quality chances in the first three minutes, but it was Yale that advanced to the Elite Eight with a rebound goal at 3:16 of overtime. AFA fell to 1-4 all-time in NCAA Tournament games, but all four losses were by one goal including two in overtime and one in double overtime. The loss was certainly disappointing, but the strides this team made throughout the season were gigantic. An inconsistent team that was full of question marks early in the season went on to win eight straight late in the year and push one of the nation’s best teams to the limit on the game’s biggest stage. Air Force became one of just eight schools in the nation to compete in the NCAA Tournament in at least four of the last five years. The seniors became the winningest class in school history with 85 wins in four years. The Falcons ended the season ranked 18th in the nation, tying the highest final national ranking in school history. Five Falcons earned all-league honors. Mathis earned first-team honors while Lamoureux was second team and Kirby was third team. Mathis was the team’s top scoring defenseman with 27 points. Lamoureux led the nation with 13 power-play goals and was 10th in the nation with five game-winners. He led the team with 24 goals and 44 points. Lamoureux also set a new AHA record with 59 career goals in league games, beating the previous record holder in 23 less games. Kirby was the team’s second leading scorer among defensemen with 23 points. Torf and defenseman Adam McKenzie were named to the all-rookie team. Torf’s 16 wins were the second most of any freshman goaltender in the nation and he closed out the season making 30 consecutive starts. McKenzie was the top scoring freshman defenseman in the league with 18 points in the regular season. Lamoureux won the 2010-11 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes excellence in the classroom, competition, character and community. He was the fifth consecutive Air Force hockey player to become a finalist and the first-ever Academy athlete to win the award. The forward from Grand Forks, N.D., became just the sixth Falcon in school history, and the first in 29 years, to have three straight 40-point seasons. The team MVP ended his career ranked sixth in career goals with 79 and 15th in career points with 139. Senior Derrick Burnett ended his Falcon career as one of the best set-up men in school history. Burnett led the team with 27 assists and was among the top seven scorers in the league. He finished his career with 85 career assists, the 15th most in school history. Lamoureux, Burnett and the rest of the class will be hard to replace, but a solid foundation is left behind. Nine of the top 11 scorers, including the top three defensemen and the starting goaltender, all return for 2011-12.
Oct. 4 Lethbridge (exh.) W 4-3 ot Oct. 8 vs. #12 Alaska-Fairbanks% L 2-5 Oct. 9 at Alaska-Anchorage% L 2-3 Oct. 17 at Robert Morris * L 2-3 Oct. 22 AIC* L 3-5 Oct. 23 AIC* W 12-0 Nov. 5 Mercyhurst* L 2-6 Nov. 7 RIT* W 4-3 Nov. 12 Colorado College L 4-6 Nov. 14 #3 Yale W 4-3 Nov. 19 at Canisius* T 1-1 ot Nov. 20 at Niagara* W 7-4 Nov. 26 vs. Clarkson& W 2-1 Nov. 27 at #12 Denver& L 1-3 Dec. 3 Holy Cross* T 1-1 ot Dec. 4 Holy Cross* W 7-6 Dec. 30 at Bentley* W 3-2 ot Dec. 31 at Bentley* W 3-2 Jan. 7 at Sacred Heart* T 5-5 ot Jan. 8 at Sacred Heart* L 2-4 Jan. 14 Army* (CBS C) W 5-1 Jan. 15 Army* L 4-5 Jan. 21 at UConn* W 2-1 Jan. 22 at UConn* T 5-5 ot Jan. 28 Canisius* T 4-4 ot Jan. 29 Canisius* W 3-2 Feb. 4 at RIT* L 0-1 ot Feb. 5 at RIT* T 5-5 ot Feb. 11 Niagara* W 3-2 Feb. 12 Niagara* L 4-5 ot Feb. 18 at Mercyhurst* W 5-3 Feb. 19 at Mercyhurst* W 6-5 Feb. 25 Robert Morris* W 4-2 Feb. 26 Robert Morris* W 4-2 Mar. 11 Sacred Heart # W 7-5 Mar. 12 Sacred Heart # W 4-0 AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y. Mar. 18 vs. Holy Cross-Semifinals W 3-2 Mar. 19 vs. RIT-Championship W 1-0 NCAA East Regional, Bridgeport, Conn. Mar. 25 vs. #3 Yale L 1-2 ot *Atlantic Hockey Association game % at Kendall Classic in Anchorage, Alaska & Denver Cup in Denver, Colo. # AHA Quarterfinals at USAFA, Colo.
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Coming off of its fourth Atlantic Hockey Association championship and NCAA appearance in the last five years, Air Force will again enter a season with a target on its back. With nine of the top 11 scorers, five of the top six defensemen and the goalie returning, Air Force was picked to finish second in the AHA preseason coaches poll. Five of the league’s 12 coaches picked the Falcons to repeat as champions as AFA finished just one point behind RIT in the preseason poll. Air Force returns 18 letterwinners from last season’s team that went 20-12-6 overall and defeated RIT in the AHA championship game to advance to its fourth NCAA Tournament. “I believe our team is deeper this year than it was last year when we won the conference championship,” head coach Frank Serratore said. “Like every year, we must become a great team in every sense of the word if we are to contend again for the AHA Championship. I am very confident we will eventually become a very good team. If it does not happen early, look for it to happen late much like we have witnessed over the last five years.” The Falcons will have to replace a senior class that won more games (85) than any other class in school history. With three AHA tournament titles the class of 2011 will be remembered as one of the best in Academy history.
“We lost seven seniors, but we feel we have some guys that can step in,” Serratore said. “We have the majority of our scoring back with the exception of Jacques Lamoureux and Derrick Burnett. We like our depth a lot. I am not certain what we have, but whatever it is, we have a lot of it!” Team captains Scott Mathis and Paul Weisgarber and fellow seniors Tim Kirby and Stephan Caple will be looked upon as the leaders of the 2011-12 team. With just four seniors on the team, Air Force has a roster that features 18 freshmen and sophomores. “Despite the fact we have a lot of freshmen and sophomores, I do not consider us a young team,” Serratore said. “We have a lot of good players who all possess Junior “A” experience.” With 18 of the 27 Falcons having tasted a championship last season, this is a group that might seem young on the roster, but does have experience in big games. With strong senior leadership and knowing what it takes to win a championship, the Falcons will again look to build toward playing its best hockey at the end of the season. “Our goal is to finish in the top four and get home ice in the playoffs,” he said. “Sure we’d like to win the league, but the playoff title is first and foremost.”
The Forwards Air Force returns 10 forwards from last season’s team, but will have to replace some key players lost to graduation. Three-time all-conference center Jacques Lamoureux and Derrick Burnett will be hard to replace. The Falcons also lost a lot of depth at forward with the graduation of Matt Becker, Sean Bertsch, Blake Page and Scott Kozlak. Senior team captain Paul Weisgarber not only played a key role with his leadership last season, but he also had a career year on the ice. Weisgarber was third on the team with 13 goals and was sixth with 25 points last season.
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Junior Kyle DeLaurell and John Kruse are the top two returning scorers at the forward positions. DeLaurell is the team’s top returning scorer with 33 points (10-23-33) last season. Kruse was fourth on
the team in scoring last season with 29 points (11-18-29). The forwards in the sophomore class proved to be both deep and talented. Jason Fabian (37 games, 7-16-23), Tony Thomas (38 games, 7-10-17) and Casey Kleisinger (34 games, 5-8-13) combined to miss just five games last season. Fellow sophomores Ryan Timar (28 games, 2-4-6) and George Michalke (27 games, 4-6-10) also saw significant action and Mitch Torrel provided depth. Freshmen Chad Demers, Cole Gunner, Scott Holm, Brad McBride and Ben Persian will look to contribute in their first season at the Division I level. Junior Stephen Carew played 36 games as a freshman at forward and played 36 games as a sophomore on defense. His versatility gives the Falcons many options going into to the 2011-12 season. He could see action at both positions this season. “I like our depth at the forward position,” Serratore said. “With the number of forwards that we lost from last season, you just can’t replace them with one or two guys. We will look to make up the scoring that we lost by committee. If we end up being successful as a team, I believe we will see goal scoring and game situational contributions come from virtually every player in our lineup. I am not sure we have any one player who will light it up as a scorer, but I believe every player on our roster can and will contribute to our overall scoring. With this, if everyone contributes, it should be enough for us to once again be a strong contender in March.”
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us from a lot of the teams in college hockey. I believe this will happen if they perform to their potential.”
The Goalies Entering last season, the biggest question mark on the team was goaltending. The Falcons were looking for someone to replace Andrew Volkening, who holds nearly every Academy record for netminders. For the first month of the season, the Falcons rotated three goaltenders, looking for someone to step up and be the guy. That guy stepped up on Nov. 14 when freshman Jason Torf made 34 saves as Air Force beat third-ranked Yale, 4-3 at the Academy.
The Defense The defensive corps could again be the strength of this team. The Falcons return five of the top six defensemen from last season, including three of the top four returning scorers in the league. Senior Scott Mathis was second in the league in points by a defenseman in AHA games last season with 27 points (8-19-27). Mathis earned first-team all-AHA honors last season and joins Weisgarber wearing a “C” in 2011-12. Senior Tim Kirby was a third-team all-league selection as he was third in the AHA in points by a defenseman with 23 (7-16-23). Sophomore Adam McKenzie was the top-scoring freshman defenseman in the league last season and fifth overall with 19 points (5-14-19). McKenzie was named to the all-rookie team. Junior Mike Walsh played in all 38 games on the back line while Carew played in 36.
Junior Eric Artman, sophomore Jacob Musselman and freshmen Alex Halloran, Mike McDonald and Dan Weissenhofer will all look to crack the lineup. “We have the potential of having the deepest defensive corps in the history of the Air Force hockey program,” Serratore said. “Kirby and Mathis are making a strong bid to become arguably the greatest defensive pair in history. Our defensive corps has the potential of separating
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. RIT, Mercyhurst, Air Force, Niagara, Robert Morris and Canisius, will form the western pod. Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Army, Bentley, UConn and AIC form the eastern pod.
Torf started the next 28 consecutive games, earning AHA all-rookie team honors. His 16 wins were the second most in the nation by a freshman. In the AHA championship game, Torf blanked RIT with a career-best 40 saves to earn AHA all-tournament team honors as the Falcons earned their fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in five years.
The 2012 AHA Tournament will feature a similar format as last year, but with a slight twist. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams (regardless of which the pod) will get byes in the first round of the playoffs. Seeds five through eight will host seeds nine through 12 in a best of three series. The four winners of the first round series will travel to the top four seeds, who received a bye in the first round, for a best-ofthree quarterfinal series.
Senior Stephen Caple gave the Falcons some much needed relief last season. Caple finished with a record of 4-2-2, including three wins coming off the bench. His fourth win of the season came in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals when he came off the bench in a 7-5 win over Sacred Heart.
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 March 16. The two semifinal winners will then face-off in the championship game, March 17, with the NCAA automatic berth on the line.
“With no established returner in goal last season, Jason Torf took advantage of the opportunity and won the job,” Serratore said. “We expect his game to continue progressing. We also have confidence in Stephen Caple and Paul Moberg. Steve came into several game last season and played well. Paul is a good athlete and a veteran of two years of junior hockey. I am confident he will eventually contend for ice time as well.”
“I am really looking forward for the season to begin,” Serratore said. “This league gets better every year and not because the top is elevated, but the bottom keeps getting better. I think this year the point differential between the top and bottom be less than ever.”
The Schedule The 2011-12 Falcon hockey schedule will be as challenging as ever. Air Force will play 27 league games in the 12-team AHA once again this season. The non-conference schedule is a strong as anybody in the nation with several teams in the USCHO preseason top 20. Air Force opens the season at the Icebreaker Classic in Grand Forks, N.D. The Falcons open the tournament
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The Falcons will have to replace Brad Sellers, a steady defensive defenseman who played in 144 career games on the blue line and earned the team’s defensive player of the year award last season.
against No. 3 (preseason USCHO) North Dakota on Oct. 7 and then face either No. 5 Boston College or Michigan State on Oct. 8. A pair of games at Alabama-Huntsville and games against local rivals No. 7 Colorado College and No. 4 Denver round our the non-conference schedule.
2011-12 AIR FORCE NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 37 39 55
Name Jacob Musselman Eric Artman Alex Halloran Adam McKenzie Casey Kleisinger Kyle De Laurell Paul Weisgarber Dan Weissenhofer Ben Persian Ryan Timar Scott Holm Jason Fabian Chad Demers George Michalke III Stephen Carew Tony Thomas Brad McBride Cole Gunner Scott Mathis Mike Walsh Tim Kirby Mitch Torrel John Kruse Jason Torf Stephen Caple Paul Moberg Mike McDonald
Pos. Ht. D 5-8 D 5-10 D 5-10 D 5-11 F 5-10 F 6-1 F 5-10 D 6-2 F 6-2 F 5-10 F 6-2 F 6-3 F 5-11 F 5-11 F/D 5-9 F 6-3 F 6-0 F 5-9 D 6-1 D 5-10 D 6-1 F 6-1 F 6-1 G 5-11 G 5-10 G 6-1 D 6-5
Wt. 180 175 175 178 170 200 175 195 175 185 180 195 182 165 175 195 195 170 195 193 195 187 190 180 175 185 205
Yr. SO. JR. FR. SO. SO. JR. SR. FR. FR. SO. FR. SO. FR. SO. JR. SO. FR. FR. SR. JR. SR. SO. JR. SO. SR. FR. FR.
Hometown / Last Team Littleton, CO / Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL) East Lansing, MI/ Topeka Road Runners (NAHL) Salt Lake City, UT / Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) Petaluma, CA / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Edwards, CO / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Mission Viejo, CA / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) Fargo, ND / Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) Naperville, IL / Fargo Force (USHL) Orono, MN / Owatonna Express (NAHL) Novi, MI / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Plymouth, MN / Surrey Eagles (BCHL) Roseau, MN / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Grafton, ND / Fargo Force (USHL) Parma, OH / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) Eden Prairie, MN / Owatonna Express (NAHL) South Lyon, MI / Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL) Denver, CO / Langley Chiefs (BCHL) Richfield, MN / Tri City Storm (USHL) Crystal Lake, IL / Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL) Vernon Hills, IL / Chicago Steel (USHL) Austin, MN / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) Monticello, MN / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Eden Prairie, MN / Owatonna Express (NAHL) Hermosa Beach, CA / Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL) Rice Lake, WI / Westside Warriors (BCJHL) Forest Lake, MN / Coulee Region Chill (NAHL) Mahtomedi, MN/ Coulee Region Chill (NAHL)
FALCONS BY CLASS Seniors (4) 37 25 23 10
Stephen Caple Tim Kirby Scott Mathis Paul Weisgarber
Sophomores (9) 16 7 6 18 2 20 13 29 26
Jason Fabian Casey Kleisinger Adam McKenzie George Michalke Jacob Musselman Tony Thomas Ryan Timar Jason Torf Mitch Torrel
Juniors (5) 3 19 9 27 24
Eric Artman Stephen Carew Kyle De Laurell John Kruse Mike Walsh
Freshmen (9) 17 22 4 15 21 55 39 12 14
Chad Demers Cole Gunner Alex Halloran Scott Holm Brad McBride Mike McDonald Paul Moberg Ben Persian Dan Weissenhofer
FALCONS BY POSITION Forwards (15) 19 17 9 16 22 15 7 27 21 18 12 20 13 26 10
Stephen Carew Chad Demers Kyle De Laurell Jason Fabian Cole Gunner Scott Holm Casey Kleisinger John Kruse Brad McBride George Michalke Ben Persian Tony Thomas Ryan Timar Mitch Torrel Paul Weisgarber
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Goalies (3) 37 39 29
Stephen Caple Paul Moberg Jason Torf
Defense (9) 3 4 25 23 55 6 2 24 14
Eric Artman Alex Halloran Tim Kirby Scott Mathis Mike McDonald Adam McKenzie Jacob Musselman Mike Walsh Dan Weissenhofer
2011-12 AIR FORCE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. 3 37 19 9 17 16 22 4 15 25 7 27 23 21 55 6 18 39 2 12 20 13 29 26 24 10 11
Name Eric Artman Stephen Caple Stephen Carew Kyle De Laurell Chad Demers Jason Fabian Cole Gunner Alex Halloran Scott Holm Tim Kirby Casey Kleisinger John Kruse Scott Mathis Brad McBride Mike McDonald Adam McKenzie George Michalke III Paul Moberg Jacob Musselman Ben Persian Tony Thomas Ryan Timar Jason Torf Mitch Torrel Mike Walsh Paul Weisgarber Dan Weissenhofer
Pos. Ht. D 5-10 G 5-10 F/D 5-9 F 6-1 F 5-11 F 6-3 F 5-9 D 5-10 F 6-2 D 6-1 F 5-10 F 6-1 D 6-1 F 6-0 D 6-5 D 5-11 F 5-11 G 6-1 D 5-8 F 6-2 F 6-3 F 5-10 G 5-11 F 6-1 D 5-10 F 5-10 D 6-2
Wt. 175 175 175 200 182 195 170 175 180 195 170 190 195 195 205 178 165 185 170 175 195 185 180 187 193 175 195
Yr. JR. SR. JR. JR. FR. SO. FR. FR. FR. SR. SO. JR. SR. FR. FR. SO. SO. FR. SO. FR. SO. SO. SO. SO. JR. SR. FR.
Hometown / Last Team East Lansing, MI. / Topeka Road Runners (NAHL) Rice Lake, WI / Westside Warriors (BCJHL) Eden Prairie, MN / Owatonna Express (NAHL) Mission Viejo, CA / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) Grafton, ND / Fargo Force (USHL) Roseau, MN / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Richfield, MN / Tri City Storm (USHL) Salt Lake City, UT / Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) Plymouth, MN / Surrey Eagles (BCHL) Austin, MN / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) Edwards, CO / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) Eden Prairie, MN/ Owatonna Express (NAHL) Crystal Lake, IL / Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL) Denver, CO / Langley Chiefs (BCHL) Mahtomedi, MN / Coulee Region Chill (NAHL) Petaluma, CA / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Parma, OH / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) Forest Lake, MN/ Coulee Region Chill (NAHL) Littleton, CO / Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL) Orono, MN/ Owatonna Express (NAHL) South Lyon, MI / Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL) Novi, MI / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Hermosa Beach, CA / Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL) Monticello, MN / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) Vernon Hills, IL/ Chicago Steel (USHL) Fargo, ND / Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) Naperville, IL/ Fargo Force (USHL)
FALCONS BY STATE California (3) De Laurell - Mission Viejo McKenzie - Petaluma Torf - Hermosa Beach Colorado (3) Kleisinger - Edwards McBride - Denver Musselman - Littleton Illinois (3) Mathis - Crystal Lake Walsh - Vernon Hills Weissenhofer - Naperville Michigan (3) Artman - East Lansing Thomas - South Lyon Timar - Novi
Minnesota (10) Carew - Eden Prairie Fabian - Roseau Gunner - Richfield Holm - Plymouth Kirby - Austin Kruse - Eden Prairie McDonald - Mahtomedi Moberg - Forest Lake Persian - Orono Torrel - Monticello Ohio (1) Michalke - Parma North Dakota (2) Demers - Grafton Weisgarber - Fargo Utah (1)
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Stephen Caple .................KAY-pull Stephen Carew ................cuh-ROO Kyle De Laurell...............duh-LORR-uhl Chad Demers...................DEM-urs Alex Halloran ..................HELL-or-un Jason Fabian ....................FAY-be-un Casey Kleisinger .............KLY-sin-jerr John Kruse ......................CREWS George Michalke .............muh-CALL-key Paul Moberg ....................MOE-burg Frank Serratore................sara-TORR-ee Ryan Timar .....................TY-merr Mitch Torrel ....................TORE-el Dan Weissenhofer ...........WISE-en-hoff-er Paul Weisgarber ..............WISE-garber
Halloran - Salt Lake City Wisconsin (1) Caple - Rice Lake
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3 Eric Artman Defense | Junior | 5-10 | 175 | Shoots: Right East Lansing, Mich. | Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)
2010-11 (Sophomore) Played in four games on defense ... had seven shots on goal.
2009-10 (Freshman) Played in 22 games and had seven points, the most among the freshmAn 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 gamewinner.
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 allconference 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 ... Minor is French ... This past summer, travelled to McChord AFB, Wash., on Operation Air Force ... Flew in a C-17, rode on a brand new Coast Guard boat and went in a Navy submarine ... Also, travelled to Morocco for a French Language Immersion Program ... Superintendent of the Obstacle Course during Basic Cadet Training ... Is the Honor NCO in his squadron, assisting other cadets providing support through the honor process ... Was the Outstanding Freshman in the Wing in 2009 ... On the athletic’s list once ... Favorite book is the The Knights Templar ... Something that not many people know about him is that he has travelled to 47 of the 50 states ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Credits his father for the having the greatest influence on his sports career ... One word to describe himself is “determined” ... Started playing hockey when he was four years old ... Long-term goal is to work in the acquisitions career field and then be a teacher after his Air Force career ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite player is Washington Capitals defenseman Mike Green.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 2 vs. Army, March 12, 2010 Points: 2 vs. Army, March 12, 2010
Year 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 22 4 26
Artman’s Career Stats G 4 0 4
A 3 0 3
PTS 7 0 7
PIM 14 2 16
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SOG 21 7 28
PP 1 0 1
SH 0 0 0
GW 0 0 0
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37 Stephen Caple Goalie | Senior | 5-10 | 175 | Catches: Left Rice Lake, Wis. | Westside Warriors (BCJHL)
2010-11 (Junior) Played in 10 games, starting three ... 2.57 GAA was the best on the team ... .896 saves percentage was the second best ... Record of 4-2-2 ... First career start came against AIC, Oct. 23 ... Recorded his first career shutout while making 23 saves for his first career win ... Came on in relief vs. RIT and earned the win ... Played the final 55 minutes and allowed just one goal with 21 saves ... Started against Colorado College, Nov. 12, and made a careerhigh 27 saves ... Came on in relief to earn the win over Holy Cross, Dec. 4 ... Earned his fourth win of the season in game one of the AHA Quarterfinals against Sacred Heart, came on in relief in the middle of the second period with the score tied at five ... Did not allow a goal and made 12 saves in 34 minutes as Air Force won 7-5 and went on to win the best of three series en route to its fourth AHA championship in five years.
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 and Sacred Heart.
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 2007-08, 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 All-Star 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 southern France as part of the Cadet Summer Language Immersion Program ... Also worked the obstacle course this past summer ... Long-term goal is to work in the Air Force’s Red Horse program, a rapidly deployable engineering squadron that works in combat areas ... Also interested in pilot training ... Favorite TV show is Swamp Loggers ... Listens to hard rock before games ... Favorite sport other than hockey is snocross ... Credits his parents as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies are off-roading, camping and boating ... Favorite NHL player is Bruins’ goalie Tim Thomas.
