Assistant captains Phil Boje and Erik Baskin took time to talk in the aftermath of last weekend’s sweep of Arizona State about the upcoming series at Bemidji State. After seeing a 4-1 lead evaporate but hanging on for a 4-3…
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Consider it a lesson well learned. One night after nearly blowing a three-goal, third-period lead, Air Force responded by hanging tough with a big, aggressive and determined Arizona State team and emerged with a second consecutive one-goal victory. That means…
Some one-goal games make you cringe, while others are cause for some degree of celebration. If Friday’s win vs. Arizona State was the former, Saturday’s 3-2 triumph at Cadet Arena was the latter for No. 19 Air Force. The Falcons…
When Air Force is on its game, pressure is a key component, and that was the case for two periods Friday night in the home opener of the Falcons’ 50th season of NCAA hockey. The third period was another story,…
Suppose your hockey team returned from a road series a long way away having been outshot both games, having taken 14 penalties, scoring a total of four goals, sustaining multiple injuries and giving a new starting goalie back-to-back starts. How…
Brady Tomlak broke a 2-2 tie early in the third period, Billy Christopoulos made 32 saves and No. 17 Air Force edged Alaska, 3-2, for its first ever victory at Fairbanks on Friday night. The Falcons took a 2-0 lead…
Imagine going off to college and majoring in physics or engineering or economics or management and pulling a 3.6 grade-point average. Not too shabby. Imagine doing that while playing an NCAA Division I sport. That’s impressive. Now imagine accomplishing that…
What can we expect from Air Force Academy’s eight returning seniors? Who is poised to break out? Can Phil Boje and Jordan Himley replicate their spectacular junior seasons? In advance of the 2017-18 season opener, we begin our player-by-player look…
A veteran Air Force Academy hockey team will be in good hands this season, entrusting four seniors with wearing letters. The quartet of captain Dylan Abood, and assistants Erik Baskin, Phil Boje and Tyler Ledford will lead a Falcons team…
The Air Force formula of balanced offense, tight defense, great goaltending and exceptional penalty killing worked to near-perfection Friday night. The Falcons blasted American International, 5-0, as 12 skaters hit the scoresheet and Shane Starrett stopped 17 shots for the…
