Earlier this week, Arizona State head coach Greg Powers gave freshman forward Matthew Kopperud high praise.
“From day one, I’ve compared him to a left shot Johnny Walker,” Powers said during his weekly media availability.
With five points through his first six games of college hockey, the comparison seemed accurate.
Then the first-year player followed up on that Thursday night, netting two goals and recording three points in the No. 20 Sun Devils (3-3-1) 6-3 victory over No. 16 Notre Dame (2-3) in South Bend. He has lit the lamp in each of the last three games.