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MEDIA NOTES @Sundevilhockey @Sundevilhockey /Sundevilhockey ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA NOTES @SunDevilHockey @SunDevilHockey /SunDevilHockey GAME 7-8: ARIZONA STATE AT #13/16 NOTRE DAME DECEMBER 3-4, 2020 7/5 PM (MT) ON THE HORIZON Dec. 11 at Penn State 6 p.m. (ET) BTN+ Dec. 13 at Penn State 2 p.m. (ET) BTN+ AT COMPTON FAMILY Dec. 17/18 at #14 Ohio State 5:30 p.m.. (ET) BTN+ ICE ARENA South Bend, IN SUN DEVIL REWIND 7 / 5 p.m. (MT) Still, without the NCAA leading scorer Johnny Walker, the Sun Devils NHL Network were able to generate an offensive explosion against the Badger defense 2-2-0 2-3-1 which featured many career firsts’ including sophomore forward Jax Mur- ray getting his first career point in game one and his first multi-goal game RECORD VS. BIG TEN OPPONENTS the following night. Alongside Murray, freshman forward Matthew Kop- TEAM 2020-21 OVERALL LAST MEETING perud netted his first collegiate goal on Saturday night, but it didn’t stop MICHIGAN 0-2-0 0-5-0-0 L, 0-3 - NOV. 15, 2020 there, he went on to finish the series with five points (2G-3A) and lead the MICHIGAN STATE 0-1-1 3-1-1-1 L, 0-2 - NOV. 20, 2020 Sun Devils in scoring. MINNESOTA 0-0-0 0-2-0-0 L, 2-5 - MARCH 2, 2019 NOTRE DAME 0-0-0 0-2-0-0 L, 2-4 - OCT. 8, 2016 After only scoring two goals in the first four games, the Sun Devils proved OHIO STATE 0-0-0 0-3-1-0 L, 0-3 - OCT. 13, 2018 how much talent they carry especially in their third and fourth lines. On PENN STATE 0-0-0 1-4-0-0 OTW, 4-3 - NOV. 3, 2018 Saturday night 12 different names made the scoresheet for the Sun WISCONSIN 2-0-0 2-4-0-0 W, 3-1 - NOV. 29, 2020 Devils including a career-high two-goal game for junior forward Demetrios 2020-21 SUN DEVIL LEADERS Koumontzis and a shorthanded goal from senior forward Willie Knierim, his first of the season. Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA Matthew Kopperud 2 3 5 Cole Brady 1-1-1 .911 3.22 Jax Murray 2 1 3 Evan DeBrouwer 1-2-0 .904 3.41 Goaltending has continued to be exemplary for the Sun Devils this Willie Knierim 2 1 3 season with freshman Cole Brady and junior Evan Debrouwer splitting Benji Eckerle 1 2 3 the time in net in Wisconsin, both going (1-0-0) for the weekend. After his performance on Sunday, Debrouwer now has a .904 save percentage and 2020-21 FIGHTING IRISH LEADERS 3.41 goals against average with a 1-2-0 record. Brady posted a .911 save Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA percentage and 3.22 goals against average after the win on Saturday, his Alex Steeves 1 4 5 Ryan Bischel 2-0-0 .951 1.42 record is now 1-1-1. Colin Theisen 3 1 4 Dylan St. Cyr 0-2-0 .841 3.82 Michael Graham 0 3 3 LUCK OF THE IRISH? Graham Slaggart 0 2 2 The Fighting Irish are coming off their first wins of the season with a sweep against Michigan. Two of their top scorers have returned this BY THE NUMBERS season and are already making an impact. Senior forward Colin Theisen Innovation meets tradition for only the second time in leads all returners with 25 career goals. Against Michigan, Theisen put up history as the Sun Devils and Fighting Irish met once three goals with one assist. Joining Theisen is junior forward Alex Steeves 2 before with a series in 2016-17 in South Bend. who led the Fighting Irish in points last season with 28. Last weekend, The Sun Devils have five players with over 100-games Steeves tallied up five points with one goal and four assists. played, including James Sanchez, Jacob Wilson, Dominic 5 Garcia, Sean Dhooghe and Johnny Walker. Through four games, Notre Dame has totaled eight goals. Only one goal came in the first period with the rest coming in the second and third. During game one of the Wisconsin series, the Sun Devils racked up 8 goals which is tied for most goals in program The team welcomed freshmen forwards Landon Slaggert and Ryder 8 history. Rolston, who are considered two of the top newcomers in the country. Sophomore forward Jax Murray scored his first collegiate Slaggert, the South Bend, Ind. native, recorded his first collegiate point point with an assist in game one then went on to score during the Michigan series. After being unranked last week, Notre Dame 18 two goals the next night for his first multi-goal game. moved back into the top 20, coming in at No. 16 in the USCHO poll and SUN DEVIL TWEETABLES No. 13 in USA Today. 