Arizona State coach Powers on new rink potential: ‘I’ve never had a doubt in my mind that they’d come up with something’

Though the Sun Devils have taken an extremely positive approach since the day they launched the program less than three years ago, playing home games at the Oceanside Ice Arena, a facility that can hold less than 1,000 spectators and lacks the infrastructure to operate at a high level, isn’t ideal (photo: Courtney Pedroza).

Arizona State adds Quinnipiac transfer Taverner, who will be eligible in ’18-19

Arizona State announced Thursday the addition of transfer forward Andrew Taverner from Quinnipiac. Taverner joins the Sun Devils after spending the last three seasons with Quinnipiac, which included a NCAA tournament championship game appearance. During his three years, he totaled 15 goals and 17 assists in 93 games for the Bobcats, including three goals and … Read more

Arizona State, Boston College, Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan to play Las Vegas in Jan. 2018

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The inaugural Ice Vegas Invitational will take place Jan. 5-6, 2018, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights. The four-team tournament will feature Arizona State, Boston College, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan. “Las Vegas is quickly transforming from a purely entertainment mecca to one of the world’s destination locations … Read more

Autonomy Five conferences unveil details of meeting to ‘improve the experiences of students who play sports’

Representatives of the Autonomy Five conferences met in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 20, to take additional action to “improve the experiences of students who play sports,” according to a press release sent out Friday by the Big Ten. Over the last three years, the Autonomy Five conferences have passed significant reforms to help student-athletes … Read more