ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA NOTES

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1 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVIL HOCKEY MEDIA SunDevilHockey /SunDevilHockey GAME 12: ARIZONA STATE AT #10 PENN STATE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, :00 PM (EST) DEVIL INSIDE For information throughout the season and live in-game updates, follow us on Twitter Our homepage is ON THE HORIZON Sat, Nov. 19 at Penn State 3:00 p.m. ET Fri, Nov. 25 vs. RPI 7:05 p.m. MT Sat, Nov. 26 vs. RPI 7:05 p.m. MT Fri, Dec. 2 vs. Colgate 7:05 p.m. MT Sat, Dec. 3 vs. Colgate 7:05 p.m. MT *Televised on Pac-12 Network; Played at Gila River Arena SUN DEVIL REWIND The first weekend of the 10-day road trip couldn t have gone much better for the young Sun Devils, as they went 1-1 against Hockey East contenders New Hampshire and #3 Boston College. The Devils put togehter one of their better performances of the season on Saturday, Nov. 12, rallying from a two-goal deficit in the third period to win 5-4 in overtime. It was a pair of freshmen defensemen tallying the game-tying and game-winning goals, as JAKOB STRIDSBERG fired a blast to tie the game with 1:30 left in the 3rd period. Rookie BRINSON PASICHNUK made a highlight-reel play to swat in the puck off a rebound out of the air less than a minute into overtime. Sophomore JORDAN MASTERS, who played in his first game of the season after leading the Devils in scoring in , tallied his first goal of the season to cut the Wildcats lead to one in the third. On Sunday, ASU went the distance with No. 3 Boston College, entering the first intermission in a 1-1 tie. Early in the second, the Eagles capitalized on a lucky bounce, as a dump into the corner bounced back in front for an easy tap in for BC. While the Devils had several scoring chances down the stretch to tie it up, a late goal in the third period made for a 3-1 loss. TODAY S MATCH-UP For the first time since 2012, Arizona State and Penn State -- both former ACHA National Champions -- will meet again on the ice in State College. The last time the two met, the Nittany Lions were in the midst of their NCAA hybrid season while the Devils were still in the hunt for their first ACHA Championship. Game one that year went to Penn State, while the next night belonged to the Sun Devils as they earned their first-ever win over an NCAA opponent, 3-1. Since moving to Division I, Penn State as a program has changed in many aspects -- from a new head coach, to a new state-of-the-art arena, to already contending for a Big Ten Title as one of the top-ranked teams in the country. This season they re led by freshman Denis Smirnov from Moscow, Russia. The rookie forward five multi-point games for a total of five goals and 12 assists this season. The Nittany Lions leading goal scorer Andrew Sturtz paces the team with eight goals on the season. Between the pipes, freshman Peyton Jones leads the team with an record, along with an 1.96 goals against average and.919 save percentage. AT Pegula Ice Arena State College, Penn. 7:00 p.m. EST LEADERS Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA Robbie Baillargeon Joey Daccord Dylan Hollman Robert Levin Tyler Busch Ryland Pashovitz Brinson Pasichnuk PENN STATE LEADERS Player G A Pts. Goalie Rec. SV% GAA Denis Smirnov Peyton Jones David Goodwin Chris Funkey Nate Sucese Andrew Sturtz SERIES TWEETABLES 1. The last time ASU met Penn State, the Devils -- then in the ACHA -- defeated the Nittany Lions in their first NCAA season in Penn State and Arizona State are the only two programs to join the NCAA Division I ranks since In their first full NCAA season, the Nittany Lions finished Eighteen of the 24 goals scored this season have come off the sticks of new faces in #YoungGuns 5. Every freshman on the roster has played in at least five games, with five of them seeing the ice in every game. 6. Friday and Saturday s match-ups with Penn State end the Sun Devils 10-day road trip to the east coast. 7. Freshman Brinson Pasichnuk & sophomore Jordan Masters each have two goals in the last two games. 7..@SunDevilHockey travels over 32,000 miles in , which is enough to circumference the earth 1.33 times. #RackingUpMiles BY THE NUMBERS In both of the Sun Devils victories this seaosn, the squad tallied a season-high five goals. Ten of the Sun Devils final 24 games of the season are against opponents currently ranked in the USCHO top-25 poll -- including #1 Denver, #4 Quinnipiac, #10 Penn State, #14 Ohio State and #18 Western Michigan. In 27 NCAA games in , sophomore JORDAN MASTERS tallied eight goals. So far this season, he has two goals in two appearances. Between assistant coach ALEX HICKS and strength & conditioning coach GARNET EXELBY, the Sun Devil staff has 28 seasons of professional hockey experience.

