Air Force hockey media guide 2010-11

AIR FORCE HOCKEY – 2010-11 SCHEDULEDay Date Time Opponent SiteMon. Oct. 4 6:05 p.m. Univ. of Lethbridge (exh.) USAFA, Colo.Fri. Oct. 8 5:07 p.m. vs. Alaska-Fairbanks% Anchorage, AlaskaSat. Oct. 9 7:07 p.m. at Alaska-Anchorage% Anchorage, AlaskaSun. Oct. 17 6:05 p.m. at Robert Morris (at Consol Energy Center)* Pittsburgh, Pa.Fri. Oct. 22 7:05 p.m. AIC* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Oct. 23 7:05 p.m. AIC* USAFA, Colo.Fri. Nov. 5 7:05 p.m. Mercyhurst* USAFA, Colo.Sun. Nov. 7 6:05 p.m. RIT* USAFA, Colo.Fri. Nov. 12 7:05 p.m. Colorado College USAFA, Colo.Sun. Nov. 14 6:05 p.m. Yale USAFA, Colo.Fri. Nov. 19 7:05 p.m. at Canisius* Buffalo, N.Y.Sat. Nov. 20 7:05 p.m. at Niagara* Niagara Falls, N.Y.Fri. Nov. 26 4:35 p.m. vs. Clarkson& Denver, Colo.Sat. Nov. 27 7:05 p.m. at Denver& Denver, Colo.Fri. Dec. 3 7:05 p.m. Holy Cross* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Dec. 4 7:05 p.m. Holy Cross* USAFA, Colo.Thur. Dec. 30 7:05 p.m. at Bentley* Waltham, Mass.Fri. Dec. 31 5:05 p.m. at Bentley* Waltham, Mass.Fri. Jan. 7 7:05 p.m. at Sacred Heart* Milford, Conn.Sat. Jan. 8 7:05 p.m. at Sacred Heart* Milford, Conn.Fri. Jan. 14 7:05 p.m. Army* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Jan. 15 7:05 p.m. Army* USAFA, Colo.Fri. Jan. 21 7:05 p.m. at UConn* Storrs, Conn.Sat. Jan. 22 7:05 p.m. at UConn* Storrs, Conn.Fri. Jan. 28 7:05 p.m. Canisius* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Jan. 29 7:05 p.m. Canisius* USAFA, Colo.Fri. Feb. 4 7:05 p.m. at RIT* Rochester, N.Y.Sat. Feb. 5 7:05 p.m. at RIT* Rochester, N.Y.Fri. Feb. 11 7:05 p.m. Niagara* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Feb. 12 7:05 p.m. Niagara* USAFA, Colo.Fri. Feb. 18 7:05 p.m. at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa.Sat. Feb. 19 7:05 p.m. at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa.Fri. Feb. 25 7:05 p.m. Robert Morris* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Feb. 26 7:05 p.m. Robert Morris* USAFA, Colo.Sat. Mar. 5 7:05 p.m. AHA Play-in Games TBAFri.-Sun. Mar. 11-13 TBA AHA Quarterfinals (best of three) TBAFri-Sat. Mar. 18-19 TBA AHA Final Four Rochester, N.Y.Fri.-Sun. Mar. 25-27 TBA NCAA Regionals TBA

(Bridgeport, Conn., Green Bay, Wis., Manchester, N.H., St. Louis, Mo.)

HOME GAMES IN BOLD*Atlantic Hockey Association game

% at Kendall Classic in Anchorage, Alaska& Denver Cup in Denver, Colo.

Dates and times subject to changeAll times are local to site

Table of Contents

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GENERAL INFORMATIONMedia Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Media/Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Pikes Peak Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Game Day at Cadet Ice Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Hockey Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

COACHES/STAFFHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-10Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-14

PLAYERS2009-10 Season Wrap-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-172009-10 Scores/Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172010-11 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-21Player Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-42

AHA/OPPONENTSAHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-46Scores vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-48

LAST SEASONLast Season’s Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Game-by-Game Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-54

HISTORYFalcon Hockey History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Hall of Fame Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Wall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58-60Year-by-Year Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61Top 100 Scorers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-63National Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64National/Air Fore Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65Conference Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66Falcons in the Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-69Goaltender Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Records by Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-74Season-by-Season Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-85Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-88Lettermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-90

THE ACADEMYThe Air Force Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Academy Senior Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93Athletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94Falcon Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95Cadet Ice Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96A Championship Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IBC

School InformationLOCATION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2169 Field House Dr.

USAF Academy, CO 80840COLORS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and Silver NICKNAME: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FalconsENROLLMENT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400FOUNDED: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954FIRST YEAR HOCKEY: . . . . . . . 1968-69AFFILIATION/CONFERENCE: . NCAA I/Atlantic HockeyARENA/SIZE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cadet Ice Arena/200x85 CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,470PRESS BOX PHONE: . . . . . . . . (719) 333-1532SUPERINTENDENT: . . . . . . . . . Lt. Gen. Michael GouldATHLETIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . Dr. Hans MuehATHLETIC DIRECTOR PHONE: (719) 333-4008TICKET OFFICE PHONE: . . . . . 1-800-666-USAF

Coaching StaffHEAD COACH/ALMA MATER: Frank Serratore

Bemidji State/1982CAREER RECORD (YRS):. . . . . 263-319-47/17 yrsRECORD AT SCHOOL (YRS): . . 214-227-38/13 yrsASSISTANT COACHES:. . . . . . . Mike Corbett/Denver, 1998

Andy Berg/USAFA, 2003E-MAIL ADDRESSES: . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

[email protected]@usafa.edu

ATHLETIC TRAINER: . . . . . . . Erik Marsh (719) 333-2145EQUIPMENT MANAGER: . . . . . . Robert Rush (719) 333-9260

Last Season2009-10 RECORD/CONF.: . . . . 16-15-6/14-8-6 3rd AHAPOST-SEASON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . L in AHA semifinalsLETTERMEN RETURNING: . . . 18 (11 F, 5 D, 2 G) LETTERMEN LOST: . . . . . . . . . 6 (2 F, 3 D, 1 G)

Media RelationsASSOC. AD/COMMUNICATIONS: . Troy GarnhartOFFICE PHONE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719)333-9263GARNHART’S E-MAIL: . . . . . . . . . [email protected]/HOCKEY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Toller OFFICE PHONE:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-3478FAX: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 333-3798 TOLLER’S CELL: . . . . . . . . . . . . . (719) 200-2802TOLLER’S E-MAIL: . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.GoAirForceFalcons.com

CCRREEDD II TTSSThe Air Force hockey media guide is a publication of the Air Force Academy

media relations office. Dave Toller was responsible for the writing, editing and

designing of this guide using QuarkXpress desktop publishing software. A spe-

cial thanks to Troy Garnhart, Madeline McGuire, Jerry Cross, Valerie Perkin,

Nick Arseniak and Melissa McKeown for their expertise. The action photos were

taken by all the photographers of DenMar Services, Ken Mellott of Colorado

Springs, Jeffrey Weeks of Show The Story, Ralph Clark and Russ Backer of Col-

orado Springs. Photos from the Atlantic Hockey Association Tournament were

taken by James Lathrop (2008) and Kris Murante (2009). Photos from the 2008

NCAA Tournament were taken by Michael Silverwood and Peter Cooke. Photos

from the 2009 NCAA Tournament were taken by Rich Stieglitz. The Academy

scenics and individual photos were taken by DenMar Services.

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MEDIA GUIDEThe 2010-11 media guide is producedas a source of information for themedia. Other materials may be ob-tained by contacting the media rela-tions office:

Phone: (719) 333-2313/3478E-mail: [email protected]

PRESS CREDENTIALSPress and photographry credentials areissued to members of the workingmedia only. These credentials may beobtained by contacting the athleticmedia relations office at least one dayprior to the event. A season credentialdoesn’t always reserve media membersa seat in the press box.

PRESS PARKINGThere is no press parking lot at theCadet Field House. The earlier you ar-rive, the better parking you will find.

POST-GAME INTERVIEWSInterviews following the game may beobtained outside the Air Force lockerroom after the 10-minute cooling off pe-riod. There is no post-game press confer-ence or interview session and the lockerroom is closed. A member of the ath-letic media relations staff will be avail-able to assist you in the interviewprocess. Interviews with visiting playersmust be arranged with the visiting SID orcoach.

WEEKLY INTERVIEWSGeneral: All Air Force players andcoaches are available for interviews dur-ing the week with the following guide-lines. All interview requests must bemade through Dave Toller in the ath-letic media relations office. Requestsmust be made at least one day in ad-vance so that the player and/or coachcan be properly notified. All interviewswill be done between 2 and 3 p.m. MT.

Game Day: No pre-game interviewswith players will be granted on gameday. Coaches interviews on game daysare at their discretion, but must be set upin advance with the athletic communi-cations office. No student-athlete orcoach can appear on a live post-game tel-evision or radio interview without per-mission obtained in advance of thegame.

Off Days: Student-athletes are not avail-able for interviews during off days ornon-practice days. Off days are usuallySunday and Tuesday during the season,but that is subject to change. Coachesmay do interviews at their discretion onoff days, but requests must be made wellin advance.

Contacting Athletes: Cadet-athlete'sprivate phone numbers and email ad-dress will not be issued to the media.Air Force cadet-athletes have also beeninstructed not to accept calls frommedia without prior notification fromthe athletic media relations office.Media members who contact coachesand/or athletes directly could result incredentials being revoked and loss ofaccess in the future.

PRACTICESPractices are open to the media withthe following guidelines. Media maynot listen to or be in the area ofany pre- or post-practice talks be-tween the coaches and players.These comments, if overheard, are offthe record. Players and coaches maynot be approached during practice. Allinterviews with coaches and playersmust be done before or after practice.Photographers are welcome to shootpractice, but must not interfere withpractice in any way.

LOCKER ROOMS/FACILITIESAll locker rooms and training facilities(training and weight rooms) are off lim-its to media - NO EXCEPTIONS. AirForce has a closed locker room policyfor both home and away games.

DIRECTIONS TO THE RINKFrom Colorado Springs - Take I-25north to the North Entrance of the AirForce Academy (Exit 156B). Take the sec-ond left turn (Parade Loop), about twomiles. Take the first right at the top ofthe hill (Field House Drive). The firstbuilding on the right is the Cadet FieldHouse. The Cadet Ice Arena is in theField House.

From Denver - Take I-25 south to theNorth Entrance Air Force Academy (Exit156B). Take the second left turn (ParadeLoop), about two miles. Take the firstright at the top of the hill (Field HouseDrive). The first building on the right isthe Cadet Field House. The Cadet IceArena is in the Field House.

Troy GarnhartAssoc. Athletic Director

Communications

Dave TollerAsst. AD/Media Relations

Hockey Contact

Dave KelloggHall of Excellence

Dir. of Internet Services

Madeline McGuireGraphics

Nick ArseniakAssistant

Valerie PerkinAssistant

Brian JermanVideo Coordinator

Jerry CrossAssistant

Melissa McKeownAssistant

Adam ParkerVideo Assistant

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Media Information

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FALCONS ON THE RADIO/NETThe Air Force radio network will broadcast every home

and away game for the second consecutive season.For the 13th consecutive season, Jay Ritchie will handle

the play-by-play duties. Dave Tollerwill be the color analyst. Ritchie is inhis 21st season of broadcasting AirForce Academy athletics. Ritchie alsoworks on the pre- and post-gameshows for football and broadcastswomen’s basketball.

The games will be broadcast locallyon the Academy's flagship sister sta-tion, KCSF AM1300.

For the eighthconsecutive year,Air Force hockeycan be listened toanywhere in theworld via inter-net. For more in-formation, go toGoAirForceFal-cons.com.

LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS

The GazetteP.O. Box 1779Colo. Springs, CO 80901O - (719) 636-0250F - (719) 636-0163

Denver Post1560 BroadwayDenver, CO 80202O - (303) 954-1294F - (303) 954-1703

Associated Press1444 Wazee St., Suite 130Denver, CO 80202O - (303) 825-0123F - (303) 892-5927

KRDO-TV (Ch. 13 ABC)P.O. Box 1457Colo. Springs, CO 80901O - (719) 575-6360 F - (719) 475-0815

KKTV (Ch. 11 CBS)3100 N. Nevada Ave.Colo. Springs, CO 80907O - (719) 578-0000F - (719) 634-3741

KOAA-TV (Ch. 5 NBC)2200 7th Ave.Pueblo, CO 81003O - (719) 630-3930F - (719) 544-7733

KXRM-Fox 21560 Wooten RoadColo. Springs, CO 80915O - (719) 596-2100F - (719) 591-4180

KCSF AM 13006805 Corporate Drive#130Colo. Springs, CO 80919O - (719) 593-2700F - (719) 593-2727

Air Force hockey has appeared on national televi-sion eight times in the last four years. The Falcons

have appeared on regional television numerousother times.

Last season, CBS College Sports televised a 2-1 winover UConn at Cadet Ice Arena. CBS College Sportsis coming back to Cadet Ice Arena on Jan. 14 whenthe Falcons host Army. Fox Sports Rocky Mountain

televised the Air Force-Denver game last seasonfrom Cadet Ice Arena.

The immortal words of an eastern visitor in 1893 live perpetually at the base ofColorado’s Rocky Mountains.

When teacher and poet Katherine Lee Bates took a wagon ride to the summit of PikesPeak she was inspired to write a song that is still recited today. Her view from atop the14,110-foot peak was the basis of her song “America the Beautiful”.

The history of Colorado Springs traverses back to 1870 when Gen. William JacksonPalmer first visited the region and was captivated by its grandeur. A year later, he begandesigning his city of dreams. From its beginning on the corner of Pikes Peak and CascadeAvenues in downtown Colorado Springs, the city has grown more than 183 square milesand to nearly 400,000 people in the city and 600,000 in themetro area.

Colorado Springs is known nationally for its naturalattractions. The Garden of the Gods, the area’s No. 1 naturalattraction, is a majestic out-cropping of red sandstone rockswhich are more than 300 million years old. Colorado Springsis also home to the Pikes Peak Highway, a 19-mile drive upthe world’s highest toll road. The area’s No. 1 man-madeattraction is the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel.

Another major attraction is the Broadmoor Hotel and Re-sort. Built in the early 1900s, this five-star resort, hosted the1995 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship and the 2008Senior U.S. Open, and is nestled into the base of CheyenneMountain. The Pikes Peak region is home to the nation’s onlymountain zoo. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, with an elevationof more than 6,800-feet, has received several changes in thepast two years.

For the outdoors enthusiast, the city and the state offer a plethora of recreational activi-ties. A short drive to the northwest features some of the nation’s finest ski resorts, includingthe cities of Vail and Aspen. A short jaunt to the southwest or northwest will find some ofthe 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 unpar-alleled culture, recreation, growth and opportunity in the 21st century.

(Photos on this page courtesy of GerMaine Photography)(Lower right photo courtesy of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox)

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Hockey Facilities

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Specialized Weight Training Among the Best in the Nation

The primary goal of thestrength and conditioning pro-gram is to improve athletic per-formance and reduce theopportunity for injury. Athletesare provided year-round sport-specific training programs,based on both the specific de-mands of the sport and posi-tions they play. These programsare designed to bring athletes toa peak in performance duringthe competitive season. TheOlympic style exercises (cleans,jerks, snatches) are emphasizedin each training session becauseof the positive effect they have on athletic performance.

A priority is placed on free weight multi-joint exercisesbecause of their higher degree of specificity to athletic per-formance. Because most sports are power oriented, trainingprograms are designed to bring about maximum increases inpower. An emphasis is placed not only on increases instrength and power, but on improving athleticism as a resultof participation in the strength and conditioning program.This is accomplished using a variety of resistance training ac-tivities, as well as participation in speed/plyometric trainingprograms.

All athletes are tested on a regular basis to evaluate in-creases in strength and power, as well as to evaluate the effec-tiveness of the training program. The strength andconditioning facilities at the Air Force Academy are amongthe finest in the country, and athletes at the Academy have es-tablished a tradition of training with intensity and dedication.It is this combination of great facilities and dedication that al-lows athletes at the Academy to compete at a high level.

Falcon athletes began their first year in the Falcon Ath-letic Center in 2003. The new weight facility is 23,000 squarefeet, nearly double the size of the previous facility. The newweight room features 48 multi-station platforms, allowing theathletes to perform a majority of their workout (cleans, squats,bench, etc.) at one station. In addition, the facility also has 48dumbbell platforms to accommodate the dumbbell exercisesathletes perform as part of their training, and a 40-yard run-ning track with built-in electronic timing so that the athletesmay measure their running speed on a regular basis.

The Air Force hockey locker room was completed in the fall of2005. The new locker room is nearly double the size of theold room and features 28 pro-style lockers with large cornerareas for the goaltenders. Each team member also has a lockerin a changing area that is used for military and civilianclothes. The team room, with internet access, gives teammembers an environment to work on academics, watch amovie or relax with teammates. The audio/visual set-up is sec-ond tonone withthree flatscreenTVs, DVDplayersand more.The TVsand DVDplayers arealsoequippedto pluginto theteam’scomputer-ized video-editing equipmentto watch film and have teammeetings.

Right: A section of the Air Forcehockey hallway has been dedicatedto the former Falcons who have, orare, flying in the United States AirForce. Numerous former playershave gone on to flying careers andthis is a small sam-pling of those whohave moved from theice to the cockpit.

TTHHEE CCOOAACCHHEESS

Head Coach Frank Serratore

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A short conversation with coach Frank Ser-ratore makes your pulse race a little faster. Hisenthusiasm and energy for Air Force hockeyare that powerful.

As the fourth head coach in the 42 years ofAir Force hockey, Serratore was in his officeless than a week when he pointed out what itwould take to turn the program around.

"We want to be the hardest working team inthe country," Serratore said. "We want to have ateam full of over-achievers. Not everyone isblessed with outstanding ability, but everyonecan work hard and play with pride and spirit."

Serratore enters his 14th season at Air Forcewith a 214-227-37 record in 13 seasons at the Academy. He has an overall mark of 263-319-46 in 17 seasons as a college head coach.

Not only has Serratore turned the Falcon program around, he has turned it into a le-gitimate national contender.

From 2007-09, not only were the Falcons among the hardest working in the country,they were among the best. Serratore led the Falcons to three straight league champi-onships and NCAA Tournament appearances. Not only were the Falcons in the tour-nament, they made some noise, going further each year.

Last year, the Falcons swept Army in the AHA quarterfinals at home to advance tothe AHA Final Four. However, a late goal by Sacred Heart ended the Falcons’ season inthe semifinals. AFA finished the season 16-15-6 overall and third in the AHA.

The 2008-09 season proved to be the best in school history with a school-record 28wins, another league championship and the Academy’s first-ever NCAA Tournamentvictory. Air Force opened the season with a school-record 13 straight wins and rose toNo. 10 in the nation, the highest in Academy history. Win No. 13 was a 4-1 win overthird-ranked Colorado College to end a 24-year drought vs. the Tigers. As the No. 1seed 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 Regionalput the Falcons against third-ranked Michigan. Andrew Volkening made 43 saves as theFalcons earned a 2-0 win. Air Force came within a whisker of the Frozen Four, but10th-ranked Vermont defeated Air Force in double overtime on a goal that was re-warded on video review. Greg Flynn and Jacques Lamoureux earned All-Americanhonors and Lamoureux was one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.

Serratore led Air Force to 21 wins in 2007-08 en route to the AHA championshipand NCAA Tournament berth. Air Force was 21-12-6 overall and finished third in theleague with a 14-9-5 record. At the AHA Final Five, AFA defeated RIT, 5-0, in the semi-finals. The Falcons then needed double-overtime to beat Mercyhurst, 5-4, in the cham-pionship game on a goal by Josh Frider. The win sent the Falcons to the NCAATournament where the Falcons nearly upset second-ranked Miami-Ohio. After fallingbehind early, the Falcons took a 2-1 lead in the second period, but fell 3-2 in overtime.

In 2006-07, Air Force won its first-ever conference championship and trip to theNCAA Tournament. AFA faced Minnesota in the West Regional, the overall No. 1seed in the tournament, and led the Gophers, 3-1, with just over eight minutes left inthe third period. However, Minnesota scored three goals in a span of 3:36 for a 4-3 winover the Falcons. AFA ended the season with a 19-16-5 overall record and a 13-10-5mark for fifth place in the AHA. The Falcons became the first service academy team toever win a conference hockey championship and play in the NCAA Tournament. Theindividual accolades came as well, as junior center Eric Ehn collected the hardware. Ehnwas the AHA Player of the Year, a second-team AHCA East All-American, a first-teamAll-American by many national publications and was one of three finalists for theHobey Baker Award.

In his first season at the Academy, Serratore's disciplined and aggressive style pro-duced more wins than the previous two seasons combined and the first 15-win season inthree years. The first-year coach guided the Falcons to a 15-19 overall record. The seasoncould 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 teamsto the best winning percentage in four years at the Academy. In 1999-2000, Serratoreled the Falcons to the most wins (19) in 23 years and the first winning season (19-18-2)in 10 years. Serratore juggled an injury-riddled and depleted Falcon lineup throughoutthe 2000-01 season. The Falcons still posted a 16-17-4 record. AFA claimed five CHA

awards, including the Player of the Year (Marc Kielkucki) and the Student-Athlete ofthe Year (Scott Bradley).

A great run at the end of the 2001-02 season capped a 16-16-2 overall record. TheFalcons finished fifth in the CHA (6-10-2) and upset fourth-seeded Niagara in theCHA Tournament. For the second straight year, the Falcons claimed the CHA Stu-dent-Athlete of the Year (Brian Gornick).

In 2002-03, a midseason scoring drought and numerous close losses left the Falconswith a 10-24-3 overall record. The highlights of the season included Andy Berg andBrian Reaney earning all-CHA honors and Mike Polidor being named to the academicall-district team.

Expectations were low as the Falcons were in a rebuilding mode in 2003-04. How-ever, Serratore led the Falcons to a 14-21-2 record, tying the then-school record with 14Division I wins. The Falcons also defeated two teams that went to the NCAA Tourna-ment (Miami-Ohio and Holy Cross).

The 2004-05 season was the second year of a rebuilding process. A 14-19-3 overallrecord again tied the school record for Division I victories. The Falcons placed fifth inthe CHA with a 5-14-1 record and then proceeded to upset fourth-seeded Wayne Statein 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 eightleague games. Serratore's Falcons also earned three all-conference honors and placed aschool-record 11 players on the CHA all-academic team.

Serratore, 53, came to the Academy from the Manitoba Moose of the InternationalHockey League, where he was the director of hockey operations in 1996. He was thehead coach and general manager of the Minnesota Moose (before they moved to Man-itoba) in 1994 and 1995.

Prior to his position in Manitoba, Serratore was the head coach at the University ofDenver from 1990-1994. During that time, he led the Pioneers to a 49-91-9 record infour seasons and is credited with rebuilding a struggling Pioneer program. In 1995 and1997, Pioneer teams which were recruited during his tenure made two NCAA finaleight appearances and placed third in the WCHA. Serratore was responsible for im-proving an out-dated program. The greatest success of his stint in Denver was the in-crease in attendance. In his first season, home attendance had dipped below 70 percentof the capacity. When he left, DU attendance was up to 93 percent of capacity, one ofthe top attendance marks in the country.

Before taking over the reins at DU, Serratore was the coach and general manager ofthe Omaha Lancers of the United States Junior Hockey League. In one season, he tookover a last-place team and led them to the USHL regular season and playoff champi-onship. The worst-to-first Cinderella season earned Serratore the USHL General Man-ager 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 ofNorth Dakota (1987-89), the head coach and general manager of the Rochester Mus-tangs (1985-87) and the Austin Mavericks (1983-85) of the U.S. Junior HockeyLeague. During his tenure in the USHL, he won three league championships and wasrunner-up twice while posting a 247-103-6 record. In 1987, he led Rochester to theUSA Hockey national championship. While coaching in the USHL, he was named gen-eral manager of the year twice and coach of the year once.

Serratore attended Western Michigan University from 1977-79 before earning hisbachelor's degree in physical education from Bemidji State University in 1982. He let-tered four years in hockey at the two schools playing goalie. He then earned a master'sdegree in athletic administration/physical education from North Dakota in 1994. Heplayed two seasons for the St. Paul Vulcans (USHL) from 1975-77 and had a brief stintwith the Nashville South Stars (Central Hockey League) in 1982.

The native of Coleraine, Minn., is no stranger to coaching at the Olympic develop-ment 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 beenthe coach of the USA Hockey Development Program since 1985. In 1993, he coachedthe 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 fourchildren, twin boys Thomas and Timothy (21) and two daughters, Carly (20) and Ca-rina (15).


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Q: With two new teams (Robert Morris and Niagara) coming into the AHA thisseason. How doest that change the landscape of the league?

A: Atlantic Hockey is adding two good teams and they will finish closer to thetop of the league than the bottom,” Serratore said. “They will make the leaguedeeper and more competitive. The ante of playing poker in the AHA just wentup. Robert Morris has three or four potential all-league guys, When we hadour strong teams, we had two qualities … we were deep and we were old. Thatis where they are right now and they have a great goalie. Both schools werepicked to tie for fourth in our league. Niagara came within one goal of theNCAA Tournament last season so these are two quality teams. In addition,our schedule is extremely difficult since we play 15 games against teams thatthe coaches predicted would be in the top six in the league. Our two easternroads trips have us playing in two of the most difficult buildings in the league,at Bentley and at Sacred Heart.

Q: Recruiting has always been a top priority for you and your staff. What chal-lenges are involved with recruiting at the Academy?

A: Recruiting is selling and good salesmen believe in the product they are selling. Ibelieve this philosophy has allowed our staff to do a fine job in recruiting good hockeyplayers to the Air Force Academy. Recruiting at the Division I level has become in-creasingly difficult over the last several years. There are more college hockey teamsnow than ever before. The challenges at the Academy are many. When I was at Den-ver, we were limited to 18 scholarships and it cost over $25,000 (now nearly $50,000) ayear 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 academicstandards set forth by the Academy, our biggest challenge on the recruiting trail is over-coming the perceptions and misinformation that exists about the service academies andthe military. We have found that once we identify the right type of prospects, it is im-portant to get into their homes. After educating the prospects and their parents on theAcademy, the response is usually tremendous. Recruiting here is not a "sell" job like atmost schools; our approach is to educate and present all the facts to a prospect. Theopportunities offered at the Academy and afterwards are unlike anywhere in the coun-try. When I first arrived at the Academy, I thought the post-graduation commitmentwould be a deterrent. I have found that to be just the opposite. The word “commit-ment,” in this context, has a somewhat negative connotation. A more accurate way torefer to this portion of our package is post-graduate “opportunity,” because this is whatit is. The post-graduation opportunity has actually helped our recruiting. Once edu-

cated, our recruits and their parents view the commitment as a positive rather than anegative. The career and educational opportunities available to our kids after gradua-tion are astounding. It's merely a matter of how you choose to approach the commit-ment, as an anchor or a springboard. One needs only take a look at the success of ourgraduates 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, goodathlete and outstanding citizen. Most of the young men we recruit possess the foresightand maturity to see the "big picture" and where they can be five or 10 years down theroad. 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 academ-ics and military life as well as practice, travel and games. Howis the coaching staff able to maintain the balance between ath-letics and Academy life?

A: Our guys are first and foremost cadets. Hockey is certainly abig part of their lives and has been since they were little kids inmost cases. However, they came to the Academy to develop theirleadership skills so they can go out and be a key part of our AirForce. They only play hockey here for four years and then ourguys are out doing some great things in the Air Force. They areserving and defending our country and it is an honor to haveplayed a small role in their development while they are here. Theyhave to take care of business in their squadron and in the class-room or they won’t see the ice. It’s that simple. We have sometremendous young men and it is amazing how they can accom-plish everything they do. Our guys take great pride in their aca-demics as well. We have a fantastic support staff that helps withthis process as well. We have an academic mentoring program thathas kept our cadet-athletes ahead of the game by not allowingthem to fall behind. The academic, athletic and military demandson our cadet-athletes are incredible. Nowhere, and I meanCarina, Tom, Frank, Carol, Tim, Carly


Serratore vs. the OpponentsAla.-Huntsville. . . . . . . . . 9-25-1

AK-Anchorage . . . . . . . 4-5

AK-Fairbanks . . . . . . . . 3-5

American Internat’l. . . . 18-0-1

Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-10-2

Augsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0

Bemidji State . . . . . . . . 8-25-2

Bentley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-6-3

Boston College . . . . . . . 1-1

Boston University . . . . . 0-3

Canisius . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5-2

Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Colorado College. . . . . . . 7-20-2

Concordia . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . 11-3-3

Dartmouth . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Ferris State . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Findlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11-1

Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . . 15-5-6

Iona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-1

Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3

Manhattanville . . . . . . . 1-0

Mankato State . . . . . . . . 0-7

Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 1-2

Mass.-Lowell . . . . . . . . 0-1

Mercyhurst . . . . . . . . . . 6-6-2

Merrimack . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Miami (OH) . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

Mich. Tech . . . . . . . . . . 4-11-1

Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13-3

Minn.-Crookston. . . . . . 1-0

Minn.-Duluth . . . . . . . . . . 6-10-1

Nebraska-Omaha . . . . . 1-5

New England Coll. . . . . 2-0

Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27-3

Northeastern . . . . . . . . . 1-1

North Dakota . . . . . . . . 8-8

Northern Mich. . . . . . . . 1-15

Notre Dame. . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

Providence . . . . . . . . . . 0-2

Quinnipiac . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

RIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10-3

Robert Morris . . . . . . . . 4-6

RPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

Sacred Heart . . . . . . . . . 13-6-2

St. Cloud State . . . . . . . 6-9-1

St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0

St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

St. Michael’s . . . . . . . . . 1-0

St. Olaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0

St. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Salem State . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

SUNY-Potsdam. . . . . . . 1-0-1

Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Wayne State . . . . . . . . . 11-13-1

Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9-1

Wis.-Stout . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0

Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

The Serratore FileCoaching Experience

Head Coach - Air Force Academy (1997-Pres.); record 214-227-37

Head Coach - Minnesota Moose [IHL] (1994-95); 52-56-16

Head Coach - University of Denver (1990-94); 49-92-9

Head Coach - Omaha (Neb.) Lancers [USHL] (1990); 49-13-0

Assistant Coach - University of North Dakota (1987-89)

Head Coach - Rochester (Minn.) Mustangs [USHL] (1985-87); 89-34-2

Head Coach - Austin (Minn.) Mavericks [USHL] (1982-85); 109-56-4

Playing Experience (Goaltender)

Nashville South Stars (CHL), 1982; Bemidji State, 1980-81

Western Michigan, 1977-79; St. Paul Vulcans (USHL), 1975-77

Greenway High School (Minn.), 1973-75

EducationMaster of Science degree, North Dakota, 1994

Bachelor of Science degree, Bemidji State, 1982

Collegiate Coaching Record1990-91 6-30-2 Denver

1991-92 9-25-2 Denver

1992-93 19-17-2 Denver

1993-94 15-20-3 Denver

1997-98 15-19-0 Air Force Academy













AFA 214--227-37 (13 years)Career 263-319-46 (16 years)

By the Numbers1 Elite Eight Appearance

3 NCAA Tournament Appearances

4AHA Championships (3 tournament; 1 regular season)

4 Straght winning seasons vs. all-Division I teams; school record

5 Division I Tournament championships

12Road wins in 2008-09; school record

13AHA Tournament wins (13-2 record)

18Wins over Army, including two in the 2010 AHA Quarterfinals

28 School record number of wins in 2008-09

70 Percent of home games won by Air Force the last three years

105 percent of capacity at Cadet Ice Arena that AFA has averaged the last two years

Assistant Coach Mike Corbett

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Mike Corbett is in his eighth season as an assistanthockey coach at the Academy.

Corbett works with the Falcon defensemen andalso assists with the nation-wide recruiting effort. Cor-bett has guided a group that has shattered the schoolrecords for goals allowed per game in 2006-07, 2007-08 and again in 2008-09. Under his direction, the Fal-cons have been among the nation’s leaders in fewestshots allowed per game each of the last four years.

A 1996 graduate of the University of Denver, Cor-bett was a three-year letterman for the Pioneers as adefenseman. Frank Serratore recruited Corbett to theMile High city and coached him in the 1993-94 sea-

son. Corbett majored in management and minored inmarketing. In 1998, he earned a master’s of science in management from DU.

Corbett was an assistant captain from 1995-97 and was named the team’s most in-spirational player in 1997. A three-time academic all-conference selection, Corbett was afinalist for the prestigious College Hockey Humanitarian Award.

After completing his eligibility, Corbett was a graduate assistant in the DU athleticdepartment for a year and also worked in the Daniels College of Business. While at DU,Corbett spent a season working with the Colorado Avalanche as a community relationsintern 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 Amer-ica West Junior Hockey League. Corbett also served as general manager and directorand head instructor of the Irish Hockey Camp. Corbett led the Irish to a 79-78-9 recordand 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 re-cruited 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 2000-01 season and advanced to the finals of the AWHL playoffs. Corbett was also the director of hockey operations with the club. Six players from thatteam 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 em-phasis 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 Col-orado Springs Amateur Hockey Association. In that position, he managed 52 youth teams and 150 coaches at all levels. As the head coach of thePikes Peak Miners Midget “AAA” team, he achieved three major midget “AAA” tournamentfinals and one championship. He led the Miners to a 33-28-3 record.

Corbett and his wife, Stacey, have two children, Jordan (20) and Mayson (15).

The Corbett FileYear at Air Force: . . . . . . . . 8th

Collegiate Career Year:. . . . 8th

Hometown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green Bay, WI

Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver

Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996

Coaching ExperienceButte Irish (AWHL) . . . . . . . . . . 1997-00

Head Coach

Billings Bulls (AWHL) . . . . . . . 2000-01

Head Coach

Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) . 2001-02

Associate Head Coach

Air Force Academy (AHA) . . 2003-Present

Assistant Coach

Playing ExperienceDefenseman

University of Denver (WCHA) . . 1993-97

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 experi-

ence to our staff. Mike played for me at

Denver and was a team captain. He pos-

sesses a very calm demeanor and his

coaching style is very direct and profes-

sional. Mike's greatest strength as a

coach is that he does not possess a weak-

ness and his veteran presence is very

valuable to our coaching staff.

Assistant Coach Andy Berg

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Andy Berg enters his fifth season as an assistantcoach and his sixth season overall with the Falconcoaching staff. A 2003 graduate of the Academy,Berg, who served as a graduate assistant in 2003-04,assists with coaching on the ice and also with the na-tion-wide recruiting effort. Berg separated from theAir Force in the summer of 2010.

A native of Stillwater, Minn., Berg graduatedfrom the Academy with a degree in management andwas a four-year letterman at forward. A two-time all-CHA selection, Berg finished his career tied for 12thin scoring with 142 points (64-78-142) in 140games. As a senior, he earned the Chuck DelichAward as the team’s most valuable player. He led the

team and was second in the CHA with 22 goals andwas fourth in the league with 40 points. His 15 power-play goals led the CHA and weresecond in the nation.

Berg’s 15 power-play goals in 2002-03 tied the school record set by Mark Manney in1981-82. His 33 career power-play goals are the second most in school history and just oneshy of tying the record of 34 set by John Decker in 1992-95.

A three-sport star at Stillwater (Minn.) High School, Berg earned more CHA awardsthan any other Falcon with five major awards. He was named the CHA Rookie of the Yearin the league’s first season and was also named to the all-rookie team. He was a second-teamall-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 earnCHA 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 22goals 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 toconsecutive 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 atShaw 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 for2005.

While at Shaw, Berg played 50 games for the Columbia Inferno of the East Coast Hockey League.

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 gar-

ner league honors for four consecu-

tive 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.

The Berg FileYear at Air Force: . . . . . . . . 5th

Collegiate Career Year:. . . . 6th

Hometown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stillwater, MN

Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Force

Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Coaching ExperienceAir Force Academy . . . . . . . 2003-04

Graduate Assistant

Air Force Academy . . . . . . . 2006-Present

Assistant Coach

Playing ExperienceForward

Air Force Academy. . . . . . . . . . . 2000-03

Columbia Inferno (ECHL) . . . . 2005

Support Staff

ERIK MARSHHOCKEY ATHLETIC TRAINER

Erik Marsh is in his 17th season as the athletictrainer for the Falcon hockey team. Marsh is a mem-ber of the National Athletic Trainers Association,which is the leader in providing health care for the

physically active. Athletic trainers provide expertise inthe areas of prevention, recognition, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic in-juries.

Marsh has been active with USA Hockey the last several years. This pastsummer he went to Karlstad, Sweden, with the USA In-Line World Champi-onship team that won the gold medal. In 2009, he travelled with the inline teamto the World Championships in Ingolstadt, Germany, and earned a silver medal.In the summer of 2008, he traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia, with USA Hockey towork the 2008 Inline Hockey World Championships. In July 2002, Marsh trav-elled to Nurenberg and Pfaffenhofen, Germany, with the USA In-Line team forthe World Championships. In 2001, he travelled with the United States Select-17 Hockey Team at the Germany Competition, in Fussen, Germany.

Marsh came to the Academy in 1994 after serving as an assistant trainer atArmy 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 gradu-ate assistant at Oklahoma, where he worked with the football, wrestling andbaseball teams.

The native of Parker, Colo., earned a bachelor’s degree in physical educa-tion/sports medicine from Iowa State in 1991. While at ISU, he played for theCyclone lacrosse team as an attackman. He then earned his master’s degree insports management from Oklahoma in 1993.

A 1986 graduate of Ponderosa High School in Parker, Marsh is single andlives 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 verti-cal climb of more than 7,800 feet to the summit at an elevation of 14,110 feetabove sea level. Marsh also enjoys cycling and playing the guitar.

JEFF KIPPSTRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

Jeff Kipp began his Air Force Academy coaching ca-reer in 2004 when he was hired as an assistant strengthand conditioning coach. His primary responsibility is thesupervision of all aspects of the speed, strength and con-ditioning program for the Air Force hockey team.

His duties at the Academy have also included speed development for the Falconfootball team, as well as serving as the primary strength and conditioning coach for theFalcon lacrosse program and components of the Falcon track and field team (polevaulters, sprinters and jumpers).

Prior to joining the staff at the Air Force Academy, Kipp served as a performancecoach at Velocity Sports Performance in Denver and Evergreen. Prior to his stint withVelocity, Kipp was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University ofDenver. Kipp began his collegiate strength and conditioning coaching career as thestrength and conditioning coordinator at the Colorado School of Mines.

Kipp received his bachelor’s of science degree in kinesiology from Texas A&MUniversity in 1995 and his master’s in exercise science from the University of NorthernColorado in 2004. Kipp also holds strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) cre-dentials through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and iscertified through the National Association of Speed and Explosion where he serves asthe state director for Colorado. Kipp is also a member of the Collegiate Strength andConditioning Coaches Association, USA Weightlifting and USA Track and Field.

Kipp also serves as a speaker for the NSCA, speaking to groups of national and in-ternational coaches on the area of strength training, speed development and condi-tioning. He has also authored several text chapters and served on the review board fortext chapters by other strength and conditioning authors.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Kipp now resides in Monument, Colo., with hiswife, Vicki, and their three sons.

LT. COL. KY KOBAYASHI

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Lt. Col. Ky Kobayashi enters his second seasonas the team physician for the Falcon hockey program.

Team doctors are assigned to the Academy hospital andvolunteer their time to work with the athletic teams. The time and effort they putinto athletics is greatly appreciated.

Kobayashi oversees all medical treatment for the team and travels with the clubon selected trips. He is currently a staff orthopedic surgeon at the U.S. Air ForceAcademy hospital.

Kobayashi is a 1991 distinguished graduate of the Academy who lettered inbaseball in 1988 and wrestling in 1990. He was a Western Athletic Conferencescholar-athlete in 1990. After graduating from the Academy, he was an AlphaOmega Alpha graduate at the University of Colorado Medical Center in 1995 andspent 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 completedorthopedic surgery residency at the University of Connecticut in 2002 and fellow-ship training in Boston, MA in 2003. He was the chief of hand surgery at KeeslerMedical 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 Serv-ices University of the Health Sciences.

Originally from Sterling, Colo., Kobayashi and his wife, Michelle, have twochildren, Maya and Max, and live in Colorado Springs.

Air Force equipment specialist Robert Rush (far left) and athletic trainerErik Marsh (second from left) earned a gold medal at the USA In-LineWorld Championships in 2010 in Karlstad, Sweden. The duo also trav-eled to Bratislava, Slovakia, in June 2008 and Ingolsted, Germany, in2009 earning the silver medal.

Support Staff

ROBERT RUSHEQUIPMENT SPECIALIST

Robert Rush is in his 10th season with the Fal-con hockey team. Rush is in his 14th year at theAcademy and also serves as an equipment specialist

for the football team. Rush’s responsibilities with the hockey team are sharpening skates, or-

dering equipment and supplies, equipment issue, repair and maintenance.In the summer of 2010, he worked with two USA Hockey teams in interna-

tional competition. He travelled to Karlstad, Sweden, with the In-Line team,earning a gold medal at the World Championships in July. In August, he travelledto Breclav, Czech Republic, with the Under-18 Select Ice Hockey team, earning asilver medal.

In 2009, he travelled with the USA In-Line team for the World Champi-onships in Ingolstadt, Germany, and earned a silver medal. In the summer of2008, he traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia, with USA Hockey to work the 2008 In-Line 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 graduateassistant at Delta State, Rush worked as an equipment manager with the foot-ball and baseball teams. After graduation, he spent three years as the headequipment 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 varsityfootball team his first season. In 1998, he began working and traveling with thevarsity football team. In 1999, he added baseball to his list of duties and be-came the first full-time equipment specialist for the Falcons in many years.

Rush, and his wife, Shelly, met at Southeast Missouri State and weremarried in May, 1997. The couple resides in Colorado Springs with their son,Andrew (10), and dogs, Herzog and Whiskey.

CHRIS ZELSNACKOFFICE MANAGER

Chris Zelsnack is in her fifth year as the officemanager for the Falcon hockey team. Her skills areshared with the volleyball team as she manages both

offices. Zelsnack is in her 14th year at the Academy. Prior to her move to the ath-

letic department, Zelsnack served in the directorate of admissions as a reservepersonnel clerk, a computer support tech and as secretary to the director of ad-missions.

She moved to the athletic department in 1999 to take a position as thefootball staff secretary for the defensive coaches. After five years in football,Zelsnack moved to athletic marketing to become a marketing assistant. Aftertwo years in marketing, Zelsnack joined the hockey staff.

Zelsnack grew up in an Air Force family as her father was an agent withthe Office of Special Investigations. She moved to Colorado Springs with herfamily in 1991. She spends her free time with family, friends and her Jack Rus-sells, Mario and Vinnie.

Zelsnack has three sons, Billy, Jeremy and Jason, and three grandsons,Turing (5), Huxley (3) and Enzo (2).

UP CLOSEA survey of the 2010-11 hockey team brought the following results. If the voting was close, second place is listed.

Fastest skater: 1. Danny Durham; 2. Stephen Carew

Hardest shot: 1. Jacques Lamoureux

Best hands: 1. Derrick Burnett

Hardest worker: 1. Paul Weisgarber

Strongest player: 1. Scott Mathis

Hardest hitter: 1. Scott Mathis; 2. Mike Walsh

Best defensive forward: 1. Paul Weisgarber

Best defensive defenseman: 1. Brad Sellers; 2. Scott Mathis

Best student in classroom: T1. Stephen Caple; T1. Paul Weisgarber

Smartest player on the ice: 1. Derrick Burnett

Funniest guy on the team: 1. Matt Becker

Most superstitious player: 1. David Bosner

Best faceoff man: 1. Scott Kozlak; 2. Stephen Carew

If you could choose one player to take a penalty shot with the gameon the line, who would that be: 1. Jacques Lamoureux; 2. Derrick

Burnett

In a one-on-one situation, who would you choose to be the defen-sive player: 1. Scott Mathis; T2. Brad Sellers; T2 Tim Kirby

Most likely to be a general: 1. Eric Artman

Most likely to win a karaoke contest: 1. Blake Page

Most likely to be on the cover of GQ: 1. Matt Becker

TTHHEE PPLLAAYYEERRSS

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Coming into the 2009-10 season, the Air Forcehockey team had won three straight AtlanticHockey Tournament championships, an AHA reg-ular-season title and was a near-unanimous choiceby the league’s coaches to win the conferenceagain.

With the team’s top returning goal scorer inAll-American Jacques Lamoureux and one of thenation’s top goaltenders in Andrew Volkening, theFalcons seemed poised to do just that. However,deep down within the program, the Falcons knewthat they had lost numerous core players from thethree championship teams and the team’s depthwas in question.