Career Highs Minutes: 60, several times Saves: 27 vs. Colo. College, Nov. 12, 2010
Career Shutouts AIC, Oct. 23, 2010
Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 0 3 10 13
Caple’s Career Stats MIN 0 63 419 482
GA 0 1 18 19
GAA 0.00 0.95 2.57 2.36
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REC 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-2-2 4-2-2
SV 0 19 155 174
SV% .000 .950 .896 .902
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19 Stephen Carew Forward/Defense | Junior | 5-9 | 175 | Shoots: Right Eden Prairie, Minn. | Owatonna Express (NAHL)
2010-11 (Sophomore) Played in 36 of the 38 games on defense ... Four goals and five assists for nine points ... All four goals came on the power play ... Scored in the season opener vs. Alaska ... Scored a goal in three straight games, vs. RIT, Colorado College and Yale ... His goal against third-ranked Yale was the game-winner with 3:52 remaining ... Tied his career best with two points (1-1-2) in the 4-3 win over RIT, Nov. 7 ... Assisted on the game-winning goal with 4:16 remaining as Air Force beat Holy Cross, 3-2, in the AHA semifinal game.
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 (28-2654) … 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, travelled to Ellsworth AFB, S.D., and worked with a squadron of B-1 aircraft ... Also worked the warrior course during Basic Cadet Training ... On the dean’s list and commandant’s list (military excellence) in the fall of 2009 ... On the athletic’s list every semester ... Favorite food is sushi ... Favorite class is unarmed combat ... Favorite sport other than hockey is lacrosse ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the AHA Championship 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, off-roading and working out ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 1, several times Points: 2, several times
Year 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 36 36 72
G 6 4 10
Carew’s Career Stats A 9 5 14
PTS 15 9 24
PIM 4-8 4-8 8-16
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SOG 53 48 101
PP 3 4 7
SH 1 0 1
GW 0 1 1
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9 Kyle DeLaurell Forward | Junior | 6-1 | 200 | Shoots: Right Mission Viejo, Calif. | Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL)
2010-11 (Sophomore) Played in 31 games and tied for fourth on the team with 10 goals ... Third on the team with career-best 33 points (10-23-33) ... Second on the team and fifth in AHA with six power play goals ... Tied career best with three points (1-2-3) vs. AIC, Oct. 23 ... First-career hat trick in the win over Holy Cross, Dec. 4 ... Tied career high with three points (1-2-3) vs. RIT, Feb. 5 ... Tied career high three points (2-1-3) vs. Niagara, Feb. 12 ... Tied career high with two assists vs. Robert Morris series, Feb. 26 ... Four points (1-3-4) in SHU series, March 11-12 ... Two assists in the win over Holy Cross in AHA semifinals ... Scored at least one point in 18 of his 30 games, third best on the team ... Six-game point streak, Feb. 19-March 18, [2-9-11]
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 ... Favorite class is math ... Listens to Rise Against before games ... This past summer, worked Combat Survival Training and travelled to Fairchild AFB, Wash., on Operation Air Force ... During the summer of 2010, learned to fly UAV’s in the Unmanned Aerial Systems program ... On the athletic’s list every semester ... Lived in five different states during the two years prior to coming to the Academy ... Would like to work in the contracting or acquisitions field after graduation ... If he could be on any reality TV show it would be Wipeout ... Famous person he would most like to meet is Wayne Gretzky ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the AHA championship last year ... Started playing roller hockey when he was four and transitioned to ice at age seven ... Hobby is video games ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player is Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin.
Career Highs Goals: 3, vs. Holy Cross, Dec. 4, 2010 Assists: 3 vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009 Points: 3 vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009
Year 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 36 31 67
De Laurell’s Career Stats
G 6 10 16
A 6 23 29
PTS 12 33 45
PIM 8-16 7-14 15-30
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SOG 83 77 160
PP 4 6 10
SH 0 0 0
GW 3 0 3
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16 Jason Fabian Forward | Sophomore | 6-3 | 195 | Shoots: Right Roseau, Minn. | Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in 37 of the 38 games ... Seventh on the team in scoring with 21 points ... Tied for fifth in goals with 10 ... Led all freshmen in both categories ... Tied for eighth in the AHA in goals by a freshman and 13th in points in all games ... First career goal came against AIC, Oct. 22 ... Scored career best two goals vs. AIC, Oct. 23 ... Matched his career best with two goals vs. Niagara, Nov. 20 ... Tied his career best with two goals vs. Mercyhurst, Feb. 19 ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week on Feb. 21 with four points (3-1-4) in the road sweep at Mercyhurst .
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 power-play goals … In 10 playoff games in 2009-10, 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 Member of Cadet Squadron 35 ... Parents are Dan and Roxanne Fabian ... Has two older brothers, Mark and Erik ... Brother, Erik, was a four-year letterman at forward for the University of North Dakota, 2004-07, and is currently the head coach of the UND women’s hockey program ... Major is management ... Completed Combat Survival Training and Global Engagement this past summer ... On the dean’s and athletic’s list as a freshman ... Favorite movie is the Godfather ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the national championship in junior hockey with the Bismarck Bobcats ... His hometown of Roseau holds the record for the most state hockey championships in the state of Minnesota ... Favorite sport other than hockey is football ... Credits his brothers as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Would like to go to get his MBA after graduation ... Started playing hockey at age three ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is former Av Joe Sakic.
Career Highs Goals: 2,several times Assists: 2, vs. RIT, Nov. 7, 2010 and vs. Holy Cross, Dec. 4, 2010 Points: 2, several times
Year 2010-11
GP 37
G 10
Fabian’s Career Stats A 11
PTS 21
PIM 3-6
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SOG 93
PP 1
SH 0
GW 0
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25 Tim Kirby Defense | Senior | 6-1 | 195 | Shoots: Right Austin, Minn. |Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL)
2010-11 (Junior) Third-team all-AHA ... Played in all 38 games and was second on the team in goals (7) and points (23) by a defenseman ... Ranked third in the league in points by a defenseman in AHA games (7-12-19) ... Tied season high with two points (1-1-2) vs. Robert Morris, Feb. 26 ... Season high two assists vs. SHU, March 11-12 ... Had the first assist on the GWG in win over RIT in the championship game ... Named to the AHA all-tournament team.
2009-10 (Sophomore) First-team all-AHA selection ... 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 ... 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..
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 Member of Cadet Squadron 27 ... Parents are John and Lidia Kirby ... Has three brothers, Matt , Dan and John ... Younger brother, John, is a defenseman for the Austin Bruins of the NAHL ... Major is social sciences ... This past summer, worked Summer Seminar and assisted with the operations warrior course during Basic Cadet Training ... Also took a geopolitics class ... On the commandant’s list for military excellence in the spring of 2011 ... Is the safety officer in his squadron ... Would like to work in the logistics career field after graduation ... Favorite book is Josh Hamilton’s biography ... Hometown of Austin, Minn., is known as SpamTown, USA ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... After a stellar amateur baseball career as an outfielder, was contacted by the Los Angeles Dodgers but had decided to stick with hockey ... One word to describe himself is “laid-back” ... Hobbies are disc golfing, golfing and fishing ... 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 Minnesota Wild ... Favorite NHL player is Wild defenseman Brent Burns.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 5 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010 Points: 5 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010
Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 41 37 38 116
G 2 5 7 14
Kirby’s Career Stats A 11 19 16 46
PTS 13 24 23 60
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PIM 11-33 13-34 12-24 36-91
SOG 58 116 131 305
PP 0 1 3 4
SH 0 0 0 0
GW 0 3 0 3
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7 Casey Kleisinger Forward | Sophomore | 5-10 | 170 | Shoots: Right Edwards, Colo. |Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in 34 of the 38 games and had five goals and eight assists for 13 points ... Tied for third on the team in goals by a freshman and fourth in points ... First career goal came against Denver, Nov. 27 ... Career-best two points (1-1-2) at Mercyhurst, Feb. 18 ... Tied his career high of two points (1-1-2) vs. the Lakers the next night ... Again matched his career high of two points vs. Sacred Heart as Air Force completed the sweep of the Pioneers in the AHA quarterfinals ... Scored his first career game-winner, the first goal of that game, on March 12.
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 all-tournament 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 8 ... Parents are Terry and Laurie Kleisinger ... Has one brother, Cody ... Father was a goalie for the University of Wisconsin and helped lead the Badgers to the NCAA Championship in 1981 and 1983 and a runnerup finish in 1982 ... Father also 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 management ... Minor is Spanish ... Completed Global Engagement and Space and Missiles this past summer ... Also took a summer course in operations research ... On the dean’s and athletic’s list as a freshman ... Would like to work in the acquisitions field after graduation ... Favorite book is Ender’s Game ... Something not many people know about him is that he is a certified scuba diver ... Chose his jersey number because seven is his favorite number ... Hometown of Edwards, Colo., is 12 miles from Vail and was listed No. 6 by Money Magazine for the Rich and Single in the United States ... Started playing hockey at the age of four ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite NHL player is former Av Peter Forsberg.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 2, several times Points: 2, several times
Year 2010-11
GP 34
G 5
Kleisinger’s Career Stats A 8
PTS 13
PIM 8-16
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SOG 52
PP 1
SH 0
GW 1
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27 John Kruse Forward | Junior | 6-1 | 190 | Shoots: Right Eden Prairie, Minn. |Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL)
2010-11 (Sophomore) Played in 37 of the 38 games ... Third on the team with 11 goals ... Fourth on the team with 29 points ... Tied for second on the team with two game-winners ... Named to the Kendall Classic (Anchorage, Alaska) all-tournament team as he scored two points (1-1-2) against Alaska-Fairbanks ... Career-best five points (2-3-5) in the win over AIC, 23 ... Scored the game-winning goal on the power play with 3:20 left in the third period in the 4-3 win over RIT, Nov. 7 ... Tied his career best with three assists at UConn, Jan. 22 ... Scored the game-winning goal with 1:17 remaining in AFA’s 5-3 win at Mercyhurst, Feb. 18 ... Four points (2-2-4) in the AHA Quarterfinals vs. Sacred Heart, March 11-12.
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 power-play 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, went to McGuire AFB, N.J., on Operation Air Force and also worked Basic Cadet Training ... 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 ... Hobbies are golf and listening to music ... Favorite team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Pavel Datsyuk.
Career Highs Goals: 2, several times Assists: 3, several times Points: 5 vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010
Year 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 34 37 71
G 5 11 16
Kruse’s Career Stats A 8 18 26
PTS 13 29 42
PIM 2-4 3-6 5-10
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SOG 57 95 152
PP 2 1 3
SH 0 0 0
GW 1 2 3
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23 Scott Mathis Defense | Senior | 6-1 | 195 | Shoots: Left Crystal Lake, Ill. | Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (NAHL)
2010-11 (Junior) First-team all-AHA ... Played in all 38 games and was the team’s top scoring defenseman with 27 points (8-19-27) ... Second in the AHA and 16th in the nation in points by a defenseman ... In AHA games, was tied for second in points by a defenseman (5-16-21) ... Career-best three assists in the win over AIC, Oct. 23 ... Career-best sevengame point-scoring streak from Oct. 20 through Nov. 20 ... Three points (1-2-3) in the 3-2 win over Canisius, Jan. 29 ... Two assists in the 7-5 win over Sacred Heart in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals, March 11 ... Named to the AHA all-tournament team.
2009-10 (Sophomore) Played in all 37 games and was seventh on the team and second among the defensemen with 16 points ... Tied his season- 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 season 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 season 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 ... 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 Summer Sports Camps as a counselor and also worked the obstacle course during Basic Cadet Training ... On the dean’s list every semester, on the commandant’s list (military excellence) four times and the superintendent’s list once for excellence in academics, military and athletics in the same semester ... Would like to work in the acquisitions career fields after graduation ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Favorite movies are Gran Torino and No Country for Old Men ... Favorite book is A Random Walk Down Wall Street ... Something not many people know about him is that he likes to collect old comic books ... Has worn his current number since he was in juniors ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing roller hockey at age six and transitioned to ice at age nine ... Hobbies are volleyball and reading ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Jonathan Toews.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 3, vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 Points: 3, vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 and vs. Canisius, Jan. 29, 2011
Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 40 37 38 115
G 4 2 8 14
Mathis’ Career Stats A 19 14 19 52
PTS 23 16 27 66
PIM 6-12 16-32 8-16 30-60
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SOG 80 81 91 252
PP 1 1 3 5
SH 0 0 1 1
GW 1 0 0 1
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6 Adam McKenzie Defense | Sophomore | 5-11 | 178 | Shoots: Left Petaluma, Calif. | Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Named to the AHA all-rookie team ... Played in all 38 games and had 19 points on five goals and 14 assists ... The No. 2 scoring freshman on the team ... +8 was the fourth best on the team ... Two power-play goals ...The topscoring freshman defenseman in the AHA with 18 points in 27 league games (5-13-18) ... Career-best two assists vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 ... First career goal came against Niagara, Nov. 20 ... AFA was 3-0-2 in games he scored a goal ... Tied his career best with two points (1-1-2) vs. UConn, Jan. 22.
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 in 2009-10, he had seven points, all assists, the third-most of any defenseman … Named to the alltournament 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 3... Parents are Tom and Cynthia McKenzie ... Has one sister, Monica ... Major is aeronautical engineering ... Minor is French ... Completed Combat Survival Training, Global Engagement and flew unmanned aerials this past summer ... On the dean’s list both semesters as a freshman and was on the commandant’s list once and athletic’s list once ... Long-term goal is to be a developmental engineer ... Favorite book is Tom Clancy’s Dead or Alive ... Favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Bobby Orr ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Credits his parents as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing ice hockey at age five ... Favorite NHL team is the San Jose Sharks ... Favorite player is Sharks’ defenseman Dan Boyle.
Career Highs Goals: 1 several times Assists: 2, vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 and vs. Mercyhurst, Feb. 18, 2011 Points: 2, several times
Year 2010-11
GP 38
G 5
McKenzie’s Career Stats A 14
PTS 19
PIM 7-22
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SOG 62
PP 2
SH 1
GW 0
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18 George Michalke III Forward | Sophomore | 5-11 | 165 | Shoots: Right Parma, Ohio | Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in 27 games and had four goals and six assists for 10 points ... Fifth among the freshmen in scoring ... Third on the team with a +9 ... First career goal came against Robert Morris, Oct. 17, 2010 ... Scored the game-winner in the 6-5 win at Mercyhurst, Feb. 19, 2011 ... Career best two points (1-1-2) in that game ... Scored his second game-winner of the season in the 4-2 win over Robert Morris, Feb. 25, 2011 ... One goal and one assist as Air Force swept Sacred Heart in the AHA Quarterfinals, March 11-12.
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 in 2009-10 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 … Played 22 games for the Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) and had 10 points on three goals and seven assists in 2009-10… 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 33 ... Parents are George, Jr., and Kathleen Michalke ... Has one brother, Matthew ... Major is English ... This past summer, completed the Space Program and Global Engagement and also took a calculus class ... On the athletic’s list both semesters as a freshman ... Favorite book is The Bible ... Favorite movie is Toy Story ... Favorite sport other than hockey is basketball ... Credits his parents as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing hockey at the age of three ... Favorite NHL team is the Philadelphia Flyers ... Favorite NHL player is Claude Giroux.
Career Highs Goals: 1 several times Assists: 1, several times Points: 2, vs. Mercyhurst, Feb. 19, 2011
Year 2010-11
GP 27
G 4
Michalke’s Career Stats A 6
PTS 10
PIM 2-4
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SOG 39
PP 0
SH 0
GW 2
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2 Jacob Musselman Defense | Sophomore | 5-8 | 170 | Shoots: Right Littleton, Colo. | Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in two games, both coming against Niagara on Feb. 11-12 ... Was called for one penalty and took one shot on goal.
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 24 ... Parents are William and Tammy Musselman ... Has three siblings, Amber, Matt and Kayla ... Completed Global Engagement and the Unmanned Aerial System programs last summer ... Also took a summer course in operations research ... On the dean’s list and athletic’s list as a freshman ... Would like to get his master’s in business management after graduation ... Long-term goal is to work in the financial management career field ... Person in history he would most like to meet is George Washington ... Favorite sport other than hockey is tennis ... If he won the lottery, he would “spoil my parents” ... Credits his parents for having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing hockey at the age of six ... Hobbies are hiking, swimming and travelling ... Favorite team is the Colorado Avalanche.
Career Highs Goals: 0 Assists:0 Points: 0
Year 2010-11
GP 2
Musselman’s Career Stats
G 0
A 0
PTS 0
PIM 1-2
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SOG 1
PP 0
SH 0
GW 0
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20 Tony Thomas Forward | Sophomore | 6-3 | 195 | Shoots: Left South Lyon, Mich. | Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in all 38 games and had seven goals and 10 assists for 17 points ... Seven goals were second among the freshmen and tied for eighth on the team ... 17 points were third among the freshmen and 10th on the team ... In all games, tied for 10th in the league in goals by a freshman and 20th in points ... Three power-play goals and one game-winner ... First career goal came against AIC, Oct. 23 ... Posted career bests of three assists and four points in that game ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week on Nov. 15 when he recorded five points in two games against Colorado College and third-ranked Yale ... Two assists in the 4-3 win over Yale ... From Oct. 23 through Nov. 14, had three goals and six assists for nine points in five games ... Scored the game-winner in the 7-5 win over Sacred Heart in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals.
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 powerplay 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 ... All-league and all-district in baseball.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Christopher and Deborah Thomas ... Has one brother, Nick ... Major is management ... Minor is Spanish ... Completed Cyber Warfare Class and Global Engagement this past summer ... On the dean’s list his first semester ... Would like to earn his MBA and work in the acquisitions career field after graduation ... Long-term goal is to be the head of the major corporation ... Listens to the Red Hot Chili Peppers before games ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Jimi Hendrix ... Is the tallest person in his family ... Credits his parents and grandparents as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing hockey at the age of four ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite NHL player is Anaheim Ducks forward Bobby Ryan.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 3, vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 Points: 4, vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010
Year 2010-11
GP 38
G 7
Thomas’ Career Stats A 10
PTS 17
PIM 8-16
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SOG 57
PP 3
SH 0
GW 1
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13 Ryan Timar Forward | Sophomore | 5-10 | 185 | Shoots: Right Novi, Mich. | Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in 28 games and had two goals and four assists for six points ... First career game came against No. 3 Yale in the 4-3 win ... First point was an assist at Bentley in a 3-2 overtime win ... First goal came at Sacred Heart, Jan. 7, 2011 ... Scored the eventual game-winner in the 5-1 win over Army on Jan. 14, 2011 ... Played in 23 of the final 24 games of the season.
Before Air Force Started the 2009-10 season with the Alpena Icediggers of the NAHL and had 29 points (15-14-29) 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 11 ... Parents are Jeff and Lori Timar ... Has four sisters, Kerri, Kristi, Kelli and Kati ... Major is biology ...This past summer, completed the Space Program, Global Engagement and Combat Survival Training ... On the athletic’s list in the spring of 2011 ... Would like to go to medical school after graduation ... Long-term goal is to be an orthopedic surgeon ... Favorite food is ribs ... Favorite movie is The Departed ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the AHA Championship last season ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Started playing hockey at age six ... Hobbies are reading and movies ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings.
Career Highs Goals: 1, several times Assists: 1, several times Points: 1, several times
Year 2010-11
GP 28
G 2
Timar’s Career Stats A 4
PTS 6
PIM 4-16
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SOG 40
PP 0
SH 0
GW 1
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29 Jason Torf Goalie | Sophomore | 5-11 | 180 | Catches: Left Hermosa Beach, Calif. | Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Named to the AHA all-rookie team ... Earned the team’s John Matchefts Award as the top freshman, the first goalie to ever win the award ... Played and started 33 games ... Made 29 consecutive starts dating back to his win over Yale, Nov. 14 ... 16 wins were the second-most of any freshman goaltender in the nation ... Had a 2.87 GAA and a .909 saves percentage, the best marks among all freshmen in the AHA in all games ... First career start came against Alaska-Anchorage with 28 saves in a 3-2 loss ... First career win came against No. 3 Yale in a 4-3 win as he made 34 saves on Nov. 14 ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week, Nov. 15 ... 39 saves twice during the season (No. 12 Denver; and Bentley, Dec. 31) ... Named the AHA Goalie of the Month for December ... Named the AHA Rookie and Goalie of the Week, Jan. 3, as he stopped 58 of 62 in the Bentley series ... Career-best 40 saves in the win at Mercyhurst, Feb. 19 ... Named the AHA Rookie of the week for third time as he stopped 51 of 54 in a sweep of Robert Morris, Feb. 25-26 ... First career shutout came in the AHA quarterfinals with a 4-0 win over Sacred Heart, March 12 ... Second career shutout and tied his career high with 40 saves in the 1-0 win over RIT in the AHA championship game ... Named to the AHA all-tournament team and was the goalie and freshman of the week in the AHA, March 21 ... 26 saves in the NCAA Tournament game against top-seeded Yale.
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 all-conference twice ... Earned his school’s best athlete award and was academic all-state.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 21 ... Parents are Kevin and Susan Torf ... Has two siblings, Kyle and Caleigh ... Major is aeronautical engineering ... Minor is Portugese ... Both of his parents and his brother were all born in South Africa ... Jason is the first American born in the family ... Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins still live in South Africa and he has visited there several times ... Completed the Space Program and Global Engagement this past summer ... On the dean’s list both semesters as a freshman ... Also on the commandant’s list once for military excellence and on the athletic’s list once ... Long-term goal is to work for Boeing as an engineer doing military contracts ... Listens to classical music before games ... Favorite movie is She’s Out of My League ... Greatest moment in sports was his first NCAA win over No. 3 Yale at home ... One word to describe himself is “cheerful” ... Favorite sport other than hockey is soccer ... Started playing roller hockey at age five and transitioned to ice at age eight ... Hobbies are music, playing guitar, the beach and all sports ... Favorite NHL team is the Los Angeles Kings ... Favorite player is Montreal goalie Carey Price.
CAREER HIGHS Minutes: 65, three times Saves: 40, vs. Mercyhurst, Feb. 18, 2011 and vs. RIT, March 19, 2011 CAREER SHUTOUTS Sacred Heart, March 12, 2011 RIT, March 19, 2011
Torf’s Career Stats Year 2010-11
GP 33
MIN 1821
GA 87
GAA 2.87
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REC 16-9-4
SV 865
SV% .909
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26 Mitch Torrel Forward | Sophomore | 6-1| 187 | Shoots: Right Monticello, Minn. | Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)
2010-11 (Freshman) Played in nine games and had one assist ... Only point of the season came against Sacred Heart in the 5-5 overtime tie on the road ... Assisted on Tim Kirby’s goal in the second period that tied the game at 3-3.
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 31 ... Parents are Stephen and Kendel Torrel ... Has one brother, Gage ... Father and uncle played for Minnesota-Duluth ... Father was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the seventh round of the 1986 draft ... Uncle, Doug, was a fourth-round draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks in 1987 ... Doug played five years of professional hockey in the AHL, WCHL and IHL and spent two seasons playing in Germany ... Godfather, Shjon Podein, played 11 years in the NHL and won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2001 ... Major is management ... Minor is French ... This past summer, completed Global Engagement and Combat Survival Training ... Also completed the Jump Program and earned his wings with a solo jump from 4,500 feet ... Long-term goal is to be a combat rescue officer or a special tactics officer ... On the athletic’s list as a freshman ... Favorite food is the vodka penne pasta from Vazzy’s in Connecticut ... Favorite movie is The Other Guys ... Favorite sports other than hockey are basketball and tennis ... Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies are anything outdoors ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite NHL player is Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck.
