2018–19 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2018–19 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 51st season of play for the program and the 13th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented the United States Air Force Academy and were coached by Frank Serratore, in his 22nd season.
==Season==
Coming off of two consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament, Air Force was attempting to live up to very lofty expectations, particularly for an Atlantic Hockey team. Unfortunately, the team got off to a poor start and began the season 1–4. The Falcons recovered afterwards and righted the ship with a 5-game winning streak, placing them near the top of the conference standings. A sweep at the hands of American International in mid-November put them behind the 8-ball at least in terms of a league championship, but a good showing against Bemidji State and in the Ice Vegas Invitational gave the team hope for another NCAA appearance.
The second half of their season began similar to the first half and Air Force went through a stretch of 5 game without a win. They briefly bounced back against Robert Morris but then hovered around .500 for the remainder of the season. Entering the postseason, Air Force had no mathematic chance to make the 2019 NCAA Tournament without winning their conference tournament. That glimmer of hope was quickly snuffed out when they were upset by Niagara in the quarterfinals.
After the season, Billy Christopoulos joined the select few graduates of the Air Force Academy to play professional hockey when he signed with the South Carolina Stingrays.
==Departures==
Dylan Abood 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Erik Baskin 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Phil Boje 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Jordan Himley 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Jonathan Kopacka	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Ben Kucera 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Tyler Ledford 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Kyle Mackey 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Isaac Theisen 	Forward 		Left program
Will Ulrich 	Goaltender		Left program
==Recruiting==
Kieran Durgan 	Forward 		21	St. Johns, MI
Carter Ekberg 	Defenseman		21	McMurray, PA
Tyler Jutting 	Defenseman		21	Mankato, MN
Keegan Mantaro	Defenseman		20	Monument, CO
Alex Schilling	Goaltender		21	Medina, MN
Jensen Zerban 	Forward 		20	Elk River, MN
==Roster==
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|Air Force lost Series 0–2
==Scoring statistics==
 	D 	35	4 	21 	27 	20
 	F 	35	12	11 	23 	20
 	F 	32	11	11 	22 	13
 	F 	36	7 	13 	20 	18
 	F 	36	12	6 	18 	8
 	C 	34	8 	10 	18 	52
 	D 	35	1 	16 	17 	51
 	C 	35	9 	5 	14 	12
 	D 	36	1 	12 	13 	8
 	D 	36	1 	11 	12 	24
 	C/LW	34	9 	2 	11 	20
 	F 	36	5 	4 	9 	20
 	D 	26	3 	4 	7 	8
 	F 	26	1 	5 	6 	24
 	D 	36	2 	3 	5 	28
 	F 	30	2 	2 	4 	8
 	LW 	23	1 	2 	3 	10
 	D 	27	0 	3 	3 	8
 	F 	3 	1 	1 	2 	4
 	F 	14	0 	2 	2 	0
 	F 	28	0 	2 	2 	8
 	D 	32	0 	1 	1 	10
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	12
Total	 	 	90	147	237	388
==Goaltending statistics==
 	32	1926	14	13	5	72	766	3	.914	2.24
 	5 	251 	2 	2 	0	13	78 	0	.857	3.10
Empty Net	- 	19 	- 	- 	-	7 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2197	16	15	5	92	844	3	.902	2.51
==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	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 	26 (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 	- 	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 	NR 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in Week 25.
==Awards and honors==
Kyle Haak 	Senior CLASS Award 	
Billy Christopoulos	Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Goaltending Award	
Billy Christopoulos	Atlantic Hockey First Team 	
==References==
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