2009-10 Notre Dame Hockey Information Guide

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October 9 Fri. Alabama-Huntsville 7:35 p.m. 10 Sat. Alabama-Huntsville 7:05 p.m. 15 Thur. Providence College 7:35 p.m. 16 Fri. Providence College 7:35 p.m. 20 Tues. at Boston University 7:05 p.m. 23 Fri. Boston College 7:35 p.m. 30 Fri. Ohio State * 7:35 p.m. 31 Sat. Ohio State * 5:05 p.m.

November 6 Fri. at Alaska * 7:05 p.m. (AT) 7 Sat. at Alaska * 7:05 p.m. (AT) 14 Sat. Northern Michigan * 7:05 p.m. 15 Sun. Northern Michigan * 4:05 p.m. 19 Thur. at Michigan State * 7:05 p.m. 22 Sun. Michigan State * (at Fort Wayne, Ind.) 4:05 p.m. 27 Fri. Bowling Green * 7:35 p.m. 28 Sat. Bowling Green * 7:05 p.m.

December 4 Fri. at Miami * 7:35 p.m. 5 Sat. at Miami * 7:05 p.m. 11 Fri. at Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 13 Sun. Michigan * 4:05 p.m.

January at Shillelagh Tournament (Sears Centre - at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) 2 Sat. Niagara vs. North Dakota 3:05 p.m. (CT) Notre Dame vs. Colgate 6:05 p.m. (CT) 3 Sun. Colgate vs. Niagara or North Dakota 2:05 p.m. (CT) Notre Dame vs. Niagara or North Dakota 5:05 p.m. (CT) 9 Sat. Ferris State * 7:05 p.m. 10 Sun. Ferris State * 4:05 p.m. 15 Fri. Michigan State * 8:05 p.m. 16 Sat. at Michigan State * 7:05 p.m. 22 Fri. at Lake Superior State * 7:05 p.m. 23 Sat. at Lake Superior State * 7:05 p.m. 29 Fri. Nebraska-Omaha * 8:05 p.m. 30 Sat. Nebraska-Omaha * 8:05 p.m.

February 5 Fri. at Western Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 6 Sat. at Western Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 19 Fri. at Bowling Green * 7:05 p.m. 20 Sat. at Bowling Green * 5:05 p.m. 25 Thur. at Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 27 Sat. Michigan * 7:05 p.m.

March 5-7 Fri.-Sun. First Round CCHA Playoffs (at Campus Sites) TBA 12-14 Fri.-Sun. Second Round CCHA Playoffs (at Campus Sites) TBA 19-20 Fri.-Sat. at CCHA Championships (at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.) TBA 27-28 Sat.-Sun. at NCAA Midwest Regional (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) TBA

April 8 & 10 Thur./Sat. at NCAA Frozen Four (Ford Field - Detroit, Mich.) TBA

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Athleticsby the numbers

25National Championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis and one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball)

10Conference championships won by Irish teams in 2008-09 (BIG EAST, Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League)

101BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of conference play

210All-time Academic All-Americans, second most of any university

84Academic All-Americans since 2000, more than any other school

48NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients since 1964, including four in 2008-09

13Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 season nationally ranked

19Notre Dame teams (out of 22) with a gradua-tion rate of 100%

9Irish athletic teams that earned a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate report in 2008-09

14Programs honored by the NCAA for Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009

5,500Hours of community service completed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year

HistoryThe University of Notre Dame du Lac •was founded in 1842 by Father Edward Sorin. Adjacent to South Bend, Ind., and nestled next to Saint Mary’s and Saint Joseph’s Lakes, the University was started with $310 in cash and three log buildings in disrepair.

Notre Dame would establish many •firsts for Catholic institutions of higher learning, including the first Catholic law school, the first Catholic engineering school and the first student residence with private rooms, Sorin Hall.

AcademicsThe University is organized into four •colleges - Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering and the Mendoza College of Business - the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, six major research institutes, more than 40 centers and special programs and the University library system.

Notre Dame is rated among the nation’s •top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s, and Kaplan/Newsweek.

Notre Dame ranks fifth in a listing of •“dream schools” in a survey of parents by the Princeton Review. The top five are Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, New York University and Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is among a select group of •schools that ranks in the top 25 on the U.S. News & World Report survey of the nation’s top colleges and in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors’ Cup for overall success in athletics.

StudentsGraduate and undergraduate students •at the University come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries worldwide.

Notre Dame’s graduation rate of 95 •percent is exceeded by only Harvard and Princeton.

Notre Dame’s 98 percent retention rate •between the freshman and sophomore years is among the highest in the country, thanks in large part to the University’s unique First Year of Studies Program.

Notre Dame has one of the highest •undergraduate residential concentrations of any national university, with 80 percent of its students living in 27 residence halls.

The medical school acceptance rate of •the University’s preprofessional studies graduates is 80 percent, almost twice the national average.

Notre Dame ranks first among Catholic •universities in the number of doctorates earned by its undergraduate alumni - a record compiled over some 85 years.

ServiceCommunity service is a hallmark of •Notre Dame. About 80 percent of Notre Dame students engage in some form of voluntary community service during their years at the University, and at least 10 percent devote a year or more after graduation to service in the United States and around the world.

The University’s • Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) annually sends 180 recent graduates to teach in some 100 understaffed Catholic schools in the southern, southeastern and southwestern United States and in South Bend. A national model, ACE has received the Higher Education Award from the Corporation for National Service for leadership in using national service resources through AmeriCorps.

AlumniThe University’s network of 270 alumni •clubs -- including 60 international clubs -- is the most extensive in higher education.

With graduates renowned for their •loyalty and generosity, Notre Dame annually ranks among the top five in percentage of alumni who contribute to the University.

In recent years, Notre Dame alumni have •won a Nobel Prize in medicine, a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and an Emmy Award for contributions to television technology.

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THIS IS NOTRE DAME

Academic Excellence ..............................................................2-3Sports Medicine .....................................................................4-5University of Notre Dame .......................................................6-7University Leadership .............................................................8-9Athletic Facilities ................................................................10-11Excellence On the Field ........................................................... 12Excellence Off the Field ........................................................... 13Student Welfare and Development ......................................... 14Monogram Club ...................................................................... 15City of South Bend .................................................................. 16

INTRO

Hockey Quick Facts/South Bend ............................................. 18Mike Lockert Tribute .............................................................. 19Travel Information ................................................................. 20Media/Hockey Information .............................................. 21-222009-10 SEASON PREVIEWIrish Rosters ......................................................................24-25Notre Dame Hockey Notebook ......................................... 26-29New Hockey Arena ............................................................30-312009-10 Season Preview ................................................... 32-34

STUDENT-ATHLETES

Brett Blatchford .................................................................36-37Kevin Deeth .......................................................................38-39Dan Kissel...........................................................................40-41Kyle Lawson ...................................................................... 42-43Christiaan Minella ............................................................. 44-45Tom O’Brien .......................................................................46-47Ryan Thang .......................................................................48-49Ian Cole .............................................................................50-51Ryan Guentzel ...................................................................52-53Brad Phillips ......................................................................54-55Calle Ridderwall ................................................................56-57Teddy Ruth .........................................................................58-59Ben Ryan ...........................................................................60-61Brian Brooke ......................................................................... 62Nick Condon .......................................................................... 63Patrick Gaul ........................................................................... 64Sean Lorenz ........................................................................... 65Billy Maday ........................................................................... 66Kyle Murphy .......................................................................... 67Eric Ringel ............................................................................. 68Richard Ryan ......................................................................... 69Sam Calabrese/Mike Johnson ................................................. 70Nick Larson/Kevin Nugent ...................................................... 71Kyle Palmieri/Riley Sheahan .................................................. 72

COACHES

Head Coach Jeff Jackson .................................................... 74-77Assoc. Head Coach Paul Pooley .............................................. 78Associate Coach Andy Slaggert ............................................. 79Volunteer Assistant Mike McNeill ............................................ 80Support Staff..................................................................... 81-86

2008-09 SEASON IN REVIEW

Season in Review .............................................................. 88-89Results .............................................................................. 90-91Season Statistics ............................................................... 92-93Game Capsules ................................................................ 95-107Graduated Letterwinners ............................................. 108-114OPPONENTSThis is the CCHA ............................................................ 116-117CCHA Composite Season Schedule ................................ 118-119CCHA Review ........................................................................ 120This Is The CCHA .................................................................. 121Opponent Information ................................................. 122-127All-Time Series ..............................................................128-135The Joyce Center ............................................................136-137

HISTORY

Hockey History .............................................................. 140-143Year-By-Year Statistics................................................... 144-145All-Americans ............................................................... 146-147NCAA Tourrnament History ............................................148-150Honors and Awards ....................................................... 151-153Irish in Professional Hockey ........................................... 154-155Irish and USA Hockey .....................................................156-157Year-by-Year Leaders..................................................... 158-160All-Time Roster ............................................................. 161-168Year-By-Year Results ..................................................... 169-180

RECORDS

Career and Season Records ........................................... 182-185Goaltending Records ..................................................... 186-187CCHA Career Records ..................................................... 188-189Miscellaneous Records .................................................. 190-195

MEDIA INFORMATION

The Notre Dame Sports Information Office always is interested in assisting members of the media in their coverage of the Irish hockey program.

Photographs, feature ideas and results are always available from the Notre Dame Sports Information Office. For information and interviews, call Tim Connor at (574) 631-7516 or view the official website of the Notre Dame athletic department at www.und.com.

WEBSITE

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association maintains its presence on the internet at www.ccha.com, which contains current information on all facets of the CCHA. Standings, notes, schedules, results and statistics are updated on a daily basis.

CREDITS

The 2009-10 Notre Dame Hockey Guide was written and edited by assistant sports information director Tim Connor with assistance from Dan Colleran and Amanda Bremer.

Page design and layout by Cindy Lemcke of Ave Maria Press, Inc.

Inside and outside cover design by Dave Scholtes of Ave Maria Press, Inc., Notre Dame, Ind.Photographic contributions by Mike Bennett and Lighthouse Imaging, Matt Cashore, Scott Audette/Tampa Bay Lightning, Charlie Lengal III, Mark Hicks/Westside Photo, Larry Radloff, Dave Reginek, Dan Ricks, Marcus Snowden, Heather Gollatz, Jerry Edman, Brother Charles McBride, Vanessa Gempis, Pete LaFleur, Steve Parker, Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders, St. Louis Blues, Lake Superior State Sports Information and USA Hockey.

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Exceptional EducationSince its founding, Notre Dame has stressed mixing academics with

faith and has done so while becoming one of the top institutions of higher learning in the nation. Featuring five undergraduate colleges (Arts and Letters, Science, Architecture, Engineering and Business), the First Year of Studies, the Graduate School and the Law School, the University finds itself attracting some of the top students and faculty in the country. Students also participate in cutting edge research and diverse study abroad opportunities, enabling Notre Dame to offer one of the top academic experiences in the world.

2Ranking of the Mendoza College of Business by BusinessWeek, in its annual survey of undergrad-uate business programs.

22 Ranking of the Notre Dame Law School by U.S. News and World Report.

37National Endowment for the Humanities fellow-ships won by faculty in the College of Arts and Letters, more than any other university in the na-tion.

5Publications in which the University of Notre Dame is ranked among the top 25 institutions of higher learning (U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s and Kaplan/Newsweek).

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First Year of StudiesThe First Year of Studies program provides all first-year students with

the opportunity to gain a wide-ranging liberal arts background before choosing a specific major within Notre Dame’s five undergraduate col-leges. A progressive advising program for all student-athletes enables the University to follow the academic progress of all student-athletes on a regular basis. Key to the program is the fact that it is not run by the athletics department but by the University administration.

Student-Athlete SuccessNotre Dame expects the best out of its student-athletes just as it

does of every other student on campus. Notre Dame has had unprec-edented academic success among its athletes, consistently ranking among the top NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision schools in graduation rates and academic progress. With more Academic All-Americans than any other school since 2000, Irish athletes have shown themselves ca-pable of performing in the classroom while competing on the field at an elite level.

14Programs honored by the NCAA for Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009, more than any other of the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision uni-versities. The APR measures multi-year academic success by team members.

9Irish teams which recorded a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s 2009 Academic Progress Rate report, more than any other Football Bowl Subdivision institution. Notre Dame also had 11 additional programs with scores of 990 or bet-ter and all 26 varsity teams placed above NCAA standards.

19Programs which achieved a perfect 100 percent graduation rate according to the NCAA’s Gradu-ation Success Rate, second most among Football Bowl Subdivision institutions.

100Federal graduation rate percent achieved by nine Irish teams, according to the latest NCAA figures. Notre Dame had 11 teams ranked first in their respective sport.

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Percentage of Irish varsity sports (19 of 22) to achieve a perfect 100 percent graduation rate according to the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate. Notre Dame was one of only 10 institutions with more than half its programs achieving a 100 percent graduation rate and no other school saw more than 80 percent of its programs achieve a perfect score.

