House of Sparky · Apr 19, 2015
ASU Hockey: How the Sun Devils became a Division I team
It was a process with a lot of steps for ASU hockey to make the jump from club to Division I. Here is a complete breakdown of everything that happened.
Eds: This story was done as a master's thesis project, defended April 14. All events (national signing day, schedule release, etc.) were not factored into the story.
Arizona is known for a lot of things: From the blistering heat of the summertime to the snowbirds of winter to Spring Training to the Grand Canyon.
What rarely comes to mind is hockey. The Arizona Coyotes have played in the state since 1996, but outside of the one NHL team, that strange, Canadian game on ice isn't associated with the Southwest.