TEMPE, Ariz.— The National College Hockey Conference (NCHC) will expand to nine teams beginning on July 1, 2024, as Arizona State will take its flourishing on-ice product to one of the NCAA’s premier hockey conferences.
The Sun Devil hockey program has quickly gained momentum since breaking from its club status during the 2015-16 season, and has competed as an independent Division-I hockey team since. Mullet Arena, now with one year under its belt, seats approximately 5,000 and rose to prestige among not only the college hockey landscape, but hockey in the West and its growth in Arizona.