| Current position | |||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||
| Team | Arizona State | ||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||
| Born | December 8, 1976 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Arizona State | ||||||||
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| Position(s) | Goaltender | ||||||||
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| Head coaching record | |||||||||
| Overall | 66–86–14 (.440) [NCAA] 164–27–9 (.843) [ACHA] | ||||||||
| Tournaments | 0–1 (.000) | ||||||||
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Greg Powers is a former ice hockey goaltender who currently the head coach at his alma mater Arizona State.[1]
Career
Greg Powers began attending Arizona State in the fall of 1995.[2] He served as the starting goaltender for the Sun Devils for four seasons, earning all-American honors in 1997, 1998 and 1999 while being named team MVP for both his Sophomore and Junior seasons.[3] After graduating from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Powers returned to his alma mater in 2008 to serve as an assistant coach. After two seasons he was promoted to the head coaching position and swiftly raised the profile of the Sun Devils. In 2012-13 he led Arizona State to its first 30-win season and the following campaign took home the program's first ACHA national championship. It came as no surprise that Powers was retained as the bench boss once Arizona State announced they would become an NCAA-sponsored Division I program for the 2015–16 season.[4]
Coach Powers has been on the Sun Devil Coaching Staff now for 12 years, and enters his fifth year as Head Coach of ASU's NCAA Division 1 Hockey Program. Coach Powers was a finalist for the 2019 Spencer Penrose Award, which is awarded to the NCAA Division 1 Coach Of The Year.
During the 2018-2019 hockey season, Coach Powers and his staff led the Sun Devils to become the fastest start-up program to qualify for the NCAA Division 1 Tournament in NCAA History. The Sun Devils finished the season ranked 10th in the Pairwise rankings.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Arizona State Sun Devils (WCHL) (2010–2015) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Arizona State | ||||||||
| 2011–12 | Arizona State | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | Arizona State | 35–8–1 | ACHA Final Four | ||||||
| 2013–14 | Arizona State | ACHA National Champion | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Arizona State | 35–4–1 | ACHA Final Four | ||||||
| Arizona State: | 164–27–9 | ||||||||
| Arizona State Sun Devils (Independent) (2015–present) | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | Arizona State | 5–22–2 | |||||||
| 2016–17 | Arizona State | 10–19–3 | |||||||
| 2017–18 | Arizona State | 8–21–5 | |||||||
| 2018–19 | Arizona State | 21–13–1 | NCAA Regional Semifinals | ||||||
| 2019–20 | Arizona State | 22–11–3 | Tournament Cancelled | ||||||
| Arizona State: | 66–86–14 | ||||||||
| Total: | 66–86–14 | ||||||||
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National Champion
Conference Regular Season Champion
Conference Tournament Champion
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References
- ↑ "Arizona State Men's Hockey Team History", USCHO.com. Retrieved on 2017-04-29.
- ↑ "Greg Powers", Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved on 2017-04-29.
- ↑ "ASU Profiles: Sun Devil Hockey head coach Greg Powers", House of Sparky. Retrieved on 2017-04-29.
- ↑ "ASU Hockey: How the Sun Devils became a Division I team", House of Sparky, 2015-04-19. Retrieved on 2017-04-29.
External links
- Official biography, Arizona State Sun Devils
- Greg Powers's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
| Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey | |
|---|---|
| Playing venues | Oceanside Ice Arena (2015–present) - Gila River Arena (alternate, 2015–present) |
| Head coaches | Greg Powers (2015–present) |
| Seasons | 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2019–20 - 2020-21 |
| Conference affiliations | Independent (2015–Present) - Big Ten Conference (2020–21, non-conference championship, all-road schedule) |
| Culture & lore | Desert Hockey Classic |
| All-time leaders | Johnny Walker (110 Points) - Johnny Walker (64 Goals) - Joey Daccord (32 Wins) |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | 2019 |
| Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona | |
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