1. @SunDevilHockey and @NDHockey have only met one time in 2016 with Notre Dame taking both games. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2. Freshman forward @kopper303 was the first freshman since senior forward BUNCIS: bun-sis KNIERIM: NEER-um @jwalks96 to score in consecutive games. DHOOGHE: DOO-gie KOPPERUD: copper-RUDD 3. After an impressive offensive showing against @BadgerMHockey, ECKERLE: ECK-er-lee KOSOBUD: COH-suh-bud @SunDevilHockey came in ranked No. 20 in the @USCHO poll this week. 4. Freshman @oreilly_ryan became the first freshman since @dkoumontzis in GOURLEY: GORE-lee KOUMONTZIS: co-mun-ZEEZ 2018-19 to score a goal in his NCAA debut. GRANDO: gran-DOH MANCINELLI: Man-sin-el-EE 5. After being one of the least experienced teams in college hockey in recent GVIDO: guh-VEE-doh SANDHU: san-DOO years, ASU is T7th for most upperclassmen and T4th for most seniors. JANSONS: YAWN-sons SEMIK: seh-MICK QUOTES OF THE WEEK SUN DEVIL SCENARIOS • “So structured. Very well coached. They always are. Very disciplined, they aren’t going to take any dumb During the 2020-21 regular season, the Sun Devils are: penalities, so if you’re going to be undisciplined you’re going to lose. They are really hard to play against. • 1-0-0-0 when scoring four or more goals They have a lot of talent, do they have the talent of a team like Michigan? No, but they went in and swept • 1-1-1-0 when allowing two or fewer goals them because they throw so much structure at you. If you don’t have a plan and you don’t have a disciplined • 1-0-0-0 when scoring first approach to play a team this well-coached you have no chance.” -Head coach Greg Powers on facing Notre • 1-0-0-0 when leading after one period Dame • 2-0-0-0 when leading after two periods • 0-3-0-0 when trailing after one period • “He was great. He played with tremendous pace and he was effective. Getting Komo to play the right way from • 0-3-1-0 when trailing after two periods a puck position standpoint and not force things that aren’t there. He’s so gifted in protecting the puck instead of forcing something that’s not there just waiting, turning back. There’s so many things that he can do and he • 1-0-1-0 when tied after one period started to do it. He was very, very good and it wasn’t just because he scored. He was very effective for us.” - • 0-0-0-0 when tied after two periods Head coach Greg Powers on junior forward Demetrios Koumontzis • 0-0-1-0 in one-goal games 2020-2021 SCHEDULE • “It’s kind of fun. It’s definitely different and we knew it was going to be a struggle and a grind being on the road for this long but being on the road with the whole team it’s really fun. We’re around each other 24/7 and like any Date Opponent Network Time/Result brothers, we’ll fight but it is what it is. It’s a little bit longer than we anticipated at first, but we’re here for it and Nov. 14 at #12 Michigan BTN+ L, 1-8 Nov. 15 at #12 Michigan BTN L, 0-3 ready for the challenge.” -Senior forward Willie Knierim on the road trip so far Nov. 19 at Michigan State BTN T, 1-1 Nov. 20 at Michigan State BTN+ L, 0-2 • “Our young guys are awesome. They’re collectively a great group of guys and we saw that when they came in Nov. 28 at #14/15 Wisconsin FS-AZ W, 8-5 at the very start, so we had a little bit longer time with them due to the circumstances in season this year which Nov. 29 at #14/15 Wisconsin FS-AZ W, 3-1 did nothing but help us. We got to know them more and play with them longer in practice. Being an older guy Dec. 3 at #Notre Dame NHL Network 7 p.m. to the younger guy it’s decently easy, they do the right things and they continue to do the right things and when Dec. 4 at Notre Dame NBCSN 7 p.m. they need help they lean on us.” Senior forward Willie Knierim on the young guys on the team Dec. 11 at #15/14 Penn State BTN+ 6 p.m. Dec. 13 at #15/14 Penn State BTN+ 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at #10 Ohio State TBD TBD POPULAR DESTINATION Dec.
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