MEDIA NOTES @Sundevilhockey Sundevilhockey /Sundevilhockey GAME 23: #15/13 ARIZONA STATE VS BOSTON COLLEGE JANUARY 4, 2019 7:05 PM (MST)
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ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA NOTES @SunDevilHockey SunDevilHockey /SunDevilHockey GAME 23: #15/13 ARIZONA STATE VS BOSTON COLLEGE JANUARY 4, 2019 7:05 PM (MST) ON THE HORIZON Jan. 11-12 at #20 Cornell 7 p.m. (EST) Jan. 25-26 at Boston University 7:30 p.m./7 p.m. (EST) AT Oceanside Ice Arena Feb. 1-2 at RIT 7:05 p.m. (EST) Tempe, AZ 7:05 p.m. (MST) SUN DEVIL REWIND The Sun Devils finished off 2018 with a tie against No. 3/8 Minnesota State in the Desert Hockey Classic Tournament to conclude the first half of the season 6-7-2 14-7-1 at 14-7-1. 2018-19 LEADERS The Sun Devils currently have a six-game winning streak at home. This season Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA alone the Devils have had six sweeps, including at Princeton. Johnny Walker 18 7 25 Joey Daccord 14-7-1 .929 2.18 Brinson Pasichnuk 7 11 18 Not only do they have their best record in program history, but they have the Tyler Busch 4 12 16 No. 1 goal scorer in the nation, JOHNNY WALKER with 18 goals. Anthony Croston 4 11 15 Freshmen JOSHUA MANISCALCO and JORDAN SANDHU have 12 points a 2018-19 PRINCETON LEADERS piece while Sandhu leads the freshmen bunch with 10 assists on the season. However, their counterparts aren’t far behind as PJ MARROCCO and DEME- Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA David Cotton 11 7 18 Joseph Woll 5-7-2 .929 2.06 TRIOS KOUMONTZIS tally 10 points. Julius Mattila 6 8 14 Ryan Edquist 1-0-0 .865 3.43 Junior goaltender JOEY DACCORD has started all 22 games in maroon and Logan Hutsko 4 8 12 gold with five shutouts on the year--the most out of any goaltender in the Michael Kim 0 7 7 league--and sports a .929 save percentage. SERIES TWEETABLES 1. This is the second-ever meeting -- and first since 2016 -- between LEGEN-DARY @SunDevilHockey and @BCHockey. JERRY YORK, serving his 25th year as head coach of Boston College, leads 2. Last time these teams met, @BCHockey was ranked #3 and the Sun the Eagles to Tempe for the first time and second overall meeting with ASU. Devils held the Eagles to a 2-1 game until an empty-net goal late. The Eagles started the season on a five-game losing streak and since then 3. .@SunDevilHockey’s 14 wins is the most in program history, which was they have gone 6-2-2. broke after eclipsing 10 in early December. Junior forward DAVID COTTON leads the program with 11 goals, while junior 4. .@Jwalks96 leads the country with 18 goals so far this season, forward JULIUS MATTILA and sophomore forward LOGAN HUTSKO have eight surpassing his season total from last year of 17 in 32 games. assists, respectively. 5. Last weekend, @SunDevilHockey debuted their new adidas black uniforms at the Desert Hockey Classic. Between the pipes, junior JOSEPH WOLL has played in 14 games this season 6. .@TheSunDevils remained #13 in this week’s USA Today/USA Magazine for the Eagles with a .929 save percentage and two shutouts. Coaches Poll and moved up to #10 in the Pairwise rankings. 7. .@JDac35’s 14 wins and five shutouts lead the country in each New York Islanders draft pick forward freshman OLIVER WAHLSTROM will respective category among goaltenders. not be traveling with the team as he is participating in the IIHF World Junior 8. Junior d-man @Brindogboy ranks tied for 2nd in goals (7) and tied for Classic Tournament with Team USA. 6th in points (18). TALE OF THE TAPE (2018-19) BY THE NUMBERS The Sun Devils have 14 wins on the season, the most Sun Devils (NCAA Rank) Eagles (NCAA Rank) in program history with the last time being in double 14 digits was in 2016-2017 with 10 wins. 3.23 (14th) Goals Per Game 2.13 (53rd) While his 18 goals lead the country, JOHNNY 2.32 (16th) Goals Against Average 2.47 (18th) WALKER’s 25 points rank him tied for 5th in overall 25 points. 30.64 (19th) Shots Per Game 30.80 (18th) The Sun Devils are currently on a six-game home 17.2% (36th) Power Play 19.1% (24tj) 6 winning streak entering 2019. 85.1% (13th) Penalty Kill 82.3% (25th) So far this season, the Sun Devils are 12-1-1 when scoring first. 