Career Highs Goals: 0 Assists: 1, Sacred Heart, Jan. 7, 2011 Points: 1, Sacred Heart, Jan. 7, 2011
Year 2010-11
GP 9
G 0
Torrel’s Career Stats A 1
PTS 1
PIM 4-8
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SOG 16
PP 0
SH 0
GW 0
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24 Mike Walsh Defense | Junior | 5-10| 193 | Shoots: Right Vernon Hills, Ill. | Chicago Steel (USHL)
2010-11 (Sophomore) Played in all 38 games on defense ... One goal and six assists for seven points on the season ... First career goal came against Robert Morris, Oct. 17 ... Assisted on the game-winning goal when Air Force beat Robert Morris, 4-2, on Feb. 26, in the final regular-season home game of the season.
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, travelled to Warner Robins AFB, Ga., on Operation Air Force ... Worked with the security forces and logistics squadrons and fired the M-9 pistol and M-14 rifle ... Also worked on the assault course during Basic Cadet Training ... On the athletic’s list for the last three semesters ... Plans to work in the acquisitions field after graduation and would someday like to work for a large company that makes peoples lives easier and more enjoyable ... Favorite book is For the Thrill of It ... Favorite class is electrical engineering ... Favorite movie is She’s Out of my League ... Famous person he would most like to meet is Gordie Howe ... One word to describe himself is “dedicated” ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Has worn the No. 24 since he started playing juniors ... Credits his junior coach, Steve Poapst, with having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Started playing hockey at the age of four ... Hobbies are listening to music and playing golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Blackhawk defenseman Duncan Keith.
Career Highs Goals: 1, Robert Morris, Oct. 17, 2010 Assists: 1, several times Points: 1, several times
Year 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 20 38 58
G 0 1 1
Walsh’s Career Stats A 3 6 9
PTS 3 7 10
PIM 2-4 14-47 16-51
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SOG 13 23 36
PP 0 0 0
SH 0 0 0
GW 0 0 0
MEET THE FALCONS
10 Paul Weisgarber Forward | Senior | 5-10| 175 | Shoots: Left Fargo, N.D. | Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
2010-11 (Junior) Played in all 38 games and had 13 goals and 25 points ... Second on the team with career-best 13 goals ... Sixth on the team with 25 points, the most in any season in his career ... Career best two goals, including the game-winner vs. AIC, Oct. 23 ... Scored a goal in three straight games from Nov. 7-14, his longest career streak ... Career-best three points (2-1-3) in the 7-4 win at Niagara on Nov. 20 ... Career-best three assists, and tied his career high in points, vs. Holy Cross, Dec. 4 ... Scored a goal in three straight games from Jan. 14-21, to tie career best ... Just the third player in school history to earn three of the seven major team awards (the Heyliger, the Cronk and the Bowman) in the same season.
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 short-handed goals ... Season-best two points (1-1-2) in the 5-3 win over AIC, Dec. 5 ... Tied season high with two points (1-1-2) in the 3-0 win over Bentley, Jan. 16 ... Tied his season 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 ... All-Conference 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.
Personal 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 graduation ... Long-term goal is to get his MBA and become a CEO of a major corporation ... This past summer, was selected to participate in the Cadet Summer Research Program at Hanscom AFB, Mass. ... Also worked the assault course during Basic Cadet Training ... On the superintendent’s list every semester for excellence in academics, athletics and military studies ... Favorite book is Good to Great ... 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 forward Zach Parise.
Career Highs Goals: 2, vs. AIC, Oct. 23, 2010 Assists: 3, vs. Holy Cross, Dec. 4, 2010 Points: 3, several times
Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Totals
GP 41 37 38 116
Weisgarber’s Career Stats
G 6 6 13 25
A 6 6 12 24
PTS 12 12 25 59
PIM 6-12 8-16 8-16 22-44
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SOG 63 60 61 184
PP 0 0 2 2
SH 0 2 1 3
GW 0 0 2 2
MEET THE FALCONS 17 CHAD DEMERS
4 ALEX HALLORAN
Freshman, Forward 5-11, 182, Shoots: Left Grafton, N.D. Fargo Force (USHL)
Freshman, Defense 5-10, 175, Shoots: Right Salt Lake City, Utah Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)
Before Air Force Played in 136 career regular-season and playoff games in three years with the Fargo Force of the USHL … Played in 51 games in 2010-11 for the Force and was second on the team with 18 goals, 32 assists and 50 points … Team captain in 2010-11 ... His +26 and three game-winners were also second on the team … In 200910, played in 43 regular-season games and had three goals and 12 points … Also had one goal and one assist in 13 playoff games … Helped lead the Force to a runner-up finish in the 2010 USHL playoffs … Played in 23 games in 2008-09 and had two goals and one assist ... Junior coaches were Jason Herter (2010-11), Steve Johnson (2009-10) and Dean Blais (2008-09) ... Lettered four years in baseball, three years in football and two in hockey at Grafton High School ... Named all-state in football and hockey in 2007-08 ... All-region in football in 2006 and 2007 ... Hockey state tournament MVP and all-tournament team in 2008 ... Team won the state championship ... Member of the National Honor Society three years.
Before Air Force Played two years of junior hockey for the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the BCHL … Junior coach was Dale Purinton ... Played in 48 games in 2010-11 and was the team’s top scoring defensemen with nine goals and 25 assists … His nine goals were fifth on the team among all players … Played 58 games for the Capitals in 2009-10 and had three goals and 16 assists for 19 points ... Lettered four years in hockey for Juan Diego Catholic High School ... Team won the state championship as a freshman and sophomore ... Team captain and led the league in points as a junior and senior ... On the honor roll all four years.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 23 ... Parents are Mike Halloran and Cheryl Gilger ... Has two siblings, Victoria and Nicholas ... Major is management ... Favorite NHL team is the New York Rangers.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 26 ... Parents are Guy and Susie Demers ... Has two brothers, Tommy and Joey ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is the Washington Capitals ... Favorite player is Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin.
22 COLE GUNNER Freshman, Forward 5-9, 170, Shoots: Right Richfield, Minn. Tri-City Storm (USHL)
Before Air Force Played in 151 career games in the USHL with 27 goals and 46 assists for 73 points … Started the 2010-11 season with the Chicago Steel (coached by Steve Poapst) of the USHL and played 38 games, scoring six goals and dishing out 14 assists … Traded to the Tri-City Storm (coached by Drew Schnoek) late in the season and played 16 games with seven goals and four assists … Started the 2009-10 season with the Fargo Force of the USHL and played 26 games with five goals and six assists … Traded to the Chicago Steel (coached by John Waibel) at midseason and played the final 26 games, scoring five goals and 11 assists … Played 45 games for the Fargo Force (coached by Dean Blais) in 2008-09 and had four goals and 11 assists ... Lettered two years in hockey and baseball at Richfield High School ... All-Conference in hockey twice and honorable mention all-state in 2007-08.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 21 ... Parents are David and Melody Gunner ... Has two sisters, Jessica and Jolene ... Major is undeclared ... Favorite NHL team is the San Jose Sharks ... Favorite player is Sharks’ defenseman Dan Boyle.
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MEET THE FALCONS 15 SCOTT HOLM
55 MIKE MCDONALD
Freshman, Forward 6-2, 180, Shoots: Left Plymouth, Minn. Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
Freshman, Defenseman 6-5, 205, Shoots: Right Mahtomedi, Minn. Coulee Region Chill (NAHL)
Before Air Force Played in 46 games with the Surrey Eagles (coached by Matt Erhart) and had eight goals and 21 assists for 29 points in 201011 … Three power-play goals and three game-winners … Third on the team with 13 points in 16 playoff games on four goals and nine assists ... Led all rookies and all import players in scoring during the playoffs ... Lettered three years in hockey at Wayzata High School ... named the team MVP and was all-conference as a senior.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 5 ... Parents are Craig and Sue ... Has three sisters, Sarah, Lisa and Elizabeth ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL player is Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler.
Before Air Force Played in 54 games on defense for the Coulee Region Chill of the NAHL and had four goals and 11 assists for 15 points in 2010-11… One power-play goal and two game-winners … One goal and four assists and was a +4 in nine playoff games … In 2009-10, played in 43 games with the North Iowa Outlaws of the NAHL and had two goals and five assists ... Junior coach was Garrett Strot ... Lettered four years in hockey and three in football at Mahtomedi High School ... All-conference in football in 2008 ... Honorable mention in hockey as a junior and all-conference as a senior.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 29 ... Parents are Mike and Lori McDonald ... Has two brothers, Ben and Jake ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is retired defenseman Rob Blake.
21 BRAD MCBRIDE Freshman, Forward 6-0, 195, Shoots: Right Denver, Colo. Langley Chiefs (BCHL)
Before Air Force Played two years of junior hockey for the Langley Chiefs of the BCHL … Junior coach was Harvey Smyl ... Played in 56 games for the Chiefs in 2010-11 … Fourth on the team and tied for 20th in the league with 27 goals … Also had 31 assists and 58 points on the season … Led the team and was fourth in the league with 14 power-play goals … Earned the team’s award for the most Three Stars of the Game ... Named the team’s most improved player ... Played 36 games for the Chiefs in 2009-10 and had 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points ... Lettered two years in hockey at Culver Academy ... On the honor roll both years.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 9 ... Parents are Mark McBride and Shelly Jatana ... Step-dad is Sanjay Jatana ... Has four siblings, Mackenzie McBride, Aaron Jatana, Amie Jatana, Laurie Jatana ... Major is undeclared ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler.
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MEET THE FALCONS 39 PAUL MOBERG
11 DAN WEISSENHOFER
Goalie, Freshman 6-1, 185, Catches: Left Forest Lake, Minn. Coulee Region Chill (NAHL)
Freshman, Defense 6-2, 195, Shoots: Right Naperville, Ill. Fargo Force (USHL)
Before Air Force Played in 42 games for the Coulee Region Chill of the NAHL in 2010-11 … Junior coach was Garret Strot ... Record of 2216-4 with a 2.93 goals-against average … His .918 saves percentage in the regular season was the sixth best in the league … Named the NAHL goalie of the week twice … Selected to play in the Prospects Tournament and earned the team’s hustle award ... Started five playoff games and had a 2.75 GAA with a .929 saves percentage … In 200910, played in 41 games with the North Iowa Outlaws of the NAHL and had a 3.69 GAA with a .903 saves percentage and a record of 10-26-3 ... Lettered four years in hockey and three in golf at Forest Lake High School ... Team captain, all-conference, all-state and team MVP as a senior ... Named the team’s rookie of the year as a freshman ... Golf team captain and all-conference as a senior ... Won the individual state championship in golf.
Personal
Before Air Force Played 53 games for the Fargo Force of the USHL in 2010-11 and had seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points … Team captain ... Seven goals were the second-best on the team among the defensemen … +17 was the best mark among the team’s defensemen and the third-best mark on the team … Junior coach was Jason Herter ... Played 14 games for the Lincoln Stars of the USHL in 2009-10 and had three assists … Played 33 games for the Bismarck Bobcats of the NAHL in 2009-10 and had one goal and six assists … A teammate of current Falcons Jason Fabian and Casey Kleisinger and helped lead the Bobcats to the NAHL Championship.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 30 ... Parents are Ron and Cheryl Weissenhofer ... Has two sisters, Paige and Karlee ... Major is undeclared ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Blackhawk defenseman Duncan Keith.
Member of Cadet Squadron 1 ... Parents are Ron and Kerry Moberg ... Has three siblings, Katie, Mark and Alissa ... Major is undecided.
12 BEN PERSIAN Freshman, Forward 6-2, 175, Shoots: Right Orono, Minn. Owatonna Express (NAHL)
Before Air Force Played two seasons for the Owatonna Express of the NAHL … Junior coach was Chuck Linconheld ... Led the team with 24 goals and 48 points in 55 games in 2010-11 … Fourth on the team with 24 assists … Also had four power-play goals and four game-winners … Played 48 games in 2009-10 and had seven goals and six assists … Named the NAHL Central Division player of the week in October, 2010 ... Lettered three years in hockey and football and two in baseball at Orono High School ... Allconference three times in hockey and named honorable mention all-state as a senior ... All-conference twice in football ... All-state honorable mention and named the Wright County most valuable receiver as a senior.
Personal Member of Cadet Squadron 23 ... Parents are Steve and Kathy Persian ... Has one brother ... Major is undeclared ... Favorite NHL team is the San Jose Sharks ... Favorite player is Detroit Red Wing forward Pavel Datsyuk.
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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.
tied the game with a power-play goal midway through the third and 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.
After a two-year stay in Atlantic Hockey, Quinnipiac left the AHA for the ECAC Hockey League in 2005. RIT and Air Force joined Atlantic Hockey for the 2006-07 season, bringing the number of teams in the AHA to 10. RIT made the jump from Division III to Division I while Air Force moved over from College Hockey America. The AHA expanded to 12 teams with the additions of Robert Morris and Niagara beginning with the 2010-11 season.
In 2010-11, Air Force won its fourth league championship in five years with a 1-0 win over RIT in the championshp game. The Falcons then took top-seeded Yale into overtime in the NCAA East Regional, before falling 2-1 in overtime.
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 topseeded 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-toback 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
Success in the classroom is as important as success on the ice among the member institutions of Atlantic Hockey as more than 400 student-athletes have garnered All-Academic honors by the Atlantic Hockey Association.
2010-11 AHA STANDINGS Place 1. RIT 2. Air Force 3. Holy Cross 4. Niagara 5. Robert Morris 6. UConn 7. Mercyhurst 8. Canisius 9. Army 10. Bentley 11. Sacred Heart 12. AIC
AHA Pts GP 37 27 34 27 33 27 32 27 31 27 28 27 26 27 25 27 24 27 23 27 16 27 15 27
AHA W-L-T 15-5-7 14-7-6 14-8-5 15-10-2 13-9-5 13-12-2 12-13-2 10-12-5 10-13-4 9-13-5 5-16-6 7-19-1
Overall W-L-T 19-11-8 20-12-6 17-16-5 18-13-4 18-12-5 15-18-4 15-18-4 13-19-6 11-20-4 10-18-6 6-25-6 8-24-1
Friday, March 18 in Rochester, N.Y. AHA Semifinals No. 1 RIT 4, No. 4 UConn 2 No. 2 Air Force 3, No. 3 Holy Cross 2
Robert DeGregorio, a former commissioner of Hockey East, was named the conference’s first commissioner in 2003 and has guided the league ever since.
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 studentathletes 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 19 in Rochester, N.Y.: AHA Championship Game No. 2 Air Force 1, No. 1 RIT 0 Friday, March 25 in Bridgeport, Conn.: NCAA East Regional semifinals No. 1 Yale 2, No. 4 Air Force 1 (ot)
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AHA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Tuesday, October 4 Niagara at Michigan
Tuesday, October 25 Bentley at Sacred Heart
7:05 ET
Friday, October 7 Connecticut at Bowling Green 7:05 ET New Brunswick at Holy Cross (ex.) 7:05 ET American Int’l at Michigan Tech 7:07 ET Bentley at Michigan 7:35 ET Sacred Heart at Minnesota TBA Air Force at North Dakota 7:37 CT Robert Morris vs. Colgate TBA Mercyhurst at Nebraska-Omaha 7:37 CT
Thursday, October 27 Holy Cross at Connecticut
7:05 ET
Friday, October 28 Clarkson at Bentley Colgate at Niagara RIT at Mercyhurst Robert Morris at Michigan State Sacred Heart at American Int’l
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday, October 8 Connecticut at Bowling Green Niagara at RIT Union at Army American Int’l at Michigan Tech Bentley at Michigan Sacred Heart at Minnesota Air Force vs. BC/Mich. State Mercyhurst vs. Colgate/Rob. Morris Robert Morris vs. Mercyhurst/UNO
Saturday, October 29 American Int’l at Union Mercyhurst at Cornell Niagara at Colgate Army at Connecticut Clarkson at Bentley Robert Morris at Michigan State Canisius at Air Force
7:00 ET 7:00 ET 7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT
Friday, November 4 American Int’l at Robert Morris Army at RIT Connecticut at Mercyhurst Holy Cross at Niagara Sacred Heart at Air Force
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT
7:00 ET
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:07 ET 7:35 ET TBA 4:07 CT TBA TBA
Wednesday, October 12 Holy Cross at Quinnipiac
7:00 ET
Friday, October 14 Bentley at Massachusetts Sacred Heart at Clarkson Connecticut at Army Niagara at Air Force Mercyhurst at Alaska
7:00 ET 7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT 8:05 AT
Saturday, October 15 Canisius at Quinnipiac American Int’l at Holy Cross Sacred Heart at Clarkson Army at Merrimack St. Lawrence at RIT Mercyhurst vs. Alaska-Anchorage
4:00 ET 4:05 ET 7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 4:05 AT
Sunday, October 16 Canisius at Quinnipiac Robert Morris at Air Force
1:00 ET 6:05 MT
Tuesday, October 18 Bentley at Quinnipiac Connecticut at UMass Lowell
7:00 ET 7:00 ET
Thursday, October 20 RIT at Canisius Sacred Heart at Connecticut
7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Friday, October 21 American Int’l at Clarkson Quinnipiac at Robert Morris Union at Niagara Air Force at Alabama-Huntsville
7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:00 CT
Saturday, October 22 Connecticut at Merrimack Holy Cross at Boston University Colgate vs. Army Quinnipiac at Robert Morris Union at RIT American Int’l at Clarkson Air Force at Alabama-Huntsville
TBA 7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:30 ET 7:00 CT
Saturday, November 5 Bentley at Canisius American Int’l at Robert Morris Army at RIT Connecticut at Mercyhurst Holy Cross at Niagara Sacred Heart at Air Force
5:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT
Sunday, November 6 Bentley at Canisius
2:05 ET
Friday, November 11 Holy Cross at Massachusetts Air Force at RIT American Int’l at Bentley Army at Sacred Heart Canisius at Bowling Green Robert Morris at Mercyhurst
7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday, November 12 Canisius at Bowling Green Air Force at Mercyhurst Bentley at Army Connecticut at American Int’l Sacred Heart at Holy Cross
4:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Tuesday, November 15 Canisius at Niagara
7:05 ET
Friday, November 18 Army at American Int’l Bentley at Mercyhurst Holy Cross at RIT Saturday, November 19 Lake Superior State at Canisius Connecticut at Yale Bentley at Mercyhurst Brown at Army Holy Cross at RIT
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 12:35 ET 7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Sunday, November 20 Lake Superior State at Canisius
3:05 ET
Tuesday, November 22 American Int’l at Brown Niagara at Cornell Yale at Sacred Heart
7:00 ET 7:00 ET 7:05 ET
Friday, November 25 Army at Robert Morris Rensselaer at RIT Mercyhurst at Wisconsin Connecticut at Air Force
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:00 CT 7:05 MT
Saturday, November 26 Brown at Holy Cross Army at Robert Morris Canisius at American Int’l Niagara at Sacred Heart Mercyhurst at Wisconsin Connecticut at Air Force
3:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:00 CT 7:05 MT
Sunday, November 27 Niagara at Sacred Heart Canisius at American Int’l Clarkson at Holy Cross
6:05 ET 2:05 ET 5:05 ET
Friday, December 2 Air Force at American Int’l Canisius at Holy Cross Mercyhurst at Army Niagara at Bentley RIT at Connecticut Robert Morris at Sacred Heart
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday December 3 Canisius at Holy Cross Robert Morris at Sacred Heart Air Force at American Int’l Mercyhurst at Army Niagara at Bentley RIT at Connecticut
3:05 ET 4:35 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Friday, December 9 Sacred Heart at Quinnipiac American Int’l at RIT Bentley at Connecticut Mercyhurst at Canisius Niagara at Robert Morris
