Coming off a historical weekend in Las Vegas at the Ice Vegas Invitational, the Arizona State Sun Devils (6-13-4) didn’t get the result they wanted in the series opener against UMass-Lowell (13-9-0).
Some of the biggest strengths the team showed in Vegas were the power play and their defensive efficiency, but neither carried over to their first game back in Arizona in 2018.
Both teams got off to a fast start in the first period but neither could find the back of the net through one.
The Sun Devils had a couple of power play chances but failed to convert on either of them and even gave up a couple of shorthanded breakaways to the River Hawks.