The preseason accolades continued as bothLamoureux and Volkening were tabbed as presea-son All-Americans and the Falcons were ranked intwo of the preseason polls (19th by USCHO/CBSCollege and 14th by Inside College Hockey.com).

Air Force battled through a rollercoaster seasonwith a variety of complications. At times the de-fense struggled. At times the offense was non-exis-tent. At times, injuries forced the coaching staff tojuggle the lineup. The team’s depth was a questionmark all season, but Volkening took this team toheights that, at times, seemed unreachable.

The Falcons earned their fourth straight win-ning season, a school record against an all-DivisionI schedule, with a 16-15-6 overall record. The Fal-cons finished third in the AHA with a 14-8-6record and advanced to the AHA Final Four forthe fourth straight year, the only league team toreach the Final Four in each of the last four sea-sons. AFA’s season came to an end with a 2-1 lossto Sacred Heart in the AHA semifinals.

When the 2009-10 season kicked off, the Fal-cons were dealt a large slice of humble pie fromsome familiar foes. Former College Hockey Amer-

ica conference rivals, Be-midji State and Alabama-Huntsville, provided anearly season reality-checkfor the Falcons. Both teamsreached the 2010 NCAATournament and BemidjiState was coming off of aFrozen Four appearance.Air Force was swept at Be-midji State by a combinedscore of 10-4 in northernMinnesota. The Falconsthen opened the homeschedule against Alabama-Huntsville and fell to 0-4 onthe season with consecutive4-2 losses.

However, despite the rough start, when theconference season opened the Falcons looked likethe three-time defending champions that theywere. Back-to-back thrilling victories over an even-tual 2010 Frozen Four team, RIT, put the Falconsatop the league standings. A goal by Tim Kirbywith 1:45 left in the third period lifted Air Force toa 5-4 win in game one. In the second game, a goalby Matt Fairchild just before the final hornsounded in overtime gave the Falcons a 3-2 winand a series sweep.

From an 0-4 start to first place in the league wasa sign of the ups and downs in the season to come.In early November, the Falcons took three pointsfrom Bentley and began a 10-game unbeatenstreak that ran through early December. AFA was6-0-4 during the streak and 8-5-4 overall on theseason.

The new year brought another punch in theface to the Falcons in Milford, Conn. SacredHeart, who went on an incredible run in the sec-

ond half of the season, handed the Falconsa pair of convincing losses. The Pioneersdominated Air Force, 4-1 and 5-1, but thisresilient group once again bounced back.AFA went 4-1-1 in the next six games, buta difficult late-season schedule was loom-ing.

From late January to late February, theFalcons were winless at 0-5-1 and scoredjust eight goals. The team was playing bet-ter hockey, but scoring became a problemand the quality of the opponents couldcertainly not be understated. AFA tied andlost in two games against Army in a verydifficult venue to play in at West Point.AFA nearly came away with three pointsin the very tight series, but got just one.

The next two games would comeagainst two of the top teams in all of col-lege hockey, I-25 rivals Colorado College,ranked 10th in the nation, and second-ranked Denver. The Falcons proved they

were playing better, but offensive woes plagued theteam. Despite stellar goaltending and a much-im-proved defense, the Falcons lost at Colorado Col-lege, 2-0, and then nearly tied Denver the nextnight. Featuring two of the nation’s top goal-tenders in Volkening and DU’s Marc Cheverie, thegame went into overtime. With 57 seconds left, thePioneers scored a goal on a shot that went off of aFalcon player’s helmet and the nation’s No. 2 teamescaped with a 2-1 win.

Following the losses, the Falcons had a weekoff, but suffered another setback. Senior team cap-tain Jeff Hajner found a blood clot in his calf and itseemed that his season would be over. With theloss of the captain, and several other injuries pilingup, Air Force would need every available bodycoming down the stretch.

The Falcons knew a road trip to RIT would beno picnic, especially after sweeping the Tigersearly in the season. RIT was looking to clinch theregular-season title and the Falcons were battlingfor home ice in the first round. AFA came backtwice in the first game and tied the score at 2-2heading into overtime. However, again the extraframe was not kind to Air Force as RIT scoredearly for a 3-2 win. The next night was all RIT in a3-0 win.

AFA came home to close out the regular-seasonagainst the hottest team in college hockey, SacredHeart. The Falcons knew they needed at least onewin against the same team that thoroughly han-dled them in early January, if they were going to behome in the quarterfinals. Not only did the Fal-cons win Friday, they swept the series and it wasnot even close.

Trailing 1-0 after the first 20 minutes of gameone, the Falcon offense found its groove andscored five goals in the second period for a 6-3 win.The onslaught continued the next night as AirForce scored three in the first period and four inthe second for an 8-1 win.

Late in the season, the Falcons’ biggest ques-tion was the offense and it now appeared to be

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Oct. 5 Calgary (exh.) W 3-1

Oct. 9 at Bemidji State L 1-3

Oct. 10 at Bemidji State L 3-7

Oct. 16 Alabama-Huntsville L 2-4

Oct. 17 Alabama-Huntsville L 2-4

Oct. 23 RIT* W 5-4

Oct. 24 RIT* W 3-2 ot

Oct. 31 at Canisius* L 1-3

Nov. 1 at Canisius* W 4-1

Nov. 6 Bentley* T 3-3 ot

Nov. 7 Bentley * W 3-0

Nov. 13 at Holy Cross* W 1-0

Nov. 14 at Holy Cross* T 2-2 ot

Nov. 20 at UConn* T 2-2 ot

Nov. 21 at UConn* W 3-1

Dec. 4 AIC* W 5-3

Dec. 5 AIC* W 6-2

Dec. 11 Mercyhurst* T 3-3 ot

Dec. 12 Mercyhurst* L 1-3

Jan. 2 at Sacred Heart* L 1-4

Jan. 3 at Sacred Heart* L 1-5

Jan. 8 UConn (CBS C)* W 2-1

Jan. 9 UConn* T 2-2 ot

Jan. 15 at Bentley * W 6-3

Jan. 16 at Bentley* W 3-0

Jan. 22 Holy Cross* L 4-6

Jan. 23 Holy Cross* W 4-3 ot

Jan. 29 at Army* L 2-4

Jan. 30 at Army* T 3-3 ot

Feb. 5 at Colorado College L 0-2

Feb. 6 Denver (FSN-RM) L 1-2 ot

Feb. 19 at RIT* L 2-3 ot

Feb. 20 at RIT* L 0-3

Feb. 26 Sacred Heart* W 6-3

Feb. 27 Sacred Heart* W 8-1

AHA QUARTERFINALS (BEST OF THREE)

Mar. 12 Army (at USAFA) W 3-0

Mar. 13 Army (at USAFA) W 4-2

AHA FINAL FOUR (ROCHESTER, N.Y.)

Mar. 19 vs. Sacred Heart - Semifinals L 1-2

HOME GAMES IN BOLD

*Atlantic Hockey Association game

clicking. As a result of the sweep, the Falconsclinched third place in the league, but the quarter-final opponent would certainly not be easy.

Army.The service academy rival that took three

points from Air Force in January came to theCadet Ice Arena with hopes of ending the Falcons’season.

Volkening had other ideas. While the offense stole the show in the Sacred

Heart series, the Army series was all about defenseand goaltending. Volkening stopped all 29 shotshe faced in game one of the three-game series andSean Bertsch scored two goals for a 3-0 win. Theshutout was Volkening’s third straight in the AHATournament, dating back to last season, a newleague record.

The second game was nothing short of a dog-fight, but it was Air Force that found a way to get itdone. Trailing 2-1 late in the second period, an un-likely hero was born. Senior defenseman BrandonJohnson had played in just 40 career games enter-ing Saturday’s contest and was playing forward forjust the second time in his career. His second ca-reer goal tied the game at 2-2 with 2:38 left in thesecond period. Lamoureux scored with 1:25 re-maining in the third for a 3-2 lead and DerrickBurnett sealed the win with an empty-netter as AirForce advanced to Rochester, N.Y., for the fourthstraight year.

The Blue Cross Arena in Rochester has been ahome away from home for the Falcons. Air Forcewas a perfect 6-0 in the building entering the 2010Final Four. But this was a different team in a differ-ent year. The Falcons faced second-seeded SacredHeart with the winner advancing to the champi-onship game and one step away from the NCAATournament. Each team had won handily on theirhome ice and now the showdown was set up at aneutral site. Air Force received a boost when achange in medication allowed Hajner to return tothe lineup.

The defense and goaltending were again there,but the offense sputtered. Trailing 1-0 late in the

third period, Air Force pulled its goaltender for anextra skater. And it paid off. Lamoureux’s 22ndgoal of the season tied the game at 1-1 with 1:29remaining in the third. Just as the Falcons’ spiritswere soaring and the game appeared headed intoovertime, the team’s emotions were crushed. With42 seconds remaining, Sacred Heart’s PatrickKnowlton, a Colorado Springs native, scored thegame-winner and ended the Falcons’ season.

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but this was ateam that had to overcome much adversity andstill managed to finish in the top four in the leagueand earn a winning record. Air Force also claimedsome individual accolades along the way. Lam-oureux and Kirby were named first-team all-AHAand Volkening was a second team selection.

Volkening was named the team MVP for thethird straight year, just the second Falcon to earnthe honor three straight times. He concluded hiscareer holding nearly every Academy goaltendingrecord, including season and career wins, seasonand career shutouts, season and career goals-against average and season and career saves per-centage. As a senior, he ranked in the top three inthe league and top 20 in the nation in goals-againstaverage and saves percentage.

Lamoureux led the team with 22 goals and 42points. He was third in the nation with 13 power-play goals, 13th in the nation in goals and 36th inthe nation in points. Burnett led the team with 23assists and was second with 33 points. Kirby wasthe team’s top scoring defenseman with 24 points.

With Lamoureux, Burnett and Kirby comingback next season, the Falcons will return 13 of thetop 15 scorers and five of the top six defensemen.The biggest question mark going into the 2010-11season will be goaltending. Volkening startedevery game since the end of his freshman year. Heplayed every minute of every game as a sophomoreand junior and 98 percent of the minutes as a sen-ior. Sophomore David Bosner and junior StephenCaple both saw limited action in 2009-10 and willbattle for the starting.

Along with Volkening, the Falcons will loseFairchild, Hajner, Johnson and Brett Nylander

from the class of 2010. Thisclass won three AHA tourna-ment championships, oneregular-season championshipand set a new school recordwith 84 wins.

The class will certainly bedifficult to replace, but with alarge nucleus of players com-ing off of a season that fellshort of their own expecta-tions, the 2010-11 Falconswill look to return to the topof the hill.

2010-11 Season OutlookIn looking at the 2010-11 Air Force hockey

team, there are some elements that are constant.And there will also be a few unknowns.

A hard-working, experienced, deep team thatplays smothering defense, blocks shots and playswith relentless tenacity is as common as the light-ning bolt on the pants.

They will skate as well as anyone in the coun-try. They will put on their hard hats, pack a lunchand take a blue-collar approach to every game.

But the x-factor this season will be the goal-tending.

For the past three years and 117 games, therewas never a question who would be starting in thepaint. From the end of his freshman season untilhe tossed his cap in the air at Falcon Stadium thispast May, Andrew Volkening was between thepipes.

However, the man behind the trademark plain-white goalie helmet is now serving as a secondlieutenant in the Air Force. Therefore, Air Forcegoes into the 2010-11 season without an experi-enced goaltender for the first time since the 2002-03 season.

“We are much deeper than last year, “ headcoach Frank Serratore said. “The strength of ourteam will be our competitive depth. Last year, wefinished third in the league and without AndrewVolkening we would have finished between fifthand seventh. We will have to learn to be successfulwith mere mortals in net. We have three kids whoare all battling right now and we need one of themto step up. We aren’t looking for someone to wingames for us. We just need someone to play withenought consistency to not lose games for us.”

Air Force clinched its fourth straight winningseason in 2009-10, a school record against an all-Division I schedule. The Falcons finished the sea-son with a 16-15-6 overall record. The Falconsfinished third in the AHA and, after sweepingArmy in the quarterfinals, advanced to the AHAFinal Four for the fourth straight year. AFA’s sea-son came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Sacred Heartin the AHA semifinals.

The good news for Air Force is that the topthree scorers and 13 of the top 15 return this sea-son. The Falcons return 83 percent of the points,81 percent of the goals and 85 percent of the as-sists from last season. Air Force also returns its topthree defensemen.

The Falcons depth, along with the return oftwo first-team all-conference players, was enoughfor the league’s coaches to pick the Falcons thirdin the preseason poll. RIT, who advanced to theNCAA Frozen Four last season, was picked to winthe league. Mercyhurst was picked second fol-lowed by Air Force.

“With the schedule we have playing in the diffi-cult west pod and travelling to Bentley and SacredHeart in the east, if we finish third, I’ll do cart-wheels,” Serratore said. “I like our team, butwhether we finish in the top half or bottom half isgoing to be our goaltending. If one of them stepsup and gives us 90 percent in the net, we can finishin the top half. If not, we will struggle.”

FORWARDSSeniors Jacques Lamoureux and Derrick Bur-

nett will lead the Falcon offense. Lamoureux wasselected by his teammates to wear the “C” whileBurnett will wear an “A” this season.

Lamoureux has been a two-time first-team all-AHA selection and was a 2009 All-American. TheAHA player of the year as a sophomore, he hasscored 55 goals the last two years. Last season,Lamoureux led the team with 22 goals and 42points.

Burnett gives the Falcons great vision and play-making ability. He led the team with 23 assists andwas second with 10 goals and 33 points.

Along with Burnett and Lamoureux, seniorsMatt Becker, Sean Bertsch, Scott Kozlak and BlakePage give the Falcons experineced depth up front.

All four are strong defensive forwards and willanchor the penalty kill. Kozlak has played in everygame in his career (117) and has nine points, in-cluding three short-handed career goals. Page hasplayed in 115 career games and had 14 points, in-cluding two short-handed goals, last season.Bertsch has played in 113 career games and had sixgoals last season. Becker played in 30 games lastseason and had eight points.

Junior Paul Weisgarber was selected by histeammates to wear an “A” this season. He hasplayed in every game the past two years and hasscored six goals and six assists in each of the lasttwo seasons. Weisgarber will play on one of theteam’s top three lines and, with two short-handedgoals last season, is another of the Falcons’ toppenalty killers.

Sophomores Stephen Carew, Kyle De Laurelland John Kruse all had solid freshman seasons andwill look to move into a greater role this season.

De Laurell was named the team’s freshman ofthe year last season as he tied for fourth on theteam with six goals and fifth on the team with 18points. Carew, who could see action at both for-ward and on defense, had six goals to tie for fourthon the team. Late in the season, his versatility wasa key element to the Falcons success as he playeddefense due to several injuries on the team. Carewwill start the season at forward, but does give theFalcons some options, much like Brett Nylanderdid for the Falcons the past four years. Kruse hadfive goals and 13 assists last season and scored twopower-play goals and a game-winner last season.

“I think we have better depth at forward thanlast year,” Serratore said. “Our fifth line this yearwill be better than our fourth line last year. Lastyear, we were really thin on numbers. This year,we can withstand an injury here and there. Injuriesare part of the game, but this season we have somedepth to overcome them. We expect our seniors tolead us both offensively and defensively.”

The Falcons have five freshman forwards thatwill also see action this season. Four forwards,Jason Fabian, Casey Kleisinger, George Michalkeand Tony Thomas could all contribute right away.George Michalke, Ryan Timer and Mitch Torrelwill battle for playing time and give the team somequality depth.

DEFENSEThree returning defensemen will key

the Falcons this season. Senior Brad Sell-ers and juniors Tim Kirby and ScottMathis give the Falcons three quality de-fensemen with extensive experience.

Sellers has played in 110 games thepast three years and gives the Falcons arock-solid presence on the back line.

The pair of Kirby and Mathis areamong the best in the conference. Mathiswas chosen to wear the “C” by his team-mates and was an AHA all-rookie and all-tournament team selection as afreshman. Kirby earned first-team all-AHA honors last season and was the topscoring defenseman on the team, andthird in the AHA, with 19 assists and 24points. Carew, who played three games on defenselast season, could see some time on the blue line ashis versatilty gives the Falcons some flexibility withthe lineup. While playing either forward or on de-fense Carew will play the point on one of thepower-play units.

“Kirby and Mathis give us a legit 1-2 punch atour level,” Serratore said. “They are only juniorsand they have already been decorated players inour league. We expect Sellers to have a big senioryear. He needs to log a lot of minutes for us. He issolid player across the board and one without aweakness.”

Sophomores Eric Artman and Mike Walshgained some valuable experience last season andwill battle for playing time. Freshman AdamMcKenzie was a stellar junior player and will be inthe mix right away. Freshmen Jacob Musselmanand Aaron Quick will give the Falcons some depthon the back line.

GOALIEReplacing three-time team MVP Andrew

Volkening will not be easy. Three players, juniorStephen Caple, sophomore David Bosner andfreshman Jason Torf are all battling for the posi-tion.

Caple played in three games last season for atotal of 63 minutes. Bosner played in two gamesfor a total of 17 minutes. Neither has ever started acollegiate game.

“All three are in competition for the positionand I am waiting to see which one will emerge,”Serratore said. “It might happen early in the sea-son, it might happen after Christmas, but thesooner it does happen the better we will be. At thispoint, we aren’t looking for a guy to win games ,just not lose games.”

THE LEAGUEThe Atlantic Hockey Association became a 12-

team league beginning in 2010-11 with the addi-tions of Niagara and Robert Morris. AirForce is familiar with both schools asboth were conference members withAir Force in the College Hockey Amer-ica conference until 2006.

“Atlantic Hockey is adding twogood teams and they will finish closerto the top of the league than the bot-tom,” Serratore said. “They will makethe league deeper and more competi-tive. The ante of playing poker in theAHA just went up. Robert Morris hasthree or four potential all-league guys.When we had our strong teams, we hadtwo qualities … we were deep and wewere old. That is where they are rightnow and they have a great goalie. Bothschools were picked to tie for fourth in

our league. Niagara came within one goalof the NCAA Tournament last season sothese are two quality teams.”

With 12 teams in the league there willbe two scheduling pods with each teamplaying three games against each teamwithin their pod and then two gamesagainst teams from the other pod for atotal of 27 league games.

RIT, Mercyhurst, Air Force, Niagara,Robert Morris and Canisius, picked tofinish one through six in the preseasonpoll respectively, will form the westernpod.

Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Army,Bentley, UConn and AIC, picked to fin-ish seventh through 12th in the preseasonpoll, will form the eastern pod.

The 2011 AHA Tournament will feature thesame format from a year ago with a slight twist.There will be four first round, single-game contestson Saturday, March 5. The top two teams in eachscheduling region will receive a bye into the quar-terfinals with the remaining eight teams playingfirst-round contests. Those eight teams will beseeded No. 3 thru No. 6 in their scheduling regionwith the No. 3 seed hosting No. 6 and No. 4 host-ing No. 5.

The winners will the be re-seeded by the finalregular-season standings with the top four teamsfrom those standings playing host to the bottomfour teams in a best two-out-of-three quarterfinalseries the following weekend.

The four winners will then travel to the BlueCross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. with the highestremaining seed facing the lowest remaining seed inthe first semifinal with the other two remainingseeds facing off in the second semifinal on Friday,March 18. The two semifinal winners will thenface-off in the Championship Game on Saturday,March 19 with the NCAA automatic berth on theline.

2010-11 Season Outlook

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California (5)Burnett - CoronaDe Laurell - Mission ViejoMcKenzie - PetalumaPage - San ClementeTorf - Hermosa Beach

Colorado (5)Bertsch - Woodland ParkKleisinger - EdwardsMusselman - LittletonQuick - MonumentSellers - Centennial

Illinois (3)Durham - ChicagoMathis - Crystal LakeWalsh - Vernon Hills

Michigan (3)Artman - East LansingTimar - NoviThomas - South Lyon

Minnesota (7)Becker - MoorheadCarew - Eden PrairieFabian - RoseauKirby - AustinKozlak - DuluthKruse - Eden PrairieTorrel - Monticello

Missouri (1)Bosner - Chesterfield

Ohio (1)Michalke - Parma

North Dakota (2)Lamoureux - Grand ForksWeisgarber - Fargo

Wisconsin (1)Caple - Rice Lake

FALCONS BY STATE PRONUNCIATIONGUIDE

Sean Bertsch . . . . . . . .BURCHDavid Bosner . . . . . . . .BOZ-nurrStephen Caple . . . . . . .KAY-pullStephen Carew . . . . . .cuh-ROOKyle De Laurell . . . . . .duh-LORR-uhlJason Fabian . . . . . . . .FAY-be-unCasey Kleisinger . . . . .KLY-sin-jerrScott Kozlak . . . . . . . .KOZE-lackJohn Kruse . . . . . . . . .CREWSJacques Lamoureux . .LAM-uh-rooGeorge Michalke . . . . .muh-CALL-keyFrank Serratore . . . . . .sara-TORR-eeRyan Timar . . . . . . . . .TY-merrMitch Torrel . . . . . . . . .TORE-elPaul Weisgarber . . . . .WISE-garber

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Last Team 2 Jacob Musselman D 5-8 175 FR. Littleton, Colo. / Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)3 Brad Sellers D 6-1 180 SR. Centennial, Colo. / Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) 4 Eric Artman D 5-10 170 SO. East Lansing, Mich. / Topeka Road Runners (NAHL)6 Adam McKenzie D 5-11 175 FR. Petaluma, Calif. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)7 Casey Kleisinger F 5-10 165 FR. Edwards, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)8 Scott Kozlak F 5-10 165 SR. Duluth, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) 9 Kyle De Laurell F 6-1 195 SO. Mission Viejo, Calif. / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) 10 Paul Weisgarber F 5-9 170 JR. Fargo, N.D. / Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL) 11 Danny Durham F 5-10 175 SO. Chicago, Ill. / North Iowa Outlaws (NAHL) 13 Ryan Timar F 5-10 180 FR. Novi, Mich./ Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)15 Sean Bertsch F 5-9 180 SR. Woodland Park, Colo. / Billings Bulls (NAHL) 16 Jason Fabian F 6-3 190 FR. Roseau, Minn. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)17 Derrick Burnett F 6-2 187 SR. Corona, Calif. / Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) 18 George Michalke F 5-0 165 FR. Parma, Ohio / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)19 Stephen Carew F 5-9 175 SO. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) 20 Tony Thomas F 6-2 195 FR. South Lyon, Mich. / Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL)21 Jacques Lamoureux F 6-0 195 SR. Grand Forks, N.D. / Northern Michigan Univ. (NCAA) 22 Blake Page F 5-9 165 SR. San Clemente, Calif. / Bay State Breakers (EJHL) 23 Scott Mathis D 6-1 190 JR. Crystal Lake, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL) 24 Mike Walsh D 5-10 195 SO. Vernon Hills, Ill. / Chicago Steel (USHL)25 Tim Kirby D 6-1 205 JR. Austin, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) 26 Mitch Torrel F 6-1 185 FR. Monticello, Minn. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)27 John Kruse F 6-1 190 SO. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) 28 Aaron Quick D 6-3 205 FR. Monument, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)29 Jason Torf G 5-11 180 FR. Hermosa Beach, Calif. / Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL)35 David Bosner G 6-1 190 SO. Chesterfield, Mo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) 37 Stephen Caple G 5-10 175 JR. Rice Lake, Wis. / Westside Warriors (BCJHL) 51 Matt Becker F 5-9 170 SR. Moorhead, Minn. / Fargo-Moorhead Jets (NAHL)

Head Coach: Frank Serratore Assistant Coaches: Mike Corbett and Andy Berg

2010-11 Alphabetical Roster

Forwards (17)51 Matt Becker15 Sean Bertsch17 Derrick Burnett19 Stephen Carew9 Kyle De Laurell11 Dan Durham16 Jason Fabian7 Casey Kleisinger8 Scott Kozlak27 John Kruse21 Jacques Lamoureux18 George Michalke22 Blake Page20 Tony Thomas13 Ryan Timar26 Mitch Torrel10 Paul Weisgarber

Defense (8)4 Eric Artman25 Tim Kirby23 Scott Mathis6 Adam McKenzie2 Jacob Musselman28 Aaron Quick3 Brad Sellers24 Mike Walsh

Goalies (3)35 David Bosner37 Stephen Caple29 Jason Torf

Seniors (7)51 Matt Becker15 Sean Bertsch17 Derrick Burnett8 Scott Kozlak21 Jacques Lamoureux22 Blake Page3 Brad Sellers

Juniors (4)37 Stephen Caple25 Tim Kirby23 Scott Mathis10 Paul Weisgarber

Sophomores (7)4 Eric Artman35 David Bosner19 Stephen Carew9 Kyle De Laurell11 Dan Durham27 John Kruse24 Mike Walsh

Freshmen (10)16 Jason Fabian7 Casey Kleisinger6 Adam McKenzie18 George Michalke2 Jacob Musselman28 Aaron Quick20 Tony Thomas13 Ryan Timar29 Jason Torf26 Mitch Torrel

FALCONS BY CLASS FALCONS BY POSITION

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Last Team 4 Eric Artman D 5-10 170 SO. East Lansing, Mich. / Topeka Road Runners (NAHL)51 Matt Becker F 5-9 170 SR. Moorhead, Minn. / Fargo-Moorhead Jets (NAHL) 15 Sean Bertsch F 5-9 180 SR. Woodland Park, Colo. / Billings Bulls (NAHL) 35 David Bosner G 6-1 190 SO. Chesterfield, Mo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL) 17 Derrick Burnett F 6-2 187 SR. Corona, Calif. / Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) 37 Stephen Caple G 5-10 175 JR. Rice Lake, Wis. / Westside Warriors (BCJHL) 19 Stephen Carew F 5-9 175 SO. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) 9 Kyle De Laurell F 6-1 195 SO. Mission Viejo, Calif. / Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) 11 Danny Durham F 5-10 175 SO. Chicago, Ill. / North Iowa Outlaws (NAHL) 16 Jason Fabian F 6-3 190 FR. Roseau, Minn. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)25 Tim Kirby D 6-1 205 JR. Austin, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) 7 Casey Kleisinger F 5-10 165 FR. Edwards, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)8 Scott Kozlak F 5-10 165 SR. Duluth, Minn. / Southern Minnesota Express (NAHL) 27 John Kruse F 6-1 190 SO. Eden Prairie, Minn. / Owatonna Express (NAHL) 21 Jacques Lamoureux F 6-0 195 SR. Grand Forks, N.D. / Northern Michigan Univ. (NCAA) 23 Scott Mathis D 6-1 190 JR. Crystal Lake, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL) 6 Adam McKenzie D 5-11 175 FR. Petaluma, Calif. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)18 George Michalke F 6-0 165 FR. Parma, Ohio / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)2 Jacob Musselman D 5-8 175 FR. Littleton, Colo./ Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)22 Blake Page F 5-9 165 SR. San Clemente, Calif. / Bay State Breakers (EJHL) 28 Aaron Quick D 6-3 205 FR. Monument, Colo. / Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)3 Brad Sellers D 6-1 180 SR. Centennial, Colo. / Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL) 20 Tony Thomas F 6-2 195 FR. South Lyon, Mich. / Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL)13 Ryan Timar F 5-10 180 FR. Novi, Mich. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)29 Jason Torf G 5-11 180 FR. Hermosa Beach, Calif./ Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL)26 Mitch Torrel F 6-1 185 FR. Monticello, Minn. / Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)24 Mike Walsh D 5-10 195 SO. Vernon Hills, Ill. / Chicago Steel (USHL)10 Paul Weisgarber F 5-9 170 JR. Fargo, N.D. / Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)

Head Coach: Frank Serratore Assistant Coaches: Mike Corbett and Andy Berg

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Artman’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2009-10 22 4 3 7 14 21 1 0 0

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)Played in 22 games and had seven points, the most among the freshmen defensemen ... Four goalsand three assists on the season ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 12) after openingweekend ... Scored one goal in each game on the road at Bemidji State ... Also scored goals againstUConn (Jan. 8) and at Army (Jan. 29) ... Career bests of two assists and two points in the 3-0 winover Army, March 12, in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals ... Assisted on the game-winner.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed for the Topeka Roadrunners and coach Scott Langer ... The team’s top scoring defense-man 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 58games … 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 sev-enth 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-confer-ence and all-district as a junior and senior ... Academic all-conference and all-district ... 2007 Dis-tinguished Scholar Award.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 36 ... Parents are Bret and Nancy Artman ... Has one brother, Kevin... Major is management ... Considering French as a minor ... This past summer, took a physicscourse and also completed the Soaring and Global Engagement programs ... Favorite snack isskittles ... Favorite book is the Da Vinci Code ... Favorite TV show is Las Vegas ... Listens to I GottaFeeling by the Black Eyed Peas before games ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Ad-vice to young people is to “listen to your parents, they know what they are talking about” ...Wears the No. 4 because it is the same number Bobby Orr wore ... The thing he likes the mostabout Air Force hockey is the crowd ... Plays a game of solitaire before every game ... Credits hisfather for the having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Long-term goal is to managehis own business ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite player is Washing-ton Capitals defenseman Mike Green.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, several times

Assists: 2 vs. Army, Mar. 12, 2010Points: 2 vs. Army, Mar. 12, 2010

eric ARTMAN

4Defense Sophomore 5-10 170 Shoots: Right

East Lansing, Mich. Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL)

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Becker’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2007-08 9 1 1 2 1-2 10 0 0 02008-09 1 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 02009-10 30 1 7 8 10-20 24 0 0 0Totals 40 2 8 10 11-22 36 0 0 0

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Earned the team’s most improved player award ... Played in a career-high 30 games and hada career-best eight points on one goal and seven assists ... Career-best two assists in the winover AIC ... Only goal of the season came in the 6-3 win over Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Tied his ca-reer high with two assists in a key 8-1 win over Sacred Heart in the final regular-seasongame of the season ... Added an assist the next night in the 3-0 win over Army in the firstgame of the AHA Quarterfinals.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)Played in one game and had two shots on goal against Yale.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)Played in nine games and had two points ... Scored a goal in his first collegiate game, a 6-2win over Mercyhurst ... Also had an assist vs. Mercyhurst later in the season.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 20 games for the Fargo-Moorhead Jets of the North American Hockey League in2006-07 ... Had 10 points (4-6-10) ... Graduated from Moorhead High School ... Letteredthree years in hockey and two in track ... On the all-tournament team at the 2005 Min-nesota State Hockey Tournament ... Selected for Team Minnesota Select 15, 16 and 17teams.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 18 ... Major is management ... Parents are Brad and DebBecker ... Has two brothers, Bryan and Joe ... Older brother, Bryan, was a three-year letter-man and a 2008 graduate of the Air Force Academy ... Father played hockey at the Univer-sity of North Dakota and in the NHL for the New York Rangers ... Grandfather, WillardIkola, played on two national championship teams at Michigan and played in the 1956Olympics in Italy, earning a silver medal ... Is the security officer in his squadron ... On theathletic’s list every semester ... Plans to work in the space and missiles career field in the AirForce ... Long-term goal is to earn his MBA and someday become a golf pro ... Favoritefood is the pizza at Frank Pepe’s in New Haven, Conn. ... Favorite book is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ... Favorite TV show is Entourage ... Favorite movie isOver the Top ... Something most people don’t know about him is that he tore both ACL’s at the same time, and both have been reconstructed, before comingto the Academy ... If he could be any cartoon character it would be Tommy Pickles from the Rugrats because of his adventurous lifestyle ... Wears the No. 51because his dad wore No. 15 so he turned it around to make it his own ... Hobbies are golf, camping and fishing ... Favorite NHL team is the Minnesota Wild ...Favorite player is Buffalo Sabres forward Mike Grier.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, twice

Assists: 2 vs. AIC, Dec. 5, 2010;Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010

Points: 2 vs. AIC, Dec. 5, 2010;Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010

matt BECKER

51Forward Senior 5-9 170 Shoots: Right

Moorhead, Minn. (Fargo-Moorhead Jets/NAHL)

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Bertsch’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2007-08 35 2 7 9 4-8 57 0 0 02008-09 41 7 4 11 7-14 58 0 0 02009-10 37 6 2 8 5-10 62 0 1 1Totals 113 15 13 28 16-32 177 0 1 1

sean Bertsch


Woodland Park, Colo. (Billings Bulls/NAHL)

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Played in all 37 games and had six goals and two assists ... Scored a career-high two goalsin the 6-2 win over AIC, Dec. 2 ... First career short-handed goal came in that game ...Scored four goals in three games late in the season ... Scored two goals, including his firstcareer game-winner, in the 3-0 win over Army in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals... One goal and one assist to tie his career best of two points in the 4-2 win over Army asAir Force swept the quarterfinal series and advanced to the AHA Final Four.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)Played in all 41 games and had seven goals and four assists for 11 points ... Named to theNCAA East Regional all-tournament team as he scored a goal vs. Vermont in the regionalfinal ... His goal tied the game at 2-2 midway through the third period ... Also had an assistin the game to tie his career high of two points ... His seven goals tied for seventh on theteam and were the third most in the sophomore class ... Also scored against Sacred Heart,Bentley, Holy Cross, Mercyhurst and two against UConn.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)Played in 35 games and had nine points (2-7-9) ... First career goal came against AIC,March 1 ... Scored in his next game vs. Bentley, March 7 ... Four points in his last six games... Career best two points vs. Bentley, March 7, in the first game of the AHA Quarterfinals... One assist in the 5-4 double overtime win over Mercyhurst in the AHA ChampionshipGame ... Assisted on Josh Schaffer’s goal in the third period to tie the game at 3-3.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed two years of junior hockey for coach Doug Johnson and the Billings Bulls of theNorth American Hockey League ... Team captain of the Bulls in 2005-06 ... Led the teamin goals scored with 21 ... Had 47 points (21-26-47) in 2005-06 and had 45 points (18-27-45) in 2004-05 ... Played 111 junior hockey games ... Graduated from Woodland ParkHigh School ... Lettered two years in football.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 4 ... Major is management ... Parents are Mike and Claire Bertsch ... Three siblings, Jessie, Cara and Jared ... Father played for Col-orado College and was the head coach of the Tigers from 1983-88 ... Father is currently the assistant executive director of marketing and communications atUSA Hockey in Colorado Springs ... Attended the USAFA Prep School ... On the athletics list as a freshman and the commandant’s list for military excellenceas a sophomore ... This past summer, completed the powered flight program and soloed in an airplane ... Also served as the deputy commander for the militarytraining squadron in the summer support program this past summer ... The assistant flight commander in his squadron ... Would like to someday coach hockeyor work in the business field ... Favorite food is a walleye shore lunch ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the 2009 AHA Tournament and going to theNCAA Tournament ... Hobbies are hunting, fishing, golf, wakeboarding and snowboarding ... Favorite NHL player is former Avs captain Joe Sakic.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 2, vs. AIC, Dec. 5, 2010;

vs. Army, March 12, 2010Assists: 1, several timesPoints: 2, several times

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2009-10 (FRESHMAN)Played in two games in a reserve role ... 17 total minutes on the season and gave up one goal with15 saves ... First career action came in the 6-2 win over AIC, Dec. 5 ... Played the final 11:45 andmade six saves while allowing one goal ... Also played in the 8-1 win over Sacred Heart in the reg-ular-season finale ... Played the final 5:45 and made nine saves without giving up a goal.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed for coach Byron Pool and the Bismarck Bobcats of the NAHL ... Played in 33 games andhad a 24-7-1 record … Second in NAHL with 1.78 GAA and .933 saves percentage … 24 winswere the second most in the league … Six shutouts were the second most in the league … Twicenamed the NAHL Goalie of the Week, once on Sept. 29, 2008, when he stopped 67 of 69 shotsin a two-game sweep of Alexandria and again on March 9, 2009, as he stopped 53 of 57 shots in atwo-game sweep over Owatonna … Helped lead team to NAHL Robertson Cup Round Robinfinals … Had a 5-2 record in the playoffs … One of five finalists for the NAHL Player of theYear, Rookie of the Year and Goalie of the Year awards ... The goalie on the all-Central DivisionTeam ... Also named to the all-rookie team ... Graduated from John Burroughs School ... Let-tered four years in hockey and three in track ... Earned National Merit Scholarship Commenda-tion.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 22 ... Parents are Matt Bosner and Joanie Rosenbaum ... Has onebrother, Mike ... Major is foreign area studies with an emphasis in political science ... Minor isSpanish ... Long-term goals are to go to law school and become a JAG ... This past summer, com-pleted Global Engagement, Space and Combat Survival Training ... On the dean’s list and ath-letic’s list both semesters ... Favorite food is steak ... Listens to Nelly’s Heart of a Champion andOur Lives by The Calling before games ... Father is a cardiologist and mother is a neonatologist ...Favorite book is My Road Back to Life by Lance Armstrong ... Attended St. Louis Cardinals’game when Mark McGwire hit his then-MLB record 70th home run ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the deciding fifth game in the NAHL Central Divisionfinals to advance to the national tournament ... Favorite sport other than hockey is football ... Came to the Academy because of the “combination of a tremendous post-graduate opportunities and championship caliber hockey program” ... Favorite NHL team is the St. Louis Blues ... Favorite player is Buffalo Sabres’ goalie Ryan Miller.

david BOSNER

35Goalie Sophomore 6-1 190 Catches: Left

Chesterfield, Mo. (Bismarck Bobcats/NAHL)

Bosner’s Career StatsYear GP MIN GA GAA REC SV SV%2009-10 2 17 1 3.43 0-0-0 15 .938

CAREER HIGHSSaves: 9 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010

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Burnett’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2007-08 39 7 19 26 13-26 39 0 0 22008-09 37 8 16 24 15-30 62 3 0 12009-10 37 10 23 33 13-29 83 2 0 0Totals 113 25 58 83 41-85 184 5 0 3

derrick BURNETT


Corona, Calif. (Okotoks Oilers/AJHL)

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Played in all 37 games ... Second on the team with 33 points and tied for second with 10goals ... Led the team with 23 assists ... Tied his season high with two assists three times onthe season ... Did not score more than two points in any game, but scored in 22 of 37games, the second best mark on the team ... One goal and one assist in the 3-0 win overBentley, Nov. 7 ... Two goals and two assists in the Holy Cross series, Jan. 22-23 ... Sixpoints in the final four games of the season ... Two goals and an assist in the sweep of Armyin the AHA Quarterfinals.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)Seventh on the team with 24 points and sixth with eight goals ... Sixth on the team withthree power-play goals ... Career-high three points and three assists vs. Sacred Heart, Nov.21 ... Tied career high with two goals in the 3-2 win over Army, Jan. 24 ... Two assists vs.Holy Cross, Feb. 21 ... Scored the first goal, and eventual game-winner, vs. Michigan inNCAA Regional on the power play.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)Earned the team’s John Matchefts award as the top rookie as voted on by the team ...The top Falcon freshman scorer with 26 points (7-19-26) ... Third in the league and28th in the nation in points by a freshman ... +8 was second among the Falcon freshmenand fourth on the team among the forwards ... First career point was an assist vs. Quin-nipiac in his first collegiate game ... Had a four-game point streak early in the season ...First career goal came in his 19th game when he scored two vs. RIT, Jan. 12 ... ScoredAFA’s first goal in the win over No. 4 Denver ... Three points, all assists, in the Bentleyseries ... Tied career best with two assists, Feb. 2 ... Three points in the Canisius series,Feb. 22-23 ... One goal in the first game ... Four points (1-3-4) in the AHA Quarterfinalseries vs. Bentley, March 7-8 ... Named the AHA Rookie of the Week, March 10 ... Had17 points in his last 18 games ... Scored AFA’s first goal in the NCAA Northeast Re-gional vs. Miami to tie the game at 1-1 in the second period ... Named the AHA Rookieof the Month in March.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 58 games for coach Gary VanHereweghe and the Okotoks Oilers of the AlbertaJunior Hockey League in 2006-07 ... Tied for second on the team in scoring with 61 points (19-42-61) ... Led the team in assists ... Eight power-play goals ...Graduated from Santiago High School ... Lettered three years in roller hockey.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Clay and Holly Burnett ... Has one sister, Meagan ... Major is social science ... This past summer, worked the Fal-con Summer Sports Camps as a mentor to about 30 kids each week for two weeks ... Also took a class in geopolitics and served as a cadre member during BasicCadet Training, leading incoming freshmen through the obstacle course ... Long-term goal is to get his master’s in business ... Is the assistant flight commanderin his squadron ... Favorite snack is trail mix ... Favorite movie is Old School ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Helen Keller ... Greatest momentin sports was beating Michigan in the NCAA Tournament ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favoriteplayer is Philadelphia Flyer Mike Richards.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 2 vs. RIT, Jan. 12, 2008; vs. Army, Jan. 24, 2009Assists: 3 vs. Sacred Heart, Nov. 21, 2008Points: 3 vs. Sacred Heart, Nov. 21, 2008

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Caple’s Career StatsYear GP MIN GA GAA REC SV SV%2008-09 DNP2009-10 3 63 1 0.95 0-0-0 19 .950Totals 3 63 1 0.95 0-0-0 19 .950

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)First career action came Oct. 10, 2009, against Bemidji State ... Played 27:42 and made 10saves while allowing one goal ... Also came on in relief against Alabama-Huntsville on Oct.16 and played 29:51, making six saves and not allowing a goal ... Also played against SacredHeart on Feb. 27 ... Played 5:51 and made three saves without allowing a goal.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)Dressed and travelled with the team all season, but did not see any game action.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 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 .900saves 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 soulaward in 2006 and 2007 ... Played in 105 career junior hockey games ... Played 48 games with theWarriors in 2006-07 and also played 17 games with the Langley Hornets in 2005-06 ... Had a 5-5record with Langley ... Graduated from Shattuck St. Mary’s (Minn.) High School ... Letteredfour years in hockey and twice in lacrosse ... Hockey team won the U18 National Championshipin 2005 ... His U18 team was second at the 2004 national championships.

PERSONALMember 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 excel-lence in academics, military and athletics ... This past summer, travelled to Guam as part of thecivil engineering Operation Air Force program ... Also worked Combat Survival Training as a lo-gistics cadre ... Long-term goal is to work in the Air Force’s Red Horse program, a rapidly de-ployable engineering squadron that works in combat areas ... Favorite class is law ... Favorite TVshow is Swamp Loggers ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the 2005 Midget AAA na-tional championship ... Favorite magazine is 8 Lug ... Person in history he would most like tomeet is Jesus ... Something not many people know about him is that he played high schoolhockey with Jonathan Toewes and Sidney Crosby ... Favorite sport other than hockey is SnoCross ... Hobbies are camping, off-roading and boating ... Favorite NHLteam is the Minnesota Wild.

