Air Force hosts Holy Cross, Feb. 11-12

This Week: Air Force (11-13-2, 9-9-2 AHA) hosts Holy Cross (8-19-2, 6-12-2 AHA), in a two-game conference series, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 11-12, at the Cadet Ice Arena. Friday's game starts at 7:05 pm MT while Saturday's opening faceoff is at 5:05 pm MT.

The Standings: AIC continues to lead Atlantic Hockey with 45 points, followed by Canisius, RIT and Bentley. Air Force is tied for sixth place with 29 points. Holy Cross, winners of two of their last three including a victory over league-leading AIC, is in 10th place with 19 points.

About the Crusaders: Holy Cross (8-19-2, 6-12-2 AHA) has won three of its last six games with splits against Army, AIC and Sacred Heart. The win over first-place AIC (Jan. 30), ended the Yellow Jackets' 11-game winning streak, the longest in the nation. The Crusaders split with Sacred Heart last weekend. Ryan Leibold leads the team with eight goals and 20 points. Matt Radomsky has seen the most action between the pipes and has a 2.45 GAA and a .908 saves percentage. Bill Riga is in his first season with the Crusaders. Riga spent 13 seasons at Quinnipiac, helping to lead the Bobcats to five ECAC regular-season championships, six NCAA Tournament appearances, two Frozen Fours and two NCAA National Championship games during his 13 years.

Series vs. Holy Cross: Air Force and Holy Cross have played 53 times and Air Force holds a 24-15-14 lead in the series that began in 1993. As Atlantic Hockey rivals, the teams have played 38 times and Air Force leads the AHA series, 16-11-11. The teams did not play last season due to COVID protocols. The teams last met in the 2019-20 season. Holy Cross swept the series in Worcester (3-1 and 2-1). In the last meeting in Colorado, the Falcons earned a win and a tie, Dec. 6-7, 2019. In the last 10 games, Holy Cross holds a 5-2-3 advantage since 2016. At Air Force, the Falcons hold a 15-6-4 advantage. At Holy Cross, the series is tied at 9-9-10. AF is 2-0 at neutral sites.

Quick Hitters
* Air Force is 6-2 in its last eight games since Jan. 3
* Air Force has earned conference points in all but one conference series (AIC) since Thanksgiving
* The Falcons earned two points in the overtime win over Canisius on Saturday, Feb. 5
* Air Force is 4-0-2 in overtime this season and is unbeaten in the last eight overtime games
* Air Force is 9-1-1 when scoring the first goal this season.
* The Falcons have earned overtime wins on the last two Saturdays (Army and Canisius)
* Senior Alex Schilling made a season high 39 saves on Saturday, the second most of his career
* Sophomore Will Gavin scored the overtime game-winner on Saturday. He had two goals in the game.
* Gavin has a point in seven straight games and is tied for the conference lead in goals (13) and game-winners (4).
* Freshman Clayton Cosentino has a point in four straight games
* Sophomore Nate Horn has a point in six of his last seven games'
* Junior Brandon Koch leads the conference with 19 assists this season. He had two in the first game at Canisius and has four assists in his past three games

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Players Mentioned

Clayton Cosentino

Will Gavin

Nate Horn

Brandon Koch

Alex Schilling

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