2 CLASS, CLASS, CLASS! The Sun Devils signing class is currently ranked 12th in the country by NeutralZone.net, a hockey scouting and news site. The fall signing day revealed five new Devils for next season, including the 2nd-ranked player from the 1996 class in defenseman PATRICK KUDLA -- who was drafted by the Arizona Coyotes in the 6th round in The Devils also picked up two other top-50 prospects according to NeutralZone in forward TYLER MALTBY (41) and JOHNNY WALKER (45). Defensemen GVIDO JANSONS from Latvia and JACOB WILSON will also join the Devils in THE YOUNG WILL PROSPER So far this season, five of the seven freshman skaters have played in all nine games so far this season. Freshmen GEORGY GORODETSKY and RILEY SIMPSON are the only two to have played in less, as they ve skated in five games each. However, they have both seen ice time in the two of the last three games. MASTER OF HIS CRAFT Sophomore JORDAN MASTERS returned to the fold on Saturday, Nov. 12 against New Hampshire, tallying a goal and an assist in his season opener. One night later against No. 3 Boston College, he scored his second to tie the game before the first intermission. MASTERS is the Sun Devils returning leading scorer from , as he totaled eight goals and 14 assists against NCAA opponents. NEW FACES Eighteen of the 24 goals scored by the Sun Devils so far this season have come off the sticks of players who did not wear the maroon & gold in Sophomore defenseman NICHOLAS GUSHUE, and forwards JOE LAPPIN, DAVID NORRIS and JORDAN MASTERS have accounted for the other six goals. WADE MURPHY and DYLAN HOLLMAN were a part of the team, but redshirted the season due to NCAA transfer rules. DRAFTED DEVILS Three of the new Sun Devils were NHL draft picks within the past four years. While freshman JOEY DACCORD was drafted prior to wearing the Maroon & Gold, he is officially the first drafted player in Sun Devil Division I history as he was commited to ASU. DACCORD went 199th overall in the 7th round of the 2015 NHL Draft to the Ottawa Senators. Graduate transfer ROBBIE BAILLARGEON was also drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 2012 NHL Draft in the 5th round and 136th overall. Redshirt junior WADE MURPHY was selected 185th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2013 NHL Draft signee PATRICK KUDLA was the most recent Sun Devil to be drafted, as he was selected 158th overall in the 6th round by the hometown Arizona Coyotes. Redshirt sophomore LOUIE ROWE and freshman BRINSON PASICHNUK were invited to NHL Development Camps, including the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild, respectively. ROWE tallied two goals and one assist in two games played. TO BE THE BEST, HAVE TO BEAT THE BEST As of today, the Sun Devils are scheduled to play 11 ranked teams in their first full NCAA Division I season. So far, the Devils have played 10 of their first 11 games against ranked opponents. After the two-game series against No. 10 Penn State, ASU will enter a seven-game stretch against unranked teams. VÄLKOMMEN Sun Devil Hockey welcomes their first student-athletes from across the pond, as defenseman JAKOB STRIDSBERG from Sweden and forward GEORGY GORODETSKY from Russia join the roster. Through nine games, STRIDSBERG has tallied two goals and an assist from the blue line, while GORODETSKY earned his first collegiate assist against Michigan SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Oct.1 Maroon vs