CAREER HIGHSSaves: 10 vs. Bemidji State, Oct. 10, 2009

stephen CAPLE

37Goalie Junior 5-10 175 Catches: Right

Rice Lake, Wis. (Westside Warriors/BCJHL)

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Carew’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2009-10 36 6 9 15 4-8 53 3 1 0

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)Played in 36 of the 37 games ... 15 points on six goals and nine assists were second on the teamamong the freshmen ... Three of his six goals came on the power play ... First career goal cameagainst Alabama-Huntsville, Oct. 17, 2009 ... Scored in the next game against RIT, Oct. 23, in a5-4 AFA win ... His goal gave AFA a 4-2 lead in the second period ... Career-best two points onone goal and one assist in the 3-0 win over Bentley, Jan. 16 ... Assisted on the game-winner in thatgame ... Tied his career high with two points in the 8-1 win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 27 ... Assistedon the game-winning goal and scored the fifth goal of the game.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed for coach Pat Cullen and the Owatonna Express of the NAHL in 2008-09 ... Team cap-tain ... Led the team and was 15th in the league with 54 points (28-26-54) … Eighth in theleague with 28 goals … NAHL Central Player of the Week on Jan. 12 as he scored four goals in apair 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 GreenBay Gamblers of the USHL and had 19 points ... Graduated from Benilde-St. Margarets HighSchool ... Lettered four years in hockey ... Team captain and MVP ... Four-time all-conference se-lection ... All-state honorable mention.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 39 ... Parents are Ed and Linda Carew ... Has one sister, Emma ...Major is management ... This past summer, took a philosophy class and completed the Spaceand Global Engagement programs ... On the dean’s list and commandant’s list (military excel-lence) in the fall of 2009 ... On the athletic’s list in the spring of 2010 ... Favorite food is Mac andCheese ... Favorite movie is Boondock Saints ... Person in history he would most like to meet isChristopher McCandless, who hiked into the Alaskan wilderness with little supplies in the early1990’s ... Favorite sport other than hockey is lacrosse ... Says that he is “better at playing guitarthan playing hockey” ... Greatest moment in sports was sweeping Army in the AHA Quarterfi-nals last season ... Hometown was named the No. 1 place to live by Forbes and Money Magazinein 2010 ... Credits his father as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies areplaying guitar, fishing, camping, cars and working out ... Favorite NHL team is the MinnesotaWild ... Favorite player is New Jersey Devil forward Zach Parise.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, several timesAssists: 1, several times

Points: 2, several times

stephen CAREW

19Forward Junior 5-9 175 Shoots: Right

Eden Prairie, Minn. Owatonna Express/NAHL

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De Laurell’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2009-10 36 6 6 12 8-16 83 4 0 3

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 goalswere game-winners ... Also scored a game-tying goal ... Career best three assists in the 5-4 winover 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 withBentley, Nov. 6 ... Scored the game-tying goal early in the third period ... Scored the game-winnerin the 6-3 win at Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Career best four-game point streak in January.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 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 theseason with a shoulder injury … Helped lead the team to the NAHL playoffs … NAHL SouthPlayer of the Week, Sept. 23, when he led all scorers at the NAHL Showcase with three goals andsix assists as the Wildcats tallied a perfect 4-0 record … Named to the Showcase all-tournamentteam ... Scored one game-winner and assisted on the other three at the Showcase … Played 16games with the Wildcats in 2007-08 ... Graduated from Pine Creek High School in ColoradoSprings ... Honor Roll student.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 29 ... Parents are Jeffrey and Patrice De Laurell ... Has three sib-lings, Alysha, Leah and Elizabeth ... Major is operations research ... Minor is Spanish ... Favoriteclass is math ... Listens to Rise Against The Mathine before games ... This past summer, learned tofly UAV’s in the Unmanned Aerial Systems program ... Also completed Combat Survival Train-ing ... On the athletic’ s list ... Lived in five different states during the two years prior to coming tothe Academy ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Greatest moment in sports wasscoring the game-winning goal in overtime for the hat trick to advance to the regional champi-onships ... ... Famous person he would most like to meet is Wayne Gretzky ... Favorite sportother than hockey is golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player is Wash-ington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, several times

Assists: 3 vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009Points: 3 vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009

kyle De LAURELL

9Forward Sophomore 6-1 195 Shoots: Right

Mission Viejo, Calif. Wichita Falls Wildcats/NAHL

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Durham’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP2009-10 18 2 2 4 8-16 21 0

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)Played in 18 games and had two goals and two assists ... Scored three points in the RIT series,Oct. 23-24 as the Falcons swept the Tigers ... First career goal came in the first game of the series... Career best two points (1-1-2) in the second game.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed for coach Dean Blais and the Fargo Force of the USHL for the first 20 games of the2008-09 season ... Seven points (2-5-7) and was a +7 … Traded to the North Iowa Outlaws latein the season and played 18 games for Outlaws with 17 points (7-10-17) … Helped lead theteam to the NAHL Robertson Cup Round Robin finals ... Graduated from Mount Carmel HighSchool ... Lettered two years in golf ... Two-time Catholic League Golf Champion.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 24 ... Parents are Joseph and Marianne Durham ... Has two sisters,Katherine and Leah ... Major is management ... Long-term goal is to be a financial advisor ... Thispast summer, took a course in economics and also completed Global Engagement ... On the ath-letic’s list both semesters ... Favorite class is Spanish ... Favorite book is Bringing Down the House... Listens to rap before games ... Favorite movie is Caddyshack ... Greatest moment in sports waswinning a gold medal in the five nation’s tournament with Team USA ... Father is a vascular sur-geon ... Credits his parents and former coach, Jeff Jones, as having the greatest influence on hissports career ... Hobby is golf ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite playeris retired defenseman Chris Chelios.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, twiceAssists: 1, twice

Points: 2 vs. RIT, Oct. 24, 2009

danny DURHAM


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Kirby’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2008-09 41 2 11 13 11-33 58 0 0 02009-10 37 5 19 24 13-34 116 1 0 3Totals 78 7 30 37 24-67 174 1 0 3

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)Earned the team’s defensive player of the year award ... Played in all 37 games and was the team’stop scoring defenseman with five goals and 19 assists for 24 points ... First-team all-AHA selec-tion ... Earned the team’s Defensive Player of the Year award ... All 24 of his points came againstleague opponents (31 games) ... Third in the AHA in points by a defenseman with 23 in regularseason 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, with2:46 left in the third ... Scored the game-winner vs. Holy Cross, Jan. 23, with 0.6 left in over-time ... Career best five assists vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27 ... His five assists tied as the mostever by an Air Force player vs. a Division I opponent ... Career-best seven points (1-6-7) inthe Sacred Heart series ... Named AHA Player of the Week, first time in his career ... Had acareer-best six-game point scoring streak early in the season which tied as the longest byany Falcon during the season.

2008-09 (FRESHMAN)Played in all 41 games and had two goals and 11 assists for 13 points ... 13 points were fourthamong the Falcon freshmen ... +11 on the season ... 10 points in 28 conference games ... First ca-reer point was an assist vs. Bemidji State, Oct. 17 ... First career goal came at Bentley, Feb. 13, in a3-2 win ... Season best two assists and two points vs. RIT, Feb. 28 ... Matched his season highwith two assists vs. Mercyhurst in the AHA championship game.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed two seasons for coach Pat Cullen’s Southern Minnesota Express of the NAHL ... Playedin 56 games and was the team’s top scoring defenseman with 43 points (6-37-43) ... Ranked fifthon the team in scoring by all players ... Third in the league in points by a defenseman ... Played inthe NAHL All-Star Game and the Top Prospect Tournament ... Team captain ... Also played 50games 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-confer-ence in hockey as a junior and senior ... All-conference and honorable mention all-state in base-ball as a senior.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 27 ... Parents are John and Lidia Kirby ... Has three brothers, Matt ,Dan and John ... Major is social sciences ... This past summer, travelled to Robbins AFB, Ga., on Operation Air Force ... Favorite TV show is The Office ... Is the securityofficer in his squadron ... Would like to work in the contracting or security forces career field after graduation ... On the athletic’s list ... Favorite movie is Step Brothers ...Hometown of Austin, Minn., is known as SpamTown, USA ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Hobbies are disc golfing, golfing and fishing ... Person inhistory he would most like to meet is Jesus ... Chose his number because that is what he wore in high school ... Credits his parents as having the greatest influence on hissports career ... Favorite NHL team is the New Jersey Devils ... Favorite NHL player is Minnesota Wild defenseman Brent Burns.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, several timesAssists: 5 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010Points: 5 vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010

tim KIRBY

25Defense Junior 6-1 205 Shoots: Right

Austin, Minn. (Southern Minnesota Express /NAHL)

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Kozlak’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2007-08 39 9 8 17 15-30 78 0 0 22008-09 41 5 10 15 16-32 70 0 3 02009-10 37 2 7 9 15-30 80 0 0 0Totals 117 16 25 41 46-92 228 0 3 2

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Played in all 37 games ... Two goals and seven assists for nine points ... Career-best threepoints (1-2-3) in the win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 26.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)Played in all 41 games ... Five goals and 15 points on the season ... Three short-handed goalswere second on the team and sixth in the nation ... 10 points in 28 AHA games ... Tied hisseason highs with two assists and two points in the win over Bemidji State ... First goal ofthe season and tied his career high with two points vs. Bentley in 5-1 win ... Two assists andtwo points in 5-1 win at Holy Cross.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)Played in all 39 games ... No. 2 freshman scorer on the team and the top goal scorer amongthe rookies ... Fifth on the team with nine goals ... 17 points in 39 games ... First careerpoint was an assist vs. Quinnipiac ... First career goal came vs. Mercyhurst ... Career-besttwo points vs. Mercyhurst, Nov. 3 ... Scored AFA’s only goal in the 2-1 loss at No. 3 Col-orado College ... Scored AFA’s only goal in the 3-1 loss to Mercyhurst, Feb. 8 ... Scored agoal vs. Canisius, Feb. 22 ... One assist vs. AIC, March 1 ... Scored a goal in the 9-2 win overBentley, March 7 ... Two assists in the win over Mercyhurst in the AHA Championshipgame ... Assisted on Josh Print’s goal vs. Miami in the NCAA Northeast Regional.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 36 games for coach Pat Cullen’s Southern Minnesota Express of the North Ameri-can Hockey League ... Had 26 points (12-14-26) in 36 games ... Had five points in 12 play-off games ... Graduated from Duluth Marshall High School ... Lettered four years in golf,three in hockey and two in soccer ... Golf team won the Minnesota state title ... Hockeyteam was third in the Minnesota state tournament.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 16 ... Parents are Joel and Jane Kozlak ... Has one sister, Trish, and one brother, Joe ... Major is management ... Minor is German ...On the commandant’s list for military excellence in 2009 ... Also on the athletic’s list ... This past summer, worked with the Academy’s honor department ...Served as the Force Support Squadron Commander in the Global Engagement program this past summer ... Future plans include earning his MBA and work-ing in the financial management field ... Is the honor officer in his squadron, educating other cadets about the honor code ... Favorite food is French toast ... Fa-vorite book is A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein ... Famous person he would like to meet is Arnold Palmer ... Greatest moment in sports was playing inthe NCAA Tournament ... Favorite sport other than hockey is golf ... Listens to country music before games ... Favorite movie is Jerry McGuire ... FavoriteNHL team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, several timesAssists: 2, several timesPoints: 3, vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 26, 2010

scott KOZLAK


Duluth, Minn. Southern Minnesota Express/NAHL

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Kruse’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP2009-10 34 5 8 13 2-4 57 2

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)Played in 34 games and had five goals and eight assists for 13 points ... Third on the team amongthe freshmen in points ... 10th in scoring overall on the team ... In his third career series, had sixpoints (1-5-6) in the sweep of RIT ... Career best three assists in the first game on Oct. 23 ... Onegoal and two assists in the second game ... Career best two goals, including the game-winner, inthe 6-3 win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 26.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed for coach Pat Cullen and the Owatonna Express of the NAHL ... Played 34 games for theExpress 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 … Ledhis 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.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Norm and Stacy Kruse ... Has two siblings, Mattand Alicia ... Major is management ... Long-term goal is to start his own business ... This pastsummer, completed Global Engagement and the Space Program ... Favorite TV show is That70’s Show ... Favorite movies are Inception and Happy Gilmore ... Favorite sport other thanhockey is golf ... Something not many people know about him is that he can play the piano ...Greatest moment in sports was scoring his first collegiate goal against RIT last season ... Hobbiesare golf and listening to music ... Favorite team is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is Black-hawk forward Dustin Byfuglien.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 2, vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 26, 2010

Assists: 3, vs. RIT, Oct. 23, 2009Points: 3, several times

john KRUSE


Eden Prairie, Minn. Owatonna Express/NAHL

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Lamoureux’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2006-07 (NM) 16 1 1 2 3-6 12 0 0 02008-09 (AF) 41 33 20 53 11-30 158 15 0 92009-10 (AF) 37 22 20 42 19-52 155 13 0 4Totals 94 56 41 97 33-88 325 28 0 13

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Voted to wear an “A” by his teammates ... First-team all-AHA ... Played in all 37 games ... Led team ingoals, points (22-20-42) and power play goals (13) ... Led the AHA and was third in nation with 13power play goals ... Tied for third in conference and 13th in the nation with 0.59 goals per game (22) ...In AHA games, tied for third in points (35), tied for first in goals (18) and first in power play goals (11) ...AHA player of the week with six points in AIC series ... Tied career best four points on Dec. 4 ... Scoredthe game-winner, his team-leading fourth of the season, against Army in the AHA Quarterfinals with 1:25left in the third period to send Air Force to the AHA Final Four... Scored AFA’s only goal in the 2-1 lossto Sacred Heart in the AHA semifinals ... The goal came with 1:29 left in third in extra skater situation.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)First-team INCH and second-team RBK/East coaches All-American ... One of 10 finalists for the HobeyBaker Memorial Award ... Named to the NCAA East Regional all-tournament team ... Named the AHAPlayer of the Year and a first-team all-league selection ... Played in all 41 games ... Led the nation in goals pergame (0.80), power play goals (15) and game-winners (9) ... Spent the majority of the season as the nationalleader in points per game ... Finished second with 1.29 points per game (33-20-53) ... In league games, wasfirst in points (38), goals (23), power-play goals (12) and game-winners (5) ... Named the Hockey Commis-sioner’s Association National Player of the Month (October) with 15 points (8-7-15) in seven games ... AHAPlayer of the Week three times (Oct. 20, Oct. 27 and Jan. 5) ... Career-best eight-game scoring streak, secondlongest by any Falcon ... Had two career-best four-game goal scoring streaks ... Four points (2-2-4) in firstSHU series ... Six points (3-3-6) in Bemidji State series ...First career hat trick vs. Bentley, Nov. 1 ... Two goalsat Yale ... Second career hat trick came in the 4-1 win over UConn, Feb. 7; also a PPG and GWG ...Scored twogoals vs. RIT, Feb. 27 ... Five points in three games vs. Sacred Heart to send AFA to the AHA Final Four ...Tied his career high with four points (2-2-4) vs. SHU on March 15 ... Scored AFA’s second goal in the 2-0 winover Michigan in the NCAA East Regional.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)Sat out the entire season due to NCAA transfer rules (Northern Michigan) ... Practiced with the team all year.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 16 games for the Northern Michigan Wildcats of the CCHA in 2006-07 ... Two points (1-1-2) on the season ... Played three seasons and 104 games for the Bis-marck Bobcats of the North American Hockey League ... Coached by Dane Litke and Chad Johnson ... Tied for ninth in the league in 2005-06 with 70 points (32-38-70) in 54 games ... Had 42 points (21-21-42) in 2004-05 ... Six points (3-3-6) in 2003-04 ... Graduated from Bismarck High School.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 40 ... Parents are Pierre and Linda Lamoureux ... Father was a goalie at the University of North Dakota and led the team to two nationalchampionships... Mom was a collegiate swimmer who has completed more than 20 marathons ... Has five siblings, Jean-Philippe, Pierre-Paul, Mario, and twin sisters,Monique and Jocelyne ... Jean-Philippe graduated from North Dakota ... A four-year letterman and two-year starter at goaltender, he led the Fighting Sioux to back-to-back Frozen Fours ... Pierre-Paul is a student assistant coach at North Dakota ... Mario is a junior forward at North Dakota ... Twin sisters, Monique and Jocelyne, aresophomores at the University of North Dakota ... Both earned a silver medal playing for Team USA in the 2010 Olympics ... Major is management ... On the superinten-dent’s list in the fall of 2007, the fall of 2009 and the spring of 2010 for excellence in academics, military and athletics ... On the commandant’s and athletic’s lists as asophomore ... Would like to work in the contracting career field after graduation ... Greatest moments in sports were winning the AHA Championship in 2009 andwatching his sisters play in the Olympics ... Hobbies are working out and reading ... Person in history he would like to meet is Jesus ... Credits his dad as having the great-est influence on his sports career ... Listens to Motley Crue before games ... Favorite NHL team is the Edmonton Oilers ... Favorite player is Hall of Famer Mark Messier.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 3 vs. Bentley, Nov. 1, 2008;

3 vs. UConn, Feb. 7, 2009Assists: 3, Bentley, Nov. 6, 2009Points: 4 vs. Bentley, Nov. 1, 2008;

AIC, Dec. 4, 2010SHU, Mar. 15, 2009

jacques LAMOUREUX

21Forward Senior 6-0 195 Shoots: Left

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Mathis’ Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2008-09 40 4 19 23 6-12 80 1 0 12009-10 37 2 14 16 16-32 81 1 0 0Totals 77 6 33 39 22-44 161 2 0 1

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)Played in all 37 games and was seventh on the team and second among the defensemen with 16points ... Tied his career best with two assists and two points against Alabama-Huntsville ... Firstgoal of the season came in the 3-3 tie with Bentley, Nov. 6 ... Power-play goal at RIT, Feb. 19 ...Tied his career best with two assists and two points in the win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, in theregular-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-rookieteam ... Second among freshman defensemen in the AHA with 12 points (3-9-12) in 28 leaguegames ... Seventh in the league and 40th in the nation in points by a freshman with 0.58 pergame ... Eighth in the league in points by a defenseman in all games with 0.58 (4-19-23)...Tied his career high of two assists vs. Bemidji State (Oct. 18) and Sacred Heart (Nov. 21) ...First career goal vs. SHU, Nov. 22 ... At least one point in 10 of the last 14 games ... Named tothe all-tournament team at the AHA Final Four.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 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 25points (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.

PERSONALMember 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 andsaid it “was the coolest thing I’ve ever done” ... This past summer, he worked the Falcon Sum-mer Sports Camps as a counselor and also travelled to Little Rock AFB, Ark., on Operation AirForce and flew in the C-130 aircraft ... On the dean’s list every semester and on the comman-dant’s list (military excellence) three times ... Would like to work in the contracting or acquisi-tions career fields after graduation ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Favoritemovie is No Country for Old Men ... Person in history he would most like to meet is John F.Kennedy ... Something not many people know about him is that he was at the Chicago White Sox game in 2009 when Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game ... Has wornhis current number since he was in juniors ... Favorite sport other than hockey is baseball ... Credits his dad as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Hob-bies are ping pong, Xbox and reading ... Favorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Jonathan Toews.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1 several timesAssists: 2, several timesPoints: 2, several times

scott MATHIS

23Defense Junior 6-1 190 Shoots: Left

Crystal Lake, Ill. Cedar Rapids Rough Riders/USHL

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Page’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2007-08 38 4 10 14 1-2 46 0 2 12008-09 40 6 7 13 5-10 63 1 0 12009-10 37 6 8 14 7-14 62 0 2 2Totals 115 16 25 41 13-26 171 1 4 4

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Played in all 37 games and had 14 points on six goals and eight assists ... Tied for fourth on theteam in goals and ninth on the team in points ... Tied for the team lead with two short-handedgoals and tied for fourth with two game-winners ... Career bests of two assists and three points inthe win over Bentley, Jan. 15 ... Career-best two goals and tied his career-best with three points inthe win over Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, in the regular-season finale.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)Played in 40 of the 41 games ... Six goals were 10th on the team while his 13 points were 11th ...Nine points in 28 league games ... Matched his season highs with one goal and one assist for twopoints vs. Bemidji State, Bentley and Holy Cross ... His goal midway through the third period inthe regular-season finale at RIT sealed the 3-1 win and clinched a share of the AHA regular-sea-son title for the Falcons ... Scored the game-winner against Army in the 3-2 win.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)AFA’s No. 3 freshman scorer (4-10-14) ... First career point was an assist vs. Mercyhurst,Nov. 2 ... First career goal, and game-winner, came the next night vs. the Lakers ... Threepoints in the Canisius series, Feb. 22-23 ... Season-best two points (1-1-2) in the secondgame ... Scored a goal vs. Bentley, March 7 ... Assisted on Josh Print’s goal in the NCAANortheast Regional vs. Miami.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 43 games for coach Dave McCauley’s Bay State Breakers of the Eastern JuniorHockey League ... Second on the team with 45 points (20-25-45) ... Named the team’s of-fensive player of the year in 2006-07 ... Played in the EJHL All-Star Game and Showcase ...Graduated from San Clemente High School.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 26 ... Parents are Kerry and Leslye Page ... Has two siblings,Taylor and Cody ... Major is management ... Worked the obstacle course at Basic CadetTraining this past summer and also worked at Summer Seminar ... Is the security officer inhis squadron, responsible for the safety and security of approximately 100 cadets ... Hasbeen on the commandant’s list twice for military excellence and the athletic’s list five times ... Plans to work in the space and missiles career field in the AirForce ... Long-term goal is to own his own business ... Favorite movie is Gladiator ... Favorite book is Harry Potter ... Favorite class is innovations ... Greatestmoment in sports was beating Michigan and playing in two NCAA Tournaments ... Wears No. 22 because he played football as a kid and his favorite playerwas Emmitt Smith (also No. 22) ... Person in history he would most like to meet is Napoleon ... Favorite sports other than hockey are football, golf and basket-ball ... Two greatest influences on his sports career were Andrew Sherman and Larry Barron ... Favorite NHL team is the Anaheim Ducks ... Favorite player isPavel Bure.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 2, vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010Assists: 2, vs. Bentley, Jan. 15, 2010Points: 3, vs. Bentley, Jan. 15, 2010;

vs. Sacred Heart, Feb. 27, 2010

blake PAGE


San Clemente, Calif. Bay State Breakers/EJHL

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Sellers’ Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2007-08 39 2 6 8 8-16 31 0 0 02008-09 38 0 12 12 9-18 41 0 0 02009-10 33 1 3 4 10-20 49 0 0 0Totals 110 3 21 24 27-54 121 0 0 0

2009-10 (JUNIOR)Played in 33 games and had three assists and four points ... One goal and one assist in the 5-4 winover RIT, Oct. 23.

2008-09 (SOPHOMORE)Played in 38 of the 41 games, missing three due to injury ... 12 assists were 10th on the team andfourth among the defensemen ... Eight assists in 26 AHA games ... Only multiple-point gamecame in the 4-1 win over UConn with two assists.

2007-08 (FRESHMAN)Played in all 39 games and had eight points ... First career goal came at Army, Jan. 25 ... Fiveassists in five different games ... Career-best two points (1-1-2) vs. Bentley, March 7.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed two years for coach Chris Wyler’s Springfield Junior Blues of the North American JuniorHockey League ... Played 57 games in 2006-07 and had 23 points (5-18-23) ... Played 57 gamesin 2005-06 and had nine points, all assists ... Graduated from Cherry Creek High School.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 33 ... Parents are Steve and Karen Sellers ... Has two younger broth-ers, Brian and Mike ... Major is management ... Minor is French ... Worked the obstacle courseduring Basic Cadet Training this past summer ... Is the chief of security in his squadron ... Plans towork in the space and missiles career field after graduation ... On the dean’s list once, the comman-dant’s list (military excellence) three times and the athletic’s list once ... Midget coach was formerColorado College coach Brad Buetow ... Favorite class is innovations ... Favorite movie is Predator... Favorite food is Chipotle burritos ... Person in history he would like to meet is Jerry Garcia ...Something not many people know about him is that he is a huge Grateful Dead fan ... Favoritesport other than hockey is lacrosse ... Hobbies are fishing, hiking, camping and biking ... Creditshis father as having the greatest influence on his sports career ... Listens to Young Jeezy and Lil’Wayne before games ... Long-term goal is to own his own hockey shop ... Favorite NHL team isthe Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is Columbus Blue Jacket defenseman Mike Com-modore.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1 several timesAssists: 2 vs. UConn, Feb. 7, 2009Points: 2, several times

brad SELLERS

3Defense Senior 6-1 180 Shoots: Right

Centennial, Colo. Springfield Jr. Blues/NAHL

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Walsh’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2009-10 20 0 3 3 2-4 13 0 0 0

2009-10 (FRESHMAN)Played in 20 games and had three points ... +2 on the season ... First career point came in his firstcareer 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 with1:25 left in the game as Air Force swept the playoff series and advanced to the AHA Final Four.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 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 ... Alsoplayed 60 games for the Steel in 2007-08 (3-8-11) and 57 games in 2006-07 (4-8-12) ... Gradu-ated from Vernon Hills High School ... Lettered two years in track.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 5 ... Parents are Mike and Marianne Walsh ... Has two sisters, Erinand Brigid ... Major is management ... This past summer, took a course in computer science,completed Global Engagement and flew unmanned aerials ... On the athletic’s list ... Plans towork in the acquisitions field after graduation and later get his MBA and work for a Fortune 500company ... Favorite class is Spanish ... Favorite movie is She’s Out of my League ... Listens to“Forever” by Drake before games ... Person in history he would most like to meet is formerPhiladelphia Flyers’ coach Fred Shero ... Greatest moment in sports was winning the USHL’sCurt Hammer Award ... Has worn the No. 24 since he started playing juniors ... Favorite sportsother than hockey are football and golf ... Credits his junior coach, Steve Poapst, with having thegreatest influence on his sports career ... Hobbies are listening to music and playing golf ... Fa-vorite NHL team is the Chicago Blackhawks ... Favorite player is Blackhawk defenseman NiklasHjalmarsson. CAREER HIGHS

Goals: 0Assists: 1, several times

Points: 1, several times

mike WALSH

24Defense Sophomore 5-10 195 Shoots: Right

Vernon Hills, Ill. Chicago Steel/USHL

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Weisgarber’s Career StatsYear GP G A PTS PIM SOG PP SH GW2008-09 41 6 6 12 6-12 63 0 0 02009-10 37 6 6 12 8-16 60 0 2 0Totals 78 12 12 24 14-28 123 0 2 0

2009-10 (SOPHOMORE)Played in all 37 games and matched his career highs with six goals and six assists for 12 points ...Tied for fourth on the team in goals and 11th in points ... Tied for the team lead with two short-handed goals ... Career-best two points (1-1-2) in the 5-3 win over AIC, Dec. 5 ... Tied career-high with two points (1-1-2) in the 3-0 win over Bentley, Jan. 16 ... Tied his career high for thethird 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 28conference 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-backgames 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 theNCAA East Regional final.

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 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 hardestworker 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 ... Teamcaptain ... Team MVP as a junior and senior ... Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONALMember 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 aftergraduation ... Long-term goal is to get his MBA and become a CEO of a major corporation ...This past summer, travelled to Morocco and Africa to study French as part of the Cadet Sum-mer Language Immersion Program ... Also worked Basic Cadet Training as the safety and med-ical NCO ... Also travelled to Langely AFB, Va., on Operation Air Force ... Has been on thesuperintendent’s list every semester for excellence in academics, athletics and military studies ...Favorite book is Freakonomics ... Listens to O.A.R. before games ... Favorite movie is HappyGilmore ... 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 “hardwork 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 NHLteam is the Minnesota Wild ... Favorite player is New Jersey Devil foward Zach Parise.

CAREER HIGHSGoals: 1, several timesAssists: 1, several timesPoints: 2, several times

paul WEISGARBER

10Forward Junior 5-9 170 Shoots: Left

Fargo, N.D. Waterloo Black Hawks/USHL

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16 JASON FABIANFreshman, F, 6-3, 190, Shoots: RightRoseau, Minn./Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCENamed to the NAHL all-Central Division team …Played in 57 regular-season games for the Bis-marck Bobcats of the NAHL … Played for coachByron Pool ... Tied for ninth in the league with 58points 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 last season, he had six goals and 10 assists,the third-most goals and third-most points among all NAHL players … Namedto the all-tournament team at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup as he helped lead theBobcats to the national championship … Scored a goal in the championshipgame … Also played 55 games for the Bobcats in 2008-09 and had 39 pointson 17 goals and 22 assists ... Graduated from Roseau High School ... Letteredfour years in hockey and three in track and football ... All-state honorable men-tion as a senior in football ... Team captain as a senior ... Hockey team won thestate championship in 2007 ... Track team captain and MVP as a senior ...Member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 37 ... Parents are Dan and Roxanne Fabian ... Hastwo older brothers, Mark and Erik ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHLteam is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite player is former Av Joe Sakic.

7 CASEY KLEISINGERFreshman, F, 5-10, 170, Shoots: RightEdwards, Colo./Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed in 55 regular-season games for the Bis-marck Bobcats of the NAHL … Played for coachByron Pool ... Selected to play in the Central Di-vision Top Prospects tournament … Earned Cen-tral 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 theleague in points … Led the team with nine power-play goals … In 10 playoffgames, had 14 points on five goals and nine assists, the fourth most of anyplayer 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 Bobcatsto the national championship … Scored the game-winning goal in the champi-onship game … Played 53 games for the Bobcats in 2008-09 and had 23 pointson nine goals and 14 assists ... Bobcats’ playoff MVP as the Bobcats won theCentral Division ... Graduated from Middleton High School ... Lettered threeyears in hockey and soccer and two in track ... Was third in the state in points in2004-05 in Colorado ... First-team all-conference and all-state honorable men-tion in 2005-06.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 35 ... Parents are Terry and Laurie Kleisinger ...Has one brother, Cody ... Father was a goalie for the University of Wiscon-sin, played for the New York Rangers and was the goalie coach at ColoradoCollege from 2000-04 ... Returned to Colorado College in 2009-10 as thegoalie coach and is currently in that position ... Major is undecided ... Fa-vorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite NHL player is for-mer Av Peter Forsberg.

6 ADAM MCKENZIEFreshman, D, 5-11, 175, Shoots: LeftPetaluma, Calif./Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCENamed to the NAHL all-West Division team …Played in 56 regular-season games for the We-natchee Wild of the NAHL … Played for coachPaul Baxter ... Ranked eighth in the league inpoints by a defenseman with 31 points on nine

goals and 22 assists … Five power-play goals, one short-handed goal andone game-winner … In 10 playoff games last season, he had seven points,all assists, the third-most of any defenseman … Named to the all-tourna-ment team at the NAHL’s Robertson Cup as he helped lead the Wild to thetournament’s semifinals … In 2008-09, had 28 points in 57 regular-seasongames on four goals and 24 assists … Earned the NAHL Academic Achieve-ment award ... Graduated from St. Vincent High School ... Played two yearsof high school baseball and was the league MVP.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 11 ... Parents are Tom and Cynthia McKenzie ...Has one sister, Monica ... Major is undecided ... Favorite NHL team is theSan Jose Sharks ... Favorite player is Sharks’ defenseman Dan Boyle.

18 GEORGE MICHALKE IIIFreshman, F, 6-0, 165, Shoots: RightParma, Ohio/Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCESpent two and half seasons in the USHL beforecompleting his junior career with the FairbanksIce Dogs of the NAHL … Played for coach JoshHauge ... Played 10 games late last season withthe Ice Dogs and had one goal and three assists

for four points … Named to the all-tournament team at the NAHL’s Robert-son Cup as he scored six points in 10 games as his team placed second …Early last season, played 22 games for the Sioux Falls Stampede and had 10points on three goals and seven assists … In 2008-09, played 44 games forthe Stampede and had 15 points (8-7-15) … Played 42 games for the OhioJunior Blue Jackets of the USHL in 2007-08 and had 11 points on four goalsand seven assists ... Graduated from University High School.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 12 ... Parents are George, Jr., and KathleenMichalke ... Has one brother, Matthew ... Major is undecided ... FavoriteNHL team is the Philadelphia Flyers ... Favorite NHL player is Flyer leftwinger Scott Hartnell.

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2 JACOB MUSSELMANFreshman, D, 5-8, 175, Shoots: RightLittleton, Colo.Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed in 36 regular-season games for the BrownBears and had one goal and nine assists … Playedfor coach Oliver David ... In 2008-09, played 57games for the Brown Bears and had three goalsand 17 assists for 20 points ... Graduated from

Coronado High School in Colorado Springs.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 32 ... Parents are William and Tammy Musselman... Has three siblings, Amber, Matt and Kayla ... Future goals are to go tograduate school and work in the space and missiles field ... Favorite team isthe Anaheim Mighty Ducks ... Favorite player is retired winger Pavel Bure.

28 AARON QUICKFreshman, D, 6-3, 205, Shoots: RightMonument, Colo.Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed the first 30 games last season with theWichita Falls Wildcats and had 16 points onseven goals and nine assists at forward …Played for coach Byron Poole ... Traded to the

Bismarck Bobcats and played the final 15 games, scoring seven points (3-4-7) … Earned South Division Player of the Week … Played nine playoffgames and scored four goals and one assist ... Graduated from Lewis-PalmerHigh School.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 33 ... Parents are Frank Quick and MeganMcGee ... Major is undecided ... Long-term goal is to become an orthopedicsurgeon ... Favorite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche ... Favorite playeris Boston Bruin Milan Lucic.

20 TONY THOMASFreshman, F, 6-2, 195, Shoots: LeftSouth Lyon, Mich.Topeka Roadrunners (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 58 regular-season games for the TopekaRoadrunners of the NAHL … Played for coachScott Langer ... Ranked third in the league with11 power-play goals and was 11th with a +20plus-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 ... Graduatedfrom 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.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 19 ... Parents are Christopher and DeborahThomas ... Has one brother, Nick ... Major is management ... Favorite NHLteam is the Detroit Red Wings ... Favorite NHL player is Red Wing centerMike Modano.

13 RYAN TIMARFreshman, F, 5-10, 180, Shoots: RightNovi, Mich./Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEStarted the 2009-10 season with the AlpenaIcediggers of the NAHL and had 29 points (15-14-29) in 35 games … Played for coaches JackFritsche and Paul Baxter ... Traded to the We-natchee Wild and played 13 games, scoring sixgoals and six assists … In 10 playoff games with

the Wild, had 10 points (6-4-10), third-most on the team … Played 53 games forAlpena in 2008-09, 37 points (11-26-37) … Graduated from Novi High School.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 39 ... Parents are Jeff and Lori Timar ... Hasfour sisters, Kerri, Kristi, Kelli and Kati ... Major is undecided ... Long-termgoal is to become an orthopedic surgeon ... Favorite NHL team is the De-troit Red Wings ... Favorite player is Red Wing foward Johan Franzen.

29 JASON TORFFreshman,G, 5-11, 180, Catches: LeftHermosa Beach, Calif.Motor City Metal Jackets (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed in 24 regular-season games with the MetalJackets and ranked sixth in the league with a .916saves percentage … Played for coach David Cole... His 2.85 goals-against average ranked ninth inthe league … Went 1-1 in the playoffs with a .938

saves percentage and a 2.60 GAA ... Graduated from Culver Academy ... Let-tered four years in hockey and three in soccer ... Soccer team captain and all-conference twice ... Earned his school’s best athlete award and was academicall-state.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 20 ... Parents are Kevin and Susan Torf ... Hastwo siblings, Kyle and Caleigh ... Long-term goal is to be an aeronauticalengineer and design airplanes ... Favorite NHL team is the Detroit RedWings ... Favorite player is St. Louis goaltender Jaroslav Halak.

26 MITCH TORRELFreshman, F, 6-1, 185, Shoots: RightMonticello, Minn./Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)

BEFORE AIR FORCEPlayed 43 games for the Wenatchee Wild of theNAHL … 15 goals and five assists for 20 points… Six game-winners, four power-play goalsand one shortie … Ranked sixth on the team ingoals … 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 forthe Wild and had 15 points (8-7-15) … Also played 36 games for the AlbertLea Thunder and had 11 goals and nine assists ... Graduated from Monti-cello High School ... Lettered four years in hockey.

PERSONALMember of Cadet Squadron 30 ... Parents are Stephen and Kendel Torrel ...Has one brother, Gage ... Father and uncle played for Minnesota-Duluth ..Godfather won a Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2001 ... Plans to majorin foreign area studies ... Favorite NHL teams are the Minnesota Wild andDetroit Red Wings.

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Each of the last two years, mem-bers of the hockey team have wel-comed fans to the Cadet Ice Arenafor Skate with the Falcons night.Each of the last two years, morethan 500 people have taken the

ice with the Falcons (above, rightand far right).

Members of the Air Force hockey team havevolunteered their time on numerous occasionssuch as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foun-

dation (below), the MS Walk for the Cure(center) and the Kid Force ice cream social

(right).

TTHHEE OOPPPPOONNEENNTTSS

Atlantic Hockey Association

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A new chapter in the history of college hockey was usheredinto existence when the Atlantic Hockey Association was cre-ated on June 30, 2003, by nine charter members. The sixth Di-vision I men's ice hockey conference arose when the foundingmembers - American International, Bentley, Canisius, UConn,Holy Cross, Mercyhurst, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, and theUnited States Military Academy (Army) - required an organi-zation that represented their specific hockey needs.

Quinnipiac, after a two-year stay in Atlantic Hockey, announced on August24, 2004, that the Bobcats would be leaving and joining the ECAC HockeyLeague. Four months later the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) an-nounced their hockey program would jump to Division I and joined AtlanticHockey in the 2006-07 season. Beginning in 2006-07, Air Force joined AtlanticHockey, making the move from the College Hockey America conference. TheAHA expanded to 12 teams with the additions of Robert Morris and Niagara be-ginning withthe 2010-11 season.

In 2005-06, Holy Cross earned its second Atlantic Hockey Association regu-lar season and tournament crowns. The Crusaders posted the first ever NCAATournament victory as Holy Cross defeated top-seed Minnesota, 4-3, in over-time at the West Regional in Grand Forks, N.D. Air Force nearly pulled off an-other upset in 2006-07 as the Falcons pushed top-seeded Minnesota to the brinkin the NCAA West Regional in Denver. Air Force led, 3-1, with just over eightminutes left in the third period, but fell to the Gophers, 4-3. Air Force became thefirst AHA team to earn back-to-back championships and again advanced to theNCAA Tournament. The Falcons again scared one of the “Big Boys” of collegehockey, leading second-ranked Miami, 2-1, in the third period. However, theRedHawks 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 NCAATournament 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 advancedto the Frozen Four, but fell to 10th-ranked Vermont, 3-2, in dou-ble overtime in the regional final. Then, in 2010, RIT beat Den-ver and New Hampshire to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four.

Robert DeGregorio, a former commissioner of Hockey East, was named theconference's first commissioner and held an integral role in the development ofthe league as play between the nine squads began in the fall of 2003. As the sea-son unfolded, the fledgling conference made its mark in college hockey with vic-tories over non-conference opponents such as Ohio State and Western Michigan(CCHA), Rensselaer (ECAC), Merrimack (Hockey East) and Wayne State(CHA), along with an exciting chase to claim the first-ever regular season title.Holy Cross secured the league's first regular season title, and followed up the featby capturing the tournament championship, sending the Crusaders to the NCAATournament for the first time in the program's, along with the league's, history.

Success in the classroom is as important as success on the ice among themember institutions of Atlantic Hockey as more than 300 student-athletes havegarnered All-Academic honors by the Atlantic Hockey Association.

Currently, Atlantic Hockey spans a total of five states, reaching from the At-lantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. Members reside in Colorado (Air Force),Connecticut (University of UConn, Sacred Heart), Massachusetts (AmericanInternational, Bentley, Holy Cross), New York (Army, Canisius, Niagara andRIT), and Pennsylvania (Mercyhurst and Robert Morris).

Tickets will be available at the

arena box office, online at Ticket-

master.com, Ticketmaster charge

by phone at (585) 232-1900 or any

Ticketmaster ticket center BLUE CROSS ARENA IN ROCHESTER, N.Y.Site of the 2010-11 Atlantic Hockey Final Four

AHA MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Atlantic Hockey Association is to provide its

members with a positive NCAA Division I college hockey experience fostering competitive

excellence, championship play and recognition of teams and individual student-athletes and

coaches. Atlantic Hockey is committed to academic excellence, a high level of competitive-

ness, sportsmanship and fair play within the context of athletic integrity.

AHA CORE VALUES: Educational experience for student-athletes (life skills), Sportsman-

ship, 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, team-

work, service to community and the competitive, inspired spirit of its membership.

2009-10 AHA STANDINGSAHA AHA Overall

Seed Pts W-L-T GP W-L-T1. RIT 45 22-5-1 28 28-12-12. Sacred Heart 35 16-9-3 28 21-13-43. Air Force 34 14-8-6 28 16-15-64. Mercyhurst 33 15-10-3 28 15-20-35. Canisius 30 13-11-4 28 17-15-56. Army 26 10-12-6 28 11-18-77. Holy Cross 25 10-13-5 28 12-19-68. Bentley 22 10-15-3 28 12-19-49. UConn 15 6-19-3 28 7-27-310. AIC 15 5-19-4 28 5-24-4

AHA FINAL FOUR

Friday, March 19 (AHA Semifinals-Rochester,N.Y.)No. 5 Canisius 0 vs. No. 1 RIT 4No 3 Air Force 1 vs. No. 2 Sacred Heart 2

Saturday, March 20 (AHA Champ.-Rochester,N.Y.)No. 2 Sacred Heart 1, No. 1 RIT, 6

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AIC ALASKA-ANCHORAGE ALASKA-FAIRBANKS ARMY

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Springfield, Mass. Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska West Point, N.Y.

Ennollment: 1,700 20,242 9,828 4,400

Conference: Atlantic Hockey WCHA CCHA Atlantic Hockey

Nickname: Yellow Jackets Seawolves Nanooks Black Knights

Arena: Olympia Ice Center Sullivan Arena Carlson Center Tate Rink

Capacity: 2,200 6,251 4,595 2,658

Press Box Phone: 413-205-3930 907-279-2071 907-451-1800 845-938-5116

HEAD COACH

Head Coach: Gary Wright Dave Shyiak Dallas Ferguson Brian Riley

Alma Mater/Year: Vermont/1976 Northern Michigan/1993 Alaska/1996 Brown/1983

Record at School: 263-454-54 (26 yrs) 51-109-21 (5 yrs.) 17-18-6 (2 yrs) 83-102-32 (6 yrs.)

Career Record: Same Same Same Same

Coach’s Phone: 413-205-3522 907-786-6103 907-474-6861 845-938-3711

2009-10 Record: 5-24-4 11-23-5 17-18-6 11-19-6

Conf. Record/Finish: 5-19-4/10th 9-17-2/T8th 17-16-6/2nd 10-12-6/6th

Lettermen Ret./Lost: 20/4 15/8 17/6 24/3

SPORTS INFORMATION

SID: Darryl Konicki TBA Jamie Foland Bob Beretta

Hockey SID: Mike Getto Dallas Baldwin Cory Weibel Ryan Yanoshak

Office Phone: 413-654-1425 907-786-GOAL 907-474-6805 845-938-7197

Cell Phone: TBA 774-239-6809 TBA 845-406-1130

SID E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Website: AICYellowJackets.com GoSeawolves.com AlaskaNanooks.com GoArmySports.com

BENTLEY CANISIUS COLO. COLLEGE UCONN

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Waltham, Mass. Buffalo, N.Y. Colorado Springs, Colo. Storrs, Conn.

Enrollment: 4,016 3,196 2,034 29,517

Conference: Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey WCHA Atlantic Hockey

Nickname: Falcons Golden Griffins Tigers Huskies

Arena: John A. Ryan Arena Buffalo State Arena Colo. Springs World Arena Mark Edward Freitas Forum

Capacity: 1,200 1,800 7,343 2,000

Press Box Phone: N/A 585-615-5316 719-540-6520 860-486-6745

HEAD COACH

Head Coach: Ryan Soderquist Dave Smith Scott Owens Bruce Marshall

Alma Mater/Year: Bentley/2000 Ohio State/1992 Colo. College/1979 UConn/1985

Record at School: 97-154-8 (8 yrs.) 62-97-22 (5 yrs.) 258-150-38 (11 yrs.) 301-336-60 (22 yrs.)


Coach’s Phone: 781-891-2492 716-888-2957 719-389-6480 860-486-3072

2009-10 Record: 12-19-4 17-15-5 19-17-3 7-27-3

Conf. Record/Finish: 10-15-3/8th 13-11-4/5th 12-13-3/6th 6-19-3/9th


SPORTS INFORMATION

SID: Dick Lipe Matt Reitnour Dave Moross Mike Enright

Hockey SID: Kyle Mack Jason Veniskey Dave Moross Matt Lee

Office Phone: 781-891-2417 716-888-3767 719-389-6755 860-486-1498

Cell Phone: 646-387-2427 585-615-5316 719-492-4347 TBA


Website: BentleyFalcons.com GoGriffs.com CCTigers.com UConnHuskies.com

Opponents

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DENVER HOLY CROSS MERCYHURST NIAGARA

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Denver, Colo. Worcester, Mass. Erie, Pa. Niagara, N.Y.

Enrollment: 11,644 2,866 4,055 3,853

Conference: WCHA Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey

Nickname: Pioneers Crusaders Lakers Purple Eagles

Arena: Magness Arena Hart Center Mercyhurst Ice Center Dwyer Arena

Capacity: 6,026 1,600 1,300 2,100

Press Box Phone: 303-871-3922 508-793-3978 814-824-2167 TBA

HEAD COACH

Head Coach: George Gwozdecky Paul Pearl Rick Gotkin Dave Burkholder

Alma Mater/Year: Wisconsin/1978 Holy Cross/1989 Brockport/1982 RIT/1984

Record at School: 373-227-50 (16 yrs.) 214-207-48 (14 yrs.) 399-272-52 (21 yrs) 156-141-32 (9 yrs.)

Career Record: 456-321-69 (22 yrs.) Same Same Same

Coach’s Phone: 303-871-3397 508-793-2326 814-824-2542 716-286-8780

2009-10 Record: 27-10-4 13-20-5 15-20-3 12-20-4

Conf. Record/Finish: 19-5-4/1st 10-15-3/7th 15-10-3/4th 6-10-2/T3rd/CHA


SPORTS INFORMATION

SID: Erich Bacher Charles Bare Lauren Packer Webster TBA

Hockey SID: Erich Bacher Jim Wrobel Erik Kaminski Chris Smith

Office Phone: 303-871-2390 508-793-2583 814-824-3338 716-286-8724

Cell Phone: 720-318-5538 TBA 412-302-1278 716-628-0833


Website: DenverPioneers.com GoHolyCross.com HurstAthletics.com PurpleEagles.com

RIT ROBERT MORRIS SACRED HEART YALE

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Rochester, N.Y. Moon Township, Pa. Fairfield, Conn. North Haven, Conn.

