Sharks Landrocks beat #20 Hockey 4-2

Tempe – Sun Devil hockey defeated the Sharks 4-2 on Friday night in their penultimate home game of the season. Jackson Niedermayer Lighted the lamp twice with friends who scored goals at Mallet Arena. charlie shawn and ryan o'reilly.

With tonight's win, the No. 20 Arizona State ice hockey team (22-7-6) tied the program record for most wins in a single season, set in the 2019-20 season. ASU extended its undefeated record against Long Island University (16-19-2) to 5-0-0 for the third consecutive year.

Lucas Schillinger Recorded his 32nd assist in the second period, breaking the record for a former Sun Devil. Robert Mastrosimone's Single-season assist record (31). Candidate Hobey Baker has scored four points in the last two games and had three points in the Sun Devils' 4-3 win over Alaska last Saturday night.

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Niedermayer's goal was his second of the game. This is also the second time this season that he has lit the lamp in back-to-back games. The last time he did it was at the Adirondack Invitational against Clarkson and Cornell.

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2nd grade netminder gibson homer He made his sixth consecutive start and made 19 saves. Homer boasts an 8-2-2 record with a 1.87 points per game and .934 save percentage in 13 games this season.

ASU seniors will be honored this weekend during Game 2 of the Senior Night series. Puck drop is scheduled for 5pm MST. Fans must arrive by 4:40 p.m. to watch the pregame ceremony. The game will be streamed on his ASU Live Stream-2 and can be heard on Fox Sports 910's Sun Devil Radio Network.

Period breakdown

Early period

Jackson Niedermayer He helped put the Sun Devils ahead with his eighth goal of the season. alex young He got the assist by slipping through LIU's defense and setting up Niedermayer's diving shot. ASU was 14-4-2 at the time of its first score of the season. LIU started the power play after a boarding call. Tim Lovell He quickly scored to tie the score at 1-1.

Second period

Both ends of the ice saw action early in the second period. ASU broke the tie after 10 minutes. ryan o'reilly found the back of the net from a play by Kyle Smolen and Benji Eckel. Shortly thereafter, charlie shawn With help, he hit a home run and extended the lead to 3-1. Tim Lovell and Lucas Schillinger. O'Reilly and Shane's goals were each their eighth of the season. The Sharks returned to the power play late in the period and got a goal back with a quick conversion for the second time tonight.

third period

Jackson Niedermayer He intercepted a pass deep in the Shark's end and found the back of the net for his second goal of the night, extending the Sun Devils' lead to 4-2.

game quotes

head coach Greg Powers

Regarding the message for Senior Night:

“Play for our seniors. I know our guys do that, they come in here and with the lineup we throw together, they empty the tank on us. has the ability to produce seniors who will break the program's winning record, and they have it' to be desperate, urgent and hungry to do it. And if so, I like the chance. ”

upon Jackson Niedermayer's performance:

“He was good. He's an opportunistic player. He's big, he's strong, he can skate. He could always score. This was his ninth goal and coming off a season where he had surgery early, it's great. He's had a great year.'' He's been getting better every weekend. ”

junior forward Jackson Niedermayer

On his goals for the night:

“I think the first one was all Young. I went to the net and something good happened. The second one, I read the player and saw he was trying to go to the middle. I just cut him.'' Luckily, the puck stayed there and I could reach it to grab it, so I put it in the 5-hole. ”

On sending off seniors in style:

“Playing for older guys and then obviously chasing that winning record. To know the teams that came before us and set precedents. Just to be on the brink of that is pretty special. .Especially being able to do that at home.''I think that's pretty cool.'' ”

senior forward Lucas Schillinger

On sending off seniors in style:

“Yes, tomorrow we're going to play for a win. That's the most important thing. We want to break that record on our home ice and do it for our fans who support us all year long.”

Regarding the atmosphere of the first season,

“I felt like it took a little while for the energy to build up in the building. I felt like both teams were playing neutral ice hockey and it took a little while for the puck to get into each zone. Once that happened and the play started going, things got better.”