7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday, December 10 Army at Holy Cross American Int’l at RIT Niagara at Mercyhurst
4:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Sunday, December 11 Sacred Heart at Dartmouth Canisius at Robert Morris
4:00 ET 5:05 ET
Saturday, December 17 RIT at Robert Morris
7:05 ET
Thursday, December 29 RIT vs. Lake Superior State Army at Connecticut
4:00 ET 7:15 ET
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AHA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Friday, December 30 Canisius at Colgate Mercyhurst at Alabama-Huntsville Air Force at Colorado College Holy Cross at Dartmouth Niagara vs. Minn./NE/Princ. Army vs. RPI/UML RPI/UML at Connecticut RIT vs. Ferris State Ohio State at Robert Morris
7:05 ET 7:05 CT 7:37 MT TBA TBA TBA TBA 4:00 ET 7:35 ET
Saturday, December 31 Mercyhurst at Alabama-Huntsville Denver at Air Force Holy Cross vs. Merrim./St. Law. Niagara vs. TBA
3:00 CT 6:05 MT TBA TBA
Sunday, January 1 Bentley at Yale
7:00 ET
Friday, January 6 Air Force at Holy Cross Canisius at Army Niagara at Connecticut Robert Morris at Bentley Sacred Heart at Mercyhurst RIT at Wisconsin
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:00 CT
Saturday, January 7 Air Force at Holy Cross Canisius at Army Niagara at Connecticut Robert Morris at Bentley Sacred Heart at Mercyhurst RIT at Wisconsin
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:00 CT
Tuesday, January 10 American Int’l at Rensselaer Friday, January 13 Army at Niagara Holy Cross at Robert Morris Mercyhurst at American Int’l Bentley at Air Force Saturday, January 14 Army at Niagara Connecticut at Canisius Holy Cross at Robert Morris Mercyhurst at American Int’l RIT at Sacred Heart Bentley at Air Force Sunday, January 15 RIT at Sacred Heart Connecticut at Canisius Friday, January 20 Air Force at Army American Int’l at Niagara Mercyhurst at Holy Cross RIT at Bentley Robert Morris at Connecticut
7:00 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT 12:35 ET 4:05 ET 7:35 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday, January 21 Sacred Heart at Canisius Air Force at Army American Int’l at Niagara Mercyhurst at Holy Cross RIT at Bentley Robert Morris at Connecticut
3:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday, February 11 Connecticut at Sacred Heart Air Force at Niagara Bentley at American Int’l Canisius at RIT Holy Cross at Army Mercyhurst at Robert Morris
4:35 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Sunday, January 22 Sacred Heart at Canisius
3:05 ET
Tuesday, February 14 Niagara at Canisius
7:05 ET
Tuesday, January 24 Holy Cross at Bentley
7:05 ET
Thursday, February 16 Canisius at Niagara
7:05 ET
Friday, January 27 Bentley at Army Holy Cross at Connecticut Mercyhurst at RIT Niagara at Robert Morris Sacred Heart at American Int’l
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Friday, February 17 Army at American Int’l Bentley at Connecticut Robert Morris at RIT Sacred Heart at Holy Cross Mercyhurst at Air Force
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT
Saturday, January 28 American Int’l at Sacred Heart Army at Bentley Connecticut at Holy Cross Mercyhurst at RIT Robert Morris at Niagara
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Saturday, February 18 Holy Cross at Sacred Heart American Int’l at Army Connecticut at Bentley Robert Morris at RIT Mercyhurst at Air Force
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT
Sunday, January 29 Air Force at Canisius
4:05 ET
Monday, January 30 Air Force at Canisius
7:05 ET
Tuesday, January 31 Connecticut at Princeton
Friday, February 24 Air Force at Robert Morris Army at Sacred Heart Connecticut at American Int’l Holy Cross at Bentley Mercyhurst at Canisius RIT at Niagara
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
7:00 ET Saturday February 25 Air Force at Robert Morris American Int’l at Connecticut Bentley at Holy Cross Canisius at Mercyhurst Niagara at RIT Sacred Heart at Army
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Friday, February 3 AIC at Holy Cross Canisius at Robert Morris Niagara at Mercyhurst Sacred Heart at Bentley RIT at Air Force
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 MT
Saturday, February 4 Bentley at Sacred Heart Holy Cross at AIC Royal Mil. College at Army (ex.) Mercyhurst at Niagara Robert Morris at Canisius RIT at Air Force
4:05 ET 3:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 8:05 MT
Thursday, February 9 RIT at Canisius
7:05 ET
Friday, February 10 Air Force at Niagara American International at Bentley Holy Cross at Army Robert Morris at Mercyhurst Sacred Heart at Connecticut
7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET 7:05 ET
Friday-Sunday, March 2-4 AHA First Round Best of Three Series Top four seeds get a bye Seeds No.5-8 host seeds No. 9-12 Friday-Sunday, March 9-11 AHA Quarterfinal Best of Three Series Seeds No.1-4 host seeds No. 5-8 Friday, March 16 AHA Semifinals
TBA
Saturday, March 17 AHA Championship Game
TBA
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2011-12 OPPONENTS AIC
ALA.-HUNTSVILLE
ARMY
BENTLEY
Springfield, Mass. 1,700 Atlantic Hockey Yellow Jackets Olympia Ice Center 2,200 413-205-3930
Huntsville, Ala. 7,400 Independent Chargers Von Braun Center 6,800 256-518-6167
West Point, N.Y. 4,000 Atlantic Hockey Black Knights Tate Rink 2,625 845-938-5116
Waltham, Mass. 4,010 Atlantic Hockey Falcons John A. Ryan Arena 1,200 N/A
Gary Wright Vermont/1976 271-478-55 (27 yrs) Same 413-205-3522 8-24-1 7-19-1/12th 18/7
Chris Luongo Michigan State/1990 4-26-2 (1 yr.) Same 256-824-2205 4-26-2 N/A 14/10
Brian Riley Brown/1983 105-141-40 (8 yrs.) Same 845-938-3711 11-20-4 10-13-4/9th 20/7
Ryan Soderquist Bentley/2000 107-172-14 (9 yrs.) Same 781-891-2492 10-18-6 9-13-5/10th 21/5
Darryl Konicki Mike Getto 413-654-1425 TBA michael.getto@aic.edu AICYellowJackets.com
Antoine Bell Taylor Flatt 256-797-3526 615-497-4026 TBA UAHChargers.com
Bob Beretta Ryan Yanoshak 845-938-7197 845-406-1130 ryan.yanoshak@usma.edu GoArmySports.com
Dick Lipe Kyle Mack 781-891-2417 616-387-2427 kmack@bentley.edu BentleyFalcons.com
BOSTON COLLEGE
CANISIUS
COLO. COLLEGE
UCONN
Chestnut Hill, Mass. 14,500 Hockey East Eagles Kelley Rink 7,884 617-552-4747
Buffalo, N.Y. 3,369 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
Jerry York Boston College/1967 383-204-58 (16 yrs.) 850-539-92 (38 yrs.) 617-552-3028 30-8-1 20-6-1 22/3
Dave Smith Ohio State/1992 75-106-28 (6 yrs. Same 716-888-8486 13-19-6 10-12-5/8th 14/13
Scott Owens Colo. College/1979 271-163-41 (12 yrs.) Same 719-389-648 232-19-3 13-13-2/6th 22/4
Bruce Marshall UConn/1985 301-336-60 (22 yrs.) Same 860-486-3072 15-18-4 13-12-2/6th 20/8
Chris Cameron Tim Clark 617-552-8841 857-233-3536 clarktb@bc.edu BCEagles.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: Enrollment: Conference: Nickname: Arena: Capacity: Press Box Phone:
HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater/Year: Record at School: Career Record: Coach’s Phone: 2010-11 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: 2010-11 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFORMATION SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
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2011-12 OPPONENTS DENVER
HOLY CROSS
MERCYHURST
MICHIGAN STATE
Denver, Colo. 11,842 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
East Lansing, Mich 47,100 CCHA Spartans Munn Ice Center 6,470 517-353-9636
George Gwozdecky Wisconsin/1978 398-239-55 (17 yrs.) 481-333-74 (22 yrs.) 303-871-3397 25-12-5 17-8-3/2nd 17/8
Paul Pearl Holy Cross/1989 214-207-48 (14 yrs.) Same 508-793-2326 17-16-5 14-8-5/3rd 22/6
Rick Gotkin Brockport/1982 399-272-52 (21 yrs) Same 814-824-2542 15-18-4 12-13-2/7th 18/8
Tom Anastos Michigan State/1987 First Season First Season 517-355-1639 15-19-4 11-15-2/10th 19/4
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
John Lewandowski Jamie Weir-Baldwin 517-355-2271 517-243-3187 jweir@ath.msu.edu MSUSpartans.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: 2010-11 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFORMATION SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
NIAGARA
NORTH DAKOTA
RIT
ROBERT MORRIS
SACRED HEART
Niagara, N.Y. 3,853 Atlantic Hockey Purple Eagles Dwyer Arena 2,100 TBA
Grand Forks, N.D. 14,194 WCHA Fighting Sioux Engelstad Arena 11,634 701-777-3571
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
Dave Burkholder RIT/1984 174-154-36 (10 yrs.) Same 716-286-8780 18-13-4 15-10-2/4th 22/5
Dave Hakstol North Dakota/1996 187-93-27 (7 yrs.) Same 701-777-3103 32-9-3 21-6-1/1st 14/11
Wayne Wilson Bowling Green/1984 235-114-33 (12 yrs.) Same 585-475-2223 19-11-8 15-5-7/1st 19/5
Derek Schooley Western Michigan/1994 83-114-14 (7 yrs.) Same 412-397-4477 18-12-5 13-9-5/5th 20/5
C.J. Marotolo Northeastern/1989 27-38-10 (1 yr.) Same 203-8814-4550 6-25-6 5-16-6/11th 20/6
Derrick Thornton Chris Smith 716-286-8724 716-628-0833 csmith@niagara.edu PurpleEagles.com
Jayson Hajdu Jayson Hajdu 701-777-2985 701-740-7659 jayson.hajdu@und.edu FightingSioux.com
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
GENERAL INFO. Location: Enrollment: Conference: Nickname: Arena: Capacity: Press Box Phone:
HEAD COACH Head Coach: Alma Mater/Year: Record at School: Career Record: Coach’s Phone: 2010-11 Record: Conf. Record/Finish: Lettermen Ret./Lost:
SPORTS INFO. SID: Hockey SID: Office Phone: Cell Phone: SID E-Mail: Website:
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2011-12 OPPONENTS AIC Series Record: 20-1-1 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 Oct. 22, 2010 L 3-5 Oct. 23, 2010 W 12-0 * 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 H H
Alabama-Huntsville Series Record: 17-38-2 Jan. 6, 1984 Jan. 7, 1984 Feb. 3, 1984 Feb. 4, 1984 Jan. 31, 1986 Feb. 1, 1986 Feb. 13, 1987 Feb. 14, 1987 Feb. 12, 1988 Feb. 13, 1988 Nov. 4, 1988 Nov. 5, 1988 Feb. 24, 1989 Feb. 25, 1989 Feb. 23, 1990 Feb. 24, 1990 Jan. 25, 1991 Jan. 26, 1991 Feb. 21, 1992 Feb. 22, 1992 Jan. 24, 1997 Jan. 25, 1997 Jan. 16, 1998 Jan. 17, 1998 Nov. 5, 1999 Nov. 6, 1999 Feb. 11, 2000 Feb. 12, 2000 Jan. 19, 2001 Jan. 20, 2001 Feb. 16, 2001 Feb. 17, 2001 Mar. 9, 2001 Oct. 26, 2001 Oct. 27, 2001 Feb. 15, 2002 Feb. 16, 2002
L 5-6 W 5-3 L 3-4 L 5-7 W 5-1 L 0-4 L 2-5 W 4-1 W 9-6 W 7-4 L 4-6 L 3-5 L 1-2 W 4-2 W 8-6 W 9-1 L 6-8 T 3-3 ot L 4-6 L 3-6 L 4-5 L 2-4 L 1-6 L 0-3 L 0-4 L 2-5 L 4-5 ot W 3-2 L 0-4 L 3-5 L 4-5 ot L 2-4 L 0-7 L 0-2 L 1-3 W 6-3 W 6-5
H H A A A A H H H H H H A A H H A A H H H H A A A A H H A A H H A* A A H H
Nov. 15, 2002 L 2-4 A Nov. 16, 2002 L 2-5 A Jan. 31, 2003 T 2-2 ot H Feb. 1, 2003 L 1-3 H Oct. 31, 2003 L 1-5 A Nov. 1, 2003 L 1-6 A Jan. 23, 2004 W 3-1 H Jan. 24, 2004 L 2-6 H Nov. 12, 2004 L 2-6 H Nov. 14, 2004 L 1-4 H Feb. 11, 2005 L 1-3 A Feb. 12, 2005 W 3-2 A Jan. 6, 2006 L 2-3 A Jan. 7, 2006 L 3-6 A Feb. 17, 2006 W 3-1 H Feb. 18, 2006 W 5-0 H Oct. 8, 2006 W 4-3 H Oct. 27, 2006 W 7-5 N& Oct. 16, 2009 L 2-4 H Oct. 17, 2009 L 2-4 H * CHA Tourn. in Huntsville, Ala. & Lightning College Hockey Classic, Tampa, Fla.
Army Series Record: 30-20-3 Jan. 23, 1976 Jan. 24, 1976 Jan. 28, 1977 Jan. 29, 1977 Oct. 27, 1989 Oct. 28, 1989 Oct. 26, 1990 Oct. 27, 1990 Feb. 7, 1992 Feb. 8, 1992 Dec. 30, 1992 Jan. 29, 1993 Jan. 30, 1993 Jan. 21, 1994 Jan. 22, 1994 Feb. 17, 1995 Feb. 18, 1995 Feb. 16, 1996 Feb. 17, 1996 Feb. 28, 1997 Mar. 1, 1997 Feb. 27, 1998 Feb. 28, 1998 Jan. 3, 1999 Feb. 27, 1999 Feb. 28, 1999 Mar. 3, 2000 Mar. 4, 2000 Mar. 2, 2001 Mar. 3, 2001 Dec. 7, 2001 Dec. 8, 2001 Jan. 18, 2003 Jan. 19, 2003 Jan. 16, 2004 Jan. 17, 2004 Jan. 14, 2005 Jan. 15, 2005 Nov. 11, 2005 Nov. 12, 2005 Jan. 19, 2007
L 0-3 W 9-2 W 6-3 W 6-2 L 2-4 L 0-4 W 5-2 T 3-3 ot W 7-3 L 4-5 L 3-5 W 5-2 W 4-1 W 7-3 L 4-6 W 5-2 W 9-6 L 1-3 L 0-7 L 3-6 W 5-2 W 3-2 W 5-3 W 2-1 W 4-3 T 3-3 ot W 4-2 W 3-0 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 4-2 W 5-4 L 1-2 L 1-2 L 3-4 W 3-0 W 5-2 W 2-1 L 0-3 L 3-4 ot W 4-1
A A H H A A H H A A A H H A A H H A A H H A A A H H A A H H A A H H A A H H A A 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* Jan. 14, 2011 W 5-1 H Jan. 15, 2011 L 4-5 H & AHA Championship game, Rochester, N.Y. * AHA Quarterfinal series at USAFA
Bentley Series Record: 21-6-3 Dec. 11, 1998 Dec. 29, 2001 Oct. 25, 2002 Oct. 26, 2002 Oct. 10, 2003 Nov. 7, 2003 Nov. 8, 2003 Oct. 15, 2004 Oct. 14, 2005 Oct. 20, 2006 Oct. 21, 2006 Jan. 26, 2007 Jan. 27, 2007 Oct. 26, 2007 Oct. 27, 2007 Feb. 1, 2008 Feb. 2, 2008 Mar. 7, 2008 Mar. 8, 2008 Oct. 31, 2008 Nov. 1, 2008 Feb. 13, 2009 Feb. 14, 2009 Mar. 20, 2009
L 4-8 W 6-1 W 5-2 W 6-2 W 4-2 W 4-3 W 4-3 T 2-2 ot L 1-3 W 5-1 L 5-6 L 1-3 W 2-0 L 0-4 W 3-1 T 4-4 ot W 3-1 W 9-2 W 3-1 W 5-1 W 8-2 W 3-2 L 1-4 W 3-0
H N H H N& A A N& N& H H A A A A H H H# H# H H A A N^
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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 Dec. 30, 2010 W 3-2 ot A Dec. 31, 2010 W 3-2 A & Q-Cup Tournament # AHA Quarterfinals, USAFA ^ AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y.
Boston College Series Record: 0-5-0 Dec. 28, 1977 L 1-6 A Jan. 5, 1978 L 1-11 H Jan. 6, 1978 L 7-14 H Dec. 28, 1993 L 1-5 N* Dec. 29, 2007 L 2-8 N* * Denver Cup in Denver, Colo. * Dodge Holiday Classic, Minneapolis, Minn.
Canisius Series Record: 6-5-4 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, 2009 Nov. 1, 2009 Nov. 19, 2010 Jan. 28, 2011 Jan. 29, 2011
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 T 1-1 ot T 4-4 ot W 3-2
A A H H H H A A H H A A A H H
2011-12 OPPONENTS Colorado College Series Record: 7-58-2 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 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
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 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
H A H A H A H A H H H A A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H H
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 Nov. 12, 2010
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 L 4-6
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 H
Connecticut Series Record: 16-3-4 Jan. 2, 1987 Jan. 3, 1987 Nov. 26, 1993 Nov. 27, 1993 Jan. 2, 1998 Jan. 3, 1998 Jan. 5, 2001 Jan. 6, 2001 Dec. 29, 2003 Dec. 7, 2006
W 7-5 W 7-4 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 8-0 W 6-2 W 3-0 W 2-1 L 0-1 W 4-2
H H H H H H H H A A
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 Jan. 21, 2011 W 2-1 Jan. 22, 2011 T 5-5 ot * UConn Tournament
A H H A* A A A H H H H A A
Denver Series Record: 3-30-0 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 Nov. 27, 2010 L 1-3 $ 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 A
Holy Cross Series Record: 18-5-7 Feb. 5, 1993 Feb. 6, 1993 Oct. 23, 1998 Oct. 24, 1998 Oct. 22, 1999 Oct. 23, 1999 Oct. 19, 2001 Oct. 20, 2001 Dec. 30, 2001 Oct. 18, 2002
W 4-3 W 8-0 T 5-5 ot W 5-2 W 3-2 W 6-2 W 4-3 L 6-7 W 5-1 W 6-4
H H H H A A H H N* A
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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 Dec. 3, 2010 T 1-1 ot H Dec. 4, 2010 W 7-6 H Mar. 18, 2011 W 3-2 N% * UConn Tourn. Championship & AHA Quarterfinal, USAFA % AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y.
Mercyhurst Series Record: 8-7-2 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 Nov. 5, 2010 L 2-6 H Feb. 18, 2011 W 5-3 A Feb. 19, 2011 W 6-5 A & AHA Championship Game in Rochester, N.Y. $ AHA Championship Game in Rochester, N.Y.
Michigan State Series Record: 0-5 Dec. 28, 1972 L 1-4 Jan. 19, 1973 L 1-10 Jan. 20, 1973 L 4-14 Dec. 7, 1973 L 3-7 Dec. 8, 1973 L 4-6 * Flint Tournament, Flint, Mich.
N* A A H H
2011-12 OPPONENTS Niagara Series Record: 13-28-3
RIT Series Record: 12-12-2
Robert Morris Series Record: 6-7-0
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 Nov. 20, 2010 W 7-4 A Feb. 11, 2011 W 3-2 H Feb. 12, 2011 L 4-5 ot H * CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Alaska % Johnson Nissan Classic in Anchorage, Alaska ^ CHA Tournament in Niagara, N.Y. $ Lefty McFadden Tourn. in Dayton, Ohio
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 Nov. 7, 2010 W 4-3 H Feb. 4, 2011 L 0-1 ot A Feb. 5, 2011 T 5-5 ot A Mar. 19, 2011 W 1-0 N# & Q-Cup Tournament % AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y. # AHA Championship, Rochester, N.Y.
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 Oct. 17, 2010 L 2-3 A& Feb. 25, 2011 W 4-2 H Feb. 26, 2011 W 4-2 H * CHA Tournament in Detroit, Mich. & Consol Energy Center (home of Pittsburgh Penguins), Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sacred Heart Series Record: 15-6-4 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
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
H H N# N^ H H N& A A A A H H H@ H@ H@ A A
North Dakota Series Record: 0-3 Nov. 28, 1980 Nov. 29, 1980 Nov. 24, 1988
L 1-7 L 1-8 L 1-8
A A A
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W 6-3 W 8-1 L 1-2 T 5-5 ot L 2-4 W 7-5 W 4-0
H H N% A A H$ H$
& 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. $ AHA Quarterfinals at USAFA
Yale Series Record: 4-10-0 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 Nov. 14, 2010 Mar. 25, 2011
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 W 4-3 L 1-2 ot
N^ A A H H A H H N% A N# A H& N*
^ Yale Tournament % Denver Cup # UMass-Lowell Tournament & Ranked No. 3 in nation * NCAA East Regional in Brigeport, Conn.
The Automated ScoreBook Air Force Hockey Statistics (as of Sep 05, 2011) TATISTICS All games
2010-11 S
Overall: 20-12-6 AHA: 14-7-6
Home: 11-5-2 Away: 6-6-4 Neutral: 3-1-0
OVERALL ##
Player
21 LAMOUREUX, Jac 17 BURNETT, Derrick 9 DeLAURELL, Kyle 27 KRUSE, John 23 MATHIS, Scott 10 WEISGARBER, Pa 25 KIRBY, Tim 16 FABIAN, Jason 6 McKENZIE, Adam 20 THOMAS, Tony 7 KLEISINGER, Cas 8 KOZLAK, Scott 15 BERTSCH, Sean 3 SELLERS, Brad 22 PAGE, Blake 18 MICHALKE, Georg 19 CAREW, Stephen 24 WALSH, Mike 13 TIMAR, Ryan 51 BECKER, Matt 29 TORF, Jason 26 TORREL, Mitch 4 ARTMAN, Eric 2 MUSSELMAN, Jac TMTEAM Total Opponents
gp
g
a
pts
38 36 31 37 38 38 38 37 38 38 34 32 33 34 26 27 36 38 28 12 33 9 4 2 13 38 38
24 8 10 11 8 13 7 10 5 7 5 4 5 2 5 4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 11
20 27 23 18 19 12 16 11 14 10 8 9 6 9 5 6 5 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 23 18
44 35 33 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 13 13 11 11 10 10 9 7 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 369 303
CONFERENCE pp sh gw
gp
g
a
pts
144 0 8-24 13 0 5 89 +2 3-6 3 0 2 77 +12 7-14 6 0 0 95 -3 3-6 1 0 2 91 +3 8-16 3 1 0 61 +1 8-16 2 1 2 131 +2 12-24 3 0 0 93 -1 3-6 1 0 0 62 +8 7-22 2 1 0 57 -3 9-18 3 0 1 52 -4 8-16 1 0 1 65 +2 8-16 0 0 1 45 +9 8-16 0 1 0 29 +16 17-34 0 1 1 40 -2 3-6 0 0 1 39 +9 2-4 0 0 2 48 -10 4-8 4 0 1 23 +1 14-47 0 0 0 40 0 4-16 0 0 1 14 +5 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 16 -2 4-8 0 0 0 7 -3 1-2 0 0 0 1 -1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5-10 0 0 0 131 +41 148-339 43 5 20 115 -53 201-488 30 4 12
27 25 23 26 27 27 27 26 27 27 24 24 23 23 20 16 25 27 21 8 7 4 2 9 27 27
18 8 9 8 5 10 7 9 5 4 3 4 3 1 4 3 1 1 2 1
18 23 18 12 16 11 12 7 13 7 5 7 5 6 2 4 4 4 2 2
36 31 27 20 21 21 19 16 18 11 8 11 8 7 6 7 5 5 4 3
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 10 85
1 1 12 -2 3-6 0 0 0 0 7 -3 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 -1 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-10 0 0 17 285 987 +25 106-255 36 4 14 225 810 -35 143-334 21 2
0 0 0 0 14 7
sh
+/- pen-min
OVERALL ## Player
gp
37 29 35 T
10 419:26 18 33 1820:58 87 2 64:59 7 13 13:07 3 38 2318:30 115 38 2318:30 137
CAPLE, Stephen TORF, Jason BOSNER, David TEAM Total Opponents
min.
Shots on Goal
shots
Air Force Opponents
1319 34.71 1151 30.29
Power Plays
goals chance
Air Force Opponents Goals by Period Air Force Opponents
ga gaavg saves
avg/g shot%
pct
w
l
t
. 896 4 2 2 .909 16 9 4 .696 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 .900 20 12 6 .896 12 20 6
gp
min.
Shots on Goal
pp%
Power Plays
.240 .229
Air Force Opponents
1st 2nd
3rd
OT
38 34
51 37
1 3
Total 137 115
ga gaavg saves
8 326:25 12 24 1315:00 68 1 4:59 2 9 8:50 3 27 1655:14 85 27 1655:14 106 Air Force Opponents
179 131
+/- pen-min
pp sh gw
11 3 6 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
CONFERENCE
.104 .100
43 30
47 41
2.57 155 2.87 865 6.46 16 0.00 0 2.98 1036 3.55 1182
sh
107 +3 6-20 67 +4 2-4 65 +7 7-14 67 -4 2-4 72 +7 4-8 51 +3 7-14 91 +1 7-14 64 0 1-2 46 +7 7-22 40 -3 4-8 37 -1 7-14 50 -1 6-12 33 +3 5-10 20 +11 10-20 32 -2 1-2 27 +8 2-4 36 -11 3-6 21 0 10-39 32 -3 4-16 9 +2 1-2
Goals by Period Air Force Opponents
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2.21 3.10 24.08 0.00 3.08 3.84
116 607 2 0 725 881
shots
pct
w
avg/g shot%
987 36.56 810 30.00 goals chance
.107 .105 pp%
36 21
129 93
1st 2nd
3rd
OT
29 26
37 30
1 2
39 27
l
t
. 906 3 1 2 .899 11 6 4 .5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .895 14 7 6 .893 7 14 6
.279 .226 Total 106 85
2010-11 BOX SCORES #12 Alaska-Fairbanks 5, Air Force 2 Kendall Anchorage Classic Oct. 8, 2010 Anchorage, Alaska AF UAF
1 1
0 3
1 1
2 5
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Carew [1] (Kruse), PP, 5:28; UAF 1 - Konuk [1] (Beck, Pentovello), 11:09 SECOND PERIOD: UAF 2 - Beck [1] (Sova, Finucci), 5:30; UAF 3 - Yarenchuk (Finucci, Odegard), 7:04; UAF 4 - Klassen [1] (Sova, Greenham), 17:39. THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Kruse [1] (Kleisinger, Sellers), 11:50; UAF 5 - Pentovello [1] (Gens), 15:43. SHOTS: AF 5-8-7 -- 20; UAF 8-6-5 -- 19; SAVES: AF - David Bosner (60:00) 7-3-4 -- 14; UAF - Scott Greenham (60:00) 4-8-6 -- 18; PENALTIES: AF 5-10; UAF 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-5; UAF 0-5.
