Air Force travels to Holy Cross, Nov. 13-14
11/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 10, 2009
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This Week * Air Force (4-5-1, 4-1-1 AHA) travels to Worcester, Mass., to face the Holy Cross Crusaders (3-4-1, 3-2-1 AHA) * Friday-Saturday, Nov. 13-14, 7:05 each day EST at the Hart Center
Radio/Internet * Both games will be broadcast in Colorado Springs on The Sports Animal AM 1300 and on the internet at GoAirForceFalcons.com * Pregame show is at 4:35 p.m. MST with faceoff at 5:05 p.m. MST each day * Both games will be video streamed with audio by the B2 Network on a subscription basis. For more information, please go to AtlanticHockeyOnline.com
The Coaches * Air Force coach Frank Serratore (Bemidji State, 1982) is in his 13th season as the Falcons' head coach * He has led the Falcons to three straight conference championships and NCAA Tournament berths. * Winningest coach in the history of Air Force hockey with a record of 201-217-32 (13th year at AFA) and a career mark of 250-309-41 (17th year) * Holy Cross' Paul Pearl (Holy Cross, 1989) has a 217-211-48 school and overall record in his 15th season
Scouting the Holy Cross Crusaders * Holy Cross is 3-4-1 overall and 3-2-1 in the AHA for third place * Last weekend, Holy Cross split with Sacred Heart, winning 4-2 on the road and losing 5-4 at home * The Crusaders lost two close non-conference games early in the season at Providence and Merrimack * Junior Jordan Cyr, the AHA Player of the Week last week, leads the team with five goals and 11 points * Freshman Thomas Tysowsky has started seven of the eight games in goal and has a 3-3-1 record, a 2.56 GAA and a .905 saves percentage
The Turnaround * Air Force lost its first four games and averaged just two goals per game while allowing 4.2 * Andrew Volkening's GAA was 5.91 and his saves percentage was .805 * However, in the last six games, AFA is 4-1-1 and averaging 3.2 goals per game while allowing just 2.2 * Andrew Volkening's GAA in the last six games is 1.96 and his saves percentage is .936 Shots and special teams have been relatively the same in the first four games and the last six
Off to Better Starts * Part of Air Force's problem early in the season was playing from behind. The opponent scored the first goal in the first five games of the season and AFA was 1-4 in those games. * However, since then, AFA has scored the first goal in four of the last five games and AFA is 3-1-1 in those games.
Leaving on a Jet Plane * Air Force takes a break from its November road schedule for a couple home games this week * Starting last weekend at Canisius, AFA plays six of eight on the road. After this weekend against Bentley at home, AFA plays at Holy Cross, Nov. 13-14; and at UConn, Nov. 20-21
