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2014–15 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2014–15 Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 47th season of play for the program and the 9th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented the United States Air Force Academy and were coached by Frank Serratore, in his 18th season.

2014–15 Air Force Falcons
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceT–6th Atlantic Hockey
Home iceCadet Ice Arena
Rankings
USCHO.comNR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall16–21–4
Conference13–12–3
Home12–6–1
Road4–13–3
Neutral0–2–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachFrank Serratore
Assistant coachesAndy Berg
Joe Doyle
Captain(s)George Michalke III
Dan Weissenhofer
Alternate captain(s)Chad Demers
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Season

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Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Max Birkinbine Forward   United States Left program (retired)
Ryan Dau Forward   United States Left program (retired)
Jason Fabian Forward   United States Graduation (signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers)
Adam McKenzie Defenseman   United States Graduation (signed with Indy Fuel)
Paul Moberg Goaltender   United States Left program (retired)
Jacob Musselman Defenseman   United States Graduation (signed with Dayton Demolition)
Benjamin Persian Forward   United States Left program (retired)
Jesse Ramsey Forward   United States Left program (retired)
Tony Thomas Forward   United States Graduation (retired)
Ryan Timar Forward   United States Graduation (signed with Dayton Demolition)
Jason Torf Goaltender   United States Graduation (signed with Indy Fuel)
Mitch Torrel Forward   United States Graduation (retired)
Trevor Waldoch Defenseman   United States Left program (retired)

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Dylan Abood Defenseman   United States 21 Centennial, CO
Erik Baskin Forward   United States 20 Minnetonka, MN
Phil Boje Defenseman   United States 20 Shoreview, MN
Connor Girard Goaltender   United States 21 Edina, MN
Jordan Himley Forward   United States 20 Mundelein, IL
Jonathan Kopacka Defenseman   United States 21 Macomb, MI
Ben Kucera Forward   United States 19 Overland Park, KS
Tyler Ledford Forward   United States 20 Folsom, CA
Kyle Mackey Defenseman   United States 19 Derby, NY
Matt Meier Forward   United States 19 Highlands Ranch, CO
Tyler Rostenkowski Defenseman   United States 21 Chicago, Il
Will Vosejpka Forward   United States 20 Midland, MI

Roster

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2   Kyle Mackey Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1994-10-07 Derby, New York Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) —
3   Johnny Hrabovsky Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1993-03-19 Hummelstown, Pennsylvania Tri-City Storm (USHL) —
4   Phil Boje Freshman D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1994-04-13 Shoreview, Minnesota Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) —
7   Matt Meier Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1995-07-02 Highlands Ranch, Colorado Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL) —
8   Max Hartner Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991-09-30 Greenwood Village, Colorado Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) —
10   Jordan Himley Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1993-12-26 Mundelein, Illinois Janesville Jets (NAHL) —
11   Dan Weissenhofer (C) Senior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991-08-20 Naperville, Illinois Fargo Force (USHL) —
13   Tyler Ledford Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1994-04-29 Folsom, California Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) —
14   Ben Kucera Freshman F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1995-04-23 Overland Park, Kansas Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) —
17   Chad Demers (A) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1990-11-15 Grafton, North Dakota Fargo Force (USHL) —
18   George Michalke III (C) Senior (RS) F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990-01-23 Parma, Ohio Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) —
19   Scott Holm Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991-10-15 Plymouth, Minnesota Surrey Eagles (BCHL) —
20   Will Vosejpka Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1994-07-02 Midland, Michigan Wichita Falls Wildcats (NAHL) —
21   Ryan Doucet Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1992-10-11 San Jose, California Jamestown Ironmen (NAHL) —
22   Cole Gunner Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1990-10-11 Richfield, Minnesota Tri-City Storm (USHL) —
23   Dylan Abood Freshman D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1993-05-31 Centennial, Colorado Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (NAHL) —
24   A. J. Reid Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992-09-09 Lakeville, Minnesota Austin Bruins (NAHL) —
25   Tyler Rostenkowski Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1993-06-02 Chicago, Illinois Amarillo Bulls (NAHL) —
26   Ben Carey Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1992-12-30 Centennial, Colorado Wenatchee Wild (NAHL) —
27   Erik Baskin Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1993-10-11 Minnetonka, Minnesota Aberdeen Wings (NAHL) —
30   Chris Truehl Sophomore G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993-10-27 Stoughton, Wisconsin Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL) —
31   Connor Girard Freshman G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1993-03-20 Edina, Minnesota Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) —
33   Chris Dylewski Sophomore G 5' 11" (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Colorado Springs, Colorado Tampa Bay Jr. Bolts (Independent) —
40   Alex Halloran Senior D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1990-09-10 Salt Lake City, Utah Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL) —
52   Jonathan Kopacka Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993-05-28 Macomb, Michigan Port Huron Fighting Falcons (NAHL) —
55   Michael McDonald Senior D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 191-02-16 Mahtomedi, Minnesota Coulee Region Chill (NAHL) —

