Category Archives: College
Valley native Young one of ASU’s inaugural NCAA captains
October 26th, 2015The official attendance figure may have checked in at a raucous, mostly maroon and gold clad 6,396. But let’s not fool ourselves here. On Oct. 3, at 7:17 p.m. local time, on a most historic night in Glendale, it would be healthy to wager that one particular group of about two dozen Arizona State University…
Ellis tabbed to guide inaugural ASU women’s program
September 22nd, 2015Growing up in Peoria, Lindsey Ellis’ options of playing college hockey on the West Coast were virtually nonexistent. As a result, Ellis headed to the Midwest where she played four years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio – two of them as an assistant captain for the RedHawks. But if there had been a closer…
IceJacks ready for season after pair of prospect camps
September 21st, 2015The season is just around the corner for the Northern Arizona University hockey program. The IceJacks held a prospect camp Sept. 1-5 in Flagstaff so the 83 players could get used to the altitude. NAU general manager AJ Fairchild said even returning players need time to adjust to the conditions. “It’s to get the guys…
Jr. Coyotes’ Boyle commits to NCAA Division I Denver
September 4th, 2015Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 18U AAA defenseman Michael Boyle has committed to play college hockey for the University of Denver starting with the 2017-2018 season. The Pioneers play in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and qualified for the NCAA tournament last season. Boyle, a United States Hockey League (USHL) draft pick of the Sioux City Musketeers…
Sunny Disposition
January 22nd, 2015Nov. 18, 2014 – a date that will undoubtedly be etched in the annals of Arizona State University athletics history. That is, of course, the day the nation’s largest public university announced that men’s ice hockey would be its athletic department’s 23rd varsity sport – and the NCAA’s 60th Division I hockey program – when…
NAU reloads after roster turnover
October 31st, 2014By Justin Emerson It’s the name of the game in college hockey; every four years, you have what amounts to a completely different team. The NAU Ice Jacks graduated 14 players between its American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II and Division III teams last year. But while the roster turnover is not small – and…