The 2021–22 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season was the 7th 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 10th season.

Season Arizona State spent their entire season hovering around the .500 mark. The team alternated short winning and losing streaks and were only one more than 3 away from an even record. Despite this consistent mediocrity, ASU had put themselves, partly due to the difficulty of their schedule, into a potential NCAA tournament appearance by mid-January.

The Sun Devils' offense led the way with three players averaging more than a point per game. Freshman Josh Doan, son of famed Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan, teamed with sophomore Matthew Kopperud and graduate transfer Colin Theisen to form one of the top offensive lines in the country. Unfortunately, the team's defense wasn't nearly as strong; Arizona State was one of the worst teams in the nation in terms of goals allowed and it was all the offense could do on some nights to keep them in games.

When the Sun Devils met Minnesota State in late-January, Arizona State had a narrow path to a tournament bid if they could earn a split with the #1 team. ASU scored 5 goals in the two games, which was more than most could claim, but they couldn't stop the Mavericks' offense and lost both contests. Their very slim chances were ended the following week when Alaska came to town and swept the weekend slate. Arizona State managed to get their record back up to even by the end of the season but it was apparent that, moving forward, their defensive game needed improvement.

Departures Filips Buncis Forward Graduation (Signed with Krefeld Pinguine) Evan Debrouwer Goaltender Transferred to Bentley Dom Garcia Forward Graduation (retired) Jarrod Gourley Defenseman Transferred to Connecticut Gvido Jansons Defenseman Graduation (Signed with Strömsbro IF) P. J. Marrocco Forward Transferred to Long Island Jax Murray Forward Transferred to Trinity Justin Robbins Goaltender Transferred to Sacred Heart James Sanchez Forward Graduation (Signed with Hartford Wolf Pack) Connor Stuart Forward/Defenseman Left program (retired) Peter Zhong Forward Signed professional contract (HC Kunlun Red Star)

Recruiting Jack Becker Forward 24 Dellwood, MN; graduate transfer from Michigan; selected 195th overall in 2015 Josh Doan Forward 19 Scottsdale, AZ; selected 37th overall in 2021 Jack Jensen Forward 21 Eden Prairie, MN Ben Kraws Goaltender 21 Cranbury, NJ; transfer from Miami Timothy Lovell Defenseman 19 Bad Nauheim, GER; transfer from Boston College Ty Murchison Defenseman 18 Corona, CA; selected 158th overall in 2021 Jackson Niedermayer Forward 20 Newport Beach, CA Ethan Szmagaj Defenseman 20 Canton, MI Colin Theisen Forward 24 Monroe, MI; graduate transfer from Notre Dame Tim Theocharidis Defenseman 23 Toronto, ON; transfer from Bowling Green

Roster As of August 30, 2021.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season

Scoring statistics LW 35 19 23 42 8 F 34 22 18 40 28 RW 25 12 25 37 54 C 35 8 16 24 12 D 34 4 18 22 28 D 35 4 11 15 39 LW 30 6 8 14 24 LW 32 6 8 14 38 RW 34 4 10 14 28 RW 23 6 7 13 18 C 30 2 10 12 6 C/RW 31 6 5 11 4 LW 23 4 7 11 18 D 31 0 9 9 18 D 35 4 3 7 76 F 29 3 4 7 10 C 26 2 3 5 2 D 25 1 4 5 32 D 31 0 4 4 66 LW 19 3 0 3 4 RW 15 0 2 2 4 D 34 0 1 1 6 D 1 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 G 12 0 0 0 0 G 27 0 0 0 0 Bench - - - - - 4 Total 116 196 312 527

Goaltending statistics 3 5:47 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.000 0.00 27 1434 12 11 1 71 689 0 .907 2.97 12 647 5 6 0 42 377 0 .900 3.89 Empty Net - 19 - - - 8 - - - - Total 35 2106 17 17 1 121 1070 0 .898 3.45

Rankings

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.

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