One night after a catastrophic loss to first-place RIT, Air Force and goaltender Guy Blessing showed their resilience to gain an Atlantic Hockey split on Saturday. Blessing made 41 saves and freshman defenseman Owen Baumgartner scored two goals, including the…
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Austin Schwartz has been one of Air Force’s most noticeable players this season. An elite skater, the Parker, Colo., native uses his speed to create chances for the Falcons and negate them for opponents. The difference between past campaigns and…
Air Force took Atlantic Hockey’s top team to the wire for the second night in a row, but the Falcons could not find the extra goal they needed and saw their season end with a 5-2 loss to RIT at…
Air Force played Atlantic Hockey’s first-place team tight on Friday night, but fell to RIT, 3-1, at Rochester, N.Y. Here are three takeaways from the loss in the Falcons’ penultimate game of the season: Scoring machine emerges? You can’t stop…
Air Force took another step toward establishing a new trend on Thursday night. The Falcons made a third-period lead stand up for the second game in a row, and as a result they opened Atlantic Hockey play with a 3-2…
A game of tag was played in the second Atlantic Hockey semifinal on Friday night at Utica, N.Y. Fortunately for Air Force, the Falcons are still it. Three times the Falcons scored go-ahead goals after RIT had tied the score,…
Air Force has worked overtime getting ready for this weekend’s opportunity in Atlantic Hockey’s final four at Utica, N.Y. Division I’s second-youngest team, the Falcons gained plenty of crunch-time experience this season, particularly in the past 11 games since they…
Maybe every night should be Senior Night. On a night when Air Force absolutely, positively had to emerge with points if it was to attain it’s oft-repeated goal of a first-round bye in the Atlantic Hockey playoffs, the Falcons’ lone…
An unsettling trend made another appearance Friday night, and it’s costing Air Force valuable conference points. The Falcons surrendered a third-period lead without emerging with a victory for the seventh time during the 2021-22 season, this time a 3-2 Atlantic…
RIT defenseman Chris McKay scored a disputed winning goal with 2:39 to play, and the Tigers added an empty-net goal to defeat Air Force, 5-3, in an Atlantic Hockey Conference game at Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday night. The goals by…
