Class of 2022
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Arizona State University, Men's Division 1 (2010-2015)
Greg Powers just completed his 15th overall season on the Arizona State University Hockey Coaching Staff and his eighth as head coach of ASU’s NCAA Division I Hockey program. In 2013-14, Powers helped guide the Sun Devils to their first-ever ACHA Men’s Division 1 National Championship. He holds a 270-167-25 career record and a 164-27-9 ACHA record, and his team ended the 2014-2015 season ranked #3 in the ACHA with a 35-4-1 record qualifying for ASU’s third straight ACHA Men’s Division 1 Final Four. Since taking the reigns as head coach, Powers has also coached eight ACHA Men’s Division 1 All-Americans and 15 ACHA Academic All-Americans.
Powers helped lead Sun Devil Hockey to five consecutive ACHA Men’s Division 1 National Tournament appearances, starting with his first year as Head Coach in 2010. In 2012-13, Powers led ASU to a new program best record and first ever 30 plus win season with a record of 35-8-1, its first ever Final Four Appearance, first ever National Ranking of #1, and a benchmark win over NCAA DI Penn State. During the 2013-2014 season, ASU Hockey won the ACHA DI National Championship, with Powers named ACHA DI National Coach of the Year. The Sun Devils were also named Western Collegiate Hockey League Conference Champions both for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, and Powers was named WCHL Coach of the Year for 2013-2014. Powers was also named an ACHA Men’s Division 1 National Coach of the Year finalist in 2012-13, and 2014-15.
Himself a Sun Devil, Powers graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in 1999 and was inducted into the ASU ACHA Hockey Player Hall of Fame in in 2009. Collegiately, Powers was a three-time ACHA Men’s Division 1 All-American Goaltender while playing for the Sun Devils under the tutelage of Hall of Fame Head Coach Gene Hammett. The Sun Devils qualified for three national championships during Powers’ four-season collegiate career, and he was named Team MVP for the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 seasons.
