TEMPE, Ariz. – Sun Devil hockey will host the Desert Hockey Classic, an NCAA Division I hockey tournament, the weekend of Jan. 8, 2016, the school announced today. Yale, Michigan Tech, and Connecticut will travel to Arizona to compete in the four-team tournament.
The tournament will feature the first NCAA DI hockey games in the state of Arizona since 1985, when NAU sponsored NCAA hockey.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to expand ASU’s first home NCAA Division I weekend into the Desert Hockey Classic with three prestigious Division I hockey schools,” head coach Greg Powers said.