Falcon rally falls short in 6-2 loss at Colorado College

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado College scored three goals early in the second period and held off Air Force for a 6-2 win over the Falcons in a non-conference college hockey game, Friday, Feb. 14, at the Broadmoor World Arena.

Midway through the first period, Colorado College (9-16-2) took the early lead. Chris Wilkie put back a rebound of Josiah Slavin's shot for a 1-0 lead at 7:13.
The Tigers scored three goals in the first 2:34 of the second period for a 4-0 lead. On the opening faceoff of the second period, Nick Halloran skated right down the center of the ice on a breakaway for a 2-0 lead just 11 seconds into the second. Colorado College scored two goals in a span of 21 seconds in a 4-on-4 situation. Alex Berardinelli got free on a breakaway and scored at 2:13. After the goal, Zach LaRocque replaced Alex Schilling in the net for Air Force. On the next shift, Troy Conzo made a pass from behind the net and Connor Mayer scored at 2:34 for a 4-0 lead.

Air Force (8-16-5) rallied for two goals in the final 11 minutes of the second period. After penalty on the Tigers, the Falcons scored on the power play. Jake Levin gave the puck to Brady Tomlak at the left point. Tomlak tallied his 20^th point of the season as he found Marshall Bowery on the back door at 8:57. Bowery tied his career high with his second goal of the game at 3:02. The junior forced a turnover in the neutral zone and skated in uncontested for his eighth of the season.
The Tigers clung to the 4-2 lead until the final 10 minutes of the game. With 9:16 left in the third, Mayer's shot from high at the left point snuck inside the near post for a 5-2 Tiger lead. With 1:36 remaining, Grant Cruikshank's power-play goal made up the final margin.

Air Force outshot Colorado College, 29-22, in the game. Air Force was 1-for-1 on the power play while the Tigers were 1-for-2. Matt Vernon made 27 saves for the Tigers. Schilling made seven saves while LaRocque had nine for the Falcons.

"It was not a good night for us," head coach Frank Serratore said. "They were the better team in every facet of the game. We dropped some huge bombs tonight and they took advantage. We have been a team this season that has been very disciplined and sound defensively, but tonight we were not. I was not pleased with our performance, but take nothing away from them. CC was really good."

The same two teams conclude the two-game, non-conference series on Monday, Feb. 17, at 5:05 pm in the Faceoff at Falcon Stadium.
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