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Standings

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2014–15 Atlantic Hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Robert Morris † 28 19 5 4 42 106 66 37 24 8 5 133 90
Canisius 28 15 7 6 36 78 60 37 18 12 7 95 82
#16 RIT * 28 14 9 5 33 90 62 40 20 15 5 121 96
Bentley 28 14 9 5 33 76 67 37 17 15 5 100 92
Mercyhurst 28 14 11 3 31 90 87 39 19 16 4 116 122
Holy Cross 28 12 11 5 29 68 61 37 14 18 5 84 87
Air Force 28 13 12 3 29 82 82 41 16 21 4 119 130
Sacred Heart 28 10 12 6 26 77 82 38 13 19 6 96 113
Army 28 8 16 4 20 60 84 34 8 22 4 68 108
American International 28 4 17 7 15 69 107 36 4 25 7 87 155
Niagara 28 5 19 4 14 65 103 39 7 28 4 85 157
Championship: March 21, 2015
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2015

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 5 6:05 PM McGill* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Girard W 5–3  1,098
Regular Season
October 10 7:05 PM Mercyhurst Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 5–1  1,824 1–0–0 (1–0–0)
October 11 7:05 PM Mercyhurst Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl L 2–4  1,657 1–1–0 (1–1–0)
Brice Alaska Goal Rush
October 17 10:30 PM at #19 Alaska* Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska (Goal Rush Semifinal)   Truehl L 3–4  2,522 1–2–0
October 18 6:07 PM vs. Alaska Anchorage* Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska (Goal Rush Consolation)   Truehl L 1–4  916 1–3–0
October 24 7:05 PM RIT Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl L 1–5  2,319 1–4–0 (1–2–0)
October 25 7:05 PM RIT Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 4–3 OT 1,912 2–4–0 (2–2–0)
November 1 6:37 PM at #3 North Dakota* Ralph Engelstad Arena • Grand Forks, North Dakota (US Hockey Hall of Fame Game)   Starrett L 2–3 OT 11,895 2–5–0
November 7 7:05 PM Alabama–Huntsville* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl L 2–4  1,723 2–6–0
November 8 7:05 PM Alabama–Huntsville* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl T 3–3 OT 1,556 2–6–1
November 14 5:05 PM #17 Robert Morris Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania   Truehl T 3–3 OT 874 2–6–2 (2–2–1)
November 15 7:05 PM #17 Robert Morris Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania   Truehl W 2–1 OT 1,069 3–6–2 (3–2–1)
November 21 7:36 PM at #10 Denver* Magness Arena • Denver, Colorado   Truehl L 0–7  4,426 3–7–2
November 22 7:05 PM Colorado College* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rivalry)   Truehl W 3–1  2,458 4–7–2
November 28 12:05 PM at Canisius LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York   Truehl L 1–3  1,227 4–8–2 (3–3–1)
November 29 5:35 PM at Canisius LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York   Truehl W 3–2  1,126 5–8–2 (4–3–1)
December 5 5:05 PM at Bentley John A. Ryan Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Truehl L 1–2  345 5–9–2 (4–4–1)
December 6 5:05 PM at Bentley John A. Ryan Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Truehl L 1–4  288 5–10–2 (4–5–1)
Catamount Cup
December 28 5:05 PM at #10 Vermont* Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont (Catamount Cup Semifinal)   Truehl L 2–4  4,007 5–11–2
December 29 2:00 PM vs. Massachusetts* Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont (Catamount Cup Consolation Game)   Truehl L 1–5  4,007 5–12–2
January 2 5:05 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Truehl T 1–1 OT 964 5–12–3 (4–5–2)
January 3 5:05 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Truehl L 1–3  714 5–13–3 (4–6–2)
January 9 7:05 PM Niagara Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 4–3  1,402 6–13–3 (5–6–2)
January 10 7:05 PM Niagara Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 4–3 OT 1,964 7–13–3 (6–6–2)
January 16 7:05 PM Army Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rivalry)   Truehl W 4–3  2,638 8–13–3 (7–6–2)
January 17 7:05 PM Army Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (Rivalry)   Girard W 3–1  2,500 9–13–3 (8–6–2)