Gold 7:05 PM Oct. 7 at Notre Dame L, 9-2 Oct. 8 at Notre Dame L, 4-2 (EN) Oct. 14 vs. Air Force* L, 4-3 Oct.16 vs. Air Force* W, 5-2 Oct. 21 at Northeastern L, 5-2 Oct. 22 at Northeastern L, 6-1 Oct. 28 vs. Harvard* L, 7-0 Oct. 29 vs. Harvard L, 6-2 Nov. 4 vs. Michigan* L, 4-1 Nov. 12 at New Hampshire W, 5-4 (OT) Nov. 13 at Boston College L, 3-1 Nov. 18 at Penn State 7:00 PM Nov. 19 at Penn State 3:00 PM Nov. 25 vs. RPI 7:05 PM Nov. 26 vs. RPI 7:05 PM Dec. 2 vs. Colgate 7:05 PM Dec. 3 vs. Colgate 7:05 PM Dec. 13 at American International TBD Dec. 16 at Massachusetts 7:00 PM Dec. 17 at Massachusetts 7:00 PM Desert Hockey Classic Dec. 30 St. Cloud State vs. UCONN ^ 4:00 PM Dec. 30 ASU vs. Brown ^ 7:00 PM Dec. 31 TBD vs. TBD ^ 4:00 PM Dec. 31 ASU vs. TBD ^ 7:00 PM Jan. 6 at Denver 7:30 PM Jan. 7 at Denver 7:00 PM Jan. 13 at Ohio State TBD Jan. 14 at Ohio State TBD Jan. 20 vs. Southern New Hampshire 7:05 PM Jan. 21 vs. Southern New Hampshire 7:05 PM Jan. 27 at Quinnipiac 7:00 PM Jan. 28 at Quinnipiac 7:00 PM Feb. 3 at Western Michigan 5:00 PM Feb. 4 at Western Michigan 5:00 PM Feb. 10 vs. Simon Fraser 7:05 PM Feb. 11 vs. Simon Fraser 7:05 PM Feb. 24 at USA U18 7:00 PM Feb. 25 at USA U18 7:00 PM Mar NCAA Regionals Apr. 6 & 8 NCAA Frozen Four *Game played at Gila RiverArena ^Played at Prescott Valley Events Center in Prescott Valley, AZ

3 REUNITED & IT FEELS SO GOOD Thirteen Sun Devils have played with at least one teammate prior to reuniting in Tempe. Freshmen TYLER BUSCH and RILEY SIMPSON, who came to ASU from Spruce Grove (AJHL), also played with redshirt sophomore DYLAN HOLLMAN in Sophomores JACK ROWE and LIAM MCGING shared ice time together with the Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) in The two also were paired up on another USHL squad... The biggest group of them all featured freshman GEORGY GORODETSKY and sophomores RYLAND PASHOVITZ, JACK ROWE, JOE LAPPIN and LIAM MCGING with the Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) in as well. The longest tenured pair became teammates again years later, as senior DREW NEWMEYER and graduate senior ROBBIE BAILLARGEON played together from with the Indiana Ice (USHL). The obvious duo on the roster is brothers BRINSON and STEENN PASICHNUK, who played with the Bonnnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) from LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION The Sun Devils will have five games televised nationally this season, with three of them already occurring on the Pac-12 Network (vs. Air Force, vs. Harvard and vs. Michigan). ASU will also be featured on ESPNU and the WatchESPN app against Ohio State on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 12 p.m. (AZT). For all Sun Devil fans in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah, they ll have the chance to watch our match-up with #3 Denver on Jan. 6 on Altitude Sports 2. WE VE GOT THE POWERS Coach Powers enters his ninth overall season on the Sun Devil Coaching Staff and his second as Head Coach of ASU s NCAA Division I Hockey program. In his first year as head coach, he led the team to a in During the season, Coach Powers helped guide the Sun Devils to their first-ever ACHA Division I National Championship. He holds a career record at ASU, and his team ended the season ranked #3 in the ACHA with a record qualifying for the team s third-straight ACHA Division I Final Four. Since taking the reigns as head coach, Greg has also coached eight