Falcons travel to Army West Point, Jan. 15-16
1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Weekly Notes
This Week
Air Force (9-9-2, 7-5-2 AHC) travels to Army West Point (5-10-5, 3-8-5 AHC) for a two-game series, Jan. 15-16. Friday's game starts at 7:05 pm ET while Saturday's game starts at 6:05 pm ET. Air Force is tied for fourth place in the league with 14 points while Army is tied for ninth with 11 points.
Radio/Internet/TV
Every regular-season and playoff game (except the game on Jan. 16) will be broadcast in Colorado Springs on Xtra Sports 1300 and on the internet at www.GoAirForceFalcons.com. The Jan. 16 game will be broadcast on AM 740 KVOR. Jay Ritchie will call the play-by-play while Dave Toller will provide color analysis. Pregame show begins 30 minutes before faceoff each day.
Saturday's game will be televised by Time Warner Cable in New York.
Radio Station Change
The Jan. 16th game (4:05 pm MT) against Army will be broadcast on AM 740 KVOR. The Jan. 15th game against Army (5:05 pm MT) will be broadcast on the Air Force hockey flagship station, Xtra Sports 1300. The change is due to NFL football being broadcast on Xtra Sports 1300 on Jan. 16.
Live Stream
Every Air Force home game and every AHA game will be video streamed live on AtlanticHockey.tv. Go to AtlanticHockeyOnline.com.
Trending
Sophomore Jordan Himley leads the team with seven goals and 16 points ... He has scored in five straight games and has at least one point in 11 of the last 12 games ... He had four points (1-3-4) in the AIC series ... Senior captain Ben Carey leads the team with 10 assists and is second with 15 points ... Erik Baskin tied his career high with two goals in each game vs. AIC and had four goals and five points in the AIC series and was named the AHC Player of the Week... He has scored in four straight games (5-2-7) ... Air Force earned its first sweep of the season vs. AIC, Jan. 8-9 ... Air Force has taken at least one point in every conference series this season...Air Force has held it opponents to 29 shots or less 14 times in 20 games ... After scoring just three power play goals in the first 12 games, the Falcons have five in the last eight games ... Air Force had 40 or more shots in both games vs. AIC and has posted 40+ shots, five times this season including four of the last six.
Scouting the Black Knights
Army West Point is 5-10-5 overall and 3-8-5 and in ninth place in Atlantic Hockey. The Black Knights got one point last weekend in a home-and-home series against Sacred Heart. After a four-game unbeaten stretch in November-December, the Black Knights are 1-4-1 in the last six with three overtime losses. Sophomore forward Conor Andrle leads the team with 13 assists and 16 points. Four players are tied with five goals. Junior goalie Parker Gahagen has a .914 saves percentage and a 2.72 GAA.
Series vs. the Black Knights
Air Force leads the all-time series vs. Army, 36-20-5. Air Force is unbeaten in the last eight games vs. Army (6-0-2) dating back to 2011. In Atlantic Hockey games (since 2006-07), Air Force leads the series, 13-5-3. In games played at West Point, the series is tied at 13-13-2. Air Force has won three straight at Army. In games when there were four or more combined goals, AFA is 33-11-5. In games when less than four combined goals are scored, Air Force is 3-9. Since becoming the Falcons' coach in 1997, Serratore is 23-10-2 vs. the Black Knights.
