TEMPE – Sitting atop the NCHC, the No. 11 Sun Devil ice hockey team (13-8-1, 8-4-0 NCHC) heads home to take on No. 19 Colorado College (11-10-1, 5-6-1 NCHC) on Jan. 24-25 at Mullett Arena. The top-20 showdown starts on NCHC.tv at 7 p.m. MST on Friday. Game two of the series is slated for a 5 p.m. MST puck drop on Fox 10 Xtra and NCHC.tv. Both games will be broadcast on the airwaves on Fox Sports 910.
Coming home off a road sweep of then-No. 15 St. Cloud State, ASU prepares for redemption against its NCHC foe Colorado College after losing the first two match-ups in November earlier in the season. The games marked the first of ASU's conference games as the newest members of the NCHC. Since then, the Sun Devils went on a heater through conference play, boasting six wins to only two losses.
ASU NOTABLES
On Friday of the two-game series earlier this season, the Arizona State hockey team put up a huge comeback after being down 2-0 at the end of the opening frame thanks to goals from Ryan Alexander, Dylan Jackson, and Noah Beck to take the 3-2 lead. Just as victory lay 57 seconds away, the No. 8 Colorado College Tigers (7-0-0, 1-0-0) tied the score, 3-3, to push the game to overtime. The Sun Devils conceded the overtime victory to suffer a 4-3 loss. Despite the overtime loss, the Sun Devils still secured one point in the conference standings. Ryan Alexander's goal was also the first scored by an ASU skater in NCHC play in program history.
On Saturday night, ASU put up a higher-volume offensive effort but ultimately dropped game two, 3-1. Arizona native David Hymovitch scored his first collegiate goal to protect ASU from the road shutout. ASU outshot CC, 41-21, through three periods, but couldn't sneak enough past CC's netminder who made a season-high 40 saves.
HISTORY VS THE TIGERS (6-4-2)
L, 1-3 on Nov. 9, 2024 at Ed Robson Arena (conference game)
L, 3-4 (OT) on Nov. 8, 2024 at Ed Robson Arena (conference game)
W, 2-0 on Dec. 2, 2023 at Ed Robson Arena
T, 2-2 (OT, Shootout Win) on Dec. 1, 2023 at Ed Robson Arena
W, 6-1 on Oct. 22, 2022 at Mullett Arena
W, 5-3 on Oct. 21, 2022 at Mullett Arena
W, 4-0 on Dec. 15, 2018 at Oceanside Ice Arena
W, 4-2 on Dec. 14, 2018 at Oceanside Ice Arena
T, 4-4 on Dec. 17, 2017 at BroAdmoor Arena
L, 0-4 on Dec. 16, 2017 at BroAdmoor Arena
HOBEY BAKER NOMINEES
Three skaters on the Arizona State hockey team, Ryan Kirwan, Noah Beck and Bennett Schimek were named to the Hobey Baker Memorial Award watchlist as announced by the organization on Wednesday morning.
ROAD WARRIORS
ASU set a new program record for the longest road winning streak with four consecutive games. The previous high was three and reached multiple times over the course of the team's 10-year history. The four game streak dates back to Nov. 22, 2024 and includes ASU's road sweep over then-No. 1 Denver and last weekend's sweep at then-No. 15 St. Cloud State
HIGH OFF ST. CLOUD
ASU returns home from a road sweep of then-No. 15 St. Cloud State over the weekend at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The Sun Devils secured their first two victories over the Huskies all-time (2-3-0), scoring 11 goals in the two contests. ASU now ranks fourth in the country in goals per game with 3.5.
CLUTCH KIRWAN
Ryan Kirwan scored three goals over the weekend at St. Cloud State, including a game-winning goal that separated him as the top scorer in the NCHC. With 14 goals on the season, Kirwan is tied for sixth in the country in goals and goals per game (.64).
