Hockey

Sun Devils host Omaha in pivotal conference series

by Jack Brooks -

(Photo: Scott Mussomano)   Entering its second-to-last series of the regular season, Arizona State’s postseason aspirations are in extreme jeopardy. With only eight of the nine teams in the NCHC earning a bid to the conference tournament, leaving one team on the outside looking in, the eighth-place Sun Devils have teetered over

ASU’s playoff hopes in the air following blowout loss

by Jacob Fredericks -

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics)   With 1:25 remaining in the second period, Arizona State found itself down 4-2 to No. 4 Western Michigan, a scenario it has found itself in throughout the season. In a season that has contained multi-goal comebacks against Colorado College and Ohio State, the Sun Devils were looking

ASU outclasses by Western Michigan in road loss

by Easton Stockford -

(Photo: Scot Russomano/WCSN)   Like every good video game, there are levels to NCAA hockey. In the world of college hockey, Arizona State entered Kalamazoo to duke it out with one of the country's final bosses, No. 4 Western Michigan. Teetering on the NCHC cut-off line, with only three series left in

Late-game blunder costs ASU in heartbreaking loss

by Keenan Vaughan -

(Photo: Scott Russomano/WCSN)   TEMPE —  One minute and 30 seconds left in regulation. The contest stood at a stalemate with three goals apiece. Arizona State was set to begin a turn on the power-play with fans ready to blow the roof off of Mullett Arena. Everything seemed to be in place

Sun Devils fall in crucial conference game

by Jack Brooks -

(Photo: Josh Eaton) TEMPE — Back on January 2, after a 7-2 win against Alaska Anchorage, Arizona State head coach Greg Powers said that the Sun Devils had “bought into not being a perimeter team.” He added that they had established a standard for what they needed to be successful, including