Enrollment: 17,000 5,000 3,400 5,200

Conference: Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey ECAC

Nickname: Tigers Colonials Pioneers Bulldogs

Arena: Frank Ritter Arena Island Sports Center Milford Ice Pavilion Ingalls Rink

Capacity: 2,100 1,500 1,000 3,500

Press Box Phone: 585-475-5537 412-865-4907 203-913-4898 203-432-0778

HEAD COACH

Head Coach: Wayne Wilson Derek Schooley C.J. Marotolo Keith Allain

Alma Mater/Year: Bowling Green/1984 Western Michigan/1994 Northeastern/1989 Yale/1980

Record at School: 216-103-25 (11 yrs.) 65-102-27 (6 yrs.) 21-13-4 (1 yr.) 72-49-12 (4 yrs.)


Coach’s Phone: 585-475-2223 412-397-4477 203-8814-4550 203-432-4747

2009-10 Record: 28-12-1 10-19-6 21-13-4 21-10-3

Conf. Record/Finish: 22-5-1/1st 6-10-4/2nd/CHA 16-9-3/1st 15-5-2/1st


SPORTS INFORMATION

SID: Stephen Jaynes Jim Duzyk Gene Gumbs Steve Conn

Hockey SID: Stephen Jaynes Jeff Symonds Shaun Ihasz Steve Conn

Office Phone: 585-475-6154 412-397-4953 203-365-4813 203-432-1455

Cell Phone: 585-755-0756 TBA TBA TBA


Website: RITathletics.com rmucolonials.com SacredHeartPioneers.com Yalebulldogs.com

AICSeries Record: 19-0-1

Jan. 4, 1980 W 6-3 N*

Oct. 13, 2000 W 4-2 H

Oct. 14, 2000 W 4-2 H

Oct. 24, 2003 W 5-1 H

Oct. 25, 2003 W 5-1 H

Oct. 16, 2004 W 4-0 N&

Dec. 10, 2004 W 5-4 A

Dec. 11, 2004 W 2-0 A

Nov. 17, 2006 W 6-1 H

Nov. 19, 2006 W 3-0 H

Feb. 23, 2007 W 6-2 A

Feb. 24, 2007 W 5-1 A

Nov. 30, 2007 W 6-3 A

Dec. 1, 2007 W 4-2 A

Feb. 29, 2008 T 2-2 ot H

Mar. 1, 2008 W 5-0 H

Oct. 24, 2008 W 5-2 A

Oct. 25, 2008 W 3-1 A

Dec. 4, 2009 W 5-3 H

Dec. 5, 2009 W 6-2 H

* at Merrimack Tournament

& Q-Cup Tournament

Alaska-AnchorageSeries Record: 7-12-1

Nov. 29, 1974 W 7-3 A

Nov. 30, 1974 W 4-3 A

Jan. 23, 1981 W 4-3 ot H

Jan. 24, 1981 W 7-6 ot H

Feb. 25, 1983 L 4-5 H

Feb. 26, 1983 L 2-3 H

Nov. 25, 1983 L 4-7 H

Nov. 26, 1983 L 4-6 H

Dec. 30, 1983 L 4-8 A

Dec. 31, 1983 L 0-5 A

Jan. 15, 1988 W 6-4 H

Jan. 16, 1988 W 4-3 H

Feb. 10, 1989 W 8-7 H

Feb. 11, 1989 T 7-7 ot H

Mar. 6, 1992 L 2-3 A

Feb. 26, 1993 L 0-3 A

Feb. 27, 1993 L 0-4 A

Dec. 4, 1998 L 1-3 A

Dec. 5, 1998 L 0-2 A

Oct. 17, 2003 L 4-5 A

Alaska-FairbanksSeries Record: 5-16-1

Feb. 4, 1989 L 3-4 ot H

Feb. 5, 1989 L 4-6 H

Feb. 9, 1990 W 5-2 H

Feb. 10, 1990 W 8-5 H

Feb. 8, 1991 T 4-4 ot H

Feb. 9, 1991 L 0-6 H

Nov. 29, 1991 L 0-3 A

Nov. 30, 1991 L 3-4 A

Feb. 14, 1992 L 1-3 H

Feb. 15, 1992 W 7-5 H

Feb. 12, 1993 L 2-9 H

Feb. 13, 1993 L 1-11 H

Dec. 3, 1993 L 1-6 A

Dec. 4, 1993 L 4-10 A

Feb. 25, 1994 W 2-1 H

Feb. 26, 1994 L 2-5 H

Jan. 13, 1995 W 4-3 ot H

Jan. 14, 1995 L 2-9 H

Jan. 31, 1997 L 4-6 A

Feb. 1, 1997 L 3-6 A

Oct. 13, 2006 L 0-3 A

Oct. 14, 2006 L 4-8 A

ArmySeries Record: 29-19-3

Jan. 23, 1976 L 0-3 A

Jan. 24, 1976 W 9-2 A

Jan. 28, 1977 W 6-3 H

Jan. 29, 1977 W 6-2 H

Oct. 27, 1989 L 2-4 A

Oct. 28, 1989 L 0-4 A

Oct. 26, 1990 W 5-2 H

Oct. 27, 1990 T 3-3 ot H

Feb. 7, 1992 W 7-3 A

Feb. 8, 1992 L 4-5 A

Dec. 30, 1992 L 3-5 A

Jan. 29, 1993 W 5-2 H

Jan. 30, 1993 W 4-1 H

Jan. 21, 1994 W 7-3 A

Jan. 22, 1994 L 4-6 A

Feb. 17, 1995 W 5-2 H

Feb. 18, 1995 W 9-6 H

Feb. 16, 1996 L 1-3 A

Feb. 17, 1996 L 0-7 A

Feb. 28, 1997 L 3-6 H

Mar. 1, 1997 W 5-2 H

Feb. 27, 1998 W 3-2 A

Feb. 28, 1998 W 5-3 A

Jan. 3, 1999 W 2-1 A

Feb. 27, 1999 W 4-3 H

Feb. 28, 1999 T 3-3 ot H

Mar. 3, 2000 W 4-2 A

Mar. 4, 2000 W 3-0 A

Mar. 2, 2001 L 2-5 H

Mar. 3, 2001 W 4-3 H

Dec. 7, 2001 W 4-2 A

Dec. 8, 2001 W 5-4 A

Jan. 18, 2003 L 1-2 H

Jan. 19, 2003 L 1-2 H

Jan. 16, 2004 L 3-4 A

Jan. 17, 2004 W 3-0 A

Jan. 14, 2005 W 5-2 H

Jan. 15, 2005 W 2-1 H

Nov. 11, 2005 L 0-3 A

Nov. 12, 2005 L 3-4 ot A

Jan. 19, 2007 W 4-1 H

Jan. 20, 2007 L 0-2 H

Mar. 17, 2007 W 6-1 N&

Jan. 25, 2008 L 1-2 A

Jan. 27, 2008 L 1-2 A

Jan. 23, 2009 W 5-1 H

Jan. 24, 2009 W 3-2 H

Jan. 29, 2010 L 2-4 A

Jan. 30, 2010 T 3-3 ot A

Mar. 12, 2010 W 3-0 H*

Mar. 13, 2010 W 4-2 H*

& AHA Championship game,

Rochester, N.Y.

* AHA Quarterfinal series at USAFA

BentleySeries Record: 19-6-3

Dec. 11, 1998 L 4-8 H

Dec. 29, 2001 W 6-1 N

Oct. 25, 2002 W 5-2 H

Oct. 26, 2002 W 6-2 H

Oct. 10, 2003 W 4-2 N&

Nov. 7, 2003 W 4-3 A

Nov. 8, 2003 W 4-3 A

Oct. 15, 2004 T 2-2 ot N&

Oct. 14, 2005 L 1-3 N&

Oct. 20, 2006 W 5-1 H

Oct. 21, 2006 L 5-6 H

Jan. 26, 2007 L 1-3 A

Jan. 27, 2007 W 2-0 A

Oct. 26, 2007 L 0-4 A

Oct. 27, 2007 W 3-1 A

Feb. 1, 2008 T 4-4 ot H

Feb. 2, 2008 W 3-1 H

Mar. 7, 2008 W 9-2 H#

Mar. 8, 2008 W 3-1 H#

Oct. 31, 2008 W 5-1 H

Nov. 1, 2008 W 8-2 H

Feb. 13, 2009 W 3-2 A

Feb. 14, 2009 L 1-4 A

Mar. 20, 2009 W 3-0 N^

Nov. 6, 2009 T 3-3 ot H

Nov. 7, 2009 W 3-0 H

Jan. 15, 2010 W 6-3 A

Jan. 16, 2010 W 3-0 A

& Q-Cup Tournament

# AHA Quarterfinals, USAFA

^ AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y.

CanisiusSeries Record: 5-5-2

Nov. 11, 2006 W 5-3 A

Nov. 12, 2006 L 1-4 A

Feb. 16, 2007 L 2-4 H

Feb. 17, 2007 W 5-0 H

Dec. 7, 2007 T 3-3 ot H

Dec. 8, 2007 T 3-3 ot H

Feb. 22, 2008 W 3-0 A

Feb. 23, 2008 W 4-3 A

Jan. 16, 2009 L 4-5 H

Jan. 17, 2009 L 2-4 H

Oct. 31, 2010 L 1-3 A

Nov. 1, 2010 W 4-1 A

Colorado CollegeSeries Record: 7-57-2

Dec. 5, 1969 L 1-5 H

Dec. 6, 1969 L 2-8 A

Jan. 15, 1971 L 5-8 H

Jan. 16, 1971 T 7-7 ot A

Feb. 12, 1971 W 7-4 H

Feb. 13, 1971 L 5-8 A

Jan. 19, 1972 L 4-12 H

Feb. 16, 1972 L 3-11 A

Mar. 5, 1972 W 10-5 H

Dec. 8, 1972 L 3-6 H

Dec. 9, 1972 L 4-6 H

Jan. 23, 1973 L 4-14 A

Feb. 21, 1973 L 6-9 A

Nov. 30, 1973 L 1-15 H

Dec. 1, 1973 L 4-6 A

Jan. 15, 1975 W 1-0 A

Feb. 19, 1975 W 7-6 ot H

Feb. 11, 1977 L 2-7 A

Feb. 13, 1977 L 4-5 H

Dec. 9, 1977 L 5-7 A

Dec. 10, 1977 L 5-6 ot H

Dec. 5, 1978 W 6-1 H

Feb. 6, 1979 L 3-8 A

Dec. 11, 1979 L 4-7 H

Feb. 5, 1980 L 2-3 A

Nov. 21, 1980 L 2-6 H

Nov. 22, 1980 L 1-6 A

Dec. 1, 1981 L 2-4 H

Jan. 12, 1982 L 4-10 A

Dec. 14, 1983 L 6-7 H

Nov. 16, 1984 L 4-13 H

Nov. 17, 1984 L 3-6 A

Nov. 8, 1985 L 3-8 H

Nov. 9, 1985 W 6-5 ot A

Nov. 14, 1986 L 3-8 A

Nov. 15, 1986 L 6-7 H

Nov. 13, 1987 L 1-5 A

Nov. 28, 1988 L 2-5 H

Nov. 10, 1989 T 3-3 ot H

Nov. 11, 1989 L 1-7 A

Jan. 22, 1991 L 1-3 A

Jan. 29, 1991 L 3-4 H

Dec. 10, 1991 L 1-4 A

Jan. 10, 1992 L 2-4 H

Nov. 11, 1992 L 3-12 A

Feb. 23, 1993 L 2-6 H

Nov. 12, 1993 L 1-9 H

Nov. 13, 1993 L 1-5 A

Nov. 25, 1994 L 2-4 H

Nov. 26, 1994 L 1-10 H

Dec. 5, 1995 L 2-4 H

Jan. 7, 1997 L 2-3 ot H

Jan. 6, 1998 L 1-2 H

Feb. 24, 1998 L 2-6 A

Nov. 28, 1998 L 2-8 A

Jan. 28, 2000 L 0-10 A

Dec. 1, 2000 L 1-4 A

Jan. 25, 2002 L 1-8 A

Nov. 29, 2002 L 0-7 H

Nov. 28, 2003 L 2-4 A

Oct. 22, 2004 L 1-4 H

Oct. 22, 2005 L 3-6 A

Oct. 6, 2006 L 1-2 H

Jan. 19, 2008 L 1-2 A

Nov. 28, 2009 W 4-1 H

Feb. 5, 2010 L 0-2 A

ConnecticutSeries Record: 15-3-3

Jan. 2, 1987 W 7-5 H

Jan. 3, 1987 W 7-4 H

Nov. 26, 1993 W 5-2 H

Nov. 27, 1993 W 5-2 H

Jan. 2, 1998 W 8-0 H

Jan. 3, 1998 W 6-2 H

Jan. 5, 2001 W 3-0 H

Jan. 6, 2001 W 2-1 H

Dec. 29, 2003 L 0-1 A

Dec. 7, 2006 W 4-2 A

Dec. 8, 2006 L 5-7 A

Nov. 16, 2007 W 3-2 H

Nov. 17, 2007 L 2-3 ot H

Dec. 29, 2008 T 2-2 ot A*

Jan. 3, 2009 W 4-3 A

Nov. 20, 2009 T 2-2 ot A

Nov. 21, 2009 W 3-1 A

Feb. 6, 2009 W 3-2 H

Feb. 7, 2009 W 4-1 H

Jan. 8, 2010 W 2-1 H

Jan. 9, 2010 T 2-2 ot H

* UConn Tournament

Scores vs. Opponents

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DenverSeries Record: 3-29-0

Jan. 26, 1972 L 3-6 A

Feb. 11, 1973 L 3-4 ot A

Nov. 23, 1973 L 4-6 A

Jan. 21, 1975 L 4-7 A

Jan. 13, 1976 L 6-11 H

Feb. 11, 1976 L 3-11 A

Feb. 1, 1977 W 9-8 A

Jan. 10, 1978 L 3-7 H

Feb. 14, 1978 L 3-7 H

Jan. 15, 1980 W 5-3 A

Feb. 12, 1980 L 1-11 A

Jan. 27, 1981 L 2-10 A

Feb. 10, 1981 L 2-5 H

Feb. 2, 1982 L 0-7 A

Feb. 1, 1983 L 4-11 H

Feb. 7, 1984 L 3-4 A

Jan. 22, 1985 L 1-8 H

Jan. 21, 1986 L 2-5 A

Jan. 13, 1987 L 6-9 H

Dec. 27, 1995 L 1-11 A

Feb. 5, 1999 L 3-7 H

Feb. 25, 2000 L 0-4 A

Dec. 29, 2000 L 2-5 A

Jan. 20, 2002 L 1-2 (#1) H

Nov. 30, 2002 L 0-7 A

Nov. 29, 2003 L 1-4$ H

Jan. 1, 2005 L 4-9$ A

Oct. 21, 2005 L 2-4 H

Nov. 24, 2006 L 1-2 A

Jan. 18, 2008 W 5-2 H

Nov. 29, 2008 L 1-4 A

Feb. 6, 2010 L 1-2 ot H

$ National Champions

Holy CrossSeries Record: 17-5-6

Feb. 5, 1993 W 4-3 H

Feb. 6, 1993 W 8-0 H

Oct. 23, 1998 T 5-5 ot H

Oct. 24, 1998 W 5-2 H

Oct. 22, 1999 W 3-2 A

Oct. 23, 1999 W 6-2 A

Oct. 19, 2001 W 4-3 H

Oct. 20, 2001 L 6-7 H

Dec. 30, 2001 W 5-1 N*

Oct. 18, 2002 W 6-4 A

Oct. 19, 2002 L 2-7 A

Feb. 13, 2004 L 4-8 H

Feb. 14, 2004 W 5-2 H

Oct. 29, 2004 T 2-2 ot A

Oct. 30, 2004 L 2-5 A

Jan. 12, 2007 T 2-2 ot A

Jan. 13, 2007 T 2-2 ot A

Mar. 16, 2007 W 3-0 H&

Nov. 23, 2007 W 3-1 H

Nov. 24, 2007 T 5-5 ot H

Nov. 14, 2008 W 1-0 ot A

Nov. 15, 2008 W 5-1 A

Feb. 20, 2009 W 4-3 H

Feb. 21, 2009 W 3-2 H

Nov. 13, 2009 W 1-0 A

Nov. 14, 2009 T 2-2 ot A

Jan. 22, 2010 L 4-6 H

Jan. 23, 2010 W 4-3 ot H

* UConn Tourn. Championship

& AHA Quarterfinal, USAFA

MercyhurstSeries Record: 6-6-2

Jan. 5, 2007 W 5-3 A

Jan. 6, 2007 W 3-1 A

Feb. 2, 2007 L 5-7 H

Feb. 3, 2007 L 2-3 ot H

Nov. 2, 2007 L 3-5 H

Nov. 3, 2007 W 6-2 H

Feb. 8, 2008 L 1-3 A

Feb. 9, 2008 W 7-0 A

Mar. 16, 2008 W 5-4 (2ot) N&

Jan. 30, 2009 T 4-4 ot A

Jan. 31, 2009 L 2-3 ot A

Mar. 21, 2009 W 2-0 N$

Dec. 11, 2009 T 3-3 ot H

Dec. 12, 2009 L 1-3 H

& AHA Championship Game in

Rochester, N.Y.

$ AHA Championship Game in

Rochester, N.Y.

NiagaraSeries Record: 11-27-3

Nov. 8, 1996 W 5-2 H

Nov. 9, 1996 W 4-3 ot H

Jan. 23, 1998 L 1-4 A

Jan. 24, 1998 L 3-6 A

Feb. 13, 1998 W 4-3 H

Feb. 14, 1998 L 2-5 H

Jan. 22, 1999 W 4-1 H

Jan. 23, 1999 W 3-2 H

Mar. 5, 1999 L 2-4 A

Mar. 6, 1999 L 0-5 A

Oct. 10, 1999 L 0-3 N%

Jan. 2, 2000 L 1-3 A

Jan. 3, 2000 L 0-3 A

Jan. 30, 2000 L 0-3 H

Mar. 11, 2000 L 1-9 N*

Oct. 27, 2000 L 2-3 ot H

Oct. 28, 2000 T 2-2 ot H

Feb. 23, 2001 W 5-2 A

Feb. 24, 2001 T 1-1 ot A

Mar. 10, 2001 L 1-2 N*

Jan. 27, 2002 L 0-4 H

Feb. 22, 2002 T 3-3 ot A

Feb. 23, 2002 W 4-1 A

Mar. 14, 2002 W 5-3 A^

Oct. 5, 2002 L 3-7 N$

Nov. 1, 2002 W 5-2 A

Nov. 2, 2002 L 2-6 A

Jan. 10, 2002 L 1-6 H

Jan. 11, 2002 L 2-3 H

Nov. 21, 2003 L 2-3 ot H

Nov. 22, 2003 L 2-5 H

Feb. 20, 2004 L 1-4 A

Feb. 21, 2004 L 1-5 A

Jan. 21, 2005 L 2-3 A

Jan. 22, 2005 L 0-3 A

Feb. 18, 2005 L 2-5 H

Feb. 19, 2005 L 3-5 H

Jan. 13, 2006 W 5-4 ot H

Jan. 14, 2006 L 2-7 H

Feb. 10, 2006 W 3-2 A

Feb. 11, 2006 L 2-6 A

* CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Ala.

% Johnson Nissan Classic in Anchor-

age, Alaska

^ CHA Tournament in Niagara, N.Y.

$ Lefty McFadden Tourn. in Dayton, Ohio

RITSeries Record: 12-12-2

Nov. 30, 1990 W 5-4 ot H

Dec. 1, 1990 W 6-3 H

Dec. 1, 1995 L 3-4 H

Dec. 2, 1985 L 0-2 H

Dec. 9, 2000 L 3-4 H

Oct. 15, 2005 L 2-5 N&

Dec. 30, 2005 W 3-2 H

Dec. 31, 2005 T 2-2 ot H

Feb. 13, 2006 W 3-2 ot A

Nov. 3, 2006 W 3-0 H

Nov. 4, 2006 T 4-4 ot H

Feb. 9, 2007 L 4-5 A

Feb. 10, 2007 L 1-2 A

Nov, 9, 2007 W 2-1 ot A

Nov. 10, 2007 L 3-4 A

Jan. 11, 2008 W 5-2 H

Jan. 12, 2008 L 3-4 ot H

Mar. 15, 2008 W 5-0 N%

Dec. 5, 2008 W 2-0 H

Dec. 6, 2008 L 2-3 ot H

Feb. 27, 2009 L 4-6 A

Feb. 28, 2009 W 3-1 A

Oct. 23, 2009 W 5-4 H

Oct. 24, 2009 W 3-2 ot H

Feb. 19, 2010 L 2-3 ot A

Feb. 20, 2010 L 0-3 A

& Q-Cup Tournament

% AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y.

Robert MorrisSeries Record: 4-6-0

Nov. 19, 2004 W 5-0 A

Nov. 20, 2004 W 2-1 ot A

Feb. 4, 2005 W 4-2 H

Feb. 5, 2005 L 1-2 H

Feb. 3, 2006 L 2-5 A

Feb. 4, 2006 L 2-3 A

Feb. 24, 2006 L 2-3 ot H

Feb. 25, 2006 L 1-5 H

Mar. 10, 2006 L 3-4 N*

Nov. 26, 2006 W 4-3 H

* CHA Tournament in Detroit, Mich.

Sacred HeartSeries Record: 13-5-3

Jan. 7, 2000 W 6-1 H

Jan. 8, 2000 W 7-3 H

Dec. 28, 2003 T 2-2 ot N#

Nov. 26, 2004 W 3-2 ot N^

Dec. 1, 2006 T 3-3 ot H

Dec. 2, 2006 T 1-1 ot H

Mar. 16, 2007 W 5-4 ot N&

Jan. 4, 2008 L 1-2 A

Jan. 5, 2008 W 3-1 A

Oct. 10, 2008 W 4-1 A

Oct. 11, 2008 W 4-3 ot A

Nov. 21, 2008 W 8-1 H

Nov. 22, 2008 W 7-1 H

Mar. 13, 2009 W 4-3 H@

Mar. 14, 2009 L 1-4 H@

Mar. 15, 2009 W 8-1 H@

Jan. 2, 2010 L 1-4 A

Jan. 3, 2010 L 1-5 A

Feb. 26, 2010 W 6-3 H

Feb. 27, 2010 W 8-1 H

Mar. 19, 2010 L 1-2 N%

& AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y.

^ RPI Tournament in York, N.Y.

# UConn Classic Tournament

@ AHA First Round Best of Three at

USAFA

% AHA Semifinal, Rochester, N.Y.

YaleSeries Record: 3-9-0

Nov. 24, 1989 L 5-8 N^

Jan. 22, 1993 L 2-8 A

Jan. 23, 1993 L 4-5 A

Jan. 14, 1994 W 6-3 H

Jan. 15, 1994 W 4-3 H

Jan. 4, 1995 L 0-10 A

Nov. 3, 1995 L 0-3 H

Nov. 4, 1995 L 1-8 H

Dec. 27, 1996 L 3-7 N%

Nov. 1, 1997 L 1-5 A

Nov. 26, 1999 W 2-0 N#

Jan. 4, 2009 L 2-3 A

^ Yale Tournament

% Denver Cup

# UMass-Lowell Tournament


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2009-10 Statistics

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Air Force HockeyAir Force Falcons Hockey Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2010)

All games

Overall: 16-15-6 Conf: 14-8-6 Home: 11-5-3 Away: 5-9-3 Neut: 0-1-0

OVERALL

## Player gp g a pts sh +/- pen-min pp sh gw21 LAMOUREUX, Jac 37 22 20 42 155 +1 19-52 13 0 417 BURNETT, Derrick 37 10 23 33 83 -1 13-29 2 0 025 KIRBY, Tim 37 5 19 24 116 +6 13-34 1 0 312 FAIRCHILD, Matt 37 10 10 20 90 -4 10-20 5 0 218 DE LAURELL, Kyle 36 6 12 18 83 -13 8-16 4 0 326 HAJNER, Jeff 31 6 11 17 95 -6 14-28 4 0 023 MATHIS, Scott 37 2 14 16 81 0 16-32 1 0 019 CAREW, Stephen 36 6 9 15 53 -14 4-8 3 1 022 PAGE, Blake 37 6 8 14 62 +3 7-14 0 2 227 KRUSE, John 34 5 8 13 57 -4 2-4 2 0 110 WEISGARBER, Pa 37 6 6 12 60 -2 8-16 0 2 08 KOZLAK, Scott 37 2 7 9 80 +2 15-30 0 0 015 BERTSCH, Sean 37 6 2 8 62 +2 5-10 0 1 151 BECKER, Matt 30 1 7 8 24 +5 10-20 0 0 04 ARTMAN, Eric 22 4 3 7 21 +3 7-14 1 0 029 NYLANDER, Brett 36 1 5 6 51 -8 12-24 0 0 011 DURHAM, Danny 18 2 2 4 21 -5 8-16 0 0 03 SELLERS, Brad 33 1 3 4 49 -6 10-20 0 0 02 WILLIAMS, Mark 21 0 4 4 9 -2 5-10 0 0 09 JOHNSON, Brando 16 2 1 3 12 -6 6-12 0 0 024 WALSH, Mike 20 0 3 3 13 +2 2-4 0 0 01 VOLKENING, Andr 37 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0TMTEAM 16 0 0 0 0 0 3-6 0 0 0

Total 37 10 17 280 127 -47 198-421 36 6 16Opponents 37 96 15 246 111 +42 214-477 20 4 15

OVERALL

## Player gp min. ga gaavg saves pct w l t37 CAPLE, Stephen 3 63:24 1 0.95 19 . 9 5 0 0 0 01 VOLKENING, An 37 2159:50 88 2.44 989 . 9 1 8 16 15 635 BOSNER, David 2 17:30 1 3.43 15 . 9 3 8 0 0 0T TEAM 16 24:47 6 0.00 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 37 2265:31 96 2.54 1023 . 9 1 4 16 15 6Opponents 37 2265:11 103 2.73 1174 . 9 1 9 15 16 6

Shots on Goal shots avg/g shot%Air Force Falcons 1277 34.51 . 0 8 1Opponents 1119 30.24 . 0 8 6

Power Plays goals chance pp%Air Force Falcons 36 181 . 1 9 9Opponents 20 170 . 1 1 8

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT TotalAir Force Falcons 27 40 34 2 103Opponents 24 38 32 2 96

CONFERENCE

gp g a pts sh +/- pen-min pp sh gw28 18 17 35 120 +4 17-48 11 0 328 8 16 24 66 +1 9-21 2 0 028 5 18 23 82 +9 9-26 1 0 328 9 9 18 67 -4 9-18 5 0 228 6 11 17 60 -7 5-10 4 0 324 3 10 13 80 -2 11-22 1 0 028 2 11 13 67 +3 15-30 1 0 027 5 8 13 36 -5 2-4 2 1 028 6 5 11 48 +3 7-14 0 2 225 5 7 12 46 -1 1-2 2 0 128 6 5 11 49 +5 7-14 0 2 028 2 6 8 59 +5 11-22 0 0 028 3 1 4 45 +4 5-10 0 1 022 1 6 7 19 +4 7-14 0 0 014 2 1 3 15 0 4-8 0 0 028 1 5 6 42 -2 10-20 0 0 014 2 2 4 16 -4 7-14 0 0 028 1 3 4 42 -2 6-12 0 0 019 0 4 4 9 0 5-10 0 0 010 1 1 2 6 0 2-4 0 0 013 0 1 1 9 0 1-2 0 0 0

-10 0 0 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 028 86 14 233 983 +11 152-329 29 6 1428 70 10 178 856 -17 169-376 16 3 8

CONFERENCE

gp min. ga gaavg saves pct w l t1 5:51 0 0.00 3 1.00 0 0 0

28 1685:00 63 2.24 768 . 9 2 4 14 8 62 17:30 1 3.43 15 . 9 3 8 0 0 0

10 13:07 6 0.00 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 028 1721:28 70 2.44 786 . 9 1 8 14 8 628 1721:08 86 3.00 897 . 9 1 3 8 14 6

Shots on Goal shots avg/g shot%Air Force Falcons 983 35.11 . 0 8 7Opponents 856 30.57 . 0 8 2

Power Plays goals chance pp%Air Force Falcons 29 141 . 2 0 6Opponents 16 130 . 1 2 3

Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT TotalAir Force Falcons 23 33 28 2 86Opponents 15 27 27 1 70

Overall: 16-15-6 Conf: 14-8-6 Home: 11-5-3 Away: 5-9-3 Neutral: 0-1-0

2009-10 Box Scores

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Bemidji State 3, Air Force 1Oct. 9, 2009 �� Bemidji, Minn.

AF 0 0 1 1BSU 1 1 1 3

FIRST PERIOD: BSU 1 - McKelvie [1] (MacQueen,Lehrke), 7:21.

SECOND PERIOD: BSU 2 -Lowe [1] (George, Read),9:47.

THIRD PERIOD: BSU 3 - Cramer [1] (Kinne, Walters),15:08; AF 1 - Artman [1] (Lamoureux, Walsh), 18:11

SHOTS:AF 6-4-11 -- 21; BSU 12-10-6 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:41) 11-9-5 -- 25; BSU - Dan Bakala (59:52) 6-4-10 -- 20; PENALTIES:AF 5-10; BSU 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-3; BSU 0-4

Bemidji State 7, Air Force 3Oct. 10, 2009 �� Bemidji, Minn.

AF 1 1 1 3BSU 4 2 1 7

FIRST PERIOD: BSU 1 - Cramer [2] (Walters, Kinne),4:13; AFA 1 - Lamoureux [1] (Hajner, Burnett), 4:34;BSU 2 - Wacker [1] (Lehrke, Peluso), 7:02; BSU 3 -Hunt [1] (Read), PP, 11:18; BSU 4 - Read [1] (unas-sisted), SH, 12:24.

SECOND PERIOD:AF 2 - Hajner [1] (Burnett, Lam-oureux), PP, 4:12; BSU 5 - Read [2] (Cramer), 10:42;BSU 6 - George [1] (Hunt, Read), PP, 12:18.

THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Artman [2] (Page, Kozlak),PP, 1:30; BSU 7 - McLeod [1] (unassisted), 13:58.

SHOTS:AF 12-6-6 -- 24; BSU 10-11-7 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (32:13) 6-5-x -- 11; StephenCaple (27:42) x-4-6 -- 10; BSU - Dan Bakala (60:00)11-5-5 -- 21; PENALTIES:AF 6-12; BSU 7-25;POWER PLAYS:AF 2-6; BSU 2-6

Alabama-Huntsville 4, Air Force 2Oct. 16, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

UAH 2 2 0 4AF 1 1 0 2

FIRST PERIOD: UAH 1 - Fairbanks [1] (Talbot,Barker), 2:09; UAH 2 - Cseter (Barker), 3:10; AF 1 -Hajner [2] (Burnett, Mathis), PP, 17:07.

SECOND PERIOD: UAH 3 - Ruffini (Roshko,Koudys), 4:26; AF 2 - Hajner [3] (Burnett, Mathis),PP, 4:59; UAH 4 - Coburn [1] (Baxter, Morrison),5:36.

THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring.

SHOTS:AF 14-14-14 -- 42; UAH 13-5-3 -- 21;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (25:36) 11-0-x -- 11;Stephen Caple (29:51) 0-3-3 -- 6; UAH - CameronTalbot (60:00) 13-13-14 -- 40; PENALTIES:AF 5-10;UAH 8-16; POWER PLAYS:AF 2-7; UAH 0-4

Alabama-Huntsville 4, Air Force 2Oct. 17, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

UAH 1 2 1 4AF 1 1 0 2

FIRST PERIOD: UAH 1 - Coburn [2] (Campbell, Bax-ter), 15:09; AF 1 - Carew [1] (De Laurell, Fairchild), PP,19:46.

SECOND PERIOD:AF 2 - Fairchild [2] (Lamoureux),4:56; UAH 2 - Cseter (Jarvinen, Desmet), 10:39;UAH 3 - Fairbanks [1] (Jarvinen, Train), 12:16.

THIRD PERIOD: UAH 4 - Campbell [2[ (Coburn,Morrison), EX, 4:02.

SHOTS:AF 9-8-19 -- 36; UAH 7-13-7 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (56:03) 6-11-6 -- 23; UAH -Cameron Talbot (60:00) 8-7-19 -- 34; PENALTIES:AF6-12; UAH 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-4; UAH 0-6

Air Force 5, RIT 4Oct. 23, 2009 �� USAFA,Colo.

RIT 1 2 1 4AF 0 4 1 5

FIRST PERIOD: RIT 1 - Murphy [1] (Ringwald, Burt),19:06

SECOND PERIOD:AF 1 - Durham [1] (De Laurell,Kruse), 2:39; AF 2 - Fairchild [2] (Kurse, De Lau-rell), PP, 5:26; AF 3 - Sellers [1] (Kruse, De Laurell),13:12; RIT 2 - Janda [1] (Cornacchia, Eckenswiller),15:53; AF 4 - Carew [2] (Fairchild, Sellers), SH,17:35; RIT 3 - Haltigin [1] (Tanev, Mazzei), PP,17:53

THIRD PERIOD: RIT 4 - Favot [1] (Hartley), SH,2:35; AF 5 - Kirby [1] (Fairchild, Lamoureux), 18:15.

SHOTS:AF 16-11-14 -- 41; RIT 5-21-12 -- 38; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 4-15-13 -- 37; RIT -Jared DeMichiel (59:20) 5-17-11 -- 33; PENALTIES:AF 4-8; RIT 3-6; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-3; RIT 1-4

Air Force 3, RIT 2Oct. 24, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

RIT 0 1 1 0 2AF 0 1 1 1 3

FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring

SECOND PERIOD:AF 1 - Kruse [1] (Durham), 6:27;RIT 1 - Burt [3] (Favot, Ringwald), PP, 12:50.

THIRD PERIOD: RIT 2 - Mazur [1] (Favot, Smith),4:50; AF 2 - Durham [2] (De Laurell, Kruse), 8:25.

OVERTIME:AF 3 - Fairchild [3] (Kirby, Kruse), PP,4:59

SHOTS:AF 6-9-7-4 -- 26; RIT 6-9-12-3 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:59) 6-8-11-3 -- 28; RIT -Jared DeMichiel (64:59) 6-8-6-3 -- 23 ; PENALTIES:AF 4-8; RIT 5-10: POWER PLAYS:AF 1-4; RIT 1-3

Canisius 3, Air Force 1Oct. 31, 2009 �� Buffalo, N.Y.

AF 0 1 0 1CAN 1 0 2 3

FIRST PERIOD: CAN 1 - Scarsella [2] (Conacher,Shupe), :54

SECOND PERIOD:AF 1 - Lamoureux [2] (Burnett,Kirby), PP, 9:54.

THIRD PERIOD: CAN 2 - Conacher [4] (Forsman,Scarsella), 5:41; CAN 3 - Scarsella [3] (unassisted),ENG, 19:35

SHOTS:AF 13-16-13 -- 42; CAN 9-12-9 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (58:03) 8-12-7 -- 27; CAN -Dan Morrison (59:03) 13-15-13 -- 41 ; PENALTIES:AF 4-8; CAN 5-10: POWER PLAYS:AF 1-4; CAN 0-3

Air Force 4, Canisius 1Nov. 1, 2009 �� Buffalo, N.Y.

AF 2 0 2 4CAN 0 1 0 1

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [3] (Fairchild,Carew), 12:11; AF 2 - De Laurell [1] (Fairchild,Walsh), PP, 16:47

SECOND PERIOD: CAN 1 - Kostuch [1] (Shupe, Hei-dinger), PP, 13:41

THIRD PERIOD:AF 3 - Lamoureux [4] (Burnett,Kirby), :59; AF 4 - Kozlak [1] (Williams), 15:26

SHOTS:AF 10-7-12 -- 29; CAN 9-14-12 -- 35; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (59:48) 9-13-12 -- 34; CAN- Dan Morrison (59:55) 8-7-10 -- 25 ; PENALTIES:AF7-14; CAN 6-12: POWER PLAYS:AF 2-6; CAN 1-7

Air Force 3, Bentley 3 (ot)Nov. 6, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

BEN 2 1 0 0 3AF 1 1 1 0 3

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [1] (Williams,Lamoureux), 1:12; BEN 1 - Hartung [1] (Harrison),9:50; BEN 2 - Peterson [4] (Bonnett), 14:50

SECOND PERIOD: BEN 3 - Kemmerer [1] (Bahne-man), 7:28; AF 2 - Mathis [1] (De Laurell, Lam-oureux), 12:55

THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - De Laurell [2] (Kirby, Lam-oureux), PP, 3:41

OVERTIME: No Scoring

SHOTS:AF 7-10-13-2 -- 32; BEN 12-7-5-1 -- 25;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:35) 10-6-5-1 --22; BEN - Joe Calvi (64:58) 6-9-12-2 -- 29 ; PENALTIES:AF 2-4; BEN 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-4; BEN 0-2

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Air Force 3, Bentley 0Nov. 7, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

BEN 0 0 0 0AF 1 1 1 3

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [5] (De Laurell,Burnett), PP, 9:46

SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Burnett [1] (Kirby, Mathis),PP, 7:18

THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Hajner [4] (Fairchild), 18:16

SHOTS:AF 8-14-7 -- 29; BEN 14-6-7 -- 27; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 14-6-7 -- 27; BEN - Joe Calvi (59:19) 7-13-6 -- 26 ; PENALTIES:AF 7-14; BEN 6-12; POWER PLAYS:AF 2-6; BEN 0-7

Air Force 1, Holy Cross 0Nov. 13, 2009 ��Worcester, Mass.

AF 0 0 1 1HC 0 0 0 0


SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring

THIRD PERIOD: AF - 1 Fairchild [4] (Sellers, Bur-nett), 13:18

SHOTS:AF 11-7-12 -- 30; HC 10-12-7 -- 28; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 10-12-7 -- 29; HC - Thomas Tysowsky (58:37) 11-7-11 -- 29 ;PENALTIES:AF 4-8; HC 3-6; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-3;HC 0-4

Air Force 2, Holy Cross 2 (ot)Nov. 14, 2009 ��Worcester, Mass.

AF 0 0 2 0 2HC 0 1 1 0 2


SECOND PERIOD: HC 1 - Nunn [1] (Linsmeyer),10:46

THIRD PERIOD: AF - 1 Fairchild [5] (Mathis, Ha-jner), PP, 5:25; AF 2 - Weisgarber [2] (Bertsch), SH,7:01; HC 2 - Sheahan [3] (uassisted), 16:05


SHOTS:AF 8-6-7-1 -- 22; HC 10-9-9-2 -- 30; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 10-8-8-2 -- 28; HC - Thomas Tysowsky (65:00) 8-6-5-1 -- 20;PENALTIES:AF 6-12; HC 7-14; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-7; HC 0-6

Air Force 2, UConn 2 (ot)Nov. 20, 2009 �� Storrs, Conn.

AF 1 1 0 0 2UC 1 0 1 0 2

FIRST PERIOD: UC 1 - Olson [4] (Naurato, Gerke),PP, 11:18; AF 1 - Burnett [2] (Kirby, Hajner), 15:53

SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Lamoureux [6] (Burnett,Mathis), PP, 17:04

THIRD PERIOD: UC 2 - Coppola [2] (Sapieha, Car-riere), 13:32.


SHOTS:AF 16-18-15-2 -- 51; UC - 4-9-8-3 -- 24;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 3-9-7-3 -- 22; UC - Jeff Larson (65:00) 15-17-15-2 -- 49.; PENAL-TIES:AF 6-12; UC - 7-14; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-6;UC 1-5

Air Force 3, UConn 1Nov. 21, 2009 �� Storrs, Conn.

AF 0 3 0 3UC 0 0 1 1


SECOND PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [3] (Lam-oureux, Becker), 2:28; AF 2 - Page [1] (Burnett,Williams), 4:36; AF 3 - Lamoureux [7] (Burnett, Ha-jner), PP, 9:14

THIRD PERIOD: UC 1 - Gerke [3] (Kirspel, Milller),EX 19:17.

SHOTS:AF 12-12-14 -- 38; UC - 5-5-12 -- 22; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 5-5-11 -- 21; UC - Jeff Larson (57:58) 12-9-14 -- 35; PENALTIES:AF 6-12; UC 5-10; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-5; UC 0-5

Air Force 5, AIC 3Dec. 4, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

AIC 1 1 1 3AF 1 1 3 5

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Weisgarber [4] (Lamoureux),18:46; AIC 1 - Leitner [2] (Ceccacci, Primiani), PP,19:56.

SECOND PERIOD: AF 2 - Kruse [2] (DeLaurell,Fairchild), PP, 4:46; AIC 2 - McLeod (Little), 19:21

THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Burnett [3] (Lamoureux,Williams), 1:24; AF 4 - Lamoureux [8](Carew), 2:44;AF 5 - Lamoureux [9] (Weisgarber, Nylander), 7:50;AIC 3 - Penny [1] (Pleskach, Leitner), PP, 10:25

SHOTS:AF 15-11-8 -- 34; AIC 10-16-8 -- 34; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 9-15-7 -- 31; AIC - Dan Ramirez (42:44) 14-10-0 -- 24; Ben Meis-ner (15:47) x-x-5 -- 5; PENALTIES:AF 5-10; AIC 5-10 POWER PLAYS:AF 1-5; AIC 2-5

Air Force 6, AIC 2Dec. 5, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

AIC 0 1 1 2AF 2 2 2 6

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Burnett [4] (Lamoureux,Mathis), 1:02; AF 2 - Lamoureux [10] (Kirby, Bur-nett), PP, 14:17

SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Page [2] (Johnson, Becker),3:16; AF 4 - Bertsch [1] (Weisgarber, Kozlak), 9:28;AIC 1 - McLeod {2] (McMillan, Little), 16:51

THIRD PERIOD: AF 5 - Bertsch [2] (Kirby), SH, :44;AF 6 - Johnson [1] (Page, Becker), 7:30; AIC 2 -Pleskach (Ceccacci, Penny), 15:01

SHOTS:AF 12-16-9 -- 37; AIC 8-4-10 -- 22; SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (48:35) 8-3-9 -- 20; DavidBosner (11:45) x-x-6 -- 6; AIC - Ben Meisner (60:00)10-14-7 -- 31; PENALTIES:AF 3-6; AIC 5-10 POWERPLAYS:AF 1-4; AIC 0-3

Air Force 3, Mercyhurst 3 (ot)Dec. 11, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

MC 0 1 2 0 3AF 0 2 1 0 3


SECOND PERIOD:AF 1 - Carew [3] (Kirby), 13:10;AF 2 - Fairchild [6] (Lamoureux, Burnett), 14:51;MC 1 - Burtler [5] (Bremner, Cameron), 16:41.

THIRD PERIOD:MC 2 - Elliott [4] (Blakely, Coc-cimiglio), 1:55; MC 3 - Pitt [6] (unassisted), 7:32; AF3 - Hajner [5] (Kozlak, Weisgarber), 9:00


SHOTS:AF 16-15-15-6 -- 52; MC 1-13-12-3 -- 29;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 1-12-10-3 --26; MC - Ryan Zapolski (65:00) 16-13-14-6 -- 49;PENALTIES:AF 6-12; MC 5-10; POWER PLAYS:AF0-4; MC 0-5

Mercyhurst 3, Air Force 1Dec. 12, 2009 �� USAFA, Colo.

MC 0 1 2 3AF 0 0 1 1


SECOND PERIOD:MC 1 - Brandon Coccimiglio [10](unassisted), 2:19.

THIRD PERIOD:MC 2 - Cameron [9] (Pitt, Gurtler),:54; MC 3 - Graham [3] (unassisted), 15:23; AF 1 -Lamoureux [10] (Hajner, Burnett), 16:16.

SHOTS:AF 17-11-4 -- 32; MC 17-12-6 -- 35; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (55:56) 17-11-4 -- 32; MC -Ryan Zapolski (60:00) 8-7-21 -- 36; PENALTIES:AF12-46; MC 13-43; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-4; MC 0-7

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Sacred Heart 4, Air Force 1Jan. 2, 2010 ��Milford, Conn.

AF 1 0 0 1SH 1 1 2 4

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Carew [4] (Hajner, Nylander),PP, 9:08; SH 1 - Berube [5] (Delong, Jarman), 13:49

SECOND PERIOD: SH 2 - Johnson [11] (Jarman,Knowlton), 6:48.