HOT HAND HOMER
Gibson Homer is on a four-game winning streak dating back to his shutout victory over Cornell in the Desert Hockey Classic. The Arizona State goaltender has made 10 starts this season and backstopped the Sun Devils to its second-straight road sweep of an NCHC opponent this past weekend. Homer improved to 6-3-1 with a 31-save performance in his most recent appearance at St. Cloud State.
SILKY MITTS SILLINGER
Lukas Sillinger recorded five consecutive multi-point games. He tallied two points in each appearance dating back to Jan. 4, 2025 against Cornell. The streak includes three goals and seven assists for a 2025 that includes 10 points in the last five games. The mark makes him a point per game player with 20 games played this season (20 PTS). He is tied for eighth in the NCHC in points and points per game. He is fifth in the NCHC in assists and fourth in assists per game.
ARTY PARTY
Artem Shlaine set a career single game high with four points against St. Cloud State last Saturday night from one goal and three assists. He heads into this weekend's matchup vs Colorado College on a four game point streak including 17 in his last 11 appearances. Shlaine is only one point away from reaching 100 career points in an NCAA career split between UConn, Northern Michigan and Arizona State.
CAREER MILESTONE WATCH
Coming home off a road sweep of then-No. 15 St. Cloud State, ASU prepares for redemption against its NCHC foe Colorado College after losing the first two match-ups in November earlier in the season. The games marked the first of ASU's conference games as the newest members of the NCHC. Since then, the Sun Devils went on a heater through conference play, boasting six wins to only two losses.
ASU NOTABLES
- Noah Beck is the team leader in points with 22 (4G, 18A). The mark is tied fifth in NCHC for most points. His 18 assists is tied ninth in the NCAA.
- Kyle Smolen is coming off a four-point weekend at St. Cloud State (1G, 3A). He also boasts six points in his last four games.
- ASU is on a six-game winning streak against ranked teams
- With three power play goals, ASU's unit moved to ninth best in the country with a 26.8 percent success rate.
- ASU set a new single season high for power play goals in a game with four at then-No. 15 St. Cloud State. The goals were tallied by Lukas Sillinger, Noah Beck, Ty Jackson, and Ryan Kirwan
- ASU had success on the power play last weekend against the Huskies penalty kill which ranked fifth in the NCAA with a 90.2 percent success rate going into the weekend. The Sun Devils will face a similarly successful system by CC this weekend. The Tigers boast the ninth best kill in the country with a 85.9 percent success rate.
- The Sun Devils tallied 11 goals at St. Cloud State to jump to No. 4 in the country for goals per game with an average of 3.5.
- In six of its last eight games, ASU tallied more than four goals
- Sillinger is eight points away from reaching 150 career points. He tallied 53 in his first two seasons of collegiate hockey at Bemidji State and 89 total points in his three-year career at Arizona State.
- ASU has not allowed more than four goals against this season.
- ASU leads the NCHC in players with hat tricks. No other NCHC team has had two hat tricks this season. ASU recorded hat tricks from Kirwan and Schimek.
- ASU is ranked fourth in the NCAA in scoring offense (3.45 avg.) and 11th in scoring margin (.96)
- Bennett Schimek is tied for the league lead in short-handed goals after scoring two at Air Force to kickoff the season.
- With last weekend's wins, the Sun Devils moved to 12-1-0 when scoring the first goal of the game.
- When leading after two periods, ASU is 9-0-0.
On Friday of the two-game series earlier this season, the Arizona State hockey team put up a huge comeback after being down 2-0 at the end of the opening frame thanks to goals from Ryan Alexander, Dylan Jackson, and Noah Beck to take the 3-2 lead. Just as victory lay 57 seconds away, the No. 8 Colorado College Tigers (7-0-0, 1-0-0) tied the score, 3-3, to push the game to overtime. The Sun Devils conceded the overtime victory to suffer a 4-3 loss. Despite the overtime loss, the Sun Devils still secured one point in the conference standings. Ryan Alexander's goal was also the first scored by an ASU skater in NCHC play in program history.
