Alex Schilling made 19 saves for his first NCAA shutout, lifting Air Force to its fourth consecutive victory, 2-0, over Atlantic Hockey leader Robert Morris at Pittsburgh. Schilling had to make five saves and his teammates blocked four shots in…
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What, me worry? Not the goaltender his coach recently described as “one cool, calm cat.” The one Air Force teammates say effectively mixes aggressiveness with a laid-back demeanor. Meet sophomore Alex Schilling, who has won his first three NCAA starts…
Friday’s game checked quite a few necessary boxes for Air Force in no particular order. Power-play goal? Check. Solid goaltending? Check. Overcome adversity in the third period? Check. Rediscover Falcon hockey? In process. The result was a 4-2 Atlantic Hockey…
One and three are two prime numbers Air Force’s hockey team could do without right now. One as in one power-play goal on 34 chances in the Falcons’ first eight games. Three is the percent of the time Air Force…
Saturday was a day of firsts for Air Force’s hockey team, and the most important one was the Falcons’ first victory of the season, a 4-3 Atlantic Hockey cliffhanger over Sacred Heart at Bridgeport, Conn. Junior winger Shawn Knowlton scored…
Erik Anderson, an affable junior goaltender from the State of Hockey drops by to go one on one with The Flight Path. Can you tell me about your family’s background in hockey? My dad actually played a year with (coach)…
The Seventh Period reviews Air Force’s unusual sweep at the hands of RIT on Oct. 24-25 First Period Imagine taking 152 shots, putting 80 of them on goal and the result is … one goal. Total. That’s it. Yet that…
Air Force played an inspired game Thursday night against an opponent that came in riding a hot streak but still walked out of Cadet Arena with its fifth consecutive loss to start the season. If the 2-1 defeat to RIT…
Air Force (0-4) vs. RIT (3-1) Thursday and Friday, 7:05 p.m., at Cadet Arena Series: Air Force leads 32-21-4; the Falcons have won four in a row and 9 of 10. The teams split in the previous meeting at Cadet…
Air Force begins its Atlantic Hockey Conference schedule Thursday night with the first of two home games against RIT. The Falcons are coming off a season in which they finished third in the league and earned a first-round bye in…