48.6% (41st) Faceoff % 52.6% (18th) 12 PROGRAM FIRSTS • In week one, the Sun Devils captured their first-ever home sweep with back-to-back wins over Alaska Fairbanks 2018-2019 SCHEDULE for their best start to a season at 2-0. ASU got scoring from 13 different players in the first two weekends, Date Opponent Time including points from five of six starting freshmen. • In week two, ASU played a team ranked No. 1 for the first time, and both nights they pushed the top-ranked Oct. 6 vs. Alaska Fairbanks W, 3-0 Buckeyes to the brink. Game one featured a 3-2 loss, while game two was a 3-0 loss that included a penalty Oct. 7 vs. Alaska Fairbanks W, 5-0 shot goal and an empty-net goal for the Buckeyes. Oct. 12 vs. #1 Ohio State L, 2-3 • In week three, the Sun Devils hit the road to Alabama-Huntsville for the first time, and swept the Chargers for the first road sweep since December of 2016 -- and second ever. Oct. 13 vs. #1 Ohio State L, 0-3 (EN) • The two wins and best-ever start at the time at 4-2 earned Coach Powers and the Devils their first-ever vote in Oct.19 at Alabama-Huntsville W, 2-1 the USCHO top-20 poll in week three. • Week four featured another series sweep -- the Sun Devils third of the short season -- against Nebraska Oct. 20 at Alabama-Huntsville W, 5-1 Omaha, in which ASU outscored the Mavericks 13-5. Over the program’s last three seasons, ASU totaled just Oct. 26 vs. Omaha W, 6-3 two series’ sweeps. Oct. 27 vs. Omaha W., 7-2 • The wins against Omaha were also ASU’s first-ever wins against an NCHC opponent. They had three ties and six losses up until last weekend. Nov. 2 at #6 Penn State L, 5-6 • In week five, the Sun Devils defeated a top-10 team for the first time in program history with a 4-3 overtime win Nov. 3 at #6 Penn State W, 4-3 (OT) over then-No. 6 Penn State. ASU had tied two top-10 teams two seasons ago, but never earned a true victory. • In week six, the Sun Devils cracked the USCHO top-20 poll for the first time in program history at No. 18. It also Nov. 9 vs. Michigan State W, 5-4 represented their first-ever sweep of a Big Ten team. Nov. 10 vs. Michigan State W, 2-0 • In week seven, the Sun Devils earned their first come from behind victory entering the third period, while also Nov. 16 at Harvard L, 1-4 capturing the first win in the Boston area with a 3-2 overtime victory over Harvard. • In week eight, ASU broke the program record for wins in a season with their 11th of the year. Nov. 17 at Harvard W, 3-2 (OT) • In week nine, the Sun Devils scored their fastest goal in program history, going up 1-0 just 15 seconds into the Nov. 23 at Omaha L, 4-6 (EN) game on Friday vs. Princeton. • In week 10, the Sun Devils erased a two-goal deficit in a come-from-behind win for the first time ever at home, Nov. 24 at Omaha L, 0-4 and the first two-goal comeback since at New Hampshire in 2016. Dec. 7 at Princeton W, 4-0 Dec. 8 at Princeton W, 3-2 (OT) THE HERO WE DESERVE Dec. 14 vs. Colorado College W, 4-2 • Saturday was the third time this season that sophomore forward JOHNNY WALKER scored either the game- tying or game-winning goal, as he tied hte game 2-2 with 26 seconds left vs. #3/8 Minnesota State. Dec. 15 vs. Colorado College W, 4-0 • WALKER has five goals in his last four games to extend his NCAA lead to 18. He now holds a five-goal lead Desert Hockey Classic - Glendale, Az.. atop the charts over Penn State’s Evan Barratt, who is currently playing for Team USA at the IIHF World Junior Championships. His 18 goals also breaks his own record for most goals by a Sun Devil in program history. Dec. 28 vs. #19 Clarkson* L, 0-3 • His contributions usually lead to team success based on the first half of the season. When tallying at least a Dec. 29 vs. #3/8 Minnesota State* T, 2-2 point, the Sun Devils are 11-2-1. They’re 3-5-0 when he is held scoreless. Jan. 4 vs. Boston College 7:05 PM • WALKER has nine multi-point games and five multi-goal performances, and has surpassed last season’s goal total of 17 in 11 fewer games. Jan. 5 vs. Boston College* 7:05 PM • After his five-point weekend back on Oct. 26-27 vs. Omaha, WALKER was named ESPN’s Best Player in the Jan. 11 at #20 Cornell 7:00 PM World of the Week in hockey.