THIRD PERIOD: SH 3 - Berube [6] (Delong,Macleod), 5:27; SH 4 - Knowlton [4] (Johnson), EN,17:38

SHOTS:AF 10-7-11 -- 28; SH 12-8-20 -- 40; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (58:33) 11-7-18 -- 36; SH -Steven Legatto (59:56) 9-7-11 -- 27; PENALTIES:AF5-10; SH 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-3; SH 0-4.

Sacred Heart 5, Air Force 1Jan. 3, 2010 ��Milford, Conn.

AF 1 0 0 1SH 1 2 2 5

FIRST PERIOD: SH 1 - Jarman [5] (Johnson, Knowl-ton), 11:06; AF 1 - Nylander [1] (Fairchild, Lam-oureux), 11:25

SECOND PERIOD: SH 2 - Jarman [6] (Knowlton),12:51; SH 3 - Knowlton [5] (Jarman), 15:45.

THIRD PERIOD: SH 4 - MacLeod [2] (Berube, De-long), EN, 17:52; SH 5 - Delong [5] (Berube,Brown), EN, 19:26

SHOTS:AF 16-9-12 -- 37; SHU4-16-7 -- 27; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (58:07) 3-14-5 -- 22; SHU -Steven Legatto (60:00) 15-9-12 -- 36; PENALTIES:AF2-4; SHU 6-12; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-5; SHU 0-1.

Air Force 2, UConn 1Jan. 8, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

UC 1 0 0 1AF 1 0 1 2

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Artman [3] (Page), 11:23; UC1 - Cooper [1] (Coppola. Olson), SH, 18:43

SECOND PERIOD: No Scoring

THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Kirby [2] (Lamoureux), 17:14

SHOTS:AF 7-8-11 -- 26; UC 5-10-10 -- 25 ; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 4-10-10 -- 24; UC -Garrett Bartus (58:57) 6-8-10 -- 24 ; PENALTIES:AF3-6; UC 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-4; UC 0-3.

Air Force 2, UConn 2Jan. 9, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

UC 1 1 0 0 2AF 1 0 1 0 2

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [12] (Hajner, Bur-nett), PP, 14:25; UC 1 - Gallagher [2] (Ranall0, Wa-terstradt), PP, 18:03

SECOND PERIOD: UC 2 - Gerke [4] (Krispel, Am-brosie), PP, 6:43.

THIRD PERIOD: AF 2 - Lamoureux [13] (Mathis),EX, 18:20


SHOTS:AF18-24-14-3 -- 59; UC 12-5-5-2 -- 24 ;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (63:21) 11-4-5-2 --22; UC - Garrett Bartus (65:00) 17-24-13-3 -- 57 ;PENALTIES:AF 8-16; UC 12-24; POWER PLAYS:AF1-10; UC 2-6.

Air Force 6, Bentley 3Jan. 15, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

AF 2 1 3 6BEN 1 0 2 3

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - De Laurell [4] (Kozlak, Ha-jner), 11:41; AF 2 - Weisgarber [5] (Carew, Becker),15:25.

SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Page [3] (Kozlak, Nylan-der), 8:53

THIRD PERIOD: AF 4 - De Laurell [4] Hajner), :40;(BC 2 - Robert [1] (Harrison, Hartung), 2:23; AF 5 -Hajner [6] (Fairchild), PP, 5:57; AF 6 - Becker [1](Carew, Nylander), 7:39; BC 3 - Hartung [3] (Bon-nett), PP, 11:20

SHOTS:AF 9-8-13 -- 30; BC 10-8-11 -- 29; SAVES:AF Andrew Volkening (60:00) 9-8-9 -- 26; BC - JoeCalvi (60:00) 7-7-10 -- 24; PENALTIES:AF 7-14; BC9-26; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-7; UC 1-7.

Air Force 3, Bentley 0Jan. 16, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

AF 2 1 0 3BEN 1 0 0 1

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Kruse [3] (Page), 7:26; AF 2 -Kirby [3] (Page, Mathis), 8:00; BC 1 - Nudy [2](Koudys), 18:49

SECOND PERIOD: AF 3 - Carew [5] (Weisgarber, Ny-lander), 10:44.

THIRD PERIOD: No Scoring

SHOTS:AF 11-12-11 -- 34; BC 10-10-5 -- 25; SAVES:AF Andrew Volkening (60:00) 10-10-5 -- 25; BC -Kyle Rank (60:00) 9-11-11 -- 31; PENALTIES:AF 7-14; BC 6-12; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-5; UC 0-6.

Holy Cross 6, Air Force 4Jan. 22, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

HC 1 3 2 6AF 2 1 1 4

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Fairchild [7] (Burnett, Hajner),12:30; HC 1 - Clune [1] (Celin, Cox), 15:03; AF 2 -Lamoureux [14] (unassisted), 15:10.

SECOND PERIOD: HC 2 - Daly [2] (Cyr), PP, 1:38;HC 3 - Vos [4] (Gordon, Clune), PP, 5:06; HC 4 -Forshner [3] (Linsmayer, Atkins), 10:26; AF 3 - Bur-nett [5] (De Laurell), PP, 13:07.

THIRD PERIOD: HC 5 - Miller [4] (Linsmayer, Forsh-ner), 2:08; AF 4 - Lamoureux [15] (Kirby, Mathis),PP, 6:10.

SHOTS:AF 10-10-16 -- 36; HC 13-15-8 -- 36; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (58:43) 12-12-6 -- 30; HC -Thomas Tysowsky (60:00) 8-9-15 -- 32; PENALTIES:AF 2-4; HC 5-10; POWER PLAYS:AF 2-5; HC 2-2

Air Force 4, Holy Cross 3Jan. 23, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

HC 1 2 0 0 3AF 0 2 1 1 4

FIRST PERIOD: HC 1 - Driscoll [1] (Cox), 4:37.

SECOND PERIOD: HC 2 - Cox [1] (Driscoll, Celin),.2:45; AF 1 - Burnett [6] (Carew, Weisgarber), 7:01;AF 2 - Lamoureux [16] (Mathis, Burnett), PP, 17:10;HC 3 - Forshner [4] Miller), 19:26

THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Fairchild [8] (Lamoureux, DeLaurell), PP, 13:35.

OVERTIME: AF 4 - Kirby [4] (Sellers), 4:59.

SHOTS:AF6-11-9-2 -- 28; HC 7-9-16-4 -- 36; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (64:59) 6-7-16-4 -- 33; HC -Thomas Tysowsky (64:59) 6-9-8-1 -- 24; PENALTIES:AF 5-10; HC 7-14; POWER PLAYS:AF 2-7; HC 0-5

Army 4, Air Force 2Jan. 29, 2010 ��West Point, N.Y.

AF 0 0 2 2AR 1 1 2 4

FIRST PERIOD: AR 1 - Sefchik (Omilusik), PP, 14:27

SECOND PERIOD:AR 2 - Maggard (Sefchik), SH,1:20

THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Artman [4] (Lamoureux, Bur-nett), 4:34; AF 2 - Lamoureux [17] (Carew, Hajner),PP, 7:55. AR 3 - Pierson [1] (Rocha, Rae), 15:02; AR4 - Skarda [5] (Rocha, Meyer), EN, 19:05

SHOTS:AF 16-5-11 -- 32; AR 12-16-14 -- 42; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (59:30) 11-15-12 -- 38; AR -Jay Clark (60:00) 16-5-9 -- 30; PENALTIES:AF 11-30; AR 7-14; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-6; AR 1-10

Air Force 3, Army 3 (ot)Jan. 30, 2010 ��West Point, N.Y.

AF 2 0 1 0 3AR 0 1 2 0 3

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Page [4] (Artman, Durham),15:09; AF 2 - Burnett [7] (Fairchild, Kirby), 15:35

SECOND PERIOD:AR 1 - Starczewski [8] (Sefchik,Omilusik), 9:43

THIRD PERIOD: AR 2 - Maggard [4] (Amman,Colvin), 14:37; AF 3 - Fairchild [9] (Burnett, Lam-oureux), 17:25; AR 3 - Sefchik [7] (Meyer, Clark),EX, 19:49

SHOTS:AF 21-11-7-1 -- 40; AR 6-14-9-3 -- 32; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (65:00) 6-13-7-3 -- 29; AR -Jay Clark (64:18) 19-11-6-1 -- 37; PENALTIES:AF 4-8;AR 3-6; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-2; AR 0-4

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#10 Colorado College 2, Air Force 0Feb. 5, 2010 ��Colo. Springs World

ArenaAF 0 0 0 0CC 0 1 1 2


SECOND PERIOD: CC 1 - Testwuide [17] (Schwartz),1:06

THIRD PERIOD: CC 2 - Hall [5] (Schwartz,Guentzel), PP, 8:57

SHOTS:AF 5-7-8 -- 20; CC 11-7-10 -- 10; SAVES: AF- Andrew Volkening (59:04) 11-6-9 -- 26; CC - JoeHowe (60:00) 5-7-8 -- 20; PENALTIES:AF 5-10; CC8-16; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-7; CC 1-4

#2 Denver 2, Air Force 1 (ot)Feb. 6, 2010 ��USAFA, Colo.

DU 0 1 0 1 2AF 0 0 1 0 1


SECOND PERIOD: DU 1 - Donovan [4] (Rakshani,Colborne), 11:21

THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [18] (Carew, Bur-nett), PP, :29; DU 2 - Ostro

OVERTIME:DU 2 - Ostrow [11] (Lee, Vossberg), 4:03

SHOTS:AF 14-14-15-3 -- 46; DU 7-19-8-1 -- 35;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (64:03) 7-18-8-0 --33; DU - Matt Cheverie (64:03) 14-14-14-3 -- 45;PENALTIES:AF 5-10; DU 3-6; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-3; DU 0-4

RIT 3, Air Force 2 (ot)Feb. 19, 2010 ��Rochester, N.Y.

AF 0 2 0 0 2RIT 0 2 0 1 3


SECOND PERIOD: RIT 1 - Burt [12] (Tanev, Ring-wald), PP, 7:34; AF 1 - De Laurell [5] (Kirby, Lam-oureux), PP, 9:26; RIT 2 - Ringwald [9] (Burt,Favot), PP, 12:04; AF 2 - Mathis [2] (De Laurell,Kruse), PP, 15:39


OVERTIME: RIT 3 - Mazzei [8] (Favot, Haltigin),1:10

SHOTS:AF 7-12-6-1 -- 26; RIT 7-11-12-2 -- 32;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (61:10) 7-9-12-1 --29; RIT Jared DeMichiel (61:10) 7-10-6-1 -- 24;PENALTIES:AF 4-8; RIT 5-10 POWER PLAYS:AF 2-5; RIT 2-4.

RIT 3, Air Force 0Feb. 20, 2010 ��Rochester, N.Y.

AF 0 0 0 0RIT 0 3 0 3


SECOND PERIOD: RIT 1 - Haltigin [6] (Knowles,Saracino), 3:11; RIT 2 - Tanev [7] (Favot), 10:14;RIT 3 - Ringwald [10] (Favot, Burt), PP, 12:50


SHOTS:AF 7-9-11 -- 27; RIT 12-16-5 -- 33; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 12-13-5 -- 30; RITJared DeMichiel (60:00) 7-9-11 -- 27; PENALTIES:AF 7-14; RIT 7-22 POWER PLAYS:AF 0-5; RIT 1-6

Air Force 6, Sacred Heart 3Feb. 26, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

SH 1 1 1 3AF 0 5 1 6

FIRST PERIOD: SH 1 - Gingera [9] (Delong), 14:14

SECOND PERIOD:AF 1 - Kozlak [2] (Lamoureux),2:19; AF 2 - Fairchild [10] (Kozlak, Kruse), PP, 6:03;AF 3 - Kirby [5] (Carew, De Laurell), PP, 7:11; AF 4- Kruse [4] (Kirby, Weisgarber), 8:16; SH 2 - Delong[13] (Stuart, Laurysen), PP, 10:04; AF 5 - Kruse [5](Mathis, Kozlak), PP, 19:51.

THIRD PERIOD: AF 6 - Weisgarber [6] (unassisted),SH, 2:09; SH 3 - Stuart [1] (Delong, Johnson), 8:06

SHOTS:AF 9-17-9 -- 35; SHU 12-5-13 -- 30; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 11-4-12 -- 27; SH -Steven Legatto (28:16) 9-8-x -- 17; Olivier St. Onge(31:07) x-4-8 -- 12; PENALTIES:AF 5-10; SH 5-10 ;POWER PLAYS:AF 3-3; SH 1-3

Air Force 8, Sacred Heart 1Feb. 27, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.

SH 0 0 1 1AF 3 4 1 8

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Page [5] (unassisted), SH,16:05; AF 2 - Lamoureux [19] (Kirby, Carew), 18:44;AF 3 - Lamoureux [20] (Kirby), PP, 19:38

SECOND PERIOD:AF 4 - Page [6] (Mathis, Becker),SH, 8:59; AF 5 - Carew [6] (Burnett, Kirby), PP,12:15; AF 6 - Burnett [8] (Kirby, Lamoureux), 16:35;AF 7 - De Laurell [6] (Mathis, Kirby), PP, 19:40.

THIRD PERIOD: AF 8 - Bertsch [3] (Becker, Page),4:37; SH 1 - Gingera [10] (unassisted), 7:19

SHOTS:AF 17-12-19 -- 48; SHU 8-10-14 -- 32;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (49:36) 8-10-1 -- 19;Stephen Caple (5:51) x-x-3 -- 3; David Bosner (5:45)x-x-9 -- 9; SH - Steven Legatto (40:00) 14-8-x -- 22 ;Olivier St. Onge (20:00) x-x-18 -- 18 ; PENALTIES:AF 6-12; SH 11-22 ; POWER PLAYS:AF 3-9; SH 0-3

Air Force 3, Army 0AHA Quarterfinal Game 1

March 12, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.AR 0 0 0 0AF 1 2 0 3

FIRST PERIOD: AF 1 - Bertsch [4] (Page, Artman),1:38

SECOND PERIOD:AF 2 - Bertsch [5] (Page, Becker),16:00; AF 3 - Burnett [9] (Kruse, Artman), 17:36.


SHOTS:AF 14-17-7 -- 38; ARMY - 12-10-7 -- 29; SAVES:AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 12-10-7 -- 29; ARMY -Jay Clark (60:00) 13-15-7 -- 35; PENALTIES:AF 6-12;ARMY 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-3; ARMY 0-5

Air Force 4, Army 2AHA Quarterfinal Game 2

March 13, 2010 �� USAFA, Colo.AR 1 1 0 2AF 0 2 2 4

FIRST PERIOD: AR 1 - Skarda [7] (Meyer, Hull),17:55.

SECOND PERIOD:AF 1 - Bertsch [6] (unassisted),8:46; AR 2 - Meyer [13] (John Clark, Sefchik), PP,15:20; AF 2 - Johnson [2] (Kirby, Weisgarber),17:22.

THIRD PERIOD: AF 3 - Lamoureux [21] (Burnett,Walsh), PP, 18:35; AF 4 - Burnett [10] (Bertsch), EN,19:40

SHOTS:AF 10-14-10 -- 34; ARMY - 12-11-10 -- 33;SAVES: AF - Andrew Volkening (60:00) 11-10-10 -- 31;ARMY - Jay Clark (58:48) 10-12-8 -- 30; PENALTIES:AF5-10; ARMY 4-8; POWER PLAYS:AF 1-3; ARMY 1-4

Sacred Heart 2, Air Force 1AHA Semifinal

March 19, 2010 �� Rochester, N.Y.AF 0 0 1 1SH 0 1 1 2

FIRST PERIOD: No Scoring.

SECOND PERIOD: SH 1 - Boisvert (13) (Delong, Gin-gera), 10:14

THIRD PERIOD: AF 1 - Lamoureux [22] (Burnett,Mathis), EX, 18:31; SH 2 - Knowlton [13] (Jarman),19:18

SHOTS:AF 11-13-9 --33; SH 8-16-10 -- 34; SAVES: AF- Andrew Volkening (59:10) 8-15-9 -- 32; SHU -Steven Legatto (60:00) 11-13-8 -- 32; PENALTIES:AF3-6; SH 3-6; POWER PLAYS:AF 0-3; SHU 0-3.

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History of Falcon Hockey

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With the drop of the puck to begin the2010-11 season, the Falcons will enter their43rd season of Division I hockey.

With the Academy still in its infancy, thedream of hockey at the youngest militaryacademy was born.

In 1958, a group of cadets began an intra-mural hockey team. Relying on freezing tem-peratures and the shadows from thedormitory, cadets donned football andlacrosse equipment and played hockey inthe courtyard of Vandenberg Hall.

A few years later one of the greatestcollege hockey coaches ever, Vic Heyliger,became interested in such a fledglingprogram. With six national champi-onships to his credit at Michigan, the “Fa-ther of Air Force Hockey,” came to theAcademy in 1966 and guided the clubteam.

At long last came the night of Nov. 29,1968, when the first hockey game wasplayed at the Cadet Ice Arena. The Fal-cons defeated the Colorado All-Stars, acollage of former collegiate players, 8-6.The first game was not without its shareof quirky moments. During the first shiftin the first period, a slap shot was takenand went completely through the “shat-ter-proof” glass and onto the runningtrack in the multi-purpose area.

The Falcons finally got their first tasteof intercollegiate competition in the newarena and it was not pleasant. NotreDame, another first-year program, sweptthe Falcons, 8-1 and 5-4. Air Force gainedits first home win with a 6-4 win over Ohio State onJan. 17, 1968.

The program continuedto gain momentum, post-ing its first winning seasonin 1970-71 with a 15-11-2record.

However, it was the fol-lowing season that wouldbe the Falcons’ break-through year. Heyligerhired his former All-Ameri-can player at Michigan,John Matchefts, as an as-sistant coach and the Fal-cons posted a 25-6 recordin 1971-72. A few yearslater, in Matchefts’ firstseason as head coach, theFalcons posted a 24-5-1

mark for the school’s best winning percent-age. What will best be remembered from thatteam is a pair of dramatic one-goal wins overColorado College.

Matchefts went on to win 154 games in 11seasons before passing the baton to his for-mer standout, Chuck Delich. Delich, who stillranks 10th in NCAA history in career pointsper game, shattered every school record inhis four years.

After taking over the program in 1985,Delich garnered early success much like hispredecessor. In his second season, he posteda 19-10 record, the most wins in 10 years. Hethen strung together a school-record five con-secutive winning seasons in his 12 yearswhile tying the school record with 154 coach-ing wins. During the Delich years, the Falconsposted a winning record against rival Army,including a 6-1-1 record at home against the

Black Knights.

The third decade of Falcon hockeybrought several changes to the program.Frank Serratore, who has coached atnearly every level of hockey, took over in1998. His enthusiastic, disciplined styleof hockey injected a new energy into theprogram. He has led the Falcons to moreDivision I victories than any other Falconcoach.

In Serratore’s 10th season, he tookthe program to new heights. The Falconsclaimed the Atlantic Hockey Associationchampionship and played Minnesota inthe NCAA West Regional, both firsts forany service academy team. A 4-3 loss tothe Gophers only whet the Falcons’ ap-petite. Serratore backed that champi-onship season up with another ring asthe Falcons won the AHA title and facedsecond-ranked Miami in the NCAANortheast Regional, falling to the Red-Hawks in overtime.

After knocking on the door twice, theFalcons finally kicked it in with a record-setting season in 2008-09. AFA won a

school-record 28games, won itsthird straight AHAchampionship andwon its first-everNCAA game with awin over the sto-ried MichiganWolverines.

With its hum-ble beginnings inan outdoor rinkrelying on the un-predictable Col-orado weather,Falcon hockey hasgrown by leapsand bounds. Inthe past 10 years,nearly 700,000fans have watchedthe Falcons.

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Coaching HistoryCoaching HistoryCoach Years Seasons G W L T Pct.Vic Heyliger 1969-74 6 165 85 77 3 .524

John Matchefts 1975-85 11 310 154 150 6 .506

Chuck Delich 1986-97 12 370 154 197 19 .442

Frank Serratore 1998-Pres. 13 479 214 227 38 .486

Total --- 42 1324 607 651 66 .483

Heyliger Matchefts Delich Serratore

Dave Spannbauer, 1974-77 John Anzelc, 1986-89

John Decker, 1992-95 Billy Devoney, 2004-07

U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

Having only four head coaches in the 42 seasons of varsity hockey, the Air Force Academy is proud to have two formercoaches elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame: Vic Heyliger and John Matchefts.

Vic Heyliger, the “Father of Air Force Hockey,” came to theAcademy in 1966 to coach the Falcons’ club team. In 1968-69, he became the Falcons’ first varsity head coach. In his sixseasons at the helm, the Falcons quickly became a competi-tive hockey program at the Division I level. Heyliger led theFalcons to an 85-77-3 record, including a phenomenal 25-6record in 1971-72, the fourth season of varsity hockey.

The native of Concord, Mass., will always be regarded asone of the greatest college hockey coaches ever. In 13 sea-sons as the head coach of his alma mater, Michigan, he ledthe Wolverines to six NCAA Championships. He led theWolverines to a 228-61-13 record from 1944-57.

In his fourth season, he led the 1948 Wolverines to a 20-2-1 record and the school’s first NCAA Championship ever. Herepeated the feat in 1951 as Michigan posted a 22-4-1 recordand defeated Brown, 7-1, in the championship game. That titlewas Michigan’s first of three straight championships and fivein six years. Heyliger was a three-year letterman at Michiganfrom 1934-37. The outstanding defenseman award at Michi-gan is named in his honor. Following his playing career atMichigan, he played three seasons in the National HockeyLeague with the Chicago Blackhawks.

The 1938 graduate of Michigan began his coaching careerat the University of Illinois. In four seasons, he guided theIllini to a 59-29-4 record. Heyliger, who was instrumental inthe development of the Western Collegiate Hockey Associa-tion, was named the National Collegiate Coach of the Year in1953. After leaving Michigan in 1957, he remained active inhockey as he coached the USA National Team that competedagainst the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. In 1962 and 1963,Heyliger coached West Germany in the World Championshipsand later coached Team USA at the 1966 World Champi-onships.

He was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame inEveleth, Minn., in September 1974.

Heyliger passed away in 2006.

John Matchefts was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall ofFame in 1991 and was named to the NCAA’s 50th anniversaryhockey team in 1997. Matchefts played on three nationalchampionship teams at Michigan under Vic Heyliger from1951-53. Matchefts earned All-American honors in 1951 and1953, was twice named to the all-tournament team at theNCAA Championships and was the finals MVP in 1953.

Following his college playing career, Matchefts played onthe USA National Team in 1955 and earned a silver medal asan alternate captain with the 1956 USA Olympic Team. Afterserving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps,Matchefts returned to hockey in 1957 as the head coach atLincoln High School in Thief River Falls, Minn. While coachingat Lincoln and his alma mater, Eveleth High School, he led the1959 and 1960 teams to the state tournament and never had alosing season.

The native of Eveleth, Minn., guided the Colorado Collegehockey program for five seasons and posted a 48-72-2 mark.He was named the 1969 Western Collegiate Hockey Associa-tion Coach of the Year.

Matchefts came to the Academy in 1972 as an assistantcoach to Heyliger for three seasons. He took over the headcoaching duties in 1974. In 11 seasons, Matchefts led the Fal-cons to a 154-150-6 record from 1974-85. In his first seasonat Air Force, he led the Falcons to a remarkable 24-5-1 record,the second-best mark in school history. He also paced the Fal-cons to four winning seasons in his first five years. His 154wins are tied with Chuck Delich as the second-most careerhockey coaching wins in AFA history.

As an assistant coach, Matchefts went back to his home-town to recruit a player who was overlooked by nearly everyother Division I school. Four years later, Chuck Delich becameAir Force’s all-time leading scorer and one of the most potentoffensive players in NCAA history. After spending four seasonsas Matchefts’ assistant, Delich succeeded him as the Falcons’head coach in 1984.

VIC HEYLIGER

HEAD COACH

1969-1974

JOHN MATCHEFTS

HEAD COACH

1975-1985

Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame

#4 Gary BatinichWing, 1975-78, Eveleth, Minn.

Batinich is the only non-cen-ter in the top five career scorers.He ranks fifth in career scoringwith 196 points. The native ofEveleth, Minn., led the team inassists 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 overColorado College in 1974-75.

Year GM Goals Assists Points Pen-Min.1974-75 29 21 29 50 18-361975-76 26 22 42 64 13-271976-77 26 22 26 48 7-161977-78 23 17 17 34 13-28Career 104 82 114 196 51-107

#11 Beau BilekDefenseman, 1992-95, Des Moines, Iowa

The captain and most valuableplayer of the 1994-95 team, Bilekhelped lead the Falcons to con-secutive 15-win seasons. Bilekranks third in career scoringamong defensemen and 26thoverall. He led the team with 42points in 1993-94. The Des

Moines, Iowa, native led the Falcon defensemen inpoints three consecutive seasons. He played four yearsof professional hockey in the Chicago Blackhawks or-ganization and was a two-time all-star (1997-98 and1998-99) with the Columbus Chill of the ECHL.


#7 Frank DaldineCenter, 1983-86, Rochester, Mich.

Daldine is one of only twoplayers in school history to leadthe team in points all four years.He led the team in goals threetimes. Daldine ranks eighth in ca-reer scoring with 156 points. Theteam captain and most valuableplayer in 1984-85, Daldine

helped lead the Falcons to their first winning season inseven years (1985-86). Originally from Rochester,Mich., Daldine scored 30 or more points every seasonand tallied 44 points as a junior and senior. He also ledthe Falcons in power-play goals three times, includinga career-best 10 in 1983-84.


#4 Mark DeGironimoCenter, 1993-96, Billerica, Mass.

DeGironimo ranks 17th on thecareer scoring list with 131 pointsin 124 career games. He was theteam captain and MVP of the1995-96 team. As a junior, he ledthe team with 20 goals and 39points.


#5 Chuck DelichCenter, 1974-77, Eveleth, Minn.

Delich is the school’s all-timeleader in goals and points with 156and 279, respectively. He holds 14AFA records and was named theteam’s most valuable player twice.Delich not only broke the existingcareer records for goals and pointsin 1977, he obliterated them by

more than 50 goals and 60 points. He also earned theAcademy’s Athletic Excellence award in 1976 and1977. He still ranks 13th on the NCAA career scoringlist. The native of Eveleth, Minn., spent 16 years in themilitary, retiring as a major in 1993. He returned to theAcademy in 1981 as an assistant coach and was thehead coach from 1985 to 1997. His 154 career coachingwins are tied as the second-most in AFA history.


#7 Joe DelichForward, 1986-89, Eveleth, Minn.

The younger brother of Chuck,Joe certainly left his own markon Academy hockey. He is cur-rently tied for 18th in careerscoring with 130 points in 113games (47-83-130). He led theteam in assists twice with 25 in1987-88 and 31 in 1988-89. In

1987-88, he also led the team in points (42) andpower-play goals (seven) and tied for the lead ingoals (17). Delich returned to the Academy as an as-sistant coach from 1999-2002.


#5 Joe DoyleWing, 1986-89, Weymouth, Mass.

Doyle was part of the firstclass in AFA history to post fourwinning seasons. He led the teamin goals in 1987-88 and 1988-89and was named the team MVP ineach of those seasons. He ranks22nd in career scoring with 126points in 110 games. Doyle re-

turned to the Academy as an assistant coach from1994-98 and from 2003-06. Doyle was an assistantcoach during Frank Serratore’s first season and helpedthe Falcons win 15 games in 1997-98, more than thetwo previous seasons combined.


#9 Steve HallCenter, 1969-71, White Bear Lake, Minn.

Hall currently ranks 16th on AirForce’s career scoring list with136 points in 75 games. He is theonly Falcon among the top 16 incareer scoring to have only playedthree seasons. He was the captainof Air Force’s first varsity teamand led the first two AFA teams in

goals. In 1968-69, he led the Falcons with 21 goals, 22assists and 43 points. He also led the team with 31goals in 1969-70.

Year GM Goals Assists Points Pen-Min.1968-69 22 21 22 43 18-361969-70 25 31 18 49 6-321970-71 28 19 25 44 8-16Career 75 71 65 136 32-94

#25 Tim HartjeForward, 1983-86, Anoka, Minn.

The team co-captain of the1985-86 team, Hartje helped leadthe team to its first winning sea-son in seven years (15-13). Ineach of the four seasons heplayed, the team increased its wintotal.

He is tied for 35th in careerscoring with 107 points and 25th in goals with 53. Asa senior, he was named the team’s MVP as he led theFalcons with 19 goals and four game-winners and wassecond on the team with 40 points.


Many outstanding hockey players have worn the blue and silver in the past 42 years, but these 27players were selected by the alumni as members of the Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame.

#19 Bob IngrahamDefenseman, 1990-93, Georgetown, Mass.

Bob Ingraham is one of thebest two-way players to ever playat the Academy. Ingraham holdsthe career record for goals by adefenseman with 47 and ranksfourth in career scoring by a de-fenseman with 116 points. As asenior, he was the team captain

of the 1992-93 team and is the only defenseman inschool history to lead the team in goals for a season.In 1990-91, he led the Falcons with 18 goals, themost ever by a blueliner.


#9 Justin KiefferCenter, 1996-99, Brainerd, Minn.

Kieffer became just the secondplayer in school history to tie orlead the team in goals, assists andpoints in consecutive seasons.Tied for 13th in career scoring, hewas one of just 20 seniors namedto Team USA for the North

American College Hockey Championships. He wonthe Academy Athletic Excellence award in 1998 andthe Athletic Achievement award in 1999. The two-time team captain won the Vic Heyliger Award in1998 and won the Delich Award twice. He was afirst-team GTE/CoSIDA academic all-district selec-tion and a third-team academic All-American. In1998, he led the nation with 14 power-play goals.


#2 Doug LeibbrandDefenseman, 1974-77, Hastings, Minn.

The team co-captain in 1976-77,Leibbrand ranks second in careerscoring among defensemen and istied for 23rd overall in AFA history.He played on the 1974-75 team thatposted a 24-5-1 record, the bestwinning percentage in school his-tory. The native of Hastings, Minn.,

led the blueliners in scoring in 1975-76 and 1976-77. Hewas selected as the team’s most valuable player in 1977when he tallied 14 goals. His 35 career goals are the sec-ond most by any Falcon defenseman.


#1 Mark LiebichGoalie, 1989-92, Rexford, N.Y.

A four-year letterman,Liebich was just the second goal-tender honored on the Wall ofFame. A 1992 graduate, Liebichranks fourth in games played bya goalie (87) and third in saves(2,551). Among goalies withmore than 50 games played, he

ranks fifth in goals-against average (4.05) and tied forseventh in saves percentage (.878). A four-yearstarter, he won 33 career games. As a sophomore, heposted a career-best 55 saves as the Falcons earned arare tie with Colorado College, 3-3, in 1989.

Year GM SV/% GA/GAA SHO1988-89 17 .881 66/4.27 01989-90 19 .886 77/4.40 11990-91 21 .865 89/4.60 01991-92 30 .871 121/4.24 1Career 87 .878 353/4.05 2

#20 Bill LuukkonenDefenseman, 1976-79, Eveleth, Minn.

Luukkonen was the team co-captain in 1979-80 and the team’stop scoring defenseman as a jun-ior and senior. In 110 careergames, he scored 67 points andranks 15th on the career scoringlist for defensemen.


#25 Gerry MichelettiDefenseman, 1972-75, Hibbing, Minn.

One of the best defensemen toever play at the Academy, he isthe top scoring defenseman inAFA history and is tied for 20thoverall. The Hibbing, Minn.,product is one of only four Falconhockey player to earn the covetedAFA 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 the1974-75 team that posted the best record (24-5-1) inschool history. His 95 career assists and 127 careerpoints are the most by any Falcon defenseman.


#1 Al MorrisonGoalie, 1972-75, White Bear Lake, Minn.

The third goaltender to have hisphoto placed on the Wall of Fame,Al Morrison joins Kim Newmanand Mark Liebich. Morrison stillholds the school record with 121saves in a series vs. Michigan Statein 1973. He played more minutes(6,180) and made more saves

(3,270) than any other Falcon goalie. During his fouryears, the Falcons posted a record of 77-42-1. AFA won25 games his freshman year and 24 his senior year.

Year GM SV/% GA/GAA SHO1971-72 28 .882 103/3.7 01972-73 32 .858 187/6.0 11973-74 25 .875 108/4.8 11974-75 20 .873 82/4.2 2Career 105 .872 480/4.6 4

#1 Kim NewmanGoalie, 1969-71, Eveleth, Minn.

One of the best goaltenders toever wear the blue and silver,Newman is the only player inschool history to be named teammost valuable player three times.A two-time team captain, New-man still holds many AFA

records. His .903 career saves percentage has stoodfor more than 30 years. The native of Eveleth, Minn.,posted 1,166 saves in 1969-70, a mark that may neverbe broken. As the goalie on AFA’s first varsity team(1968-69), Newman led the Falcons to their first win-ning season (15-11-2 in 1970-71).

Year GM SV/% GA/GAA SHO1968-69 22 939/.882 125/5.68 11969-70 25 1166/.899 131/4.50 21970-71 27 1123/.9075 114/4.10 1Career 74 3228/.903 370/5.00 4

#25 Steve MullvainDefenseman, 1970-73, Richfield, Minn.

A four-year letterman on de-

fense, Mullvain was the captain

of the 1972-73 team. As a senior, he was named the

team’s MVP with 23 points in 30games. He was the first defense-man in AFA history to earn teamMVP honors. As a junior, he

scored a career-best 44 points, a record for defense-men that stood until 1975.

When he graduated, he was the top scoring de-fenseman in AFA history and ranked eighth in careerscoring for all players. He currently ranks 34th all-time in scoring and fifth among defensemen.



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#4 Tom RichardsCenter, 1979-82, St. Paul, Minn.

Richards ranks sixth in AFAhistory with 168 points in 118 ca-reer games. He also ranks sixthin career goals with 78. He wasthe team captain as a senior andled the team in goals (22), assists(20) and points (42) as a junior.


#19 Robin RobideauxCenter, 1976-79, Silver Bay, Minn.

Robideaux ranks ninth in ca-reer scoring at the Academy with152 points in 108 games. A teamco-captain in 1978-79, he scored32 or more points in each of hisfour years. As a senior, he had acareer high 43 points.


#10 Bob RossCenter, 1969-72, Lakewood, Colo.

Ross was the Academy’s careerleading scorer for one season, be-fore his record was broken byDave Skalko. Ross ranks fourth incareer scoring with 197 points in106 games. He still holds theschool records for most consecu-tive games with an assist with a

nine-game streak in 1970. He is also tied for the schoolrecord with four goals in a period, five points in a pe-riod, two hat tricks in a series and three consecutive hattricks. A native of Lakewood, Colo., Ross was a mem-ber of the first varsity hockey team ever at Air Force.

Year GM Goals Assists Points Pen-Min.1968-69 18 16 19 35 2-7

1969-70 29 17 19 36 6-20

1970-71 28 33 23 56 3-6

1971-72 31 39 31 70 4-8

Career 106 105 92 197 15-41

#11 Bob SajevicCenter, 1977-80, St. Paul, Minn.

Sajevic was the third in thestretch of three great AFA scorersto cover nine straight years. Heranks second in career scoringwith 228 points in 113 games.The native of St. Paul, Minn.,joins Chuck Delich as the onlytwo players in school history to

record 100+ goals, 100+ assists and 200+ points.Sajevic led the team in scoring as a sophomore andsenior. He still holds the AFA record with nine assistsin one series against Hamline in 1977. He is tied forthe most hat tricks in a series with two against NewHampshire in 1977 and for the most goals in a periodwith four against Winnipeg in 1980.


#5 Dave SkalkoCenter, 1970-74, Gilbert, Minn.

Skalko, the first in the line ofthree outstanding scorers, heldthe career record for points forfour years until Chuck Delichbroke the record in 1977. He stillholds the school record for assistsin a season (49 in 1972) and as-sists 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 andis one of three players to lead the team in scoring formore than two seasons.


#7 Jim SkalkoCenter, 1971-74, Gilbert, Minn.

Skalko currently ranks 12th incareer scoring at the Academywith 54 goals, 89 assists and 143points in 105 games. He was theteam captain in 1973-74. As asophomore, he was second on theteam in assists with 34 and fourthwith 49 points. His 18 goals as a

junior were third on the team. Despite playing just 14games due to injury as a senior, he recorded 34 points(2.5 points per game). As a senior, he earned theAcademy’s Athletic Leadership Award.


#6 Mike SmellieRight Wing, 1977-80, Detroit, Mich.

Smellie was the team co-cap-tain and most valuable player ofthe 1979-80 team. He currentlyranks seventh in career scoring atthe Academy with 77 goals, 89assists and 166 points in 103games. At just 5-8, 155 pounds,he used his quickness to rack up

back-to-back 50+ point seasons. He led the team with34 goals and was tied for the lead with 65 points as ajunior. He also led the team with five hat tricks and11 power-play goals that season. As a senior, he col-lected 55 points to rank second on the team.


#21 Andy VeneriForward, 1991-95, Reading, Mass.

Veneri was the team MVP in1993-94 and the team co-captainin 1994-95. He led the team ingoals as a junior and in power-play and game-winning goals as asenior. He ranks 33rd in careerpoints with 112 in 129 careergames.


#21 Todd ZejdlikDefenseman, 1972-75, Crystal, Minn.

Zejdlik ranks sixth in schoolhistory for points by a defense-man with 99 points in 120 games.His defensive play was key to theteam’s success as he played ontwo teams that won 20 or moregames. Among all players, heranks 40th in career scoring.


YEAR WON LOST TIEDPCT. COACH CAPTAIN, POS.1968-69 6 12 0 .333 Vic Heyliger Robert Stewart, F; Steve Hall, F

1969-70 11 17 1 .396 Vic Heyliger Kim Newman, G1970-71 15 11 2 .571 Vic Heyliger Kim Newman, G1971-72 25 6 0 .806 Vic Heyliger Bob Ross, C1972-73 16 16 0 .500 Vic Heyliger Steve Mullvain, D1973-74 12 15 0 .430 Vic Heyliger Jim Skalko, C1974-75 24 5 1 .816 John Matchefts Gerry Micheletti, D1975-76 16 10 0 .615 John Matchefts Chuck Pribyl, D1976-77 20 7 0 .741 John Matchefts Chuck Delich, C; Doug Leibbrand, D1977-78 9 17 0 .346 John Matchefts Steve Asbell, D1978-79 18 12 1 .597 John Matchefts Robin Robideaux, F; Bill Luukkonen, D

1979-80 15 16 0 .484 John Matchefts Bob Sajevic, C; Mike Smellie, F1980-81 13 13 0 .500 John Matchefts Chuck Evancevich, C1981-82 12 17 1 .417 John Matchefts Mike Drake, G; Tom Richards, C1982-83 5 23 0 .179 John Matchefts Dave Leibbrand, F1983-84 8 16 2 .346 John Matchefts Bruce Umland, C; Bob Sullivan, F1984-85 14 14 1 .500 John Matchefts Dan Johnson, F; Tom Zuccaro, D1985-86 15 13 0 .536 Capt. Chuck Delich Tim Hartje, F; Frank Daldine, F1986-87 19 10 0 .655 Capt. Chuck Delich Keith Nightingale, D1987-88 15 14 0 .517 Capt. Chuck Delich John Manney, F; Tom Zupancich, F/D 1988-89 14 12 3 .534 Maj. Chuck Delich Kurt Rohloff, D

1989-90 16 13 1 .550 Maj. Chuck Delich Kurt Rohloff, D1990-91 11 17 4 .406 Maj. Chuck Delich Dan Greene, D; Mike Parent, D; Mike Veneri, F1991-92 14 20 0 .411 Maj. Chuck Delich Tony Roe, D; Mark Liebich, G; Brett Gallagher, F1992-93 8 20 2 .300 Maj. Chuck Delich Eric Rice, F; Bob Ingraham, D; T.J. Courtney, C1993-94 15 16 1 .484 Chuck Delich Tony Retka, D1994-95 15 17 1 .469 Chuck Delich Beau Bilek, D; Erik Brown, F;Andy Veneri, F1995-96 4 24 5 .197 Chuck Delich Mark DeGironimo, F; Pat Ryan, D1996-97 8 21 2 .290 Chuck Delich Todd Lafortune, F; Steve Maturo, F1997-98 15 19 0 .441 Frank Serratore Justin Kieffer, C1998-99 15 19 2 .444 Frank Serratore Justin Kieffer, C

1999-00 19 18 2 .513 Frank Serratore Nels Grafstrom, W2000-01 16 17 4 .486 Frank Serratore Scott Bradley, W2001-02 16 16 2 .500 Frank Serratore Andy Berg, C; Brian Rodgers, W2002-03 10 24 3 .311 Frank Serratore Andy Berg, C; Scott Zwiers, W2003-04 14 21 2 .405 Frank Serratore Shane Saum, C; Spanky Leonard, C2004-05 14 19 3 .431 Frank Serratore Steve Mead, D; Matt Bader, W; Brooks Turnquist, D2005-06 11 20 1 .359 Frank Serratore Matt Bader, W; BrooksTurnquist, D; Andrew Ramsey, W; Brian Gineo, D2006-07 19 16 5 .538 Frank Serratore Billy Devoney, D; Andrew Ramsey, W; Brian Gineo, D2007-08 21 12 6 .615 Frank Serratore Mike Phillipich, W; Eric Ehn, C; Matt Charbonneau, D; Frank Schiavone, D2008-09 28 11 2 .707 Frank Serratore Mike Phillipich, W; Brent Olson, W; Jeff Hajner, C

2009-10 16 15 6 .513 Frank Serratore Jeff Hajner, C; Brett Nylander, D/F; Matt Fairchild, F; Jacques Lamoureux, F

TOTALS 607 651 66 .483

The 1970’s

The 1980’s

The 1990’s

The 2000’s

The 2010’s

The 1960’s

Season Results

Top 100 Career Scorers

NO NAME, POS YEARS GMS GLS AST PTS PEN/MIN1. Chuck Delich, F 1973-77 109 156 123 279 58/151

2. Bob Sajevic, F 1976-80 113 107 121 228 27/54

3. Dave Skalko, F 1969-73 118 75 144 219 81/208

4. Bob Ross, F 1968-72 106 105 92 197 15/41

5. Gary Batinich, F 1974-78 104 82 114 196 51/107

6. Tom Richards, F 1978-82 118 78 90 168 27/54

7. Mike Smellie, F 1976-80 103 77 89 166 28/56

8. Frank Daldine, F 1983-86 109 79 77 156 36/75

9. Dave Bunker, F 1970-74 109 82 70 152 41/118

Robin Robideaux, F 1975-79 108 68 84 152 88/200

11. Eric Ehn, F 2005-08 133 53 93 146 39/78

12. Jim Skalko, F 1970-74 105 54 89 143 82/194

13. Justin Kieffer, F 1996-99 133 66 76 142 110/253

Andy Berg, F 2000-03 140 64 78 142 59/126

15. Marlo Mellum, F 1971-75 118 73 65 138 43/146

16. Steve Hall, F 1968-71 75 71 65 136 32/94

17. Mark DeGironimo, F 1992-96 124 57 74 131 50/113

18. Joe Delich, F 1985-89 113 47 83 130 50/112

John Decker, F 1991-95 128 58 72 130 80/195

20. Gerry Micheletti, D 1971-75 115 32 95 127 118/286

John Klimek, F 1984-87 108 48 79 127 45/90

22. Joe Doyle, F 1985-89 110 57 69 126 37/74

23. Doug Leibbrand, D 1973-77 109 35 90 125 63/124

Scott Zwiers, F 2000-03 147 51 74 125 86/188

25. Scott Bradley, F 1998-01 145 38 85 123 59/129

26. Beau Bilek, D 1991-95 127 33 89 122 64/128

27. Derek Olson, F 1999-02 144 58 63 121 40/91

Jason Mantaro, C 1988-92 119 48 73 121 60/144

29. Mark Manney, F 1980-83 100 55 65 120 37/80

30. Bob Ingraham, D 1990-93 113 47 69 116 39/102

31. Mike Henehan, F 1969-73 96 45 68 113 56/139

Andrew Ramsey, F 2004-07 137 49 64 113 92/241

33. Andy Veneri, F 1991-95 129 56 56 112 87/196

34. Jeff Hajner, F 2007-10. 151 44 67 111 83/174

35. Steve Mullvain, D 1969-73 118 23 85 108 75/153

36. Eric Rice, F 1990-93 121 57 50 107 69/139

Tim Hartje, F 1983-86 111 53 54 107 14/28

38. Chuck Evancevich, F 1977-81 111 55 51 106 44/96

39. Brian Gornick, F 1999-02 130 45 58 103 39/78

40. Brian Rodgers, F 1999-02 141 41 59 100 63/156

41. Todd Zejdlik, D 1971-75 120 24 75 99 63/134

42. Tom Uren, D 1973-77 106 28 70 98 25/98

43. Kevin Pedersen, F 1972-76 99 51 46 97 27/62

. Matt Fairchild, F 2007-10 156 43 54 97 30/60

Jacques Lamoureux, F 2009-Pres. 94 56 41 97 30/8246. Todd Lafortune, F 1993-97 120 53 43 96 61/122

47. Daryl Randall, F 1978-82 116 45 47 92 15/30

Brent Olson, F 2006-09 124 31 61 92 77/148

49. John Manney, F 1985-88 92 41 50 91 22/44

Nels Grafstrom, F 1997-00 135 41 50 91 29/60

51. Greg Flynn, D 2006-09 137 16 74 90 84/179

Mike Phillipich, F 2006-09 134 36 54 90 50/111

Top 100 Scorers

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NO NAME, POS YEARS GMS GLS AST PTS PEN/MIN53. Mike Lucca, F 1970-74 118 45 44 89 54/110

54. Jim Jirele, F 1985-89 87 45 42 86 20/44

55. Dan Davies, D 1996-99 119 19 65 84 90/241

56. Shane Saum, F 2001-04 132 40 43 83 88/223

Derrick Burnett, F 2008-Pres. 113 25 58 83 41/8558. Bruce Umland, F 1981-84 110 40 42 82 33/79

Greg Gutterman, F 1985-89 86 38 44 82 52/88

Tom Murray, F 1968-70 47 35 47 82 22/68

John Anzelc, D/F 1985-89 114 27 55 82 47/108

Spanky Leonard, F 2001-04 134 28 54 82 50/100

63. Matt Watson, F 1986-90 92 33 48 81 26/70

Terry Courtney, F 1990-93 117 41 40 81 172/426

Josh Frider, F 2006-09 151 41 40 81 54/119

66. Michael Mayra, D 2006-09 129 10 65 75 88/147

67. Mike Veneri, F 1988-91 83 19 53 72 44/107

68. Chuck Pribyl, D 1972-75 111 19 52 71 51/118

Brian Reaney, D 2000-03 127 16 55 71 97/226

70. Dan McAlister, F 1991-95 121 34 36 70 66/176

71. Brian Gineo, D 2004-07 143 22 46 68 41/82

72. Gordon Curphy, F 1974-78 92 36 31 67 43/97

Steve Asbell, D 1974-78 81 30 37 67 17/42

Bill Luukkonen, D 1975-79 110 23 44 67 48/98

75. Jace Anders, D 1999-02 144 16 50 66 27/54

76. Joe Chapman, F 1984-87 104 26 39 65 48/94

77. Tom Zupancich, F/D 1984-88 107 22 41 63 49/109

Dave Stangl, F 1969-72 86 29 34 63 24/56

Rich Lund, D 1978-82 100 15 48 63 57/110

80. Dan Greene, D 1987-91 89 14 47 61 31/63

81. Jay Mosley, F 1984-86 78 23 36 59 36/74

Steve Maturo, F 1993-97 111 25 34 59 40/93

83. Steve Saari, F 1980-83 100 22 35 57 33/66

Justin Scott, D 1993-97 122 17 40 57 77/158

Kevin McManaman, D 1985-89 104 16 41 57 76/157

Dave Leibbrand, F 1980-83 100 22 35 57 13/34

Ryan Wiggins, F 2002-05 130 25 32 57 28/67

Josh Schaffer, F 2005-08 132 22 35 57 48/115

89. Jim Andersen, F 1983-86 91 33 23 56 40/88

90. Brooks Turnquist, D 2003-06 142 12 43 55 76/162

Theo Zacour, F 2004-07 119 21 32 53 40/102

Matt Charbonneau, D 2005-08 140 11 42 53 85/184

93. Keith Nightingale, D 1984-87 88 20 30 50 44/134

Mike DesRoche, F 1995-98 88 29 21 50 33/66

95. Steve Mead, D 2002-05 130 6 43 49 57/97

96. John Yelle, D 1981-83 55 26 22 48 42/98

Brendan Connelly, F 1999-00 73 20 28 48 26/71

Brandon Merkosky, F 2004-05 67 21 27 48 32/64

99. Bill Andersen, D 1981-83 97 16 31 47 54/110

Jim Brunkow, D 1984-87 111 7 40 47 17/34

CURRENT PLAYERS IN BOLD ITALIC

National Honors

Mike Polidor

Mike Phillipich

Academic All-Americans

The Falcon hockey team has had four

players earn Academic All-American hon-

ors and five players have earned academic

all-district honors a total of six times.

