Arizona State Hands Miami First Loss of Season

Friday, October 31

Oxford, Ohio

7:05 p.m.

Miami University

6-1-0, 0-1-0

Arizona State

3-4-0, 1-0-0

Arizona St.

Miami (OH)

Photo by: Lexie Cunningham

Arizona State Hands Miami First Loss of Season

10/31/2025 10:00:00 PM | Hockey

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OXFORD, Ohio– (RV/RV) Miami scored first, but (RV/NA) Arizona State responded with two first-period goals and held on late to hand the RedHawks their first loss of the season, 4-1.

Doug Grimes lit the lamp for the Red and White (6-1-0, 0-1-0 NCHC), while Matteo Drobac made 26 saves in net. Bennett Schimek led ASU (3-4-0, 1-0-0 NCHC) with three points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

2:15 1st (Miami 1-0) | The RedHawks jumped on top early, capitalizing on the first power play of the game. Kocha Delic sent a pass from the point to Matteo Giampa, who backhanded the puck toward the net for Grimes to tip home as the Red and White took a quick 1-0 lead.
11:56 1st (Arizona State 1-1) Arizona State evened the score on a power-play goal later in the period, as Cruz Lucius fired a pass the width of the rink for Schimek to finish on the far side. Cullen Potter started the play and was credited with the second assist.
14:00 1st (Arizona State 2-1) Two minutes later, the Sun Devils took the lead. A give-and-go between Sean McGurk and Schimek led to a McGurk tally to put the visitors up 2-1. Lucius tipped the puck ahead from his own zone to get the sequence started, adding his second assist of the night.
19:03 3rd (Arizona State 3-1) | ASU capitalized on a late penalty to buy some breathing room. Schimek won an offensive-zone faceoff to Jack Beck in the middle, who quickly turned and shot for a power-play goal.
19:41 3rd (Arizona State 4-1) | The visitors capped the scoring with 19 seconds remaining, as Potter collected an empty-netter off feeds from Johnny Waldron and Richard Baran.

NOTES

Delic extended his point streak to seven games; the freshman winger has at least one point in every game of his college career so far.
Grimes, the Third Star of the Game, has scored a goal in three of his last four games and owns a five-game point streak.
Giampa collected the 75th point of his career.
Blake Mesenburg made his 100th appearance as a RedHawk.
David Deputy returned to the Miami lineup after missing the past five games.
The Sun Devils went 2-for-8 on the power play, while Miami finished 1-for-6.

UP NEXT:
The RedHawks and Sun Devils face off again on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 6:05 p.m. in Oxford. Tickets are available here.