With just over eight minutes left in the third period, No. 15 Arizona State thought it scored the game-tying goal. Junior defenseman Brinson Pasichnuk popped in a rebound chance, but after further review, the score was waived off and ASU had to watch the point get taken off the board.
“We were pissed off because it should’ve been a goal,” ASU coach Greg Powers said postgame. “That’s a good goal and I don’t care what anybody says. But it pissed off our guys and they drove forward.”
Time continued to dwindle away and it seemed the Sun Devils were going to finish this year’s Desert Hockey Classic empty-handed after a 3-0 drubbing from Clarkson, who went on to win the championship game on Saturday, the night before.