ASU Assistant Coach Misses Opener Amid Player-Collapse Fallout

Arizona State assistant hockey coach Alex Hicks will not be with the team for its home opener, weeks after defenseman Matthew Mayich collapsed during an outdoor, military-style workout led by a former Green Beret. Mayich, 21, suffered exertional heatstroke and remains on life support; his family’s attorney says he is unlikely to recover. Head coach Greg Powers has been placed on administrative leave, and the athletic trainer involved in the workout was reassigned. Seven players have sought an independent review and said they feared retaliation, while Mayich’s family has called for the coaching staff to be removed and criticized the review’s scope. ASU has commissioned an independent investigation, and police are investigating the incident; the university has not explained Hicks’s absence or publicly detailed the full status of the other coaches.