Category Archives: College
Arizona State prepping to face off 2023-24 ACHA Division 1 season
October 16th, 2023Arizona State University’s Division 1 men’s American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) team faced off the 2022-23 season with high hopes. Instead, a poorer than expected second-half showing left the Sun Devils on the outside looking in when selection for the national championship tournament in suburban Boston came around. The 2023-24 ACHA season has now began,…
Scottsdale native, Boston College star Gauthier nets weekly honors from Hockey East
October 10th, 2023Following a 2-1 victory over defending national champion Quinnipiac, Boston College sophomore forward Cutter Gauthier has been named Hockey East Player of the Week. The Scottsdale native scored the game-winning goal against the second-ranked Bobcats with 9.5 seconds left in overtime on Saturday night at M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Conn. He led all skaters with…
ACHA training camps ready to face off upcoming 2023-24 season
August 17th, 2023The 2023-24 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) season is a month away, and coaches have obviously been working hard over the off-season putting together training camp rosters. San Diego State University has scheduled tryouts Aug. 26-29 at the Kroc Center Ice Arena. Aztec head coach Phil Bateman is hoping his team’s second season at the…
Arizona State finds NCAA Division I home, will join NCHC for 2024-25 season
July 5th, 2023For the first time since play began in 2013, the NCHC is expanding with the addition of Arizona State University as the ninth member of the conference beginning with the 2024-25 season. Arizona State will join Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota Duluth, Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Western Michigan in composing the NCHC’s…
Jr. Coyotes alum, Phoenix native Knies wraps season at Minnesota, signs NHL contract with Maple Leafs
April 9th, 2023Minnesota sophomore forward Matthew Knies has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and will forego his final two years of college eligibility. Knies will join Toronto immediately. Knies was a second-round pick (57th overall) of the Maple Leafs in the 2021 NHL Draft and was a Hobey Baker Memorial Award…
Phoenix native, Jr. Coyotes, AHU alum Castor takes home monthly NCHC, HCA accolades
April 4th, 2023St. Cloud State senior Jaxon Castor has been named the NCHC Goaltender of the Month and the Hockey Commissioners Association Co-Goaltender of the Month. Castor took his game to another level in March, backstopping St. Cloud State to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship and an NCAA Regional Final. In his six starts last month, he…
Phoenix native, Jr. Coyotes grad Knies named Big Ten Player of Year, Hobey Baker Award finalist
March 21st, 2023The Big Ten announced last week that Minnesota sophomore forward Matthew Knies is the Big Ten Player of the Year. Knies was also named to the All-Big Ten First Team and is a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as college hockey’s top player. The Phoenix native is the second consecutive player to…
Jr. Coyotes grad, Sun Devils captain Doan staying home, signs NHL contract with Coyotes
March 17th, 2023The Arizona Coyotes announced today that the team has signed Arizona State sophomore forward Josh Doan to a three-year, entry-level contract, beginning with the 2023-24 NHL season. Doan will report to the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners and will play his first professional game on Friday against the Calgary Wranglers at the Tucson Convention Center Arena. “We…
Scottsdale native Gauthier takes home monthly Hockey East honors
March 1st, 2023Boston College freshman Cutter Gauthier has been named the Hockey East Rookie of the Month for February. Gauthier led all Hockey East rookies with 10 points on three goals and seven assists in eight games during the month. He had at least one point in seven of his eight games with a pair of multi-point…
Park University Gilbert men’s team to join ACHA ranks in 2023-24
February 23rd, 2023As hockey at all levels continues to grow in the state of Arizona, that growth recently took a step forward with the announcement of a new men’s ACHA Division 2 program next season at Park University Gilbert. The team will call Mesa’s Coyotes Community Ice Center home with Jeff Zimmel serving as the first head…