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While no athlete plans on an injury, Notre Dame is prepared with one of the top sports medicine teams in the country to help keep its athletes fit and ready to compete. With training facilities in the Joyce Center, Notre Dame Stadium and the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, the training staff is always there to care for athletes. With approximate-ly 200 years combined experience on the full-time staff, Notre Dame also boasts a partnership with the renowned South Bend Orthopae-dics to provide first-class care.

14Total sports medicine staff members. Head ath-letic trainer Jim Russ leads three associate train-ers, eight assistant trainers and two physical therapists.

8,500Square feet of cutting-edge sports medicine technology, including two 3,500-gallon therapy pools, a full x-ray unit and an MRI machine.

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The task of keeping athletes in top physical condition is up to the strength & conditioning staff. The strength and conditioning staff knows the demands of competing on an elite level and is committed to ensuring Irish athletes are always in the best possible condition. From weight lifting to wind sprints and from warming up to cooling down, the strength and conditioning staff has every aspect covered.

10Full-time employees working with Irish varsity athletes. The strength and conditioning staff in-cludes director Ruben Mendoza, eight coaches, one nutritionist and one intern.

25,000Square feet in the Haggar Fitness Complex, which is located in the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, including a weight room, a 45-yard artificial turf agility field, a Gatorade hydration station, six plasma TVs and a 28-speaker sound system.

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When Father Edward F. Sorin started his school in the northern In-diana wilderness, he had only $300, three log buildings badly in need of repair and a far-sighted vision of establishing a liberal arts school to meet the growing educational needs of the frontier. He dreamed of building a great university, and in 1842, he founded the University of Notre Dame du Lac.

Over the years, the University of Notre Dame du Lac would evolve into a preeminent place for Catholic thought. While becoming one of the top undergraduate institutions in the country, Notre Dame has also been at the cutting edge of research, including such innovations as the transmission of wireless messages and the development of syn-thetic rubber. The University also has stressed residential life, with four of five students living on campus. Students come to Notre Dame not only to learn how to think, but to learn how to live, keeping faith with the vision of Father Sorin.

1842The University of Notre Dame was founded by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., as an independent, national Catholic university adjacent to South Bend, Ind., on St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Lakes.

11,733 Total enrollment at the University of Notre Dame, with 8,371 undergraduate students.

23.9 Karat gold in the famed Golden Dome, which tops the Main Building at the heart of campus.

5Notre Dame’s ranking by Princeton Review in a list of “Dream Schools” which takes into account aca-demics and student life, among other attributes.

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Student BodyNotre Dame is one of a handful of universities with a truly interna-

tional student body, coming from more than 100 nations and all 50 states. The most recent freshman class featured 88 percent of students in the top 10 percent of their high school class. In addition, there are no fraternities or sororities at Notre Dame, with the school’s 28 residence halls housing more than 80 percent of the student body, serving as the focal point of social, religious and athletic activities.

95Graduation rate percentage among Notre Dame students, third in the nation behind only Harvard and Princeton.

97Retention rate between freshman and sopho-more year which thanks to the University’s re-nowned First Year of Studies Program, ranks among the highest in the country.

80Percent of Notre Dame students who reside in one of 28 on-campus residence halls, where ap-proximately 40 Holy Cross religious leaders pro-vide pastoral assistance.

50/100 States and countries, respectively, which Notre Dame students call home.

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Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C, took office as the 17th president of the University of Notre Dame on July 1, 2005. He was elected by the Uni-versity’s Board of Trustees to a five-year term April 30, 2004.

An associate professor of philosophy and member of Notre Dame’s faculty since 1990, Father Jenkins had served as a vice president and associate provost at the University from July 2000 until becoming president.

Prior to his service in the provost’s office, Father Jenkins had been religious superior of the Holy Cross priests and brothers at Notre Dame for three years. As religious superior, he was a Fellow and Trustee of the University.

Father Jenkins specializes in the areas of ancient philosophy, medieval phi-losophy and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas, published by Cam-bridge University Press in 1997.

Father Jenkins earned degrees in phi-losophy from Oxford University in 1987 and 1989. He earned his master of divin-ity degree and licentiate in sacred theol-ogy from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., in 1988. Prior to entering the Congregation of Holy Cross, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philoso-phy from Notre Dame in 1976 and 1978, re-spectively.

Father Jenkins was ordained a priest in Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 1983. He served as director of the Old College program for Notre Dame undergraduate candidates for the Congregation of Holy Cross from 1991 to 1993.

A native of Omaha, Neb., Father Jenkins was born Dec. 17, 1953.

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Thomas G. burishProvost

John affleck-GravesExecutive Vice President

Richard C. notebaertChairman, Notre Dame

Board of Trustees

Patricia belliaNCAA Faculty Representative

Notre Dame Administration President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.s.C. Provost: Thomas G. burish Executive Vice President: John affleck-Graves Vice President and Senior Associate Provost: Christine Maziar Vice President and Associate Provost: Donald b. Pope-Davis Vice President and Associate Provost: Dennis C. Jacobs Vice President for Student Affairs: Rev. Mark l. Poorman, C.s.C. Vice President for University Relations: louis M. nanni Vice President for Research: Robert J. bernhard Vice President and General Counsel: Marianne Corr Vice President for Business Operations: James J. lyphout Vice President and Chief Investment Officer: scott C. Malpass Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications: Janet M. botz Vice President for Finance: John a. sejdinaj

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.President

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Jack SwarbrickDirector of Athletics

John B. “Jack” Swarbrick Jr., a University of Notre Dame graduate who has risen to national prominence as a lawyer, consultant, and ex-ecutive in the collegiate and Olympic sports industries, is in his second year as director of athletics at his alma mater.

His first year on campus in 2008-09 featured the announcement of plans for a new, free-standing ice hockey arena; creation of an athletic administrative division to enhance athletic performance — plus 35 All-Americans, eight Academic All-Americans and four NCAA post-graduate Scholarship winners.

Notre Dame teams in 2008-09 finished as the NCAA runner-up in both women’s soccer (26-1, led by Hermann Trophy winner Kerri Hanks) and fencing (men 33-0, women 32-2), while the women’s tennis squad advanced to the NCAA semifinals. The Irish men’s soccer squad was seeded 14th in the NCAA bracket, while the hockey team ranked fourth in the final poll after winning CCHA regular-season and postseason crowns. Men’s lacrosse finished unbeaten in the regular season (and second in the final poll) -- and women’s lacrosse won its first BIG EAST title.

Notre Dame also ranked number one in the country (among Football Bowl Subdivision schools) in the most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) numbers with a 98 for all student-athletes. The 2009 Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics included more perfect 1,000 scores by Irish teams (nine) than by any other FBS institution.

Raised in Yonkers, N.Y., and Bloomington, Ind., Swarbrick is a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he returned to Indiana to accept a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels. He was made partner in 1987 and spent 28 years overall with the firm.

As a member of the Indiana Sports Corporation, including the chairmanship from 1992 to 2001, Swarbrick’s leadership efforts resulted in the city earning the bid to host the 2012 Su-per Bowl; becoming the home of the NCAA headquarters; and hosting the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1991 World Gym-nastics Championships, NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Fours, and other college championship competitions plus a wide array of national and world championships in the Olympic sports.

He served as sports commissioner of the 1982 U.S. Olympic Festival in Indianapolis, competition director of the ’87 Pan American Games, and chairman of the ’91 World Gymnastics Championships. Swarbrick has served as general counsel for nu-merous national governing bodies of Olympic sports, including USA Gymnastics and USRowing.

Born March 19, 1954, Swarbrick and his wife Kimberly are the parents of four children: Kate, a senior at Saint Louis University; Connor, a junior at Wake Forest University; Cal, a senior in high school; and Christopher, a high school junior.

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In the midst of a master plan that will touch nearly every varsity team, Notre Dame has shown its commitment to providing athletes with the best possible facilities to help them compete on a national level. From new facilities to the extensive renovation of existing ones, Notre Dame is committed to giving Irish athletes every edge imagin-able. The plan will result in a drastically altered footprint on the south-east corner of campus, creating an athletics quad that will give every Irish athlete a place they will be proud to call home.

3New athletics facilities which will open on cam-pus during the 2009-10 year. Alumni Stadium will be the new home for men’s and women’s soccer; Purcell Pavilion renovation and expansion of the Joyce Center arena will be completed; and Arlot-ta Family Stadium will open as the new home for the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.

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New facilities which have opened their doors in the past five years, including the Guglielmino Athletics Complex (housing football offices and locker room, a new weight room and new sports medicine facilities), the LaBar Practice Complex (featuring two Field Turf fields and one natural grass field) and Melissa Cook Stadium (home of the Irish softball team).

26.3Million dollars being spent on Purcell Pavilion for additions and renovations to the Joyce Center arena. Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center will feature a three-story addition with club seating, a hospitality area, additional area for restrooms and concessions, as well as new space for the Varsity Shop and the Notre Dame ticket office.

4Facilities which are still on the master plan to create a comprehensive athletic quad. The track and field teams, the hockey program, the tennis squads and the rowing team all will receive new facilities in the near future.

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Notre Dame prides itself on competing with the best in every sport it fields. Eight different programs have won national championships since Notre Dame began its first varsity team, football in 1887. With more consensus national championships in football than any other school, other programs have begun to emerge on the national scene in the 14 years since Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST Conference.

25National championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis, one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball) won by Notre Dame.

101 BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of league play.

10Conference championships won by Irish teams during the 2008-09 year (eight BIG EAST, plus Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League).

13 Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 sea-son nationally ranked.

11Consecutive years in which Notre Dame has fin-ished in the top 25 of the United States Sports Academy Division I Directors’ Cup, sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletcs. With a 21st-place finish in 2009, Notre Dame matched its finish from the previous year.

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Championship PeopleTo measure the success of Notre Dame’s determination to have both

academic and athletic success, one needs only to look at the numbers. From Academic All-Americans to BIG EAST Conference Academic All-Stars, Notre Dame continues to set the bar nationally.

210 All-time Academic All-Americans produced by Notre Dame, second most of any university.

84 Academic All-Americans since 2000, more than any other school.

2Irish teams which have produced more Academic All-Americans than any other school in their respective sports – baseball and women’s soccer.

8 Notre Dame Academic All-Americans in 2008-09.

48Notre Dame NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients since 1964, including four in 2008-09: Matt Besler (men’s soccer), Brittany Bock (wom-en’s soccer), Lauren Buck (rowing) and Patrick Smyth (men’s cross country).

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In addition to academic success, Notre Dame emphasizes giving back to the community as well. Notre Dame athletes have participated in countless service projects through the years, benefiting the Notre Dame and South Bend communities and beyond. Team and individual projects have allowed Irish athletes to see the positive impact they have in the lives of others and learn how to use their talents to benefit those in their communities.

5,500Hours of community service completed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year.

686Community service hours completed by the women’s swimming team, tops among Irish pro-grams in 2008-09. The team assisted with pro-grams including the Domer Run, Irish Aquatics, Relay for Life and Fit for Fun, among others.

82.5Hours of community service completed by the women’s soccer All-American Carrie Dew, more than any other Irish athlete. Dew volunteered at Healthwin Specialized Care with the elderly, Life-works children’s program and Take 10, which em-phasizes non-violent ways for children to resolve disputes, among other service projects.

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An Exclusive ClubThe Notre Dame Monogram Club was founded by athletics direc-

tor Jesse Harper in 1916 to bring together varsity letterwinners to pro-mote spirit, unity, leadership and sportsmanship. Today’s active mem-bers help keep past athletes connected to Notre Dame and the current student-athletes. In addition to helping contribute to scholarships, the Monogram Club has helped contribute to new facilities, especially the renovation of Heritage Hall and the Monogram Room, located in the Joyce Center.

2Postgraduate scholarships awarded by the Monogram Club in 2009. Football’s Thomas Be-menderfer and volleyball’s Mallorie Croal earned the first annual grants. Croal will be working to-wards a masters of nursing at San Diego while Bemenderfer will be enrolling in medical school at Indiana University.

3,628Active members in the Monogram Club through the 2008-09 year. The contributions of active members entitle them to Inside Irish, a magazine for members; the annual Riehle Open golf outing; football tickets and makes their children eligible for the Brennan-Boland-Riehle Scholarship.

2.5Million dollars which have been contributed to the Brennan-Boland-Riehle Scholarship fund, which benefits the children of former Notre Dame athletes who attend the University.

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Located adjacent to South Bend, Ind., the University of Notre Dame has always acknowledged its place in a greater community. Sitting be-tween South Bend and Mishawaka in northern Indiana, Notre Dame has benefited the area in ways unimaginable, especially when it comes to Notre Dame football weekends. It is estimated that the average football weekend brings approximately $6.2 million dollars to the sur-rounding community. In addition to the financial aspect, Notre Dame feels truly invested in the surrounding community, with students par-ticipating in countless service projects to benefit the greater South Bend area.

266,678 Population of the South Bend-Mishawaka area.

5.5Millions of dollars in voluntary contributions over the next 10 years from the University of Notre Dame to the cities of South Bend and Mishawaka, the town of Roseland and to St. Joseph County.

