<p>Current Poll</p>
<p>1 Boston University<br>
2 Minnesota
3 Colorado College<br>
4 Denver<br>
5 Boston College<br>
6 New Hampshire<br>
7 Northeastern<br>
8 Michigan
9 Notre Dame<br>
10 Miami<br>
11 Minnesota State<br>
12 Princeton<br>
13 Air Force 8-0-0<br>
14 Cornell<br>
15 Vermont<br>
16 Clarkson<br>
17 Michigan State<br>
18 North Dakota<br>
19 St. Lawrence<br>
20 Massachusetts</p>
<p>KATE CRANDALL
THE GAZETTE</p>
<p>They're for real.</p>
<p>The 11th-ranked Air Force Falcons manhandled No. 3 Colorado College in the annual meeting between the Colorado Springs rivals, winning the clash for the first time since Nov. 9, 1985.</p>
<p>Air Force not only snapped a 25-game losing streak to CC with its 4-1 win in front of a standing room-only crowd at Cadet Ice Arena, it also extended - and brought legitimacy to its 13-0 record.</p>
<p>BOB STEPHENS
THE GAZETTE</p>
<p>DENVER • History trumped perfection at Magness Arena on Saturday but Air Force earned respect even in defeat.</p>
<p>“I can’t say we’ve played a better team all year,” said DU coach George Gwozdecky. “That game could’ve gone either way. If we play a seven-game series, it goes seven games.”</p>
<p>Rhett Rakhshani gave DU a 1-0 lead in a tight, tense game at 14:50 of the second period. Scott Mathis tied it for Air Force at 2:31 of the third period but the Pioneers answered in just 30 seconds as Kyle Ostrow found the net.</p>
<p>“That squashed the momentum we got,” Air Force coach Frank Serratore said. “Their third goal was demoralizing.”</p>
<p>That came from Rakhshani at 6:22 of the final period. The Pioneers added an empty-net goal at 18:12.</p>
<p>No. 10 DU (9-5-1), a seven-time national champion, improved to 28-3 against Air Force. The Falcons snapped a 19-game losing streak against the Pioneers last year but have never beaten DU in consecutive seasons.</p>
<p>Air Force did snap a 25-game losing streak against No. 3 Colorado College on Friday. The Falcons have never beaten CC and DU in the same season.</p>
<p>No. 11 Air Force (13-1-0) was the nation’s last unbeaten team.</p>
<p>“They should be a top 10 team, probably a top five team,” Gwozdecky said.</p>
<p>CC slips in polls while Air Force moves into top 10
December 1, 2008 - 8:55 PM
KATE CRANDALL
THE GAZETTE</p>
<p>After spending the first two months of the season ranked in the top three, Colorado College dropped Monday in both national polls.</p>
<p>The Tigers, who host Minnesota-Duluth this weekend, are ranked sixth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll and fifth in the USCHO.com poll.</p>
<p>The Tigers have lost four Friday games in a row, only to rebound on Saturday each time, a pattern they hope to change this weekend.</p>
<p>Air Force, which snapped a 25-game losing streak to CC last Friday, is ranked in the top 10 for the first time in academy history.</p>
<p>The Falcons (13-1) suffered their first loss of the season Saturday to No. 7 Denver and will play host to Rochester Institute of Technology this weekend in their last series before holiday break.</p>
<p>USAFA, Colo. – Air Force clinched a share of the Atlantic Hockey Association regular-season title with a 3-1 win over RIT in the final regular-season conference game, at the Frank Ritter Arena in Rochester, N.Y. Air Force won the AHA Tournament in 2007 and 2008 but this is the first regular-season title in school history. Air Force and RIT each tied for the regular-season title with 42 points, but Air Force is the No. 1 seed in the tournament based on goal-differential in head-to-head competition. Air Force was a +1 in goal differential in four games vs. RIT this season.</p>
<p>Air Force is now off until March 13-15 when the Falcons will host an AHA quarterfinal series at Cadet Ice Arena. The opponent will not be determined until March 7. Air Force could play either No. 7 Holy Cross, No. 8 Sacred Heart, No. 9 UConn or No. 10 AIC. Game times will be 7:05 on Friday and Saturday and Sunday if necessary.</p>
<p>sadly its during Recognition, so freshmen certainly won't be going (at least friday night, and i doubt they'll want to go saturday night even if they can make part of it)</p>
<p>ya i was bummed when i found this out. Oh well, its worth it!</p>
<p>I definitely won't be going either. I plan on sleeping as much as possible during Recognition when I'm not required to inflict pain on the frosh. Err, I mean, "train and develop officers of character in service to our nation," of course. ;)</p>
<p>I doubt many people in the Wing is going, sadly. Mainly because they'll be thinking along the same lines as petko.</p>
<p>Air Force draws Michigan for NCAA hockey opener
March 22, 2009 - 11:22 AM
THE GAZETTE</p>
<p>Air Force will play Michigan at 1 p.m. Friday in Bridgeport, Conn., in the first game of the opening round of the NCAA Hockey Tournament.</p>
<p>The Falcons (27-10-2), who won their third straight Atlantic Hockey Association Tournament title on Saturday, wound up with the No. 13 overall seed in the 16-team event. Michigan (29-11), the No. 1 seed in the region and No. 4 seed overall, lost 5-2 Saturday to Notre Dame in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association championship game.</p>
<p>The other two teams in Bridgeport are ECAC champion Yale (24-7-2), the region's No. 2 and overall No. 5, and Hockey East's Vermont (20-11-5). They will play at 4:30 p.m. Friday.</p>