Brandon Koch scored a pair of power-play goals and Chris Hedden added three assists to lead Air Force past Colorado College, 6-3, Saturday night at Cadet Ice Arena.
 
The Tigers chased the scoreboard all night as Will Gavin opened the scoring for Air Force just 2:42 into the contest. After a CC turnover at its own blue line, Clayton Consentino found Gavin, who finished the 2-on-1 rush by beating Tiger goalie Matt Vernon.
 
Stanley Cooley evened things up at the 5:20 mark when he took a pass from behind the net by Gleb Veremyev and put the puck past Air Force goalie Guy Blessing.
 
However, Air Force retook the lead just 31 seconds later when Mason McCormick buried a shot from right in front of the net. The Tigers tied the game again 33 seconds after that goal when Logan Will scored his third of the game with a wrist shot from the left circle.
 
Air Force took the lead for good with its first of three power-play goals at the 14:03 mark when Andrew DeCarlo collected the puck after Vernon saved a shot by Parker Brown and deposited it for a 3-2 advantage.
 
Brian Adams put the home team up by two with another rebound goal at 3:36 of the second period.
 
Tommy Middleton cut the Falcon lead to one with his first goal of the year at 4:23 of the middle frame. Noah Prokop took a shot from the left boards and the puck hit Middleton's stick as he was falling down with an Air Force defender and it flipped in the air over Blessing.
 
The Tigers took a couple of penalties later in the period and Koch took full advantage on both of them. He scored from the top of the slot at the 7:29 mark, then connected on a wrister from the left circle at 9:49 for the game's final goal to make it 6-3.
 
Special teams were as evident Saturday as they were Friday night in CC's 8-0 victory at Ed Robson Arena. The Tigers, who were 4-for-9 on the power play Friday, went 0-for-5 on Saturday, while the Falcons scored on three of their five man-up opportunities tonight.
 
CC held a 29-22 advantage in shots. Vernon finished with 16 saves, while Blessing had 26.
 
The Tigers open NCHC play next weekend against nationally-ranked Minnesota Duluth, Nov. 4-5, at Robson Arena.