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Intercollegiate ice hockey at the University of Arizona got its start in the late 1970s as a traditional student-run sports club, open to all interested students. The team did not have a coach, schedule, or much organization, [1] but they did receive support from the Tucson Rustlers (a local professional ice hockey team at the time) and played teams from Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Los Angeles.
Players are selected from only ACHA Men's D1 to represent USA Hockey in the Winter World University Games, an IIHF and FISU event. ACHA Men's D2 and D3 division created the Select Teams to offer opportunities for the other Men division's to experience International hockey and they are ACHA events.
The Oregon Ducks men's ice hockey is a college ice hockey program that represents the University of Oregon. The Ducks play off campus at 2,700-seat The Rink Exchange. They are a member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) at the ACHA Division I level. The team is independent within the ACHA.
Not to be confused, Arizona State's NCAA D-1 team is the only Independent men's hockey team in the country, but ASU also maintains both ACHA Club Level teams with our WCHL D-1 Sun Devils, and the PAC-8 D-2 Sun Devils, respectively. In 2017, Central Oklahoma won their 2nd ACHA D-1 National Championship after defeating Ohio University.
The Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Arizona State University. It plays its home games at Mullett Arena in Tempe . The Sun Devils initially competed in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA).
The Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (ESCHL) is a collegiate hockey conference at the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division I level. The league was created in 2017 and is made up of eight teams located in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
The Arizona State Sun Devils women's ice hockey team represents Arizona State University (ASU) in American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) women's Division I competition as a member of the Western Women's Collegiate Hockey League (WWCHL). It plays its home games at Mullett Arena in Tempe, beginning in the 2022–23 season.
Men's U.S. college hockey is a feeder system to the National Hockey League. As of the 2010–11 season, 30 percent of NHL players (a total of 294) had U.S. college hockey experience prior to turning professional, an increase of 35 percent from the previous 10 years. [21]