Alaska-Anchorage 3, Air Force 2 Kendall Anchorage Classic Oct. 9, 2010 Anchorage, Alaska AF UAA
1 0
0 3
1 0
AIC 5, Air Force 3 Oct. 22, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena AIC AF
0 1
3 1
2 1
5 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Fabian [1] (unassisted), 10:46. SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Burnett [1] (DeLaurell, Lamoureux), :22; AIC 1 - Penny [1] (Mele, Peake), PP, 6:28; AIC 2 - Leitner (unassisted), 10:34; AIC 3 - Pleskach (Arcibal), 17:12. THIRD PERIOD: AIC 4 - Benovic (McLeod, Grasso), 4:38; AF 2 - Kirby [1] (McKenzie, DeLaurell), EX, PP, 18:26; AIC 3 - Arcibal [2] (McLeod, Pleskach), EN, 19:13. SHOTS: AF 11-12-21 -- 44; AIC 4-10-7 -- 21; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (58:00) 4-7-5 -- 16; AIC Ben Meisner (60:00) 10-11-20 -- 41; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; AIC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-5; AIC 1-2.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 6 - Weisgarber [2] (Bertsch, Becker), 2:32; AF 7 - Kruse [3] (Kirby, Mathis), 4:55; AF 8 - Lamoureux [2] (unassisted), PP, 10:01; AF 9 - Page [2] (Michalke, Kozlak), 11:17; AF 10 - Thomas [1] (McKenzie, Kruse), PP, 13:13. THIRD PERIOD: AF 11 - DeLaurell [1] (Lamoureux, Burnett), PP, 15:28; AF 12 - Lamoureux [3] (DeLaurell, Burnett), 4:54. SHOTS: AF 15-16-16 -- 47; AIC 6-8-9 -- 23; SAVES: AF - Stephen Caple (60:00) 6-8-9 -- 23; AIC Ryan Kerpan (20:00) 10-x-x -- 10; Ben Meisner (10:40) x-4-x -- 4; Jake Anderson (29:30) x-6-15 -- 21; PENALTIES: AF 1-2; AIC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 3-5; 0-1.
Mercyhurst 6, Air Force 2 Nov. 5, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena MC AF
1 1
3 0
2 1
6 2
FIRST PERIOD: MC 1 - Raven [3] (O’Donoghue), 5:48; AF 1 - Mathis [2] (Kirby, Burnett), PP, 15:10.
2 3
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Page [1] (Bertsch), 19:43
SECOND PERIOD: MC 2 - O’Donoghue [1] (Just, Noble), 12:26; MC 3 - O’Donoghue [2] (Raven, Carkin), 19:00; MC 4 - Blakey [3] (unassisted), 19:21.
SECOND PERIOD: UAA 1 - Wiles [2] (Leinweber), 1:00; UAA 2 - Parkinson [1] (Kwas, Haddad), 8:27; UAA 3 - Wiles [3] (Vidmar, Grant), 15:24.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Kozlak [1] (Page, Michalke), 6:09; MC 5 - Pitt [2] (Jones), 8:03; MC 6 - Holstrom [3] (Just, Jones), 10:41.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Mathis [1] (Burnett, Lamoureux), EX, 18:28.
SHOTS: AF 15-7-12 -- 34; MC 11-14-4 -- 29; SAVES: AF - Stephen Caple (60:00) 10-11-2 -- 23; MC - Ryan Zapolski (60:00) 14-7-11 -- 32; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; MC 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; MC 0-2.
SHOTS: AF 12-9-9 -- 30; UAA 8-10-13 -- 31. SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (58:28) 8-7-13 -- 28; UAA - Rob Gunderson (60:00) 11-9-8 -- 28. PENALTIES: AF 1-2; UAA 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-5; UAA 0-1.
Air Force 4, RIT 3 Nov. 7, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena RIT AF
Robert Morris 3, Air Force 2 Oct. 17, 2010 Pittsburgh, Penn. Consol Energy Center AF RMU
2 1
0 1
0 1
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Walsh [1] (Lamoureux, Burnett), 6:09; AF 2 - Michalke [1] (Lamoureux, DeLaurell), 18:28; RMU 1 - Lewis [3] (Crichton, Cramer), 19:59.
THIRD PERIOD: RMU 3 - Longpre [3] (unassisted), 17:39. SHOTS: AF 16-13-9 -- 38; RMU 9-16-8 -- 33; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (58:51) 8-15-7 -- 30; RMU - Brooks Ostergard (60:00) 14-13-9 -- 36.; PENALTIES: AF 3-6; RMU 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; RMU 1-3.
0 0
1 3
3 4
FIRST PERIOD: RIT 1 - Favot [3] (Hartley, Brenner), PP, 1:47; RIT 2 - Colavecchia [1] (Knowles, Murphy), 4:59; AF 1 - Becker [1] (Lamoureux, Mathis), PP, 14:37.
2 3
SECOND PERIOD: RMU 2 - Kusheriuk [1] (Urban), PP, 17:30.
2 1
SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring
Air Force 12, AIC 0 Oct. 23, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena AIC AF
0 5
0 6
0 1
0 12
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 -.Weisgarber [1] (McKenzie, mathis), 2:43; AF 2 - Lamoureux [1] (Burnett, DeLaurell), 8:07; AF 3 - Kruse [2] (Mathis, Thomas), 10:32; AF 4 - Fabian [2] (Kruse, Thomas), 14:42; AF 5 - Fabian [3] (Kruse, Thomas), 17:07.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Carew [2] (Fabian, McKenzie), PP, 12:23; RIT 3 - Noyes [1] (Knowles, Colavecchia), 13:01; AF 3 - Weisgarber [3] (Walsh), 14:59; AF 4 - Kruse [4] (Fabian, Carew), PP, 16:40 SHOTS: AF 12-16-12 -- 40; RIT 8-2-16 -- 26; SAVES: AF - David Bosner (4:59) 2-x-x -- 2; Stephen Caple (55:01) 4-2-15 -- 21; RIT - Jon Ropponen (59:10) 11-16-9 -- 36; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; RIT 9-18; POWER PLAYS: AF 3-9; RIT 1-6.
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2010-11 BOX SCORES Colorado College 6, Air Force 4 Nov. 12, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena CC AF
1 0
2 2
3 2
#12 Denver 3, Air Force 1 Denver Cup First Round Nov. 26, 2010 Denver, Colo.
6 4
AF DU
FIRST PERIOD: CC 1 - J. Schwartz [9] (Schultz, Dineen), PP, 18:09.
YALE AF
2 0
0 0
1 4
3 4
FIRST PERIOD: YALE 1 - Martin [1] (Anderson), 5:17; YALE 2 - O’Neill [6] (Cahill, Miller), PP, 18:48. SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring THIRD PERIOD: YALE 3 - Kearney [6] (Little), :24; AF 1 - Mathis [3] (Kirby, Kruse), PP, 5:55; AF 2 Weisgarber [5] (unassisted), SH, 9:515; AF 3 - Fabian [4] (Kruse, Thomas), 12:50; AF 4 - Carew [4] (Fabian, Thomas), PP, 16:08 SHOTS: AF 7-7-15 -- 29; YALE 12-13-12 -- 37; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 10-13-11 -- 34; YALE - Jeff Malcolm (59:18) 7-7-11 -- 25; PENALTIES: AF 7-14; YALE 16-48; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-10; YALE 1-4.
0 0
1 0
0 1
0 0
SHOTS: AF 16-3-7 -- 26; DU 7-23-12 -- 42; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (58:45) 6-22-11 -- 39; DU - Sam Brittain (59:58) 16-3-6 -- 25; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; DU 3-17; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-2; DU 2-3.
AF NU
2 0
3 0
2 4
7 4
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Fabian [5] (Walsh, Sellers), 11:38; AF 2 - Weisgarber [6] (Sellers, Lamoureux), 18:12. SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Fabian [6] (Kruse), 2:21; AF 4 - McKenzie [1] (Kruse, Thomas), PP, 4:14; AF 5 - Weisgarber [6] (Lamoureux, Burnett), 18:26. THIRD PERIOD: NU 1 - Murphy [1] (Baco), 3:02; NU 2 - Haczyk [2] (Ross, Iuorio), PP, 10:20; AF 6 Mathis [4] (Bertsch, Weisgarber), SH, 11:26; NU 3 - Arnold [6] (Foam, Weiss), 12:10; NU 4 - Arnold [7] (Baco, Annesley), SH, 15:46; AF 7 - Page [4] (Burnett), EN, 19:54 SHOTS: AF 6-12-9 -- 27; NU 6-10-18 -- 34; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 6-10-14 -- 30; NU - Andrew Hare (24:14) 4-1-x -- 5; Carsen Chubak (33:45) x-8-7 -- 15; PENALTIES: AF 5-18; 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; NU 1-4.
Air Force 2, Clarkson 1 Denver Cup First Round Nov. 26, 2010 Denver, Colo. 0 1
1 1
0 0
1 2
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Becker [2] (Page, Walsh), 4:30
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Page [3] (Kirby, Mathis), 9:26
Air Force 1, Holy Cross 1 (ot) Dec. 3, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena
Air Force 7, Niagara 4 Nov. 20, 2010 Niagara, N.Y.
CU AF
1 1
1 3
THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Kleisinger [1] (Page, Sellers), 11:29; DU 3 - Bennett [3] (Maiani), 18:52
Air Force 1, Canisius 1 (ot) Nov. 19, 2010 Buffalo, N.Y. AF CAN
1 1
SECOND PERIOD: DU 2 - Shore [12] (Maiani), PP, 15:05
THIRD PERIOD: CC 4 - Johnson [5] (Skalbeck, Krushelnys), PP, 5:49; AF 3 - Thomas [3] (Mathis), 11:16; CC 5 - Schultz [5] (Guentzel, J. Schwartz), PP, 12:33; CC 6 - R.Schwartz [3] (Guentzel, J.Schwartz), PP, 12:33; AF 4 - Carew [3] (Thomas), PP, 15:06
Air Force 4, #3 Yale 3 Nov. 14, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena
0 1
FIRST PERIOD: DU 1 - Jackson [2] (Makowski, Shore), PP, 2:12
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Thomas [2] (Kruse, Fabian), 1:41; AF 2 - Weisgarber [4] (Michalke, Kleisinger), 2:13; CC 2 - Krushelnys [2] (Hamburg, Marciano), SH, 7:40; CC 3 - Dineen [2] (Marciano, Hall), 16:15.
SHOTS: AF 14-16-9 -- 39; CC 12-8-13 -- 33; SAVES: AF - Stephen Caple (59:10) 11-6-10 -- 27; RIT Joe Howe (60:00) 14-14-7 -- 35; PENALTIES: AF 6-12; CC 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-6; CC 4-6
0 1
HC AF
1 0
0 1
0 0
0 0
1 1
FIRST PERIOD: HC 1 - Silva [3] (unassisted), 10:51 SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [8] (Becker, McKenzie), 19:55 THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring. OVERTIME: No Scoring. SHOTS: AF 11-6-14-1 -- 32; HC 19-5-9-4 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (65:00) 8-5-9 -- 26; HC Derek Kump (65:00 11-5-15-1 -- 31; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; HC 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; HC 0-2
Air Force 7, Holy Cross 6 Dec. 4, 2010 Cadet Ice Arena HC AF
3 1
3 3
0 3
6 7
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - DeLaurell [2] (Thomas, Fabian), PP, 8:44; HC 1 - Linsmayer [5] (Daly, Zych), PP, 14:19; HC 2 - Silvia [4] (Zych, Daly), PP, 15:21; HC 3 - Stockton {Sheen, Daly), 16:53. SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - DeLaurell [3] (Fabian, Thomas), PP, :26; AF 3- Burnett [2] (Weisgarber, Lamoureux), 2:09; HC 4 - Linsmayer [6] (Fletcher), 11:59; AF 4 - Mathis [5] (Kirby, Burnett), 14:33; HC 5 - Gordon [2] (Cox, Vos), 14:54; HC 6 Stockton [5] (Sheen, Baker), 18:58.
THIRD PERIOD: CAN 1 - Sullivan [4] (Danowski, Parker), 10:46
THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 5 - Lamoureux [4] (Weisgarber, Mathis, PP, 1:11; AF 6 - DeLaurell [4] (Michalke), 15:55; AF 7 - Lamoureux (Burnett, Weisgarber), PP, 19:59.
SHOTS: AF 5-5-9-3 -- 22; CAN 5-14-9-1 -- 29; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (65:00) 5-14-8-1 -- 28; CAN - Dan Morrison (65:00) 5-4-9-3 -- 21; PENALTIES: AF 3-6; CAN 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; CAN 0-2
SHOTS: AF 11-12-11 -- 34; CU 13-13-11 -- 37; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 13-12-11 -- 36; CU - Cody Rosen (59:09) 10-11-11 -- 32; PENALTIES: AF 2-4; CU 4-19; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; CU 0-2.
SHOTS: AF 11-9-18 -- 38; HC 12-9-3 -- 24; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (40:00) 9-6-x -- 15; Stephen Caple (20:00) x-x-3 -- 3; HC - Derek Kump (60:00) 106-15 -- 31; PENALTIES: AF 3-6; HC 9-26; POWER PLAYS: AF 4-48 HC 2-3
SECOND PERIOD: CU 1 - Tremblay (Tuohimaa), SH, 8:07; AF 2 - Sellers [1] (Page), 17:32.
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2010-11 BOX SCORES Air Force 3, Bentley 2 (ot) Dec. 30, 2010 Watertown, Mass. AF BEN
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Sacred Heart 4, Air Force 2 Jan. 8, 2011 Bridgeport, Conn. AF SH
FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring. SECOND PERIOD: BEN 1 - Campanelli [4] (Kayfes, Stonacek), 13:46. THIRD PERIOD: BEN 2 - Koudys [2] (Williams, Peterson), 4:05; AF 1 - Kirby [2] (McKenzie, Timar), 12:30; AF 2 - Burnett [3] (Mathis), EX, 17:53.
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Timar [1] (Mathis, Kleisinger), 3:53; SH 1 - Berube [4] (Ketchum), 4:10; SH 2 - Snydeman [2] (Filteau, Fachini), 18:28. SECOND PERIOD: SH 3 - Gingera [7] (Knowlton, Filteau), PP, 10:15; AF 2 - Kirby [4] (Burnett, Lamoureux), PP, 11:53.
OVERTIME: AF 3 - Page [5] (Mathis), :13
THIRD PERIOD: SH 4 - Berube [5] (Ketchum, Stretch), EN, 18:22.
SHOTS: AF 3-19-12-1 -- 35; BEN 9-10-12-0 -- 31; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:08) 9-9-11 -- 29; BEN - Joe Calvi (60:13) 3-19-10-0 -- 32; PENALTIES: AF 4-8; BEN 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; BEN 0-3
SHOTS: AF 8-11-13 -- 32; SH 10-9-7 -- 26; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (57:38) 8-8-6 -- 22; SH - Steven Legatto (60:00) 7-10-13 --- 30. PENALTIES: AF 1-2; SH 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-3; SH 1-1.
Air Force 3, Bentley 2 Dec. 31, 2010 Watertown, Mass.
Air Force 5, Army 1 Jan. 14, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena
AF BEN
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - DeLaurell [5] (Lamoureux, Burnett), PP, 17:31 SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - McKenzie [2] (Kleisinger), SH, 14:28; AF 3 - Burnett [4] (unassisted), PP, 16:56; BEN 1 - Kayfes [3] (Hartung, Fitzstephens), 19:25. THIRD PERIOD: BEN 2 - Breton [1] (Hartung, Fitzstephens), 6:42.
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SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Timar [2] (Weisgarber, Kleisinger), 5:52; AF 3 - Lamoureux [7] (DeLaurell, Burnett), 9:41. THIRD PERIOD: ARMY 1 - Hull [4] (Colvin), PP, 7:03; AF 4 - Weisgarber [9] (Page, Sellers), 16:55; AF 5 - Sellers [2] (unassisted), EN.
Air Force 5, Sacred Heart 5 (ot) Jan. 7, 2011 Milford, Conn.
Army 5, Air Force 4 Jan. 15, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena
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FIRST PERIOD: SH 1 - Gingera [6] (Knowlton, Brown), 10:58; AF 1 - Kruse [5] (McKenzie, Sellers), 12:18; SH 2 - Stretch [2] (Gingera, Knowlton), PP, 19:06.
FIRST PERIOD: ARMY 1 - Omilusik [10] (Hull, Colvin), PP, 1:58; ARMY 2 - Omilusik [11] (Skarda), 5:04; ARMY 3 - Starczewski [5] (unassisted), 19:12; AF 1 - Kleisinger [2] (McKenzie), 19:42.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Kruse [6] (Sellers), 3:10; SH 3 - Verbeek [3] (Brown, Yelovich), 7:43; AF 3 - Kirby [3] (Bertsch, Torrel), 8:38; SH 4 - Stretch [3] (Gingera, Verbeek), 12:23; SH 5 - Fachini [1] (Knowlton), 12:42.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Kruse [7] (Weisgarber, Walsh), 1:17; AF 3 - Lamoureux [8] (Kirby, Mathis), PP, 17:35.
THIRD PERIOD: AF 4 - Burnett [5] (Lamoureux, Weisgarber), 4:00; AF 5 - Lamoureux [6] (Burnett, Kruse), EX, 19:59. SHOTS: AF 6-17-14-3 -- 40; SH 13-12-3-2 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (32:42) 11-5-x-x -- 16; Stephen Caple (30:51) x-4-3-2 -- 9; SH - Steven Legatto (65:00) 5-15-12-3 -- 35. PENALTIES: AF 1-2; SH 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; SH 1-1.
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FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring
SHOTS: AF 18-15-8 -- 41; ARMY 5-8-15 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 5-8-14 -- 27; ARMY - Ryan Leets (59:29) 17-13-6 -- 36. PENALTIES: AF 7-22; ARMY 8-24; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-6; ARMY 1-5.
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Thomas [4] (Fabian), 10:35.
SHOTS: AF 13-14-7 -- 34; BEN 12-12-17 -- 41; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 12-11-16 -- 39; BEN - Brendan Komm (58:35) 12-12-7 -- 31; PENALTIES: AF 7-25; BEN 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-6; BEN 0-6
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Air Force 2, UConn 1 Jan. 21, 2011 Storrs, Conn.
THIRD PERIOD: ARMY 4 - Dube [5] (Alvarez, Hull), PP, 15:51; ARMY 5 - Omilusik [12] (unassisted), SH, EN, 18:49; AF 4 - Weisgarber [10] (DeLaurell, Lamoureux), EX, PP, 19:16. SHOTS: AF 13-20-13 -- 46; ARMY 10-11-14 -- 35; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (43:48) 3-11-12 -- 26; Stephen Caple (14:56) 4-x-x -- 4; ARMY - Ryan Leets (60:00) 12-18-12 -- 42. PENALTIES: AF 5-10; ARMY 10-28; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-8; ARMY 2-5.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [11] (DeLaurell, Lamoureux), PP, 5:38. THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Lamoureux [9] (DeLaurell, Carew), PP, 5:21; UC 1 - Latta [7] (Sims, Olson), 7:46. SHOTS: AF 8-17-7 -- 32; UC 10-5-10 -- 25. SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 10-5-9 -- 24; UC - Garrett Bartus (58:54) 8-16-6 -- 30. PENALTIES: AF 7-14; UC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-5; UC 1-7
Air Force 5, UConn 5 (ot) Jan. 22, 2011 Storrs, Conn. AF UC
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FIRST PERIOD: UC 1 - Ranallo [3] (Sims, Latta), 8:55; UC 2 - Harris [4] (Cooper, Olson), 12:46; AF 1 - Thomas [5] (Fabian, McKenzie), PP, 15:39. SECOND PERIOD: UC 3 - Encarnacao [3] (Cooper), 3:21; AF 2 - Fabian [7] (Kirby, Kruse), 4:16; AF 3 - McKenzie [4] (Kruse), PP, 15:10. THIRD PERIOD: AF 4 - Kirby [5] (Kruse), 9:07; UC 4 - Olson [10] (Hernadez, Harris), 12:18; AF 5 - Kozlak [2] (unassisted), 12:26; UC 5 - Krispel [4] (Ambrosie, Schneider), 13:23. OVERTIME: No Scoring SHOTS: AF 10-10-13-3 -- 36; UC 11-11-11-1 -- 34. SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (34:43) 9-1-3-1 -- 14; Stephen Caple (30:02) x-9-6-x -- 15; UC - Garrett Bartus (64:43) 9-8-11-3 -- 31. PENALTIES: AF 6-20; UC 5-10; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-4; UC 0-4
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2010-11 BOX SCORES Air Force 4, Canisius 4 (ot) Jan. 28, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena CAN AF
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Air Force 5, RIT 5 (ot) Feb. 5, 2011 Rochester, N.Y.
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [10] (Burnett, DeLaurell), PP, 11:06; AF 2 - Bertsch [1] (unassisted), SH, 19:05. SECOND PERIOD: CAN 1 - Shupe [7] (Danford, Conacher), PP, 3:30; CAN 2 - Shupe [8] (Lindsay, Scarsella), 3:49; CAN 3 - Moser [5] (Rex, Rauch), 4:21; AF 3 - Lamoureux [11] (Burnett), PP, 15:33. THIRD PERIOD: CAN 4 - Moser [6] (Rex, Conacher), 3:37; AF 4 - Burnett [6] (Mathis, Lamoureux), PP, 12:35 OVERTIME: No Scoring SHOTS: AF 14-19-12-3 -- 48; CAN 9-9-9-2 -- 29; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (65:00) 9-6-8-2 -- 25; CAN - Dan Morrison (65:00) 12-18-11-3 -- 44. PENALTIES: AF 4-8; CAN 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 3-6; CAN 1-4.
Air Force 3, Canisius 2 Jan. 29, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena CAN AF
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FIRST PERIOD: RIT 1 - Smith [3] (Murphy), 2:48; RIT 2 - Lynch [4] (Favot, Eckenswiller), 7:19; RIT 3 - Janda [9] (McReynolds, Colavecchia), 9:25; RIT 4 - Saracino [3] (Favot, Lynch), PP, 11:40. SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Mathis [7] (Lamoureux, DeLaurell), PP, 12:25; AF 2 - McKenzie [4] (Kozlak), 17:36. THIRD PERIOD: AF 3- Kruse [8] (Sellers), 1:19; AF 4 - Lamoureux [14] (Burnett, DeLaurell), PP, 9:53; RIT 5 - Hartley [11] (Burt, Murphy), 11:16; AF 5 - DeLaurell [6] (Lamoureux, Kirby), PP, 13:45.
