# 2019–20 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2019–20 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 52nd season of play for the program and the 14th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented the United States Air Force Academy and were coached by Frank Serratore, in his 23rd season.
On March 12, 2020, Atlantic Hockey announced that the remainder of the conference tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Dan Bailey | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Billy Christopoulos | Goaltender | United States | Graduation (Signed with South Carolina Stingrays) |
| Evan Feno | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Evan Giesler | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Kyle Haak | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Tyler Jutting | Forward | United States | Left program |
| Matt Koch | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Matt Serratore | Forward | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Walker Sommer | Forward | United States | Transferred to Niagara |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Blake Bride | Forward | United States | 20 | Louisville, CO |
| Brandon Koch | Forward | United States | 20 | Hastings, MN |
| Andrew Kruse | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Delano, MN |
| Keenan Lund | Forward | United States | 21 | Sartell, MN |
| Luke Manning | Forward | United States | 20 | Stillwater, MN |
| Bennett Norlin | Forward | United States | 20 | Farmington, MN |
| Austin Park | Goaltender | United States | 21 | Highlands Ranch, CO, red shirt |
| Ty Pochipinski | Forward | United States | 21 | Colorado Springs, CO, transfer from Colorado College |
| Willie Reim | Forward | United States | 20 | North Oaks, MN |
| Luke Rowe | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Succasunna, NJ |
| Dalton Weigel | Defenseman | United States | 19 | Bloomington, MN |

## Roster

As of August 16, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 Atlantic Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | 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 | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #20 American International | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 96 | 46 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 103 | 68 |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 104 | 63 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 127 | 82 |
| RIT | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 86 | 73 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 108 | 98 |
| Army | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 70 | 64 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 82 | 76 |
| Niagara | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 64 | 65 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 72 | 87 |
| Air Force | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 60 | 67 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 70 | 95 |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 65 | 65 | 34 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 75 | 90 |
| Bentley | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 75 | 80 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 83 | 94 |
| Canisius | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 71 | 83 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 80 | 109 |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 67 | 83 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 80 | 99 |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 118 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 64 | 141 |
| Championship: March 20, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020 ||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||||||
| October 6 | 5:05 PM | vs. Trinity Western* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | LaRocque | W 8–0 | 1,506 | |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 11 | 5:10 PM | at #8 Notre Dame* | Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana | NBCSN | LaRocque | L 3–4 | 4,977 | 0–1–0 |
| October 13 | 1:05 PM | vs. #8 Notre Dame* | Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana | NHL Network | LaRocque | L 1–6 | 3,506 | 0–2–0 |
| October 18 | 7:05 PM | vs. Arizona State* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | LaRocque | L 0–3 | 2,028 | 0–3–0 |
| October 19 | 7:05 PM | vs. Arizona State* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | LaRocque | L 2–5 | 1,966 | 0–4–0 |
| October 24 | 7:05 PM | vs. RIT | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | LaRocque | L 1–2 | 1,722 | 0–5–0 (0–1–0) |
| October 25 | 7:05 PM | vs. RIT | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | LaRocque | L 0–1 | 1,736 | 0–6–0 (0–2–0) |
| November 1 | 4:05 PM | at Sacred Heart | Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut | | LaRocque | L 1–7 | 272 | 0–7–0 (0–3–0) |
| November 2 | 11:04 AM | at Sacred Heart | Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut | | Schilling | W 4–3 | 271 | 1–7–0 (1–3–0) |
| November 8 | 7:05 PM | vs. Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 4–2 | 1,921 | 2–7–0 (2–3–0) |
| November 9 | 7:05 PM | vs. Bentley | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 3–2 | 1,711 | 3–7–0 (3–3–0) |
| November 22 | 5:05 PM | at Robert Morris | Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | | Schilling | W 2–0 | 686 | 4–7–0 (4–3–0) |
| November 23 | 5:05 PM | at Robert Morris | Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | | Schilling | T 1–1 $^{3x3OTW}$ | 824 | 4–7–1 (4–3–1–1) |
| November 29 | 5:05 PM | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | | Schilling | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 639 | 4–8–1 (4–4–1–1) |
| November 30 | 5:05 PM | vs. Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | | Schilling | T 1–1 $^{3x3OTW}$ | 200 | 4–8–2 (4–4–2–2) |
| December 6 | 7:05 PM | vs. Holy Cross | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 7–2 | 1,902 | 5–8–2 (5–4–2–2) |
| December 7 | 5:05 PM | vs. Holy Cross | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | T 3–3 $^{SOW}$ | 1,608 | 5–8–3 (5–4–3–3) |
| January 3 | 7:05 PM | vs. American International | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 4–1 | 1,779 | 6–8–3 (6–4–3–3) |
| January 4 | 5:05 PM | vs. American International | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | L 1–5 | 1,704 | 6–9–3 (6–5–3–3) |
| January 10 | 5:05 PM | at Army | Tate Rink • West Point, New York | | Schilling | T 3–3 $^{SOL}$ | 2,658 | 6–9–4 (6–5–4–3) |
| January 11 | 5:05 PM | at Army | Tate Rink • West Point, New York | | Schilling | L 2–5 | 2,668 | 6–10–4 (6–6–4–3) |
| January 17 | 7:05 PM | vs. Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 4–3 | 1,916 | 7–10–4 (7–6–4–3) |
| January 18 | 5:05 PM | vs. Niagara | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 2–1 | 1,912 | 8–10–4 (8–6–4–3) |
| January 24 | 5:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | | Schilling | L 1–3 | 900 | 8–11–4 (8–7–4–3) |
| January 25 | 5:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | | Schilling | L 1–2 | 844 | 8–12–4 (8–8–4–3) |
| January 31 | 7:05 PM | at #20 Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 1,759 | 8–13–4 (8–9–4–3) |
| February 1 | 5:05 PM | at #20 Sacred Heart | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | L 2–5 | 1,981 | 8–14–4 (8–10–4–3) |
| February 7 | 5:35 PM | at Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | | Schilling | T 3–3 $^{SOW}$ | 511 | 8–14–5 (8–10–5–4) |
| February 8 | 2:05 PM | at Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | | Schilling | L 0–1 | 1,108 | 8–15–5 (8–11–5–4) |
| February 14 | 7:37 PM | at Colorado College* | Broadmoor World Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Battle for Pikes Peak) | | Schilling | L 2–6 | 4,355 | 8–16–5 (8–11–5–4) |
| February 17 | 5:05 PM | vs. Colorado College* | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | L 2–4 | 7,178 | 8–17–5 (8–11–5–4) |
| February 21 | 7:05 PM | vs. Mercyhurst | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | T 1–1 $^{3x3OTW}$ | 1,713 | 8–17–6 (8–11–6–5) |
| February 22 | 5:05 PM | vs. Mercyhurst | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Schilling | W 2–1 | 1,931 | 9–17–6 (9–11–6–5) |
| February 28 | 5:05 PM | at RIT | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | | Schilling | W 3–0 | 2,070 | 10–17–6 (10–11–6–5) |
| February 29 | 5:05 PM | at RIT | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | | Schilling | L 3–5 | 3,348 | 10–18–6 (10–12–6–5) |
| Atlantic Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 6 | 7:05 PM | vs. Mercyhurst* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Atlantic Hockey First Round game 1) | | Schilling | W 3–1 | 1,208 | 11–18–6 (10–12–6–5) |
| March 7 | 7:05 PM | vs. Mercyhurst* | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Atlantic Hockey First Round game 2) | | Schilling | W 5–1 | 1,191 | 12–18–6 (10–12–6–5) |
| Air Force Won Series 2–0 ||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||||||

