Air Force hosts Sacred Heart, Feb. 26-27
2/23/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Feb. 23, 2010
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This Week Air Force (12-14-6, 12-8-6 AHA) hosts Sacred Heart (18-10-4, 16-7-3 AHA), Friday-Saturday, Feb. 26-27, at 7:05 p.m. each night at Cadet Ice Arena Air Force is tied for fourth place in the AHA with 30 points with Canisius. Sacred Heart is in second place with 35.
Radio/Internet/Television 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 6:35 p.m. MST each night with the faceoff at 7:05 p.m. MST Both games will be video streamed with audio by the B2 Network on a subscription basis. For more information, please go to AtlanticHockeyOnline.com
Recently Air Force was swept in a two-game series at RIT, 3-2 in overtime and 3-0 Sacred Heart earned two wins over Holy Cross, 3-1 and 5-3
The Playoff Picture RIT has clinched the regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Sacred Heart has also clinched home ice in the first round. The top four seeds will host a best of three quarterfinal series, March 12-14. Three teams, Air Force, Mercyhurst and Canisius are vying for the final two home ice spots in the quarterfinals Mercyhurst has 31 points and plays two games at ninth-place UConn Air Force, which hosts second-place Sacred Heart, and Canisius, which travels to first-place RIT each have 30 Air Force has the tiebreaker on Canisius. The teams split the regular season series, but Air Force has the second tiebreaker which is goal-differential, 5-4 Mercyhurst has the tiebreaker on Air Force by taking three points in the series at Air Force in December In the case of a three-way tie between Air Force, Mercyhurst and Canisius, Air Force would be the No. 3 seed in the league, Canisius would be No. 4 and Mercyhurst would be No. 5 In a three-way tie with teams who have played a different number of games against each other, the first tiebreaker is between the two teams who have played four times. Air Force played Canisius and Mercyhurst twice while Canisius and Mercyhurst played each other four times. Canisius took three of four from Mercyhurst so Canisius advances in the tiebreaker to face Air Force and the Falcons have the tiebreaker.
Scoring Drought Air Force is 0-5-1 in the last six games In those six games, AFA has scored just eight goals Air Force has been shutout twice in the last four games. f Prior to the 2-0 loss to Colorado College, AFA had a scoring streak of 106 consecutive games with at least one goal
Series with Sacred Heart AFA and Sacred Heart have played 18 times and the Falcons hold an 11-4-3 lead in the series that began in 2000 As AHA opponents, AFA has an 8-4-2 lead, since 2006 The last time the teams met in Colorado was in the AHA quarterfinal series last season and Air Force took two of the three games. Air Force is 6-1-2 against Sacred Heart in games played at the Cadet Ice Arena. The teams met earlier this season in Connecticut and Sacred Heart dominated the series, winning 4-1 and 5-1 SHU outshot Air Force, 67-65, in the series Pioneer freshman Steven Legatto made 63 saves Stephen Carew and Brett Nylander scored the two AF goals in the series SHU's top line of Nick Johnson, Dave Jarman and Patrick Knowlton scored five goals in the series
Final Regular-Season Home Games for Five Seniors Five seniors will play their final regular-season home games at the Cadet Ice Arena this weekend Seniors Matt Fairchild, Jeff Hajner, Brandon Johnson, Brett Nylander and Andrew Volkening have combined to win three Atlantic Hockey Association tournament championships, one regular-season championship, played in three NCAA tournaments, advanced to the Elite Eight, and came within a double-overtime goal of the Frozen Four in 2009 The group has already won 80 games, the most in school history, breaking the record of 79 set by the class of 2009. f This year's senior class won 19 games as freshman, 21 as sophomores, 28 as juniors and 12 this season
