Falcons travel to Sacred Heart

This Week
Air Force (11-8-3, 9-5-2 AHC) travels to Sacred Heart (5-12-2, 5-8-1 AHC) for a pair of Atlantic Hockey Conference games, Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 19-20. Saturday's game is at 2:05 pm ET at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. Sunday's game is at 4:05 pm ET at Yale University.
Air Force is in second place in the AHC with 20 points while Sacred Heart is tied for ninth with 11.

Live Stream
Every home game and every Atlantic Hockey game will be streamed on AtlanticHockey.tv for a subscription fee.

Radio/Internet
Every game will be broadcast on Xtra Sports 1300 in Colorado Springs and will be available online at www.GoAirForceFalcons.com. The game is also available on TuneIn. Jay Ritchie will call the play-by-play while Dave Toller will provide color analysis. Pregame show begins 30 minutes before faceoff.

Trending
Senior Matt Koch leads the team with 18 points ... Koch ranks fourth in the league in points by a defenseman in all games ... Evan Feno and Kyle Haak are tied for the team lead with nine goals ... Haak had a seven-game point streak snapped in the second game against Army ... He has 10 points in his last eight games ... Kieran Durgan is second in the league and tied for third in the nation in goals by a freshman (8) ... Billy Christopoulos ranks second in the league in both saves percentage (.918) and GAA (2.24) ... Air Force ranks second in the nation in penalty kill at 88.9 percent.

Scouting the Pioneers
Sacred Heart is 5-12-2 overall and 5-8-1 and in ninth place in the AHC with 11 points. After sweeping a two-game road series at RIT, Dec. 7-8, the Pioneers have lost four straight. Earlier this week, SHU lost to AIC, 2-1, in Bridgeport. Last week, SHU lost a non-conference game at 19th-ranked Yale, 3-1. Sophomore forward Marc Johnstone leads the team with 11 points. Freshman Josh Benson has started the last nine games in goal and has a 2.72 GAA and a .900 saves percentage. He led the team to the wins at RIT.

Series vs. Sacred Heart
Air Force and Sacred Heart have played 43 times and the Falcons hold a 26-11-6 lead in the series that began in 2000. Air Force is 5-3-1 in the last seven games against SHU. The teams played four times last season and Sacred Heart won the series with five points. Air Force took three points in the series in Bridgeport while SHU won the single game in Colorado. In a makeup game at Quinnipiac, Feb. 13, due to the government shutdown on Jan. 20, Sacred Heart won 2-1 in overtime. In games played in the state of Connecticut (Milford, Bridgeport, Hamden), Air Force leads the series, 9-7-3.

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Players Mentioned

Billy Christopoulos

Kieran Durgan

Evan Feno

Kyle Haak

Matt Koch

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