2020–21 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 53rd season of play for the program and the 15th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented the United States Air Force Academy and were coached by Frank Serratore, in his 24th season.
The start of the college hockey season was delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As a result, Air Force's first scheduled game was in late-November as opposed to early-October, which was the norm.
==Season==
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Air Force's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.
Air Force was consistently ranked as one of the worst teams for most of the season. The Falcon's went winless in their first 10 matches and their offense was particularly weak, averaging less than 2 goals per game in those matches. Near the end of the season Air Force's offense finally was able to cobble together a collection of goals that gave the team a three-game winning streak. They entered the Atlantic Hockey Tournament hoping to continue their run, unfortunately, Bentley ended the Falcons' year with a 3–7 loss.
Luke Rowe sat out the season.
==Departures==
Kieran Durgan 	Forward 		Left program
Carter Ekberg 	Defenseman		Transferred to Long Island
Erich Jaeger 	Forward 		Graduation
Keegan Mantaro	Forward 		Left program
Luke Manning 	Forward 		Transferred to St. Thomas
Pierce Pluemer	Forward 		Graduation
Matt Pulver 	Forward 		Graduation
Trevor Stone 	Forward 		Graduation
Brady Tomlak 	Forward 		Graduation (Signed with Wheeling Nailers)
Joe Tyran 	Defenseman		Graduation
Jensen Zerban 	Forward 		Left program
==Recruiting==
Brian Adams 	Forward 		20	San Ramon, CA
Maiszon Balboa	Goaltender		20	Colorado Springs, CO
Sam Brennan 	Defenseman		20	Brighton, MA
Parker Brown 	Forward 		20	Hanahan, SC
Thomas Daskas 	Forward 		21	Rochester Hills, MN
Billy Duma 	Forward 		22	Plymouth, MN; had already completed two years of classes
Will Gavin 	Forward 		20	Durham, CT
Nate Horn 	Forward 		21	Elk River, MN
Noah Kim 	Defenseman		20	Fullerton, CA
Jacob Marti 	Forward 		21	Highlands Ranch, CO
Luke Robinson 	Defenseman		21	Dublin, CA
==Roster==
As of August 31, 2020.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	14	6 	6 	12	10
 	D 	14	3 	6 	9 	6
 	F 	14	3 	5 	8 	2
 	F 	10	4 	3 	7 	19
 	F 	14	4 	3 	7 	0
 	F 	14	3 	4 	7 	2
 	F 	14	3 	4 	7 	12
 	D 	12	2 	5 	7 	6
 	RW	14	2 	3 	5 	12
 	F 	13	0 	5 	5 	0
 	F 	12	1 	3 	4 	8
 	F 	14	2 	1 	3 	6
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	8
 	D 	13	1 	1 	2 	38
 	F 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	F 	14	0 	2 	2 	12
 	F 	11	1 	0 	1 	18
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	4
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	2
Bench	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	2
Total	 	 	35	58	93	171
==Goaltending statistics==
 	1 	2:47	0	0 	0	0 	1 	0	1.000	0.00
 	8 	380 	1	3 	1	18	153	0	.895 	2.84
 	10	458 	2	7 	0	33	183	0	.847 	4.32
Empty Net	- 	13 	-	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	14	855 	3	10	1	56	337	0	.858 	3.93
==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
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 (Final)	 	 	
USCHO.com	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 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==Awards and honors==
Zach LaRocque	Atlantic Hockey Second Team	
==References==
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