Justin Kieffer, a 1999 USAFA gradu-

ate, became AFA’s first Academic All-

American. 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 All-

American 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 All-

America team in 2004. The goaltender

from Imperial, Penn., carried a 3.9 grade

point average in astronautical engineering.

Kieffer and Gornick were first-team

academic all-district selections in their re-

spective seasons.

Polidor was a two-time first-team aca-

demic 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 aca-

demic all-district selection in 2008.

In 2009, Mike Phillipich earned first-

team all-district honors and went on to

earn third-team CoSIDA Academic All-

American honors. Phillipich carried a

3.72 GPA in systems engineering man-

agement.

All-AmericansFor the first 39 years of Air Force hockey, no Falcon

ever earned All-America honors.

However, in the last three years, three Falcons have

earned the honor.

Air Force claimed its first All-American in the 2006-07

season as Eric Ehn was named to the American Hockey

Coaches Association East second team. Ehn also earned

first-team All-American honors by Inside College

Hockey.com and U.S. College Hockey Online. Ehn was

second in the nation in scoring with 24 goals, 40 assists

and 64 points (1.60 per game). Ehn became the first ever

service academy player to earn AHCA All-American hon-

ors. He is also the first ever player from the Atlantic

Hockey Association or the College Hockey America con-

ference.

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 All-

American as he was the top scoring defenseman in the na-

tion 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.

Justin Kieffer Eric Ehn

Greg Flynn

Jacques Lamoureux

Brian Gornick

Prior to 2007, the Hobey Baker Award was

merely a pipedream for Air Force hockey.

Then, during the 2006-07 season, Eric Ehn be-

came 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 Lam-

oureux was named as one of 10 finalists for the

Hobey, making Air Force one of only seven schools

(Boston Univeristy, Miami, Michigan, North Dakota,

Princeton and St. Cloud) to have two Hobey finalists

in that three-year span. Lamoureux did not make the

final three as three players from the Hockey East Con-

ference were invited. Boston University’s Matt Gilroy

won the award.

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2008-09 Hobey finalists: Louie Caporusso, Michi-gan; Matt Gilroy, Boston Univ.; Chad Johnson,Alaska; Zane Kalemba, Princeton; Jacques Lam-oureux, Air Force; Jamie McBain, Wisconsin; DavidMcIntyre, Colgate; Viktor Stalberg, Vermont; BradThiessen, Northeastern; Colin Wilson, Boston Univ.

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Air Force/National Honors

Team MVPs1968-69 Kim Newman, So., G

1969-70 Kim Newman, Jr., G

1970-71 Kim Newman, Sr., G

1971-72 Bob Ross, Sr., C

1972-73 Steve Mullvain, Sr., D

1973-74 Chuck Delich, Fr., C

1974-75 Gerry Micheletti, Sr., D

1975-76 Chuck Delich, Jr., C

1976-77 Doug Leibbrand, Sr., D

1977-78 Bob Sajevic, So., C

1978-79 Tom Talbot, Sr., G

1979-80 Mike Smellie, Sr., F

1980-81 Mike Drake, Jr., G

1981-82 Mike Drake, Sr., G

1982-83 Dave Leibbrand, Sr., G

1983-84 Bruce Umland, Sr., F

1984-85 Frank Daldine, jr., F

1985-86 Tim Hartje, Sr., F

1986-87 John Manney, jr., F

1987-88 Joe Doyle, Jr., F

1988-89 Joe Doyle, Sr., F

1989-90 Matt Watson, Sr., F

1990-91 Mike Parent, Sr., D

1991-92 Mark Liebich, Sr., G

1992-93 Eric Rice, Sr., F

1993-94 Andy Veneri, Jr., F

1994-95 Beau Bilek, Sr., D

1995-96 Mark DeGironimo, Sr., F

1996-97 Todd Lafortune, Sr., F

*1997-98 Justin Kieffer, Jr., F

*1998-99 Justin Kieffer, Sr., F

*1999-00 Marc Kielkucki, Jr., G

*2000-01 Marc Kielkucki, Sr., G

*2001-02 Derek Olson, Sr., F

*2002-03 Andy Berg, Sr., F

*2003-04 Spanky Leonard, Sr., F

*2004-05 Brandon Merkosky, So., F

Peter Foster, So., G

*2005-06 Eric Ehn, So., F

*2006-07 Eric Ehn, Jr., F

*2007-08 Andrew Volkening, So., G

*2008-09 Andrew Volkening, Jr., G

*2009-10 Andrew Volkening, Sr., G

* Beginning in 1997-98, the MVPaward was named the Chuck DelichAward in honor of the Academy’s all-

time leading scorer.

Big Six

MALE MVP1974-75 Gerry Micheletti

2001-02 Brian Gornick

2006-07 Eric Ehn

2008-09 Jacques Lamoureux

2009-10 Andrew Volkening

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

ATHLETIC

EXCELLENCE AWARD

1975-76 Chuck Delich

1976-77 Chuck Delich

1979-80 Bob Sajevic


The Air Force Academy honors six cadet-athletes at the end of each aca-

demic year for their performance. The six categories are Most Valuable

Male and Female Athletes, Scholar-Athlete, Athletic Leadership, Ath-

letic Excellence and Outstanding Athletic Achievement. From 1969-98,

nine Falcon hockey players were honored in 29 years. In the last 12

years, 11 hockey players have claimed Big Six honors.

In 2008 and 2009, Air Force has

had four players earn spots on the

NCAA Regional All-Tournament

Team. Goaltender Andrew Volken-

ing 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 all-

tourney team. He made 30 saves in

the game vs. top-seeded Miami and

made numerous spectacular stops.

In the 2009 NCAA East Re-

gional, 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

Most Outstanding PlayerJoe Whitney, B.C.

2009 EAST

REGIONAL

ALL-TOURNAMENTTEAM

F: Jacques Lamoureux, Air ForceF: Sean Bertsch, Air ForceF: Viktor Stalberg, Vermont

D: Greg Flynn, Air ForceD: Dan Lawson, Vermont

G: Andrew Volkening, Air Force

Most Outstanding Player: Dan Lawson, Vermont

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Conference Honors

1999-2000 (CHA)Brian Gornick, So., F

Second TeamAndy Berg, Fr., F

All-Rookie TeamCHA Rookie of the Year

2000-01 (CHA)Scott Bradley, Sr., F

CHA Student-Athlete of the YearMarc Kielkucki, Sr., G

First TeamCHA Player of the Year

Brian Gornick, Jr., FFirst Team

Andy Berg, So., FSecond Team

Joe Locallo, Fr., DAll-Rookie Team

2001-02 (CHA)Brian Gornick, Sr., F

CHA Student Athlete of the YearDerek Olson, Sr., F

First TeamZach Sikich, Fr., G

All-Rookie TeamAndy Berg, Jr., F

CHA All-Tournament Team

2002-03 (CHA)Andy Berg, Sr., F

Second TeamBrian 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 TeamMatt Charbonneau, Fr., D

All-Rookie TeamEric Ehn, Fr., F

All-Rookie Team

2005-06 (CHA)Brooks Turnquist, Sr., D

CHA Student Athlete of the YearEric Ehn, So, F

Second TeamMichael Mayra, Fr., D

Second TeamAll-Rookie Team

2006-07 (AHA)Eric Ehn, Jr., FFirst TeamAHA Player of the Year

Andrew Ramsey, Sr., FSecond Team

Mike Phillipich, So., FAHA Tournament MVPAHA All-Tournament Team

Billy Devoney, Sr., DAHA All-Tournament Team

Andrew Volkening, Fr., GAHA All-Tournament Team

2007-08 (AHA)Greg Flynn, Jr., D

Second TeamEric Ehn, Sr., F

Third TeamBrent Olson, Jr., F

AHA Tournament MVPAHA All-Tournament Team

Andrew Volkening, So., GAHA All-Tournament Team

Matt Charbonneau, Sr., DAHA All-Tournament Team

2008-09 (AHA)Jacques Lamoureux, So., F

First TeamAHA Player of the Year

Greg Flynn, Sr., DFirst TeamAHA Defenseman of the YearAHA All-Tournament Team

Andrew Volkening, Jr., GFirst TeamAHA All-Tournament Team

Matt Fairchild, Jr., GThird TeamAHA Tournament MVPAHA All-Tournament Team

Scott Mathis, Fr., DAll-Rookie TeamAHA All-Tournament Team

2009-10 (AHA)Jacques Lamoureux, Jr., F

First TeamTim Kirby, So., D

First TeamAndrew Volkening, Sr., G

First 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


Mike Knaeble

Ross Miller

Brooks Turnquist

Ben Worker


Matt Charbonneau

Billy Devoney

Eric Ehn

Mike Knaeble

Jay Medenwaldt

Brooks Turnquist

Frank Schiavone

Peter Shenk

Ben Worker

Theo Zacour

2006-07 (AHA)Billy Devoney

Matt Fairchild

Greg Flynn

Brian Gineo

Mike Phillipich

Brian Reese

Frank Schiavone

Ben Worker

Theo Zacour

2007-08 (AHA)Matt Charbonneau

Eric Ehn

Matt Fairchild

Greg Flynn

Mike Phillipich

Frank Schiavone

2008-09 (AHA)Stephen Caple

Matt Fairchild

Greg Flynn

Josh Frider

Scott Mathis

Mike Phillipich

Andrew Volkening

Paul Weisgarber

Mark Williams

Kevin Wright.

2009-10 (AHA)David Bosner

Stephen Caple

Matt Fairchild

Brandon Johnson

Jacques Lamoureux

Scott Mathis

Brett Nylander

Andrew Volkening

Paul Weisgarber

Mark Williams

ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE

Falcons in the Pros

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Beau Bilek (top left), a four-year letterwinner,

ranks 26th on AFA’s career scoring list and

third among defensemen. Bilek graduated

from the Academy in 1995 but was not com-

missioned due to a medical condition. Bilek

played four seasons in the Chicago Black-

hawks organization (1996-99), mostly with

the Columbus Chill of the ECHL and the Indi-

anapolis Ice of the IHL. He was the Chill’s

top scoring defenseman for three seasons and

a two-time all-star.

Marc Kielkucki (top right), a 2001 graduate

of the Academy, signed as a free agent with

the San Jose Sharks in the summer of 2001.

The 6-foot-5, 200-pounder from Brooklyn

Park, Minn., was named the CHA Player of

the Year in 2001. In 2002, he played in 11

games with the Dayton Bombers of the East

Coast Hockey League. In 2003 while on ac-

tive 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 per-

centage. (Photo by Myst Hornyak).

Brian Gornick (bottom left) became the first

Falcon and just the second service academy

player to be selected in the NHL Draft. The 6-

foot-5, 210-pounder from St. Paul, Minn., was

drafted in the ninth round by the Anaheim

Mighty Ducks in 1999. Gornick was a first-

team all-College Hockey America selection in

2001. Gornick graduated from the Academy

in 2002. In 2002-03, he played in 54 games

with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the

AHL. He scored two goals and had four as-

sists. In 2003-04, he played 24 games with the

Mighty Ducks. He then played 18 games with

the San Diego Gulls (ECHL) and had 24

points (9-15-24).

Greg Flynn (bottom right) graduated from the

Academy in 2009 after earning All-America

honors as the nation’s top scoring defense-

man. 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 Dev-

ils. In 2009-10, he played in 11 games and

had two penalty minutes.

Justin Kieffer, a 1999 graduate, played one game with the Colorado Gold Kings of the West Coast

Hockey League in 1999 and tallied one assist. Kieffer is tied for 13th on Air Force’s career scoring

list with 142 points in 133 games as a forward from 1996-99. A captain in the Air Force, he is sta-

tioned in Minneapolis, Minn. Sean Broderick, a 2001 graduate, played in the preseason with the

Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League in 2001-02 and 2004-05 while stationed at

Tinker AFB, Okla. Broderick was a four-year letterman at goalie and played in 41 career games at

AFA. Andy Berg and Shane Saum played in 2005-06 with the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL.

Berg played in 38 games over two seasons with the Inferno and had three goals and three assists.

Saum played in eight games but did not score. Both were second lieutenants in the Air Force sta-

tioned at Shaw AFB. Berg, a 2003 graduate, is tied for 13th in Air Force career scoring with 142

points in 140 games. He is a two-time all-CHA selection and former team MVP. Saum, a 2004 grad-

uate, was the team’s captain in 2003-04 who earned the prestigious Heyliger Award as a senior.

Brian Reaney played three years in the East Coast Hockey League while stationed at Shaw AFB,

S.C. He played 30 games with the Florence Pride of the East Coast Hockey League in 2003-04.

He also played 11 games for the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL in 2004-05 and four in 2005-06. A

defenseman from Park Ridge, Ill., Reaney had seven points in Florence and had one assist in Co-

lumbia. Reaney is a 2003 graduate of the Air Force Academy.

Team Awards

The Delich

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The Matchefts

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John Matchefts Award(Freshman of the Year) -This award, voted on by

the team, is named in

honor of the Falcons’ sec-

ond 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 Fal-

cons to a 154-150-6 record

to tie as the most wins in

school history. He earned

a silver medal as an alter-

nate captain on the 1956

USA Olympic team.

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

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

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, charac-

ter, 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 Di-

vision I level in 1968. He

was elected to the U.S.

Hockey Hall of Fame in

1974.


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


2007-08 Matt Charbonneau


2009-10 Jeff Hajner

1997-98 Mike McGuire

1998-99 Nels Grafstrom

1999-00 Mike Keough

2000-01 Justin Hamilton



2003-04 Shane Saum

2004-05 Seth Pelletier



2007-08 Matt Charbonneau

2008-09 Greg Flynn

2009-10 Matt Fairchild



1999-00 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




JJeeffff HHaajjnneerrPresented by Col. Billy Walker

Deputy Athletic DirectorPresented by Chuck Delich

Air Force All-Time Leading Scorer

Presented by Scott CronkFalcon Blue Line Club

Presented by Roger McFarlandFalcon Blue Line Club

Chuck Delich Award (MostValuable Player) - This award,

voted on by the team, is named

after the Falcons’ all-time lead-

ing scorer and the No. 8 scorer

in the history of NCAA hockey.

He still holds 14 AFA records

and earned the Academy’s Ath-

letic Excellence award in 1976

and 1977. He served as the Fal-

cons’ head coach from 1985-

97. His 154 career coaching

wins are tied as the most in

AFA history.

Larry Cronk Award (MostInspirational) - Thisaward, voted on by theteam, is presented to theplayer whose play on theice inspired his team andmost typifies Falconhockey. Cronk, who cur-rently manages the penaltybox at home games, hasbeen a part of AFA hockeysince its inception in 1966.He was an assistant coachon the first varsity team andalso served as equipmentmanager and rink manager.

The Cronk

The Heyliger

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Team Awards

Most ImprovedMost Improved PlayerAward - 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


1999-00 Brian Rodgers

2000-01 Kyle Fransdal

2001-02 Tom Starkey

2002-03 Ryan Wiggins

2003-04 Mike Knaeble

2004-05 Brian Reese

2005-06 Josh Schaffer

2006-07 Ben Worker

2007-08 Brent Olson

2008-09 Kevin Wright

2009-10 Matt Becker

Defense Defensive Player of the Year -This award is presented to the

defensive player who the coach-

ing staff feels was the team’s

most diligent defensive per-

former. Defensive habits and

skills with a plus-minus ratio are

factors used to select this recipi-

ent.

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


2007-08 Greg Flynn

2008-09 Greg Flynn

2009-10 Tim Kirby

The BowmanJim Bowman Award (Scholar-Athlete) - The Jim BowmanAward, selected by the hockeyeligibility committee, is pre-sented to the upperclassmanwho has excelled in both theclassroom and on the ice. Theaward is named after a manwho has put his heart and soul,not only into Air Force hockey,but into Air Force athletics aswell. As a coach and adminis-trator since 1958, Bowman’sextensive experience has beeninstrumental to the success ofFalcon athletics.

1997-98 Erik Oberg

1998-99 Matt Zitzlsperger

1999-00 Mike Keough

2000-01 Brian Gornick and

Jeff Zurick

2001-02 Brian Gornick



2004-05 Ross Miller

2005-06 Ben Worker

2006-07 Ben Worker

2007-08 Frank Schiavone


2009-10 Matt FairchildBilly Devoney, a 2007 graduate, earned three of the team’s topawards after the 2006-07 season. He earned the Heyliger, the

Cronk and the Defensive Player of the Year awards. Devoney isone of only two players in school history to win three of the

team’s major awards in one season. Defenseman Mike Keoughwon three after the 1999-2000 season.

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Presented by Brad DeAustinVice Athletic Director

Presented by Murray HamiltonFalcon Blue Line Club

Presented by Col. Mike Van ValkenburgOfficer Representative

Goaltender

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Most SavesPERIOD: 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.

Fewest SavesPERIOD: 0, by Al Morrison vs. Lake Forest (2nd), Feb. 22, 1975.GAME: 6, Pat Kielb vs. Villanova, Jan. 10, 1997.SERIES: 20, Marc Kielkucki vs. Concordia, Nov. 20-21, 1998.OVERTIME: 0, by numerous players.

Lowest Goals Allowed AverageSERIES: 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 AverageGAME: 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 MinutesSEASON: 2,502 , Andrew Volkening, 2007-08.CAREER: 7,326, Andrew Volkening, 2007-10

Most Goals AllowedPERIOD: 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.

Highest Saves PercentageSERIES: 1.000, by Mike Drake vs. Northern Arizona, Jan. 18-19, 1980;

and Pat Kielb vs. Mankato State, Feb. 11-12, 1994.SEASON: .920 by Andrew Volkening, 2008-09.CAREER: .915 by Andrew Volkening, 2007-10.

Lowest Saves PercentageGAME: .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 ShutoutsSERIES: 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 PeriodsSEASON: 12 by Andrew Volkening, 2008-09

(262 consecutive minutes vs. Sacred Heart, Bentley, Mercyhurst, Michigan, Vermont).

Goaltender Records

Kim Newman Andrew Volkening

Marc Kielkucki Al Morrison

Over 35 GamesName Years Gms Svs Gls GAA Sho PctAndrew Volkening 07-10 127 2909 269 2.19 15 .915

Kim Newman 68-71 74 3228 345 4.66 4 .903

Marc Kielkucki 98-01 110 2502 311 3.16 10 .889

Peter Foster 04-07 86 1688 218 2.94 7 .886

Mike Polidor 01-04 95 2255 304 3.62 1 .881

Tom Talbot 75-79 73 2389 324 4.43 0 .881

John Moes 85-88 40 1085 146 3.65 2 .881

Mark Liebich 88-90 97 2551 353 4.05 2 .878

Aaron Ratfield 97-98 38 829 115 3.37 2 .878

Mike Blank 87-90 39 1033 145 3.9 0 .876

Dave Spannbauer 73-77 45 1385 198 4.4 2 .875

Sean Broderick 98-01 41 580 81 3.73 1 .873

Al Morrison 71-75 105 3270 480 4.6 4 .872

Mike Drake 78-82 73 2244 378 5.2 2 .859

John Ducharme 82-86 36 890 164 4.7 0 .844

Pat Kielb 93-97 101 2296 424 4.19 3 .842

Mike Benson 91-95 36 742 173 4.66 1 .815

Under 35 GamesName Years Gms Svs Gls GAA Sho PctEd Fairbrother 74-75 1 3 0 0.0 0 1.000

Stephen Caple 08-Pres. 3 19 1 0.95 0 .950

David Bosner 09-Pres. 2 15 1 3.43 0 .938

Jeremy High 00-02 4 24 2 2.0 0 .923

Will Heppner 69-70 1 18 2 2.0 0 .900

Ben Worker 05-07 15 252 30 2.35 3 .891

Zach Sikich 02 10 197 26 3.26 0 .883

Ian Harper 05-Pres. 34 618 85 3.28 1 .879

Darec Liebel 89-93 29 645 119 4.1 0 .876

David Goodley 03 8 147 23 3.74 0 .865

T.J. O’Shaughnessy 82-86 34 726 126 4.4 0 .852

Matt Crandall 82-85 18 553 97 5.5 0 .850

Jack Sundstrom 86-87 24 443 81 5.0 0 .845

Kevin McLaughlin 82-83 5 130 25 5.9 0 .838

Bob Ligday 70-73 4 62 12 3.6 0 .837

Jon Marsh 96 4 90 21 5.5 0 .811

Individual Records

Most GoalsPERIOD: 4, by Bob Ross vs. Wisconsin-Superior

(1st), Nov. 27, 1971; Bob Sajevic vs. Win-

nipeg (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 AssistsPERIOD: 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 PointsPERIOD: 5, by Pat Carmichael vs. Stanford (2nd), Feb. 19, 1972; Bob

Ross vs. Wis.-Superior (1st), Nov. 28, 1972; Jim Skalko vs. Lake For-

est (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.


DEFENSE: 127, by Gerry Micheletti, 1972-75.

Most Hat TricksPERIOD: 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 Michi-

gan, 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.


Most Consecutive Games ScoringGOALS: 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.

Most PenaltiesPERIOD: 4, Mark Skibinski vs. Rochester Institute of Technology (2nd),

Dec. 1, 1990; Terry Courtney vs. Colo. Col-

lege (2nd), Jan. 22, 1991, Feb. 24, 1990; Dan

Davies vs. Brown, Jan. 18, 1997.

GAME: 6, (twice) most recently by Dan McAlis-

ter vs. Alaska-Anchorage, Feb. 26, 1993.

SERIES: 9, (twice) most recently by Mark Ma-

jewski vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Feb. 23-24,

1990.

SEASON: 49, by Terry Courtney, 1990-91.

CAREER: 172, by Terry Courtney, 1990-93.

Most Penalty MinutesPERIOD: 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. 7-

8, 1992; Mark Majewski vs. Alabama-

Huntsville, 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

CAREER: 34, John Decker, 1992-95.

Most Short-handed Goals (no records before 1985-86)

GAME: 2, Mike Knaeble vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Nov. 1, 2003

SEASON: 5, Eric Rice, 1991-92.

CAREER: 7, Eric Rice, 1990-93; Matt Fairchild, 2007-10

Most Game-winning Goals(no records before 1985-86)

SEASON: 9, Jacques Lamoureux, 2008-09

CAREER: 13, Jacques Lamoureux, 2008-Present

Bob Ross

John Decker

Mark Skibinski

Chuck Delich

Salute: Following every home game, the Falcons salute the fans bytapping their sticks on the ice and then raising them to the crowd. Atthe completion of the Army series in the AHA Quarterfinals last year,right, both teams gathered at center ice to salute the crowd at Cadet

Ice Arena.

Team Records

Most Games (Season)PLAYED: 41, 2008-09.WINS: 28, 2008-09.DIVISION I WINS: 28, 2008-09.LOST: 24, 1995-96; and 2002-03.TIED: 6, 2007-08.OVERTIME GAMES: 11, 2007-08.OVERTIME WINS: 3, 2004-05.

Most GoalsPERIOD: 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 AssistsPERIOD: 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 PointsPERIOD: 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 PenaltiesPERIOD: 15 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3rd),

Feb. 26, 1993.GAME: 21 vs. Alaska-Anchorage,

Feb. 26, 1993.SERIES: 32 vs. Alaska-Anchorage,

Feb. 26, 1993.SEASON: 326, 1998-99.

Most Penalty MinutesPERIOD: 82 vs. Alaska-Anchorage,


Feb. 26 1993.SERIES: 137 vs. Alaska-Anchorage,

Feb.26-27, 1993.SEASON: 802, 1992-93.

Combined PointsPERIOD: 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 GoalsPERIOD: 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)

Combined AssistsPERIOD: 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 PenaltiesPERIOD: 36 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3rd),



Feb. 26-27, 1993.SEASON: 675, 1992-93.

Combined Penalty MinutesPERIOD: 207 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (3rd), Feb.

26, 1993.GAME: 231 vs. Alaska-Anchorage,


Feb. 26-27, 1993.SEASON: 1,680, 1992-93.

Most Opponent GoalsGAME: 17 by Clarkson, 17-0, Dec. 29, 1982.SEASON: 194, 1982-83.

Biggest Win MarginGAME: 14 vs. Iowa St. (15-1), Dec. 11, 1974.

Biggest Loss MarginGAME: 17 vs. Clarkson, 17-0, Dec. 29, 1982.

Fastest Goal GAME: 0:08, Tom Richards vs. St.

Scholastica, Feb. 6, 1981.League: 0:13 Brian Gineo vs. Bemidji State,

Oct. 28, 2005.PERIOD: 0:06 (3rd) by Steve Mullvain vs.

Notre Dame, Mar. 7, 1970.League: 0:10 (3rd) by Brian Reese vs. RIT,

Feb. 13, 2006.

Fastest Two GoalsSix Seconds - 6:03 by Bob Fleury, 6:09 by Bob

Ross vs. Illinois, Jan. 24, 1969; and 5:10 byBob Ross, 5:16 by Bob Ross vs. Stanford,Jan. 21, 1972.

Fastest Three Goals32 Seconds - 5:15 by Mark Kartarik, 5:26 by

Kevin Pedersen, 5:47 by Mark Kartarik vs.Augsburg, Feb. 15, 1975.

Fastest Four GoalsOne minute, 23 seconds - 12:49 by John

Bingaman, 13:13 by Gary Batinich, 13:25by Kevin Pedersen, 14:12 by Chuck Delichvs. 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 TricksSEASON: 15, 1975-76.

SavesSEASON: 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 GoalsAllowed

(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

StreaksWINS: 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 RecordsASSISTS: 280, 1982-83.POINTS: 474, 1982-83.PENALTIES: 366, 1993-94.PENALTY MINUTES: 892, 1993-94.SAVES: 1,170, 1986-87.HAT TRICKS: 7, 1972-73.

Records by Season

PPGPPGYEAR NAME PPG1981-82 Mark Manney 15*1982-83 F. Daldine/B. Umland 81983-84 Frank Daldine 101984-85 Frank Daldine 91985-86 John Klimek 61986-87 John Klimek 61987-88 Joe Delich 71988-89 Joe Doyle 61989-90 Matt Watson 111990-91 Bob Ingraham 81991-92 Bob Ingraham 81992-93 Eric Rice 81993-94 John Decker 111994-95 Andy Veneri 131995-96 Mark DeGironimo 91996-97 Justin Kieffer 81997-98 Justin Kieffer 141998-99 Brian Gornick 61999-00 Gornick/Zwiers/Rodgers 62000-01 Brian Gornick 82001-02 Derek Olson 112002-03 Andy Berg 15*2003-04 Spanky Leonard 62004-05 Brandon Merkosky 102005-06 Josh Schaffer/Brian Reese 62006-07 Andrew Ramsey 102007-08 Jeff Hajner 92008-09 Jacques Lamoureux 15*2009-10 Jacques Lamoureux 13

SHGSHGYEAR NAME SHG1985-86 Three Players 11986-87 Jim Jirele 31987-88 M. Mason/T. Supancich 21988-89 None --1989-90 Mark Majewski 21990-91 Three Players 11991-92 Eric Rice 5*1992-93 None --1993-94 Andy Veneri 41994-95 Mark DeGironimo 21995-96 Todd Lafortune 21996-97 Three Players 21997-98 Three Players 21998-99 Two Players 11999-00 Five Players 12000-01 Two Players 22001-02 Tom Starkey 12002-03 T. Starkey/S. Pelletier 12003-04 Mike Knaeble 32004-05 None --2005-06 Mike Knaeble 12006-07 Mike Phillipich 12007-08 Matt Fairchild 32008-09 Matt Fairchild 42009-10 Weisgarber/Page 2

* Denotes School Record

GWGGWGYEAR NAME GWG1985-86 Tim Hartje 41986-87 John Klimek 51987-88 Mike Mason 31988-89 Four Players 21989-90 M. Majewski/B. Ingraham 31990-91 J. Mantaro/B. Ingraham 31991-92 Eric Rice 31992-93 Three Players 21993-94 Three Players 31994-95 Andy Veneri 41995-96 Pat Ryan 21996-97 Steve Maturo/Justin Kieffer 21997-98 Nels Grafstrom 31998-99 Nels Grafstrom 41999-00 Derek Olson 52000-01 Scott Zwiers 32001-02 Shane Saum 32002-03 Ryan Wiggins 42003-04 Leonard/Saum/Zacour 22004-05 Four Players 22005-06 Josh Schaffer/Eric Ehn 22006-07 Andrew Ramsey 62007-08 Jeff Hajner 32008-09 Jacques Lamoureux 9*2009-10 Jacques Lamoureux 4

PPOINTSOINTS

YEAR NAME, POS. G AST PTS1968-69 Steve Hall, C 21 22 431969-70 Dave Skalko, C 19 34 531970-71 Bob Ross, C 33 23 561971-72 Dave Skalko, C 27 49* 761972-73 Dave Skalko, C 13 44 571973-74 Chuck Delich, F 43 24 671974-75 Chuck Delich, F 38 26 641975-76 Chuck Delich, F 44* 35 79* 1976-77 Chuck Delich, F 31 38 691977-78 Bob Sajevic, C 25 34 591978-79 Mike Smellie, F 34 31 651979-80 Bob Sajevic, C 35 29 641980-81 Tom Richards, C 22 20 421981-82 Mark Manney, F 27 26 531982-83 Frank Daldine, F 16 21 371983-84 Frank Daldine, F 17 14 311984-85 Frank Daldine, F 28 16 441985-86 Frank Daldine, F 18 26 441986-87 John Klimek, F 19 29 48 1987-88 Joe Delich, F 17 25 42 1988-89 Joe Doyle, F 24 24 481989-90 Matt Watson, F 18 20 381990-91 Jason Mantaro, F 15 29 441991-92 Bob Ingraham, D 14 24 381992-93 Eric Rice, F 12 15 271993-94 Beau Bilek, D 9 33 421994-95 Mark DeGironimo, F 20 19 39

John Decker, F 16 23 391995-96 Mark DeGironimo, F 17 24 411996-97 Todd Lafortune, C 20 23 431997-98 Justin Kieffer, C 24 27 511998-99 Justin Kieffer, C 14 24 381999-00 Scott Bradley, W 13 25 38

Brian Gornick, C 13 25 382000-01 Andy Berg, C 16 21 372001-02 Derek Olson, C 21 18 392002-03 Andy Berg, C 22 18 402003-04 Spanky Leonard, W 11 16 272004-05 Brandon Merkosky, W 14 17 312005-06 Eric Ehn, C 14 21 352006-07 Eric Ehn, C 24 40 642007-08 Brent Olson, W 18 20 38

Jeff Hajner, C 15 23 382008-09 Jacques Lamoureux, C 33 20 532009-10 Jacques Lamoureux, C 22 20 42

GGOALSOALS

YEAR NAME, POS. G AST PTS1968-69 Steve Hall, C 21 22 431969-70 Steve Hall, C 31 18 491970-71 Bob Ross, C 33 23 561971-72 Bob Ross, C 39 31 701972-73 Dave Bunker, F 28 16 441973-74 Chuck Delich, F 43 24 671974-75 Chuck Delich, F 38 26 641975-76 Chuck Delich, F 44* 35 79*1976-77 Chuck Delich, F 31 38 691977-78 Bob Sajevic, C 25 34 591978-79 Mike Smellie, F 34 31 651979-80 Bob Sajevic, C 35 29 641980-81 Tom Richards, C 22 20 421981-82 Mark Manney, F 27 26 531982-83 Frank Daldine, F 16 21 371983-84 Frank Daldine, F 17 14 311984-85 Frank Daldine, F 28 16 441985-86 Tim Hartje, F 19 21 401986-87 John Manney, F 21 25 461987-88 Joe Delich, F 17 25 42

Joe Doyle, F 17 21 381988-89 Joe Doyle, F 24 24 481989-90 Mark Majewski, F 20 15 351990-91 Bob Ingraham, D 18 22 401991-92 Eric Rice, F 21 15 361992-93 Eric Rice, F 12 15 271993-94 Andy Veneri, F 21 20 411994-95 Mark DeGironimo, F 20 19 39

Andy Veneri, F 20 15 351995-96 Mark DeGironimo, F 17 24 411996-97 Justin Kieffer, F 23 11 341997-98 Justin Kieffer, F 24 27 511998-99 Justin Kieffer, F 14 24 38

Nels Grafstrom, F 14 12 261999-00 Scott Bradley, W 13 25 38

Brian Gornick, C 13 25 382000-01 Andy Berg, C 16 21 37

Brian Gornick, C 16 17 332001-02 Derek Olson, C 21 18 392002-03 Andy Berg, C 22 18 402003-04 Shane Saum, W 13 11 242004-05 Brandon Merkosky, W 14 17 312005-06 Eric Ehn, C 14 21 352006-07 Eric Ehn, C 24 40 642007-08 Brent Olson, W 18 20 382008-09 Jacques Lamoureux, C 33 20 532009-10 Jacques Lamoureux, C 22 20 42

AASSISTSSSISTS

YEAR NAME, POS. AST G PTS1968-69 Steve Hall, C 22 21 431969-70 Dave Skalko, C 34 19 531970-71 Steve Hall, F 25 19 441971-72 Dave Skalko, C 49* 27 761972-73 Dave Skalko, C 44 13 571973-74 Dave Bunker, F 25 18 431974-75 Gerry Micheletti, D 36 14 501975-76 Gary Batinich, F 42 22 641976-77 Tom Uren, D 39 9 481977-78 Bob Sajevic, C 34 25 591978-79 Bob Sajevic, C 33 32 651979-80 Mike Smellie, F 32 23 551980-81 Tom Richards, C 20 22 421981-82 Mark Manney, F 26 27 53

Tom Richards, C 26 22 481982-83 Frank Daldine, F 21 16 37

Mark Manney, F 21 10 311983-84 Frank Daldine, F 14 17 31

Bruce Umland, C 14 15 291984-85 John Klimek, C 18 10 281985-86 Frank Daldine, F 26 18 441986-87 John Klimek, F 29 19 481987-88 Joe Delich, F 25 17 421988-89 Joe Delich, F 31 13 44 1989-90 Dan Greene, D 22 8 301990-91 Jason Mantaro, F 29 15 441991-92 Bob Ingraham, D 24 14 381992-93 Eric Rice, F 15 12 271993-94 Beau Bilek, D 33 9 421994-95 Beau Bilek, D 29 8 371995-96 Mark DeGironimo, F 24 17 411996-97 Todd Lafortune, F 23 20 431997-98 Justin Kieffer, F 27 24 511998-99 Justin Kieffer, F 24 14 381999-00 Scott Bradley, W 25 13 38

Brian Gornick, C 25 13 382000-01 Scott Bradley, W 22 4 262001-02 Spanky Leonard, W 24 5 292002-03 Scott Zwiers, W 22 13 352003-04 Steve Mead, D 17 2 192004-05 Brandon Merkosky, W 17 14 312005-06 Eric Ehn, C 21 14 352006-07 Eric Ehn, C 40 24 642007-08 Jeff Hajner, W 23 15 38

Greg Flynn, D 23 3 312008-09 Greg Flynn, D 35 7 422009-10 Derrick Burnett, W 10 23 33

Records by Season

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Pen/MinPen/MinYEAR NAME Pen-Min.1968-69 Doug Johnson 20-591969-70 Dave Skalko 26-681970-71 Jim Skalko 39-971971-72 Gerry Micheletti 29-741972-73 Gerry Micheletti 38-941973-74 Gerry Micheletti 33-821974-75 Gerry Micheletti 43-1051975-76 Chuck Pribyl 27-681976-77 Robin Robideaux 26-551977-78 Robin Robideaux 22-551978-79 Robin Robideaux 26-621979-80 Steve Moes 27-541980-81 Steve Moes 25-581981-82 Rich Lund 23-461982-83 Neil Schubert 23-581983-84 Bob Sullivan 26-541984-85 Dan Johnson 24-481985-86 Jim Anderson 25-581986-87 Keith Nightingale 25-561987-88 Kevin McManaman 22-461988-89 Kevin McManaman 28-591989-90 T.J. Courtney 32-851990-91 T.J. Courtney 49-1101991-92 T.J. Courtney 47-113*1992-93 John Giusto 43-1311993-94 Andy Veneri 31-661994-95 John Decker 30-761995-96 Brian Mulligan 25-711996-97 Dan Davies 27-911997-98 Justin Kieffer 37-861998-99 Tony Lawrence 38-921999-00 Brian Reaney 29-662000-01 Ryan Smith 19-412001-02 Brian Reaney 19-462002-03 Shane Saum 28-862003-04 Shane Saum 26-602004-05 Andrew Ramsey 30-872005-06 Brooks Turnquist 20-502006-07 Andrew Ramsey 25-612007-08 Matt Charbonneau 30-602008-09 Brent Olson 32-782009-10 Jacques Lamoureus 19-52

Saves/%Saves/%YEAR NAME Saves/%1968-69 Kim Newman 939/.8821969-70 Kim Newman *1166/.8991970-71 Kim Newman 1123/.9081971-72 Al Morrison 769/.8821972-73 Al Morrison 1132/.8581973-74 Al Morrison 749/.8751974-75 Al Morrison 620/.8831975-76 Dave Spannbauer 849/.8811976-77 Tom Talbot 605/.9051977-78 Tom Talbot 687/.8471978-79 Tom Talbot 960/.8891979-80 Mike Drake 444/.8621980-81 Mike Drake 914/.8691981-82 Mike Drake 886/.8401982-83 Mike McNeal 604/.8301983-84 Mike Crandall 514/.8521984-85 Jay Ducharme 399/.8361985-86 T.J. O’Shaughnessy 296/.8801986-87 John Moes 570/.8891987-88 John Moes 510/.8731988-89 Mark Liebich 488/.8811989-90 Mark Liebich 600/.8861990-91 Mark Liebich 572/.8651991-92 Mark Liebich 814/.8711992-93 Darec Liebel 560/.8461993-94 Pat Kielb 427/.8541994-95 Pat Kielb 593/.8111995-96 Pat Kielb 797/.8511996-97 Pat Kielb 479/.8321997-98 Aaron Ratfield 577/.8781998-99 Marc Kielkucki 700/.8791999-00 Marc Kielkucki 802/.8872000-01 Marc Kielkucki 947/.9082001-02 Mike Polidor 682/.8872002-03 Mike Polidor 882/.8802003-04 Mike Polidor 628/.8822004-05 Peter Foster 660/.9002005-06 Peter Foster 422/.8682006-07 Ben Worker 251/.8962007-08 Andrew Volkening 813/.9112008-09 Andrew Volkening 937/.920*2009-10 Andrew Volkening 989/.918

GAAGAAYEAR NAME GAA1968-69 Kim Newman 5.681969-70 Kim Newman 4.501970-71 Kim Newman 4.101971-72 Al Morrison 3.701972-73 Al Morrison 6.001973-74 Al Morrison 4.831974-75 Al Morrison 4.831975-76 Dave Spannbauer 4.791976-77 Tom Talbot 3.401977-78 Gary Hennings 5.001978-79 Tom Talbot 4.201979-80 Mike Drake 4.201980-81 Mike Drake 5.301981-82 Mike Drake 5.701982-83 T.J. O’Shaughnessy 5.701983-84 John Ducharme 4.401984-85 Jay Ducharme 4.601985-86 T.J. O’Shaughnessy 3.331986-87 John Moes 3.481987-88 John Moes 3.991988-89 Mark Liebich 4.271989-90 Mike Blank 3.441990-91 Mike Blank 4.491991-92 Mark Liebich 4.241992-93 Mike Benson 4.401993-94 Pat Kielb 3.541994-95 Pat Kielb 4.491995-96 Pat Kielb 4.701996-97 Pat Kielb 4.811997-98 Aaron Ratfield 3.421998-99 Marc Kielkucki 3.331999-00 Marc Kielkucki 3.052000-01 Marc Kielkucki 2.852001-02 Mike Polidor 3.392002-03 Mike Polidor 3.902003-04 Peter Foster 3.032004-05 Peter Foster 2.662005-06 Peter Foster 3.092006-07 Ben Worker 2.252007-08 Andrew Volkening 2.092008-09 Andrew Volkening 1.97*2009-10 Andrew Volkening 2.19

