Close, but … That summarizes Air Force’s night, its weekend, and its season. AIC twice scored go-ahead goals in the third period, the second off a 4-on-1 rush with 9:48 left to defeat the Falcons, 4-3, sweep the Atlantic Hockey…
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It was a playoff game in everything but name, and while Air Force showed well it didn’t come away with a much-needed Atlantic Hockey victory at Army West Point. The host Black Knights made a late second-period goal stand up…
Ty Pochipinski is the only Air Force hockey player who has played parts of five NCAA seasons. The Colorado Springs native began his career at Colorado College, where he played a semester during the 2018-19 season before returning to junior…
Sophomore Will Gavin capped a career night in every sense of the expression with a goal 55 seconds into overtime to lift Air Force to a riveting 5-4 victory over Colorado College on Friday night at Cadet Ice Arena. Gavin’s…
This weekend’s battle for Colorado Springs hockey supremacy, with the Pike’s Peak Trophy at stake, figures to ratchet up the intensity even more for Air Force and Colorado College. You’d think it would be even moreso in the Pochipinski household….
Expect Air Force to have a little extra push in the skates this weekend. Yes, the Falcons are playing a highly ranked opponent. And yes, the Falcons will play in front of a packed house at Cadet Arena on Friday…
The good news: Air Force has a deep and talented forward group. The bad news: It contains just five upperclassmen and only nine returning players. Those nine combined for 18 goals and 27 assists in 14 games, averages of roughly…
Air Force made the most of a Monday matinee game, overcoming a third-period Bentley rally and capping its first victory of the season on Willie Reim‘s overtime goal at Waltham, Mass. Reim’s end-to-end play during the three-on-three extra session culminated…
Something had to give. Two Atlantic Hockey Conference teams that entered the game on a combined 19-game winless streak tried to right the ship on Saturday night. In the end, Air Force snapped its nine-game span (0-7-2) without a W…
The preferred method at Cadet Arena is to give freshmen time to adjust to challenges of military and college life, to say nothing of physically maturing more for the rigors of college hockey. Air Force won’t have that luxury this…
