(Photo: Nick Badders/WCSN) Arizona and hockey is a weird combination. The 365 days of blistering heat should strike fear into anything frozen within a hundred miles radius. However, something incredible is happening. There is a hockey surge happening, and the Arizona State University Women's hockey team is feeling it full force. According
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ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils ready to adapt to life on the road in 2020-2021
Arizona State Men’s Hockey is no stranger to overcoming adversity. As a fledgling independent program, the Sun Devils logged back-to-back 20-win seasons and established themselves as a legitimate contender in the NCAA ranks. This year, though, will come with a set of challenges the program has yet to face. As part
ASU Women’s Hockey: The difficulties of coaching during a pandemic
(Photo: Reagan Smith/WCSN) Coaching in 2020 has presented a set of challenges that have never been seen before. There’s the unknown of when the next game or even the next practice will be. Who will test positive for COVID-19? Or, how an outbreak could affect their season? These are all things out of
ASU Men’s Hockey: Battle League Tournament ‘super helpful’ in season preparation
Photo: Kylee Meter/WCSN The annual Battle League Tournament has been an Arizona State hockey tradition since before the Sun Devils joined the NCAA ranks. For two weeks every fall, the team is divided into split squads and plays a grueling round-robin style tournament for the right to hoist the coveted Tillman Trophy. The
ASU Women’s Hockey: Breezers or Pants? Callie Else details her transition from playing hockey in Minnesota to coming down to the desert.
(Courtesy: Callie Else) Fridley, Minn. and Tempe, Ariz. are not only vastly different weather and climate wise, but even hockey feels a little bit different. Freshman Callie Else is currently making that transition of playing hockey in a state dubbed “The State of Hockey,” to playing under the hot, desert sun. “Playing hockey
ASU Women’s Hockey: Three of ASU’s new recruits all transfered from the same school. Those three discuss how that transition has gone
(Photo Courtesy: Berkleigh Radcliffe) Is it time to rev up the zambonis, yet? The Arizona State University Women's Hockey team hopes to soon be back on the ice again to officially welcome their new recruits to the team. Of these new recruits, three are transfers from the same college of SUNY-Buffalo State
ASU Women’s Hockey: Fresh off her freshman year, Karlie Chadwick knows what it’s like to be in the new recruits’ shoes
(Photo: Nick Badders/WCSN) For sophomore forward Karlie Chadwick, her first season playing ice hockey for the Arizona State University’s Women’s Hockey Team went well. The Sun Devil forward scored five goals and had two assists through 20 games. Chadwick grew up in the Arizona desert and played hockey from a young age,
ASU Men’s Hockey: Defenseman Max Balinson transfers to Long Island
(Photo: Richard Martinez/House of Sparky) Former Arizona State defenseman Max Balinson has transfered to Long Island University, according to a tweet from LIU's account posted Tuesday. Balinson, who is set to join LIU in advance of its inaguaral season in the Divison I ranks, did not play during the 2019-2020 season as
ASU Men’s Hockey: UAH defenseman Tanner Hickey announces transfer plans to ASU
(Photo: Kylee Meter/WCSN) University of Alabama-Huntsville sophomore defenseman Tanner Hickey announced his decision to transfer to Arizona State on Tuesday. Hickey entered the transfer portal after Alabama-Huntsville eliminated its hockey program on May 22 due to COVID-19-related budget cuts and became the first Division I program to eliminate its hockey team since
