# 2013–14 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2013–14 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 46th season of play for the program and the 8th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented the United States Air Force Academy and were coached by Frank Serratore, in his 17th season.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Eric Artman | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| David Bosner | Goaltender | United States | Left program (retired) |
| Stephen Carew | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Kyle De Laurell | Forward | United States | Graduation (signed with Bakersfield Condors) |
| Max Edson | Forward | United States | Left program (retired) |
| Casey Kleisinger | Forward | United States | Left program (retired) |
| John Kruse | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Mike Walsh | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (retired) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Max Birkinbine | Forward | United States | 20 | White Bear Lake, MN |
| Ryan Dau | Forward | United States | 20 | Hudson, WI |
| Ryan Doucet | Forward | United States | 20 | San Jose, CA |
| Chris Dylewski | Goaltender | United States | 21 | Colorado Springs, CO |
| Johnny Hrabovsky | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Hummelstown, PA |
| A. J. Reid | Forward | United States | 21 | Lakeville, MN |
| Chris Truehl | Goaltender | United States | 19 | Stoughton, WI |

## Standings

2013–14 Atlantic Hockey standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Mercyhurst$^†$ | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 107 | 65 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 148 | 124 |
| Bentley | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 100 | 67 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 127 | 99 |
| Air Force | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 81 | 73 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 115 | 106 |
| Connecticut | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 75 | 61 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 91 | 86 |
| Robert Morris* | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 95 | 78 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 145 | 130 |
| Niagara | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 89 | 78 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 113 | 122 |
| Canisius | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 78 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 120 | 125 |
| Holy Cross | 27 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 68 | 72 | 39 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 97 | 114 |
| RIT | 27 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 84 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 94 | 124 |
| Sacred Heart | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 75 | 99 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 82 | 137 |
| American International | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 74 | 107 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 90 | 151 |
| Army | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 110 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 73 | 146 |
| Championship: Robert Morris † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014 |||||||||||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||||||
| October 7 | 6:05 PM | New Brunswick* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | | | |
| Kendall Hockey Classic ||||||||||
| October 11 | 7:07 PM | vs. Alaska* | Sullivan Arena • Anchorage, Alaska (Kendall Hockey Game 1) | Torf | L 1–6 | 3,024 | 0–1–0 |
| October 12 | 9:07 PM | at Alaska Anchorage* | Sullivan Arena • Anchorage, Alaska (Kendall Hockey Game 2) | Torf | L 2–4 | 3,592 | 0–2–0 |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 18 | 7:05 PM | Penn State* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | W 5–2 | 2,519 | 1–2–0 |
| October 19 | 7:05 PM | Penn State* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | W 3–1 | 2,189 | 2–2–0 |
| October 25 | 7:05 PM | Canisius | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | W 3–2 | 1,859 | 3–2–0 (1–0–0) |
| October 26 | 4:05 PM | Canisius | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | W 7–4 | 1,607 | 4–2–0 (2–0–0) |
| November 1 | 5:05 PM | at RIT | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Torf | W 2–0 | 1,788 | 5–2–0 (3–0–0) |
| November 2 | 5:05 PM | at Mercyhurst | Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania | Torf | L 2–8 | 1,788 | 5–3–0 (3–1–0) |
| November 16 | 7:05 PM | Robert Morris | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | W 4–3 | 2,167 | 6–3–0 (4–1–0) |
| November 19 | 7:07 PM | at Colorado College* | Broadmoor World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rivalry) | Torf | W 3–1 | 6,041 | 7–3–0 |
| November 22 | 7:05 PM | Denver* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | T 3–3 $^{OT}$ | 2,033 | 7–3–1 |
| November 23 | 7:07 PM | at Denver* | Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado | Torf | L 1–3 | 5,232 | 7–4–1 |
| November 29 | 7:05 PM | Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | L 2–4 | 1,967 | 7–5–1 (4–2–0) |
| November 30 | 7:05 PM | Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,729 | 7–5–2 (4–2–1) |
| December 6 | 5:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | Torf | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 905 | 7–5–3 (4–2–2) |
| December 7 | 5:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | Torf | T 3–3 $^{OT}$ | 817 | 7–5–4 (4–2–3) |
| Ledyard Bank Classic ||||||||||
| December 29 | 2:05 PM | vs. #16 Northeastern* | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Semifinal) | Torf | W 5–2 | 2,905 | 8–5–4 |
| December 29 | 5:23 PM | vs. #4 Providence* | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Semifinal) | Torf | W 3–2 | 2,466 | 9–5–4 |