SHOTS: AF 8-9-14-1 -- 32; RIT 11-8-6-2 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (9:25) 4-x-x-x -- 4; Stephen Caple (55:35) 3-8-5-2 -- 18; RIT - Shane Madolora (65:00) 8-7-11-1 -- 27. PENALTIES: AF 5-10; RIT 6-12; POWER PLAYS: AF 3-6; RIT 1-4.
Air Force 3, Niagara 2 Feb. 11, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Mathis [6] (Kirby, Weisgarber), 2:18; CAN 1 - Law [6] (unassisted), PP, 4:05.
NU AF
SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Burnett [7] (McKenzie, Kirby), PP, 16:44.
SHOTS: AF 11-7-8 -- 26; CAN 11-8-15 -- 34; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 10-8-14 -- 32; CAN - Tony Capobianco (59:06) 10-7-6 -- 23. PENALTIES: AF 6-12; CAN 4-16; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-6; CAN 1-3.
RIT 1, Air Force 0 (ot) Feb. 4, 2011 Rochester, N.Y. AF RIT
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SECOND PERIOD: NU 1 - Williams [1] (Divjak), 19:46.
OVERTIME: RIT 1 - Hartley [10] (Mitchell, Colavecchia), PP, 2:07. SHOTS: AF 6-7-7-0 -- 20; RIT 11-11-14-1 -- 37; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (62:07) 11-11-14-0 -- 36; RIT - Shane Madolora (62:07) 6-7-7-0 -- 20. PENALTIES: AF 2-4; RIT 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; RIT 1-2.
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FIRST PERIOD: MC 1 - Jensen [1] (Holstrom, Pitt), PP, 8:38 SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Kleisinger [3] (Weisgarber, McKenzie), 8:17; AF 2 - Thomas [6] (Kruse, McKenzie), PP, 9:27; MC 2- Jones [3] (Chiasson, Pitt), 14:46. THIRD PERIOD: MC 3 - Chiasson [15] (Pitt, Jensen), 14:27; AF 3 - Fabian [8] (Weisgarber, Kleisinger), 17:54; AF 4 - Kruse [9] (Fabian, Mathis), 18:43; AF 5 - Kozlak [4] (Bertsch), EN, 19:37 SHOTS: AF 8-21-15 -- 44; MC 12-16-15 -- 43; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 11-15-14 -- 40; MC - Ryan Zapolski (60:00) 8-19-12 -- 39. PENALTIES: AF 5-10; MC 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF1-3; MC 1-5.
Air Force 6, Mercyhurst 5 Feb. 19, 2011 Erie, Pa. AF MC
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SHOTS: AF 15-10-23 -- 48; NU 7-12-8 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 7-11-7 -- 25; NU - Cody Campbell (59:00) 14-10-21 -- 45. PENALTIES: AF 3-6; NU 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; NU 0-3.
SECOND PERIOD: MC 2 - Cure [1] (Noble, Blakey), 1:50; AF 4 - Fabian [10] (Carew, Kruse), PP, 4:43; AF 5 - DeLaurell [9] (Burnett, Lamoureux), 8:42; MC 3 - Gurtler [10] (Raven, Elliott), 16:24.
Niagara 5, Air Force 4 (ot) Feb. 12, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena
THIRD PERIOD: AF 6 - Michalke [2] (Kleisinger), 7:34; MC 4 - Pitt [15] (Chiasson, Noble), 13:55; MC 5 - O’Donoghue [9] (Gurtler, Blakey), 16:59.
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [15] (DeLaurell, Burnett), PP, :52. NU 1 - Haczyk [24] (Hannan, Zanette), 6:22..
THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring
AF MC
THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Bertsch [2] (Kirby, Kozlak), 3:58; NU 2 - Haczyk [23] (Zanette), 5:53; AF 3 Kozlak [3] (Bertsch, Mathis), 18:44..
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SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring
Air Force 5, Mercyhurst 3 Feb. 18, 2011 Erie, Pa.
FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [16] (Burnett, DeLaurell), 8:51; AF 2 - Fabian [9] (Kruse, Thomas), 10:28; MC 1 -Chiasson [16] (Holstrom, Frey), 17:58; AF 3 - Kleisinger [ 4] (Weisgarber, Michalke), 18:25.
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SHOTS: AF 6-17-11-1 -- 35; NU 12-7-10-1 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (62:54) 11-5-9-0 -- 25; NU - Cody Campbell (36:59) 5-6-x-x -- 11; Chris Noonan (25:55) x-8-11-1 -- 20.. PENALTIES: AF 5-10; NU 5-108; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-5; NU 1-5
OVERTIME: No Scoring
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THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Lamoureux [12] (Kirby, Mathis), 2:01; AF 3 - Lamoureux [13] (Mathis, DeLaurell), PP, 3:57; CAN 2 - Conacher [15] (Gibbons, Danford), PP, 12:28.
OVERTIME: NU 5 - Rashid [11] (Divjak, Williams), 2:54.
SHOTS: AF 17-11-9 -- 37; MC 8-12-12 -- 32; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 7-10-10 -- 27; MC Ryan Zapolski (59:37) 14-9-8 -- 31. PENALTIES: AF 2-4; MC 1-2; POWER PLAYS: AF1-1; MC 1-2.
SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - DeLaurell [7] (Burnett, Mathis), PP, 6:04; NU 2 - Haczyk [25] (Zanette, Rashid), PP, 9:50; NU 3 - Zanette [24] (Foam), 11:32; AF 3 - DeLaurell [8] (Burnett, McKenzie), 11:44; AF 4 - Kirby [4] (unassisted), 16:59. THIRD PERIOD: NU 4 - Maczyk [26] (Annesley), 5:01.
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2010-11 BOX SCORES Air Force 4, Robert Morris 2 Feb. 25, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena RMU AF
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [17] (DeLaurell, Kozlak), 5:24; AF 2 - McKenzie [5] (Kozlak, Timar), 13:45. SECOND PERIOD: RMU 1 - Cramer [8] (Longpre), :09; AF 3 - Michlke [3] (Carew), 7:29. THIRD PERIOD: RMU 2 - South [7] (Blandina), 16:17; AF 4 - Weisgarber [13] (Kozlak), EN, 18:48. SHOTS: AF 10-12-17 -- 39; RMU 10-13-10 -- 33; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 10-12-9 -- 31; RMU - Brooks Ostergard (58:27) 8-11-16 -- 35. PENALTIES: AF 6-20; RMU 7-30; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; RMU 0-3.
Air Force 4, Robert Morris 2 Feb. 26, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena RMU AF
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FIRST PERIOD: RMU 1 - Cramer [9] (Crichton, Longpre), PP, 13:39. SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Kirby [7] (Burnett, DeLaurell), PP, 14:12. THIRD PERIOD: RMU 2 - Brooks [4] (Jamison, Hervato), 8:16; AF 2 - Lamoureux [18] (Burnett, DeLaurell), PP, 9:17; AF 3 - Burnett [8] (Walsh, Lamoureux), 15:29; AF 4 - Bertsch [3] (Kirby, Kozlak), EX, 16:37. SHOTS: AF 10-14-16 -- 40; RMU 6-10-6 -- 22; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (59:50) 5-10-5 -- 20; RMU - Brooks Ostergard (58:51) 10-13-13 -- 36. PENALTIES: AF 3-6; RMU 8-16; POWER PLAYS: AF 2-7; RMU 1-2.
Air Force 7, Sacred Heart 5 AHA Quarterfinals March 11, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena SHU AF
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FIRST PERIOD: SH 1 - Snydeman [4] (Delong, Gingera), 3:38; AF 1 - Kruse [10] (Kirby, Mathis), 3:57; AF 2 - Michalke [4] (Weisgarber, Kruse), 5:28; AF 3 - Lamoureux [19] (Burnett, DeLaurell), 6:03; SH 2 - Gingera [20] (unassisted), 10:45; AF 4 - Bertsch [4] (Timar), 11:11; SH 3 - Verbeek [6] (Stretch, Lewis), PP, 18:45. SECOND PERIOD: AF 5 - Lamoureux [20] (Mathis, Kirby), PP, :35; SH 4 - Yelotich [4] (Knowlton), 3:18; SH 5 - Gingera [21] (Knowlton, Stuart), PP, 6:06; AF 6 - Thomas [7] (Fabian, Kruse), 19:07. THIRD PERIOD: AF 7 - DeLaurell [10] (Lamoureux, Burnett), 16:02. SHOTS: AF 18-12-11 -- 41; SHU 12-10-6 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (26:09) 9-2-x -- 11; Stephen Caple (33:51) x-6-6 -- 12. SHU - Oliver St Onge (6:03) 6-x-x -- 6; Steven Legatto (53:14) 8-10-10 -- 28. PENALTIES: AF 3-6; SHU 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; SHU 2-3
Air Force 4, Sacred Heart 0 AHA Quarterfinals March 12, 2011 Cadet Ice Arena SHU AF
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Kleisinger [5] (McKenzie, Sellers), PP, 11:44. SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Weisgarber [13] (Kleisinger, Michalke), 7:11. THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Lamoureux [21] (DeLaurell), 14:32; AF 4 - Kruse [11] (DeLaurell, Fabian), 16:39. SHOTS: AF 15-16-14 -- 45; SHU 5-6-5 -- 16; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 5-6-5 -- 16; SHU - Steven Legatto (60:00) 14-15-12 -- 41. PENALTIES: AF 4-8; SHU 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; SHU 0-4.
Air Force 3, Holy Cross 2 AHA Semifinal Game March 18, 2011 Rochester, N.Y. HC AF
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FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Mathis [8] (Timar, Kozlak), 15:39. SECOND PERIOD: HC 1 - Stockton [9] (Sheen), 14:50 THIRD PERIOD: HC 2 - Vos [8] (Gordon, Cox), 2:51; AF 2 - Lamoureux [22] (DeLaurell, Burnett), 9:26; AF 3 - Lamoureux [23] (DeLaurell, Carew), 15:44. SHOTS: AF 4-6-11 -- 21; HC 8-10-12 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (60:00) 8-9-11 -- 28; HC - Adam Roy (59:19) 3-6-9 -- 18. PENALTIES: AF 3-6; HC 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-4; HC 0-3
Air Force 1, RIT 0 AHA Championship Game March 19, 2011 Rochester, N.Y. AF RIT
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FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [24] (Kirby, Torf), PP, 13:41 THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring SHOTS: AF 8-6-10 -- 24; RIT 14-13-13 -- 40; SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (59:20) 14-13-13 -- 40; RIT - Shane Madolora (58:52) 8-5-10 -- 23. PENALTIES: AF 4-8; RIT 4-8; POWER PLAYS: AF 1-4; RIT 0-4.
Yale 2, Air Force 1 (ot) NCAA East Regional Semifinals March 25, 2011 Bridgeport, Conn. AF Yale
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FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring SECOND PERIOD: YALE 1 - O’Neill [19] (Jaskowiak), 7:28; AF 1 - Bertsch [5] (Walsh, Kozlak), 18:34 THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring OVERTIME: YALE 2 - Ziegler [8] (Jaskowiak, Mason), 3:16 SHOTS: AF 8-5-5-5 -- 23; YALE 7-12-5-4 -- 28. SAVES: AF - Jason Torf (63:16) 7-11-5-3 -- 26; YALE - Ryan Rondeau (63:16) - 8-4-5-5 -- 22. PENALTIES: AF 3-6; YALE 3-6; POWER PLAYS: AF 0-3; YALE 0-3.
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HISTORY OF FALCON HOCKEY With the drop of the puck to begin the 2011-12 season, the Falcons will enter their 44th season of Division I hockey.
The program continued to gain momentum, posting its first winning season in 197071 with a 15-11-2 record.
With the Academy still in its infancy, the dream of hockey at the youngest military academy was born.
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 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.
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.
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.
At long last came the night of Nov. 29, 1968, when the first hockey game was 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 6-4 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. 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 enthu-
siastic, 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. 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 secondranked Miami in the NCAA Northeast Regional, falling to the RedHawks in overtime. After knocking on the door twice, the Falcons finally kicked it in with a record-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 storied Michigan Wolverines. In 2010-11, the Falcons claimed their fourth championship in five years. Another trip to the NCAA Tournament ended with yet another overtime loss, this time a 2-1 loss to top-seeded Yale. 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.
COACHING HISTORY Coach Vic Heyliger John Matchefts Chuck Delich Frank Serratore Total
Heyliger
Years 1969-74 1975-85 1986-97 1998-Pres. ---
Seasons 6 11 12 14 43
Matchefts
G 165 310 370 517 1362
W 85 154 154 234 627
Delich
L 77 150 197 239 663
T 3 6 19 44 72
Pct. .524 .506 .442 .495 .487
Serratore
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U.S. HOCKEY HALL OF FAME Having only four head coaches in the 44 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 1968-69, 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 202-1 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.
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.
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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 noncenter 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
DeGironimo ranks 18th 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.
#11 Beau Bilek The captain and MVP of the 1994-95 team, Bilek helped lead the Falcons to consecutive 15-win seasons. Bilek ranks third in career scoring among defensemen and 27th 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 is the all-time leading goal scorer in NCAA history. Delich spent 16 years in the military, retiring as a major in 1993. He was the head coach from 1985 to 1997. His 154 career coaching wins are tied as the second-most in AFA history. Delich was inducted into the AFA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011, the third induction class.
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
Center, 1983-86, Rochester, Mich. 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. GM 28 26 27 28 109
Goals 16 17 28 18 79
Assists 21 14 16 26 77
Points 37 31 44 44 156
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 Forward, 1986-89, Eveleth, Minn.
#7 Frank Daldine
Year 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Career
GM 27 29 26 27 109
Pen-Min. 7-17 6-12 12-24 11-22 36-75
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 with 25 in 1987-88 and 31 in 1988-89. In 1987-88, he also led the team in points (42) and ied for the lead in goals (17). Delich returned to the Academy as an assistant coach from 1999-2002. 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 23rd 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 17th on Air Force’s career scoring list with 136 points in 75 games. He is one of only two Falcons 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 38th 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 43 years, but these 27 players were selected by the alumni as members of the Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame.
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FALCON HOCKEY WALL OF FAME
#19 Bob Ingraham
#1 Mark Liebich
#1 Al Morrison
Defense, 1990-93, Georgetown, Mass.
Goalie, 1989-92, Rexford, N.Y.
Goalie, 1972-75, White Bear Lake, Minn.
Bob 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, 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. 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 two-time 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 197677, Leibbrand ranks second in career scoring among defensemen and is tied for 24th 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. Leibbrand led the blueliners in scoring in 1975-76 and 1976-77. He was selected as the team’s MVP 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
Assists 14 14 39 23 90
Points 18 22 48 37 125
Pen-Min. 11-22 20-38 19-38 13-26 63-124
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
Year 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 Career
Luukkonen was the team co-captain 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 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 21st 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
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
#20 Bill Luukkonen Defenseman, 1976-79, Eveleth, Minn.
GM 28 32 25 20 105
Goalie, 1969-71, Eveleth, Minn. One of the best goaltenders to ever wear the blue and silver, Newman is one of only two players in school history to be named team MVP 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
#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. Year 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 Career
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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 is tied for 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
GM 27 25 30 31 113
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
Year 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 Career
GM 27 26 29 21 103
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
#5 Dave Skalko
#21 Andy Veneri
Center, 1970-74, Gilbert, Minn.
Forward, 1991-95, Reading, Mass.
Skalko 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
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 35th 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
Year 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 Career
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
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 43rd in career scoring.
Center, 1971-74, Gilbert, Minn. Skalko 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.
Goals 6 9 21 20 56
Year 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 Career
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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
TOP 100 CAREER SCORERS NO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16 17. 18. 19. 21. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 30. 31. 32. 33. 35. 36. 37. 38. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 47. 48. 50.
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 Jacques Lamoureux, 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 Derrick Burnett, 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 Todd Lafortune, F Daryl Randall, F Brent Olson, F John Manney, F Nels Grafstrom, F
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 2009-11 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 2008-11 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 1993-97 1978-82 2006-09 1985-88 1997-00
GMS 109 113 118 106 104 118 103 109 109 108 133 105 133 140 132 118 75 124 113 128 115 108 110 109 147 145 127 144 119 100 149 113 96 137 129 151 118 121 111 111 130 141 120 106 99 156 120 116 124 92 135
GLS 156 107 75 105 82 78 77 79 82 68 53 54 66 64 79 73 71 57 47 58 32 48 57 35 51 38 33 58 48 55 33 47 45 49 56 44 23 57 53 55 45 41 24 28 51 43 53 45 31 41 41
AST 123 121 144 92 114 90 89 77 70 84 93 89 76 78 60 65 65 74 83 72 95 79 69 90 74 85 89 63 73 65 85 69 68 64 56 67 85 50 54 51 58 59 75 70 46 54 43 47 61 50 50
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PTS 279 228 219 197 196 168 166 156 152 152 146 143 142 142 139 138 136 131 130 130 127 127 126 125 125 123 122 121 121 120 118 116 113 113 112 111 108 107 107 106 103 100 99 98 97 97 96 92 92 91 91
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 38/106 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 44/91 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 61/122 15/30 77/148 22/44 29/60
TOP 100 CAREER SCORERS NO 52. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58.
63.
66. 67. 68. 70. 71. 72.
75. 77. 78.
81. 82 83. 85.
91. 92. 93. 94. 96 98. 100.
NAME, POS Greg Flynn, D Mike Phillipich, F Mike Lucca, F Jim Jirele, F Dan Davies, D Shane Saum, 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 Scott Mathis, D Joe Chapman, F Tom Zupancich, F/D Dave Stangl, F Rich Lund, D Dan Greene, D Tim Kirby, 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 Scott Kozlak, F Theo Zacour, F Matt Charbonneau, D Kyle DeLaurell, F Blake Page, F Keith Nightingale, D Mike DesRoche, F Steve Mead, D
YEARS GMS GLS AST 2006-09 137 16 74 2006-09 134 36 54 1970-74 118 45 44 1985-89 87 45 42 1996-99 119 19 65 2001-04 132 40 43 1981-84 110 40 42 1985-89 86 38 44 1968-70 47 35 47 1985-89 114 27 55 2001-04 134 28 54 1986-90 92 33 48 1990-93 117 41 40 2006-09 151 41 40 2006-09 129 10 65 1988-91 83 19 53 1972-75 111 19 52 2000-03 127 16 55 1991-95 121 34 36 2004-07 143 22 46 1974-78 92 36 31 1974-78 81 30 37 1975-79 110 23 44 1999-02 144 16 50 2009-Present 115 14 52 1984-87 104 26 39 1984-88 107 22 41 1969-72 86 29 34 1978-82 100 15 48 1987-91 89 14 47 2009-Present 116 14 46 1984-86 78 23 36 1993-97 111 25 34 1980-83 100 22 35 1993-97 122 17 40 1985-89 104 16 41 1980-83 100 22 35 2002-05 130 25 32 2005-08 132 22 35 1983-86 91 33 23 2003-06 142 12 43 2008-11 149 20 34 2004-07 119 21 32 2005-08 140 11 42 2010-Present 67 16 35 2008-11 141 20 31 1984-87 88 20 30 1995-98 88 29 21 2002-05 130 6 43 CURRENT PLAYERS IN BOLD ITALIC
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PTS 90 90 89 86 84 83 82 82 82 82 82 81 81 81 75 72 71 71 70 68 67 67 67 66 66 65 63 63 63 61 60 59 59 57 57 57 57 57 57 56 55 54 53 53 51 51 50 50 49
PEN/MIN 84/179 50/111 54/110 20/44 90/241 88/223 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 30/60 48/94 49/109 24/56 57/110 31/63 36-91 36/74 40/93 33/66 77/158 76/157 13/34 28/67 48/115 40/88 76/162 54/108 40/102 85/184 15/30 16/32 44/134 33/66 57/97
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, Pa., 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 All-American 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 200607 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 game-winners. 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.
Eric Ehn
Greg Flynn
Jacques Lamoureux
FALCONS AND THE HOBEY BAKER AWARD
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
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.
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NATIONAL HONORS
FALCONS ON NCAA REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS In 2008 and 2009, Air Force 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.
Volkening
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 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
Lamoureux
2009 EAST REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 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
Most Outstanding Player:
Joe Whitney, B.C.
Dan Lawson, Vermont
Flynn
Bertsch
LOWES SENIOR CLASS AWARD An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be a senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The award began in 2001 in the sport of men’s basketball. Outstanding student-athletes are now honored in 10 sports, including men’s hockey which began in 2007.
Devoney
Air Force is the only school in the nation to have a finalist each of the first five years of the award. Billy Devoney was AFA’s first finalist in 2007. He was followed by Frank Schiavone (2008), Mike Phillipich (2009), Matt Fairchild (2010) and
Schiavone
Jacques Lamoureux (2011). Lamoureux became the first Falcon in any sport to win the prestigous award. “This is truly an honor and humbling to accept this award on behalf of my teammates and the Air Force Academy,” Lamoureux said. “We have had a lot of worthy candidates
Phillipich
Fairchild
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the last few years and for someone to win this award from the Academy is a tremendous honor.” One of the top goal scorers in the nation, Lamoureux maintained a 3.76 grade point average in his management major and was very active in the community. “Jacques Lamoureux stands for everything the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award represents,” head coach Frank Serratore said. “He is an outstanding student, a tremendous leader and a highly decorated player. I am both proud and happy for Jacques as he is a very deserving and worthy recipient.”
Lamoureux
AIR FORCE HONORS
The Big Six
Team MVPs 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 *2010-11
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 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 Jacques Lamoureux, Sr., F
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 13 years, 12 hockey players have claimed Big Six honors. The Falcon hockey program has claimed the Most Valuable Male Athlete Award three straight years and four of the last five.
MALE MVP 1974-75 Gerry Micheletti 2001-02 Brian Gornick 2006-07 Eric Ehn 2008-09 Jacques Lamoureux 2009-10 Andrew Volkening 2010-11 Jacques Lamoureux 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
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 1971-72 Bob Ross 1972-73 Dave Skalko 1978-79 Tom Talbot 1985-86 Frank Daldine 1998-99 Justin Kieffer 2008-09 Greg Flynn
* Beginning in 1997-98, the MVP award was named the Chuck Delich Award in honor of the Academy’s all-time leading scorer.
ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE AWARD 1975-76 Chuck Delich 1976-77 Chuck Delich 1979-80 Bob Sajevic 1997-98 Justin Kieffer
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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
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
2010-11 (AHA) Scott Mathis, Jr., D First Team AHA All-Tournament Team Jacques Lamoureux, Sr., F Second Team AHA All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP Tim Kirby, Sr., F Third Team AHA All-Tournament Team Adam McKenzie, Fr, D All-Rookie Jason Torf, Fr., G All-Rookie AHA All-Tournament Team
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 Frank Schiavone Peter Shenk Brooks Turnquist Ben Worker Theo Zacour
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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
2010-11 (AHA) David Bosner Stephen Caple Jason Fabian Casey Kleisinger Jacques Lamoureux Scott Mathis Adam McKenzie Jason Torf Paul Weisgarber
FALCONS IN THE PROS
KIELKUCKI
BILEK Beau 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). He was the Chill’s top scoring defenseman for three seasons and a two-time all-star. He played more than 60 games in a season four times with the Chill. In four years, he played 266 games with the Chill and had 150 points. He also played 17 games in the IHL and the AHL.