ACHA Div. I All-Americans and 15 ACHA Academic All-Americans. Coach Powers has helped lead Sun Devil Hockey to five consecutive ACHA National Tournament appearances, starting with his first year as head coach in In , he led ASU to a new program best record and first ever 30-plus win season with a record of , its first ever Final Four Appearance, first ever National Ranking of #1, and a benchmark win over NCAA DI Penn State. During the season, ASU Hockey won the ACHA DI National Championship, with Powers named ACHA DI National Coach of the Year. The Sun Devils were also named WCHL Conference Champions both for and , and Powers was named WCHL Coach of the Year for Powers was also named an ACHA Division I National Coach of the Year finalist in and Himself a Sun Devil, Powers graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in 1999 and was inducted into the ASU Hockey Player Hall of Fame in in Collegiately, Greg was a three-time ACHA Division I All-American Goaltender while playing for the Sun Devils under the tutelage of Hall of Fame Head Coach Gene Hammett. The Sun Devils qualified for three national championships during Powers four-season collegiate career, and he was named Team MVP for the and seasons. RECORD VS. CONFERENCE ECAC Atlantic NCHC Hockey East Big Ten HOME-ROAD CONTRASTS Regular Season Home Away Difference Goals for Goals against REGULAR SEASON BY MONTH October (0.125) November (0.333) December (0.000) January (0.000) February (0.000) SUN DEVILS IN OVERTIME (1-0-0) Opponent Score Player Date vs. New Hampshire W, 5-4 B. Pasichnuk 11/13/16 DEVIL DATA During the regular season, the Sun Devils are: when scoring four or more goals when allowing two or fewer goals when outshooting their opponent when scoring first when scoring a power-play goal when allowing a power-play goal when leading after one period when leading after two periods when trailing after two periods in one-goal games when scoring a short-handed goal when allowing a short-handed goal ARIZONA STATE QUICK FACTS Location... Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment...91,322 Nickname... Sun Devils Colors... Maroon & Gold Conference... Independent (Pac-12 in other sports) President...Dr. Michael Crow Vice President for University Athletics...Ray Anderson Arena...Oceanside Ice Arena/Gila River Arena Head Coach... Greg Powers (9th season) Assistant Coach... Alex Hicks (3rd season) Assistant Coach... Mike Field (2nd season) Director of Operations...Adam Blossey (5th season) Strength & Conditioning Coach...Garnet Exelby (1st season) Volunteer Assistant... George Bosak (1st season) Equipment Manager... Joey Guilmet (2nd season) Athletic Trainer... Chad Walker (2nd season) Powers Career Record ASU Record

4 SUN DEVILS GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS No. Date Opponent Result Score Record ASU Goal Opp. Goal SF-SA PP/PK 1. Oct. 7 at Notre Dame L , 47 10,3,10,27,15,25,27,29, /19 2. Oct. 8 at Notre Dame L , 10 16, 10, 10, 25(EN) /9 3. Oct. 14 Air Force L , 39, 47 14, 4, 16, /6 4. Oct. 15 Air Force W ,27,10,9,15 22, /5 5. Oct. 21 at Northeastern L , 9 19,17,8,9, /7 6. Oct. 22 at Northeastern L ,21,14,20,19, /7 7. Oct. 28 Harvard L ,77,9,16,2,16, /4 8. Oct. 29 Harvard L , 9 15,9,19,17,22, /4 9. Nov. 4 Michigan L , 10, 18, /4 10. Nov. 12 at New Hampshire W 5-4 (OT) ,39,17,29,39 16,7,11, /4 11. Nov. 13 at Boston College L , 17, /3 12. Nov. 18 at Penn State 13. Nov. 19 at Penn State 14. Nov. 25 RPI 15. Nov. 26 RPI 16. Dec. 2 Colgate 17. Dec. 3 Colgate 18. Dec. 13 at AIC 19. Dec. 16 at UMASS 20. Dec. 17 at UMASS DESERT HOCKEY CLASSIC 21. Dec. 30 Brown 22. Dec. 31 TBD 23. Jan. 6 at Denver 24. Jan. 7 at Denver 25. Jan. 13 at Ohio State 26. Jan. 14 at Ohio State 27. Jan. 20 S. New Hampshire 28. Jan. 21 S. New Hampshire 29. Jan. 27 at Quinnipiac 30. Jan. 28 at Quinnipiac 31. Feb. 3 at Western Michigan 32. Feb. 4 at Western Michigan 33. Feb. 10 Simon Fraser 34. Feb. 11 Simon Fraser 35. Feb. 24 at USA-U Feb. 25 at USA-U18

