Joey Daccord helped put Arizona State Sun Devils hockey on the map.
The Massachusetts native was the first already committed Sun Devil drafted to the NHL when he was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the 7th round of the 2015 NHL Draft. Wade Murphy was also drafted, but he was originally at North Dakota before transferring to ASU. Murphy and Daccord made their Sun Devils debuts in the same game.
In 2019, Daccord became the first ASU alum to play in the NHL as he made his debut in a 5-2 loss to the Sabres.
While the goaltender’s resume isn’t nearly as decorated as other desert hockey legends, it’s hard to argue that he isn’t an incredibly important figure in the growth of both the ASU program and the sport in Arizona.
Daccord wore this nicely marked white game worn jersey during his sophomore season with ASU hockey, starting nearly every game for a Sun Devils team that was still finding it’s footing.
Emerging as the number one option for head coach Greg Powers, Joey appeared in 32 games and finished with a .909 save percentage which was a marked improvement over his freshman totals. He managed that while appearing in over double the amount of games compared to his freshman season.
In his junior year, Daccord solidified himself as one of the top goalies in the nation. He capped his final season at ASU with 35 appearances and a .926 save percentage. He was named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award and Mike Richter Award. He signed his contract with Ottawa shortly after his junior season concluded.
This gamer has a very solid amount of wear with a plethora of puck marks on both sleeves and on the front and sides of the sweater.
The right sleeve has several dark puck marks from the wrist all the way up to the shoulder, as well as lighter marks spattered throughout. The left sleeve has a few less, with the majority of marks located below the elbow. Both sleeves have very nice marks in/around the “ASU” shoulder patches.
The body of Daccord’s jersey has nice marks in the area surrounding the pitchfork crest, as well as several in both armpit areas and both the left and right sides of the sweater itself. There are more puck marks on each shoulder.
There also a few picks/pulls in the bands around the waist. There is some pilling, but not as much as you would expect based on the number of puck marks on the shirt.
The back is relatively clean but does show a few long loose threads hanging from the nameplate material itself, as well as a thread or two from the single-layer twill name.
That is the most notable feature of the jersey. The DACCORD nameplate is still attached.
That’s not very common with many game worn jerseys sold by NCAA hockey programs, and was very uncommon for any jerseys sold by Arizona State. This one made it out and I’m quite thankful.
These sweaters feature a different style numbering from the double-layer twill maroon and gold numbers the school wore previously. These numbers on both the black and white jerseys were single-layer twill. The black jerseys had all yellow numbers and the white had all maroon numbers.
I don’t have an answer for why they stopped using the pitchfork sublimated/embossed double-layer twill, but I’m assuming it was a cost thing. Those numbers couldn’t have been easy to produce.
The maroon single-layer stitching on this jersey.
The sheer amount of marks (and the fact that it’s a white jersey) made this gamer very easy to match and many of the photos show multiple marks in different areas.
To say Daccord’s ASU jerseys are hard to find would be an understatement.
This one is a grail I’ve tried to chase down since he was lighting up Oceanside and being named a finalist for the Hobey Baker. For it to have the nameplate still attached, as well? *chefs kiss*
The young netminder is now plying his trade with the Seattle Kraken and has appeared in one game for the new franchise. It seems likely that he’ll spend the majority of the year seasoning with the Charlotte Checkers to prepare for his own chance at regular playing time in the NHL in the future.