ASU Hockey: Sun Devils survive UMass Minutemen, 5-3

It was a night to remember in Tempe, Arizona, as the Arizona State Sun Devils (1-0) kicked off the 2017-18 season against the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (0-1).

In a game that started out with a lot of back and forth action, it was the “captain’s line” and the team’s top defensive pair that propelled ASU to victory, 5-3.

After a fast and physical start to the game for both teams it was veteran defenseman Jakob Stridesberg that broke the stalemate with 10:43 remaining in the first period.

After that; however, it turned into the “Louie Rowe Show”.

Rowe got an assist on the Stridesberg goal at the beginning of the game but once UMass tied it up at one late in the first period, he took…