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Lack of veteran presence evident in Opening Night loss

by Keenan Vaughan - October 4, 2025October 4, 2025

(Photo: Emma Gonzalez) TEMPE — To offset losing six of the team’s top 10 leaders in points over the offseason, Arizona State head coach Greg Powers’ efforts in recruiting and the transfer portal netted him 17 additions to the 2025-26 roster. However, the reliance on players who would be brandishing the

Third period collapse leaves ASU in defeat on Opening Night

by Jacob Fredericks - October 4, 2025October 4, 2025

(Photo: Emma Gonzalez) TEMPE – No. 14 Arizona State faced its highest-ranked opponent in a season opener in program history Friday night, and it didn’t come without its tests. Facing off against No. 5 Penn State and the projected first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, Gavin McKenna, brought

Familiar faces square off in ASU’s blockbuster opening series.

by Easton Stockford - October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) Over a decade ago, Arizona State and Penn State competed against each other at the club hockey level in the ACHA. Two NCAA promotions and some time later, the No. 14 Sun Devils and No. 5 Nittany Lions will open the 2025-26 season at Mullett Arena in

ASU continues sellout streak for season opener

by Jack Brooks - October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) TEMPE — At 9 a.m. local time Monday morning, student tickets went live for Arizona State hockey’s season opener. After a frenzy of log-ins into the Sun Devil Athletics Game Day app through Ticketmaster, there were no seats left for Friday’s matchup vs. No. 5 Penn State.

Sun Devils face tall task in year two of NCHC tenure

by Jack Brooks - September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) Arizona State hockey had its hopes of a conference and national title frozen early on in the 2025 National Collegiate Hockey Conference Tournament. However, that does not mean that 2024-25 was not a strong season, or that there is not more to come in the 2025-26 campaign. Ending

ASU Football gets a chance at history against Mississippi State

by Devon Henderson - September 7, 2024September 11, 2024

(Photo: Justin Ford/Getty Images) Nowhere is the saying “There’s always bigger fish” more prevalent than in college football. Arizona State football (1-0) gave that lesson to Wyoming (0-1) in Week 1. ASU was a three-win power five team in 2023, its last in the Big 12. Wyoming was a nine-win group

ASU Men’s Hockey: Sun Devils look to earn first win against Badgers

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

(Photo: Travis Whittaker/WCSN) The last time Arizona State Men's Hockey was in Madison, WI, the circumstances were very different. Fans packed the Kohl Center, the NCAA Tournament was well within the Sun Devils' reach and their seniors were playing their last regular season game – completely unaware it would be the final

ASU Wrestling: Jones Adds Big Name Assistant

by Jack Loder - April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

Photo contributed by Larry Slater During a time where normal sports headlines are few and far between, Zeke Jones and the ASU Wrestling staff have provided one. The program announced the hire of assistant coach Frank Molinaro Thursday, filling the void of Chris Pendleton, who took the head job at Oregon

ASU Wrestling: Jacori Teemer, We Have Your Attention

by Kelsey Collesi - March 5, 2020March 5, 2020

(Photo: Travis Whittaker/WCSN) If you have a little brother, who is the baby of the family, growing up you probably remember him flying under the radar, sneaky, and undetected. He managed to get away with things that used to get you in trouble with your parents. On the flipside, if you were

ASU Wrestling: Devils prepare to grapple with No. 1 Penn State

by Jack Loder - November 21, 2019November 22, 2019

(Photo: Travis David V Whittaker‎/WCSN) During the first two weekends of competition, the Arizona State wrestling team has proven that it is among the NCAA elite in the 2019-20 season. While there may have been some concern of developing bad habits against lesser opponents to start the campaign, any lack of