5 REGULAR-SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS Most Goals Scored in a Game 5 vs. Air Force 10/16/16 at New Hampshire 11/12/16 Most Goals Allowed in a Game 9 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Most Goals Scored in a Period 2 vs. Air Force (1st & 2nd) 10/16/16 at Northeastern (2nd) 10/21/16 vs. Harvard (3rd) 10/29/16 at New Hampshire (3rd) 11/12/16 Most Goals Allowed in a Period 4 1st period at Northeastern 10/21/16 Most Shots On Goal in a Game 32 vs. Michigan 11/4/16 Most Shots On Goal Allowed in a Game 51 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Most Shots On Goal in a Period 14 2nd period vs. Michigan 11/4/16 Most Shots On Goal Allowed in a Period 25 1st period at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Fewest Shots On Goal in a Game 19 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Fewest Shots On Goal Allowed in a Game 26 vs. Air Force 10/16/16 Fewest Shots On Goal in a Period 5 1st period at Notre Dame 10/07/16 3rd period at Notre Dame 10/08/16 2nd period vs. Air Force 10/14/16 1st period vs. Air Force 10/16/16 1st period vs. Northeastern 10/21/16 1st period vs. Boston College 11/13/16 Fewest Shots On Goal Allowed in a Period 5 1st period vs. Air Force 10/16/16 Most PPG in a Game 2 vs. Air Force 10/16/16 2 at Northeastern 10/21/16 Most PPG Allowed in a Game 6 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Longest Winning Streak Longest Home Winning Streak Longest Road Winning Streak Longest Winless Streak 5 10/21/16-11/04/16 Longest Home Winless Streak 3 10/28/16-11/04/16 Longest Road Winless Streak 4 10/07/16-10/22/16 Quickest Goal from Start of Game (Sun Devils) 1:20 at Notre Dame (Stridsberg) 10/08/16 Quickest Goal from Start of Game (Opp.) 0:33 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Shortest Time Between Two Goals (Sun Devils) 6:28 vs. Air Force 10/16/16 Shortest Time Between Two Goals (Opp.) 0:34 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 Shortest Time Between Two Goals (Both teams) 0:18 at Notre Dame 10/08/16 Largest Margin of Victory 3 vs. Air Force 10/16/16 Largest Margin of Defeat 7 at Notre Dame 10/07/16 vs. Harvard 10/28/16 Largest Crowd at Home 3,252 vs. Michigan 11/4/16 Hat Tricks This Year Hat Tricks Against This Year Shutouts This Year Shutouts Against This Year 1 vs. Harvard 10/28/16

6 SUN DEVIL HOCKEY STAFF Alex Hicks Assistant Coach 3rd season Garnet Exelby Strength & Conditioning 1st season Greg Powers Head Coach 9th season Mike Field Assistant Coach 2nd season Adam Blossey Director of Operations 5th season George Bosak Volunteer Coach 1st season Joey Guilmet Equipment Manager 2nd season SUN DEVIL ROSTER No. