(Photo: Reagan Smith/WCSN) MacKenzie Lyons is a Scottsdale native who found her passion for hockey while growing up in Arizona. Now, she returns to coach the next generation of women’s hockey players in the Valley. Lyons joins Arizona State University Women’s hockey head coach Lindsey Ellis as a defensive minded assistant coach
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ASU Women’s Hockey: ASU continues to recruit out-of-state talent while also expanding the game in Arizona
(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
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 Women’s Hockey: Sun Devils add depth in a time of uncertainty
(Photo: Reagan Smith/WCSN) In any other season, the Arizona State Women’s Hockey team would be preparing for their first game of the year. However, that has all changed. COVID-19 has presented challenges for every sport and women’s hockey is no different. Even now, it’s still uncertain when the season may begin, or
ASU Women’s Hockey: Sun Devils prepare for WWCHL tournament in Salt Lake City
ASU Women’s Hockey: No. 12 Sun Devils clash against No. 11 Colorado in final homestand
ASU Women’s Hockey: Players continue to sharpen skills over long winter break
(Photo: Reagan Smith/WCSN) Ah, the end of the fall semester of college. For many, it signifies the payoff of the past four months of studying, testing, and all-nighters. For the Arizona State Women’s Hockey team, it signifies a lonely month without organized team activities. No 5 a.m. wake-ups for 7 a.m. practices.
ASU Women’s Hockey: Sun Devils name captains for remainder of 2019-20 season
ASU Women’s Hockey: Devils dominate in Colorado, advance to 4-0 record for first time ever
(Photo: Reagan Smith/WCSN) “Once they find their flow, they find it 100 percent.” Those were the words that Arizona State Women’s Hockey head coach Lindsey Ellis stated after the second period of the second Colorado State game, Saturday morning. At that time, sophomore forward and ACHA leading goal scorer Danielle Dupont had only
