(Photo: Nickolas Montei/WCSN) PHOENIX – It looked like junior outfielder Kien Vu was going to have a regression year. Vu’s power and stolen base numbers were nonexistent for several weeks after coming back from a high ankle sprain injury that sidelined him for multiple weeks prior. It took 12 games for Vu
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No. 11 Sun Devils’ Season Ends With 4-2 Loss To No. 6 Denver in NCHC Semifinals
(Photo: Joshua Eaton/WCSN) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Graduate forward Artem Shlaine’s game-tying goal in the second period of Arizona State hockey’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff Semifinal game was a perfect embodiment of his team’s mindset throughout the 2024-25 campaign. Likely playing with a fractured foot after blocking a shot in the first per
No. 12 Sun Devils find killer instinct in Game 2 win
(Photo: Marina Williams/WCSN) TEMPE — A little over week ago, Arizona State forwards Artem Shlaine and Kyle Smolen sat in Mullett Arena’s Media Room fielding questions about the No. 12 Sun Devils’ upcoming NCHC Quarterfinal series. Towards the end of the press conference, Smolen was asked if the bigger stage added any pressure
No. 12 ASU battles back to punch ticket to Frozen Faceoff
No. 12 Sun Devils down Minnesota Duluth, 4-3, lead NCHC Quarterfinals 1-0
(Photo: Jordan Talley/WCSN) TEMPE — Arizona State hockey head coach Greg Powers has been waiting for a moment like the one at Mullett Arena on Friday for years. Playoff hockey. A 5,000-seat, state-of-the-art arena flooded with fans wearing white. Games in March with NCAA Tournament implications. Powers’ vision of what his program could
No. 10 ASU continues homestretch with rematch at Minnesota Duluth
(Photo: Marina Williams/WCSN) In early December, Arizona State hosted Minnesota Duluth for the team’s last in-conference series during the first half of the season. While the Sun Devils came away with the first home sweep of an NCHC opponent in program history, it took staving off a sudden third-period comeback and
