TEMPE, Ariz. -- Greg Powers can see the progress in the Sun Devil hockey team, even if those improvements aren't readily apparent to the naked eye.
After 10 games last season, ASU's first season playing a full Division I schedule, the Sun Devils were 2-8 with a goal differential of minus-28. This season, the Devils are 2-6-2 in a schedule that has featured four games against teams currently ranked in the nation's top 25 and two more against a team that was. The Sun Devils' goal differential has improved to minus-10, they own the nation's 23rd-ranked penalty killing unit (81.