Inside at ASU

September 18, 2026 by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor (@chn-adam-wodon) Matthew Mayich, a defenseman from Ontario who transferred to Arizona State this year, remains in a coma with little chance of recovery. He collapsed the morning of Aug. 20, near the end of an off-ice workout led by former Green Beret Tim Ziesel. Since then, Arizona State players, coaches and administrators have dealt with the fallout. The family, through its attorney, Robert Carey, has alleged a number of failures on that day, by coaches, Ziesel and the school, which contributed to Mayich’s current condition, and has made moves towards a possible wrongful…