ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA NOTES @SunDevilHockey @SunDevilHockey /SunDevilHockey GAME 3: ARIZONA STATE AT MICHIGAN STATE NOVEMBER 19, 2020 6:00 PM (ET) ON THE HORIZON Fri, Nov. 20 at Michigan State 6 p.m. (ET) BTN+ Nov. 28-29 at Wisconsin 8/5 p.m. (ET) FS-W AT MUNN ICE Dec. 3-4 at #20 Notre Dame 7 p.m. (ET) NBCSN ARENA East Lansing, MI SUN DEVIL REWIND 6 p.m. (ET) The Sun Devils didn’t get the hot start they wanted in Ann Arbor, as the No. 6 Big Ten Network Wolverines -- who received one vote as the No. 1 team in the country -- out- 0-0-0 0-2-0 scored ASU 11-1 in the weekend series. After a tough 8-1 loss in game one, the Sun Devils fought tooth-and-nail in a close game down to the end in game two, RECORD VS. BIG TEN OPPONENTS but couldn’t find a chink the armor of Michigan goaltender Strauss Mann. TEAM 2020-21 OVERALL LAST MEETING MICHIGAN 0-2-0 0-5-0-0 L, 0-3 - NOV. 15, 2020 The Sun Devil freshmen shined in the opening weekend, as all five made their MICHIGAN STATE 0-0-0 3-0-0-1 OTL, 0-1 - DEC. 15, 2019 collegiate debuts with forward RYAN O’REILLY netting his first goal in his first MINNESOTA 0-0-0 0-2-0-0 L, 2-5 - MARCH 2, 2019 NCAA game. Linemate MATTHEW KOPPERUD earned his first point with an as- NOTRE DAME 0-0-0 0-2-0-0 L, 2-4 - OCT. 8, 2015 sist on the goal. Meanwhile, goaltender COLE BRADY made 44 saves in game OHIO STATE 0-0-0 0-3-1-0 L, 0-3 - OCT. 13, 2018 two on 47 shots for the most saves by a rookie in his debut in program history. PENN STATE 0-0-0 1-4-0-0 OTW, 4-3 - NOV. 3, 2018 WISCONSIN 0-0-0 0-4-0-0 L, 2-6 - FEB. 22, 2020 SCOUTING THE SPARTANS 2019-20 SUN DEVIL LEADERS After spending parts of the 2019-20 season ranked within the top-20 of the national polls, the Spartans took yet another step forward under fourth-year head Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA coach Danton Cole. Last season, Michigan State was also in the hunt for the Big James Sanchez 10 30 40 Evan DeBrouwer 19-10-3 .921 2.46 Ten regular season title before finishing 11-11-2 in the conference and sixth -- Johnny Walker 20 18 38 Cole Brady (USHL) 21-12-3 .903 2.79 just three points out of second. They would end up finishing the season 15-19-2 Willie Knierim 15 9 24 Justin Robbins 0-0-0 .923 4.00 overall with a loss and overtime victory against the Sun Devils mixed in. PJ Marrocco 13 8 21 The Spartans are without three of their top-5 point earners from a year ago, in- 2019-20 SPARTAN LEADERS cluding 33-point man Patrick Khodorenko. They also lost their team MVP and All- Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA Big Ten second-team goaltender John Lethemon, who will be replaced between Dennis Cesana 7 15 22 Drew DeRidder 0-4-0 .901 2.80 the pipes by junior Drew DeRidder and incoming freshmen Pierce Charleson and Mitchell Lewandowski 8 12 20 Pierce Charleson (AJHL) 36-10-2 .890 2.66 Jon Mor. Tommy Apap 7 5 12 Jon Mor (NAHL/BCHL) 6-11-0 .878 3.80 Tommy Miller 2 7 9 Senior forward Mitchell Lewandowski is an offensive leader, ranking 2nd behind Sun Devil JOHNNY WALKER in career goals scored among active players. BY THE NUMBERS Senior forward Johnny Walker has 17 more career goals than any other active player in college hockey with 60. TALE OF THE TAPE (2019-20) 60 Second is MSU’s Mitchell Lewandowski. Sun Devils (NCAA Rank) Spartans (NCAA Rank) Senior forward James Sanchez was the first Sun Devil in program history to reach the 40-point milestone in a 3.36 (9th) Goals Per Game 2.22 (50th) 40 season last year. Freshman netminder Cole Brady set an ASU program 2.69 (29th) Goals Against Average 2.44 (20th) record for most saves in an NCAA debut with 44 on 28.75 (36th) Shots Per Game 28.28 (40th) 44 Sunday at #6 Michigan. Seven Sun Devils found the scoresheet in game one 19.7% (25th) Power Play 17.3% (36th) against MSU last year, including goals by PJ Marrocco, James Sanchez, Jacob Wilson and Johnny Walker. 86.2% (10th) Penalty Kill 81.1% (31st) 7 SUN DEVIL TWEETABLES 51.0% (20th) Faceoff % 53.8% (7th) 1. These two teams last met nearly a year ago to the date when @SunDevilHockey visited Munn, splitting the series with one-goal wins for each. