The Lindenwood men's ice hockey team continues to surprise top-ranked opponents, with the most recent addition to the list being the #17 Arizona State Sun Devils. Tonight's matchup between both teams ended 4-4.
The Lions and Sun Devils were evenly matched tonight, with both scoring two points in the opening period and one each in the second and third. Kyle Jeffers started scoring with Joe Prouty and mitch allard Recognized for assisting. Regarding the second goal, Patrick Schmiedlin took a pass from jake southgate They lifted LU to 2-1. Matthew Koperud scored both goals in ASU's first game.
In the second period, Lindenwood struck first again. Ethan Zielke scored a great goal with a pass from Cage Starzer and Zachary Oog. In the final 20, caleb price Scored LU's final goal with a pass from Jayden Mercier And Starzer. Arizona State tied the score at 4 at 15:39, sending the game into overtime. Neither team scored in overtime, but the Sun Devils were able to win the shootout.
Lindenwood and Arizona State will meet again in the second of a two-game series on Saturday, February 3rd.rd 5:00 PM MT (6:00 PM CST).