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ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils fall 4-2 on Sunday, split with UMass Lowell

by Lucas Gordon - October 3, 2021October 3, 2021

(Photo: Joey Plishka/WCSN) Arizona State Men's Hockey dropped the second game of its two-game series against UMass Lowell on Sunday night. In the 4-2 loss, the Sun Devils dug themselves into an early hole and were unable to comeback. The first period was a tough one for the Sun Devils. ASU's freshmen showed

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils open year with 5-3 win over UMass Lowell

by Jack Bartlett - October 3, 2021October 3, 2021

(Photo: Joey Plishka/WCSN) TEMPE, Ariz. -- Feb. 15th, 2020. That was the last time ASU Men’s Hockey played a real, meaningful game at Oceanside Ice Arena until Saturday. The Sun Devils hadn’t played a game that counted in the standings in Tempe in one year, seven months and 17 days. In their

ASU Men’s Hockey: Three Sun Devils ink NIL deals with Barstool Sports

by Ethan Tuttle - July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

(Photo: Patricia Vicente/WCSN) The NCAA announced historic legislation on July 1 that allows student-athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness (NIL). Days after the rule change, three Arizona State Men’s Hockey players – senior forwards Chris Grando and Johnny Walker and sophomore forward Matthew Kopperud – signed sponsorship deals

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils end Big Ten, road-only season with 5-0 win over Ohio State

by Evan Oscherwitz - March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

(Photo: Cierra Luna/WCSN) In its final game of a historically unforgiving season, Arizona State Men's Hockey (7-16-3) dug deep and authored arguably its best performance of the year, defeating Ohio State (7-18-1) by a score of 5-0. Five different Sun Devils found the back of the net, and freshman goaltender Cole Brady delivered

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils beat Notre Dame 5-3 behind Walker’s 100th point

by Evan Oscherwitz - January 10, 2021January 10, 2021

It was a milestone night for the Arizona State Men's Hockey (5-9-2) in more ways than one. Entering perhaps a must-win game, the Sun Devils called upon sophomore goaltender Justin Robbins to make his first career start against the No. 18 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-6-1) in the teams’ final meeting

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils comeback, blow lead in 5-4 loss to Notre Dame

by Hunter Hippel - December 4, 2020December 4, 2020

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) Two goals scored in its first four games of the season left Arizona State Men’s Hockey searching for its offense and it found it last weekend against Wisconsin, where it swept the Badgers by scores of 8-5 and 3-1. The Sun Devils' fully intended to utilize their new

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils earn first win of 2020 8-5 over Wisconsin

by Hunter Hippel - November 28, 2020November 29, 2020

(Photo: Riley Trujillo/WCSN) Arizona State Men’s Hockey team had a clear objective coming into its weekend series against Wisconsin: they knew they had to start scoring. ASU's offense had plagued it in the early stages of its Big Ten-only schedule, scoring just two goals in four winless contests. The Sun Devils entered

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils bring in nation’s No. 3 recruiting class

by WCSN Hockey - May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) Over the course of the last two years, Arizona State’s hockey program has demonstrated marked signs of improvement. In 2018-2019, it qualified for its first NCAA Tournament berth and would have almost certainly done the same this year if not for the abrupt end to the