Air Force hosts No. 8 Michigan State, Oct. 12-13

THE GAMES
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 12, No. 8 Michigan State, 7:05 pm MT, Cadet Ice Arena
Game 4: Friday, Oct. 13, No. 8 Michigan State, 7:05 pm MT, Cadet Ice Arena

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television:................... Altitude Sports (Nick Gismondi, Ryan Kaufman)
Stream: ....................... www.FloHockey.tv (Jay Ritchie, Dave Toller)
Radio: .......................... XtraSports 1300 AM (Jay Ritchie, Dave Toller); xtrasports1300.com
Live Stats...................... Statbroadcast

THE BREAKDOWN
Quick Facts: ................ Air Force                          Michigan State
Record: ........................                                          1-1-0                            2-0-0
Streak: ......................... L 1                                    W 2
Last Game: .................. L 3-4 ot Lindenwood      W 5-2 Lake Superior State
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THE COACHES
Head Coach: ................ Frank Serratore Adam Nightengale
School Record: ............ 439-418-98 (27th yr) 20-18-2 overall (2nd yr.)
Career Record: ............ 488-510-107 (31st yr) 20-18-2 overall (2nd yr.)

THE SERIES
Overall: ........................ MSU leads 7-1
Last Meeting: .............. L 1-5 at MSU, Oct. 9, 2021
Streak:               L 1

One Timers
* Air Force opened the season with a home split with Lindenwood last weekend
* The Falcons won game one, 4-1, but fell in game two, 4-3 in overtime
* Air Force has killed all five opponent power plays this season. Dating back to last season, the Falcons have killed 37 of 40 (92.5%) over the last 12 games
* Air Force won 52.9 percent of the faceoffs on opening weekend and ranks 19th in the nation. Last season, Air Force led the AHA and was 11th in the nation in faceoff percentage at .531
* Air Force opened the season by scoring the first goal in the 4-1 win over Lindenwood. LU scored the first goal in game two and won in overtime. Last season, Air Force only scored the first goal in 14 of the 36 games. The Falcons were 8-5-1 when scoring first and 4-17-1 when allowing the first goal
* Clayton Cosentino has won 67.3 percent of his faceoffs this season and is second in the nation with 33 wins. Last season, he led the nation in the regular season with 442 faceoff wins. He also led the conference in faceoff winning percentage at .610.
* Austin Schwartz is tied for second in the nation with three goals this season. He had a career-best two in the win over Lindenwood on Oct. 7 and scored again in game two.
* Luke Rowe was named the AHA Defensive Player of the Week with five assists in the Lindenwood series. His five assists are the second most in the nation. His assists, and five points, are both the best in the nation by a defenseman. His three assists in game one are a career high.
* Guy Blessing had 35 saves in the win over Lindenwood, the second most of his career
* Will Gavin netted the game-winner against Lindenwood (Oct. 7), the sixth of his career. His six game-winners and 31 career goals are the most on the team
* Air Force hosts No. 8 Michigan State, Oct. 12-13, the highest ranked team the Falcons have faced since No. 6 Boston University last season at the Arizona State Tournament.
* The Spartans are the highest ranked team to visit Cadet Ice Arena since the Falcons defeated No. 5 Denver, 5-4 ot, Oct 9, 2015.

Air Force hosts No. 8 Michigan State, Oct. 12-13

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Players Mentioned

Guy Blessing

Clayton Cosentino

Will Gavin

Luke Rowe

Austin Schwartz

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