Marc Kielkucki, a 2001 graduate of the Academy, signed as a free agent with the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 2001. Kielkucki 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).
FLYNN
GORNICK Brian Gornick became the first Falcon and just the second service academy player to be selected in the NHL Draft. Gornick was drafted in the ninth round by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in 1999. A 2002 grad, he was a first-team all-College Hockey America selection in 2001. 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 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.
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FALCONS IN THE PROS
BERG
EHN Eric Ehn played with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL in 2008-09. A 2008 graduate, Ehn played in three games for the Condors. A 2007 All-American, Ehn was one of three finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award in 2006-07.
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.
KIEFFER
BRODERICK
REANEY 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. Reaney, a 2003 grad, had seven points in Florence and had one assist in Columbia.
Andy Berg played with the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL in 200506. Berg played in 38 games over two seasons with the Inferno and had three goals and three assists while serving on active duty as a 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. Shane Saum, a 2004 graduate, played eight games with the Inferno in 2005-06.
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.
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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
Presented by Lt. Gen Michael Gould Air Force Academy Superintendent
1997-98 Justin Kieffer 1998-99 Joe Kramer 1999-00 Mike Keough 2000-01 Scott Bradley 2001-02 Brian Rodgers 2002-03 Scott Zwiers 2003-04 Shane Saum
2004-05 Matt Bader 2005-06 Matt Bader 2006-07 Billy Devoney 2007-08 Matt Charbonneau 2008-09 Mike Phillipich 2009-10 Jeff Hajner 2010-11 Paul Weisgarber
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.
The Matchefts
1997-98 Scott Bradley 1998-99 Brendon Connelly 1999-00 Andy Berg 2000-01 Joe Locallo 2001-02 Steve Mead 2002-03 Brooks Turnquist and Steve Cook 2003-04 Brian Gineo
Presented by Lt. Col. Phil Gronseth Officer Representative
2004-05 Eric Ehn and Matt Charbonneau 2005-06 Michael Mayra and Mike Phillipich 2006-07 Jeff Hajner 2007-08 Derrick Burnett 2008-09 Scott Mathis 2009-10 Kyle De Laurell 2010-11 Jason Torf
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 1985-97. His 154 career coaching wins are tied as the most in AFA history.
Presented by Chuck Delich (left) and Dr. Hans Mueh (right), director of Athletics
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 2010-11 Jacques Lamoureux
The Cronk
Presented by Larry Cronk Falcon Blue Line Club
1997-98 Mike McGuire 1998-99 Nels Grafstrom 1999-00 Mike Keough 2000-01 Justin Hamilton 2001-02 Justin Hamilton 2002-03 Justin Hamilton 2003-04 Shane Saum
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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.
2004-05 Seth Pelletier 2005-06 Billy Devoney 2006-07 Billy Devoney 2007-08 Matt Charbonneau 2008-09 Greg Flynn 2009-10 Matt Fairchild 2010-11 Paul Weisgarber
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.
1997-98 Mike DesRoche 1998-99 Marc Kielkucki 1999-00 Brian Rodgers 2000-01 Kyle Fransdal 2001-02 Tom Starkey 2002-03 Ryan Wiggins 2003-04 Mike Knaeble
Jim Bowman Award (Scholar-Athlete) - 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.
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.
Most Improved
Defense
Presented by Roger McFarland Falcon Blue Line Club
Presented by Brig. Gen. Richard Clark Air Force Academy Commandant of Cadets
2004-05 Brian Reese 2005-06 Josh Schaffer 2006-07 Ben Worker 2007-08 Brent Olson 2008-09 Kevin Wright 2009-10 Matt Becker 2010-11 Mike Walsh
1997-98 Chad Shenk 1998-99 Joe Kramer 1999-00 Jace Anders 2000-01 Jeff Zurick 2001-02 Joe Locallo 2002-03 Brian Reaney 2003-04 Steve Mead
2004-05 Brian Gineo 2005-06 Brooks Turnquist 2006-07 Billy Devoney 2007-08 Greg Flynn 2008-09 Greg Flynn 2009-10 Tim Kirby 2010-11 Brad Sellers
The Bowman
Presented by Lt. Col. John Bode (left) and Lt. Col. Keith Bishop (right) Officer Representatives
1997-98 Erik Oberg 1998-99 Matt Zitzlsperger 1999-00 Mike Keough 2000-01 Brian Gornick and Jeff Zurick 2001-02 Brian Gornick 2002-03 Mike Polidor 2003-04 Mike Polidor
2004-05 Ross Miller 2005-06 Ben Worker 2006-07 Ben Worker 2007-08 Frank Schiavone 2008-09 Mike Phillipich 2009-10 Matt Fairchild 2010-11 Paul Weisbarger
Paul Weisbarger earned three of the team’s top awards after the 2010-11 season. He earned the Heyliger, the Cronk and the Bowman awards. Weisgarber is one of only three 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 and defenseman Billy Devoney won three after the 2006-07 season.
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GOALTENDER RECORDS Most Saves
Most Goals Allowed
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.
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.
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. 2021, 1998. OVERTIME: 0, by numerous players.
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
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
Highest Saves Percentage 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.
Kim Newman
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.
Most Shutouts
Andrew Volkening
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).
SEASON: 2,502 , Andrew Volkening, 2007-08. CAREER: 7,326, Andrew Volkening, 2007-10
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
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
Al Morrison
Goaltender Records 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 Jeremy High Jason Torf Stephen Caple 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 David Bosner
Under 35 Games Years Gms Svs 74-75 1 3 00-02 4 24 11-Pres. 33 865 08-Pres. 13 174 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 09-Pres. 4 31
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Gls 0 2 87 19 2 30 26 85 119 23 126 97 81 25 12 21 8
GAA 0.0 2.03 2.87 2.36 2.0 2.35 3.26 3.28 4.1 3.74 4.4 5.5 5.0 5.9 3.6 5.5 5.82
Sho 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pct 1.000 .923 .909 .902 .900 .891 .883 .879 .876 .865 .852 .850 .845 .838 .837 .811 .795
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 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. 20-21,1970; Bob Ross vs. Wisconsin-Superior, 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 Penalties 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. AlabamaHuntsville, Feb. 23-24, 1990. SEASON: 49, by Terry Courtney, 1990-91. CAREER: 172, by Terry Courtney, 1990-93.
Most Penalty Minutes 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 (no records before 1981-82) SEASON: 15, Mark Manney, 1981-82; and Andy Berg, 2002-03; and Jacques Lamoureux, 2008-09 CAREER: 41, Jacques Lamoureux, 2009-11
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: 18, Jacques Lamoureux, 2008-11
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 last season, both teams gathered around center ice to salute back-to-back sellout crowds at Cadet Ice Arena.
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TEAM RECORDS Most Games (Season)
Combined Assists
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 and 2010-11 OVERTIME GAMES: 11, 2007-08. OVERTIME WINS: 3, 2004-05.
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
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 Opponent Goals GAME: 17 by Clarkson, 17-0, Dec. 29, 1982. SEASON: 194, 1982-83.
Biggest Win Margin Biggest Loss Margin GAME: 17 vs. Clarkson, 17-0, Dec. 29, 1982.
Fastest Goal
Most Penalty Minutes
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.
Combined Points
Fastest Two Goals
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
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.
GAME: 14 vs. Iowa St. (15-1), Dec. 11, 1974.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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SEASON RESULTS YEAR 1968-69
W 6
L 12
T 0
PCT. .333
COACH Vic Heyliger
CAPTAIN, POS. Robert Stewart, F; Steve Hall, F
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
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
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
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
2009-10 2010-11
16 20
15 12
6 6
.513 .605
Frank Serratore Frank Serratore
Jeff Hajner, C; Brett Nylander, D/F; Matt Fairchild, F; Jacques Lamoureux, F Jacques Lamoureux, F; Derrick Burnett, F; Scott Mathis, D;Paul Weisgarber, F
TOTALS
627 663
72
.487
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RECORDS BY SEASON GOALS
POINTS
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
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 24
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 20 44
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 2010-11
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 Jacques Lamoureux, C
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 24
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 20 44
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 2010-11
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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 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 23 10 27 8
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 35
Smellie
Decker
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
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 Jacques Lamoureux, C
Bradley
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
ASSISTS
RECORDS BY SEASON 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 2010-11
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 Jacques Lamoureux
SHG 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 13
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 2010-11
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 Five Players
GWG SHG 1 3 2 -2 1 5* -4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 -1 1 3 4 2 1
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 2010-11
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 Jacques Lamoureux 5
* Denotes School Record
Fairchild
Lamoureux
Ramsey
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RECORDS BY SEASON Saves/%
Pen/Min 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 2010-11
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 Mike Walsh
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 2010-11
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 14-47
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 Jason Torf
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/.918 865/.909
GAA 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 2010-11
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 Jason Torf
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 2.87
Volkening
Kielb
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RECORDS BY SEASON - DEFENSEMEN 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 Scott Mathis
Assists 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 8
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 2019-11
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 Scott Mathis
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 19
Points 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 2010-11
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 Scott Mathis
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 27
Flynn
Gineo
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 2010-11
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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 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 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 Bob Boots, W Pete Bracci, W Roger Carlson, W John Carson, W Dave Croitteau, G Mark Denney, G Bob Fleury, W Dale Franz, D Steve Hall, C
Hal Henderson, D Eric Kliner, D Ted Legasey, W Bill McConnell, W Bruce McFadzean, D Pat Nesbitt, C Kim Newman, G Joe O’Gorman, F Tom Perrot, W 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. $ Exhib. game played in St. Petersburg, Fla. HEAD COACH: Vic Heyliger LEADING SCORER: Steve Hall, C, 21 goals, 22 assists, 43 points
Rainy River @ Rainy River @ COLO. COLLEGE at Colo. College GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS Penn* Hamilton*
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)
1969-70 (11-17-1) Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Jan. 2 Jan. 3
Frank Setterquist, W Scott Sonnenberg, W George Stagno, W Bob Stewart, W Lew Tetlow, D Gene Thompson, D Tom Waugh, W Steve Wyman, D
3-5 8-5 1-5 2-8 4-8 4-2 4-6 1-2
Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Dec. 11 Dec. 12
at Ohio Univ. at Ohio Univ.$ at Wis. St.-Superior at Wis. St.-Superior at St. Louis at St. Louis WIS. ST.-SUPERIOR WIS. ST.-SUPERIOR
3-2 ot 4-3 ot 4-0 9-2 4-7 3-5 13-4 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, F, 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
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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. 23 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
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 Feb. 2
LAKE FOREST 9-2 LAKE FOREST 12-2 at Denver 4-6 COLO. COLLEGE 1-15 at Colo. College 4-6 MICHIGAN ST. 3-7 MICHIGAN ST. 4-6 Michigan* 6-7 ot York (Can.)* 4-5 at Gustavus Adolphus 6-3 at Gustavus Adolphus 2-4 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 13-0 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 10-3 at Ohio St. 2-5 at Ohio St. 2-5 ot ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 5-2 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 7-5 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 7-2 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 Feb. 19
at #10 New Hampshire at #10 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 #4 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 #6 COLO. COLLEGE
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 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 U.S. NATIONAL 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
1974-75 Falcons
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SCORES VS. OPPONENTS 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
1976-77 Air Force Falcons
Chuck Delich
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
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
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Tom Richards
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
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, Colo. HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Tom Richards, C, 22 goals, 20 assists, 42 points
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
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**
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
Mark Manney
SCORES VS. OPPONENTS
Feb. 27 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 4-4 ot Feb. 28 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 10-1 * — Jeno’s Holiday Tourn., Duluth, Minn. ** — Northern Ariz. Tourn., Flagstaff, Ariz. 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
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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 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Dec. 30 Dec. 31 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 22 Feb. 23
at Royal Military (Can.) at Royal Military (Can.) LAKE FOREST LAKE FOREST COLO. COLLEGE at Colo. College at Notre Dame at Notre Dame at St. Scholastica at St. Scholastica ST. THOMAS (MINN.) ST. THOMAS (MINN.) Dartmouth* Vermont* Bowdoin** Colby** U.S. INTERNATIONAL U.S. INTERNATIONAL NORTHERN ARIZONA NORTHERN ARIZONA DENVER ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ST. MARY’S (MINN.) ST. MARY’S (MINN.) ST. OLAF (MINN.) ST. OLAF (MINN.)
5-6 6-6ot 6-1 3-5 4-13 3-6 6-5 6-7ot 4-3 3-5 7-6 3-6 4-5 2 ot 1-3 1-4 3-6 6-8 4-3 7-5 3-7 1-8 4-3 ot 6-4 5-3 4-2 7-4 9-6 6-2 9-3
1986-87 Air Force Falcons
* — 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
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
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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 #10 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
MICH.-DEARBORN MICH.-DEARBORN ALA.-HUNTSVILLE ALA.-HUNTSVILLE NOTRE DAME
5-3 5-6 ot 4-6 3-5 6-6 ot
Nov. 12 NOTRE DAME 6-3 Nov. 18 ST. OLAF 11-1 Nov. 19 ST. OLAF 7-1 Nov. 23 St. Cloud State 1-4 Nov. 24 North Dakota 1-8 Nov. 28 COLO. COLLEGE 2-5 Dec. 2 ST. CLOUD STATE 3-6 Dec. 3 ST. CLOUD STATE 2-8 Dec. 29 Providence* 3-5 Dec. 30 Notre Dame* 7-5 Jan. 6 MIDDLEBURY 5-5 ot Jan. 7 MIDDLEBURY 4-3 Jan. 13 ST. ANSELM 11-3 Jan. 14 ST. ANSELM 9-2 Jan. 27 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 7-5 Jan. 28 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 10-4 Feb. 4 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 3-4 ot Feb. 5 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 4-6 Feb. 10 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 8-7 Feb. 11 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 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 Oct. 28 Army Nov. 3 BABSON Nov. 4 BABSON Nov. 10 COLO. COLLEGE Nov. 11 Colorado College Nov. 17 ST. THOMAS Nov. 18 ST. THOMAS Nov. 24 * Yale Nov. 25 * Northeastern Dec. 1 AUGSBURG Dec. 2 AUGSBURG Dec. 29 MICH.-DEARBORN Dec. 30 MICH.-DEARBORN Jan. 2 NOTRE DAME Jan. 3 NOTRE DAME Jan. 5 NORWICH Jan. 6 NORWICH Jan. 12 MERRIMACK Jan. 13 MERRIMACK Jan. 26 St. Cloud Jan. 27 St. Cloud Feb. 2 Notre Dame Feb. 3 Notre Dame Feb. 9 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS Feb. 10 ALASKA-FAIRBANKS Feb. 16 FERRIS STATE Feb. 17 FERRIS STATE Feb. 23 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE Feb. 24 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE * - Yale Tournament
2-4 0-4 2-1 1-3 3-3 ot 1-7 5-3 5-3 5-8 6-8 6-1 6-2 4-7 5-4 2-4 4-3 ot 4-1 4-3 4-5 8-4 1-8 3-9 6-3 2-3 5-2 8-5 5-4 2-3 8-6 9-1
HEAD COACH: Maj. Chuck Delich LEADING SCORER: Matt Watson, F, 18 goals, 20 assists, 38 points
1990-91 (11-17-4) Oct. 26 ARMY 5-2 Oct. 27 ARMY 3-3 ot Nov. 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2-6 Nov. 4 NEW HAMPSHIRE 3-8 Nov. 9 Maine 1-7 Nov. 10 Maine 1-5 Nov. 16 AUGSBURG 9-3 Nov. 17 AUGSBURG 6-2 Nov. 23 Illinois-Chicago 1-4 Nov. 24 Illinois-Chicago 2-7 Nov. 30 ROCHESTER INST. TECH 5-4 ot Dec. 1 ROCHESTER INST. TECH 6-3 Dec. 7 ST. JOHN’S 3-2 Dec. 8 ST. JOHN’S 4-3 Dec. 28 ST. THOMAS 5-2 Dec. 29 ST. THOMAS 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
Joe Delich
Matt Watson
SCORES VS. OPPONENTS
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SCORES VS. OPPONENTS 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 .
1992-93 (8-20-2)
Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 11 Nov. 13 Nov. 14 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 29 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 3
at Massachusetts-Lowell at Massachusetts-Lowell at New Hampshire at New Hampshire at Colorado College SALEM STATE SALEM STATE ST. THOMAS ST. THOMAS MERRIMACK MERRIMACK at Notre Dame* at Army* at Providence at Providence
2-3 2-6 4-4 ot 3-6 3-12 6-7 4-3 ot 1-2 6-4 5-7 4-3 1-4 3-5 0-10 1-2
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. 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
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
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
Dec. 28 at Boston College* 1-5 Dec. 29 at Princeton* 2-3 ot Jan. 1 PROVIDENCE 5-4 Jan. 2 PROVIDENCE 0-4 Jan. 7 MANKATO STATE 4-5 Jan. 8 MANKATO STATE 5-2 Jan. 14 YALE 6-3 Jan. 15 YALE 4-3 Jan. 21 at Army 7-3 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
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SCORES VS. OPPONENTS 1994-95 (15-17-1) Oct. 28 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2-5 Oct. 29 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2-8 Nov. 4 WISC-RIVER FALLS 5-3 Nov. 5 WISC-RIVER FALLS 4-5 ot Nov. 11 UMASS-AMHERST 5-2 Nov. 12 UMASS-AMHERST 3-3 ot Nov. 18 ST. THOMAS UNIV. 4-1 Nov. 19 ST. THOMAS UNIV. 7-4 Nov. 25 COLORADO COLLEGE 2-4 Nov. 26 COLORADO COLLEGE 1-10 Dec. 2 UMass-Lowell 3-6 Dec. 3 UMass-Lowell 4-3 Dec. 9 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 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, F, 16 goals, 23 assists, 39 points and Mark DeGironimo, F, 20 goals, 19 assists, 39 points
1995-96 (4-24-5) Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 5
ILLINOIS-CHICAGO ILLINOIS-CHICAGO MASS.-LOWELL MASS.-LOWELL YALE YALE ELMIRA ELMIRA at RPI at RPI at Massachusetts at Massachusetts RIT RIT COLO. COLLEGE at Denver* at Cornell* PROVIDENCE
2-2 ot 3-4 3-3 ot 2-2 ot 0-3 1-8 7-5 4-5 2-11 1-9 2-4 1-7 3-4 0-2 2-4 1-11 2-6 2-4
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, F, 20 goals, 23 assists, 43 points
1997-98 (15-19-0)
Justin Kieffer 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
0-3 4-6 2-5 1-3 5-2 4-3 ot 5-5 ot 4-2 3-5 6-3 1-4 2-10 3-7 5-12 0-5 2-3 ot 2-3 ot 7-1 9-0
Oct. 25 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 4-2 Oct. 26 NEBRASKA-OMAHA 1-6 Nov. 1 Yale 1-5 Nov. 2 Merrimack 1-9 Nov. 14 ST. MARY’S 4-5 Nov. 15 ST. MARY’S 4-0 Nov. 21 ST. THOMAS 2-3 Nov. 22 ST. THOMAS 5-3 Nov. 28 Mankato State 1-8 Nov. 29 Mankato State 1-11 Dec. 5 BEMIDJI STATE 6-3 Dec. 6 BEMIDJI STATE 5-3 Dec. 28 ST. OLAF 3-2 Dec. 29 ST. OLAF 7-1 Jan. 2 CONNECTICUT 8-0 Jan. 3 CONNECTICUT 6-2 Jan. 6 COLORADO COLLEGE 1-2 Jan. 9 MASSACHUSETTS 6-2 Jan. 10 MASSACHUSETTS 0-3 Jan. 16 Alabama-Huntsville 1-6 Jan. 17 Alabama-Huntsville 0-3 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, F, 24 goals, 27 assists, 51 points
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SCORES VS. OPPONENTS 1998-99 (15-19-2) 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. 28 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, F, 14 goals, 24 assists, 38 points.
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
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%
1999-2000
(19-18-2, 6-10 cha) 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
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&
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
Scott Bradley
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
FIRST SEASON IN COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA CONFERENCE * College Hockey America (CHA) game % CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Ala. ^ Anchorage (AK) Johnson Nissan Classic & Mass-Lowell City of Lights Tournament # Radisson Inn Classic at USAFA HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORERS: Scott Bradley, F, 13 goals, 25 assists, 38 points; Brian Gornick, F, 13 goals, 25 assists, 38 points
2000-01
(16-17-4, 6-9-4 cha) Oct. 8 CALGARY (exh) 4-2 Oct. 13 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 4-2 Oct. 14 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 8-2 Oct. 20 vs. Fairfield% 5-2 Oct. 21 vs. Quinnipiac% 2-3 Oct. 27 NIAGARA* 2-3 ot Oct. 28 NIAGARA* 2-2 ot Nov. 3 FINDLAY* 3-4 ot Nov. 4 FINDLAY* 3-1 Nov. 10 AUGSBURG 4-1 Nov. 12 AUGSBURG 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, F, 16 goals, 21 assists, 37 points
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SCORES VS. OPPONENTS 2001-02
& Radisson North Classic at USAFA ^ CHA Tournament in Kearney, Neb. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Andy Berg, F, 22 goals, 18 assists, 40 points
(16-16-2, 6-10-2 cha) Oct. 5 at AK-Fairbanks 1-8 Oct. 6 at AK-Fairbanks 2-5 Oct. 12 FAIRFIELD 8-1 Oct. 14 FAIRFIELD 6-3 Oct. 19 HOLY CROSS 4-3 Oct. 20 HOLY CROSS 6-7 Oct. 21 USA UNDER 18 (EXH.) 6-6 ot Oct. 26 at Ala.-Huntsville* 0-2 Oct. 27 at Ala.-Huntsville* 1-3 Nov. 2 WAYNE STATE* 4-7 Nov. 3 WAYNE STATE* 3-5 Nov. 19 Hull, England (Exh.) 5-0 Nov. 20 Milton-Keynes, Eng. (Exh.) 4-6 Nov. 21 Peterborough, Eng. (Exh.) 6-2 Nov. 22 Coventry, England (Exh.) 8-3 Nov. 29 MANHATTANVILLE& 6-3 Nov. 30 NEW ENGLAND COLL.& 9-2 Dec. 7 at Army 4-2 Dec. 8 at Army 5-4 Dec. 29 vs. Bentley% 6-1 Dec. 30 vs. Holy Cross% 5-1 Jan. 4 at Findlay* 2-4 Jan. 5 at Findlay* 2-4 Jan. 11 at Wayne State* 3-4 Jan. 12 at Wayne State* 5-3 Jan. 19 BEMIDJI STATE* 2-4 Jan. 20 DENVER (No. 1) 1-2 Jan. 25 at Colorado College (No. 8) 1-8 Jan. 27 NIAGARA* (No. 20) 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, F, 21 goals, 18 assists, 39 points
2002-03
(10-24-3, 2-15-3 cha) Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 13 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Nov. 1 Nov. 2
#vs. Miami (OH) #vs. Niagara UNIV. OF WINDSOR (EXH.) at Holy Cross at Holy Cross BENTLEY BENTLEY *at Niagara *at Niagara
1-12 3-7 9-1 6-4 2-7 5-2 6-2 5-2 2-6
2003-04
(14-21-2, 6-13-1 cha)
Derek Olson 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 Tournament in Dayton, Ohio
Oct. 10 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 12
#vs. Bentley #at Quinnipiac British Columbia (exh) $at Alaska Anchorage $vs. Miami-Ohio (#21) AMERICAN INTERNAT’L AMERICAN INTERNAT’L *at Alabama-Huntsville *at Alabama-Huntsville at Bentley at Bentley *NIAGARA *NIAGARA at Colorado College (#5) %DENVER (#10) *at Findlay *at Findlay at USA Under 18 Team (exh) &vs. Sacred Heart^ &at UConn *at Bemidji State *at Bemidji State ! *WAYNE STATE *WAYNE STATE at Army (CSTV) at Army *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *FINDLAY *FINDLAY HOLY CROSS (#18) HOLY CROSS (#18) *at Niagara *at Niagara *BEMIDJI STATE *BEMIDJI STATE *at Wayne State *at Wayne State @vs. Findlay
4-2 3-4 ot 8-6 4-5 2-0 5-1 5-1 1-5 4-6 4-3 4-3 2-3 ot 2-5 2-4 2-4 1-1 ot 5-2 2-4 2-2 ot 0-1 1-3 1-5 5-2 2-3 3-4 3-0 3-1 2-6 2-5 2-1 4-8 5-2 1-4 1-5 4-7 1-9 6-4 3-1 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, F, 11 goals, 16 assists, 27 points
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(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 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
WINDSOR (EXH) #vs. Bentley #vs. American International &COLORADO COLLEGE QUINNIPIAC at Holy Cross at Holy Cross *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *at Robert Morris *at Robert Morris $vs. Sacred Heart $at RPI *WAYNE STATE *WAYNE STATE at American International at American International %^at Denver % 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 *BEMIDJI STATE *BEMIDJI STATE vs. +Wayne State vs. +Bemidji St.