On Saturday night, ASU put up a higher-volume offensive effort but ultimately dropped game two, 3-1. Arizona native David Hymovitch scored his first collegiate goal to protect ASU from the road shutout. ASU outshot CC, 41-21, through three periods, but couldn't sneak enough past CC's netminder who made a season-high 40 saves.
HISTORY VS THE TIGERS (6-4-2)
L, 1-3 on Nov. 9, 2024 at Ed Robson Arena (conference game)
L, 3-4 (OT) on Nov. 8, 2024 at Ed Robson Arena (conference game)
W, 2-0 on Dec. 2, 2023 at Ed Robson Arena
T, 2-2 (OT, Shootout Win) on Dec. 1, 2023 at Ed Robson Arena
W, 6-1 on Oct. 22, 2022 at Mullett Arena
W, 5-3 on Oct. 21, 2022 at Mullett Arena
W, 4-0 on Dec. 15, 2018 at Oceanside Ice Arena
W, 4-2 on Dec. 14, 2018 at Oceanside Ice Arena
T, 4-4 on Dec. 17, 2017 at BroAdmoor Arena
L, 0-4 on Dec. 16, 2017 at BroAdmoor Arena
HOBEY BAKER NOMINEES
Three skaters on the Arizona State hockey team, Ryan Kirwan, Noah Beck and Bennett Schimek were named to the Hobey Baker Memorial Award watchlist as announced by the organization on Wednesday morning.
ROAD WARRIORS
ASU set a new program record for the longest road winning streak with four consecutive games. The previous high was three and reached multiple times over the course of the team's 10-year history. The four game streak dates back to Nov. 22, 2024 and includes ASU's road sweep over then-No. 1 Denver and last weekend's sweep at then-No. 15 St. Cloud State
HIGH OFF ST. CLOUD
ASU returns home from a road sweep of then-No. 15 St. Cloud State over the weekend at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. The Sun Devils secured their first two victories over the Huskies all-time (2-3-0), scoring 11 goals in the two contests. ASU now ranks fourth in the country in goals per game with 3.5.
CLUTCH KIRWAN
Ryan Kirwan scored three goals over the weekend at St. Cloud State, including a game-winning goal that separated him as the top scorer in the NCHC. With 14 goals on the season, Kirwan is tied for sixth in the country in goals and goals per game (.64).
HOT HAND HOMER
Gibson Homer is on a four-game winning streak dating back to his shutout victory over Cornell in the Desert Hockey Classic. The Arizona State goaltender has made 10 starts this season and backstopped the Sun Devils to its second-straight road sweep of an NCHC opponent this past weekend. Homer improved to 6-3-1 with a 31-save performance in his most recent appearance at St. Cloud State.
SILKY MITTS SILLINGER
Lukas Sillinger recorded five consecutive multi-point games. He tallied two points in each appearance dating back to Jan. 4, 2025 against Cornell. The streak includes three goals and seven assists for a 2025 that includes 10 points in the last five games. The mark makes him a point per game player with 20 games played this season (20 PTS). He is tied for eighth in the NCHC in points and points per game. He is fifth in the NCHC in assists and fourth in assists per game.
ARTY PARTY
Artem Shlaine set a career single game high with four points against St. Cloud State last Saturday night from one goal and three assists. He heads into this weekend's matchup vs Colorado College on a four game point streak including 17 in his last 11 appearances. Shlaine is only one point away from reaching 100 career points in an NCAA career split between UConn, Northern Michigan and Arizona State.
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CAREER MILESTONE WATCH
- Lukas Sillinger is eight points away from 150 career points split between five years between Bemidji State and Arizona State. He is also eight games away from his 100th at ASU after surpassing his 150th NCAA game six games ago. He is three assists away from breaking the program record for ASU career assists. Sillinger boasts 66 at ASU and the record is currently held by Brinson Pasichnuk (68)
- Artem Shlaine is one point away from 100 career points split (UConn, Northern Michigan, and Arizona State). He is 10 games away from 150 in the NCAA
- Noah Beck is five games away from 150 collegiate career games