GoalsGoalsYEAR NAME Goals1968-69 D. Johnson/L. Tetlow 11969-70 Doug Johnson 31970-71 Ron Nagurski 101971-72 Steve Mullvain 81972-73 Gerry Micheletti 101973-74 Gerry Micheletti 61974-75 Gerry Micheletti 14*1975-76 Doug Liebbrand 91976-77 Doug Liebbrand 14*1977-78 Bill Luukkonen 91978-79 Bill Luukkonen 101979-80 Rich Lund 41980-81 Rich Lund 41981-82 Rich Lund 51982-83 Several Players 21983-84 Bill Anderson 51984-85 Bill Anderson 71985-86 Keith Nightingale 61986-87 Tom Zupancic 121987-88 Kevin McManaman 81988-89 John Anzelc 111989-90 Bob Ingraham 131990-91 Bob Ingraham 14*1991-92 Bob Ingraham 14*1992-93 Bilek/ DeGironimo 61993-94 Beau Bilek 91994-95 Beau Bilek 81995-96 Justin Scott 61996-97 Dan Davies/Justin Scott 51997-98 Dan Davies 51998-99 Dan Davies 41999-00 Jace Anders 72000-01 B. Reaney/J. Locallo 32001-02 Brian Reaney 62002-03 Brian Reaney 32003-04 Brooks Turnquist 42004-05 Brian Gineo 92005-06 Brian Gineo 62006-07 Billy Devoney 52007-08 Greg Flynn 82008-09 Greg Flynn 72009-10 Tim Kirby 5

AssistsAssistsYEAR NAME Assists1968-69 Doug Johnson 71969-70 Steve Mullvain 131970-71 Steve Mullvain 191971-72 Steve Mullvain 361972-73 Gerry Micheletti 241973-74 Gerry Micheletti 241974-75 Gerry Micheletti 361975-76 Doug Liebbrand 39*1976-77 Tom Uren 39*1977-78 Bill Luukkonen 171978-79 Bill Luukkonen 191979-80 Rich Lund 171980-81 Steve Moes 161981-82 Rich Lund 181982-83 Tom Zuccaro 41983-84 James Brunkow 71984-85 Keith Nightingale 101985-86 Tom Zupancich 151986-87 John Anzelc 161987-88 Kevin McManaman 151988-89 John Anzelc 191989-90 Dan Greene 221990-91 Bob Ingraham 221991-92 Bob Ingraham 241992-93 Beau Bilek 141993-94 Beau Bilek 331994-95 Beau Bilek 291995-96 Dan Davies 121996-97 Dan Davies 181997-98 Dan Davies 191998-99 Dan Davies 161999-00 Jace Anders 142000-01 Jace Anders 192001-02 Brian Reaney 122002-03 B.Reaney/S.Mead 192003-04 Steve Mead 172004-05 Brian Gineo 142005-06 Brian Gineo 152006-07 Michael Mayra 152007-08 Greg Flynn 232008-09 Greg Flynn 352009-10 Tim Kirby 19

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PointsPointsYEAR NAME Points1968-69 Doug Johnson 71969-70 Steve Mullvain 151970-71 Steve Mullvain 261971-72 Steve Mullvain 441972-73 Gerry Micheletti 341973-74 Gerry Micheletti 301974-75 Gerry Micheletti 50*1975-76 Doug Liebbrand 481976-77 Tom Uren 481977-78 Bill Luukkonen 261978-79 Bill Luukkonen 221979-80 Steve Moes 191980-81 Steve Moes 191981-82 Rich Lund 231982-83 Tom Zuccaro 61983-84 Bill Anderson 111984-85 Keith Nightingale 161985-86 Tom Zupancich 181986-87 Tom Zupancich 271987-88 Kevin McManaman 231988-89 John Anzelc 281989-90 Bob Ingraham 301990-91 Bob Ingraham 401991-92 Bob Ingraham 381992-93 Beau Bilek 201993-94 Beau Bilek 421994-95 Beau Bilek 371995-96 Dan Davies 171996-97 Dan Davies 231997-98 Dan Davies 241998-99 Dan Davies 201999-00 Jace Anders 212000-01 Jace Anders 212001-02 Brian Reaney 182002-03 Brian Reaney 222003-04 Steve Mead 192004-05 Brian Gineo 232005-06 Brian Gineo 212006-07 Michael Mayra 162007-08 Greg Flynn 312008-09 Greg Flynn 422009-10 Tim Kirby 24


1968-69 (6-12)Dec. 13 NOTRE DAME 1-8Dec. 14 NOTRE DAME 4-5Jan. 10 at Bowling Green 2-5Jan. 11 at Bowling Green 1-11Jan. 17 OHIO STATE 6-4Jan. 18 OHIO STATE 4-6Jan. 24 ILLINOIS 6-2Jan. 25 ILLINOIS 7-0Jan. 31 OHIO UNIV. 6-9Feb. 1 LAKE FOREST 2-4Feb. 7 Wis. St.-River Falls @ 4-7Feb. 8 Wis. St.-River Falls @ 6-8Feb. 14 BOWLING GREEN 6-7Feb. 15 BOWLING GREEN 4-6Feb. 21 at Ohio State 5-7Feb. 22 at Ohio State 7-4Feb. 28 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 6-1Mar. 1 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 8-6Mar. 22 Army (exh.)$ 4-12Mar. 23 Army (exh.)$ 0-8@ at St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minn.$ Exhibition game played in St. Petersburg, FLHEAD COACH: Vic HeyligerLEADING SCORER: Steve Hall, C, 21 goals,22 assists, 43 points

1969-70 (11-17-1)Nov. 28 Rainy River @ 3-5Nov. 29 Rainy River @ 8-5Dec. 5 COLO. COLLEGE 1-5Dec. 6 at Colo. College 2-8Dec. 13 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-8 Dec. 14 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-2 Jan. 2 Penn* 4-6

Jan. 3 Hamilton* 1-2Jan. 9 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 9-3 Jan. 10 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 2-4 Jan. 16 LAKE FOREST 4-2Jan. 17 LAKE FOREST 5-0 Jan. 23 at Ohio St. 0-2Jan. 24 at Ohio St. 1-7Jan. 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. 4-5Feb. 14 at Ohio Univ. 4-4 otFeb. 16 at Lake Forest 8-2Feb. 20 OHIO UNIV. 6-3 Feb. 21 OHIO UNIV. 5-4 otFeb. 27 OHIO ST. 2-5Feb. 28 OHIO ST. 5-6 Mar. 6 at Notre Dame 3-4 Mar. 7 at Notre Dame 3-6Mar. 13 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN) 4-5 otMar. 14 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN) 2-6* — Buffalo Tournament@ — at International Falls, Minn.HEAD COACH: Vic HeyligerLEADING SCORER: Dave Skalko, C, 19goals, 34 assists, 53 points

1970-71 (15-11-2)Nov. 20 at Ohio Univ. 3-2 otNov. 21 at Ohio Univ.. $ 4-3 otNov. 26 at Wis. St.-Superior 4-0Nov. 27 at Wis. St.-Superior 9-2Dec. 4 at St. Louis 4-7Dec. 6 at St. Louis 3-5

Dec. 11 WIS. ST.-SUPERIOR 13-4Dec. 12 WIS. ST.-SUPERIOR 8-5Jan. 8 NOTRE DAME 4-5Jan. 9 NOTRE DAME 2-4 Jan. 15 COLO. COLLEGE 5-8 Jan. 16 at Colo. College 7-7 otJan. 22 at Ohio St. 2-3Jan. 23 at Ohio St. 5-2Jan. 29 at Royal Military (Can.) 4-2Jan. 30 at Royal Military (Can.) 5-5 otFeb. 5 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-5 Feb. 6 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 6-5Feb. 12 COLO. COLLEGE 7-4Feb. 13 at Colo. College 5-8Feb. 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. 4-3Mar. 6 OHIO UNIV. 5-4 Mar. 12 at Notre Dame 0-5 Mar. 13 at Notre Dame 1-4$ — at Athens, OhioHEAD COACH: Vic HeyligerLEADING SCORER: Bob Ross, 33 goals, 23assists, 56 points

1971-72 (25-6)Nov. 19 at Lake Forest 8-4Nov. 20 at Lake Forest 8-2Nov. 26 at Wis. St.-Superior 4-3Nov. 27 at Wis. St.-Superior 10-5Dec. 3 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 9-2Dec. 4 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 4-2Dec. 10 COLORADO 10-2Dec. 11 COLORADO 7-2Jan. 1 Dalhousie* 5-6 otJan. 2 Princeton* 6-1Jan. 7 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 5-2Jan. 8 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 6-5Jan. 14 at St. Louis 4-6Jan. 15 at St. Louis 7-5Jan. 19 COLO. COLLEGE 4-12Jan. 21 Stanford $ 16-3Jan. 26 at Denver 3-6Jan. 28 ST. LAWRENCE 3-5Jan. 29 ST. LAWRENCE 7-4Feb. 4 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 6-4Feb. 5 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-1Feb. 11 at Colorado 11-1Feb. 12 at Colorado 14-5Feb. 16 at Colo. College 3-11Feb. 18 STANFORD 14-3Feb. 19 STANFORD 14-4Feb. 25 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 5-3Feb. 26 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 9-3Mar. 5 COLO. COLLEGE 10-5Mar. 11 at Iowa St. 3-2Mar. 12 at Iowa St. 7-0* — Bowdoin Tour., Brunswick, MaineHEAD COACH: Vic HeyligerLEADING SCORER: Dave Skalko, C, 27goals, 49 assists, 76 points

THE FOUNDATION OF AIR FORCE HOCKEY

Prior to the Air Force hockey program going Division I in 1968-69, cadets had been play-

ing hockey, both indoors and outdoors, since 1958. In 1966, Vic Heyliger was hired to coach

the Air Force hockey club team and then make the transition to Division I in 1968. Heyliger, a

former NHL player with the Chicago Blackhawks, started the Academy program after leading

the University of Michigan to six national championships in 13 years. Heyliger’s club teams

played schedules that included teams from the the University of Illinois, Ohio State and Bowl-

ing Green.

The Air Force hockey program is trying to recapture some of the history of these club

teams. Below is a list of players who helped pioneer the sport of hockey at the Air Force Acad-

emy. 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 [email protected].

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

Frank Setterquist, W

Scott Sonnenberg, W

George Stagno, W

Bob Stewart, W

Lew Tetlow, D

Gene Thompson, D

Tom Waugh, W

Steve Wyman, D


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. 27 Bowling Green** 4-3 ot

Dec. 28 Michigan St.** 1-4

Jan. 5 Augsburg*** 4-6

Jan. 6 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 6-2

Jan. 12 WIS. ST.-RIVER FALLS 9-4

Jan. 13 WIS. ST.-RIVER FALLS 11-2

Jan. 19 at Michigan St. 1-10

Jan. 20 at Michigan St. 5-11

Jan. 24 at Colorado College 4-14

Jan. 26 at Royal Military (Can.) 5-4


Feb. 2 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 7-0


Feb. 9 LAKE FOREST 6-3


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 LAKE FOREST 9-2

Nov. 17 LAKE FOREST 12-2

Nov. 23 at Denver 4-6

Nov. 30 COLO. COLLEGE 1-15

Dec. 1 at Colo. College 4-6

Dec. 7 MICHIGAN ST. 3-7

Dec. 8 MICHIGAN ST. 4-6

Dec. 27 Michigan* 6-7 ot

Dec. 28 York (Can.)* 4-5

Jan. 4 at Gustavus Adolphus 6-3


Jan. 11 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 13-0

Jan. 12 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 10-3

Jan. 18 at Ohio St. 2-5

Jan. 19 at Ohio St. 2-5 ot

Jan. 25 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 5-2

Jan. 26 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 7-5

Feb. 1 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 7-2

Feb. 2 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 4-10

Feb. 8 at St. Louis 3-0

Feb. 9 at St. Louis 3-11

Feb. 15 AUGSBURG 8-2


Feb. 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


1974-75 (24-5-1)Nov. 15 at New Hampshire 7-6

Nov. 16 at New Hampshire 4-9

Nov. 20 COLORADO 6-0

Nov. 22 OHIO ST. 2-1

Nov. 23 OHIO ST. 3-2

Nov. 29 at Alaska-Anchorage 7-3

Nov. 30 at Alaska-Anchorage 4-3

Dec. 6 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 11-5

Dec. 7 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 1-6

Dec. 10 IOWA ST. 10-2

Dec. 11 IOWA ST. 15-1

Jan. 10 ST. CLOUD ST. (MINN.) 9-1

Jan. 11 ST. CLOUD ST. (MINN.) 7-5

Jan. 15 at Colo. College 1-0

Jan. 17 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 7-3

Jan. 18 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 15-2

Jan. 21 at Denver 4-7

Jan. 24 at Royal Military (Can.) 4-4 ot


Jan. 31 at Wis.-River Falls 6-2

Feb. 1 at Wis.-River Falls 9-0





Feb. 19 COLO. COLLEGE 7-6 ot



Feb. 28 at Bowling Green 3-5

Mar. 1 at Bowling Green 2-7

HEAD COACH: John Matchefts

LEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, C, 38


1975-76 (16-10)Nov. 14 at Lake Forest 8-2

Nov. 15 at Lake Forest 5-3

Nov. 21 at Mankato St. 7-5

Nov. 22 at Mankato St. 8-3

Nov. 27 Colgate* 2-6

Nov. 28 Pennsylvania* 7-5

Dec. 5 MANITOBA (CAN.) 3-4

Dec. 6 MANITOBA (CAN.) 9-6

Dec.10 US NAT’L TEAM(EXH.) 4-14

Dec. 12 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 5-4 Dec. 13 CONCORDIA (MINN.) 10-4 Jan. 9 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 10-8 Jan. 10 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 3-6 Jan. 13 DENVER 6-11 Jan. 16 BOWDOIN 3-5 Jan. 17 BOWDOIN 2-1 Jan. 23 at Army 0-3 Jan. 24 at Army 9-2 Jan. 30 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 6-2 Jan. 31 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 4-3 Feb. 6 at Western Michigan 7-5 Feb. 7 at Western Michigan 2-6 Feb. 11 at Denver 3-11 Feb. 13 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 5-7 Feb. 14 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 5-7 Feb. 27 CHICAGO ST. 13-6 Feb. 28 CHICAGO ST. 14-6 * - Utica Tournament, Utica, N.Y.HEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, C, 44goals, 35 assists, 79 points

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1976-77 (20-7)Nov. 12 at Wis.-Stout 6-2Nov. 13 at Wis.-Stout 3-4 otNov. 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 otJan. 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 otFeb. 19 AUGSBURG 7-4 Feb. 25 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 6-2Feb. 26 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 10-3* - Thanksgiving Holiday Tournament, Bing-hamton, N.Y.HEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Chuck Delich, C, 31goals, 38 assists, 69 points

1977-78 (9-17)Nov. 11 at Wis.-Stout 7-3 Nov. 12 at Wis.-Stout 9-6 Nov. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7-11 Nov. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE 6-7Nov. 25 at St. Louis 0-12 Nov. 27 at St. Louis 2-8 Dec. 2 HAMLINE 10-1Dec. 3 HAMLINE 9-1Dec. 9 at Colo. College 5-7Dec. 10 COLO. COLLEGE 5-6 otDec. 27 at Boston Univ. 7-8Dec. 28 at Boston College 1-6Jan. 6 NORTHERN MICH. 1-5Jan. 7 NORTHERN MICH. 0-3Jan. 10 DENVER 3-7Jan. 13 at Wis.-River Falls 2-5 Jan. 14 at Wis.-River Falls 5-3 Jan. 20 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 11-1Jan. 21 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 10-3Feb. 3 MANITOBA (CAN.) 6-4Feb. 4 MANITOBA (CAN.) 1-9Feb. 10 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 5-2Feb. 11 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 3-8Feb. 14 DENVER 3-7Feb. 17 at Mankato St. 1-7 Feb. 18 at Mankato St. 2-4 HEAD COACH: John Matchefts LEADING SCORER: Bob Sajevic, C, 25goals, 34 assists, 59 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. 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






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 points1978-79 Air Force Falcons

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1979-80 (15-16)Nov. 17 at U.S. International 2-13Nov. 18 at U.S. International 3-6Nov. 24 at Mankato St. 2-4Nov. 25 at Mankato St. 2-5 Nov. 30 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 6-3Dec. 1 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 6-5Dec. 7 ST. SCHOLASTICA 8-11Dec. 8 ST. SCHOLASTICA 6-5Dec. 11 COLO. COLLEGE 4-7Dec. 30 Dartmouth* 3-7Dec. 31 Maine* 1-6Jan. 2 at New Hampshire 4-9Jan. 4 American International** 6-3 Jan. 5 Merrimack** 3-8 Jan. 11 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 3-2Jan. 12 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 7-3Jan. 15 at Denver 5-3Jan. 18 NORTHERN ARIZONA 6-0Jan. 19 NORTHERN ARIZONA 7-0Jan. 25 WINNIPEG 6-5Jan. 26 WINNIPEG 11-2Feb. 1 at Wis.-River Falls 7-4 Feb. 2 at Wis.-River Falls 6-3 Feb. 5 at Colo. College 2-3Feb. 8 MANITOBA (CAN.) 6-4Feb. 9 MANITOBA (CAN.) 7-9Feb. 12 at Denver 1-11Feb. 15 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 3-5Feb. 16 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 3-7Feb. 22 AUGSBURG 7-6Feb. 23 AUGSBURG 7-8* — Auld Lang Syne Tourn., Hanover, N.H.** — Merrimack Tourn., Andover, Mass.HEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Bob Sajevic, C, 35goals, 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.) 7-6otJan. 17 BETHEL (MINN.) 5-3 Jan. 23 at Alaska-Anchorage 4-3otJan. 24 at Alaska-Anchorage 7-6otJan. 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, COHEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Tom Richards, C, 22goals, 20 assists, 42 points

1981-82 (12-17-1)Nov. 13 at Mankato St. 4-9 Nov. 14 at Mankato St. 2-5 Nov. 20 ST. CLOUD STATE 6-4 Nov. 21 ST. CLOUD STATE 6-4 Nov. 27 IOWA ST. 4-3 otNov. 28 IOWA ST. 3-5 Dec. 1 COLO. COLLEGE 2-4 Dec. 4 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 6-5 Dec. 5 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 4-2 Dec. 30 Lake Superior St.* 2-7 Dec. 31 Minn.-Duluth* 4-10 Jan. 1 Northeastern* 0-14 Jan. 8 HAMLINE 12-3 Jan. 9 HAMLINE 7-4 Jan. 12 at Colo. College 4-10 Jan. 15 BRANDON (CAN.) 7-8 otJan. 16 BRANDON (CAN.) 2-4 Jan. 22 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 9-6 Jan. 23 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 6-5 otJan. 29 at Iowa St. 6-5 Jan. 30 at Iowa St. 1-4 Feb. 2 at Denver 0-7 Feb. 5 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 1-7 Feb. 6 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 6-5 Feb. 13 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 4-5 Feb. 14 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 7-8 otFeb. 19 Northern Arizona** 5-7 Feb. 20 U.S. International** 4-5 Feb. 27 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 4-4 ot

Feb. 28 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 10-1 * — Jeno’s Holiday Tourn., Duluth, Minn.** — Northern Arizona Tourn., Flagstaff, AZHEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Mark Manney, LW, 27goals, 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.) 4-5otDec. 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 0-10Jan. 8 AUGSBURG 5-6 Jan. 14 WIS.-STEVENS POINT 11-1 Jan. 15 WIS.-STEVENS POINT 9-2 Jan. 21 NORTHERN ARIZONA 3-7Jan. 22 NORTHERN ARIZONA 4-9 Feb. 1 DENVER 4-11 Feb. 4 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 8-6 Feb. 5 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 3-2 otFeb. 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, NYHEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, RW, 16goals, 21 assists, 37 points

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1983-84 (8-16-2)Nov. 11 ST. CLOUD STATE 4-3 Nov. 12 ST. CLOUD STATE 7-6 otNov. 18 at U.S. International 1-1 otNov. 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.) 8-6Dec. 11 WINNIPEG (CAN.) 4-5Dec. 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 3-4Feb. 10 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 3-4 Feb. 11 ROYAL MILITARY (CAN.) 3-4 Feb. 17 HAMLINE 6-6 otFeb. 18 HAMLINE 5-4 HEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, RW, 17goals, 14 assists, 31 points

1984-85 (14-14-1)Nov. 2 at Royal Military (Can.) 5-6 Nov. 3 at Royal Military (Can.) 6-6otNov. 9 LAKE FOREST 6-1 Nov. 10 LAKE FOREST 3-5 Nov. 16 COLO. COLLEGE 4-13 Nov. 17 at Colo. College 3-6 Nov. 23 at Notre Dame 6-5 Nov. 24 at Notre Dame 6-7otNov. 30 at St. Scholastica 4-3 Dec. 1 at St. Scholastica 3-5 Dec. 7 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 7-6 Dec. 8 ST. THOMAS (MINN.) 3-6 Dec. 30 Dartmouth* 4-5 2 otDec. 31 Vermont* 1-3 Jan. 4 Bowdoin** 1-4 Jan. 5 Colby** 3-6 Jan. 11 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 6-8 Jan. 12 U.S. INTERNATIONAL 4-3 Jan. 18 NORTHERN ARIZONA 7-5 Jan. 19 NORTHERN ARIZONA 3-7 Jan. 22 DENVER 1-8 Jan. 25 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 4-3 otJan. 26 ST. JOHN’S (MINN.) 6-4 Feb. 1 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 5-3 Feb. 2 GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 4-2 Feb. 15 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 7-4 Feb. 16 ST. MARY’S (MINN.) 9-6 Feb. 22 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 6-2 Feb. 23 ST. OLAF (MINN.) 9-3 * — Auld Lang Syne Tourn., Hanover, N.H.** — Down East Classic, Portland, MaineHEAD COACH: John MatcheftsLEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, C, 28goals, 16 assists, 44 points

1985-86 (15-13)Nov. 8 COLO. COLLEGE 3-8 Nov. 9 at Colo. College 6-5 otNov. 15 ST. CLOUD STATE 4-6Nov. 16 ST. CLOUD STATE 8-3Nov. 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 otDec. 6 ST. SCHOLASTICA 6-4 Dec. 7 ST. SCHOLASTICA 4-3 otDec. 30 at Northern Arizona@ 7-6 otDec. 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 6-4Feb. 14 LAKE FOREST 7-4 Feb. 15 LAKE FOREST 5-2 @ — at Phoenix, Ariz.HEAD COACH: Capt. Chuck DelichLEADING SCORER: Frank Daldine, C, 18goals, 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 otJan. 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 otFeb. 7 NOTRE DAME 6-1 Feb. 13 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-5Feb. 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, NorthAndover, Mass.HEAD COACH: Capt. Chuck DelichLEADING SCORER: John Klimek, F, 19goals, 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. 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. 8 ILL.-CHICAGO 1-8

Jan. 9 ILL.-CHICAGO 2-4

Jan. 12 PROVIDENCE 2-3

Jan. 15 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 6-4

Jan. 16 ALASKA-ANCHORAGE 4-3

Jan. 23 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5-2

Feb. 5 at Notre Dame 4-5


Feb. 12 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 9-6


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 MICH.-DEARBORN 5-3

Oct. 30 MICH.-DEARBORN 5-6 ot

Nov. 4 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-6

Nov. 5 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 3-5

Nov. 11 NOTRE DAME 6-6 ot

Nov. 12 NOTRE DAME 6-3

Nov. 18 ST. OLAF 11-1


Nov. 23 St. Cloud State 1-4

Nov. 24 North Dakota 1-8

Nov. 28 COLO. COLLEGE 2-5



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,


1989-90 (16-13-1)Oct. 27 Army 2-4

Oct. 28 Army 0-4

Nov. 3 BABSON 2-1

Nov. 4 BABSON 1-3

Nov. 10 COLO. COLLEGE 3-3 ot

Nov. 11 Colorado College 1-7

Nov. 17 ST. THOMAS 5-3


Nov. 24 * Yale 5-8

Nov. 25 * Northeastern 6-8

Dec. 1 AUGSBURG 6-1

Dec. 2 AUGSBURG 6-2

Dec. 29 MICH.-DEARBORN 4-7

Dec. 30 MICH.-DEARBORN 5-4

Jan. 2 NOTRE DAME 2-4

Jan. 3 NOTRE DAME 4-3 ot

Jan. 5 NORWICH 4-1

Jan. 6 NORWICH 4-3



Jan. 26 St. Cloud State 1-8

Jan. 27 St. Cloud State 3-9

Feb. 2 Notre Dame 6-3




Feb. 16 FERRIS STATE 5-4

Feb. 17 FERRIS STATE 2-3



* - Yale Tournament


LEADING SCORER: Matt Watson, F, 18


1990-91 (11-17-4)Oct. 26 ARMY 5-2

Oct. 27 ARMY 3-3 ot

Nov. 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2-6


Nov. 9 Maine 1-7

Nov. 10 Maine 1-5



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. 23 Notre Dame 2-2 ot


LEADING SCORER: Jason Mantaro, 15


1991-92 (14-20)Oct. 25 NOTRE DAME 8-4

Oct. 26 NOTRE DAME 3-5



Nov. 8 ELMIRA 4-1

Nov. 9 ELMIRA 7-5





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. 3 at Northeastern 3-6

Jan. 4 at Northeastern 4-9


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







Mar. 6 at Alaska-Anchorage* 2-3

Mar. 7 at Notre Dame* 3-2


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 for-

feited to AFA


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1992-93 (8-20-2)Oct. 30 at Massachusetts-Lowell 2-3

Oct. 31 at Massachusetts-Lowell 2-6

Nov. 6 at New Hampshire 4-4 ot


Nov. 11 at Colorado College 3-12

Nov. 13 SALEM STATE 6-7

Nov. 14 SALEM STATE 4-3 ot



Nov. 27 MERRIMACK 5-7

Nov. 28 MERRIMACK 4-3

Dec. 29 at Notre Dame* 1-4

Dec. 30 at Army* 3-5

Jan. 2 at Providence 0-10

Jan. 3 at Providence 1-2

Jan. 8 MANKATO STATE 5-6 ot

Jan. 9 MANKATO STATE 4-4 ot

Jan. 15 at Cornell 2-7

Jan. 16 at Colgate 5-3

Jan. 22 at Yale 2-8

Jan. 23 at Yale 4-5

Jan. 29 ARMY 5-2

Jan. 30 ARMY 4-1

Feb. 5 HOLY CROSS 4-3

Feb. 6 HOLY CROSS 8-0



Feb. 23 COLORADO COLLEGE 2-6

Feb. 26 at Alaska-Anchorage 0-3

Feb. 27 at Alaska-Anchorage 0-4

*-Denver Cup Tournament


LEADING SCORER: Eric Rice, 12 goals 15

assists, 27 points

1993-94 (15-16-1)Oct. 29 UMASS-LOWELL 2-3

Oct. 30 UMASS-LOWELL 2-9



Nov. 12 COLORADO COLLEGE 1-9

Nov. 13 at Colorado College 1-5

Nov. 19 ST. THOMAS 4-4 ot


Nov. 26 CONNECTICUT 5-2

Nov. 27 CONNECTICUT 5-2

Dec. 3 at Alaska-Fairbanks 1-6

Dec. 4 at Alaska-Fairbanks 4-10

Dec. 28 at Boston College* 1-5

Dec. 29 at Princeton* 2-3 ot



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



*-Denver Cup Tournament

HEAD COACH: Chuck Delich

LEADING SCORER: Beau Bilek, D, 9 goals,


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



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. 10 Mankato State 4-5


Feb. 17 ARMY 5-2

Feb. 18 ARMY 9-6

Feb. 26 MANKATO STATE 6-2


# - Denver Cup Tournament


LEADING SCORER: John Decker 16 goals,

23 assists, 39 points and Mark DeGironimo 20


The four coaches in the history of Falcon hockey, Chuck Delich, Vic Heyliger, John Matcheftsand Frank Serratore gathered at a banquet for Heyliger, Sept. 16, 2000.


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1995-96 (4-24-5)Oct. 20 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 2-2 ot

Oct. 21 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 3-4

Oct. 27 MASS.-LOWELL 3-3 ot

Oct. 28 MASS.-LOWELL 2-2 ot

Nov. 3 YALE 0-3

Nov. 4 YALE 1-8

Nov. 10 ELMIRA 7-5

Nov. 11 ELMIRA 4-5

Nov. 18 at RPI 2-11

Nov. 19 at RPI 1-9

Nov. 24 at Massachusetts 2-4

Nov. 25 at Massachusetts 1-7

Dec. 1 RIT 3-4

Dec. 2 RIT 0-2


Dec. 27 at Denver* 1-11

Dec. 28 at Cornell* 2-6





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. 9 ST. THOMAS 6-5

Feb. 10 ST. THOMAS 6-2

Feb. 16 Army 1-3

Feb. 17 Army 0-7


Feb. 24 MANKATO STATE 6-6 ot

* - Denver Cup Tournament


LEADING SCORER: Mark DeGironimo, F,

17 goals, 24 assists, 41 points

1996-97 (8-21-2)Oct. 25 WIS.-RIVER FALLS 0-3

Oct. 26 WIS. RIVER FALLS 4-6

Nov. 1 Princeton 2-5

Nov. 2 Princeton 1-3

Nov. 8 NIAGARA 5-2

Nov. 9 NIAGARA 4-3 ot

Nov. 15 WIS.-EAU CLAIRE 5-5 ot

Nov. 16 WIS.-EAU CLAIRE 4-2



Nov. 29 Mass.-Amherst 1-4

Nov. 30 Mass.-Amherst 2-10

Dec. 27 Yale@ 3-7

Dec. 28 Maine@ 5-12

Jan. 3 NORTHEASTERN 0-5

Jan. 4 NORTHEASTERN 2-3 ot

Jan. 7 COLORADO COLLEGE 2-3 ot

Jan. 10 VILLANOVA 7-1

Jan. 11 VILLANOVA 9-0

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. 28 ARMY 3-6

Mar. 1 ARMY 5-2

@ game played at Norwest Denver Cup at Mc-

Nichols Arena in Denver, Colo.


LEADING SCORER: Todd Lafortune, 20


1997-98 (15-19-0)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. 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. 9 MASSACHUSETTS 6-2

Jan. 10 MASSACHUSETTS 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. 13 NIAGARA 4-3

Feb. 14 NIAGARA 2-5



Feb. 24 Colorado College 2-6

Feb. 27 Army 3-2

Feb. 28 Army 5-3

HEAD COACH: Frank Serratore

LEADING SCORER: Justin Kieffer, 24 goals,


1998-99 (15-19-2)Oct. 23 HOLY CROSS 5-5 otOct. 24 HOLY CROSS 5-2Oct. 30 WISCONSIN-STOUT 3-2Oct. 31 WISCONSIN-STOUT 5-1Nov. 6 Bemidji State 2-3 otNov. 7 Bemidji State 3-7Nov. 13 BETHEL 9-2Nov. 14 BETHEL 5-0Nov. 20 Concordia 1-2Nov. 21 Concordia 8-0Nov. 27 Colorado College 2-8Nov. 29 MASSACHUSETTS 2-6Dec. 4 Alaska-Anchorage 1-3Dec. 5 Alaska-Anchorage 0-2Dec. 11 BENTLEY* 4-8Dec. 12 MINN.-CROOKSTON* 8-3Dec. 27 Dartmouth# 1-8Dec. 28 vs. Minn. St.-Mankato# 3-7Jan. 2 Minn.-Duluth^ 2-7Jan. 3 vs. Army^ 2-1Jan. 8 AUGSBURG 3-0Jan. 9 AUGSBURG 8-2Jan. 15 Nebraska-Omaha 2-6Jan. 16 Nebraska-Omaha 0-4Jan. 22 NIAGARA 4-1Jan. 23 NIAGARA 3-2Feb. 5 DENVER 3-7Feb. 7 MINN. ST.-MANKATO 0-2Feb. 12 QUINNIPIAC 2-0Feb. 13 QUINNIPIAC 3-5Feb. 19 St. Mary’s 3-0Feb. 20 Minn. State-Mankato 2-7Feb. 27 ARMY 4-3Feb. 28 ARMY 3-3 otMar. 5 Niagara 2-4Mar. 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 SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Justin Kieffer, 14 goals,24 assists, 38 points.

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1999-2000 (19-18-2, 6-10 CHA)

Oct. 9 vs. Boston University^ 3-8Oct. 10 vs. Niagara^ 0-3Oct 22 at Holy Cross 3-2Oct 23 at Holy Cross 6-2Oct 29 FAIRFIELD 6-1Oct 30 FAIRFIELD 10-1Nov 5 at Alabama-Huntsville* 0-4Nov 6 at Alabama-Huntsville* 2-5Nov 12 FINDLAY* 8-1Nov 13 FINDLAY* 2-3Nov 20 SUNY- POTSDAM 4-3Nov 21 SUNY- POTSDAM 2-2 otNov. 26 vs. Yale& 2-0Nov. 27 at Mass.-Lowell& 1-3Dec 3 IONA COLLEGE 2-4Dec 4 IONA COLLEGE 5-5 otDec. 10 SALEM STATE# 6-2Dec. 11 NEW ENGLAND COLL.# 7-4Jan 2 at Niagara* 1-3Jan 3 at Niagara* 0-3Jan 7 SACRED HEART 6-1Jan 8 SACRED HEART 7-3Jan 14 at Bemidji State* 3-5Jan 15 at Bemidji State* 4-5Jan 28 at Colorado College (#10) 0-10Jan 30 NIAGARA* 0-3Feb 4 at Findlay* 1-3Feb 5 at Findlay* 5-3Feb 11 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 4-5 otFeb 12 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 3-2Feb 18 CONCORDIA 4-2Feb 19 CONCORDIA 4-0Feb 25 Denver (#8) 0-4Feb 26 BEMIDJI STATE* 4-3 otMar 3 at Army* 4-2Mar 4 at Army* 3-0Mar 10 vs. Findlay% 4-1Mar. 11 vs. Niagara (#13)% 1-9Mar. 12 vs. Bemidji State% 4-5 ot

* College Hockey America (CHA) game% CHA Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama^ Anchorage (AK) Johnson Nissan Classic& Mass-Lowell City of Lights Tournament# Radisson Inn Classic at USAFAHEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORERS: Scott Bradley, 13goals, 25 assists, 38 points; Brian Gornick, 13goals, 25 assists, 38 points

2000-01(16-17-4, 6-9-4 CHA)

Oct. 8 CALGARY (exh) 4-2Oct. 13 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 4-2Oct. 14 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 8-2Oct. 20 vs. Fairfield% 5-2Oct. 21 vs. Quinnipiac% 2-3Oct. 27 NIAGARA* 2-3 otOct. 28 NIAGARA* 2-2 otNov. 3 FINDLAY* 3-4 otNov. 4 FINDLAY* 3-1Nov. 10 AUGSBURG 4-1Nov. 12 AUGSBURG 7-1

Nov. 17 at Wayne State* 4-3Nov. 18 at Wayne State* 2-5Dec. 1 at Colorado College (#7) 1-4Dec. 3 BEMIDJI STATE* 3-0Dec. 8 ST. MICHAEL’S& 11-2Dec. 9 RIT& 3-4Dec. 29 Denver$ 2-5Dec. 30 Ferris State$ 2-3Jan. 5 CONNECTICUT 3-0Jan. 6 CONNECTICUT 2-1Jan. 12 at Bemidji State* 4-4 otJan. 13 at Bemidji State* 5-4 otJan. 19 at Alabama-Huntsville* 0-4Jan. 20 at Alabama-Huntsville* 3-5Feb. 2 WAYNE STATE* 1-1 otFeb. 3 WAYNE STATE* 2-1Feb. 9 at Findlay* 2-5Feb. 10 at Findlay* 3-7Feb. 16 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 4-5 otFeb. 17 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 2-4Feb. 23 at Niagara* 5-2Feb. 24 at Niagara* 1-1 otMar. 2 ARMY 2-5Mar. 3 ARMY 4-3Mar. 8 ^vs. Findlay 2-1Mar. 9 ^vs. Alabama-Huntsville 0-7Mar. 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, AlabamaHEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Andy Berg, 16 goals, 21assists, 37 points

2001-02(16-16-2, 6-10-2 CHA)

Oct. 5 at AK-Fairbanks 1-8Oct. 6 at AK-Fairbanks 2-5Oct. 12 FAIRFIELD 8-1Oct. 14 FAIRFIELD 6-3Oct. 19 HOLY CROSS 4-3Oct. 20 HOLY CROSS 6-7Oct. 21 USA UNDER 18 (EXH.) 6-6 otOct. 26 at Ala.-Huntsville* 0-2Oct. 27 at Ala.-Huntsville* 1-3Nov. 2 WAYNE STATE* 4-7Nov. 3 WAYNE STATE* 3-5Nov. 19 Hull, England (Exh.) 5-0Nov. 20 Milton-Keynes, Eng. (Exh.) 4-6Nov. 21 Peterborough, Eng. (Exh.) 6-2Nov. 22 Coventry, England (Exh.) 8-3Nov. 29 MANHATTANVILLE& 6-3Nov. 30 NEW ENGLAND COLL.& 9-2Dec. 7 at Army 4-2Dec. 8 at Army 5-4Dec. 29 vs. Bentley% 6-1Dec. 30 vs. Holy Cross% 5-1Jan. 4 at Findlay* 2-4Jan. 5 at Findlay* 2-4Jan. 11 at Wayne State* 3-4Jan. 12 at Wayne State* 5-3Jan. 19 BEMIDJI STATE* 2-4Jan. 20 DENVER (No. 1) 1-2Jan. 25 at Colorado College (No. 8) 1-8Jan. 27 NIAGARA* (No. 20) 0-4

Feb. 8 at Bemidji State* 1-5Feb. 9 at Bemidji State* 2-2 otFeb. 15 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 6-3Feb. 16 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE* 6-5Feb. 22 at Niagara* 3-3 otFeb. 23 at Niagara* 4-1Mar. 1 FINDLAY* 4-3Mar. 2 FINDLAY* 5-1Mar. 14 vs. Niagara@ 5-3Mar. 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 SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Derek Olson, 21 goals,18 assists, 39 points

2002-03(10-24-3, 2-15-3 CHA)

Oct. 4 #vs. Miami (OH) 1-12Oct. 5 #vs. Niagara 3-7Oct. 13 UNIV. OF WINDSOR (EXH.)9-1Oct. 18 at Holy Cross 6-4Oct. 19 at Holy Cross 2-7Oct. 25 BENTLEY 5-2Oct. 26 BENTLEY 6-2Nov. 1 *at Niagara 5-2Nov. 2 *at Niagara 2-6Nov. 15 *at Alabama-Huntsville 2-4Nov. 16 *at Alabama-Huntsville 2-5Nov. 22 *FINDLAY 5-6Nov. 24 *FINDLAY 6-2Nov. 29 COLORADO COLLEGE 0-7Nov. 30 at Denver 0-7Dec. 6 WISCONSIN-STOUT& 6-2Dec. 7 AUGSBURG& 4-2Dec. 28 at Fairfield 5-4Dec. 29 at Fairfield 0-3Jan. 4 *WAYNE STATE 2-2 otJan. 5 *WAYNE STATE 3-5Jan. 10 *NIAGARA 1-6Jan. 11 *NIAGARA 2-3Jan. 18 ARMY 1-2Jan. 19 ARMY 1-2Jan. 24 *at Bemidji State 2-4Jan. 25 *at Bemidji State 3-5Jan. 31 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-2 otFeb. 1 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 1-3Feb. 14 QUINNIPIAC 5-4Feb. 15 QUINNIPIAC 6-2Feb. 21 *at Findlay 1-1 otFeb. 22 *at Findlay 1-3Feb. 28 *at Wayne State 2-3Mar. 1 *at Wayne State 3-4Mar. 7 *BEMIDJI STATE 0-5Mar. 8 *BEMIDJI STATE 0-2Mar. 14 ^vs. Wayne State 2-4* College Hockey America (CHA) game# Lefty McFadden Tourn. in Dayton, Ohio& Radisson North Classic at USAFA^ CHA Tournament in Kearney, Neb.HEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Andy Berg, 22 goals, 18assists, 40 points


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2003-04(14-21-2, 6-13-1 CHA)

Oct. 10 #vs. Bentley 4-2Oct. 11 #at Quinnipiac 3-4 otOct. 12 British Columbia (exh) 8-6Oct. 17 $at Alaska Anchorage 4-5Oct. 18 $vs. Miami-Ohio (#21) 2-0Oct. 24 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 5-1Oct. 25 AMERICAN INTERNAT’L 5-1Oct. 31 *at Alabama-Huntsville 1-5Nov. 1 *at Alabama-Huntsville 4-6Nov. 7 at Bentley 4-3Nov. 8 at Bentley 4-3Nov. 21 *NIAGARA 2-3 otNov. 22 *NIAGARA 2-5Nov. 28 at Colorado College (#5) 2-4Nov. 29 %DENVER (#10) 2-4Dec. 5 *at Findlay 1-1 otDec. 6 *at Findlay 5-2Dec. 7 at USA Under 18 Team (exh) 2-4Dec. 28 &vs. Sacred Heart^ 2-2 otDec. 29 &at UConn 0-1Jan. 2 *at Bemidji State 1-3Jan. 3 *at Bemidji State ! 1-5Jan. 8 *WAYNE STATE 5-2Jan. 10 *WAYNE STATE 2-3Jan. 16 at Army (CSTV) 3-4Jan. 17 at Army 3-0Jan. 23 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 3-1Jan. 24 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-6Feb. 6 *FINDLAY 2-5Feb. 7 *FINDLAY 2-1Feb. 13 HOLY CROSS (#18) 4-8Feb. 14 HOLY CROSS (#18) 5-2Feb. 20 *at Niagara 1-4Feb. 21 *at Niagara 1-5Feb. 27 *BEMIDJI STATE 4-7Feb. 28 *BEMIDJI STATE 1-9Mar. 5 *at Wayne State 6-4Mar. 6 *at Wayne State 3-1Mar. 12 @vs. Findlay 1-9# Quinnipiac Cup in Hamden, Conn.$ Nye Frontier Classic in Anchorage, Alaska* College Hockey America (CHA) game@ CHA Tournament in Kearney, Neb.% 2004 National Champions& SNET/UConn Tournament in Storrs, Conn.^ AFA advanced to championship game afterwinning shootout on Zacour’s goal! Game played in Coleraine, Minn.HEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Spanky Leonard, 11goals, 16 assists, 27 points

2004-05(14-19-3, 5-14-1 CHA)

Oct. 10 WINDSOR (EXH) 3-2 otOct. 15 #vs. Bentley 2-2 otOct. 16 #vs. American International 4-0Oct. 22 &COLO. COLLEGE (Alt) 1-4Oct. 24 QUINNIPIAC 4-0Oct. 29 at Holy Cross 2-2 otOct. 30 at Holy Cross 2-5Nov. 12 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 2-6Nov. 14 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 1-4Nov. 19 *at Robert Morris 5-0

Nov. 20 *at Robert Morris 2-1 ot Nov. 26 $vs. Sacred Heart 3-2 otNov. 27 $at RPI 1-0Dec. 3 *WAYNE STATE 2-1Dec. 4 *WAYNE STATE 2-3Dec. 10 at American International 5-4Dec. 11 at American International 2-0Jan. 1 %at Denver (FSNRM) 4-9Jan. 2 % vs. Colgate 0-3Jan. 7 *at Bemidji State 2-4Jan. 8 *at Bemidji State 3-4 otJan. 14 ARMY (CSTV National) 5-2Jan. 15 ARMY 2-1Jan. 21 *at Niagara 2-3Jan. 22 *at Niagara 0-3Feb. 4 *ROBERT MORRIS 4-2Feb. 5 *ROBERT MORRIS 1-2Feb. 11 *at Alabama-Huntsville 1-3Feb. 12 *at Alabama-Huntsville 3-2Feb. 18 *NIAGARA 2-5Feb. 19 *NIAGARA 3-5Feb. 26 *at Wayne State 1-5Feb. 27 *at Wayne State (Comcast) 3-3 otMar. 4 *BEMIDJI STATE 1-4Mar. 5 *BEMIDJI STATE 1-4Mar. 11 vs. +Wayne State 4-3 otMar. 12 vs. +Bemidji St. 0-6

*College Hockey America (CHA) game# at Quinnipiac Cup in Hamden, Conn.$ RPI Tournament in Troy, N.Y.% Denver Cup Tournament at Magness Arena& Game televised regionally on Altitude Sports + CHA Tournament in Grand Rapids, Minn.HEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Brandon Merkosky, 14goals, 17 assists, 31 points

2005-06(11-20-1, 8-12-0 CHA)

Oct. 7 #Maine (#11) 1-3Oct. 8 #Union 9-2Oct. 10 LAKEHEAD (exh) 2-2 otOct. 14 %Bentley 1-3Oct. 15 %RIT 2-5Oct. 21 DENVER (#9) 2-4Oct. 22 at Colorado College (#4) 3-6 Oct 28 *BEMIDJI ST. (#15) 4-3Oct 29 *BEMIDJI ST. (#15) 1-2Nov. 11 at Army 0-3Nov. 12 at Army 3-4 otNov. 22 ^at Bad Tolz, Germany 7-2Nov. 23 ^at Rosenheim, Germany 4-1Dec. 2 *WAYNE STATE 3-4Dec. 3 *WAYNE STATE 7-6Dec. 30 RIT 3-2Dec. 31 RIT 2-2 otJan. 6 *at Alabama-Huntsville 2-3Jan. 7 *at Alabama-Huntsville 3-6 Jan. 13 *NIAGARA 5-4 otJan. 14 *NIAGARA 2-7Jan 20 *at Bemidji State 2-5Jan 21 *at Bemidji State 3-5Feb. 3 *at Robert Morris 2-5Feb. 4 *at Robert Morris 2-3Feb 10 *at Niagara 3-2Feb 11 *at Niagara 2-6Feb. 13 at RIT 3-2 ot

Feb. 17 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 3-1Feb. 18 *ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 5-0Feb 24 *ROBERT MORRIS 2-3 otFeb 25 *ROBERT MORRIS 1-5Mar. 3 *at Wayne State 3-1Mar. 4 *at Wayne State 5-3Mar. 10 $ vs. Robert Morris 3-4*College Hockey America conference game#Icebreaker Tournament at C.S. World Arena %Quinnipiac Cup in Northford, Conn.$ CHA Tournament in Detroit, Mich.^ Exhibition games played in GermanyHEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Eric Ehn, 14 goals, 21assists, 35 points

2006-07(19-16-5, 13-10-5 AHA)

Oct. 2 UNIV.OF CALGARY (exh.) 4-2Oct. 6 #13 COLO. COLLEGE 1-2Oct. 8 ALA.-HUNTSVILLE 4-3Oct. 13 at Alaska-Fairbanks 0-3Oct. 14 at Alaska-Fairbanks 4-8Oct. 20 *BENTLEY 5-1Oct. 21 *BENTLEY 5-6Oct. 27 &vs. UAH 7-5Oct. 28 &vs. Notre Dame (#11) 0-2Nov. 3 *RIT 3-0Nov. 4 *RIT 4-4 otNov. 11 *at Canisius 5-3Nov. 12 *at Canisius 1-4Nov. 17 *AIC 6-1Nov. 19 *AIC 3-0Nov. 24 at Denver 1-2Nov. 26 ROBERT MORRIS 4-3Dec. 1 *SACRED HEART 3-3 otDec. 2 *SACRED HEART 1-1 otDec. 7 *at UConn 4-2Dec. 8 *at UConn 5-7Jan. 5 *at Mercyhurst 5-3Jan. 6 *at Mercyhurst 3-1Jan. 12 *at Holy Cross 2-2 otJan. 13 *at Holy Cross 2-2 otJan. 19 *ARMY 4-1Jan. 20 *ARMY (CSTV) 0-2Jan. 26 *at Bentley 1-3Jan. 27 *at Bentley 2-0Feb. 2 *MERCYHURST 5-7Feb. 3 *MERCYHURST 2-3 otFeb. 9 *at RIT 4-5Feb. 10 *at RIT 1-2Feb. 16 *CANISIUS 2-4Feb. 17 *CANISIUS 5-0Feb. 23 *at AIC 6-2Feb. 24 *at AIC 5-1Mar. 10 %HOLY CROSS 3-0Mar. 16 ^vs. Sacred Heart 5-4 otMar. 17 ^vs. Army 6-1Mar. 24 @vs. #2 Minnesota (ESPNU) 3-4*Atlantic Hockey Association game& Lightning Hockey Classic in Tampa, Fla.% AHA Quarterfinal game at USAFA^ AHA Final Four in Rochester, N.Y.@ NCAA West Regional in Denver, Colo.HEAD COACH: Frank SerratoreLEADING SCORER: Eric Ehn, 24 goals, 40assists, 64 points


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2007-08(21-12-6, 14-9-5 AHA)

Oct. 8 UNIV. CALGARY (Exh) 4-1

Oct. 13 USA Under 18 (Exh) 4-3

Oct. 19 QUINNIPIAC (#14) 4-1

Oct. 20 QUINNIPIAC (#14) 3-1

Oct. 26 *at Bentley 0-4

Oct. 27 *at Bentley 3-1

Nov. 2 *MERCYHURST 3-5

Nov. 3 *MERCYHURST 6-2

Nov. 9 *at RIT 2-1 ot

Nov. 10 *at RIT 3-4

Nov. 16 *UCONN 3-2

Nov. 17 *UCONN 2-3 ot

Nov. 23 *HOLY CROSS 3-1

Nov. 24 *HOLY CROSS 5-5 ot

Nov. 30 *at AIC 6-3

Dec. 1 *at AIC 4-2

Dec. 7 *CANISIUS 3-3 ot

Dec. 8 *CANISIUS 3-3 ot

Dec. 29 & Boston College (#14) 2-8

Dec. 30 & Minnesota (#12) 2-2 ot

Jan. 4 *at Sacred Heart 1-2


Jan. 11 *RIT 5-2

Jan. 12 *RIT 3-4 ot

Jan. 18 DENVER (#4) (FSN-RM) 5-2

Jan. 19 at Colorado College (#3) 1-2

Jan 25 *at Army (CSTV) 1-2

Jan 27 *at Army (ESPN U) 1-2

Feb. 1 *BENTLEY 4-4 ot

Feb. 2 *BENTLEY 3-1

Feb. 8 *at Mercyhurst 1-3

Feb. 9 *at Mercyhurst 7-0

Feb. 22 *at Canisius 3-0

Feb. 23 *at Canisius 4-3

Feb 29 *AIC 2-2 ot

Mar. 1 *AIC 5-0

Mar. 7 %Bentley 9-2

Mar. 8 %Bentley 3-1

Mar. 15 ^vs. RIT 5-0

Mar. 16 ^vs. Mercyhurst 5-4 2ot

Mar. 29 @ vs. Miami(#2) 2-3 ot


& 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.


