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The Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey team is the
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team that represents
Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...
. It plays its home games at Mullett Arena in Tempe. The Sun Devils initially competed in the
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(ACHA). The team competed as an
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in NCAA Division I from 2015 until 2023 before joining the NCHC in 2024. Arizona State also maintains Division 1, 2 and 3 level teams in the WCHL and WCHC.


History

Hockey began as a sport at Arizona State in the fall of 1983 with ASU students gathering at Tower Ice Plaza in Central Phoenix to play pick up hockey amongst each other. As collegiate club hockey evolved throughout the country, so did hockey at Arizona State. By the late 80s ASU was fielding a full-fledged ice hockey team competing in Division II of the
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. In 1993, General Manager Mike Hoffarth led the program to achieving ACHA Division I status propelling the Sun Devil hockey program into the national spotlight by qualifying for the ACHA Division I National Tournament just two years later in the 1995–96 season. Then Head Coach, Gene Hammett would lead the program to three straight National Tournament appearances from 1995 to 1998. ASU qualified for 10 ACHA Division I National Tournaments since competing at the Division I level in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, and developed 12 ACHA Division I All-Americans. In the 2013–14 season, the team won its first ACHA National Championship, defeating Robert Morris University-Illinois. On November 18, 2014, Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson announced that the Sun Devils would move to
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Division I ice hockey. The transition was funded by a $32 million donation by multiple parties (including former ASU hockey players). As a transitionary season, the Sun Devils played a split schedule between ACHA and NCAA games during the 2015–16 season, before migrating exclusively to NCAA play the following season. The Sun Devils were expected to begin as an independent, but pursue conference membership in the future. In the 2018–19 season, Arizona State received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history, in only its third season as a Division I team. They were defeated by the
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in the regional semifinals. On October 6, 2020, the Sun Devils announced that for logistical reasons related to the
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, it would enter into an agreement to play all of its games as non-conference away games against
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opponents, playing each of its seven hockey members four times in a 28-game season. This would assure the team a full season schedule, and avoid conflicts with the Coyotes at Gila River Arena due to the delay of the
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. The team still played as an independent, and were not eligible to qualify for the conference tournament. On July 5, 2023, the Sun Devils announced that they will be joining the
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(NCHC) starting in the 2024-2025 season. They officially became members of the conference on July 1, 2024.


Awards and honors


NCAA


Second-Team All-Americans

*2018–19: Joey Daccord, G *2024–25: Artem Shlaine, F


All-Conference teams

First Team All-NCHC *2024–25: Artem Shlaine, F Second Team All-NCHC *2024–25: Noah Beck, D; Lukas Sillinger, F Third Team All-NCHC *2024–25: Ryan Kirwan, F NCHC All-Rookie Team *2024–25: Cullen Potter, F


ACHA


Division I All-Americans

*Steve Hammett, Forward: 1997–98 *Greg Powers, Goaltender: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 *Ian Smith, Forward: 2000–01, 2001–02 (Team USA, World University Games 2002) *Nils Satterstom, Forward: 2000–01 *Adam Blossey, Defense: 2003–04, 2004–05 (Team USA, World University Games 2005) *Tony Bonacorso, Defense: 2006–07, 2007–08 (Team USA, World University Games 2008) *Joe Schweiger, Forward: 2008–09 (Eastern Michigan), 2009–10, 2010–11 *Mark Schacker, Goaltender: 2010–11, 2011–12 *Kale Dolinski, Forward: 2012–13 *Colin Hekle, Forward: 2012–13 *Ryan Clark, Defense: 2012–13 *Joe D’Elia, Goaltender: 2012–13


ACHA National Tournament Appearances

1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98*, 2000–01*, 2003–2004, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–15 Final Four appearances: 2013, 2014, 2015


Arizona State Hall of Fame Inductees


Players

*Steve Hammett, Forward 1994–1998: Inducted 2009 *Greg Powers, Goaltender 1995–1999: Inducted 2009 *Adam Blossey, Defense 2001–2005: Inducted 2009 *Tony Bonacorso, Defense 2004–2008, Inducted 2010 *Ian Smith, Forward 1999–2003, Inducted 2010


Executives

*Gene Hammett, Head Coach 1992–2000: Inducted 2008 *Mike Hoffarth, General Manager 1988–1999: Inducted 2008 *Don Mullet, Donor: Inducted 2008 *John Wold, Head Coach, General Manager, Oversight Committee 2001–present: Inducted 2009 *Wayne Reid, Assistant Coach, Director of Hockey Ops, Oversight Committee 1992–present: Inducted 2009 *Doug Maire, Video Coach, Projects Manager Executive Hall of Fame Inducted 2013, Lifetime Service Award 2014


Arena

Prior to 2022, the Sun Devils played most of their home games at the Oceanside Ice Arena in Tempe. Selected games each season were played at Glendale's
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, the former home of the
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's
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. With the move to NCAA Division I, Anderson stated they planned to pursue an on-campus arena in the future. In the meantime, Oceanside underwent a renovation for the 2015 to bring its facilities to NCAA standards. In November 2020, the
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' finance committee approved plans to construct a new 5,000-seat indoor arena on-campus near Desert Financial Arena, which is expected to house the school's hockey, gymnastics, and wrestling programs among others. Mullett Arena opened in 2022; it also served as the Coyotes' home arena for two seasons after the city of Glendale declined to renew the team's lease at Gila River Arena.


Season-by-season results


All-time coaching records

As of May 1, 2025


Team


Current roster

As of August 31, 2024.


Coaches


Head coach

Coach Powers has been on the Sun Devil Coaching Staff for 12 years, and enters his fifth year as Head Coach of ASU's NCAA Division 1 Hockey Program. Coach Powers was a finalist for the 2019 Spencer Penrose Award, which is awarded to the NCAA Division 1 Coach Of The Year. Prior to becoming an NCAA Division 1 hockey team, Coach Powers helped guide the Sun Devils to their first ACHA Division 1 National Championship. During the 2018-2019 hockey season, Coach Powers and his staff led the Sun Devils to become the fastest start-up program to qualify for the NCAA Division 1 Tournament in NCAA History. The Sun Devils finished the season ranked 10th in the Pairwise rankings. Coach Powers was a three time ACHA Division 1 All-American Goaltender while playing hockey for the Sun Devils, and graduated from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in 1999. Powers was also inducted into the ASU Hockey Player Hall Of Fame in 2009.


Assistants and staff

*
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– Assistant coach (former 15-year professional career including 5 years in the NHL with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, and the Florida Panthers) * Mike Field – Associate head coach (former Assistant Coach Division I and United States Hockey League) * Eddie Lack – Volunteer coach (former 9-year professional career including 5 years in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Calgary Flames, and the New Jersey Devils). * Andrew Matheson – Director of Hockey Operations * Jon Laughner - Coordinator, Equipment Operations * Liane Blyn – Head coach, Olympic Sports * Rick Covard – Assistant athletic trainer * Chase Drieberg - Equipment Student Manager


Statistical leaders


Career points leaders


Career goaltending leaders

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; GAA =
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'' minimum 30 games played Statistics current through the end of the 2024–25 season.


Sun Devils in the NHL

As of July 1, 2024 File:Daccord closeup.jpg, Joey Daccord


References


External links

* {{National Collegiate Hockey Conference College ice hockey teams in Arizona NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams 2015 establishments in Arizona Ice hockey clubs established in 2015