More Air Force fodder.

Here is an article by Jim Connelly that is kind funny because the writer claims the Falcons aren't getting enough love in the national polls. My question to him is where do want them be ranked? Do you think the Falcons are better than Notre Dame, Minnesota, BC, BU, Northeastern or Miami?

Let’s not let emotions dictate what reality is. Lets face facts and be frank the Atlantic Hockey Association outside of Air Force is a complete and utter joke. They should just call it the bakery league because it is stuffed full of cream puffs and cupcakes. Lets review the league: Air Force 13-1-0 (SOS 46), Bentley 5-5-1 (SOS 47), Mercyhurst 5-8-1 (SOS49), Canisius 6-5-3 (SOS 51), UConn 4-9-0 (SOS 52), Holy Cross 4-9-1 (SOS 53), Sacred Heart 3-9-2 (SOS 54), American International 4-9-0 (SOS 55), RIT 5-8-1 (SOS 57), Army 3-8-1(SOS 58). No one in the AHA has a strength of schedule above 47. That is a weak league.

Looking at the Atlantic Hockey Association their league is not impressive, three out of ten teams have a .500 record the rest of their league has losing records. The AHA inter-conference record against the big four conferences is an unimpressive and weak 8-27-2.

When today’s poll came out, the Falcons were ranked 10th, one spot higher than last week. My argument is that Air Force, in knocking off No. 3 Colorado College in CONVINCING fashion, deserved a better fate. Some will say that Air Force lost a night later, but that shouldn’t impact the position that much. Every team in front of Air Force has losses, most team more than two and some teams have four or five losses.

The fact that Air Force is being held back because it is a member of Atlantic Hockey should be a crushed argument after this past weekend. Other Atlantic Hockey members were dominant and, in fact, the league posted a 5-3-1 record out of conference on the week. Mercyhurst won the RPI tournament by beating the host, RPI, and the No. 7 team in the country. Cansisius took three of four points from Clarkson, a pre-season top 20. Connecticut manhandled Brown. The only non-league losses of the week by Atlantic Hockey members were by RIT, which admittedly got manhandled by UMass-Lowell, Holy Cross, which lost a heartbreaker to former No. 1 Boston University, and the aforementioned loss of Air Force.

Just for the record; Brown is a horrible team 0-6-2 (SOS 50) so I wouldn't be bragging abot Connecticut manhandling Brown. It would be interesting to see the game film on that prolific matchup, if a person was having trouble sleeping they wouldn't need tylenol pm to sleep all they would have to do is turn on the UConn and Brown match up.