Falcons travel to Bentley, Feb. 1-2

This Week: Air Force (13-9-4, 11-6-3 AHC) travels to Bentley (10-11-3, 9-7-2) for a two-game league series, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1-2, in Waltham, Mass.
Air Force is in second place in the league with 25 points while Bentley is sixth with 20.

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 19 assists and 21 points ... Koch ranks fourth in the league in points by a defenseman in all games ... Kyle Haak leads the team with 11 goals while Evan Feno and Kieran Durgan each have 10 ... Haak has scored a point in nine of the last 12 games and scored the empty-netter in each Robert Morris game to seal the 3-1 win each night ... Evan Feno has played in 98 career games and could hit the century mark in the Bentley series ... Durgan is second in the league and tied for second in the nation in goals by a freshman (10) ... Billy Christopoulos ranks second in the league in both saves percentage (.923) and GAA (2.10) ... In conference games only, Christopoulos leads the league in both saves percentage (.933) and GAA (1.74) ... Air Force ranks third in the nation in penalty kill at 88.7 percent ... Air Force ranks second in the league and 17th in the nation in power play at 21.1 percent ... The sweep over Robert Morris was the first since taking two at RIT, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 ... It was the first home sweep since Bentley, Nov. 9-10.

Scouting Bentley: Bentley is in sixth place in Atlantic Hockey with 20 points, five behind Air Force. Bentley is 10-11-3 over and 9-7-2 in the conference. Bentley's seven-game unbeaten streak (5-0-2) is tied as the longest in the nation. Last week, Bentley swept a pair of games at Canisius, 4-2 and 3-1. Bentley is 6-4-0 on the road this season. Sophomore forward Luke Santerno leads the team with 26 points. Drew Callin and Jonathan Desbiens are tied for the team lead with nine goals. Junior goalie Aidan Pelino has a 2.74 GAA and a .899 saves percentage.

Series vs. Bentley: Air Force and Bentley have played 50 times and AF leads the series, 31-13-6. Earlier this season, Air Force swept the series at the Cadet Ice Arena, Nov. 9-10, by scores of 4-2 and 4-1. Zach LaRocque started in goal and won his first two career games. Last season, the teams split a two-game series at Bentley. Billy Christopoulos stopped 45 of 49 in the series. Air Force has won seven of the last eight in the series. This will be the first meeting at Bentley's new arena. In all games played against Bentley in Massachusetts, Air Force is 13-6-1.

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Players Mentioned

Billy Christopoulos

Kieran Durgan

Evan Feno

Kyle Haak

Matt Koch

Zach LaRocque

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