Air Force travels to Army for league series

The Games
Game 1: at Army, Friday, Jan. 27, 7:05 pm ET, Tate Rink, West Point, N.Y.
Game 2: at Army, Saturday, Jan. 28, 4:05 pm ET, Tate Rink, West Point, N.Y.

Broadcast Information
Television: None
Stream: Both games on FloHockey
Radio: Friday: XtraSports 1300 AM; Saturday: KVOR AM 740
Live Stats Both games on SideArm (Link on AF hockey schedule)

The Breakdown
Quick Facts: Air Force Army
2022-23 Record: 7-15-2, 3-10-1 AHA 7-13-3, 6-8-1 AHA
Streak: L 1 L 2
Last Game: L 2-1 vs. Niagara (H) L 2-1 ot vs AIC (H)

The Coaches
Head Coach: Frank Serratore Brian Riley
School Record: 433-410-98 (26th yr) 236-320-90 (19th yr)
Career Record: 482-502-107 (30th yr) 236-320-90 (19th yr)

The Series
Overall: AF leads 48-26-9
Last Meeting AF 3, Army 2 OT, March 11, 2022, AHA Quarterfinals at West Point
Streak: AF W 3

One-Timers
* Air Force's nine-game losing streak ended with the 6-3 victory over Niagara, Jan. 20
* The six goals equaled the total number of goals the Falcons had scored in the previous six games combined
* The six goals also equaled a season high (Lindenwood and Colorado College)
* Six different Falcons scored goals and 13 players recorded a point in that game
* Air Force killed all eight Niagara power plays in the series
* Niagara scored first in both games and the Falcons are now 3-12-1 when allowing the first goal. Air Force has allowed the first goal in 10 straight games.
* Senior goalie Austin Park earned his first career victory, in his third career start. He made 22 saves in game one against Niagara. He had a career-high 29 saves in game two
* Park had a 2.50 GAA and a .911 saves percentage in the NU series
* Will Gavin scored a goal in both games against Niagara and has scored in four straight games. He leads the team with 10 this season
* Gavin is sixth in the AHA with 10 goals in 24 games. Gavin is second in the league with 102 shots on goal and is first with 4.25 shots per game.
* Freshman Holt Oliphant had a career-best two points (1-1-2) on Friday
* Luke Rowe also had two points (1-1-2) on Friday, including the game-winner, his first of the season and second of his career
* Brandon Koch had two points (1-1-2) on Friday, his fourth multiple-point game of the season. He had three points and a career-best six blocked shots in the series.
* Koch was named the AHA Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season and third time in his career
* AF is second in the AHA and 13th in the nation in faceoff winning percentage at 53.2 percent.
* Clayton Cosentino is fourth in the league and 19th in the nation with 260 faceoff wins.
* Cosentino leads the AHA in faceoff winning percentage at .583. Andrew DeCarlo is sixth at .558.

About the Black Knights
Army is 7-13-3 overall and 5-6-2 (20 points) in sixth place in Atlantic Hockey. The Black Knights were off last weekend. Their last game was a 2-1 overtime loss at home to AIC, Jan. 17. Army last lost two straight and is 1-4-1 in their last six games. In the midst of that stretch, Army tied (won the shootout) against No. 11 Providence at Tate Rink. Anthony Firriolo leads the team with 20 points. Ricky Lyle and Joey Baez are tied for the team lead with 10 goals. Gavin Abric has started 18 of the 23 games and has a .901 saves percentage and a 3.20 GAA.

Series vs. Army
Air Force leads the all-time series vs. Army, 48-26-9. The teams met four times last season and Air Force won three of the four. The teams split a regular-season series at Air Force. Army won 8-3 in the first game while Air Force won 3-2 in overtime in game two. The teams met again in the AHA Quarterfinals as the Falcons were the No. 6 seed and Army was the No. 3. Air Force swept the series in West Point with a pair of overtime wins (5-4 and 3-2) as Blake Bride and Parker Brown scored game-winners. Air Force is 8-1 against Army in the playoffs. In the last 11 games, Air Force is 6-2-3 against Army. In games played at West Point, the Falcons are 21-16-4 against Army. Since becoming the Falcons' coach in 1997, Serratore is 37-17-8 (66 percent) vs. the Black Knights (62 games). The last three games in the series, and seven of the last 11, have all gone into overtime.

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Players Mentioned

Blake Bride

Parker Brown

Clayton Cosentino

Andrew DeCarlo

Will Gavin

Brandon Koch

Holt Oliphant

Austin Park

Luke Rowe

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