Air Force’s Boje pins down second Atlantic Hockey weekly award of season
Air Force junior defenseman Phil Boje has been named the Travel Team USA Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of Week in helping lead Air Force to three points in the series against American International College Feb. 10-11.
Boje, from Shoreview, Minn., had two points (1-1-2) in the series.
He keyed a defense that held AIC to three goals in the series and held the Yellow Jackets to just 17 shots on goal in the first game. After an assist on Friday, he scored the game-tying goal on Saturday with 2:37 left in the third to force the 3-3 overtime tie.
In addition, he blocked three shots in the series .
Boje has scored a point in six straight games (2-5-7) and on the season, he is second in the league in points by defensemen in all games (6-17-23) and is third in the league (18th in the nation) with 62 blocked shots.
The weekly award is the second of the season for Boje.
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