## Scoring Statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Brady Tomlak | F | 35 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 37 |
| Zachary Mirageas | D | 36 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 41 |
| Brandon Koch | D | 35 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 |
| Marshall Bowery | F | 31 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| Trevor Stone | C/LW | 36 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 27 |
| Matt Pulver | F | 34 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 14 |
| Kieran Durgan | F | 24 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| Jacob Levin | D | 36 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 20 |
| Max Harper | F | 36 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
| Luke Manning | C | 35 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Reim | F | 32 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Alex Mehnert | D | 36 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| Blake Bride | RW | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Luke Rowe | D | 22 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| Shawn Knowlton | F | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Ty Pochipinski | F | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Carter Ekberg | D | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Andrew Kruse | D | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Bennett Norlin | RW | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Pierce Plummer | LW | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Dalton Weigel | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Alex Schilling | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Tyran | D | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Erich Jager | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Zach LaRocque | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keenan Lund | F | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | | | | | | |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Alex Schilling | 31 | 1734 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 646 | 2 | .903 | 2.39 |
| Zach LaRocque | 9 | 433 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 139 | 0 | .848 | 3.46 |
| Empty Net | - | 26 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 36 | 2194 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 102 | 785 | 2 | .885 | 2.79 |

## 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 |
| 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 (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 |
| 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 |

## Awards and honors
### Atlantic Hockey

| Honor | Player | Position |
| Best Defensive Forward | Brady Tomlak | Forward |
| All-Atlantic Hockey Third Team | Brandon Koch | Defenseman |
| All-Atlantic Hockey Rookie Team | Brandon Koch | Defenseman |