Air Force rallies as Falcons swoop down on Redmen in Colorado
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(Francis Verreault-Paul thwarted on Air Force doorstep. Photo courtesy Air Force Sports Info Office)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- After falling behind 2-0 in the first 10 minutes, the U.S. Air Force Academy rallied for five straight goals and held on for a 5-4 win over visiting ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ in a men's exhibition college hockey game at the Cadet Ice Arena, Monday.
It capped a "close but no cigar" weekend for the Redmen, who kicked off their three-game trip to Colorado with a 2-2 tie against the University of Denver on Saturday, followed by a 4-3 loss at Colorado College, Sunday.
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ struck first with two goals in a span of 26 seconds, both coming from defencemen.
Nicolas Therrien, a freshman from Chateauguay, Que., scored with a slapshot from the left circle at the 9:06 mark from Ben Morse and Andrew Wright.
The Redmen took a 2-0 lead at 9:32 on another slapper, from the left circle by defenceman Keven Dupont. His marker was assisted by Christophe Longpre-Poirier and Vincent Bourgeois.
After that goal, USAF starting goaltender Jason Torf was turfed and replaced by senior Stephen Caple. The Falsons answered with four goals in a span of four minutes and 15 seconds to take a 4-2 lead.
Jason Fabian got the Falcons on the board at 15:09 on an odd-man rush. John Kruse made a cross-ice pass to Fabian coming down the right side and fired the puck past ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ sophomore Antoine Tardif. Less than a minute later, Kyle DeLaurell tied the game at 16:06. Tim Kirby took a shot from the right point that bounced around in front of net to DeLaurell.
Thirty seconds later, Kruse gave the Falcons a 3-2 lead with a wrister from the left circle.
After serving a tripping penalty, George Michalke came out of the penalty box and forced a turnover to teammate Chad Demers, who tipped the puck back to Michalke. He went the length of the ice, around a defender in front and flipped a backhand over the shoulder of Tardif.
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ changed goalies to start the second period, replacing Tardif with senior Hubert Morin.
Air Force extended its lead to 5-2 when senior Paul Weisgarber tallied at 6:30 of the middle frame, beating Morin from right in front of the crease.
Unstirred, ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ stormed stormed back to cut the Falcon lead to 5-4.
Centre Alexandre Picard-Hooper of Boucherville, Que, took a pass in front from linemate Francis Verreault-Paul and scored at 11:40. Fourteen seconds later, the Redmen struck again as Montrealer Nicolas Biniek connected on a rebound to chase Air Force's starting netminder, who gave way to Torf.
Air Force outshot ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 43-21 and was 2-for-7 on the power play, while the Redmen went 0-for-3 with the man-advantage. Torf made nine saves in 38 minutes and allowed two goals. Caple was credited with the win despite making only eight saves in 22 minutes of work.
Tardif allowed four goals on 13 shots in his 20 minutes but Morin was saddled with the loss as he conced the game-winning goal. He made 29 saves.
Air Force opens the regular-season on the road against third-ranked North Dakota on Oct. 7.
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ went 0-4-1 in preseason play, losing all four games by one goal. The Redmen open defence of their Queen's Cup league championship at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Oct. 7-8.
