1. Both of the Jackson brothers will be out for a while as they each suffered an upper body injury, on the same play, in game 1 at Colorado College.
2. ASU has received a commitment from a player who "is a sure fire 1st round NHL draft pick". Cannot release his name until he officially signs.
3. ASU is in on other players who are also sure fire 1st round NHL draft picks. This really shows how the program and Mullett Arena is attracting the best of the best. To put it into perspective, ASU currently has 3 NHL drafted players on the team. DU has 11, and we still split the series with them. North Dakota also has 11, while BU and BC have 14 each (highest in the NCAA from what I see). Current USCHO rankings go: ND, BU, BC, DU for what it's worth.
4. Next year all games will be streamed via the NCHC pay site. There is a "season" pass for individual teams that can be purchased. Along with that, ASU is planning to seriously upgrade its broadcast quality. Students will still participate but they won't be the main people doing the production. If you watched the game televised via PAC12 Arizona, that is the quality level ASU wants to be at for all of its home games next season.
5. NIL, since some have been curious. It's not really a thing in college hockey. A main reason for that is the amount of talent out there and only having 64 NCAA Hockey teams for spots. Most teams don't do any NIL finding for individual players because there's no reason to. If a player starts to ask "what's in it for me", most coaching staffs will end the discussion because they know there are many more players out there just as good or better where NIL isn't a concern. It's about culture.
6. Last season ASU Hockey "tickets" brought in over $3.5M, making ASU Hockey the 3rd, and only other, revenue sport behind Football and Men's Basketball. In terms of attendance we are averaging over 4800 per game, also making it the 3rd most attended sport at ASU behind Football and Men's Basketball. They expect the numbers to continue to climb, especially next season and beyond when we're part of the NCHC and people get used to conference teams coming in every year.
2. ASU has received a commitment from a player who "is a sure fire 1st round NHL draft pick". Cannot release his name until he officially signs.
3. ASU is in on other players who are also sure fire 1st round NHL draft picks. This really shows how the program and Mullett Arena is attracting the best of the best. To put it into perspective, ASU currently has 3 NHL drafted players on the team. DU has 11, and we still split the series with them. North Dakota also has 11, while BU and BC have 14 each (highest in the NCAA from what I see). Current USCHO rankings go: ND, BU, BC, DU for what it's worth.
4. Next year all games will be streamed via the NCHC pay site. There is a "season" pass for individual teams that can be purchased. Along with that, ASU is planning to seriously upgrade its broadcast quality. Students will still participate but they won't be the main people doing the production. If you watched the game televised via PAC12 Arizona, that is the quality level ASU wants to be at for all of its home games next season.
5. NIL, since some have been curious. It's not really a thing in college hockey. A main reason for that is the amount of talent out there and only having 64 NCAA Hockey teams for spots. Most teams don't do any NIL finding for individual players because there's no reason to. If a player starts to ask "what's in it for me", most coaching staffs will end the discussion because they know there are many more players out there just as good or better where NIL isn't a concern. It's about culture.
6. Last season ASU Hockey "tickets" brought in over $3.5M, making ASU Hockey the 3rd, and only other, revenue sport behind Football and Men's Basketball. In terms of attendance we are averaging over 4800 per game, also making it the 3rd most attended sport at ASU behind Football and Men's Basketball. They expect the numbers to continue to climb, especially next season and beyond when we're part of the NCHC and people get used to conference teams coming in every year.