21Football legends enshrined in South Bend’s Col-lege Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 2009, including former Irish head coach Lou Holtz. The College Football Hall of Fame was constructed in downtown South Bend in 1995 and features what is regarded as one of the most interactive museums in the world.

1,900Feet runs the East Race Waterway, the first and only manmade whitewater rapids facility in North America. The East Race hosted the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials for kayak.

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Boston, Massachusetts

10/18 Depart via chartered bus to Chicago, Ill. (9:00 a.m.)Depart via American Airlines Flight TBAChicago - Boston (3:25 p.m.- 6:45 p.m. ET)Boston Marriott Newton2345 Commonwealth Avenue. • Boston, MA 02466

10/19 Practice at Agganis Arena (11:00 a.m.)

10/20 Practice at Agganis Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Boston University (7:00 p.m.)

10/21 Depart American Airlines #TBABoston - Chicago (10:10 a.m.-11:55 p.m. CT)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Fairbanks, Alaska

11/4 Depart via chartered bus to Chicago, Ill. (7:30 a.m.)Practice in Chicago-Seven Bridges Arena (11:00 a.m.)Depart via Alaska Airlines Flight #131Chicago-Anchorage (6:05 p.m. - 9:54 p.m. AT)Depart via Alaska Airlines Flight #195Anchorage-Fairbanks (11:55 p.m. - 12:49 a.m. AT)Alpine Lodge4920 Dale Road • Fairbanks, AK 99709

11/5 Practice at Carlson Center (7:00 p.m.)

11/6 Practice at Carlson Center (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Alaska (7:05 p.m.)

11/7 Practice at Carlson Center (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Alaska (7:05 p.m.)

11/8 Depart via Alaska Airlines Flight #128 YFairbanks-Seattle (1:30 a.m. AT-6:00 a.m. PT)Depart via Alaska Airlines Flight #20YSeattle - Chicago (8:35 a.m. PT-2:30 p.m. CT)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

East Lansing, Michigan

11/18 Depart via chartered bus to East Lansing, Mich. (7:00 p.m.)East Lansing Marriott at University Plaza300 M.A.C Avenue • East Lansing, MI 48823

11/19 Practice at Munn Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Michigan State (7:05 p.m.)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Fort Wayne, Indiana

11/21 Depart via charterd bus to Ft. Wayne, Ind. (10:00 a.m.)Fort Wayne Marriott305 E. Washington Center Road • Ft. Wayne, IN 46825Practice at War Memorial Coliseum (1:00 p.m.)

11/22 Practice at War Memorial Coliseum (9:00 a.m.)Game vs. Michigan State (4:05 p.m.)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Oxford, Ohio

12/3 Depart via chartered bus to Oxford, OH (12:00 noon)The Elms Hotel75 South Main St. • Oxford, OH 45056Practice at Steve Cady Arena (6:00 p.m.)

12/4 Practice at Steve Cady Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Miami (7:35 p.m.)

12/5 Practice at Steve Cady Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Miami (7:05 p.m.)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Ann Arbor, Michigan

12/10 Depart via chartered bus to Ann Arbor, Mich. (7:00 p.m.)Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti1275 South Huron St. • Ypsilanti, MI 48197

12/11 Practice at Yost Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Michigan (7:35 p.m.)Return via chartered bus to South Bend

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

1/1 Depart via chartered bus toHoffman Estates, Ill. (10:00 a.m.)Chicago Marriott Northwest4800 Hoffman Blvd. • Hoffman Estates, IL 60192Practice at Sears Centre (3:00 p.m. CT)

1/2 Game versus Colgate (6:05 p.m. CT)Sears Centre • Hoffman Estates, Ill.

1/3 Game versus Niagara or North Dakota (5:05 p.m. CT)Sears Centre • Hoffman Estates, Ill.Return by chartered bus to South Bend

East Lansing, Michigan

1/15 Depart via chartered following Notre Dame-Michigan State game for East Lansing, MIEast Lansing Marriott at University Plaza300 M.A.C Avenue • East Lansing, MI 48823

1/16 Practice at Munn Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Michigan State (7:05 p.m.)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

1/21 Depart via chartered bus to Sault Ste. Marie, MI (8:00 a.m.)Ramada Plaza Hotel Ojibway 240 West Portage Ave. • Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783Practice at Taffy Abel Arena (6:00 p.m.)

1/22 Practice at Taffy Abel Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Lake Superior State (7:05 p.m.)

1/23 Practice at Taffy Abel Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Lake Superior State (7:05 p.m.)Depart via chartered bus to South Bend

Kalamazoo, Michigan

2/4 Depart via chartered bus to Kalamazoo, Michigan (7:00 p.m.)Radisson Hotel Kalamazoo100 West Michigan Ave. • Kalamazoo, MI 49007

2/5 Practice at Lawson Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Western Michigan (7:35 p.m.)

2/6 Practice at Lawson Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Western Michigan (7:35 p.m.)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Bowling Green, Ohio

2/18 Depart via chartered bus to Bowling Green, Ohio (3:30 p.m.)Hampton Inn Bowling Green142 Campbell Hill Road • Bowling Green, OH 43402Practice at BGSU Ice Arena (6:45 p.m.)

2/19 Practice at BGSU Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Bowling Green (7:05 p.m.)

2/20 Practice at BGSU Arena (10:45 a.m.)Game vs. Bowling Green (5:05 p.m.)Return by chartered bus to South Bend

Ann Arbor, Michigan

2/24 Depart via chartered bus to Ann Arbor, Mich. (7:00 p.m.)Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti1275 South Huron St. • Ypsilanti, MI 48197

2/25 Practice at Yost Arena (11:00 a.m.)Game vs. Michigan (7:35 p.m.)Return via chartered bus to South Bend

Boston, Massachusetts (Boston University)Hotel phone................................................(617) 969-1000Hotel fax ....................................................(617) 527-6914Boston University SID office ......................(617) 353-2872 Agganis Arena Press box..............................(617) 353-4628

Fairbanks, Alaska (Alaska)Hotel phone................................................(907) 328-6300Hotel fax ....................................................(907) 328-6300Alaska SID office ........................................(907) 474-6807Carlson Center Press box............................(907) 474-5977

East Lansing, Michigan (Michigan State)Hotel phone................................................(517) 337-4440Hotel fax ....................................................(517) 337-5001 Michigan State SID office ..........................(517) 355-2271 Munn Arena Press box................................(517) 353-6359

Fort Wayne, Indiana (Michigan State)Hotel phone................................................(260) 484-0411Hotel fax ....................................................(260) 483-2892Notre Dame SID office ..............................(574) 631-7519War Memorial Coliseum Press box ............(260) 449-4818

Oxford, Ohio (Miami)Hotel phone................................................(513) 524-2002Hotel fax ....................................................(513) 524-2003Miami SID office ........................................(513) 529-4330Cady Arena Press box ................................(513) 529-1646

Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan)Hotel phone................................................(734) 487-2000 Hotel fax ....................................................(734) 481-0700Michigan SID office....................................(734) 647-3810 Yost Arena Press box ..................................(734) 647-7916

Hoffman Estates, Ill. (Shillelagh Tournament)Hotel phone................................................(847) 645-9500Hotel fax ....................................................(847) 645-9600Notre Dame SID ........................................(574) 631-7519Sears Centre Press box ..............................(847) 649-2460

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (Lake Superior)Hotel phone................................................(906) 632-4100Hotel fax ....................................................(906) 632-6050Lake Superior SID office ............................(906) 635-2601Taffy Abel Arena Press box..........................(906) 635-7501

Kalamazoo, Michigan (Western Michigan)Hotel phone................................................(269) 343-3333 Hotel fax ....................................................(269) 381-1560 Western Michigan SID Office ....................(269) 387-4122Lawson Arena Press box..............................(269) 387-3065

Bowling Green, Ohio (Bowling Green)Hotel phone................................................(419) 353-3464Hotel fax ....................................................(419) 352-7327Bowling Green SID office ..........................(419) 372-7105BGSU Ice Arena Press box ........................(419) 372-1236

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Best Inns of America425 North Dixie Way(574) 277-7700Carlton Lodge420 W. University Dr., Mishawaka(574) 271-2520Courtyard by Marriott4825 North Main, Mishawaka(574) 273-9900Fairfield Inn425 W. University Dr., Mishawaka(574)273-2202Hampton Inn and Suites52709 State Route 933(574) 277-9373Hampton Inn445 W. University Dr., Mishawaka(574) 273-2309Holiday Inn Downtown213 West Washington(574) 232-3941Holiday Inn Express120 Dixie Way North(574) 968-8080Ivy Court Inn and Suites1404 Ivy Road(574) 277-6500Hilton Garden Inn53995 State Road 933(574) 232-7700Howard Johnson’s130 South Dixie Way(574) 272-7900

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Directions to the Joyce Center• Approaching from South or NorthTake U.S. 31 which will become Indiana 933 to Angela Boulevard. Follow Angela throughsecond traffic light (Eddy Street). Go through that light and make second left hand turninto large parking lots. Joyce Center is in front of you with the Joyce Center Rink in thenorth dome. Parking is available in the lots south of the Joyce Center.

• Approaching from West or EastFrom the East or West: Take Indiana Toll Road to Notre Dame Exit 77. Follow access roadand turn right (south) onto Highway 31. Follow directions from North or South.

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NOTRE DAME QUICK FACTSLocation . . . . . . . . . . . .Notre Dame, IN 46556Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1842Enrollment . .8,371 (undergraduate), 11,733 (total)Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fighting IrishColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gold and BlueConference . . . .Central Collegiate Hockey Assoc.Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joyce CenterCapacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,713Ice Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 x 85President . . . . . . . . . .Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas G. BurishNCAA Faculty Representative . . . . .Patricia BelliaAthletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack SwarbrickAssociate A.D./Hockey Administrator .Tom NevalaAthletic Department Web Page . . . .www.und.comAthletic Department Phone . . . . .(574) 631-6107University Operator . . . . . . . . . . .(574) 631-5000Notre Dame Ticket Office . . . . . .(574) 631-7356

COACHING STAFFHead Coach . . . .Jeff Jackson (Michigan State ’78)Hockey Office Phone . . . . . . . . .(574) 631-3630Assoc. Head Coach . Paul Pooley (Ohio State ‘84)Pooley Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . (574) 631-5227 Associate Coach .Andy Slaggert (Notre Dame ’89)Slaggert Office Phone . . . . . . . . .(574) 631-4894Volunteer Assistant Mike McNeill (Notre Dame ‘88)Coordinator of Hockey Operations . .Nick SiergiejSiergiej Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(574) 631-9124Hockey Senior Staff Assistant . . . . . . .Sue HalaszHockey Office Phone . . . . . . . . .(574) 631-3630Hockey Office email: . . . . . . . [email protected]

SPORTS INFORMATIONAddress . . . .Sports Information, 112 Joyce Center

Notre Dame, IN 46556-5678Sr. Associate Athletics Director . . . . .John HeislerAss’t. AD/Sports Info. . . . . . .Bernadette CafarelliHockey Sports Info. Director . . . . . .Tim ConnorSports Information Office . . . . . . .(574) 631-7516Connor’s Home Phone . . . . . . . . .(574) 273-1038Connor’s E-Mail . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Information Fax . . . . . . . .(574) 631-7941Notre Dame Sports Hotline . . . . .(574) 631-3000

CENTRAL COLLEGIATEHOCKEY ASSOCIATIONMedia Relations . . . . .Fred Pletsch, Ted Newton

23995 Freeway Park DriveFarmington, Hills, Michigan 48335

CCHA Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(248)888-0600CCHA Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(248) 888-0664CCHA web page . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ccha.com

Irish Hockey onCat Country 99.9 FM

Notre Dame and the WSBT RadioGroup have teamed up with CatCountry 99.9 FM Radio to beginthe second season as the radio home ofNotre Dame Fighting Irish hockey.Fans also can follow Irish hockey viallive internet broadcasts on the NotreDame Athletic Department’s officialwebsite (www.und.com).Beginning his first full season

behind the microphone will be award-winning, play-by-play broadcasterDarin Pritchett. Now in his 10th year at WSBT, Pritchett took over the

role as the voice of Irish hockey in late February on amoment's notice due to the untimely death of Mike Lockert,who had handled the play-by-play duties for seven seasons.Pritchett remained with the Irish through the NCAATournament.A native of Petersburg, Illinois, Pritchett will continue in

his role as the main WSBT Radio sports announcer heardeach weekday on "JT in the Morning" and "WeekdaySportsbeat." He also will continue to host the popular"Gameday Sportsbeat" pre-game Notre Dame football showon WSBT Radio, and, as time allows, broadcast high schoolsports.Pritchett and long-time broadcast partner, Rick Carter,

were honored in 2004, 2005 and 2006 by the Associated Presswith a first-place finish for outstanding play-by-play broad-casting in the major market division. In 2005, the Indiana Broadcasters Association (IBA) gave

the WSBT team a Spectrum Award for a first-place finish insports play-by-play broadcasting. In 2006, the WSBT sports team received first place by the

IBA for sports coverage.Pritchett is a 1994 graduate of Southern Illinois

University at Edwardsville where he received his degree inradio and television broadcasting. At SIUE, he served as thevoice of the men and women's basketball programs on radioand television.Prior to joining WSBT in 1999, Pritchett also worked as

a sports producer for KMOX radio in St. Louis, Mo., wherehe worked as a producer for Cardinals' baseball, Blues' hock-ey, Rams' football and sports talk shows.


