Arizona State hockey will travel to China in July and August, a first for an American college hockey team.
ASU will play three games including against the Chinese Olympic team on Aug. 3. ASU redshirt freshman Peter Zhong is one of three Chinese-born players in NCAA Division I hockey.
The Sun Devils will travel to Beijing and Shanghai.
For the last three years, ASU and the Pac-12 have partnered with the Federation University Sports China and the Chinese Scholarship Council to train Chinese coaches in Tempe.
The coaching education alliance is part of the Pac-12 Global relationship to foster exchange between the U.