Falcons travel to Bentley for AHA series, Jan. 5-6

THE GAMES
Game 21: at Bentley, Friday, Jan. 5, 7:05 pm ET, Bentley Ice Arena, Waltham, Mass.
Game 22: at Bentley, Saturday, Jan. 6, 5:30 pm ET, Bentley Ice Arena, Waltham, Mass.

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Television:.................. None
Stream: ....................... FloHockey
Radio:.......................... XtraSports 1300 AM (Jay Ritchie, Dave Toller); xtrasports1300.com
Live Stats..................... SideArm Stats
THE BREAKDOWN
Quick Facts: ................ Air Force                                         Bentley
Record: ....................... 8-11-1, 5-4-1 AHA                          10-10-0, 6-6-0 AHA
Streak: ........................ L 3                                                   W 2
Last AHA Series: ......... Split vs. Bentley (H)                        W Army, 5-2 (A)
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THE COACHES
Head Coach: ............... Frank Serratore                              Andy Jones
School Record: ........... 446-428-99 (27th year)                  10-10-0 (1st year)
Career Record: ........... 495-520-108 (31st year)                 10-10-0 (1st year)

THE SERIES
Overall: ....................... AF leads 38-20-7
Last Meeting: ............. Split series, 12/1-2/2023; AF 3-2 OT; BEN 3-0
Streak:         BEN W 1

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
* The Wisconsin game marked the fourth game against a Top 10 team this season
* In the month of December, Guy Blessing had a 2.33 GAA and a .922 saves percentage. He allowed just nine goals, but was 1-3-0 as the Falcons scored just four goals in the month
* Air Force leads the AHA and is fourth in the nation with a .554 faceoff winning percentage.
* Air Force's penalty kill (84.6) is fourth in the AHA and 15th in the nation. Air Force's 14 power-play goals are fourth in the AHA and 21st in the nation.
* Clayton Cosentino leads the nation with 303 faceoff wins. He leads the AHA in winning percentage at .613 and leads the nation among players who have taken 350 or more draws.
* Chris Hedden is second in the AHA and is 30th in the nation with .75 assists per game (15 in 20 gms).
* Will Gavin is tied for second in the AHA with 10 goals. Gavin's six power-play goals lead the AHA and are 10th in the nation.
* Hedden is tied for second in the AHA lead with 19 points. Gavin (17) is 10th.
* Gavin leads the league with 3.65 shots on goal per game.
* Rowe is eighth in the league in blocks (34). Austin Schwartz is second among all AHA forwards in blocks (27).
* Six of Air Force's 20 games this season have gone into overtime and the Falcons are 4-1-1 in those games.
* Air Force's four SHG are third in the AHA and fifth in the nation
* Air Force returns to Atlantic Hockey play with a two-game series at Bentley, Jan. 5-6
* Air Force and Bentley split a two-game series at the Academy, Dec. 1-2
* AF leads the all-time series 38-20-7 In the last seven games, each team has won three with one tie. The teams played at Bentley, Feb. 18-19, 2022, and Air Force took four points with a win and a shootout loss. Air Force is 2-1-1 in games played at the Bentley Ice Arena. In all games in Waltham, AF is 15-9-2 against Bentley.

Scouting Bentley
Bentley is 10-10-0 overall and 6-6-0 in Atlantic Hockey. Bentley is in fourth place in the AHA with 19 points five points ahead of Air Force. After the split at Air Force (Dec. 1-2), Bentley lost at Maine (3-2) and defeated Union (4-3 in overtime) at home. Earlier this week, Bentley beat Army, 5-2, in West Point. Five different players scored and Connor Hasley stopped 23 of 25 shots he faced. Ethan Leyh leads the team with 10 assists and 15 points. Nik Armstrong-Kingkade leads the team with seven goals. Senior Nicholas Grabko (2.12/.917) and sophomore Connor Hasley (2.34/.900) have split time in goal.

Falcons travel to Bentley for AHA series, Jan. 5-6

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Players Mentioned

Guy Blessing

Clayton Cosentino

Will Gavin

Chris Hedden

Austin Schwartz

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