Media Information

Media Following the Irish

Associated Press (Tom Coyne)

South Bend Tribune Building225 West Colfax AvenueSouth Bend, IN 46626(574) 288-1649 Fax: (574) 236-1765

Electronic MediaIrish Ilustrated (Tim Prister, Jake Brown)

(574) 288-0329

TelevisionWNDU-TV (NBC/Jeff Jeffers/Angelo DiCarlo)P.O. Box 1616South Bend, IN 46634(574) 631-1616/1239 Fax: (574) 631-2916

WSBT-TV / Radio (CBS/PeteByrne/Chad Damp)1301 East DouglasMishawaka, IN 46545(574) 233-3141Fax (574) 288-6630

WSJV-TV (FOX/Dean Huppert/ Allison Hayes)

58096 County Road 7 SouthElkhart, IN 46514(574) 679-4545 or 293-9227Fax: (574) 294-1324

WHME-TV/Radio (Chuck Freeby/Bob Nagle)61300 Ironwood RoadSouth Bend, IN 46614(574) 291-8200Fax: (574) 291-9043

RadioWSBT Radio (Darin Pritchett)300 West Jefferson Blvd.South Bend, IN 46601(574) 233-3141Fax: (574) 289-7382

Cat Country 99.9 FM (BobMontgomery)300 West Jefferson Blvd.South Bend, IN 46601(574) 233-3141Fax: (574) 289-7382

University/ConferenceNotre Dame Sports Information112 Joyce Center (Tim Connor)Notre Dame, IN 46556-5678(574) 631-7516Fax: (574) 631-7941

Central Collegiate HockeyAssociation(Fred Pletsch/Ted Newton)www.ccha.com23995 Freeway Park DriveFarmington Hills, MI 48335(248) 888-0600Fax: (248) 888-0664

Print MediaSouth Bend Tribune (Steve Lowe/Bill Bilinski)

225 West Colfax AvenueSouth Bend, IN 46626(574) 235-6161/6316 Fax: (574) 235-6091

Irish Sports Report(Bob Wieneke)

225 West Colfax AvenueSouth Bend, IN 46626(574) 235-6470 Fax: (574) 239-2646

Blue & Gold Illustrated (Louie Somogyi)

1605 North HomeMishawaka, IN 46545(574) 255-9800 Fax: (574) 255-9700

Notre Dame Observer (Matt Gamber/Sam Werner)

South Dining HallNotre Dame, IN 46556(574) 631-7471 Fax: (574) 631-6927

Notre Dame Scholastic South Dining HallNotre Dame, IN 46556(574) 631-7569Fax: (574) 631-9648

Media Information

For interviews and information, contact the SportsInformation Office at (574) 631-7516. Requests to inter-view student-athletes should be made at least 24 hours inadvance. Credentials for home games can be obtained by con-

tacting the Sports Information Office 24 hours prior togame time. Radio stations wishing to broadcast from the Joyce

Center must inform the SID office two weeks in advance.As per CCHA guidelines, one courtesy radio line is pro-vided for visiting CCHA opponent radio stations.Additional phone lines can be made available by calling

Carolyn Rush of the Notre Dame telecommunicationsoffice, at (574) 631-6014.

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) opened the 2009-10 college hockey season with itsannual Media Day on Wednesday, September 30. The conference announced its annual coaches and mediapreseason polls along with a preseason all-CCHA team. The results of both polls:

CCHA Coaches Poll (1st-place) Points Media Poll (1st-place) Points1. Michigan (5) 114 1. Michigan (24) 7312. NOTRE DAME (4) 111 2. NOTRE DAME (20) 7123. Miami (2) 104 3. Miami (20) 7074. Ohio State 90 4. Ohio State (1) 5475. Northern Michigan (1) 85 5. Northern Michigan 5026. Nebraska-Omaha 63 6 Alaska 3867. Alaska 61 7. Nebraska-Omaha 3778. Ferris State 50 8. Michigan State (1) 3329. Michigan State 46 9. Ferris State 31410. Lake Superior 29 10. WesternMichigan 25611. Western Michigan 28 11. Lake Superior 18912. Bowling Green 11 12. Bowling Green 95

The CCHA coaches also selected the preseason all-Conference teams for the ‘09-’10 campaign. Notre Dame led the waywith four selections with Northern Michigan second with three and Michigan third with two. Miami’s Carter Camper andMichigan’s Louie Caporusso were unanimous selections with 11 first-place votes and 55 points each.

CCHA Preseason First Team CCHA Preseason Second TeamPlayer, Yr., School (First) Totals Pos. Player, Yr.,School (First) TotalsCarter Camper, Jr., MIA (11) 55 F John Albert, Jr., OSU (5) 37Louie Caporusso, Jr., UM (11) 55 F Calle Ridderwall, Jr., ND (1) 19Mark Olver Jr., NMU (5) 39 F Billy Maday, So., ND (1) 19Erik Gustafsson, Jr., NMU (8) 49 D Eddie DelGrosso, Sr., UNO (4) 28Ian Cole, Jr., ND (8) 46 D Kyle Lawson, Sr., ND (1) 17Brian Stewart, Sr., NMU (5) 36 G Bryan Hogan, So., UM (5) 30

Honorable Mention (next six point totals, regardless of position with first team votes in parentheses): RyanThang, Sr., F, ND, (1) 15; Zach Redmond, Jr., FSU, (1) 15; Chris Summers, Sr., D, UM, (1), 15; Gregor Hanson, Jr.,F, NMU, 14; Tyler Ludwig, Sr., D, WMU, 14; Chris Wideman, So., D, MIA, 14.

CCHA Preseason Picks

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The University of Notre Dame and the AllenCountry War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne,Ind., will play host to the 2010 NCAA MidwestHockey Regional on March 27-28, 2010.

Tickets for the regional are available in three gamepackages and are $85 and $75 for youth under the ageof 18. They can be purchased by phone at 800-745-3000, online at www.ticketmaster.com or in-person atthe Allen County War Memorial Coliseum boxoffice. All four regionals will sell tickets in three-game packages only. It is anticipated that theregional sites will sell out, but if any of the four arenot sold out by March 21, tickets will be available forindividual sessions at an increased ticket price.There are two games scheduled for Saturday,

March 27 with starting times set for 4:00 p.m. and7:30 p.m. The regional championship game onSunday, March 28 has an 8:00 p.m. starting time.The NCAA Ice Hockey Committee made the

announcement on August 29, 2008. In making the

announcement, Joel Maturi,chair of the Division I Men'sIce Hockey Committee said,"The ice hockey committeeis excited to announce thesesites as we had a tremendousamount of interest shown bycities across the Midwest. Wefocused on selecting sites thathave NHL-size sheets andare in neutral buildings. Wereally feel that each of thesebuildings will showcasecollege hockey, give ourstudent-athletes atremendous experience andtake our championships toanother level."The Memorial Coliseum

boasts a proud hockey

NCAA Tournament Future Sites

The NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Committee announced in June of 2005 thefuture sites of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Frozen Fours. The committee also hasannouced the complete regional sites through 2011.

Future Frozen Fours2010 - Detroit, Mich. (Ford Field)2011 - St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)2012 - Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)

NCAA Regional Sites

2010 East - Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center)Midwest - Ft. Wayne, Indiana (Allen County War Memorial Coliseum)Northeast - Worcester, Mass. (DCU Center)West - St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)

2011 East- Bridgeport, Conn. (Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard)Midwest - Green Bay, Wis. (Resch Center)Northeast - Manchester, N.H. (Verizon Wireless Arena)West - St. Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center)

The Notre Dame hockey team lost an importantmember of its family on Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 whenlong-time radio announcer Mike Lockert died at theage of 43 from a heart attack.The “Voice of the Irish,” for seven seasons, Lockert

was known for his always upbeat attitude, friendlysmile and infectious laugh that were staples of manylong road trips.Lockert’s memory was honored at the final

regular-season home game versus Michigan Statewith a moment of silence and the Notre Dameplayers wore the ML initials on their helmets for theremainder of the postseason.A memorial service was held in the Monogram

Room of the Joyce Center on March 12 that wasattended by his family. At the service, he wasawarded the team’s Honorary Alumni Award as hisparents, William and Barbara Lockert, were presenteda jersey with his name on the back.

A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Lockert alsoworked in baseball public relations and play-by-play,spending four seasons with the South BendSilverhawks, a Class-A affiliate of the ArizonaDiamondbacks and a year with the Southern IllinoisMiners in the independent Frontier League.Lockert’s energetic broadcast style brought the

excitement to Irish hockey fans via the radio and theInternet from 2002-09.A die-hard University of Southern California fan,

Lockert got his start in hockey broadcasting duringthe 1999-2000 season as the play-by-play man forthe Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast HockeyLeague (ECHL).Prior to joining the Silverhawks in 2002, Lockert

worked as a national talk show host on the CableRadio Network.He also hosted several radio shows in his

hometown of Los Angeles and has served as host forUCLA pre-and-post-game shows and Los AngelesClippers halftime show.Lockert attended California State University - Los

Angeles where he majored in broadcastcommunications.

In Memorium: Mike Lockert

Notre Dame To Host NCAA Hockey Regional At Fort WayneAllen County War Memorial Coliseum to host Midwest Regional March 27-28, 2010

Mike Lockert

tradition as the home of the International HockeyLeague's Fort Wayne Komets for the past 57 years.The facility also has hosted two Notre Dame

regular season hockey games in recent history - in2005 versus the University of Michigan and in 2007against Northern Michigan. The Irish also hosted asold-out men's NIT basketball tournament atMemorial Coliseum in 2004. Notre Dame has appeared in the NCAA

Tournament three consecutive years from 2007-09,playing twice in the Midwest Regional at GrandRapids, Mich. (‘07 and ‘09), and then in ColoradoSprings, Colo. (‘08), where the Irish won the WestRegional on the way to their first-ever berth in theNCAA Frozen Four.

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2009-10 NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Points of EmphasisWhile the 2009-10 season is not a

year in which rules will change, theMen’s amd Women’s Ice HockeyRules Committee is communicatingits intent in a few key areas to allowfor experimentation and refinementbefore the next annual meeting inJune 2010.

The committee reaffirmed itsintent to use the following principleswhen making rule changes: 1.Encouraging the speed, skill andintegrity of the game; 2.Encouraging more scoring chances,but not necessarily more goals; and 3. Eliminating whistles and encouraging continuousaction. The committee identified several points of emphasis for the upcoming season:

Contact after the Whistle - The committee believes altercations after the whistle area growing and disturbing trend. After reviewing numerous situations, the committee isextremely concerned about student-athlete safety as well as the negative impact on thegame’s image. The committee believes a cultural shift is needed. The committee instructsofficials to strictly enforce these types of penalties when violations occur.

Any contact to the head after a whistle tends to escalate altercations. The committeehas clarified that “facewashing” is considered grasping the facemask, which is a violation ofRule 6-14-a. To provide officials with further guidance the committee instructs officialsto follow these guidelines when assessing penalties in this area:

• Placing an open hand on the facemask of an opposing player should be penalizedwith a minor penalty;

• Pushing with an open hand on an opposing player's facemask, grabbing or, movingan open hand back and forth on an opposing player's facemask, e.g., “facewashing,” shouldbe penalized with a major penalty; and

• Grasping the facemask and either pulling or twisting is considered an aggressive andpotentially dangerous tactic and may be penalized as excessive roughness, which carries adisqualification.

Additionally, when altercations occur, players must respect and follow the direction ofgame officials. Players must not resist an official or persist in continuing an altercation afterthe player has been ordered to stop. Rule 6-1-l calls for a misconduct, game misconductor disqualification at the referee’s discretion in this area.

Standard of Enforcement/Protection of the Puck Carrier - Entering the second sea-son with the two-referee system in place for all levels of NCAA ice hockey, the expecta-tion of overall enforcement is higher. Referees should be comfortable with the mechanicsand positioning of the system. As a reminder, officials are instructed to call fouls when thepuck carrier’s hands or arms are impeded by the use of a stick or free hand. The puck car-rier is not required to fight through such actions. Consistent enforcement of all restrainingand impeding fouls must continue.

Hitting From Behind - The committee continues to emphasize strict enforcementof this penalty and reaffirms that responsibility remains with the player delivering thecontact. A major penalty must be assessed when this foul occurs into the boards or goalcage. The committee understands that, in some cases, a player will be penalized for anunintentional hit, but student-athlete safety is the overriding concern.

2009-10 CCHA Television Schedule

Date TV Opponent Time

Oct. 9 CTV Clarkson at Michigan State 7:05 p.m.Oct. 20 ESPNU Notre Dame at Boston University 7:05 p.m.Oct. 23 CTV Michigan State at Miami 7:05 p.m.Oct. 30 CTV Western Michigan at Michigan State 7:05 p.m.