LEADING SCORERS: Brent Olson, 18 goals,

20 assists, 38 points. Jeff Hajner 15 goals, 23

assists, 38 points

2008-09(28-11-2, 20-6-2 AHA)

Oct. 5 Alberta (exh.) 3-1

Oct. 10 *at Sacred Heart 4-1

Oct. 11 *at Sacred Heart 4-3 ot

Oct. 17 Bemidji State 6-2

Oct. 18 Bemidji State 6-0

Oct. 24 *at AIC 5-2

Oct. 25 *at AIC 3-1

Oct. 31 *Bentley 5-1

Nov. 1 *Bentley 8-2

Nov. 14 *at Holy Cross 1-0 ot

Nov. 15 *at Holy Cross 5-1

Nov. 21 *Sacred Heart 8-1

Nov. 22 *Sacred Heart 7-1

Nov. 28 #3 Colorado College 4-1

Nov. 29 at #9 Denver 1-4

Dec. 5 *RIT 2-0

Dec. 6 *RIT 2-3 ot

Dec. 29 *at UConn$ 2-2 ot

Dec. 30 vs. Quinnipiac$ 2-4

Jan. 3 *at UConn 4-3

Jan. 4 at Yale 2-3

Jan. 16 *Canisius 4-5

Jan. 17 *Canisius 2-4

Jan. 23 *Army 5-1

Jan. 24 *Army 3-2

Jan. 30 *at Mercyhurst 4-4 ot

Jan. 31 *at Mercyhurst 2-3 ot

Feb. 6 *UConn 3-2

Feb. 7 *UConn 4-1

Feb. 13 *at Bentley 3-2

Feb. 14 *at Bentley 1-4

Feb. 20 *Holy Cross 4-3

Feb. 21 *Holy Cross 3-2

Feb. 27 *at RIT 4-6

Feb. 28 *at RIT 3-1

Mar. 13 Sacred Heart^ 4-3



Mar. 20 vs. Bentley# 3-0

Mar. 21 vs. Mercyhurst& 2-0

Mar. 27 vs. #3 Michigan @ 2-0

Mar. 28 vs. #10 Vermont@ 2-3 (2ot)


$ 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.


LEADING SCORER: Jacques Lamoureux, 33


2009-10(16-15-6, 14-8-6) AHA)

Oct. 5 Calgary (exh.) 3-1

Oct. 9 at Bemidji State 1-3

Oct. 10 at Bemidji State 3-7

Oct. 16 Alabama-Huntsville 2-4

Oct. 17 Alabama-Huntsville 2-4

Oct. 23 *RIT 5-4

Oct. 24 *RIT 3-2 ot

Oct. 31 *at Canisius 1-3

Nov. 1 *at Canisius 4-1

Nov. 6 *Bentley 3-3 ot

Nov. 7 *Bentley 3-0

Nov. 13 *at Holy Cross 1-0

Nov. 14 *at Holy Cross 2-2 ot

Nov. 20 *at UConn 2-2 ot

Nov. 21 *at UConn 3-1

Dec. 4 *AIC 5-3

Dec. 5 *AIC 6-2

Dec. 11 *Mercyhurst 3-3 ot

Dec. 12 *Mercyhurst 1-3



Jan. 8 *UConn (CBS C) 2-1

Jan. 9 *UConn 2-2 ot

Jan. 15 *at Bentley 6-3

Jan. 16 *at Bentley 3-0

Jan. 22 *Holy Cross 4-6

Jan. 23 *Holy Cross 4-3 ot

Jan. 29 *at Army 2-4

Jan. 30 *at Army 3-3 ot

Feb. 5 at Colorado College (#10) 0-2

Feb. 6 Denver (FSN-RM) (#2) 1-2 ot

Feb. 19 *at RIT 2-3 ot

Feb. 20 *at RIT 0-3

Feb. 26 *Sacred Heart 6-3

Feb. 27 *Sacred Heart 8-1

Mar. 12 Army& 3-0

Mar. 13 Army & 4-2

Mar. 19 vs. Sacred Heart% 1-2


& AHA Quarterfinals at USAFA

%AHA Semifinals, Rochester, N.Y.


LEADING SCORER: Jacques Lamoureux, 22


2007 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference ChampionsThe 2006-07 season is one that will

not be forgotten soon.

Air Force was in its first season of compe-

tition 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 con-ference championship, first-ever trip to theNCAA Tournament, first winning seasonplaying an all-Division I schedule (19-16-5),first winning record in conference play (13-10-5), first service academy to win a confer-ence title and compete in the NCAA HockeyTournament, first-ever All-American (EricEhn second-team AHCA), first-ever HobeyBaker finalist (Ehn finished in final three),first player ever selected to the Frozen FourSkills Competition (Andrew Ramsey) and thefirst finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASSaward for leadership, character and academ-ics (Billy Devoney was a first-team Lowe'sAll-American).

The season was one of many ups anddowns as the overall record hovered aroundthe .500 mark for most of the year. AFA wonjust three of its first eight games. However,after a sweep at Mercyhurst, the Falcons were11-8-5 overall in early January.

A five-game losing skid dropped the team’srecord to 13-15-5 with just three regular-sea-son games remaining.

The Falcons rebounded to win the final threeregular-season games over Canisius and Ameri-can International. The momentum carried overinto the AHA Tournament as the Falcons blankedHoly Cross, 3-0, at the Academy in the quarterfi-nals.

Then, at the AHA Final Four in Rochester,

N.Y., the Falcons needed overtime to beat top-seeded Sacred Heart in the semifinals. AFA led3-1 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 sec-onds left to tie the game. Then, in overtime, JoshPrint tipped in a point shot by Greg Flynn to sendthe Falcons into the championship game.

The opponent was none other than serviceacademy rival Army. The game was arguably thebiggest in Academy history. Not only was it forbragging rights in the military world, but a con-ference championship and NCAA bid were onthe line.

After a scoreless first period, Mike Phillipichand Andrew Ramsey scored for a 2-0 lead in thesecond period. Freshman goalie Andrew Volken-ing stopped 18 Black Knight shots in the first 40minutes and was flawless in the crease. Air Forceexploded for four goals in the third period for a6-1 win. Phillipich was named the tournament'sMVP while Devoney and Volkening were namedto the all-tourney team.

The win propelled the Falcons into the NCAATournament and a meeting with the tournament'sNo. 1 seed, Minnesota, at the Pepsi Center inDenver.

The big stage, the media attention, the largecrowd and the daunting opponent did not botherthe Falcons whatsoever. AFA scored first as JeffHajner netted his 13th of the season midwaythrough the first period. Volkening was stellar inthe net and the Falcons entered the first intermis-sion with a 1-0 lead. Minnesota tied the game inthe second, but the Falcons answered as Ramseyscored on the power-play with 37 seconds left inthe second period.

Early in the third period, freshman Brett Ny-lander scored on a wrap-around goal and the Fal-cons had a 3-1 lead. With just over eight minutesremaining, the Falcons clung to the two-goal ad-vantage.

However, the clock was about to strike mid-night on Cinderella. Minnesota scored threegoals in a span of 3:36 and escaped with a 4-3win over the Falcons.

The loss ended the Falcons’ championshipseason, but the memories of the team’s first con-ference title and NCAA berth will last a lifetime.

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 man-ager), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Dave Toller (mediarelations), 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, BrettNylander, Matt Charbonneau, Josh Schaffer, Brandon Johnson, Brent Olson.

Championship Seasons

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2008 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference ChampionsComing 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 champi-

onship by winning its second consecutive

title and returning to the NCAA Tourna-

ment.

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 Re-

gional 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 par-

ticular, was a great one. In the consolation

game of the Dodge Holiday Classic at Mari-

ucci 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.

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 ad-

vance 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 inauspi-

cious 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 Fal-

cons’ season ended in the first game at the

NCAA Regional after having a heavily-favored

opponent on the ropes in the third period. De-

spite the disappointment at the time, the team’s

accomplishments could not be forgotten.

Front Row: Andrew Volkening, Josh Schaffer, Frank Schiavone, Capt. Andy Berg (assistant coach), MattCharbonneau, 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 communica-tions), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Lt. Col Chris Rein (officer representative), Larry Cronk (penaltybox manager), Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer representative), Roger McFarland (blue line club), BryanBecker (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 Ny-lander, Owen Kelly, Jeff Hajner, Matt Fairchild, Kevin Wright.

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2009 Atlantic Hockey Association Conference ChampionsWhen the 2007-08 season concluded with an

overtime loss to second-ranked Miami in the

NCAA Tournament, the returning players all

said they wanted more. It wasn’t good enough.

“As much as we accomplished, it’s not

enough,” said goaltender Andrew Volkening

after the 2007-08 season. “I want to keep going

up.”

Many fans raised an eyebrow, or two, at

those statements. The Falcons had just won 21

games, the most Division I wins in school his-

tory, earned their second consecutive confer-

ence 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-sea-

son 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 con-

secutive wins and a No. 10 ranking in the national

polls, both school records.

Win number 13 came against a team that the Fal-

cons had not defeated in 24 years, third-ranked Col-

orado 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 Decem-

ber and January.

As has been the case the past three years, the Fal-

cons 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 se-

ries 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 Mercy-

hurst. This game was not nearly the epic of the pre-

vious 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 na-

tion, 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 even-

tual 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 sec-

ond 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.

Front Row (left to right): Andrew Volkening, Greg Flynn, Jeff Hajner, Capt. Andy Berg (asst. coach), MikePhillipich, Frank Serratore (head coach), Brent Olson, Mike Corbett (asst. coach), Josh Frider, MichaelMayra, Tim Krystosek.Middle Row: Tim Kirby, Greg Burgdoerfer, Jacques Lamoureux, Col. Mike Van Valkenburg (officer repre-sentative), Jeff Kipp (strength coach), Lt. Col. Dr. Eric Nelson (team physician), Larry Cronk (off-ice offi-cial), Erik Marsh (athletic trainer), Robert Rush (equipment specialist), Dave Toller (sports information),Lt. Col. Keith Bishop (officer representative), Brad Sellers, Scott Mathis, Derrick Burnett.Back Row: Brandon Johnson, Scott Kozlak, Matt Becker, Paul Weisgarber, Sean Bertsch, Stephen Caple,Brett Nylander, Blake Page, Matt Fairchild, Kevin Wright, Mark Williams.

All-Time Letterwinners

Anders, Jace 2002, 99 00 01 02

Andersen, James 1986, 84 85 86

Anderson, William 1983, 81 82 83 84

Anzelc, John 1989, 86 87 88 89

Artman, Eric 2013, 10

Asbell, Stephen R. 1978, 75 76 77 78

Bader, Matt, 2006, 03 04 05 06

Banks, Jeff 1989, 86 87 88 89

Barker, James H. 1977, 74

Barlow, Jeff 1994, 91 92 93

Barner, Neil 2002, 99

Batinich, Gary M. 1978, 75 76 77 78

Bazzachini, John 1981, 78

Becker, Bryan, 2008, 05 06 07

Becker, Matt 2011, 08 09 10

Beckman, Jason 1992, 89

Benson, Billy 1994, 91, 92

Benson, Mike 1995, 93 94 95

Berg, Andy 2003, 00 01, 02, 03

Berg, Scott 1978, 77 78

Bertsch, Sean 2011, 08 09 10

Bilek, Beau 1995, 92 93 94 95

Bingaman, John F. 1979, 76 77 78 79

Blank, Mike 1991, 88 89 90 91

Bogosian, Mark 1983, 82

Bosner, David 2013, 10

Bradley, Scott 2001, 98 99 00 01

Brandabur, Thomas 1980, 77

Brill, Michael 1986, 82

Broderick, Sean 2001, 98 99 00 01

Brown, Erik 1995, 92 93 94 95

Brunkow, James A. 1987, 84 85 86 87

Bucki, Mark A. 1986, 83 84 85 86

Bunker, David C. 1974, 71 72 73 74

Burgdorfer, Greg 2012, 09

Burger, Robert D. 1973, 71

Burnett, Derrick 2011, 08 09 10

Carmichael, Patrick M. 1974, 72

Carrano, Mike 2005, 02 03

Caple, Stephen 2012, 09 10

Carew, Stephen 2013, 10

Chapman, Joe 1987, 84 85 86 87

Charbonneau, Matt, 2009, 05 06 07 08

Chartrand, Steve 1990, 87

Christy, Deron 1993, 90 91 92 93

Cohen, Phil 2004, 01

Connelly, Brendan 2002, 99 00

Connors, Jeffrey 1984, 81 82

Cook, Steve, 2006, 03

Courtney, T.J. 1993, 90 91 92 93

Curphy, Gordon J. 1978, 75 76 77 78

DaCosta, Tony 1997, 95 97

Daldine, Frank R. 1986, 83 84 85 86

Dallas, Greg 1990, 88

Davies, Dan 1999, 96 97 98 99

Decker, John 1995, 92 93 94 95

DeGironimo, Mark 1996, 93 94 95 96

De Laurell, Kyle 2013, 10

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

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, 0910

Klimek, John P. 1987, 84 85 86 87

Klimek, Steven A. 1980, 77 78

Knaeble, Mike, 2006, 03 04 05 06

Kochanski, Don J. 1985, 83 84 85

Koelling, John H. 1975, 73 74 75

Kolstad, William R. 1976, 73

Kozlak, Scott 2011, 08 09 10

Kozlowski, Buck 2004, 01 02 03 04

Kramer, Joe 1999, 97 98 99

Kriz, George 1995, 93 94

Kruse, John 2013, 10

Kyrstosek, Tim 2012, 09

Lafortune, Todd 1997, 94 95 96 97

Lamoureux, Jacques 2011, 09 10

Landreth, Kent A. 1991, 88 89 90

Larson, Adam 2004, 01 03 04

Laushine, Steven 1980, 78

Lawrence, Tony 2002, 99

Leibbrand, David A. 1983, 80 81 82 83

Leibbrand, Douglas C. 1977, 74 75 76 77

Leonard, Jed “Spanky” 2004, 01 02 03 04

Leone, Daniel J. 1996, 93 94 95 96

Liebel, Darec, 1993, 92 93

Liebich, Mark C. 1992, 89 90 91 92

Ligday, Robert C. 1974, 72

Lind, Tony 1990, 88

Lloyd, Brad 1988, 87 88

Lloyd, Brian A. 1986, 84 85 86

Locallo, Joe 2004, 01 02

Lucca, Michael J. 1974, 71 72 73 74

Lund, Richard S. 1982, 79 80

Luukkonen, William J. 1979, 76 77 78 79

Lyons, John 1992, 90

Name, Graduation Year, Years Let-

tered

All-Time Letterwinners

Mackey, James 1984, 81 82 83 84

Majewski, Mark 1992, 90

Manney, John (Leroy) 1988, 85 86 87 88

Manney, Mark T. 1983, 80 81 82 83

Mantaro, Jason 1992, 89 90 91 92

Marchand, Eric 1999, 96 97

Marsh, Jon 1999, 96

Martinez, David P. 1988, 85

Martinson, David 2010, 07

Mascetta, Jason 2002, 99

Masiello, Steve 1993, 91 92

Mason, Mike 1988, 87 88

Mathers, Michael D. 1971, 69

Mathis, Scott 2012, 09 10

Maturo, Steve 1997, 94 95 96 97

Mayra, Michael 2009, 06 07 08 09

McAlister, Dan 1995, 92 93 94 95

McChesney, Jeffrey A. 1979, 76 77 78

McCrea, Steve S. 1982, 79

McGuire, Mike 1999, 96 97 98 99

McManaman, Kevin 1989, 86 87 88 89

McNeal, Mike J. 1984, 83

McQuillan, Michael P. 1977, 75

Mead, Steve 2005, 02 03 04 05

Medenwaldt, Jay, 2007, 04 05 06 07

Mellum, Marlo D. 1975, 72 73 74 75

Merkosky, Brandon 2007, 04 05

Michaud, David 1996, 95, 96

Micheletti, Gerald F. 1975, 72 73 74 75

Miller, Ross 2005, 02 03 04 05

Mitchell, Chris 1996, 94 95 96

Moes, John 1988, 87 88

Moes, Steven J 1981, 80

Morrison, Charlie G. 1985, 83

Morrison, Robert A. 1975, 72 73 74 75

Morrow, Greyson B. 1973, 70 71 72 73

Mosley, Jay M. 1986, 84 85 86

Mullvain, Steven L. 1973, 70 71 72 73

Murray, Thomas M. 1972, 69 70

Nelson, Eric 1991, 90 91

Newman, Kim L. 1971, 69 70 71

Nightingale, Keith M. 1987, 84 85 86 87

Nistler, Noel 1990, 88

Northon, Paul 1995, 94 95

Nylander, Brett 2010, 07 08 09 10

O’Reilly, Billy 2001, 98 99 00 01 02

O’Shaughnessy, Terrence J. 1986, 84 85 86

Oberg, Erik 1998, 95 96 97 98

Olson, Brent, 2009, 06 07 08 09

Olson, Derek 2002, 99 00 0, 02

Ord, James 2001, 98 99

Page, Blake 2011, 08 09 10

Palmer, John R. 1980, 79 80

Parent, Mike 1991, 88 89 90 91

Pate, Bobby 2003, 00

Pedersen, Kevin B. 1976, 73 74 75 76

Pelletier, Seth, 2005, 02 03 04 05

Perrot, Thomas A. 1971, 69 70 71

Peters, Marcus 2001, 98 99

Phillipich, Michael, 2009, 06 07 08 09

Polidor, Mike 2004, 01 02 03 04

Pond, Keith R. 1985, 83

Pribyl, Charles R. 1976, 73 74 75 76

Priewe, Josh 2005, 02 03 04 05

Print, Josh 2009, 05 06 07 08

Raduenz, Brian D. 1988, 85 87

Ramsey, Andrew 2007, 04 05 06 07

Randall, Daryl R. 1982, 79 81 82 83

Ratfield, Aaron 2000, 97 98

Reaney, Brian 2003, 00 01, 02, 03

Reese, Brian 2007, 04, 05, 06, 07

Retka, Tony 1994, 91 92 93 94

Rice, Eric 1993, 90 91 92 93

Richards, Thomas L. 1982, 79 80 81 82

Rimstad, John 1997, 96

Rintala, Bryson 2005, 02

Robideaux, Robin D. 1979, 76 77 78 79

Rodgers, Brian 2002, 99 00 01 02

Roe, Tony 1992, 90 91 92

Rohloff, Kurt 1990, 87 88 89 90

Ross, Roberts B. 1972, 69 70 71 72

Ryan, Patrick G. 1996, 93 94 95 96

Saari, Steven 1983, 81 82 83

Sajevic, Robert 1980, 77 78 79 80

Sandness, Pete 1997, 95 96 97

Saum, Shane 2004, 01 02 03 04

Sauve, Neil T. 1987, 85 86

Schaffer, Josh 2009, 05 06 07 08

Schiavone, Frank 2009, 05 06 07 08

Schmitz, Mark J. 1983, 81 82

Schubert, Neal L. 1986, 83

Scott, Justin 1997, 94 95 96 97

Sellers, Brad 2011, 08 09 10

Sellnow, Derek 1997, 96 97

Seminaro, Jeff 1991, 89

Senta, Frank 1978, 76

Shadbegian, Mark D. 1977, 76 77

Sheehan, Neil E. 1983, 81

Shelton, Scott 1999, 96

Shenk, Chad 2001, 98 99

Shenk, Peter, 2009, 05 06

Sikich, Zach 2005, 02

Skalko, David J. 1973, 70 71 72 73

Skalko, James P. 1974, 71 72 73 74

Skibinski, Mark 1991, 89 90 91

Smalley, Doug 1994, 91 92 94

Smellie, Mike 1980, 77 78 79 80

Smith, Ryan 2002, 99 00 01 02

Snyder, David M. 1978, 76 77 78

Spann, Scott 1994, 92

Spannbauer, David M. 1977, 74 75 76 77

Stangl, David P. 1973, 70 71 72

Starkey, Tom 2004, 01 02 03 04

Starkovich, Paul 1972, 69

Stewart, Robert E. Jr. 1970, 69 70

Stock, John 2003, 01

Strang, Carson, 2006, 03

Strong, Gordon R. 1978, 75 76 77 78

Stucki, Michael 2001, 98 99

Sullivan, John 1995, 92 93 94

Sullivan, Robert 1984, 82 83

Sundstrom, Jack 1987, 86 87

Talbot, Thomas J. 1979, 76 77 78 79

Tesar, Jake 2003, 00 01 02 03

Tetlow, Lewis T. 1969, 69

Thompson, Ryan 2001, 98 99

Tramonte, Matt 1993, 92 93

Travalent, Mike 1989, 87 88 89

Turnquist, Blake 2009, 05 06

Turnquist, Brooks, 2006, 03 04 05 06

Umland, Bruce D. 1984, 81 82 83

Uren, Thomas D. 1977, 74 76 77

Veneri, Andrew 1995, 92 93 94 95

Veneri, Mike 1991, 89 90 91

Verville, Jeff 1988, 86 87

Vineski, Robert D. 1981, 79

Volkening, Andrew 2010, 07 08 09 10

Walsh, Mike 2013, 10

Watson, Matt 1990, 87 88 89 90

Waugh, Thomas R. 1971, 69

Weida, Johnny A. 1978, 75 76

Weisgarber, Paul 2012, 09 10

Wey, Chris 2007, 04 05

Whitican, Frederick L. 1975, 72 73 74 75

Wiggins, Ryan 2005, 02 03 04 05

Williams, Mark 2012, 09 10

Worker, Ben 2008, 05, 06 07

Wright, Kevin 2011, 08 09

Yelle, John 1984, 81 82

Zacour, Theo 2007, 04 05 06 07

Zejdlik, Joel M. 1982, 80

Zejdlik, Todd N. 1975, 72 73 74 75

Zerkel, Kirk 2000, 97 98 99 00

Zimmerman, Will, 2006, 03 04 05

Zitzlsperger, Matt 2000, 97 98 99 00

Zuccaro, Tom M. 1985, 83 84 85

Zupancich, Thomas 1988, 85 86 87 88

Zurick, Jeff 2002, 99 00 01 02

Zwiers, Scott 2003, 00 01 02 03

Name, Graduation Year, Years Let-

tered

AACCAADDEEMMYY

The Air Force Academy

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The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience de-signed to educate, train and inspire men andwomen to become officers of character, motivatedto lead the United States Air Force in service to ournation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor ofscience degree and a commission as a second lieu-tenant in the Air Force.

COURSE OF STUDYCadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum

that provides the knowledge, skills and responsi-bilities essential to a career Air Force officer. Theentire USAFA experience is integrated and mappedto achieve a set of desired outcomes in every grad-uate.

The core academic curriculum includes coursesin basic sciences, engineering, social sciences andhumanities. Cadets take additional elective coursesto complete requirements for one of 32 majorareas of study. About 50 percent of the cadetscomplete majors in science and engineering; theremainder graduate in the social sciences and hu-manities. Some of the most popular majors in-clude management, aeronautical engineering,foreign area studies, history, behavioral science,civil engineering, astronautical engineering, elec-trical engineering and engineering mechanics.

FACULTY COMPOSITIONThe majority of the Academy's faculty mem-

bers, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers.They are selected primarily from career-officer vol-unteers who have established outstanding recordsof performance and dedication. Each has at least amaster's degree and more than 55 percent havedoctorates or other terminal degrees in their fieldof study.

About 30 percent of the faculty are civilianswho bring great depth of disciplinary and educa-tional expertise and provide academic stabilityand continuity.

Faculty members are intensely focused on cadetlearning as an integral part of their officer devel-opment. The Air Force Academy has been rankedNo. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and in-volved faculty for four years in a row.

To provide greater contributions by a diversefaculty, the Academy has several distinguished vis-iting professors and endowed professors who serveone or more years. Officers from other services, aswell as officers from allied countries are also mem-bers of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and mili-tary lecturers also share their expertise with thecadets during the academic year.

ATHLETIC PROGRAMThe Academy's athletic program is designed to

improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills anddevelop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals,the Academy offers some of the most extensivephysical education, intramural sports and intercol-legiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadetstake at least three different physical educationcourses each year.

MILITARY EDUCATIONAND TRAINING

An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education,training and leadership programbegins with basic cadet trainingand continues throughout thefour years. Seniors are responsi-ble for the organizational lead-ership of the cadet wing, whilejuniors and sophomores seek todevelop team and interpersonalleadership and instructionalskills. Cadets are projected intoas many active leadership rolesas possible to prepare them tobe effective Air Force officers.

Fundamental concepts of military organization-- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physi-cal training -- are emphasized the first summerduring basic cadet training. Freshmen then studythe military role in United States society as well asthe mission and organization of the Air Force.Sophomores receive instruction in communica-tion skills and juniors study the combat and oper-ational aspects of the Air Force.

The Academy offers courses in flying, naviga-tion, soaring and parachuting, building from basicskills to instructor duties. Some cadets may flylight aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team.

Summer training for cadets is divided intothree, three-week training periods. There are a va-riety of programs available and each cadet is re-quired to complete two training periods eachsummer with leave during the other period. Allnew cadets take six weeks of basic cadet trainingin their first summer.

Combat survival training is a required three-week program during cadets' second summer. Forother second-summer training periods, cadetshave options such as working with Airmen in anoperational unit at an Air Force installation, air-borne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fallparachute training.

During their last two summers, all cadets are of-fered leadership training as supervisors or instruc-tors in the summer programs listed above.

Extracurricular activities also are an integralpart of the education program. The cadet ski club,drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensicsare a few of the programs available.

NOMINATIONSNominations to the Academy may be obtained

through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eli-gibility criteria in other categories of competitionestablished by law. For information on admissionprocedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 CadetDrive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025.

www.usafa.edu

HISTORY OF

THE ACADEMY

In 1948, a board of leadingcivilian and military educatorswas appointed to plan the cur-riculum for an academy thatwould meet the needs of thenewly established Air Force. Theboard determined that Air Forcerequirements could not be met byexpanding the other serviceacademies and recommendedan Air Force Academy be estab-lished without delay.

In 1949, then Secretary of theAir Force W. Stuart Symington ap-pointed a commission to assist inselecting a site and on April 1,1954, President Dwight D. Eisen-hower authorized creation of theUnited States Air Force Academy.After considering 580 sites in 45states, the commission narrowedthe choice to three locations. Thesummer of 1954, Secretary of theAir Force Harold Talbott selected asite near Colorado Springs, Colo.Colorado contributed $1 million to-ward purchase of the property.

In July 1955, the first Academyclass entered interim facilities atLowry Air Force Base, Denver,while construction began. It wassufficiently completed for occu-pancy by the cadet wing in lateAugust 1958. Initial constructioncost was $142 million.

Women entered the Academyon June 28, 1976, as members ofthe class of 1980.

Senior Leadership

Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs afour-year academic, military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor’s de-gree 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 widerange of assignments, ranging from head football coach of the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, to servingas 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 com-mander of Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center during 9/11. Prior to his return to the Academy, he was Di-rector of Operations and Plans, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is acommand 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 KC-135R.

The general’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leafclusters, Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Merito-rious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal and theGlobal War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Commandant of Cadets

Brig. General

Richard Clark

Dean of Faculty

Brig. General

Dana Born

Vice Superintendent

Colonel

Tamara Rank

Commander,

10th Air Base Wing

Col. Rick LoCastro

Director of Athletics

Dr. Hans J.Mueh is in hisseventh year asthe director ofathletics at theAir Force Acad-emy. A retiredAir Forcebrigadier gen-

eral, Mueh was vice dean of faculty for twoyears prior to his retirement from active dutyin the summer of 2004. Mueh was heavily in-volved in Academy athletics before becomingdirector of athletics. He was the Academy'sfaculty athletics representative from 1996-2004 and was a long-time member of theboard of directors for the Air Force AcademyAthletics Association.

Since becoming the director of athletics,Mueh has led the Academy to some remark-able feats. In 2007, the Academy was one ofonly three schools (Michigan State and BostonCollege) to reach post-season play in football(2007), men’s basketball and ice hockey (2006-07). It marked the first time a service academyhas ever had a team compete in the post-sea-son in all three sports.

In addition, under Mueh’s watch the men’sbasketball team has played in an NCAA tour-nament and the National Invitational Tourna-ment’s Final Four. The ice hockey team wonthree straight conference championships andmade three straight appearances in the NCAAtournament. Mueh was on the selection com-mittee that hired current head coach FrankSerratore and led the Academy’s move intothe Athletic Hockey Association.

The football program, the Academy’s flag-ship sport, has gone through a major overhaulunder Mueh. He led the transition from theretirement of the legendary Fisher DeBerryafter 23 years at the helm to hiring currenthead coach Troy Calhoun, a 1989 Academygraduate. Calhoun’s impact was immediate,leading the Falcons to a 9-4 overall mark anda second-place finish in the Mountain WestConference in 2007. The Falcons qualified fortheir first bowl game in five years, playing inthe Armed Forces Bowl in 2007. The programhas posted back-to-back eight-win seasons andqualified for bowl games since, marking thefirst time since 1990-92 Air Force has been to abowl three straight years.

Mueh has been just as successful behindthe scenes with the administration of the de-partment. Mueh restructured the departmentwith an internal/external model that hasstreamlined resources and made the depart-ment more effective from top to bottom. Inaddition, he has the department on course tobecome a federally chartered non-profit or-ganization which will lead to more fund-rais-ing opportunities.

Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA En-dowment and the announcement of an In-door Training Facility that broke ground inthe summer of 2010. The $15 million facilitywill be completed early in 2011.

Mueh has also been active within the con-ference and the NCAA. He was recently se-lected to be part of the NCAA Division IAmateurism Cabinet and has been active onthe NCAA’s academics/eligibility compliancecabinet, the men’s golf committee and the re-gion 7 postgraduate scholarship committee.Mueh has been equally active within the con-ference on various leadership committees. Heis currently on the awards and recognitioncommittee and has previously served on thejoint council executive committee, and com-mittees on championships, television andsportsmanship.

Before assuming his duties as vice dean atthe Academy, Mueh was permanent professorand head of the department of chemistry atthe Academy, a position he held since October1987 where he oversaw the annual design andinstruction of 25 undergraduate courses for1,500 cadets annually.

Mueh was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Celle, Ger-many, and emigrated to the United States in1951. He entered the Air Force in 1962 as amember of the Academy's eighth graduatingclass, and graduated with a bachelor of sciencedegree in chemistry in 1966. While at theAcademy, Mueh was a two-year letterwinnerin soccer as a goalie. He still holds theAcademy record for saves in a game with 30,accomplishing it twice in 1965 against NorthCarolina and Benedictine. In his junior andsenior years, Mueh helped the Falcons to theRocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer Leaguechampionship and quarterfinal berths in theNCAA tournament. He was a first-team all-league selection in 1965.

Following graduation, Mueh completedtwo assignments in intelligence before attend-ing the University of Wisconsin where he

earned his master's degree in chemistry in1970. He later earned a doctorate degree inchemistry from Wisconsin in 1976 as a distin-guished graduate. He has also completedSquadron Officer School, Air Command andStaff College and Air War College.

Between earning the two degrees, Mueh re-turned to the Academy as an instructor in thedepartment of chemistry from 1970-72. Healso served as assistant soccer coach andplayed semi-pro soccer with the Aurora Inter-nationals in Denver during those two years,leading the Internationals to the Coloradostate title in 1971. He volunteered for duty inVietnam and served as an intelligence officerin Saigon, Republic of Vietnam and atNakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand, in 1972and 1973.

After earning his doctorate degree, Muehreturned to the Academy in 1976 as an associ-ate professor of chemistry. He remained at theAcademy except for a stint in 1985-86 as thespecial assistant for technical matters at theDefense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon.

In 1986, he assumed the position of actinghead, department of chemistry, before beingselected for his position of permanent profes-sor and head of the department of chemistryin 1987. As faculty athletics representative, hewas active in both the Western Athletic Con-ference and Mountain West Conference, andwas the Academy's representative on the tran-sition team to form the new MWC, the onlyfaculty athletics representative on the team.He competes in golf, racquetball, handballand tennis, and has promoted Air ForceAcademy intercollegiate sports throughout histenure, beginning with work as chairman ofthe hockey eligibility committee, officer repre-sentative to the men's golf team and five yearsas the officer representative to the footballteam.

Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax ofCincinnati, Ohio. They have three children:Kristine, Kurt and Deborah.

Dr. Hans J. MuehDirector of Athletics � Seventh Year

Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensiveas the Air Force Academy's.

The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical con-ditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for of-ficership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and tobuild 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 NCAA-sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation.Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-coun-try, 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, fenc-ing, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and div-ing, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsorstwo non-NCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading.

The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs com-pete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Conference.The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from BrighamYoung, New Mexico, Colorado State, San Diego State, TCU,Wyoming, Utah and UNLV. All sports also compete against non-con-ference opponents, including many nationally-ranked teams.

The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football su-premacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 16 times, which is morethan Army and Navy combined. The winner of the annual rivalryvisits the White House to have the trophy presented by the Presidentof the United States.

The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive build-ings in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seeminglyendless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fields laid side by side. Thestructure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockeyarena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combinedseating capacity of more than 9,000.

Clune Arena seats 5,834. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacityof 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track andfield competitions.

The department’s newest facility is the Indoor Training Facility(pictured left), which will be completed in early 2011.

Brad DeAustin

Vice Director

of Athletics

John Coulahan

Associate AD

Finance

Jim Trego

Senior Associate AD

External Affairs

William Carpenter

Associate AD

Recruiting Support

Wayne Kellenbence

Associate AD

Support

Troy Garnhart

Associate AD

Info./Communications

Karen Warner

Associate AD

Human Resources

Dermot Coll

Associate AD

Development/Gov’t

Col. Billy Walker

Deputy AD

Head, Physical Education

Marti Gasser

Associate AD/SWA

Intercollegiate Program

Air Force Athletics

Cadet Ice Arena

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Sitting at more than 7,000 feet above sea level, air is rare atthe Air Force Academy. The Cadet Ice Arena, with a capacityof 2,470, has proven that home ice certainly can be an ad-vantage.

The last two years, a ticket to Air Force hockey has been a hotcommodity. Last season, AFA averaged 2,575 fans per game in19 home games. AFA was one of only three schools in the na-tion to average a sellout throughout the regular season andplayoffs (Michigan, and Notre Dame). Air Force averaged 104.3percent of capacity last season, the second highest average inthe nation (Notre Dame 105.3). AFA played in front of 13home sellouts last season, including the final nine consecu-tive games. The Cadet Ice Arena has been sold out 19 of thelast 25 regular season games and 21 of the last 29 gamesoverall including the playoffs

The Falcons have won more than 60 percent of all gamesplayed in the arena. In 42 seasons, the Falcons have had just10 losing seasons at home. The team’s record of 431-269-37merely scratches the surface.

In service academy competition, the true measure of any academy team, the Falcons are 15-5-2 against Army at the CadetIce Arena.

The Falcons’ first season of varsity hockey was the 1968-69 season when the team posted a 5-7 record at home. Air Forcethen went on to eight straight winning seasons at home. The Falcons finished 17-1 at home in 1974-75 and 14-3 at home in1976-77. The team set a school record by winning 13 straight home games from Nov. 11, 1974 to Jan. 13, 1975. After twostraight home losing seasons, Frank Serratore brought more than just winning hockey back to the “CIA.” In his first season, heled 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 improve-ments. 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 thearena. Along with the video board, a new center-hung scoreboard and new sound system were addedthe the arena.

The spring, summer and fall of 2007 brought newevents to the Cadet Ice Arena. On March 10, 2007,the arena hosted its first ever playoff game as the Fal-cons defeated Holy Cross, 3-0. On Sept. 16, 2007, thearena hosted its ever professional game as the Col-orado Avalanche played their annual Burgundy-White game at the Academy. NHL stars Joe Sakic,Milan Hejduk and company thrilled the over-capac-ity crowd of 3,031. The Avalanche Burgundy-Whitegame returned to the “CIA” in 2008 and 2009.

1968-69 . . . . . . . 5-7 . . . . . . . . . . .4161969-70 . . . . . . . 9-8 . . . . . . . . . . .5291970-71 . . . . . . . 9-5 . . . . . . . . . . .6421971-72 . . . . . . . 14-2 . . . . . . . . . .8751972-73 . . . . . . . 9-4 . . . . . . . . . . .6921973-74 . . . . . . . 10-5 . . . . . . . . . .6671974-75 . . . . . . . 17-1 . . . . . . . . . .9441975-76 . . . . . . . 9-6 . . . . . . . . . . .6001976-77 . . . . . . . 14-3 . . . . . . . . . .8241977-78 . . . . . . . 6-9 . . . . . . . . . . .4001978-79 . . . . . . . 13-6 . . . . . . . . . .6841979-80 . . . . . . . 12-5 . . . . . . . . . .7061980-81 . . . . . . . 10-6 . . . . . . . . . .6251981-82 . . . . . . . 11-8-1 . . . . . . . . .5751982-83 . . . . . . . 5-13 . . . . . . . . . .278

1983-84 . . . . . . . 7-8-1. . . . . . . . . .5001984-85 . . . . . . . 13-5 . . . . . . . . . .7221985-86 . . . . . . . 11-7 . . . . . . . . . .6111986-87 . . . . . . . 17-3 . . . . . . . . . .8501987-88 . . . . . . . 13-3 . . . . . . . . . .8131988-89 . . . . . . . 10-8-3. . . . . . . . .5481989-90 . . . . . . . 15-5 . . . . . . . . . .7501990-91 . . . . . . . 10-9-3. . . . . . . . .5231991-92 . . . . . . . 10-7 . . . . . . . . . .5881992-93 . . . . . . . 7-7-1. . . . . . . . . .5001993-94 . . . . . . . 12-8-1. . . . . . . . .5951994-95 . . . . . . . 13-8-1. . . . . . . . .6141995-96 . . . . . . . 4-12-5. . . . . . . . .3101996-97 . . . . . . . 8-10-1. . . . . . . . .4471997-98 . . . . . . . 13-8 . . . . . . . . . .619

1998-99 . . . . . . . 12-5-2. . . . . . . . .6841999-00 . . . . . . . 12-4-2. . . . . . . . .7222000-01 . . . . . . . 11-6-2 . . . . . . . . .6322001-02 . . . . . . . 9-6 . . . . . . . . . . .6002002-03 . . . . . . . 7-10-2. . . . . . . . .4212003-04 . . . . . . . 6-9 . . . . . . . . . . .4002004-05 . . . . . . . 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . .3572005-06 . . . . . . . 6-6-1. . . . . . . . . .5002006-07 . . . . . . . 9-6-3. . . . . . . . . .5832007-08 . . . . . . . 11-3-5 . . . . . . . . .7112008-09 . . . . . . . 16-4-0. . . . . . . . .8002009-10 . . . . . . . 11-5-3 . . . . . . . . .658Totals . . . . . . . . 431-269-37. . . . .609

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