Falcons host Army, Jan. 11-12

This Week: Air Force (11-8-1, 9-5-0 AHC) hosts a two-game conference series with the Army West Point Black Knights (8-11-1, 7-6-1 AHC), Friday-Saturday, Jan. 11-12, at the Cadet Ice Arena. Friday's faceoff is at 7:05 pm MT while Saturday's game will start at 5:05 pm MT. Fans are encouraged to wear blue for both games as part of the weekend Blue Out.

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.

Scouting the Black Knights: Army is 8-11-1 overall and tied for fourth in the AHC with 15 points, three points behind Air Force. Last weekend, Army lost a non-conference road game to Rensselaer, 2-1 in overtime. The Black Knights have lost four straight (RPI, Brown, Dartmouth and Canisius). Army split with Canisius in their last league series, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Zach Evancho and Dalton MacFee are tied for the team lead with 18 points. Sophomore goalie Jared Dempsey has started the last nine games and has a 3.27 GAA and a .890 saves percentage.

Series vs. Army: Air Force leads the all-time series vs. Army, 45-24-6. Air Force swept Army earlier this season by identical 4-2 scores in West Point, Nov. 2-3. Air Force has won four of the last five against the Black Knights, including winning a best-of-three quarterfinal series last season at West Point. The teams played last season in Colorado and Army swept Air Force, 3-2 and 2-0. In Atlantic Hockey games (since 2006-07), Air Force leads the series, 22-9-4 (including playoffs). Since becoming the Falcons' coach in 1997, Serratore is 34-15-5 (68 percent) vs. the Black Knights.

Trending: Senior Evan Feno leads the team with 17 points (9-8-17) ... Feno had a career high five points (1-4-5) in the win over St. Lawrence ... Senior defenseman Matt Koch has 16 points (1-5-16) and was named all-tournament at Ice Vegas with four points (1-3-4) ... Senior Kyle Haak had five points at Ice Vegas (2-3-5) ... Billy Christopoulos was named all-tournament at Ice Vegas stopping 56 of 59 shots he faced ... He has led the Falcons to a 5-2-1 record in his last eight games ... Air Force ranks second in the nation in penalty kill at 90.7 percent.

Penalty Kill is Second in Nation: Air Force leads Atlantic Hockey in penalty kill, and ranks second in the nation, at 90.7 percent. Air Force killed 36 straight opponent power plays from Nov. 9 against Bentley until Dec. 30 against Bemidji State. BSU scored a PPG on Dec. 30. The Falcons have now killed 51 of the last 52.

Special Teams -- Part 2: The Falcons rank second in the league, 10th in the nation, in power play at 23.8. The Falcons have scored a power play goal in seven of the last eight games. Air Force is 7-1 when winning the battle of special teams. The Falcons are also 9-3-1 when scoring a power-play goal. Air Force scored a season high four power play goals (4-for-5) against St. Lawrence. Air Force also scored a PPG against Western Michigan.

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Players Mentioned

Billy Christopoulos

Evan Feno

Kyle Haak

Matt Koch

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