3-2 ot 2-2 ot 4-0 1-4 4-0 2-2 ot 2-5 2-6 1-4 5-0 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
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 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb 24 Feb 25 Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 10
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 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE *ROBERT MORRIS *ROBERT MORRIS *at Wayne State *at Wayne State $ vs. Robert Morris
*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 ^ Game televised on Fox Sports Rocky Mtn. @ Televised by ComCast Cable in Detroit + CHA Tournament in Grand Rapids, Minn. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Brandon Merkosky, F, 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
#Maine (#11) #Union LAKEHEAD (exh) %Bentley %RIT
1-3 9-2 2-2 ot 1-3 2-5
Eric Ehn
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 3-1 5-0 2-3 ot 1-5 3-1 5-3 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, F, 14 goals, 21 assists, 35 points
2006-07
(19-16-5, 13-10-5 aha) Oct. 2 Oct. 6 Oct. 8 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 17 Nov. 19 Nov. 24 Nov. 26 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 7 Dec. 8 Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Feb. 2 Feb. 3 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Mar. 10 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 24
UNIV.OF CALGARY (exh.) 4-2 #13 COLO. COLLEGE 1-2 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-3 at Alaska-Fairbanks 0-3 at Alaska-Fairbanks 4-8 *BENTLEY 5-1 *BENTLEY 5-6 &vs. UAH 7-5 &vs. Notre Dame (#11) 0-2 *RIT 3-0 *RIT 4-4 ot *at Canisius 5-3 *at Canisius 1-4 *AIC 6-1 *AIC 3-0 at Denver 1-2 ROBERT MORRIS 4-3 *SACRED HEART 3-3 ot *SACRED HEART 1-1 ot *at UConn 4-2 *at UConn 5-7 *at Mercyhurst 5-3 *at Mercyhurst 3-1 *at Holy Cross 2-2 ot *at Holy Cross 2-2 ot *ARMY 4-1 *ARMY (CSTV) 0-2 *at Bentley 1-3 *at Bentley 2-0 *MERCYHURST 5-7 *MERCYHURST 2-3 ot *at RIT 4-5 *at RIT 1-2 *CANISIUS 2-4 *CANISIUS 5-0 *at AIC 6-2 *at AIC 5-1 %HOLY CROSS 3-0 ^vs. Sacred Heart 5-4 ot ^vs. Army 6-1 @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, F, 24 goals, 40 assists, 64 points
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(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
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
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
Jeff Hajner Mar. 1 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 28
*AIC 5-0 %Bentley 9-2 %Bentley 3-1 ^vs. RIT 5-0 ^vs. Mercyhurst 5-4 2ot @ vs. #2 Miami (ESPNU) 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, F, 18 goals, 20 assists, 38 points. Jeff Hajner F, 15 goals, 23 assists, 38 points
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
at #9 Denver 1-4 *RIT 2-0 *RIT 2-3 ot *at UConn$ 2-2 ot vs. Quinnipiac$ 2-4 *at UConn 4-3 at Yale 2-3 *Canisius 4-5 *Canisius 2-4 *Army 5-1 *Army 3-2 *at Mercyhurst 4-4 ot *at Mercyhurst 2-3 ot *UConn 3-2 *UConn 4-1 *at Bentley 3-2 *at Bentley 1-4 *Holy Cross 4-3 *Holy Cross 3-2 *at RIT 4-6 *at RIT 3-1 Sacred Heart^ 4-3 Sacred Heart^ 1-4 Sacred Heart^ 8-1 vs. Bentley# 3-0 vs. Mercyhurst& 2-0 vs. #3 Michigan @ (ESPNU) 2-0 vs. #10 Vermont@ (ESPNU) 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, F, 33 goals, 20 assists, 53 points
2008-09
(28-11-2, 20-6-2 aha)
Michael Mayra
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
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
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
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SCORES VS. OPPONENTS (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
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
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
Feb. 27 Mar. 12 Mar. 13 Mar. 19
*Sacred Heart Army& Army & vs. Sacred Heart%
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, F, 22 goals, 20 assists, 42 points
2010-11
(20-12-6, 14-7-6 aha) Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 17 Oct. 22 Oct. 23 Nov. 5 Nov. 7 Nov. 12 Nov. 14 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 30 Dec. 31
Lethbridge (exh.) vs. #12 Alaska-Fairbanks% at Alaska-Anchorage% at Robert Morris * AIC* AIC* Mercyhurst* RIT* Colorado College #3 Yale at Canisius* at Niagara* vs. Clarkson& at #12 Denver& Holy Cross* Holy Cross* at Bentley* at Bentley*
4-3 ot 2-5 2-3 2-3 3-5 2-0 2-6 4-3 4-6 4-3 1-1 ot 7-4 2-1 1-3 1-1 ot 7-6 3-2 ot 3-2
Jan. 7 an. 8 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Mar. 25
at Sacred Heart* at Sacred Heart* Army* (CBS C) Army* at UConn* at UConn* Canisius* Canisius* at RIT* at RIT* Niagara* Niagara* at Mercyhurst* at Mercyhurst* Robert Morris* Robert Morris* Sacred Heart $ Sacred Heart $ vs. Holy Cross# vs. RIT^ vs. #3 Yale@ (ESPNU)
5-5 ot 2-4 5-1 4-5 2-1 5-5 ot 4-4 ot 3-2 0-1 ot 5-5 ot 3-2 4-5 ot 5-3 6-5 4-2 4-2 7-5 4-0 3-2 1-0 1-2 ot
*Atlantic Hockey Association game % at Kendall Classic in Anchorage, Alaska & Denver Cup in Denver, Colo. $ AHA Quarterfinals at USAFA, Colo. # AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y. ^ AHA Championship, Rochester, N.Y. @ NCAA East Regional, Bridgeport, Conn. HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore LEADING SCORER: Jacques Lamoureux, F, 24 goals, 20 assists, 44 points
Jacques Lamoureux
Andrew Volkening
2009-10
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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 AllAmerican). The season was one of many ups and downs as the overall record hovered around the .500 mark for most of the year. AFA won just three of its first eight games. However, after a sweep at Mercyhurst, the Falcons were 11-8-5 overall in early January. A five-game losing skid dropped the team’s record to 13-15-5 with just three regular-season games remaining. The Falcons rebounded to win the final three regular-season games over Canisius and American International. The momentum carried over into the AHA Tournament as the
Front Row: Peter Foster, Eric Ehn, Theo Zacour, Andrew Ramsey, Lt. Andy Berg (asst. coach), Brian Gineo, Frank Serratore (head coach), Billy Devoney, Mike Corbett (asst. coach), Brian Reese, Jay Medenwaldt, Mike Phillipich, Ben Worker. Second Row: Ian Harper, Greg Flynn, Michael Johnson, Lt. Col. Chris Rein (officer representative), Maj. Eric Nelson (team doctor), Lt. Col. Russ Adelgren (officer representative), Robert Rush (equipment manager), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Dave Toller (media relations), Lt. Col. Steve Fraser (officer representative), Bryan Becker, Michael Mayra, Andrew Volkening. Back Row: David Martinson, Frank Schiavone, Josh Print, Matt Fairchild, Jeff Hajner, Josh Frider, Brett Nylander, Matt Charbonneau, Josh Schaffer, Brandon Johnson, Brent Olson.
Falcons blanked Holy Cross, 3-0, at the Academy in the quarterfinals. Then, at the AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y., the Falcons needed overtime to beat top-seeded Sacred Heart in the semifinals. AFA led 3-1 in the third period, but the Pioneers took a 4-3 lead late in the third. After pulling the goalie, defenseman Billy Devoney scored with 54 seconds left to tie the game. Then, in overtime, Josh Print tipped in a point shot by Greg Flynn to send the Falcons into the championship game. The opponent was none other than service academy rival Army. The game was arguably the biggest in Academy history. Not only was it for bragging rights in the military world, but a conference championship and NCAA bid were on the line. After a scoreless first period, Mike Phillipich and Andrew Ramsey scored for a 2-0 lead in the second period. Freshman goalie Andrew Volkening stopped 18 Black Knight shots in the first 40 minutes and was flawless in the crease. Air Force exploded for four goals in the third period for a 6-1 win. Phillipich was named the tournament’s MVP while Devoney and Volkening were named 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. The big stage, the media attention, the large crowd and the daunting opponent did not bother the Falcons whatsoever. AFA scored first as Jeff Hajner netted his 13th of the season midway through the first period. Volkening was stellar in the net and the Falcons entered the first intermission with a 1-0 lead. Minnesota tied the game in the second, but the Falcons answered as Ramsey scored on the power-play with 37 seconds left in the second period. Early in the third period, freshman Brett Nylander scored on a wrap-around goal and the Falcons had a 3-1 lead. With just over eight minutes remaining, the Falcons clung to the two-goal advantage. However, the clock was about to strike midnight on Cinderella. Minnesota scored three goals in a span of 3:36 and escaped with a 4-3 win over the Falcons. The loss ended the Falcons’ championship season, but the memories of the team’s first conference title and NCAA berth will last a lifetime.
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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-to-back 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 14th-ranked Quinnipiac in the season-opening series. In the first half of the season, the Falcons settled for numerous ties in games that could have been victories. However, one tie in particular, was a great one. In the consolation game of the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, the Falcons tied 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.
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, Josh Print, Ian Harper. Second Row: Greg Flynn, Derrick Burnett, Brad Sellers, Brent Olson, Dave Toller (athletic communications), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Lt. Col Chris Rein (officer representative), Larry Cronk (penalty box manager), Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Roger McFarland (blue line club), Bryan Becker (undergraduate assistant), Jacques Lamoureux, Tim Krystosek, Michael Johnson, Michael Mayra. Third Row: Brandon Johnson, Scott Kozlak, Sean Bertsch, Blake Page, Matt Becker, Josh Frider, Brett Nylander, Owen Kelly, Jeff Hajner, Matt Fairchild, Kevin Wright.
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 nine-game 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 second-seeded 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 third to tie the game at 4-4. The game remain-
ing 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 heavilyfavored opponent on the ropes in the third period. Despite the disappointment at the time, the team’s accomplishments could not be forgotten.
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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. 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 third-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, the program’s first ever win in the NCAAs and a trip to the Elite Eight. Air Force started the season with a giant bull’s eye on its back. Not only were the Falcons the two-time AHA champions, but the coaches picked Air Force first in the preseason poll. The target didn’t seem to bother the Falcons early in the season as Air Force rolled to 13 consecutive wins and a No. 10 ranking in the national polls, both school records. Win number 13 came against a team that the Falcons had not defeated in 24 years, third-ranked Colorado College. After a 4-1 win over the Tigers at home, the streak ended with a 3-1 loss at ninth-ranked DU. The loss put the Falcons in a bit of a tailspin, posting just a 4-7-2 record through December and January. As has been the case the past three years, the
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. 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 official), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Dave Toller (SID), Lt. Col. Keith Bishop (officer representative), Brad Sellers, Scott Mathis, Derrick Burnett. Back Row: Brandon Johnson, Scott Kozlak, Matt Becker, Paul Weisgarber, Sean Bertsch, Stephen Caple, Brett Nylander, Blake Page, Matt Fairchild, Kevin Wright, Mark Williams.
Falcons flipped the switch in February, going 6-2 in the month. Air Force needed a win in the final regular-season game at RIT to share the title with the Tigers and that is just what the Falcons got. in a 3-1 victory to earn the top seed in the tournament. In the league quarterfinal best-of-three series, the Falcons hosted No. 8-seed Sacred Heart, but the series was much closer than the many fans anticipated. Air Force scored late to earn a 4-3 win in the first game, but Sacred Heart won game two, 4-1, forcing a deciding third game. Air Force left no doubt in the rubber match as Greg Flynn scored the first two goals of the game and cruised to an 8-1 victory and a trip to the AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y. In the AHA semifinal game, Matt Fairchild scored two goals and Volkening stopped all 26 shots he faced in a 3-0 blanking of Bentley. The win sent the Falcons back to the championship game, setting up a rematch of last years’ title game with Mercyhurst. This game was not nearly the epic of the previous season as the Falcons held the No. 2 scoring team in the nation without a goal in a 2-0 victory. Lamoureux and Fairchild scored and Volkening made 25 saves in the game. The third consecutive league championship sent the Falcons back to the NCAA Tournament, a place where this team had some unfinished business. Who would be the Falcons’ opponent at the Big Dance?
None other than the most storied program in the history of college hockey, the Michigan Wolverines. The top-seeded Wolverines, ranked third in the nation, boasted 13 NHL draft choices. However, it was Air Force’s first-team all-league choices that led the way. Volkening stopped all 43 shots he faced, Flynn assisted on both goals and Lamoureux scored AFA’s second goal of the game as the Falcons earned a 2-0 win for the program’s first ever NCAA win. Derrick Burnett scored the first goal of the game, the eventual game-winner. The win sent Air Force to its first-ever Elite Eight and a matchup vs. 10th-ranked Vermont. The winner would earn a spot in the Frozen Four in Washington D.C. Freshman Paul Weisgarber broke a scoreless tie in the second period, but Vermont scored two goals midway through the third for a 2-1 lead. Air Force came back to tie the game at 11:18 on Sean Bertsch’s goal. Neither team scored during the rest of regulation or the first overtime. In the second overtime, Vermont defenseman Dan Lawson took a slap shot from the point at the 14:10 mark and play continued for nearly two minutes. Upon the first whistle, the play was under video review and, after a 12-minute delay; the shot was ruled a goal as the puck went through the net ending the Falcons’ season. The loss was tough to swallow, especially being one shot from going to the Frozen Four, but the 2008-09 season proved the Falcons were truly one of the best teams in the nation.
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2011 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference Champions The 2010-11 season began with many questions marks. The Falcons had to break in a new goaltender and had several holes to fill. The Falcons were picked to finish third in the preseason coaches poll and coach Frank Serratore said he would do cartwheels if that was the case. After a rough start, Air Force finished strong with eight straight wins to include its fourth AHA championship in the last five years. The Falcons finished the season with a 20-12-6 overall record and won the AHA tournament as the No. 2 seed. Air Force advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in school history and, for the fourth time, lost a one-goal game on the national stage. Yale, the No.1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, needed overtime to beat the Falcons, 2-1, in the NCAA East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn. The season could not have gotten off to a more dismal beginning. An 0-4 start included a home loss to the last-place team in the league, the AIC Yellow Jackets. Air Force’s first signature win of the season came on Nov. 7 when defending league champion, and 2010 Frozen Four participant, RIT came to town. AFA fell behind 2-0 in the first period, but bounced back as Paul Weisgarber tied the game with five minutes remaining and John Kruse scored the game winner with just over three minutes left for a 4-3 win. After a loss to Colorado College, the Falcons hosted third-ranked and undefeated Yale. The Bulldogs spent the majority of the season ranked first in the nation and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. But Nov. 14, 2010 is a night that the over-capacity crowd at the Cadet Ice Arena won’t soon forget. Trailing
Front Row: Brad Sellers, Blake Page, Sean Bertsch, Paul Weisgarber, Jacques Lamoureux, Frank Serratore (head coach), Scott Mathis, Derrick Burnett, Scott Kozlak, Matt Becker, Tim Kirby. Middle: Aaron Quick, John Kruse, Kyle DeLaurell, Andy Berg (assistant coach), Dave Toller (media relations), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Lt. Col. John Bode (officer representative), Lt. Col. Keith Bishop (officer representative), Lt. Col. Phil Gronseth (officer representative), Mike Corbett (assistant coach), Mitch Torrel, Tony Thomas, Jason Fabian. Back Row: Jason Torf, Adam McKenzie, Casey Kleisinger, Mike Walsh, Stephen Carew, Eric Artman, Stephen Caple, Danny Durham, Jacob Musselman, Ryan Timar, George Michalke, David Bosner
3-0 in the third, AFA scored four unanswered goals and freshman goalie Jason Torf made 34 saves as the Falcons earned a 4-3 win. From that point on, Air Force was a different team. Beginning with that game, Air Force was 186-6 in the final 30 games of the season. Air Force needed to earn some points down the stretch to secure home ice in the playoffs. An unexpected road sweep at Mercyhurst set up a series with second-place Robert Morris and a chance to get a bye in the first round. That bye was clinched as the Falcons earned two 4-2 victories and finished second in the AHA regular season. After a week off, Air Force hosted Sacred Heart in the quarterfinals, March 11-12, at the Cadet Ice Arena. The Falcons out-scored the Pioneers, 7-5, in the first game as the two teams combined for 10 goals in the first 26 minutes of the game. The next night was all defense. Torf stopped all 16 shots he faced as the Falcons earned a 4-0 win and an unprecedented fifth straight trip to the AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y. The second-seeded Falcons faced the thirdseeded Holy Cross Crusaders in the semifinals and again had to come from behind. Trailing 2-1 in the third, Jacques Lamoureux scored twice late for a 3-2 win. The championship game was a winner-takeall showdown against the top two teams in the league as the No. 2 Falcons faced the topseeded RIT Tigers. In the second period, Tim
Kirby drove the length of the ice and Lamoureux scored the game’s only goal. Torf made a career high 40 saves and the Falcons had earned their fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last five years. Lamoureux was named the tournament’s MVP and was joined on the all-tournament team by Torf, Kirby and Scott Mathis. The Falcons’ opponent in the NCAA East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn., would be a familiar one, the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, Yale Late in the second period, senior Sean Bertsch scored on a wrap around to tie the game at 1-1. Neither team scored in the third and the game went into overtime. Air Force had several quality chances in the first three minutes, but it was Yale that advanced with a rebound goal at 3:16 of overtime. The loss was certainly disappointing, but the strides this team made throughout the season were gigantic. An inconsistent team that was full of question marks early in the season went on to win eight straight late in the year and push one of the nation’s best teams to the limit on the game’s biggest stage. Air Force became one of just eight schools in the nation to compete in the NCAA Tournament in at least four of the last five years. The seniors became the winningest class in school history with 85 wins in four years. The Falcons ended the season ranked 18th in the nation, tying the highest final national ranking in school history.
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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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 Carmichael, Patrick M. 1974, 72 Carrano, Mike 2005, 02 03 Caple, Stephen 2012, 09 10, 11 Carew, Stephen 2013, 10, 11 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, 11 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 Ehn, Eric, 2009, 05 06 07 08 Erickson, Daniel P. 1982, 79 Evancevich, Charles 1981, 78 79 80 81 Fabian, Jason 2014, 11 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
Ingraham, Cal 1993, 90 Ingraham, Robert 1993, 90 91 92 93 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 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, 09, 10, 11 Kleisinger, Casey 2014, 11 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, 11 Kozlowski, Buck 2004, 01 02 03 04 Kramer, Joe 1999, 97 98 99 Kriz, George 1995, 93 94 Kruse, John 2013, 10, 11 Kyrstosek, Tim 2012, 09 Lafortune, Todd 1997, 94 95 96 97 Lamoureux, Jacques 2011, 09 10, 11 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
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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, 11 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 McKenzie, Adam 2014, 11 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 Michalke, George III 2014, 11 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 Musselman, Jacob 2014, 11
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 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
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, 11 Palmer, John R. 1980, 79 80 Parent, Mike 1991, 88 89 90 91
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, 11 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 Thomas, Tony 2014, 11 Thompson, Ryan 2001, 98 99 Timar, Ryan 2014, 11 Torf, Jason 2014, 11 Torrel, Mitch 2014, 11 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, 11 Watson, Matt 1990, 87 88 89 90 Waugh, Thomas R. 1971, 69 Weida, Johnny A. 1978, 75 76 Weisgarber, Paul 2012, 09 10, 11 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
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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.
intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year.
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,
MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING An air, space and cyberspace-oriented 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 three-week 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. 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 808405025 or go to www.usafa.edu.
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. 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.Women entered the Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980.
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ACADEMY 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
Commandant of Cadets Brig. General Richard Clark
Dean of Faculty Brig. General Dana Born
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Commander, 10th Air Base Wing Col. Thomas Gibson
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Dr. Hans J. Mueh Director of Athletics
Eighth Year
Dr. Hans J. Mueh is in his eighth 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 1996-2004 and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Athletics Association.
Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA Endowment and the announcement of the Holaday Athletic Center, an indoor training facility. The $15 million facility was completed in July 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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 (2006-07). It marked the first time a service academy has ever had a team compete in the post-season in all three sports.
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. 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 twoyear 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 all-league selection in 1965.
In addition, under Mueh’s watch the men’s basketball team has played in another NCAA tournament and the National Invitational Tournament’s Final Four. The ice hockey team has won the conference championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament four of the last five years. 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 then posted back-to-back eight-win seasons and was 9-4 last year while qualifying for bowl games every year. The school has averaged 9,000 bowl tickets sold during the four-year run.
Following graduation, Mueh completed two assignments in intelligence before attending the University of Wisconsin where he earned his master’s degree in chemistry in 1970. He later earned
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. 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. Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three children: Kristine, Kurt and Deborah.
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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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 Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV and Wyoming. All sports also compete against non-conference oppo-
Col. Billy Walker Vice Director of Athletics
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nents, 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 17 times, which is more than any other academy. 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 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multi-purpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and field competitions. The department’s newest facility, the Holaday Athletic Center, was completed in July 2011.
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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 was sold out 14 of the 18 games last season and 35 of the last 41 games overall. The Falcons have won more than 61 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 to 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 Burgundy-White 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, 2009 and 2011.
ALL-TIME HOME RECORDS Year ..................... Record ................Win % 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
Year ..................... Record ................Win % 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
Year ..................... Record ................Win % 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 2010-11 ............... 11-5-2 ..................667 Totals .................. 442-274-39 ..........611
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