A season that has been an uphill battle now only serves as a warm-up for what should be a playoff war for Air Force. The Falcons tied Robert Morris, 2-2, on Saturday to take three of four points in the…
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Joe Tyran arrived at the Air Force Academy hoping to make an impact right away. The defenseman’s plans were derailed by a season-ending knee injury in the Falcons’ exhibition game in October 2017. Tyran spent the next year rehabbing and…
Five players scored goals and 11 dented the scoresheet as Air Force defeated Niagara, 5-3, to sweep a two-game Atlantic Hockey series at Niagara Falls, N.Y. The victory was the fifth in the past six for the Falcons (13-11-3, 8-9-2…
Earlier this month The Flight Path surveyed the Air Force hockey team about various player characteristics. Twenty-five of the 30 players on the roster responded (83 percent) through an online survey. All results were anonymous. I’d like to thank the…
A couple of untimely miscues cost Air Force dearly Saturday night in a 5-2 Atlantic Hockey Conference loss to Niagara at Cadet Arena. One night after the Purple Eagles took a convincing win, Saturday’s contest was much tighter but the…
What could have been a disheartening weekend ended up generating some rays of hope for the injury-racked Air Force hockey team. Yes, the Falcons emerged with one of four possible Atlantic Hockey Conference points, but they rediscovered some offense and…
There are not going to be any easy outs in Atlantic Hockey Conference this season, and it took now No. 19 Air Force one weekend to find that out. The Falcons (5-2-1) split at Canisius in two games that were…
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…
The late show turned into the really late show. In a non-conference game that took nearly three hours and didn’t start until after 9 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, No. 17 Air Force tied Alaska, 1-1, for NCAA purposes. The Nanooks…
This tune-up should be good for at least 3,000 miles. Air Force got three goals from one line, built a 46-11 shots on goal edge, received a shutout from goalie Billy Christopoulos and generally carried the play in a 3-0…
