{"id":122966,"date":"2020-09-06T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=122966"},"modified":"2020-09-10T19:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T00:49:04","slug":"lemieux-leaves-arizona-state-hockey-retires-from-game-to-focus-on-budding-golf-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2020\/09\/06\/lemieux-leaves-arizona-state-hockey-retires-from-game-to-focus-on-budding-golf-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona State&#8217;s Lemieux retires from game of hockey to focus on budding golf career"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_122968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122968\" style=\"width: 686px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/austin_lemieux.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/austin_lemieux.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/austin_lemieux-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/austin_lemieux-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Lemieux skated the past two seasons for Arizona State after redshirting the 2017-18 season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arizona State announced Thursday that would-be junior forward Austin Lemieux has retired from hockey to focus on becoming a pro golfer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Austin made the decision to stay back East and work on accomplishing his goal of becoming a professional golfer,&#8221; Sun Devils coach Greg Powers told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/averyklatsky\/status\/1301551316003553280\"><i>The State Press<\/i><\/a>. &#8220;He made tremendous contributions to our program and [we] support him in everything he decides to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best of luck to Austin as he pursues his passion in golf! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbTs7UyGde\">pic.twitter.com\/kbTs7UyGde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunDevilHockey\/status\/1301697499556532224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lemieux spent the last two seasons playing for the Sun Devils after redshirting for his first year at Arizona State. 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