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ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA NOTES @SunDevilHockey SunDevilHockey /SunDevilHockey GAME 9: ARIZONA STATE VS. #17 MICHIGAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2016 7:00 PM (PST) DEVIL INSIDE • For information throughout the season and live in-game updates, follow us on Twitter at @SunDevilHockey. Our homepage is www.thesundevils.com/hockey. AT Gila River Arena Tempe, Ariz. ON THE HORIZON 7:00 p.m. PST Sat, Nov. 12 at New Hampshire 7:00 p.m. ET Watch: Pac-12 Network Sun, Nov. 13 at Boston College 3:00 p.m. ET Listen: Blaze Radio Fri, Nov. 18 at Penn State 7:00 p.m. ET 3-3-1 1-7-0 Sat, Nov. 19 at Penn State 3:00 p.m. ET *Televised on Pac-12 Network; Played at Gila River Arena 2016-17 LEADERS SUN DEVIL REWIND Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA The last two weeks haven’t gone the way head coach Greg Powers would have liked, Robbie Baillargeon 6 1 7 Joey Daccord 1-4-0 .845 5.68 Dylan Hollman 1 5 6 Robert Levin 0-2-0 .881 5.02 as the Sun Devils have dropped four straight since their historic victory over then-No. Nicholas Gushue 2 3 5 Ryland Pashovitz 0-1-0 .839 4.82 18 Air Force on Sunday, Oct. 16. Two of the four match-ups featured highlights of what the Devils could be, as Powers 2016-17 MICHIGAN LEADERS believed his team won sections of each game, but could not put together 60 minutes. Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA Sam Piazza 3 3 6 Jack LaFontaine 1-1-1 .936 2.28 Harvard outscored ASU 13-2 in the two games, with graduate transfer ROBBIE BAIL- Will Lockwood 3 3 6 Hayden Lavigne 2-1-0 .944 2.00 LARGEON tallying the only two goals of the series. BAILLARGEON now paces the Jake Slaker 3 3 6 Zach Nagelvoort 0-1-0 .900 4.05 team with six goals in six games, while accounting for the last five goals scored by the Devils. SERIES TWEETABLES 1. In four match-ups with Michigan while at Boston University, Robbie The shutout by Crimson goaltender Merrick Madsen -- one of college hockey’s best Baillargeon totaled two goals. #FamiliarFoe goaltenders in 2015-16 -- was the first posted against ASU this season. 2. Michigan head coach Gordon “Red” Berenson enters his 33rd season as the bench boss for the program, holding a 835-407-89 record. #Legend Special teams continues to be a point of emphasis by Powers, as his team is 5-for-49 3. Friday ends the nine-game stretch of match-ups against ranked on the power play and 46-for-62 on the penalty kill. opponents to start the season for ASU. 4. Over the last five seasons, Michigan is 2-2 when traveling west of the Mississippi -- split with Nebraska-Omaha & Alaska. #WildWildWest TODAY’S MATCH-UP 5. The Wolverines will have now played each of the two most recent The Sun Devils enter Friday night’s primetime match-up on a four-game skid, meeting programs to make the jump to NCAA Division I. #NewKidsontheBlock the No. 17 Michigan Wolverines who are also coming off back-to-back losses to No. 6. In Michigan’s first season playing Penn State in 2013-14, they would 19 Vermont and Dartmouth. split the regular season four-game series before the Nittany Lions knocked them out in round 1 of the Big Ten Tournament. Michigan, the most decorated program in the history of college hockey with nine 7. .@SunDevilHockey travels over 32,000 miles in 2016-17, which is National Championships, will be the biggest opponent the Devils will face at home enough to circumference the earth 1.33 times. #RackingUpMiles to date. The program is led by Gordon “Red” Berenson, who enters his 33rd season as the bench coach for the Wolverines and is one of the greatest coaches in college hockey history. BY THE NUMBERS Graduate transfer ROBBIE BAILLARGEON has totaled six goals in six appearances this season, including two multi-goal performances in his Through seven games, the Wolverines are averaging 2.57 goals per game, while giving last four games. up just 2.42 goals per game. Four of their seven have been one-goal games, along 6 Twelve of the Sun Devils final 26 games of the season are against with an additional shootout victory vs. Michigan Tech. They’re led by returning junior opponents currently ranked in the USCHO top-20 poll -- including #2 defenseman Sam Piazza, who is tied with freshmen forwards Will Lockwood and Jake Denver, #5 Boston College, #6 Quinnipiac, #11 Ohio State, #14 Penn State Slaker with three goals and three assists apiece. 