ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA NOTES @SunDevilHockey @SunDevilHockey /SunDevilHockey GAME 5-6: ARIZONA STATE AT #14/15 WISCONSIN NOVEMBER 28-29, 2020 6/ 3 PM (MT) ON THE HORIZON Dec. 3 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. (ET) NHL Network Dec. 4 at Notre Dame 7 p.m. (ET) NBCSN AT LaBAHN Dec. 11/13 at #14 Penn State 6 / 2 p.m. (ET) BTN+ ARENA Madison, WI 6 / 3 p.m. (MT) FOX Sports AZ SUN DEVIL REWIND After encountering the Michigan State series without active NCAA career 4-2-0 0-3-1 goal leader Johnny Walker, the Sun Devils will again have to find a way to navigate the weekend without the senior forward. Walker took a knee-to- RECORD VS. BIG TEN OPPONENTS knee in the final game at Michigan and has yet to take the ice since as his TEAM 2020-21 OVERALL LAST MEETING status remains week-to-week. MICHIGAN 0-2-0 0-5-0-0 L, 0-3 - NOV. 15, 2020 MICHIGAN STATE 0-1-1 3-1-1-1 L, 0-2 - NOV. 20, 2020 Despite the lack of goals scored through two weeks, the Sun Devil roster MINNESOTA 0-0-0 0-2-0-0 L, 2-5 - MARCH 2, 2019 boasts what Coach Powers calls the “deepest roster we’ve had as a NOTRE DAME 0-0-0 0-2-0-0 L, 2-4 - OCT. 8, 2015 program” and double-digit goal scorers in previous seasons. One of those OHIO STATE 0-0-0 0-3-1-0 L, 0-3 - OCT. 13, 2018 is former Badger and senior forward Sean Dhooghe, who returns to Madi- PENN STATE 0-0-0 1-4-0-0 OTW, 4-3 - NOV. 3, 2018 son this weekend for the first time since departing this past offseason. WISCONSIN 0-0-0 0-4-0-0 L, 2-6 - FEB. 22, 2020 Dhooghe has been playing on the top line with James Sanchez -- the first 2020-21 SUN DEVIL LEADERS Sun Devil 40-point earner in 2019-20 -- and freshman Matthew Kopperud, Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA who is filling in the role of Walker. Chris Grando 1 0 1 Cole Brady 0-1-1 .929 2.48 Ryan O’Reilly 1 0 1 Evan DeBrouwer 0-2-0 .877 4.88 Goaltending has proved to be a bright spot for the Sun Devils so far in Jacob Semik 0 1 1 2020-21, with freshman Cole Brady and junior Evan DeBrouwer splitting Jack Judson 0 1 1 games thus far. Brady has posted a .929 save percentage and 2.48 goals against average in two starts and three appearances for a 0-1-1 record. 2020-21 BADGER LEADERS DeBrouwer posted 38 saves Thursday at Michigan State in the 2-0 loss, Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA which matches game one against Wisconsin last year for the last time he Linus Weissbach 4 5 9 Robbie Beydoun 4-2-0 .931 2.47 posted that many saves. Cole Caufield 4 4 8 Tarek Baker 1 5 6 HELLO, WISCONSIN Roman Ahcan 1 3 4 The Badgers have two sweeps sandwiched around being swept at the BY THE NUMBERS hands of Michigan as well. They return four of the top six scorers from a season ago, including 2019 15th overall draft pick Cole Caufield -- who It was an offensive showcase last year between ASU and is coming off a hat trick -- and Sabres’ 7th round pick and current point Wisconsin with 21 goals being scored between the two leader Linus Weissbach. However, Wisconsin will be without 2020 14th 21 games. overall pick Dylan Halloway, who is off to World Junior camp with Team The Sun Devils have five players with over 100-games Canada. played, including James Sanchez, Jacob Wilson, Dominic 5 Garcia, Sean Dhooghe and Johnny Walker. Despite the two losses, the Badgers have scored first in five of their six Redshirt junior Chris Grando scored his first goal in over games and have scored a goal in the first period in all but one game. a year and a half vs. Michigan State after having to sit out 1 the 2019-20 season due to transfer rules. A big, new addition for the Badgers in 2020-21 is graduate transfer goal- tender Robbie Beydoun from Michigan Tech. The Plymouth, Mich. native Senior forward Johnny Walker has 16 more career goals comes in after only playing five games for the Huskies in 2019-20, and is than any other active player in college hockey with 60. already putting up similar numbers with a 2.47 goals against average and 60 Second is MSU’s Mitchell Lewandowski. .931 save percentage. The Badgers have not had a goaltender finish with SUN DEVIL TWEETABLES above a .900 save percentage since 2015. 