Nov. 6 CTV Miami at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Nov. 7 CTV Miami at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Nov. 13 FSD Main Michigan State at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Nov. 14 CTV Michigan at Michigan State 7:05 p.m.Nov. 19 CTV Notre Dame at Michigan State 7:05 p.m.Nov. 28 CTV Wisconsin at Michigan 7:35 p.m.

Dec. 4 CTV Notre Dame at Miami 7:35 p.m.Dec. 5 CTV Notre Dame at Miami 7:05 p.m.Dec. 11 CTV Notre Dame at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Dec. 13 CTV Michigan at Notre Dame 4:05 p.m.Dec. 30 FSD Main GLI Championship Game 7:35 p.m.

Jan. 8 FSD Main Lake Superior at Michigan State 7:35 p.m.Jan. 9 CTV Lake Superior at Michigan State 5:05 p.m.Jan. 15 FS Plus Alaska at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Jan. 15 CBSC Michigan State at Notre Dame 8:05 p.m.Jan. 16 CTV Alaska at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Jan. 22 FS Plus Ohio State at Michigan State 7:35 p.m.Jan. 22 CBSC Ferris State at Michigan 8:05 p.m.Jan. 23 BTN Ohio State at Michigan State 5:05 p.m.Jan. 23 CBSC Michigan at Ferris State 8:05 p.m.Jan. 29 BTN Michigan at Michigan State 7:35 p.m.Jan. 29 CTV Western Michigan at Miami 7:35 p.m.Jan. 29 CBSC Nebraska-Omaha at Notre Dame 8:05 p.m.Jan. 30 FSD Main Western Michigan at Miami 5:05 p.m.Jan.30 FSD HD Michigan vs. Michigan State 7:35 p.m.Jan. 30 CBSC Nebraska-Omaha at Notre Dame 8:05 p.m.

Feb. 5 CTV Lake Superior at Miami 7:35 p.m.Feb. 6 FS Plus Northern Michigan at Ferris State 7:35 p.m.Feb. 9 CTV Bowling Green at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Feb. 12 BTN Alaska at Ohio State 7:05 p.m.Feb. 12 CBSC Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m.Feb. 13 CBSC Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m.Feb. 19 FS Plus Northern Michigan at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Feb. 20 CTV Northern Michigan at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Feb. 25 FSD Main Notre Dame at Michigan 7:35 p.m.Feb. 26 FSD Main Bowling Green at Michigan State 7:35 p.m.Feb. 26 CBSC Ohio State at Miami 8:05 p.m.Feb. 27 BTN Michigan at Notre Dame 7:05 p.m.Feb. 27 CTV Ohio State at Miami 7:05 p.m.

Mar. 5 CTV First Round CCHA Playoffs 7:05/7:35 p.m.Mar. 6 FSD Main First Round CCHA Playoffs 7:05/7:35 p.m.Mar. 12 CTV Second Round CCHA Playoffs 7:05/7:35 p.m.Mar. 13 CTV Second Round CCHA Playoffs 7:05/7:35 p.m.Mar. 19 FSD Main CCHA Semifinal #1 4:35 p.m.Mar. 19 BTN CCHA Semifinal #2 8:05 p.m.Mar. 20 FSD Main CCHA Championship Game 7:35 p.m.

All teams are ESTNotre Dame games in boldFSN - Fox Sports Detroit; CBSC - CBS College Sports; CTV - Comcast; BTN - Big 10Network; ESPNU - ESPN University

CCHA RULE CHANGE - Three Points For Regulation and Overtime Wins -The Central Collegiate Hockey Association has announced that with the start ofCCHA conference play on Oct. 23, a regulation time or overtime victory will beworth three points in the league standings.This season, a regulation or sudden-death overtime win will earn a team three

points in the standings, a shootout victory will garner two points, a shootout loss willbe rewarded by one point, and a loss in regulation or overtime will mean no points.So, any game that goes to a shootout will see the victor credited with a tie and ashootout win in the conference standings, while the loser will receive credit for a tie.This differs from the system utilized in 2008-09, where a regulation/overtime

victory and a shootout win meant two points, a shootout loss gave a team one point,and a regulation/overtime loss was awarded no points.This new system gives greater incentive to earn a victory in regulation or during

the five-minute overtime period than winning in a shootout., but teams that performwell in shootouts will still have a clear advantage.However, like last year, CCHA league games that are decided in a shootout will go

down as a tie in the overall national rankings and have no bearing on a team’sRatings Percentage Index (RPI) come NCAA Tournament time. Additionally, a shootout will again not be used to decide games during the CCHA

Tournament, with the exception of the third-place game at Joe Louis Arena.

Season Preview

Junior defenseman Ian Cole leads a stingy Irish defense that

gave up just 1.73 goals-per-game in 2008-09. A 2007 first-

round pick the St. Louis Blues, Cole was selected first-team

all-CCHA and first-team All-American for the ‘08-’09 season.


NumericalRoster

2009-10 University of Notre Dame Hockey Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. R/L Birthdate Hometown Previous Team

2 Kyle Lawson D 5-11 208 Sr. R 1/11/87 New Hudson, MI Tri-City Storm (USHL)

3 Brett Blatchford D 6-0 198 Sr. L 6/5/86 Temperance, MI Texas Tornado (NAHL)

4 Riley Sheahan C 6-2 200 Fr. L 12/7/91 St. Catharine’s, ONT St. Catharine’s Falcons (GHJHL)

5 Teddy Ruth D 6-1 208 Jr. R 2/14/89 Naperville, IL USA National Under-18 Team

6 Patrick Gaul C 5-8 184 So. L 2/27/90 Pittsburgh, PA USA National Under-18 Team

8 Sam Calabrese D 5-11 185 Fr. R 3/18/91 Park Ridge, IL USA National Under-18 Team

9 Ryan Thang LW 6-0 193 Sr. R 5/11/87 Edina, MN Omaha Lancers (USHL)

10 Kyle Palmieri RW 5-11 190 Fr. R 2/1/91 Montvale, NJ USA National Under-18 Team

12 Richard Ryan LW 5-11 192 So. L 6/11/88 Toronto, ONT St. Michael’s Buzzers (OPJHL)

13 Eric Ringel D 6-0 198 So. R 4/4/90 Hinckley, OH Mahoning Valley Phantoms (NAHL)

14 Nick Condon D 5-9 170 So. L 1/26/87 Wausau, WI St. Louis Bandits (NAHL)

15 Christiaan Minella RW 6-2 214 Sr. R 7/5/85 Aurora, CO Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

16 Dan Kissel LW 5-9 178 Sr. L 1/25/87 Crestwood, IL Chicago Steel (USHL)

17 Billy Maday RW 5-11 182 So. R 2/25/88 Burr Ridge, IL Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

18 Kyle Murphy LW 5-8 169 So. L 5/11/90 Fairhaven, NJ Shattuck St. Mary’s

19 Ben Ryan C 5-11 192 Jr. R 10/16/88 Brighton, MI Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

20 Kevin Nugent RW 6-3 203 Fr. R 3/1/89 New Canaan, CT Tri-City Storm (USHL)

21 Kevin Deeth C 5-7 170 Sr. L 5/26/87 Gig Harbor, WA Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

22 Calle Ridderwall LW 6-0 188 Jr. L 5/28/88 Stockholm, SWE Tri-City Storm (USHL)

24 Sean Lorenz D 6-1 202 So. R 3/10/90 Littleton, CO USA National Under-18 Team

26 Nick Larson LW 6-2 200 Fr. L 11/14/89 Apple Valley, MN Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

27 Ryan Guentzel RW 6-0 180 Jr. R 7/14/86 Woodbury, MN Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

28 Ian Cole D 6-1 220 Jr. L 2/21/89 Ann Arbor, MI USA National Under-18 Team

30 Brad Phillips G 6-2 181 Jr. L 4/22/89 Farmington Hills, MI USA National Under-18 Team

31 Tom O’Brien G 5-11 208 Sr. L 4/28/87 Mokena, IL Bridgewater Bandits (EJHL)

32 Mike Johnson G 5-10 194 Fr. L 2/1/89 Verona, WI Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL)

35 Brian Brooke G 6-0 184 Jr. L 10/12/88 Eden Prairie, MN Eden Prairie

Head Coach: Jeff Jackson (Michigan State ’78; 5th season at Notre Dame)Associate Head Coach: Paul Pooley (Ohio State ’84)Associate Coach: Andy Slaggert (Notre Dame ’89)Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mike McNeill (Notre Dame ’88)Coordinator of Hockey Operations: Nick SiergiejAthletic Trainer: Kevin RicksEquipment Specialist: Dave GilbertSenior Manager: Mike Fletcher ‘10

Pronunciation Guide

6 Patrick GAWL 27 Ryan GHENT-Zuhl 16 Dan KISS-el 17 Billy MAY-day 15 Chris-tyun Mih-Nella 20 Kevin NEW-jent 10 Kyle Paul-Mary 22 Cal-lee Rih-DER-wall 13 Eric RING-el 4 Riley SHAY-han assoc. head coach - Paul POOL-eeassociate coach - Andy SLAG-urt

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By Position

Centers (4) ................ Deeth, Gaul, B. Ryan, SheahanLeft Wing (6) ............ Kissel, Larson, Murphy, Ridderwall, R. Ryan, ThangRight Wing (5) ........ Guentzel, Maday, Minella, Nugent, Palmieri Defensemen (8) ........ Blatchford, Calabrese, Cole, Condon, Lawson, Lorenz, Ringel, RuthGoaltenders (4) ........ Brooke, Johnson, O’Brien, Phillips

By Class

Seniors (7) ................ Blatchford, Deeth, Kissel, Lawson, Minella, O’Brien, ThangJuniors (7) ................ Brooke, Cole, Guentzel, Phillips, Ridderwall, Ruth, B. RyanSophomores (7) ........ Condon,Gaul, Lorenz, Maday, Murphy, Ringel, R. RyanFreshmen (6) ............ Calabrese, Johnson, Larson, Nugent, Palmieri, Sheahan

2009-10 University of Notre Dame Hockey Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. R/L Birthdate Hometown Previous Team

3 Brett Blatchford D 6-0 198 Sr. L 6/5/86 Temperance, MI Texas Tornado (NAHL)

35 Brian Brooke G 6-0 184 Jr. L 10/12/88 Eden Prairie, MN Eden Prairie

8 Sam Calabrese D 5-11 185 Fr. R 3/18/91 Park Ridge, IL USA National Under-18 Team

28 Ian Cole D 6-1 220 Jr. L 2/21/89 Ann Arbor, MI USA National Under-18 Team

14 Nick Condon D 5-9 170 So. L 1/26/87 Wausau, WI St. Louis Bandits (NAHL)

21 Kevin Deeth C 5-7 170 Sr. L 5/26/87 Gig Harbor, WA Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

6 Patrick Gaul C 5-8 184 So. L 2/27/90 Pittsburgh, PA USA National Under-18 Team

27 Ryan Guentzel RW 6-0 180 Jr. R 7/14/86 Woodbury, MN Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

32 Mike Johnson G 5-10 194 Fr. L 2/1/89 Verona, WI Cedar Rapids Rough Riders (USHL)

16 Dan Kissel LW 5-9 178 Sr. L 1/25/87 Crestwood, IL Chicago Steel (USHL)

26 Nick Larson LW 6-2 200 Fr. L 11/14/89 Apple Valley, MN Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

2 Kyle Lawson D 5-11 208 Sr. R 1/11/87 New Hudson, MI Tri-City Storm (USHL)

24 Sean Lorenz D 6-1 202 So. R 3/10/90 Littleton, CO USA National Under-18 Team

17 Billy Maday RW 5-11 182 So. R 2/25/88 Burr Ridge, IL Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

15 Christiaan Minella RW 6-2 214 Sr. R 7/5/85 Aurora, CO Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

18 Kyle Murphy LW 5-8 169 So. L 5/11/90 Fairhaven, NJ Shattuck St. Mary’s

20 Kevin Nugent RW 6-3 203 Fr. R 3/1/89 New Canaan, CT Tri-City Storm (USHL)

31 Tom O’Brien G 5-11 208 Sr. L 4/28/87 Mokena, IL Bridgewater Bandits (EJHL)

10 Kyle Palmieri RW 5-11 190 Fr. R 2/1/91 Montvale, NJ USA National Under-18 Team

30 Brad Phillips G 6-2 181 Jr. L 4/22/89 Farmington Hills, MI USA National Under-18 Team

22 Calle Ridderwall LW 6-0 188 Jr. L 5/28/88 Stockholm, SWE Tri-City Storm (USHL)

13 Eric Ringel D 6-0 198 So. R 4/4/90 Hinckley, OH Mahoning Valley Phantoms (NAHL)

5 Teddy Ruth D 6-1 208 Jr. R 2/14/89 Naperville, IL USA National Under-18 Team

19 Ben Ryan C 5-11 192 Jr. R 10/16/88 Brighton, MI Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

12 Richard Ryan LW 5-10 186 So. L 6/11/88 Toronto, ONT St. Michael’s Buzzers (OPJHL)

4 Riley Sheahan C 6-2 200 Fr. L 12/7/91 St. Catharine’s, ONT St. Catharine’s Falcons (GHJHL)

9 Ryan Thang LW 6-0 193 Sr. R 5/11/87 Edina, MN Omaha Lancers (USHL)

Head Coach: Jeff Jackson (Michigan State ’78; 5th season at Notre Dame)Associate Head Coach: Paul Pooley (Ohio State ’84)Assistant Coach: Andy Slaggert (Notre Dame ’89)Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mike McNeill (Notre Dame ’88)

Coordinator of Hockey Operations: Nick SiergiejAthletic Trainer: Kevin RicksEquipment Specialist: Dave GilbertSenior Manager: Mike Fletcher ‘10


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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN HONORS –For the first time in the program’s history, two mem-bers of the Notre Dame hockey team were selected asESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americanson the at-Large team following the 2008-09 season.Senior goaltender Jordan Pearce (Anchorage, Alaska)was selected first team after recording a 3.816 grade-point average in his double major of anthropology/pre-med. For Pearce, it marked the second consecutiveyear that he was named Academic All-American aftertaking second team honors in ‘07-’08. He was joinedby fellow senior Erik Condra (Livonia, Mich.) whowas a second team selection after turning in a 3.55grade point with a double major in psychology andpre-med. Pearce became the second Irish player to benamed twice as he joined Steve Noble ‘98 who wasselected in 1997 (first team) and 1998 (second team).The Irish have had six players all-time namedAcademic All-American as Condra and Pearce arejoined by Dan Carlson ‘01 (third team), AndyJurkowski ‘00 (third team), Forrest Karr ‘99 (secondteam) and Noble in ‘97 and ‘98.