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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ vs Air Force Falcons (Oct 03, 2011)
Hockey Game Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ vs Air Force Falcons (Oct 03, 2011 at Air Force Academy,CO) ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ (0-0-0) vs. Air Force Falcons (0-0-0) Date: Oct 03, 2011 Location: Air Force Academy,CO Arena: Cadet Ice Arena Attendance:601 Start time:6:05 End time:8:25 Total time:2:20 # Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1st 09:06 MCGI EV THERRIEN, Nicholas MORSE, Benjamin 18,7,19,9,24 26,25,23,12,13 WRIGHT, Andrew 2 1st 09:32 MCGI EV DUPONT, Keven LONGRE-POIRIER, 20,26,4,11,22 20,4,26,11,22 BOURGEOIS, Vince 3 1st 15:09 AF EV FABIAN, Jason KRUSE, John 12,25,4,3,26 16,27,23,11,20 MATHIS, Scott 4 1st 16:06 AF PP DeLAURELL, Kyle WEISGARBER, Paul 11,22,2,24 9,10,25,22,23 KIRBY, Tim 5 1st 16:36 AF EV KRUSE, John FABIAN, Jason 9,2,19,18,10 27,16,20,6,11 THOMAS,Tony 6 1st 19:24 AF EV MICHALKE, George DEMERS, Chad 3,2,27,28,22 18,17,10,24,19 7 2nd 06:30 AF PP WEISGARBER, Paul KIRBY, Tim 27,16,4,20 10,25,22,9,23 GUNNER, Cole 8 2nd 11:40 MCGI EV PICARD-HOOPER, Alex VERREAULT-PAUL, 9,18,19,2,10 26,13,12,11,6 WRIGHT, Andrew 9 2nd 11:54 MCGI EV BINIEK, Nicholas LANGELIER-PARENT 5,16,27,24,22 17,9,23,21,25 LEVESQUE, Benoit TEAM SUMMARY |-Shots by Prd-| ## ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ 1 2 3 Tot +/- ------------------------------------------- 2 GENEST, Hubert...... 0 0 0 0 -1 3 LaPORTE, Hugo....... 0 1 0 1 -2 4 *BOURGEOIS, Vincent.. 1 0 0 1 0 5 *BINIEK, Nicholas.... 0 1 0 1 +1 7 MORSE, Benjamin..... 0 0 0 0 +1 9 PICARD-HOOPER, Alex. 0 1 1 2 +1 10 DORION, Marc-Andre.. 0 0 0 0 0 11 VOSSEN, Evan........ 1 0 0 1 +1 12 BOISVERT, Jean-Franc 0 0 0 0 -1 16*LANGELIER-PARENT, Ma 0 3 1 4 +1 18 VERREAULT-PAUL, Fran 1 2 1 4 +1 19 WRIGHT, Andrew...... 0 0 2 2 +1 20*DUPONT, Keven....... 1 0 0 1 +1 22 DUCHARME, Justin.... 0 0 0 0 +1 24 THERRIEN, Nicholas.. 2 0 0 2 +2 25 LANGELIER-PARENT, Gu 0 1 0 1 -1 26 LONGRE-POIRIER, Chri 0 1 0 1 0 27*LEVESQUE, Benoit.... 0 0 0 0 0 28 VACHON, Marc-Olivier 0 0 0 0 -1 29*TARDIF, Antoine..... 0 0 0 0 0 30 SEGAL, Mark DNP Totals.............. 6 10 5 21 +5 |-Shots by Prd-| ## Air Force Falcons 1 2 3 Tot +/- ------------------------------------------- 4 HALLORAN, Alex...... 0 1 0 1 -1 6 McKENZIE, Adam...... 1 1 0 2 0 7 *KLEISINGER, Casey... 1 1 0 2 0 9 DeLAURELL, Kyle..... 1 1 0 2 -1 10*WEISGARBER, Paul.... 0 5 0 5 +1 11 WEISSENHOFER, Dan... 0 1 0 1 0 12 PERSIAN, Ben........ 2 0 0 2 -2 13 TIMAR, Ryan......... 0 0 2 2 -2 15 HOLM, Scott......... 0 0 1 1 0 16 FABIAN, Jason....... 1 1 1 3 +2 17 DEMERS, Chad........ 1 1 0 2 0 18*MICHALKE, George.... 1 0 0 1 +1 19 CAREW, Stephen...... 1 0 1 2 +1 20 THOMAS,Tony......... 1 0 0 1 +1 21 McBRIDE, Brad....... 0 0 0 0 -1 22 GUNNER, Cole........ 0 0 0 0 -1 23*MATHIS, Scott....... 1 2 2 5 -1 24 WALSH, Mike......... 0 0 0 0 +1 25*KIRBY, Tim.......... 0 2 1 3 -2 26 TORREL, Mitch....... 1 1 1 3 -3 27 KRUSE, John......... 1 1 2 4 +2 55 McDONALD, Mike...... 0 1 0 1 0 39 MOBERG, Paul DNP Totals.............. 