University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, January 28
Tempe, Ariz.
8:00 p.m. Central
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Arizona State
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Photo by: Wesley Dean
Overtime loss at Arizona State for Men's Hockey
1/28/2023 11:27:00 PM | Men's Hockey
Tempe, Ariz. -- Host Arizona State never led in regulation time but was able to convert the game-winning goal 37 seconds into the 3-on-3 overtime period to take a 4-3 win over St. Thomas Men's Hockey in non-conference play Saturday night.
The Tommies (7-17-2) were swept for the first time in six weekend series, dating back to mid-November. Coach Rico Blasi's team took leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 but was unable to close out the win.
ASU (13-16) improved to 10-8 at home this season.
Luc Laylin, Tim Piechowski and Matthew Jennings scored the goals for St. Thomas, and four others scored a single assist. Jennings converted a penalty shot and tallied his first goal of the season.
Aaron Trotter had 30 saves in net and helped kill off all four Sun Devil power plays.
Quoting Coach Rico Blasi (on Skor North radio postgame show):
"I thought we started the game off well. A couple of goals they scored were our fault. We turned it over and made it easy for them. Obviously we have to clean that up. Our execution from our D-corps on out, we need to get better at that.
"I wasn't upset with our effort. I thought we did a pretty good job on the (penalty kill). We just made some ill-advised plays and turned it over Other than that it was a decent game on the road in a hostile environment.
"That's overtime, though, it goes back and forth and you have to get some saves and you have to score goals when you have opportunities, otherwise it's going the other way.
"We responded well (after Friday's 4-0 loss). We have to clean up our puck management. If we do that, we'll be in the game."
Up Next
St. Thomas resumes CCHA play next weekend vs. first-place and nationally-ranked Minnesota State, playing Feb. 3 in Mankato and Feb. 4 on home ice.
Did You Know?
The Tommies (7-17-2) were swept for the first time in six weekend series, dating back to mid-November. Coach Rico Blasi's team took leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 but was unable to close out the win.
ASU (13-16) improved to 10-8 at home this season.
Luc Laylin, Tim Piechowski and Matthew Jennings scored the goals for St. Thomas, and four others scored a single assist. Jennings converted a penalty shot and tallied his first goal of the season.
Aaron Trotter had 30 saves in net and helped kill off all four Sun Devil power plays.
Quoting Coach Rico Blasi (on Skor North radio postgame show):
"I thought we started the game off well. A couple of goals they scored were our fault. We turned it over and made it easy for them. Obviously we have to clean that up. Our execution from our D-corps on out, we need to get better at that.
"I wasn't upset with our effort. I thought we did a pretty good job on the (penalty kill). We just made some ill-advised plays and turned it over Other than that it was a decent game on the road in a hostile environment.
"That's overtime, though, it goes back and forth and you have to get some saves and you have to score goals when you have opportunities, otherwise it's going the other way.
"We responded well (after Friday's 4-0 loss). We have to clean up our puck management. If we do that, we'll be in the game."
Up Next
St. Thomas resumes CCHA play next weekend vs. first-place and nationally-ranked Minnesota State, playing Feb. 3 in Mankato and Feb. 4 on home ice.
Did You Know?
- St. Thomas has killed off 29 of the last 30 opponent power plays, covering the last eight games.
- The Purple have 23 losses by one or two goals so far in the D-I era (13 so far this season).
- St. Thomas came into Saturday with a 6-3-1 record this season in games when it scored three or more goals.
- Thed announced crowd for each game this weekend surpassed 4,300 in ASU's year one at Mullett Arena.
Team Stats
STM
ASU
Shots
36
34
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
6
4
Penalty Mins
12
8
Faceoffs Won
27
38
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
1
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
3
A
1
Players Mentioned
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