Sun Devils escape with overtime win on Friday night

With every game meaning so much down the stretch, the Sun Devils needed to have a “get right” game on Friday night on the road in Colorado Springs.

For the first 40 minutes, it was looking that way, but overtime was necessary for Arizona State to pull out the 6-5 win over the Colorado College Tigers.

Cruz with the nice feed to Schim and he takes care of the rest for his 11th goal of the season 😈 pic.twitter.com/qbBcpMLevU

— Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) January 31, 2026

It took a little more than halfway through the opening frame for the Sun Devils to find their footing, but it was the top line delivering the opening salvo at the 13:12 mark of the first with Bennett Schimek getting his 11th goal of the season on an assist by Cruz Lucius. After being held to 0 shots on goal last Saturday against North Dakota, the need was there for the top line to make their mark, and the early lead was the perfect way to start…

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