13 19 11 43 -5 Goals by Period Team 1 2 3 Tot ------------------- MCGI 2 2 0 - 4 AF 4 1 0 - 5 Shots by Period Team 1 2 3 Tot ------------------- MCGI 6 10 5 - 21 AF 13 19 11 - 43 Power Play Goals-Attempts (Shots) Prd MCGILL AF ----------------------------- 1st 0-1 (1) 1-2 (2) 2nd 0-1 (0) 1-1 (3) 3rd 0-1 (0) 0-4 (5) Total 0-3 (1) 2-7 (10) Penalties/Minutes by Prd Prd MCGILL AF ------------------------- 1st 2/4 1/2 2nd 2/4 3/6 3rd 5/21 0/0 Total 9/29 4/8 Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None Officials: Referee:Bob Keltie Referee:Butch Mousseaux Assistant:Stephen Stankevich Assistant:Chase McGee GOALTENDERS ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs ----------------------------------------------------- 29 TARDIF, Antoine..... L 20:00 4 0 9 0 0 9 1 MORIN, Hubert....... 38:57 1 0 0 18 11 29 TM EMPTY NET........... 01:03 0 0 0 0 0 0 Air Force Falcons Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs ----------------------------------------------------- 29 TORF, Jason......... 37:38 2 0 1 3 5 9 37 CAPLE, Stephen...... W 22:22 2 0 3 5 0 8 PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team Min Offense Time ------------------------------------------------------------ 1st BINIEK, Nicholas MCGI 2 TRIPPING 10:10 PP 1st LANGELIER-PARENT, Gu MCGI 2 HOOKING 15:09 PP 1st MICHALKE, George AF 2 TRIPPING 17:12 PP 2nd MORSE, Benjamin MCGI 2 HOLDING THE STICK 05:44 PP 2nd McDONALD, Mike AF 2 TRIPPING 13:10 PP 2nd McDONALD, Mike AF 2 ROUGHING 17:01 2nd THERRIEN, Nicholas MCGI 2 ROUGHING 17:01 2nd KLEISINGER, Casey AF 2 INTERFERENCE 18:00 PP 3rd DUCHARME, Justin MCGI 2 CROSS-CHECKING 01:20 PP 3rd MORSE, Benjamin MCGI 2 TRIPPING 10:18 PP 3rd LONGRE-POIRIER, Chri MCGI 2 ROUGHING 13:39 PP 3rd VERREAULT-PAUL, Fran MCGI 5 CONTACT TO THE HEAD 16:39 PP 3rd VERREAULT-PAUL, Fran MCGI 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 16:39 Win-CAPLE, Stephen. Loss-TARDIF, Antoine.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final) ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ vs Air Force Falcons (Oct 03, 2011 at Air Force Academy,CO) ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ - Faceoffs ## Player W L ------------------------------ 16 LANGELIER-PARENT, Ma 7 9 9 PICARD-HOOPER, Alex 6 12 26 LONGRE-POIRIER, Chri 4 10 18 VERREAULT-PAUL, Fran 2 1 29 TARDIF, Antoine 1 0 19 WRIGHT, Andrew 1 1 25 LANGELIER-PARENT, Gu 1 3 7 MORSE, Benjamin 0 1 2 GENEST, Hubert 0 1 Totals......... 22 38 Air Force Falcons - Faceoffs ## Player W L ------------------------------ 16 FABIAN, Jason 12 5 17 DEMERS, Chad 7 5 7 KLEISINGER, Casey 6 3 13 TIMAR, Ryan 5 4 10 WEISGARBER, Paul 4 1 20 THOMAS,Tony 1 0 6 McKENZIE, Adam 1 0 26 TORREL, Mitch 1 1 9 DeLAURELL, Kyle 1 2 18 MICHALKE, George 0 1 Totals......... 38 22 ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ - Power Play Summary Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp) ---------------------------------- 1st 17:12 19:12 02:00 1 0 2nd 13:10 15:10 02:00 0 1 2nd 18:00 00:47 02:47 0 1 SUMMARY: 3 opps, 1 shot, 0 goals, time 06:47 Air Force Falcons - Power Play Summary Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp) ---------------------------------- 1st 10:10 12:10 02:00 1 0 1st 15:09 16:06 00:57 1 1 PPG 2nd 05:44 06:30 00:46 3 0 PPG 3rd 01:20 03:20 02:00 1 0 3rd 10:18 12:18 02:00 0 0 3rd 13:39 15:39 02:00 3 0 3rd 16:39 20:00 03:21 1 2 SUMMARY: 7 opps, 10 shots, 2 goals, time 13:04 Penalty shots - None.