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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through March 16
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week
	BRENT OLSON - AIR FORCE Junior, Forward, Baudette, Minn. Olson led all scorers during the Final Five Weekend at the Blue Cross Arena, as he scored three goals and added a pair of assists in leading Air Force to back-to-back Atlantic Hockey Tournament crowns. Saturday in a 5-0 win over R.I.T., Olson netted a pair, including the game winner in the first period of action. In Sunday's Championship contest, he again opened the scoring in the match with his 18th goal on the season and added a pair of assists, including helping on the game-winner 56 seconds into the second overtime. He was named the Tournament M.V.P., as well as to the All-Tournament Team.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	ANDREW VOLKENING - AIR FORCE Sophomore, Goaltender, Genoa, Ill. Volkening was named to the All-Tournament Team, as he made 73 saves in a pair of wins to lead Air Force to its second consectutive Atlantic Hockey Tournament Title. He also posted the first-ever shutout during the semifinal round, as he blanked R.I.T. 5-0. Volkening made 49 saves in the double overtime win versus Mercyhurst, to secure the Falcons second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	JEFF TERMINESI - MERCYHURST Freshman, Defense, Mississauga, ONT In three games during the Final Five weekend, Terminesi handed out a pair of assists. Despite his offensive output, he was stellar on the defensive end of the ice for the Lakers and his outstanding play earned him recognition on the 2008 Atlantic Hockey All-Tournament Team.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Josh Frider, Air Force (Junior, Forward, Moorhead, Minn.) - Frider accumulated four points in a pair of wins for the Falcons. In the Championship game he scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner 56 seconds into the second overtime and a game-tying goal in the third period. He also added an assists on Air Force's second goal of the contest. Frider's second assists came in a 5-0 semifinal win against R.I.T. Saturday night. Matt Lundin, Mercyhurst (Junior, Goalie, Apple Valley, Minn.) - Lundin saved 116 of 124 shots (.935) while playing three games and 10+ periods in a 48-hour span. Stopped 38 of 39 in 4-1 win over Sacred Heart, 36 of 38 in 4-2 victory over Army and 42 of 47 in 5-4 championship game double overtime loss to Air Force. Matt Pierce, Mercyhurst (Junior, Forward, Pakenham, ONT) - Pierce had a 4-point weekend in Rochester and finished the season with an 11-game scoring streak. He scored the first goal of the game on a power play against Sacred Heart, equaled the feat against Army, and then had a goal (pp) and a helper against Air Force. His 15th goal of the season drew the Lakers to within 2-1 in the second and his assist helped Mercyhurst regain the lead at 4-3 in the third. Chris Risi, Mercyhurst (Sophomore, Forward, Thorold, ONT) - Risi had a point in each game in Rochester and finished the season with at least one point in 6 of his last 7 games. He scored his 6th goal of the season to finish the scoring against Sacred Heart, had the game-winning shorthanded goal early in the third against Army, and assisted on an early third period goal Sunday against Air Force that gave the Lakers their first lead at 3-2. Dave Jarman, Sacred Heart (Sophomore, Forward, Toronto, ONT) - Jarman scored the Pioneers only goal in their Final Five loss to Mercyhurst. Jarman finished the year with 12 goals.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
NOTES ON THE WEEKEND AT THE BLUE CROSS ARENA: This weekend at the Blue Cross saw many records fall. On Saturday night, the AHA saw 3,933 fans witness a pair of games, marking a single day attendance high for Atlantic Hockey. Sunday night, many records and streaks fell. Andrew Volkening saw his scoreless streak of 104:28 at the Blue Cross Arena come to an end. The three goals scored by Josh Schaffer (9:50), Brett Robinson (11:09) and Josh Frider (11:30) were the fastest three consectutive goals scored in Atlantic Hockey Tournament history. The 80:56 double overtime thriller was the longest finals contest in league history and the third longest all-time in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. The two teams (Mercyhurst (53) and Air Force (47)) combined for 100 shots breaking the previous best was 95 set by Bentley (56) and Mercyhurst (39) back on March 17, 2006 and a finals mark of 75 by Quinnipiac (38) and Mercyhurst (37) on March 19, 2005. The nine goals scored in the game also set a new mark, besting the old one of seven. Air Force scored 22 goals in four games during the Championships breaking their own mark set last season and Mercyhurst in 2005 of 14 goals. Air Force has won seven straight tournament games, besting the mark held by Holy Cross (3/13/04 - 3/12/05) and Mercyhurst (3/12/05 - 3/11/06). Air Force became the first-ever Atlantic Hockey member institution to win back-to-back tournament crowns. Mercyhurst became the lowest ever seed to play in the Championship game and set a mark of five games played during this years run. Air Force Air Force became the first team in Atlantic Hockey Association history to win back-to-back conference championships ... The Falcons defeated RIT, 5-0, in