{"id":1848,"date":"2015-10-11T20:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2015-10-11T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T01:30:25","slug":"youth-is-served","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2015\/10\/11\/youth-is-served\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth is served"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey:<\/p>\n<h4>Best beginnings<\/h4>\n<p>Air Force and Mercyhurst, teams with large batches of newcomers and therefore expected to take a while to gel, look very much ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercyhurst Lakers, who split with No. 20 Colgate to kick off the college hockey season last weekend, opened Atlantic Hockey conference play with an impressive road sweep of Bentley.<\/p>\n<p>While Bentley <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2015\/10\/04\/past-is-history-for-bentley-which-returns-stars-in-gladiuk-argue\/\">returns many weapons from last season<\/a>, the Lakers had to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2015\/10\/04\/picked-for-eighth-mercyhurst-enters-season-with-a-chip-on-its-shoulder\/\">replace a whopping 12 players<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The games were a rematch of last season&#8217;s wild quarterfinal series won my Mercyhurst in three games. This time out, Mercyhurst swept a regular season series at Bentley for the first time since 2006, thanks in part to freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>Rookies accounted for five of the six Laker goals in the series, including three by frosh Taylor Best. Best already has four goals on the young season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Falcon frosh<\/h4>\n<p>Rookies also played a huge role in Air Force&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goairforcefalcons.com\/sports\/m-hockey\/recaps\/100915aaa.html\">5-4 overtime upset<\/a> of No. 5 Denver on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Haak registered a pair of goals in his first collegiate game to pace the Falcons, who had five rookies in all contribute seven points in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman goalie Billy Christopoulos made 28 saves for his first collegiate win.<\/p>\n<p>Denver earned the split with a 3-1 win on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Big wins, more losses<\/h4>\n<p>Atlantic Hockey teams have scored two wins against ranked teams so far. Besides Air Force&#8217;s win over fifth-ranked Denver on Friday, Mercyhurst topped No. 20 Colgate in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurstathletics.com\/news\/2015\/10\/4\/MHOCK_1004154438.aspx?path=mhockey\">wild, 9-7 affair<\/a> on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p>But for the most part, AHC teams haven&#8217;t fared well in non-conference games. The league is 2-11-1 so far against non-league opposition.<\/p>\n<p>It was hoped that things would look up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2015\/10\/04\/atlantic-hockey-teams-see-more-nonconference-home-games-as-a-potential-road-to-more-ncaa-tournament-spots-in-2015-16\/\">thanks to more non-conference home games<\/a> on the schedule, and so far six of the 14 non-league games have been held in AHC buildings. Atlantic Hockey went 2-4 in their own buildings vs. 0-7-1 on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three things from this past weekend in Atlantic Hockey: Best beginnings Air Force and Mercyhurst, teams with large batches of newcomers and therefore expected to take a while to gel, look very much ahead of schedule. 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