Reagan Smith, Author at Cronkite Sports

ASU Women’s Hockey GALLERY: Scrimmage with 16U DYHA Jr. Devils

by Reagan Smith - September 15, 2019September 26, 2019

All photos taken by Reagan Smith on September 15, 2019 at Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe, Arizona.

ASU Women’s Hockey: Sun Devils bringing “different atmosphere” to the ice to start 2019-20 season

by Reagan Smith - September 7, 2019October 8, 2019

(Photo: Reed Harmon/WCSN) It has been a lonely past six months without the sport of hockey to keep the masses entertained. But, as September creeps its way into the year, so too, does the arrival of hockey. For the women that don the Sparky on their sweaters and represent the Maroon

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils fall 2-1 to Bobcats in first ever NCAA tournament appearance

by Reagan Smith - March 30, 2019March 30, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) Arizona State's historic season drew to its conclusion on Saturday night in Allentown, Penn., after the Sun Devils dropped their first-ever NCAA tournament game by a score of 2-1 to the Quinnipiac Bobcats. Heading into the final seven minutes of the game down 2-1, ASU’s offense sparked to

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils preparing to face Quinnipiac in first NCAA tournament appearance

by Reagan Smith - March 28, 2019March 28, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) It was all smiles and laughter as the Arizona State Sun Devils learned who they’d play in their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, Sunday. But not even a full 48 hours later, it was business as usual for the ASU team out practicing on the ice. Well, as “business

ASU Men’s Hockey: After sweep of AIC, Sun Devils move closer to locking up NCAA Tournament spot

by Reagan Smith - February 18, 2019February 18, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) At the end of his press conference late Saturday night, just minutes after Arizona State's wild 5-4 overtime win against American International on senior night, Sun Devils coach Greg Powers offered one final cautiously optimistic line before leaving the mic. “We’re still not there, yet," he said, the

ASU Men’s Hockey: After years of work, Joey Daccord reaching new levels of dominance

by Reagan Smith - February 13, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) When goaltender Joey Daccord first announced his commitment to playing at Arizona State University in January of 2015, he knew the decision would be faced with skepticism. After all, Daccord would be defending cage for a team that had never even faced an NCAA team before. https://twitter.com/JDac35/status/559429188110012416 A little over

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils sit No. 8 in PairWise, looking at securing first-ever tournament bid

by Reagan Smith - February 5, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) When the Arizona State Men’s hockey team left the state of New York on the chilled morning of Super Bowl Sunday, the team returned home knowing that the goal of earning its way into its first ever NCAA tournament was more alive than ever before. More than that,

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils strike early, silence RIT in important 6-1 road win

by Reagan Smith - February 1, 2019September 10, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) There was a cascade of white shirts inside the student section of the Gene Polisseni Center on Friday night, as hundreds of Rochester Institute of Technology students had been granted free admission to its “whiteout” hockey game against No. 16 Arizona State, part of the university’s annual “Freeze

ASU Hockey: Sun Devils trying to “refocus” and get power play scoring again

by Reagan Smith - January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) Despite having the NCAA's co-leader in power play scoring and a slew of other offensive weapons too, Arizona State has been struggling on the power play in recent weeks. One of the most important aspects in hockey, the power play presents a golden opportunity for teams to swing the momentum

ASU Men’s Hockey: Daccord’s 45 saves not enough as No. 17 Cornell routs ASU 6-1

by Reagan Smith - January 11, 2019

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The first matchup ever between the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Cornell Big Red on Friday turned into a result the Sun Devils would like to put into the rearview mirror. A 6-1 defeat was the result as ASU was “outworked [in] every facet of the game,”