1. .@SunDevilHockey and @BadgerMHockey have met four times with Wisconsin sweeping the all-time series, 4-0. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2. Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato’s son, Mike, played for ASU head coach BUNCIS: bun-sis KNIERIM: NEER-um Greg Powers during the program’s club days. DHOOGHE: DOO-gie KOPPERUD: copper-RUDD 3. At this time last year, @SunDevilHockey was 1-3-0 before going on to win a ECKERLE: ECK-er-lee KOSOBUD: COH-suh-bud program record 22 games. 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 • “We were able to see each other at the rink the other day. Tony (Granato) was instrumental in getting this During the 2020-21 regular season, the Sun Devils are: partnership with the Big Ten because him and I have such a good relationship. So having him in our corner to • 0-0-0-0 when scoring four or more goals push was huge. We’re here for eight days and to be able to get a drink with him -- that’s a guy you can learn a • 0-1-1-0 when allowing two or fewer goals lot from. He’s just an unbelievable human being. What’s really weird about it, is they’re playing Penn State and • 0-0-0-0 when scoring first they’re at our hotel. Another coach I’m close with and know very well is Guy Gadowsky. We can’t even have • 0-0-0-0 when leading after one period a beer together in the same hotel. We have to be so careful, and that’s the biggest thing I’m noticing about us • 0-0-0-0 when leading after two periods coaches is we’re so terrified – not necessarily of the virus itself – but of the domino effect it can cause if we • 0-3-0-0 when trailing after one period catch it. Sometimes you just can’t avoid it. There’s so many people out there that can’t.” -Head coach Greg • 0-3-1-0 when trailing after two periods Powers on interaction with coaches on road • “We’re going to look to everybody because no one has done it so far. We had a lot of really good chances • 0-0-1-0 when tied after one period against Michigan State, and they got really good goaltending ... Someone has to put one in the back of the net. • 0-0-0-0 when tied after two periods We missed wide open nets in that game Saturday that guys have to execute. We’re not going to change how • 0-0-1-0 in one-goal games we play just because we lost one player. We’re going to see different line combinations to see if we can spark 2020-2021 SCHEDULE some energy on Saturday. We like what we’ve seen the last two days and the guys seem excited about the changes we’ve made, and we’ll see if it works.” -Head coach Greg Powers on missing Johnny Walker Date Opponent Network Time/Result • “He’s so smooth and confident. He genuinely doesn’t expect anyone to score on him, he’s just incredibly Nov. 14 at #12 Michigan BTN+ L, 1-8 Nov. 15 at #12 Michigan BTN L, 0-3 confident that way. That’s what you want out of a goalie. You want a goalie with moxie and that err of Nov. 19 at Michigan State BTN T, 1-1 confidence and swagger, and Cole definitely has that.” -Head coach Greg Powers on Cole Brady Nov. 20 at Michigan State BTN+ L, 0-2 • “He was really good against Michigan State. The amount of chances he created and the energy he brought, he Nov. 28 at #14/15 Wisconsin FS-AZ 8 p.m. is really upset at himself because he had some glorious chances that he didn’t convert on that he will moving Nov. 29 at #14/15 Wisconsin FS-AZ 5 p.m. forward. He’s doing the right things, he’s doing everything but getting that puck in the net and it will happen. Dec. 3 at #Notre Dame NHL Network 7 p.m. He’s excited to be back here and play against his brother and some of his friends in the place he left.