COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Cadet Ice Center) -- The Bemidji State University men's ice hockey team entered the Cadet Ice Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. for its series with the United State Air Force Academy unbeaten in 19 of the last 20 meetings, but the Falcons turned the tables tonight netting three goals in the first and three more in the third to cruise to a 6-2 victory.

It took the Beavers a full 20-minutes period to get their legs under themselves and compete. Air Force out hustled the BSU and the 3-1 score wasn't the only thing that the Falcons had to show for it. BSU was out shot 17-3 during the first period.

"We got beat to almost every loose puck in the first," commented head coach Tom Serratore following the non-conference contest. "We came back and made it a game in the second but just folded in the third and that was too bad.

"We are not a very good team right now and need to get back to the basics." Serratore added. "That starts with moving our feet."

The Falcons came out of the gate and put the Beavers in a 2-0 hole early. Josh Frider took a rebound off of BSU goaltender Matt Dalton (So., Clinton, Ontario) to net the Falcons' first marker of the night. Just 14 seconds later, Jeff Hajner turned a BSU turnover into a goal leaving the Beavers wondering what had just happened.

Tyler Scofield (Sr., F, Prince George, British Columbia) sliced the Falcon lead in half with his second goal of the season on a pass from Matt Read (So., Ilderton, Ontario) at the 17:07 mark of the period, but Air Force would add a goal 34 seconds later to skate into the first intermission up 3-1.

BSU returned from the break with an extra jump in its step. The Beavers out shot their hosts 10-6 in the period and reeled the Falcons to within 3-2 midway through the second period on junior forward Chris McKelvie's (New Brighton, Minn.) first goal of the season. Tyler Lehrke (Jr., F, Park Rapids, Minn.) and Ben Kinne (Fr., F, St. Paul, Minn.).

The third period made the difference in the game for the Falcons. BSU came out a bit flat and USAFA exploited it.

Blake Page would beat Dalton at the 9:27 mark of the third period to give USAFA a two-goal cushion and the Falcons would add a pair of power-play goals in the game's final 90 seconds to take the front half of the series 6-3.

Just seven days removed for a 22-power-play affair with Minnesota State in which BSU was on the man advantage 12 times, the Beavers went the full 60 minutes without a single power play tonight, marking the first time since the team made the jump to major college hockey in the 1999-2000 season that BSU has been held without a single power-play opportunity.

The BSU penalty kill unit held the Falcons in check for 58 minutes but a 5-on-3 goal followed by a 5-on-4 tally allowed USAFA to finish the game 2-for-7 on the power play.

Dalton made 26 saves in the 60-minute loss, including 14 in the first period. He falls to 0-2-0 on the season.

Andrew Volkening made 16 stops in the game improving to 3-0-0 on the season.

The Air Force victory, its first over BSU since 2005, was just its seventh in the all-time series. BSU still owns a 23-7-2 lead in the rivalry.

The Beavers (0-3-0; 0-0-0 CHA) attempt to salvage a series split tomorrow at 8:05 p.m. when they wrap up their series with the United States Air Force Academy (3-0-0; 2-0-0 Atlantic Hockey) at the Cadet Ice Center in Colorado, Springs, Colo.