ALL-AMERICANS – Two Notre Dame playerswere selected AHCA/Reebok All-Americans follow-ing the 2008-09 season. Sophomore defenseman IanCole (Ann Arbor, Mich.) was selected as a first teamAll-American while senior right wing Erik Condra(Livonia, Mich.) was selected second team. Thatmarked the third time in the program’s history thatthe Irish had two players selected All-American in thesame year. The previous times came in 1972-73 whenEddie Bumbacco ‘74 and Bill Nyrop ‘74 were cho-sen and again in 1976-77 when Jack Brownschidle‘77 and Brian Walsh ‘77 were honored.

BEST OF THE BEST – Over the past three sea-sons, the Notre Dame hockey program is tops in thenation. Since the start of the 2006-07 campaign, theIrish have won 90 games and own a .742 winningpercentage over those three years. Notre Dame leadsMichigan (88) in wins and winning percentage (.724).Here are the top five teams by wins and winning per-centage since 2006-07.

WINS WINNING .PCTNotre Dame 90 Notre Dame (.742)Michigan 88 Michigan (.724)Miami 80 Miami (.680)North Dakota 76 Boston University (.665)Boston University 74 New Hampshire (.661)

CAPTAINS – Senior left wing Ryan Thang(Edina, Minn.) will serve as Notre Dame’s captain forthe 2009-10 season. Joining Thang as alternate cap-tains in ‘09-’10, are senior defenseman Kyle Lawson(New Hudson, Mich.), senior center Kevin Deeth(Gig Harbor, Wash.) and junior defenseman TeddyRuth (Naperville, Ill.). Thang and Lawson served asalternate captains in 2008-09, while this is the firstseason as captain for Deeth and Ruth.

CLUTCH SCORER – During his first three sea-sons at Notre Dame, senior left wing Ryan Thang(Edina, Minn.) has proven to be a clutch player. Inthose three seasons, Thang has amassed 13 game-win-ning goals, getting six in 2006-07, five in 2007-08 andtwo last season. He is currently tied for the top spotwith 13 game-winning goals. That ties him with RobGlobke ‘04, Brian Urick ‘99 and Dave Poulin ‘82,with all three having 13 game winners.

DROP THE PUCK – For the fifth year in a row,Notre Dame hockey opened its season with the annu-al “Drop The Puck Reception” at the Joyce Centerfor season ticket holders and fans. This year’s eventwas held on Oct. 6 and featured Garth Snow, thegeneral manager of the New York Islanders. A goal-tender with the Islanders from 2001-06, Snow was onLong Island when Jeff Jackson was an assistant coachthere. Snow joins Brian Burke, who was the exec-utive vice-president and general manager of theAnaheim Ducks at the time and the G.M. of the 2010U.S. Olympic hockey team in 2008, Detroit RedWings’ player and current team vice-president SteveYzerman (2007), Chicago Black Hawk andVersus/NBC TV analyst Ed Olczyk (2006) and Hallof Fame coach Scotty Bowman, who handled thehonors at the first Drop The Puck reception on Sept.6, 2005 with over 400 fans in attendance. Bowman,who won nine Stanley Cups in his illustrious coach-ing career, also was invited by Notre Dame head foot-ball coach Charlie Weis to address his team at practicethat day, just four days prior to the upset win atMichigan.

FAMILY GUYS – Three members of the NotreDame hockey team – junior goaltender BradPhillips (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and freshmen for-wards Kevin Nugent (New Canaan, Conn.) andRiley Sheahan (St. Catharine’s, Ont.) – have familyties to the Irish athletics program. Phillips’ uncle isformer Irish quarterback Terry Andrysiak ‘89, whoplayed at Notre Dame from 1985 to 1988. Nugent’sfather, Kevin Nugent, Sr. ‘78 was a member of theNotre Dame hockey team from 1974-78. During hiscareer he played in 131 games, scoring 54 goals with75 assists for 129 career points. His son becomes thesecond Irish player to follow his father to NotreDame. He joins Rory Walsh ‘06 who followed hisfather, Brian Walsh ‘77 who was a teammate ofNugent, Sr. Sheahan is a second cousin of formerIrish defenseman Brock Sheahan ‘08 who played forthe Irish from 2004-08.

Scotty Bowman poses with the Notre Dame hockey teamfollowing the first annual “Drop The Puck” Dinner held atthe Joyce Center on Sept. 6, 2005.

Notre Dame Hockeyby the Numbers

6,901Career minutes played by goaltender Lance Madson(1986-90).

3,007 The size of the crowd on Jan. 30, 2009 when the Irish metMichigan at the Joyce Center. The standing-room onlycrowd was the largest to see Notre Dame play sinceMarch 10, 1995 when 3,310 saw the Irish defeat Illinois-Chicago. Following that season, new seating was installedreducing the capacity of the Joyce Center.

2,857A sellout crowd (including standing room) at the JoyceCenter. A regular sellout is 2,713. During the 2008-09season, the Irish played to sellout crowds in 13 of theteam’s 18 home games and averaged 2,702 per game.Since the 1995-96 season, the Irish have played in front of94 sellout crowds, including 15 of the new mark of 2,857that started during the 2007-08 season.

2,557:46The Notre Dame single-season record for minutes playedby an Irish goaltender, set by Jordan Pearce during the2007-08 season.

1968First varsity hockey season of the modern era.

1912First varsity hockey season.

307Career coaching wins by Lefty Smith, in 19 seasons at Notre Dame.

285Career coaching wins by current Irish head coach JeffJackson, between Notre Dame and Lake Superior State.

193:27David Brown’s consecutive shutout minutes streak setfrom Oct. 17 through Nov. 8, 2003. Brown recorded thestreak over a five-game span that included three consec-utive shutouts (vs. Bowling Green, Boston College andNebraska-Omaha). The three consecutive shutouts andthe consecutive minutes are both Notre Dame records.

163The number of consecutive games played by NotreDame’s all-time “Iron Man” Mark Van Guilder. VanGuilder graduated following the 2007-08 season and didnot miss a game his entire career. He finished his careeras Notre Dame’s all-time leader in games played with163.

104ND record for career goals, set by Greg Meredith (1976-80) after scoring twice in his final game to beat EddieBumbacco’s (1970-74) previous record of 103.

103Jeff Jackson’s win total in his four seasons behind theNotre Dame bench. The Irish bench boss is 103-48-14(.667) since taking over behind the bench prior to the2005-06 season.

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FULL HOUSE – Notre Dame hockey gameswere a tough ticket during the 2008-09 season as theIrish had 13 sellouts in 18 home dates and averaged2,702 fans per game. A sellout at the Joyce Center is2,713 with 2,857 capacity with standing room. OnJan. 30 versus Michigan, 3,007 fans jammed into theJoyce Center, the largest crowd since March of 1995when 3,310 saw Notre Dame play Illinois-Chicago.The following season, new seating was installed andcapacity was reconfigured.

HOMETOWNS – The 2009-10 Notre Damehockey team features players from 10 states, oneCanadian province and Sweden. Over the past 15 sea-sons, the Irish have had monogram winners from 21different states and provinces – those listed below,plus: Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York,North Dakota, Alberta, Prince Edward Island,Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. JuniorCalle Ridderwall (Stockholm) is the first NotreDame hockey player from Sweden.

2009-10 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY – BY STATE, COUNTRY OR PROVINCE:Michigan (5): Brett Blatchford, Kyle Lawson, Ian Cole, Brad Phillips, Ben RyanIllinois (5): Dan Kissel, Tom O’Brien,Teddy Ruth, Billy Maday, Sam CalabreseMinnesota (4): Ryan Thang, Ryan Guentzel, Brian Brooke, Nick LarsonColorado (2): Christiaan Minella, Sean LorenzWisconsin (2): Nick Condon, Mike JohnsonNew Jersey (2): Kyle Murphy, Kyle Palmieri Ontario (2): Richard Ryan, Riley SheahanOhio (1): Eric Ringel Pennsylvania (1): Patrick GaulSweden (1): Calle RidderwallWashington (1): Kevin DeethConnecticut (1): Kevin Nugent

LATEST AND FASTEST - Erik Condra’s goalwith 1.3 seconds left last Feb. 6 against Ohio Statewas the latest goal in regulation scored by the Irish tosend a contest into overtime as it tied that game, 3-3.That was followed by Calle Ridderwall’s overtimegame winner that became the fastest game winner inextra time for the Irish as he scored just 49 secondsinto overtime. That beat the previous quickest over-

time game winner by Dan Carlson ‘01 who scoredjust 52 seconds into overtime on Jan. 21, 2000 to beatWestern Michigan, 4-3.

LEADER OF THE PACK – Notre Dame headcoach Jeff Jackson begins his fifth season behind theIrish bench in 2009-10. In his first four years he hascompiled a 103-48-14 (.667) record, highlighted by a32-7-3 mark in ‘06-’07, a 27-16-4 record on the way tothe first-ever Frozen Four appearance for the Irish in‘07-’08 and last year’s 31-6-3 campaign. The ‘06-’07CCHA coach-of-the-year and Spencer Penrose Awardwinner as the national coach-of-the-year, Jackson entersthe ‘09-’10 season with the best winning percentageamong Division I coaches with 10 or more years. Hiscurrent overall record stands at 285-100-39 for a .718success rate. His 285 wins rank him 12th on the list ofactive coaches. In six seasons at his previous collegiatestop – Lake Superior State (1990-96) – Jackson’s teamswere 182-52-25 with two national championships, twoCCHA regular-season titles and four CCHA tourna-ment championships. Included in his 285 career wins are50 postseason victories (50-15 in postseason) and a .769winning percentage. In 10 trips to the CCHA postsea-son, Jackson’s teams are 34-7 (.829). Those totalsinclude a 24-2 mark at Lake Superior and a 10-5 recordat Notre Dame. In those 10 seasons, Jackson has seenhis teams advance to the CCHA finals nine times, win-ning six tournament championships (four at LakeSuperior and two at Notre Dame).

LORD STANLEY, LORD STANLEY – For thesecond consecutive season, a former Notre Damedefenseman played for a Stanley Cup winning team.This time it was Pittsburgh defenseman Mark Eatonwho became the fourth Notre Dame player to hoistthe Stanley Cup. Eaton, who played just one seasonfor the Irish in 1997-98, joins Brett Lebda ‘04 whowon the Stanley Cup versus Eaton’s Penguins in 2008.They follow two other Notre Dame defenseman whohave their names etched on the Cup three times - BillNyrop ‘74 and Don Jackson ‘78. Nyrop played onthree Stanley Cup winners with the MontrealCanadiens (1975-78) and Jackson was a member ofthree Cup-winning teams with the Edmonton Oilers(1982-85). The Pittsburgh defenseman was honoredby Notre Dame at halftime of the season-openinggame versus Nevada on Sept. 5.


95:18The elapsed time of the longest game in Notre Damehockey history (March 23, 2007). Ryan Thang’s goal at15:18 of the second overtime gave the Irish a 3-2 win ver-sus Alabama-Huntsville in the NCAA Midwest Regional.The win was the first NCAA tournament win for NotreDame. The previous longest game was 80:40 and set in the2002 CCHA playoffs at Nebraska-Omaha.