January 23 5:35 PM at American International Olympia Ice Center • West Springfield, Massachusetts   Girard W 2–1 OT 327 10–13–3 (9–6–2)
January 24 5:05 PM at American International Olympia Ice Center • West Springfield, Massachusetts   Girard W 6–2  287 11–13–3 (10–6–2)
January 30 7:05 PM #20 Robert Morris Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Girard L 4–5 OT 1,987 11–14–3 (10–7–2)
January 31 7:05 PM #20 Robert Morris Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Girard L 2–5  2,074 11–15–3 (10–8–2)
February 6 5:05 PM at Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut   Girard L 4–5 OT 148 11–16–3 (10–9–2)
February 7 5:05 PM at Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut   Truehl L 2–3  233 11–17–3 (10–10–2)
February 13 7:05 PM American International Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 9–3  2,002 12–17–3 (11–10–2)
February 14 4:05 PM American International Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 3–1  1,774 13–17–3 (12–10–2)
February 20 5:05 PM at Niagara Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York   Truehl L 1–6  965 13–18–3 (12–11–2)
February 21 5:05 PM at Niagara Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York   Truehl T 4–4 OT 1,198 13–18–4 (12–11–3)
February 27 7:05 PM Canisius Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl L 1–4  1,614 13–19–4 (12–12–3)
February 28 5:05 PM Canisius Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Truehl W 4–1  1,763 14–19–4 (13–12–3)
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
March 6 7:05 PM American International* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (First Round Game 1)   Truehl W 6–1  1,016 15–19–4
March 7 7:05 PM American International* Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado (First Round Game 2)   Truehl W 10–3  1,241 16–19–4
March 13 5:05 PM at RIT* Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York (Quarterfinals Game 1) TWCS Truehl L 1–2  3,314 16–20–4
March 14 5:05 PM at RIT* Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York (Quarterfinals Game 2) TWCS Truehl L 3–7  3,057 16–21–4
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.
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Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Cole Gunner RW 41 21 25 46 42
Chad Demers F 41 16 21 37 27
Scott Holm F 41 16 19 35 12
A. J. Reid C/RW 41 10 20 30 37
Erik Baskin F 29 10 9 19 8
Tyler Ledford F 41 2 16 18 12
Max Hartner D 38 8 6 14 27
Ben Kucera C 35 5 9 14 10
Ben Carey F 41 5 9 14 12
Dan Weissenhofer D 41 0 14 14 47
Johnny Hrabovsky D 31 3 7 10 14
Jonathan Kopacka D 32 1 9 10 16
Phil Boje D 28 7 2 9 14
George Michalke C 38 1 7 8 6
Dylan Abood D 19 0 8 8 10
Jordan Himley F 37 3 4 7 10
Tyler Rostenkowski D 14 1 6 7 7
Kyle Mackey D 28 2 4 6 30
Ryan Doucet LW 21 2 3 5 8
Alex Halloran D 22 2 3 5 4
Matt Meier F 15 2 2 4 6
Mike McDonald D 41 2 2 4 30
Will Vosejpka F 22 0 2 2 6
Connor Girard G 10 0 0 0 0
Chris Truehl G 36 0 0 0 0
Bench - - - - - 14
Total 119 207 326 409

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Chris Truehl 36 2028:32 13 18 4 100 834 0 .893 2.96
Connor Girard 10 442:29 3 3 0 22 170 0 .885 2.98
Empty Net - 28:17 - - - 8 - - - -
Total 41 2499:18 16 21 4 130 1004 0 .885 3.12

Rankings

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Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
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

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Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Cole Gunner All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team [5]

References

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  1. ^ "2014–15 Ice Hockey Roster". U.S. Air Force Academy Athletics. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "Air Force Falcons (Men) 2014-2015 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Air Force Academy 2014-2015 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "AHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
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