The 2015–16 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program at the Division I level. The Sun Devils represented Arizona State University and were coached by Greg Powers, in his 7th season.
Season With a team composed mostly of ACHA players and freshmen, Arizona State was not expected to be competitive in many of their games. From the start it was apparent that ASU's offense wasn't comparable with other Division I programs and the team struggled to score throughout the season. Against their peers, the Sun Devils were able to score multiple goals in only 6 games. After winning the program's first road sweep in mid-November, ASU lost their next 16 games, only arresting their slide when the team took on Division III Wisconsin–Eau Claire.
Despite the bad results, there were few recriminations for the debutant program. Arizona State had little going in their favor in their first season and growing pains were expected for the nascent team.
Recruiting Jake Clifford Defenseman 20 Brecksville, OH Anthony Croston Forward 21 Phoenix, AZ Nicholas Gushue Defenseman 20 West Vancouver, BC Cody Gylling Forward 21 Chandler, AZ David Jacobson Goaltender 21 Calabasas, CA Matt Kennedy Forward 20 Mount Pearl, NL Brock Krygier Defenseman 22 Novi, MI; transfer from Michigan State Joe Lappin Forward 21 Geneva, IL Jordan Masters Forward 21 Rochester, NY Liam McGing Defenseman 20 Chicago, IL Dave Norris Forward 21 Calgary, AB; transfer from American International; red shirt Ryland Pashovitz Goaltender 20 Saskatoon, SK Garrett Peterson Forward 24 Manhattan, IL; graduate transfer from Notre Dame Joey Raats Defenseman 20 Las Vegas, NV Jack Rowe Forward 21 Cary, IL Louie Rowe Forward 21 East Lansing, MI; red shirt Ryan Stevens Forward 20 Euless, TX Charlie Zuccarini Forward 20 Shelton, CT
Roster
As of March 20, 2017.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring Statistics RW 27 8 14 22 46 D 28 2 13 15 12 F 29 5 6 11 8 C/RW 27 4 5 9 25 F 27 3 6 9 10 F 28 2 5 7 35 F 25 3 3 6 6 LW 27 3 3 6 32 D 23 3 2 5 6 F 24 3 2 5 6 RW 18 3 1 4 8 RW 28 2 2 4 29 D 20 1 3 4 12 F 26 0 4 4 2 D 25 1 2 3 10 F 8 2 0 2 2 D 21 0 2 2 2 F 23 1 0 1 6 F 7 0 1 1 6 D 15 0 1 1 20 D 18 0 1 1 2 RW/C 19 0 1 1 0 D 21 0 1 1 8 G 7 0 0 0 0 G 10 0 0 0 0 F 12 0 0 0 33 D 15 0 0 0 16 Bench - - - - - 4 Total 46 78 124 368
Goaltending statistics 7 253 1 1 0 14 146 0 .912 3.32 19 1034 4 14 1 65 587 0 .900 3.77 10 464 0 7 1 35 247 0 .876 4.53 Empty Net - 6 - - - 2 - - - - Total 29 1757 5 22 2 116 980 0 .894 3.96
Rankings
PollWeekPre123456789101112131415161718192021222324 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR *USCHO did not release a poll in week 23.
Players drafted into the NHL 2016 NHL entry draft No Arizona State players were selected in the NHL draft.
References