90The number of wins Notre Dame’s senior class has goinginto the 2009-10 season. The seven seniors - BrettBlatchford, Kevin Deeth, Dan Kissel, Kyle Lawson,Christiaan Minella, Tom O’Brien and Ryan Thangare 90-28-10 in their first three seasons at Notre Dame.

89All-time Notre Dame hockey letterwinners from the stateof Minnesota.

59The number of wins owned by goaltender Jordan Pearcein his Notre Dame career, making him the winningestgoaltender in the program’s history. Pearce was 56-26-7from 2005-09 with a .679 winning percentage. He passedLance Madson ‘90 who owned the record with 56.

57The number of Notre Dame players to be drafted by teamsin the National Hockey League’s Entry Draft since thedraft started in 1969. The 2009-10 team has nine playersthat have been drafted - Kyle Lawson (Carolina), RyanThang (Nashville), Ian Cole (St. Louis), Brad Phillips(Philadelphia), Teddy Ruth (Washington then traded toColumbus), Ben Ryan (Nashville), Sean Lorenz(Minnesota), Nick Larson (Calgary) and Kyle Palmieri(Anaheim).

47Saves posted by Matt Eisler in 3-0 win over Ohio Stateon Oct. 25, 1996 (most ever in a Notre Dame shutout).

32The number of wins achieved by the Notre Dame hock-ey team during its record-setting season in 2006-07. TheIrish were 32-7-3 for the year.

30The Notre Dame record for wins in a season by a goal-tender set by Jordan Pearce during the 2008-09 season.Pearce led the nation with a 30-6-3 overall record, wassecond with a 1.68 goals-against average and fifth in thecountry with a .931 save percentage.

23Players from the U.S. National Team DevelopmentalProgram to play at Notre Dame since the U.S. Nationalprogram started in 1997-98.

18The spot in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft where the St. LouisBlues selected Irish defenseman Ian Cole. That makeshim the first Notre Dame player ever selected in the firstround of the NHL Draft and the earliest any Irish playerhas ever been selected in the draft.

Former Irish defenseman Mark Eaton was honored at halftime of the Notre Dame-Nevada game on Sept. 5 for hisrole in helping Pittsburgh win the 2009 Stanley Cup.


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17The number of former Notre Dame players to see actionwith a National Hockey League team. During the ‘08-’09season, defenseman Wes O’Neill ‘07 and forward TimWallace ‘06 saw their first NHL playing time withColorado and Pittsburgh respectively.

15Million dollars – the amount of a gift to the University ofNotre Dame from an anonymous donor – to underwriteconstruction of a permanent hockey arena in the JoyceCenter. Those plans have since changed to a new hockeyarena for the Irish.

13The number of career game-winning goals that seniorRyan Thang enters his final season with. That ties himwith Rob Globke ‘04, Brian Urick ‘99 and DavePoulin ‘82 for first on the all-time list.

12Notre Dame’s career mark for shutouts that is held byboth Jordan Pearce (2005-09) and David Brown(2003-07), two of the top goaltenders in the program’s 41-year history.

6:50Quickest hat trick in Notre Dame history, by SterlingBlack in 1973.

#3The highest that Notre Dame has ever ended the seasonin the final USA Today/American Hockey Magazine rank-ings. For the first time in the program’s history, the Irishwere in the national rankings all 27 weeks during the2007-08 campaign and with the start of the 2009-10 sea-son have been ranked for 59 consecutive weeks.

1.58The lowest single-season goals-against average by an Irishgoaltender. David Brown turned that in during hisrecord-setting senior year, the 2006-07 season.

#1Notre Dame’s ranking in the 2006-07 national hockeypolls from Feb. 5 to March 23, 2007, a seven-week span.The Irish would again reach number one status for sevenweeks during the 2008-09 season when they held the topspot from Dec. 1 through Jan. 26.

.931The top single-season save percentage by a Notre Damegoaltender - set by David Brown as a senior in 2006-07and duplicated by Jordan Pearce in his senior year of2008-09.

:09The earliest goal to start a game by a Notre Dame play-er. Tim Wallace scored just nine seconds into NotreDame’s Dec. 2, 2005 game at Western Michigan. TheIrish lost, 4-3.

:08The fastest the Irish have scored two goals in a game. OnJan. 21, 2006 at Northern Michigan, Erik Condra scoreda game-tying goal at 8:42 of the third period. Just eightseconds later at 8:50, Tom Sawatske scored the gamewinner in a 4-3 victory.

NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM – Notre Damedefensemen Ian Cole (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and TeddyRuth were selected to play for Team USA in the 2009World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ont. TheIrish now have 12 players to play on the JuniorNational Team with Cole making his second appear-ance. The defensive duo were part of a team that fin-ished fifth. Cole had two goals and two assists for fourpoints in six games while Ruth was scoreless in sixcontests. This past summer, defenseman Sean Lorenz(Littleton, Colo.) and forward Kyle Palmieri(Montvale, N.J.) were invited to the 2010 JuniorNational Evaluation Camp to try out for this winter’ssquad. Cole and Ruth join Jack Brownschidle (`76-'77, `78-'79), Ben Simon (`96-'97, `97-'98), JoeDusbabek (`97-'98), Dan Carlson (`98-'99),Connor Dunlop (`99-'00, `00-'01), Brett Henning(`99-'00), David Inman (`99-'00), Rob Globke(`00-'01, `01-'02), Brett Lebda (‘01-’02) and KyleLawson (‘06-’07) as former Irish players to play in theWorld Junior Championships.

NCAA SILVER ANNIVERSARY AWARD –Former Notre Dame hockey All-American GregMeredith (1976-80) was one of six former NCAAathletes to receive an NCAA Silver AnniversaryAward at the NCAA Convention in Dallas, Tex., onJan. 9, 2005.The Silver Anniversary Award recognizes former

student-athletes who have distinguished themselvessince completing their college careers 25 years ago.Meredith is Notre Dame’s all-time leading goal scor-er with 104 goals in 149 career games. He is alsotops in power-play goals (43) and seventh in all-timepoints with 192 for his career. He is just one of twoplayers ever to score 40 goals in a season (1979-80)at Notre Dame. A four-year letter winner with theIrish, Meredith was a finalist for a RhodesScholarship and was an NCAA postgraduate scholar-ship recipient. He is currently the managing directorfor Putnam Lovell NBF Securities Inc., and has heldpositions with Salomon Brothers, Inc., NationsbancCapital Markets, Inc., and Fenway Partners, Inc.From 2001 to 2003, he served as president and chiefexecutive officer at HSBC Capital and was also pres-ident and CEO of Printvision, a software companyfrom 2002-03. In addition, Meredith is the founderand president of Proctor Capital, a private investmentand strategic advisory firm. He played four years inthe NHL for the Calgary Flames and was an assistantcoach at Harvard. Meredith currently coaches the St.David’s hockey program for boys and girls between 9and 11 years of age. He formed the Meredith FamilyFoundation in 1997, which contributes to programssuch as the LOGAN Center, which provides servicesto individuals with intellectual disabilities, the St.Joseph’s County Special Olympics, and CampMillhouse, a summer camp for children with signifi-cant intellectual disabilities. In addition, the organi-zation funds educational initiatives including the PaulE. Meredith scholarships at Notre Dame. Meredith isthe 10th former Irish athlete to receive the awardthat was started in 1973

NHL DRAFTEES – The Irish have nine playerson the 2009-10 roster who have been selected in theNational Hockey League’s Entry Draft. Two incom-ing freshmen added to the list this season. Left wingNick Larson was a 2008 selection of the CalgaryFlames in the fourth round, 108th overall. Rightwing Kyle Palmieri was a first round pick, 26th

overall in the 2009 Draft last June. He became thesecond Notre Dame player ever selected in the firstround. They join defenseman Sean Lorenz whoalso was selected in the 2008 draft by the MinnesotaWild in the fourth round, 115th overall. DefensemanIan Cole was a first-round selection of the St. LouisBlues, who took him with the 18th pick overall. Colebecame the first Irish player ever selected in the firstround and was selected earlier than any other NotreDame player (Rob Globke ‘04 was the previoushighest selection when he was picked 40th overall byFlorida in 2002). Cole was followed by fellowdefenseman Teddy Ruth who went in the secondround, 46th overall to the Washington Capitals.Ryan Thang was selected in the third round, 81stoverall by the Nashville Predators. Sophomore centerBen Ryan (Brighton, Mich.) joined Thang when thePredators made him the 114th pick (fourth round).Goaltender Brad Phillips rounded out the NotreDame selections in the 2007 draft when thePhiladelphia Flyers selected him in the seventh round,182nd overall. Defenseman Kyle Lawson roundsout the group of nine players as he was selected inthe 2005 NHL Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes inthe seventh round, 198th overall.

NUMERO UNO – Notre Dame reached the topof the college hockey rankings twice during the2008-09 season, marking the third and fourth time inthe program’s 41-year history that the Irish sat atopthe national polls. From Dec. 1 to Jan. 26 (sevenweeks), Notre Dame was ranked first in both theUSA Today/American Hockey Magazine andUSCHO.com/CSTV polls. The Irish then reachedthe top spot one time in each poll the rest of the sea-son - the week of Feb. 23 in the USA Today poll andthe week of March 16 in the USCHO.com rankings.Previously, Notre Dame reached number one in thenation status during the 2006-07 season. The Irishmoved into the top spot in both polls on Feb. 5, 2007and remained there for seven consecutive weeks

Greg Meredith ’80 (right) receives the NCAA SilverAnniversary Award from his former Notre Dame coach,Lefty Smith at the 2005 NCAA Awards Banquet inDallas, Texas.

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through March 25. The Irish finished the yearranked fourth in the USA Today poll that covers theentire season and finished number one in theUSCHO.com poll that ended with the finish of theregular season.

ROAD WARRIORS - Notre Dame was 14-2-1(.852) away from the Joyce Center during the 2008-09 season, the best road winning mark in the pro-gram’s history. After dropping the season opener onthe road at Denver (5-2, on Oct. 11), the Irish wouldwin nine straight road games before a 3-3 tie at LakeSuperior on Jan. 17 for a 9-0-1 road unbeaten streak.Wins at Michigan and Ohio State would make it a12-game road unbeaten streak (11-0-1) before theIrish lost on Feb. 8 at Ohio State (4-1). The nine-game road winning streak and the 12-game roadunbeaten streak are the longest in the program’s his-tory.

SHOOTING IT OUT – The 2008-09 seasonwas the first year that the CCHA used the shootoutto determine the winner of games that remained tiedafter 60 minutes of regulation and a five-minuteovertime period. During the season, the Irish wereinvolved in three shootouts, going 3-0 in all threegames. Here’s a look at Notre Dame’s stats duringthe shootouts.

11/14/08 - Win, 2-1, vs. LSSU (four rounds)11/29/08 - Win, 2-1, vs. WMU (five rounds)1/17/09 - Win, 2-1, at LSSU (three rounds)

Player Goals Shots Pct.Ryan Thang 1 1 1 . 0 0 0Erik Condra 1 1 1 . 0 0 0Billy Maday 2 3 .667Calle Ridderwall 2 3 .667Ben Ryan 0 2 .000Dan Kissel 0 1 .000Totals 6 11 .545Goaltender Goals Saves Pct.Jordan Pearce 3 9 .750

STREAKY IRISH - After starting the 2008-09season with a 2-3-0 mark, Notre Dame would go ona 20-game (17-0-3) unbeaten streak between Oct. 30and Jan. 17. During that span, the Irish also had a16-game (13-0-3) unbeaten streak in CCHA games.That streak ties for the seventh-longest conferenceunbeaten streak in NCAA history and the third-longest CCHA unbeaten streak ever. In the confer-ence, the streak trails only Lake Superior State’s28-game conference unbeaten streak (26-0-2) set in1992-93 and a 17-game conference unbeaten streak(16-0-1) set by Michigan in 1993-94.

TOURNAMENT TIME - Notre Dame will hostthe second-ever Shillelagh Tournament on Jan. 2-3,2010 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Thetournament will feature North Dakota, Niagara andColgate. On Saturday, Jan. 2, North Dakota andNiagara will meet in the 3:05 p.m. (CT) game withthe Irish facing Colgate at 6:05 p.m. (CT). OnSunday, Jan. 3, Colgate will face either North Dakotaor Niagara at 2:05 p.m. (CT) with Notre Dame play-ing either the Fighting Sioux or the Purple Eagles at5:05 p.m. (CT). The Irish won the first tournamentlast season with 3-1 wins over Union College andMinnesota-Duluth in the championship game.

TRADING PLACES – Sophomore Irishdefenseman Teddy Ruth was a second round draftchoice of the Washington Capitals in the 2007 NHLEntry Draft. The rugged defenseman won’t have achance to play for the Capitals though. At the 2008NHL trading deadline, Ruth saw his rights traded tothe Columbus Blue Jackets for future Hall of FamerSergei Fedorov.

Academics Job OneIn addition to serving as one of the top up-

and-coming programs in the nation, the NotreDame hockey team also has excelled in theclassroom.