12 and #17 Michigan. Friday’s game against #17 Michigan ends the Sun Devils’ nine-straight games against ranked opponents to start their first full season in the For the Devils, graduate transfer ROBBIE BAILLARGEON paces the team with six NCAA. goals in his six appearances so far this season. His two-goal performance vs. Harvard 9 was his second multi-goal game in his last four outings. Between assistant coach ALEX HICKS and strength & conditioning coach GARNET EXELBY, the Sun Devil staff has 28 seasons of professional hockey experience. Head coach GREG POWERS points to special teams and playing their best game from 28 “the net out” in order to force the upset on Friday night. BAILLARGE-ON FIRE! 2016-2017 SCHEDULE • After sitting out the Sun Devils’ first two games at Notre Dame (due to a delay in the transfer process), ROBBIE BAILLARGEON has racked up six goals in six games for a goal-per-game average. Date Opponent Time • In four match-ups with Michigan during his time at Boston University, BAILLARGEON tallied two goals Oct.1 Maroon vs Gold 7:05 PM with an even plus-minus. Oct. 7 at Notre Dame L, 9-2 Oct. 8 at Notre Dame L, 4-2 (EN) CALL IT EVEN Oct. 14 vs. Air Force* L, 4-3 • At even strength, the Sun Devils are being outscored 24-12 versus 43-17. Oct.16 vs. Air Force* W, 5-2 • Over 44% of the goals allowed by ASU have been either while a man down or while on the power play Oct. 21 at Northeastern L, 5-2 -- the Sun Devils have allowed 16 power play goals and three shorthanded goals. Oct. 22 at Northeastern L, 6-1 ROAD TRIPPIN’ Oct. 28 vs. Harvard* L, 7-0 Oct. 29 vs. Harvard L, 6-2 • Following this weekend’s solo game against Michigan, the Sun Devils leave on a 10-day road trip that begins on the east coast. Nov. 4 vs. Michigan* 7:05 PM • The Devils will play the University of New Hampshire on Saturday, Nov. 12 followed by a matinee match- Nov. 12 at New Hampshire 7:00 PM up with No. 5 Boston College on Sunday, Nov. 13. They will then drive from Boston to Happy Valley, Penn. Nov. 13 at Boston College 3:00 PM for a two-game series with the last team to make the jump from the ACHA to NCAA Division I status in Nov. 18 at Penn State 7:00 PM Penn State. Nov. 19 at Penn State 3:00 PM WHO ARE YOU? Nov. 25 vs. RPI 7:05 PM Nov. 26 vs. RPI 7:05 PM • Fifteen of the 17 goals scored by the Sun Devils so far this season have come off the sticks of players who did not wear the maroon & gold in 2015-16. Dec. 2 vs. Colgate 7:05 PM • Sophomore defenseman NICHOLAS GUSHUE, who has netted two so far this season, is the only Dec. 3 vs. Colgate 7:05 PM returning player to score who saw action in 2015-16. WADE MURPHY and DYLAN HOLLMAN redshirted Dec. 13 at American International TBD the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Dec. 16 at Massachusetts 7:00 PM Dec. 17 at Massachusetts 7:00 PM DRAFTED DEVILS Desert Hockey Classic • Three of the new Sun Devils were NHL draft picks within the past four years. Dec. 30 St. Cloud State vs. UCONN ^ 4:00 PM • While freshman JOEY DACCORD was drafted prior to wearing the Maroon & Gold, he is officially the Dec. 30 ASU vs. Brown ^ 7:00 PM first drafted player in Sun Devil Division I history as he was commited to ASU. DACCORD went 199th Dec. 31 TBD vs. TBD ^ 4:00 PM overall in the 7th round of the 2015 NHL Draft to the Ottawa Senators. Dec. 31 ASU vs. TBD ^ 7:00 PM • Graduate transfer ROBBIE BAILLARGEON was also drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 2012 NHL Draft in the 5th round and 136th overall. Jan. 6 at Denver 7:30 PM • Redshirt junior WADE MURPHY was selected 185th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL Jan. 7 at Denver 7:00 PM Draft. Jan. 13 at Ohio State TBD • 2017-18 signee PATRICK KUDLA was the most recent Sun Devil to be drafted, as he was selected 158th Jan. 14 at Ohio State TBD overall in the 6th round by the hometown Arizona Coyotes. Jan. 20 vs. Southern New Hampshire 7:05 PM • Redshirt sophomore LOUIE ROWE and freshman BRINSON PASICHNUK were invited to NHL Jan. 21 vs. Southern New Hampshire 7:05 PM Development Camps, including the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild, respectively. ROWE tallied two Jan. 27 at Quinnipiac 7:00 PM goals and one assist in two games played.