| January 3 | 5:05 PM | at American International | Olympia Ice Center • West Springfield, Massachusetts | Moberg | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 78 | 9–6–4 (4–3–3) |
| January 4 | 5:05 PM | at American International | Olympia Ice Center • West Springfield, Massachusetts | Truehl | W 2–0 $^{OT}$ | 150 | 10–6–4 (5–3–3) |
| January 10 | 4:05 PM | at Army | Tate Rink • West Point, New York (Rivalry) | Truehl | W 3–1 | 2,642 | 11–6–4 (6–3–3) |
| January 11 | 5:05 PM | at Army | Tate Rink • West Point, New York (Rivalry) | Truehl | W 4–2 | 2,642 | 12–6–4 (7–3–3) |
| January 17 | 7:05 PM | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Truehl | W 6–4 | 2,112 | 13–6–4 (8–3–3) |
| January 18 | 7:05 PM | Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Truehl | W 4–0 | 2,218 | 14–6–4 (9–3–3) |
| January 24 | 5:05 PM | at Robert Morris | Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | Truehl | L 1–3 | 991 | 14–7–4 (9–4–3) |
| January 25 | 5:05 PM | at Robert Morris | Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | Truehl | L 3–5 | 537 | 14–8–4 (9–5–3) |
| January 31 | 7:05 PM | Connecticut | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Moberg | L 3–5 | 1,259 | 14–9–4 (9–6–3) |
| February 1 | 7:05 PM | Connecticut | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Truehl | W 3–1 | 1,924 | 15–9–4 (10–6–3) |
| February 7 | 5:05 PM | Mercyhurst | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Truehl | W 5–3 | 1,749 | 16–9–4 (11–6–3) |
| February 8 | 7:05 PM | Mercyhurst | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Truehl | W 2–0 | 2,214 | 17–9–4 (12–6–3) |
| February 14 | 5:05 PM | at Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | Truehl | L 0–4 | 702 | 17–10–4 (12–7–3) |
| February 15 | 5:05 PM | at Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | Torf | W 4–2 | 589 | 18–10–4 (13–7–3) |
| February 21 | 7:05 PM | RIT | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | W 4–3 | 2,068 | 19–10–4 (14–7–3) |
| February 22 | 7:05 PM | RIT | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Torf | L 2–3 | 2,311 | 19–11–4 (14–8–3) |
| February 28 | 5:05 PM | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | Torf | L 2–3 | 758 | 19–12–4 (14–9–3) |
| March 1 | 5:05 PM | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | Torf | W 4–1 | 1,042 | 20–12–4 (15–9–3) |
| Atlantic Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 14 | 7:05 PM | Niagara* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Quarterfinals Game 1) | Torf | W 2–1 | 1,310 | 21–12–4 |
| March 15 | 7:05 PM | Niagara* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Quarterfinals Game 2) | Torf | L 3–4 | 1,481 | 21–13–4 |
| March 16 | 7:05 PM | Niagara* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Quarterfinals Game 3) | Torf | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 1,397 | 21–14–4 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Mountain Time. Source: ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Cole Gunner | RW | 39 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 16 |
| Chad Demers | F | 39 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 26 |
| Scott Holm | F | 38 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 26 |
| George Michalke | C | 32 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 10 |
| Jason Fabian | F | 39 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 |
| Adam McKenzie | D | 39 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
| Alex Halloran | D | 33 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 27 |
| Dan Weissenhofer | D | 36 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 65 |
| Mitch Torrel | F | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| Tony Thomas | F | 39 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 10 |
| Ryan Timar | F | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| Ben Carey | F | 33 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| A. J. Reid | C/RW | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| Johnny Hrabovsky | D | 39 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Max Hartner | D | 31 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Jacob Musselman | D | 35 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Mike McDonald | D | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 30 |
| Ben Persian | F | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ryan Dau | F | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Max Birkinbine | F | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Ryan Doucet | LW | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Jesse Ramsey | LW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Moberg | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Truehl | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Torf | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | | | 115 | 197 | 312 | 347 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Chris Truehl | 14 | 716:50 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 278 | 3 | .921 | 2.01 |
| Jason Torf | 26 | 1502:05 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 666 | 1 | .911 | 2.60 |
| Paul Moberg | 4 | 130:17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 0 | .767 | 4.61 |
| Empty Net | - | 16:36 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 39 | 2365:48 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 106 | 977 | 4 | .902 | 2.69 |

## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 (Final) |
| USCHO.com | NR | - | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 1.

## Awards and honors

| Player | Award |
| Jason Fabian | Atlantic Hockey Individual Sportsmanship Award |
| Adam McKenzie | All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team |
| Cole Gunner | All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team |
| Chris Truehl | Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie Team |