the semifinals to record the first shutout and largest margin of victory ever in an AHA semifinal game ... The Falcons then defeated Mercyhurst, 5-4 in double overtime, in the second longest tournament game in league history ... Including the AHA quarterfinal round, AFA ouscored its opponents, 22-7, in the four games ... The Falcons will make their second consecutive trip "The Big Dance" ... It is also the second trip to NCAA Tournament in the 40 years of hockey at the Air Force Academy ... Air Force's current nine-game unbeaten streak is tied as the longest in the nation ... The Falcons are 8-0-1 in the last nine and have outscored its opponents by a combined score of 43-12 ... AFA has won four of the games by shutout (7-0 at Mercyhurst, 3-0 at Canisius, 5-0 vs. AIC and 5-0 vs. RIT) ... The streak is the longest in school history vs. Division I teams and the longest since the school-record 11-game unbeaten streak in 1974-75 ... The current five-game winning streak is the longest since last season's six-gamer ... Air Force is 0-1 all-time in the NCAA Tournament ... Air Force, the No. 4 seed in the NCAA West Regional in Denver in 2007, nearly upset Minnesota, the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament ... Air Force led 3-1 with just over eight minutes left, but the Gophers came back for a 4-3 win ... Air Force is unbeaten in the AHA Tournament with a 7-0 all-time record ... Air Force is 4-0 at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester ... Air Force's 21 Division I wins this season are the most in school history ... The 21 wins are the third-most overall in school history ... The 1971-72 team won 25 games while the 1974-75 team won 24 ... The previous record for Division I wins was 19 set last season ... The 21 wins are the most in 11 years under Frank Serratore ... AFA has scored a power-play goal in last seven games and 11 of 13 ... AFA had killed 29 straight power plays until Mercyhurst scored a 5-on-3 goal ... The Falcons have killed 32 of last 34 opponent power plays. Army The top-seeded Black Knights advanced to the semifinals with a pair of victories over the weekend against American International. Army opened its series with a 4-0 victory and closed out the series with a 5-2 win, despite a 30-minute power outage delay ... Army's 4-0 in on Friday was the third consecutive 4-0 victory and the third shutout vs. AIC for Josh Kassel. The shutout was Kassel's fifth of the season and ninth of his career. Kassel is now tied with Brad Roberts for second all-time in career shutouts. Four of Kassel's shutouts have been against AIC ... Army went 6-0 vs. AIC this season ... Owen Meyer had a goal and two assists over the weekend, including scoring on a penalty shot during Saturday's game ... Eric Sefchik also had three points with a goal and two assists ... Bryce Hollweg and Ken Rowe each scored twice over the weekend while Will Ryan had a goal and assist and Chris Colvin had a pair of assists ... Army will play in the semifinals for the second consecutive season. Army will play the lowest remaining seed at 4:05 p.m. on Saturday in the first semifinal ... Meyer is now the team's leading scorer with 21 goals and 18 assists ... Luke Flicek who did not play Saturday after violating a team rule has 12 goals and 25 assists ... Bryce Hollweg, who centers the line with Meyer and Flicek, has 10 goals and 20 assists. Mercyhurst Mercyhurst finished 1-3-7 in overtime games in 2007-2008...The eleven overtimes were a new one-season mark...Only overtime win came against Canisius in game two of the conference quarterfinals... Mercyhurst is now 4-5-0 lifetime against Air Force...The 53 shots by Mercyhurst in the championship were a season best...The Lakers' loss to Air Force was the first this season when scoring more than three goals...the loss was also the first when tied after forty minutes (5-1-3)...Ironically, Mercyhurst outshot only Air Force in the 3 games in Rochester and only 14 teams overall this season (6-5-3)...Senior Ben Cottreau finished his career 7th all-time in points (156), tied for 7th all-time in assists with 95 and tied for 4th in power play goals with 26. Other seniors to finish their careers over the weekend were forward Kerry Bowman (12-16=28) and defenseman Jamie Coghlan (3-6=9). Coghlan missed the final 3 games due to injury. The Lakers finished the season with at least one power play goal in their last eight games (11 of 49, .224). The Lakers total of 112 goals in 2007-2008 broke the record for fewest goals in a season (114) set last season. The 41 games played were also a new one-season record. Only three Lakers (junior Matt Pierce, sophomore Cullen Eddy, and freshman Scott Pitt) played in every game. Rochester Institute of Technology The loss Saturday was RIT's first loss in eight games and broke a five-game winning streak. It was the first time we had been shut out since January 25 at Connecticut. Air Force's short handed goal was the first short handed allowed by the Tigers this season. Sacred Heart The Pioneers lost their AHA Final Five game to Mercyhurst, 4-1, Friday night in Rochester. Dave Jarman scored the Pioneers only goal. Senior Alex Parent finished his stellar career with 141 points, including 87 assists and 54 goals. He completes his career third all-time in scoring and second in career assists. SHU finishes the season with a record of 16-19-3.