FALCON HOCKEY WALL OF FAME
#4 Gary Batinich
#4 Mark DeGironimo
#5 Joe Doyle
Wing, 1975-78, Eveleth, Minn.
Center, 1993-96, Billerica, Mass.
Wing, 1986-89, Weymouth, Mass.
Batinich is the only noncenter in the top five career scorers. He ranks fifth in career scoring with 196 points. The native of Eveleth, Minn., led the team in assists as a sophomore with 42, the third-most in AFA history. As a freshman, Batinich scored the game-winning goal in both of AFA’s wins over Colorado College in 1974-75. Year 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 Career
GM 29 26 26 23 104
Goals 21 22 22 17 82
Assists 29 42 26 17 114
Points 50 64 48 34 196
Pen-Min. 18-36 13-27 7-16 13-28 51-107
DeGironimo ranks 18th on the career scoring list with 131 points in 124 career games. He was the team captain and MVP of the 1995-96 team. As a junior, he led the team with 20 goals and 39 points. Year 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Career
GM 27 32 32 33 124
Goals 6 14 20 17 57
Assists 9 22 19 23 74
Points 15 36 39 40 131
Pen-Min. 6-15 15-30 15-38 14-30 50-113
#5 Chuck Delich Center, 1974-77, Eveleth, Minn.
#11 Beau Bilek The captain and MVP of the 1994-95 team, Bilek helped lead the Falcons to consecutive 15-win seasons. Bilek ranks third in career scoring among defensemen and 27th overall. He led the team with 42 points in 1993-94. The Des Moines, Iowa, native led the Falcon defensemen in points three consecutive seasons. He played four years of professional hockey in the Chicago Blackhawks organization and was a two-time all-star (1997-98 and 1998-99) with the Columbus Chill of the ECHL.
Delich is the school’s all-time leader in goals and points with 156 and 279, respectively. He holds 14 AFA records and was named the team’s most valuable player twice. Delich not only broke the existing career records for goals and points in 1977, he obliterated them by more than 50 goals and 60 points. He also earned the Academy’s Athletic Excellence award in 1976 and 1977. He is the all-time leading goal scorer in NCAA history. Delich spent 16 years in the military, retiring as a major in 1993. He was the head coach from 1985 to 1997. His 154 career coaching wins are tied as the second-most in AFA history. Delich was inducted into the AFA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011, the third induction class.
Year 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Career
Year 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 Career
Defenseman, 1992-95, Des Moines, Iowa
GM 32 30 32 33 127
Goals 10 6 9 8 33
Assists 13 14 33 29 89
Points 23 20 42 37 122
Pen-Min. 12-24 16-32 17-34 19-38 64-128
Center, 1983-86, Rochester, Mich. Daldine is one of only two players in school history to lead the team in points all four years. He led the team in goals three times. Daldine ranks eighth in career scoring with 156 points. The team captain and most valuable player in 1984-85, Daldine helped lead the Falcons to their first winning season in seven years (1985-86). Originally from Rochester, Mich., Daldine scored 30 or more points every season and tallied 44 points as a junior and senior. He also led the Falcons in power-play goals three times, including a career-best 10 in 1983-84. GM 28 26 27 28 109
Goals 16 17 28 18 79
Assists 21 14 16 26 77
Points 37 31 44 44 156
Goals 43 38 44 31 156
Assists 24 26 35 38 123
Points 67 64 79 69 279
Pen-Min. 10-36 16-40 17-45 15-30 58-151
#7 Joe Delich Forward, 1986-89, Eveleth, Minn.
#7 Frank Daldine
Year 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Career
GM 27 29 26 27 109
Pen-Min. 7-17 6-12 12-24 11-22 36-75
The younger brother of Chuck, Joe certainly left his own mark on Academy hockey. He is currently tied for 18th in career scoring with 130 points in 113 games (47-83-130). He led the team in assists with 25 in 1987-88 and 31 in 1988-89. In 1987-88, he also led the team in points (42) and ied for the lead in goals (17). Delich returned to the Academy as an assistant coach from 1999-2002. Year 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 Career
GM 27 29 29 28 113
Goals 6 11 17 13 47
Assists 3 24 25 31 83
Points 9 35 42 44 130
Pen-Min. 3-6 12-27 15-32 20-47 50-112
Doyle was part of the first class in AFA history to post four winning seasons. He led the team in goals in 1987-88 and 1988-89 and was named the team MVP in each of those seasons. He ranks 23rd in career scoring with 126 points in 110 games. Doyle returned to the Academy as an assistant coach from 1994-98 and from 2003-06. Doyle was an assistant coach during Frank Serratore’s first season and helped the Falcons win 15 games in 1997-98, more than the two previous seasons combined. Year 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 Career
GM 27 29 26 28 110
Goals 4 12 17 24 57
Assists 6 18 21 24 69
Points 10 30 38 48 126
Pen-Min. 9-18 12-24 11-22 5-10 37-74
#9 Steve Hall Center, 1969-71, White Bear Lake, Minn. Hall currently ranks 17th on Air Force’s career scoring list with 136 points in 75 games. He is one of only two Falcons among the top 16 in career scoring to have only played three seasons. He was the captain of Air Force’s first varsity team and led the first two AFA teams in goals. In 1968-69, he led the Falcons with 21 goals, 22 assists and 43 points. He also led the team with 31 goals in 1969-70. Year 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 Career
GM 22 25 28 75
Goals 21 31 19 71
Assists 22 18 25 65
Points 43 49 44 136
Pen-Min. 18-36 6-32 8-16 32-94
#25 Tim Hartje
Forward, 1983-86, Anoka, Minn. The team co-captain of the 1985-86 team, Hartje helped lead the team to its first winning season in seven years (15-13). In each of the four seasons he played, the team increased its win total. He is tied for 38th in career scoring with 107 points and 25th in goals with 53. As a senior, he was named the team’s MVP as he led the Falcons with 19 goals and four game-winners and was second on the team with 40 points. Year 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 Career
GM 28 26 29 28 111
Goals 10 10 14 19 53
Assists 9 10 13 22 54
Points 19 20 27 40 107
Pen-Min. 4-8 1-2 5-10 4-8 14-28
Many outstanding hockey players have worn the blue and silver in the past 43 years, but these 27 players were selected by the alumni as members of the Falcon Hockey Wall of Fame.
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