Air Force Academy

Feb. 9, 2010

Complete Release in PDF Format

This Week Air Force (12-12-6, 12-6-6 AHA) is off until Feb. 19-20 at RIT, 7:05 p.m. each night EST in Rochester, N.Y. Air Force is in second place in the AHA with 30 points, three points behind RIT and three ahead of Sacred Heart

Radio/Internet/Television Both games will be broadcast in Colorado Springs on The Sports Animal AM 1300 and on the internet at GoAirForceFalcons.com Pregame show is at 4:35 p.m. MST each night with the faceoff at 5:05 p.m. MST Both games will be video streamed with audio by the B2 Network on a subscription basis. For more information, please go to AtlanticHockeyOnline.com

Last Week Air Force lost to 10th-ranked Colorado College, 2-0, at the World Arena and then fell to second-ranked Denver, 2-1 in overtime, at the Academy

Penalty Kill Back to No. 1 in the Nation The penalty kill is No. 1 in the nation at 89.4 percent, killing 126 of 141 this season AFA has been in the top three in the nation all season in penalty kill AFA killed three of four vs. CC and all four vs. DU Nineteen times (in 30 games) Air Force has held its opponents without a power play goal. Just four times have the Falcons allowed more than one PPG

Down and Up and Up and Down Air Force has had a season of ups and down Air Force started out 0-4 and then went 8-1-4 over the next 13 games From mid-December to early January, AFA was winless in four straight The Falcons then were unbeaten in four. After a split with Holy Cross, Jan. 22-23, AFA is now winless in its last four

National Rankings Jacques Lamoureux is second in the nation with 11 power play goals. He is also 25th in the nation with 1.17 points per game (35 points) and 15th with 0.60 goals per game (18 goals) Tim Kirby and Kyle De Laurell are tied for 21st in the nation with three game-winning goals Andrew Volkening ranks tied for ninth in the nation with 12 wins, 24th in the nation in goals-against average (2.54) and 23rd in saves percentage with a .915.