Air Force travels to Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff

THE GAMES
Game 19: Thursday, Dec. 28, 7:35 pm CT, vs. No. 6 Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Game 20: Friday, Dec. 29, 4:00 pm CT, vs. Minn.-Duluth/Northeastern, Milwaukee, Wisc.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television:.................. BallySports Wisconsin and North
Stream: ....................... BigTen Network (https://btn.com/)
Radio:.......................... XtraSports 1300 AM (Jay Ritchie, Dave Toller); xtrasports1300.com
Live Stats..................... StatBroadcast

THE BREAKDOWN
Quick Facts: ................ Air Force                                         Wisconsin
Record: ....................... 8-9-1, 5-4-1 AHA                            14-4-0, 8-2-0 Big10
Streak: ........................ T 1                                                  W 5
Last Series: ................. Split vs. Bentley (H)                        Swept No. 17 Penn State (H)...............................

THE SERIES
Overall: ....................... UW leads 2-0
Last Meeting: ............. UW swept Air Force, 13-1 and 14-0, in 1982 in Madison, Wisc.
Streak: AF L 2

One Timers
* Air Force's eight wins at the break are the most since the 2018-19 team won nine before the break and went on to a 16-15-5 record
* Air Force is off until Dec. 28-29 at the Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff. The Falcons will face No. 6 Wisconsin in the first game.
* The Wisconsin game will mark the fourth game against a Top 10 team this season.
* Air Force will be idle for 24 days. The Falcons had a 32-day break last season. Both the 2021-22 and 2019-20 teams had a 25 day break.
* Chris Hedden leads the AHA in points (19) and is second in assists (15). Will Gavin is second in the AHA in goals (9) and eighth in points (16). Luke Rowe is third in assists (13)
* Gavin leads the league in power-play goals (5) and is second in shots on goal (62). Gavin has a point in eight of the last 11 games
* Clayton Cosentino leads the nation with 280 faceoff wins. He had a season high 23 at Canisius, Nov. 25. He leads the league in winning percentage at .613.
* Rowe is fifth in the league with 34 blocked shots. Austin Schwartz is second in the conference in blocked shots by a forward (27).
* Air Force leads the AHA and is fourth in the nation with a .554 faceoff winning percentage
* AF has a PPG in six of the last eight games
* When the Falcons score the first goal they are 5-1 this season. When the Falcons allow the first goal, they are 3-8-1
* The Falcons have killed 45 of the last 50 opponent power plays (11 games, 90%). Air Force had killed 14 straight before a PPG by Bentley, Dec. 2. The penalty kill is second in the AHA and 13th in the nation at 85.7 percent.
* Six of Air Force's 18 games this season have gone into overtime and the Falcons are 4-1-1 in those games.
* Air Force's four SHG lead the AHA and are fourth in the nation

Scouting Wisconsin
Wisconsin is 14-4-0 overall and ranked sixth in both national polls. The Badger roster features 13 NHL draft choices. After spending 11 years at Minnesota State, the included eight NCAA appearances, a pair of Frozen Fours and 11 20--win seasons, Mike Hastings is in his first year as head coach of the Badgers. Lucious Cruz leads the team with eight goals and 16 points. Kyle McClellan, a transfer from Mercyhurst, has started 16 of the 18 games in goal and has a 1.82 GAA and a .931 saves percentage.

Air Force travels to Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff

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Players Mentioned

Clayton Cosentino

Chris Hedden

Luke Rowe

Austin Schwartz

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