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ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils find footing in secondary point scoring against Air Force

by Reagan Smith - October 30, 2019

(Photo: Kylee Meter/WCSN) In Colorado Springs, Colorado, 7,000 feet above sea level and facing an Air Force team that had not yet won a game, anything less than a sweep for Arizona State could have severely hindered its chances of playing its way into a postseason birth. The series also served as

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils find confidence in sweep over Air Force

by Michael Gutnick - October 20, 2019October 20, 2019

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Arizona State earned its first sweep of the season this weekend against Air Force at Cadet Ice Arena with a 3-0 victory in the first game and a 5-2 win in game two. Over 7,000 feet above sea level, the Sun Devils (3-3)

ASU Men’s Hockey: The Sun Devils head to Air Force for an important weekend series

by Reagan Smith - October 18, 2019

(Photo: Kylee Meter/WCSN) **Editor's note: ASU Men's Hockey coaching staff was not available for comment for this story** Arizona State's trip to take on Air Force in a two-game weekend set will not be the end-all be-all series of the season regardless of the result. Can the series help the Sun Devils'

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils using “underdog mentality” to tackle first road test at No. 3 Minnesota State

by Michael Gutnick - October 10, 2019

(Photo: Reagan Smith/WCSN) Arizona State got a taste of its own medicine last weekend when it opened the season hosting an unranked Mercyhurst team picked to lose the then No. 20 Sun Devils. A stunning 3-2 loss to the underdog in the first game may have opened the Sun Devils’ eyes, teaching

ASU Men’s Hockey: Top line dominates in 6-4 victory of Mercyhurst

by Reagan Smith - October 7, 2019

Photo: Kylee Meter/WCSN No. 20 ranked Arizona State came into Sunday afternoon’s series finale against Mercyhurst with a chip on its shoulder. On the heels of a shocking 3-2 defeat to the Lakers the night before, it was put-up or shut-up for the Sun Devils. Fortunately for ASU, it didn’t have to look

ASU Men’s Hockey: Mercyhurst’s last-minute goal spoils No. 20 Arizona State’s season opener

by Michael Gutnick - October 6, 2019

Photo: Jacob Rudner/WCSN Over the past two years, the success of No. 20 Arizona State men's hockey team has been defined by the grind-it-out victories against solidified college hockey programs. It was the moments all throughout last season where the Sun Devils were down, but never out that kept the team's ambitions

ASU Men’s Hockey: Transfer Students Pick ASU In Hopes of Deep Tournament Success

by Reagan Smith - September 23, 2019September 23, 2019

Photo: (Kylee Meter/WCSN) “If you build it, they will come.” An old adage from the 1989 classic Field of Dreams. While there is no baseball diamond being built in a cornfield, there is a steadily building hockey program being constructed in the middle of a desert. ASU hockey is a far cry from

ASU Men’s Hockey: Logan Jenuwine, Dubuque Fighting Saints highlight 2019 signing class

by Michael Gutnick - April 24, 2019August 22, 2019

(Photo: Kylee Meter/WCSN) The Arizona State men's hockey team rose out of the depths of irrelevancy and into the spotlight this year, riding one of the most surprising success stories of college hockey to the program's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in their fourth Divison I season. While a first-round exit against Quinnipiac