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREV. TEAM #2 Drew Newmeyer DEF Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Indiana Ice-USHL) #4 Ed McGovern DEF Jr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Sioux Falls Stampede-USHL) #7 Georgy Gorodetsky FWD Fr. Yekaterinburg, Russia (Des Moines Buccaneers-USHL) #8 Joe Lappin FWD So. Geneva, Ill. (Lincoln Stars-USHL) #9 Robbie Baillargeon FWD Gr. Enfield, Conn. (Boston University) #10 Tyler Busch FWD Fr. Lloydminster, AB, Canada (Spruce Grove Saints-AJHL) #11 Jack Rowe FWD So. Cary, Ill. (Muskegon Lumberjacks-USHL) #12 Dylan Hollman FWD RSo. Red Deer, AB, Canada (UMass-Lowell) #13 Riley Simpson FWD Fr. Edmonton, AB, Canada (Spruce Grove Saints-AJHL) #14 Jake Montgomery FWD RSo. Oakdale, Minn. (Sioux City Musketeers-USHL) #15 Wade Murphy FWD RJr. Victoria, BC, Canada (Univ. of North Dakota) #16 Ryan Belonger FWD Sr. Green Bay, Wisc. (Northeastern University) #17 Jordan Masters FWD So. Rochester, N.Y. (West Kelowna Warriors-BCHL) #18 Anthony Croston FWD So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Rio Grande Killer Bees-NAHL) #21 David Norris FWD RJr. Calgary, AB, Canada (American International) #22 Jake Clifford DEF So. Brecksville, Ohio (Merritt Centennials-BCHL) #24 Liam McGing DEF So. Chicago, Ill. (Muskegon Lumberjacks-USHL) #27 Brett Gruber FWD Fr. Appleton, Wisc. (Green Bay Gramblers-USHL) #28 Steenn Pasichnuk FWD Fr. Bonnyville, AB, Canada (Bonnyville Pontiacs-AJHL) #29 Jakob Stridsberg DEF So. Jonkoping, Sweden (Fairbanks Ice Dogs-NAHL) #31 Ryland Pashovitz G So. Saskatoon, SK, Canada (Des Moines Buccaneers-USHL) #32 Louie Rowe FWD RSo. East Lansing, Mich. (Omaha Lancers-USHL) #35 Joey Daccord G Fr. North Andover, Mass. (Muskegon Lumberjacks-USHL) #38 Robert Levin G Sr. Highland Park, Ill. (South Shore Kings-EJHL) #39 Brinson Pasichnuk DEF Fr. Bonnyville, AB, Canada (Bonnyville Pontiacs-AJHL) #44 Joey Raats DEF So. Las Vegas, Nev. (Sioux Falls Stampede-USHL) #47 Nicholas Gushue DEF So. West Vancouver, BC, Canada (Nanaimo Clippers-BCHL)

7 Sun Devil Arizona State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2016) All games Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: Shots Penalties Goals ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% +- pen-min min maj oth pp sh fg gw gt ot ht pn ua blk 2 Drew Newmeyer Edward McGovern Georgy Gorodetsky Joe Lappin Robbie Baillargeon Tyler Busch Jack Rowe Dylan Hollman Riley Simpson Jake Montgomery Wade Murphy Ryan Belonger Jordan Masters Anthony Croston David Norris Jake Clifford Liam McGing Brett Gruber Steenn Pasichnuk Jakob Stridsberg Louie Rowe Brinson Pasichnuk Joey Raats Nicholas Gushue TM Team Total Opponents Goal average Saves Record Goals allowed ## Goalie gp-gs minutes ga avg saves pct w l t sho pp sh en pen sog 38 Robert Levin : Ryland Pashovitz : Joey Daccord : TM EMPTY NET 5-0 2: Total : Opponents :

8 Sun Devil Arizona State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2016) All games Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: TEAM STATISTICS ASU OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct Goals/Game Shots/Game Assists POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Power Play 6 20 Short-handed 0 4 Empty net 0 1 Penalty 0 0 Unassisted 0 4 Overtime 1 0 Shootout 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES Number Minutes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/game Minor Major minute Misconduct 5 4 Game Misconduct 2 0 Gross Misconduct 0 0 Match 1 0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 5/1647 6/3578 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Arizona State Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Arizona State Opponents