Fresh off a 3-0 loss on Friday night in the Desert Hockey Classic, things aren’t going to be getting any easier for Arizona State (14-7) as they take on the No. 3 Minnesota State Mavericks (14-5) on Saturday.
Minnesota State lost its opening game of the tournament in a 4-3 overtime thriller with No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth, who is the same team that eliminated the Mavs in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
The Mavericks lost two of their top players from last year in Daniel Brickley and CJ Suess, who are now in the professional ranks in the AHL.