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2. The Spartans are the only @bigtenhockey team that @SunDevilHockey has a BUNCIS: bun-sis KNIERIM: NEER-um winning record against, boasting three wins and an overtime loss. DHOOGHE: DOO-gie KOPPERUD: copper-RUHD 3. Freshman @oreilly_ryan became the first freshman since @dkoumontzis in ECKERLE: ECK-er-lee KOSOBUD: COH-suh-bud 2018-19 to score a goal in his NCAA debut. 4. After being one of the least experienced teams in college hockey in recent GOURLEY: GORE-lee KOUMONTZIS: co-mun-ZEEZ years, ASU is T7th for most upperclassmen and T4th for most seniors. GRANDO: gran-DOH MANCINELLI: Man-sin-el-EE 5. Before Sunday night against @umichhockey, the Spartans were the last team GVIDO: guh-VEE-doh SANDHU: san-DOO to shutout @SunDevilHockey. JANSONS: YAWN-sons SEMIK: seh-MICK SPARKY VS. SPARTY SUN DEVIL SCENARIOS • These two teams have met four times over the last two seasons, with the Sun Devils owning the series with During the 2020-21 regular season, the Sun Devils are: three victories. • 0-0-0-0 when scoring four or more goals • In their most recent game, it was a goaltending duel between EVAN DeBROUWER and MSU grad JOHN • 0-0-0-0 when allowing two or fewer goals LETHEMON as the game went to overtime, 0-0. While Michigan State’s Mitchell Lewandowski scored the game • 0-0-0-0 when scoring first winner, DeBROUWER made 35 saves in an impressive performance. • 0-0-0-0 when leading after one period • In game one of 2019, ASU held a two-goal lead heading into the 3rd period before the Spartans would knot it • 0-0-0-0 when leading after two periods up halfway through the final frame. JOHNNY WALKER would come through with the game winner with just over • 0-2-0-0 when trailing after one period 5 minutes left in regulation. • 0-2-0-0 when trailing after two periods • In November of 2018, the two met in Tempe with the Sun Devils taking game one, 5-4, as alternate captain JORDAN SANDHU netted his first collegiate goal and first three-point game. • 0-0-0-0 when tied after one period • The next night, former ASU netminder JOEY DACCORD posted a shutout 20-save shutout while SANDHU • 0-0-0-0 when tied after two periods finished a four-point weekend. • 0-0-0-0 in one-goal games 2020-2021 SCHEDULE POPULAR DESTINATION Date Opponent Network Time/Result • The Sun Devils have fallen fortunate to transfers since the program transitioned to Division I, including players Nov. 14 at #12 Michigan BTN+ L, 1-8 like Dylan Hollman, Robbie Baillargeon, Wade Murphy and David Norris. Nov. 15 at #12 Michigan BTN L, 0-3 • In 2019-20, forwards JAMES SANCHEZ (Michigan) and WILLIE KNIERIM (Miami) made immediate impacts in Nov. 19 at Michigan State BTN 6 p.m. their junior seasons. SANCHEZ led the entire team and became the first player in program history to reach 40 Nov. 20 at Michigan State BTN+ 6 p.m. points in a season, while KNIERIM contributed 15 goals and was 5th in scoring for the Devils. Nov. 28 at Wisconsin FS-W 8 p.m. • While CHRIS GRANDO (Boston College) came in a season ago and had to sit out during the 2019-20 season Nov. 29 at Wisconsin FS-W 5 p.m. due to transfer rules, he joins SEAN DHOOGHE (Wisconsin) and TANNER HICKEY (Alabama-Huntsville) Dec. 3 at #20 Notre Dame NHL Network 7 p.m. -- all of which were key contributors to their respective programs before transferring -- as the 2020-21 transfers Dec. 4 at #20 Notre Dame NBCSN 7 p.m. hoping to contribute to the Maroon & Gold transfer reputation. Dec. 11 at #9 Penn State BTN+ 6 p.m. Dec. 13 at #9 Penn State BTN+ 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at #10 Ohio State TBD TBD “NEVER BEEN DEEPER” Dec. 18 at #10 Ohio State TBD TBD • “We have five really good lines right now, and it’s a tough decision to figure out which four of the five are going to go. We know three of them that are staples, but when you have the talent on four and five that we have, it’s a good problem to have. When you’re playing all road games, that depth is going to come in handy there’s no doubt about it.” -Head coach Greg Powers • “We’ve never had a deeper forward group then what we have. It’s by far the deepest forward group we’ve had. *Times are in ET The biggest question mark is how do we replace the minutes lost on the back end from Brinson (Pasichnuk) and (Josh) Maniscalco, and especially (Jacob) Semik who sits out game one with a suspension from the final Wisconsin game last year.