The 2024–25 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season was the 10th season of play for the program at the Division I level and 1st in the NCHC. The Sun Devils represented Arizona State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their homes games at the Mullett Arena and were coached by Greg Powers in his 13th season.

Season For the program's first season in the NCHC, Arizona State did not get off to a good start. Though they were ranked in the pre-season polls, ASU quickly fell off the board and had a dreadful record by the beginning of November. In the first five weeks, the team won just 3 of its 10 games with two of those coming against Northern Michigan, the program who finished dead last in the national rankings by year's end. The one saving grace for the Sun Devils was that many of their early-season matches were against other ranked teams, which kept the team's postseason hopes alive, but only just. Five of the team's seven losses were by only 1 goal so the club only needed a small improvement but by mid-November they were desperate for wins.

Just before Thanksgiving, Arizona State travelled to face the #1 team in the nation, defending champion Denver. The Pioneers were sitting on an unblemished record at the time and looked to be setting themselves up for yet another title. In a stunning result, ASU swept the Pioneers in the weekend thanks in large part to four goals from Artem Shlaine. This was not only the first time that ASU had defeated a top-ranked school but the first time that they had done so on the road and in consecutive games. This was also the first time that Denver had been swept at home since February of 2020. Aside from the historical aspects, the pair of wins completely chanced the complexion of the Sun Devils' season. ASU jumped more than 20 spots in the PairWise rankings and found themselves just outside the playoff bubble with plenty of opportunities to continue moving up.

The team followed up their historic weekend by winning 8 of their next 10 games before and after the winter break. This stretch included five victories over ranked opponents and lifted ASU not only into the top half of the conference standings but also into position for a potential at-large bid. Unfortunately, the team began to lose steam once February rolled around. After sweeping their series with Miami, the worst team in the conference, Arizona State was unable to win consecutive games for the rest of the regular season. The program saw their ranking slip from a high of 12th to 16th by the start of the conference tournament.

Due to the poor performance of two other conferences during the season, Arizona State's only hope to making the NCAA tournament would be to either win the NCHC championship outright or reach the championship game and then hope that there were no upsets by lower-ranked clubs. With their goaltending being consistently adequate throughout the year, ASU's playoff hopes rested largely on their offense. Fortunately, the Sun Devils were a top five team in goal scoring and they were able to pull out two narrow victories over a down Minnesota Duluth team. In their vital semifinal match against Denver, Arizona State got off to a bad start but they managed to recover in the second period. Goals from two of their top scorers (Shlaine and Ryan Kirwan) had the match tied going into the third but the Pioneers were able to regain the lead midway through the frame. With their offense unable to match, the team was forced to pull Luke Pavicich for an extra attacker. An empty-net goal from Denver sealed the team's fate and Arizona State ended its largely successful season just on the outside of the national tournament.

Departures Cade Alami Defenseman Transferred to Minnesota State Brian Chambers Forward Graduation (signed with Kalamazoo Wings) Tyler Gratton Forward Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Matthew Kopperud Forward Graduation (signed with Bridgeport Islanders) Hank Levy Goaltender Left program (retired) Tim Lovell Defenseman Graduate transfer to Michigan Jackson Niedermayer Forward Transferred to Bowling Green Joshua Niedermayer Defenseman Returned to juniors (Dubuque Fighting Saints) Ryan O'Reilly Forward Graduate transfer to Providence Matthew Romer Forward Transferred to Northern Michigan T. J. Semptimphelter Goaltender Transferred to North Dakota Brandon Tabakin Defenseman Graduation (signed with Newfoundland Growlers) Alex Young Forward Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder)

Recruiting Noah Beck Defenseman 23 Richmond Hill, ON; graduate transfer from Clarkson; selected 194th overall in 2020 Brasen Boser Defenseman 20 Minot, ND Zakari Brice Goaltender 21 Fairbanks, AK Sam Court Defenseman 20 Winnipeg, MB Chase Hamm Goaltender 22 Saskatoon, SK; joined from club team Ryan Kirwan Forward 22 DeWitt, NY; transfer from Penn State Joel Kjellberg Defenseman 20 Nacka, SWE Cruz Lucius Forward 20 Lawrence, KS; transfer from Wisconsin; selected 124th overall in 2022 Hunter Mullett Defenseman 20 Hartland, WI Luke Pavicich Goaltender 22 Clarence Center, NY; transfer from Massachusetts Lowell Cullen Potter Forward 17 Hortonville, WI Bennett Schimek Forward 21 Mendota Heights, MN; transfer from Providence Artem Shlaine Forward 22 Moscow, RUS; graduate transfer from Northern Michigan; selected 130th overall in 2020

Roster As of August 31, 2024.

Standings

Schedule and results

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

!colspan=12 style=";" |

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

!colspan=12 style=";" |

Scoring statistics LW 37 26 13 39 6 C 31 17 21 38 16 W/C 35 8 30 38 12 F 35 15 22 37 4 D 37 5 28 33 28 F 35 12 18 30 22 C 35 8 16 24 18 LW 35 13 9 22 6 RW 25 7 9 16 10 D 37 2 11 13 10 D 36 3 8 11 16 D 34 0 11 11 12 RW 19 2 8 10 14 RW 18 4 5 9 4 C/LW 31 3 5 8 6 F 24 3 4 7 12 D 37 2 5 7 8 F 34 3 2 5 4 F 23 2 3 5 0 D 29 1 4 5 0 D 37 0 4 4 48 D 21 0 2 2 6 F 3 0 1 1 2 F 15 0 0 0 2 G 16 0 0 0 0 G 23 0 0 0 0 Bench - - - - - 8 Total 136 239 375 274

Goaltending statistics 16 937:08 8 5 2 40 452 2 .919 2.56 23 1300:29 13 9 0 57 566 0 .900 2.63 Empty Net - 21:09 - - - 6 - - - - Total 37 2258:46 21 14 2 103 1027 2 .909 2.74

Rankings

PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.com20тRVRVRVRVRVRVRV19191919–19161311121210121212121115–16 USA HockeyRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV20192019–RV1513111312111213131312151616 Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

Awards and honors Ty Murchison NCHC Defensive Defenseman of the Year Artem Shlaine Three Stars Award Artem Shlaine All-NCHC First Team Noah BeckAll-NCHC Second Team Lukas Sillinger Ryan Kirwan All-NCHC Third Team Cullen Potter NCHC All-Rookie Team Artem Shlaine NCHC Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team

2025 NHL entry draft

1 32 Calgary Flames † incoming freshman

References