• Eight players on the ‘08-’09 team posted atleast one Dean’s List semester during the sea-son. In the fall, sophomores Brian Brooke andCalle Ridderwall were joined by juniorsKevin Deeth and Christiaan Minella. Thespring semester saw Deeth make the list for asecond semester while freshmen Sean Lorenz,Kyle Murphy and Rich Ryan were joined byjunior Tom O’Brien. For O’Brien, this markshis third semester on the Dean’s List in the hon-ors physics program.

• Graduated goaltender Jordan Pearce wasselected as the CCHA Scholar-Athlete of theYear and made his second appearance on theconference’s scholar-athlete team. He graduat-ed with a 3.816 grade-point average with adouble major in anthropology and pre-med.He also won the team’s Rockne Scholar-Athlete Award for the second consecutive sea-son.

• Notre Dame hockey players have combinedto post 22 perfect 4.0 semesters during the past12 years, including five by 1998 graduate SteveNoble, four by 2008 graduate Brian D’Arcyand three by 2000 graduate Andy Jurkowski(including both terms of his senior year).

• Notre Dame’s hockey program has pro-duced nine Academic All-Americans over thepast 12 seasons as Jordan Pearce and ErikCondra were honored on the at-large team forthe 2008-09 season. Pearce was selected to thefirst team while Condra was a second teamselection. For Pearce, it marked his secondappearance as he was a second team ESPN TheMagazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American onthe at-large team in 2007-08. He was preced-ed by: Noble in 1996-97 and ‘97-’98, ForrestKarr in ‘98-’99, Jurkowski in 1999-2000 andDan Carlson in 2000-01. Following the ‘07-’08 season, Pearce’s teammates, Condra andMark Van Guilder ‘08 were selected secondteam Region V all-academic team in ‘07-08while David Inman ‘02 and David Brown‘07, also were selected to the Region V squadbut did not take national honors.

Notre Dame will defendits 2009 Shillelagh

Tournament title on Jan.2-3, 2010 at the Sears

Centre in HoffmanEstates, Ill. Joining the

Irish in the post NewYear’s Day tournamentare Colgate, Niagara

and North Dakota.

TWO FOR THE MONEY – Graduated rightwing Erik Condra moved into exclusive companyfollowing the ‘08-’09 season at Notre Dame.Condra was named a second team AHCA/ReebokAll-American while also being selected as a secondteam ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American. That made him the first Notre Damehockey player ever to capture both awards in thesame year. Among Notre Dame student-athletes,there have been 53 dual All-Americans who wereselected a total of 66 times.


New Home ForThe Irish

Notre Dame Set to Break Ground on New On-Campus ArenaGroundbreaking set for spring of 2010 with plans to open for the 2011-12 campaign

An aerial view of the artist’s conception of the new hockey home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish - located south ofNotre Dame Stadium and the Joyce Center. The yet-to-be named building is just north of Edison Road and just westof the new track and field facility on the Notre Dame campus. The arena will house the Charles “Lefty” Smith, Jr., Rinkand seat 5,000 fans. A second rink will include an Olympic-size sheet of ice with both rinks meant to meet the needsthe University and the local community. Groundbreaking is set for the spring of 2010.

Over the past four years, a great number ofthings have happened to the University of NotreDame hockey team. There have been two CCHAregular-season championships (2007 and 2009), apair of CCHA Tournament titles (‘07 and ‘09),number one rankings and three trips to theNCAA Tournament.

One of the best things to happen over thatperiod came off the ice and occurred on Feb. 12,2009 when the University announced that a new,free-standing, on-campus arena would be builtwith the anticipated opening set for the 2011-12season.

The announcement on the building was madeby Notre Dame executive vice-president JohnAffleck-Graves and athletics director JackSwarbrick.

Construction is expected to begin in the springof 2010 on the projected 5,000-seat arena - withthe venue ready for play to start the 2011-12season. The announcement came after theUniversity’s Board of Trustees approved the planduring campus meetings the previous week.

"We're thrilled about the plans for a new icearena on our campus, particularly based on thesuperb job Jeff Jackson and our hockey team havedone to position our program as one of the best inthe nation," said Swarbrick.

"In addition to providing a first-rate home forour hockey team, this new facility will be madeavailable whenever possible to our community as awhole, and, in particular, to the many area youthhockey and figure skating programs that are inneed of an additional venue," Affleck-Graves said.

"This is the most important and missing pieceof the puzzle to this hockey program. The newbuilding will create an environment that our fans,

the students, the players, and our hockey alumnican be proud of," said Irish coach Jeff Jackson.

"There are so many individuals -- players,coaches and others - over the history of NotreDame hockey who have helped lay the foundationfor this decision. This building also is going to bevery much about the legacy our players have built,starting with my first year here - T. J. Jindra, MarkVan Guilder, Erik Condra and this year's seniors. It'sas much about what they did to help elevate theprofile of this program as anything else. They all

should be extremely proud of what they haveaccomplished over the last four years."

The new ice arena will be located south of theJoyce Center, just north of Edison Road, and justwest of the new Irish track and field facility.

The majority of the general public arenaseating will be of the chair-back variety. Thefacility will include two sheets of ice (one of themOlympic-sized), with limited seating availabilityfor the second sheet.

The plan also will include offices and lockerroom and weight and cardio training facilities forthe Notre Dame hockey program. Locker roomsalso will be available for campus and communityuse of the facility.

The new ice arena will replace the JoyceCenter fieldhouse as Notre Dame's home for icehockey. The Joyce Center was dedicated inDecember 1968 as the Athletic and ConvocationCenter. It was renamed in 1987 in honor of Rev.Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Notre Dame's executivevice president and chair of the Faculty Board onAthletics from 1952 to 1987.

The current Joyce Center facility has benchseating for 2,713. During the 2009-10 season, theIrish drew a standing room only-crowd of 3,007

Architects plansinclude 5,000 seats

with hockey officespace on the north

side of the building.The plans also include

plenty of restrooms,concessions and

novelty stand areaslocated on the mainconcourse with club

seating set for thethird level.

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Lefty’s Legend To Continue

In 2003, former Notre Dame hockey coach Charles “Lefty” Smith received the “Legend of Hockey Award” fromthe Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation and was honored at the annual Hobey Baker Awards Banquet thatspring in his native Minnesota. Long before that honor recognized Smith nationally, the popular Notre Dame icon had established his legendary

status in the South Bend-Michiana area as a hockey coach, administrator, mentor and citizen during his 40-plus yearsof service to the University.His status in the community was set in stone in April of 2008 at the hockey team’s annual awards banquet when

it was announced that the new hockey rink at the University of Notre Dame’s new ice arena will be named theCharles W. “Lefty” Smith, Jr., Rink.The plans for naming the new ice surface in honor of Smith were made possible by the generosity of the John

and Mary Jo Boler family of Inverness, Ill., and Sanibel Island, Fla., their daughter Jill Boler McCormack ‘84 andher husband, Dan; and their son Matthew Boler ‘88 and his wife, Christine. They were joined by the family of Frank‘57 and Mary Beth O’Brien of Albany, N.Y., who have six children who all graduated from Notre Dame. Their late

son, Frankie, played both lacrosse and hockey for the Irishfrom 1984-88. Smith came to Notre Dame in 1968 to start the varsity

hockey program and coached the Irish for 19 years, retiringin 1987 with 307 career victories. Under his tutelage, NotreDame produced six All-Americans but most importantly, all126 student-athletes who played for him completed theircollegiate eligibility and earned college degrees.Smith, who continues to work as the director of the Loftus Sports Center on campus, served

two years as the president of the American Hockey Coaches Association. He was inducted intothe Minnesota Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1992. He played an integral inbringing the International Special Olympics to Notre Dame in 1987.Married for 57 years, Lefty and his wife, Mickey, are parents of seven living children, with 16

grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Charles “Lefty” Smith addresses thecrowd following the announcementthat Notre Dame’s new hockey rinkwithin the new ice arena would benamed after him.

The Smith and Boler Families (from left to right): Mr. JohnBoler, Lefty Smith and his wife, Mickey, current Irish headcoach Jeff Jackson, Christine Boler, Jill Boler McCormack,Matt Boler and Dan McCormack.

for a game Jan. 30 against seventh-rated Michigan,marking the largest home attendance figure sinceMarch 1995. For the year, Notre Dame recorded13 sellouts in 18 home dates and averaged 2,702per game, the best in program history since seatingwas reconfigured at the Joyce Center.

A lead gift of $15 million from an anonymousdonor in September of 2007 moved theconstruction of a permanent ice arena in the JoyceCenter to the drawing board. Additional studieschanged that plan to instead feature a newbuilding. Once the new facility is completed, thecurrent ice rink at the Joyce Center will beremoved, making that north dome space availablefor a variety of other events.

The University is actively seeking additionalcontributions, and fundraising is continuing. Todate, many former hockey players and formerstudent managers have already directed gifts to thebuilding fund for the new facility, including fourleadership level pledges.

The university worked with Opus North sincelast February of 2009 to develop the conceptualdesign for the facility and the project’s timeline. InSeptember, the RFP for final design developmentand the actual construction of the arena wasreleased to six design-build firms, including OpusNorth. The successful bid will be awarded inNovember of 2009, allowing construction tobegin in the spring of 2010.

The architects plan for the Notre Dame locker room suite are impressive. Located on the north side of the building,the suite is a self-contained area that includes, locker rooms, meeting rooms, a training area, weight room, players’lounge, equipment rooms and storage, a laundry area, video operations area and a multi-purpose room for weeklyteam Masses and recruiting purposes.

Architect’s drawings of the crosssection (left) of the west end ofthe arena, highlighting thepresence of a balcony level.


SeasonPreview

Irish Hockey Gearing Up for Another Run at the TopIcers look to continue on-ice success during 2009-10 season

nation with a 30-6-3 overall record,a stingy 1.68 goals-against averageand a .931 save percentage to gowith eight shutouts on the year.The biggest job of all might just

be finding a replacement for Pearcein the Irish goal. For the past twoseasons, Jackson basically wrotePearce’s name into the starting spoton the lineup sheet and let the biggoaltender do the rest as he started80 of a possible 87 games, turning ina 53-21-4 record.Jackson will have a group of four

goaltenders to pick from - juniorBrad Phillips (Farmington Hills,Mich.), senior Tom O’Brien(Mokena, Ill.), freshman MikeJohnson (Verona, Wis.) and juniorBrian Brooke (Eden Prairie,Minn.) Phillips figures to be the front

runner. At 6-2, 181 pounds, Phillipscovers a great deal of the net andhas tremendous quickness. He wassidelined last season by a knee injurysuffered in the preseason thatrequired surgery. A 2007 draft choice of the

Philadelphia Flyers, Phillips played infive games as a freshman in ‘07-’08,making five starts with a 5-1-0record, a 1.53 goals-against averageand a .923 save percentage with oneshutout.Behind Phillips is O’Brien who

served as the number two man lastseason. He made the first two starts of his collegiatecareer in ‘08-’09, going 1-0-0 with a 1.47 goals-againstaverage, a .920 save percentage and a.920 save percentage. His lone winwas a shutout and it came in his firstcareer start, a 7-0 whitewashing ofSacred Heart on Oct. 18.Looking to push both goaltenders

is Johnson who is in his firstseason with Notre Dame. A talentedgoaltender, Johnson played last yearwith the Cedar Rapids Rough Riderswhere he was 25-12-1 with a 2.39goals-against average and a .909 savepercentage with three shutouts. Brooke is Notre Dame’s fourth

goaltender who joined the team lastyear after Phillips was hurt and pro-vided the Irish with a solid third goal-tender. He has worked hard over thelast year to improve all aspects of his game and shouldbe a valuable contributor in 2009-10.“This is Brad’s (Phillips) opportunity to shine; this is

why we recruited him to be our number one goal-tender,” said Jackson.“He’s fully recovered from his injury and seems to

have the right focus and frame of mind for the comingyear. He’s proven in the past with the national programand even as a freshman that he has the ability to be ahigh-level goaltender. His biggest challenge will be themental challenge of playing on a nightly basis.”

The 2009-10 Notre Dame hockey team will enter thenew season looking to continue its three-year run ofsuccess while looking to add that one banner that is stillmissing from the rafters of the Joyce Center.Over the last three seasons, the Irish have become

one of college hockey’s most dominant programs. Sincethe start of the 2006-07 campaign, Notre Dame has won90 games on the way to a 90-29-10 overall record anda .742 winning percentage. In those three years, the Irish have won the CCHA

regular-season title twice (2006-07 and 2008-09) andadded CCHA Tournament titles in ‘07 and ‘09 respec-tively.There have been three consecutive trips to the

NCAA Tournament (Notre Dame had only been thereone other time), including a trip to the national titlegame in 2008 where the Irish fell to Boston College forthe NCAA Championship.So that brings us back to the season at hand. It’s safe

to say that the Irish are ready for the challenge.First on the docket for head coach Jeff Jackson and

his staff will be replacing six seniors who saw a greatdeal of playing time during their careers. Lost to grad-uation were forwards Erik Condra, ChristianHanson, Garrett Regan and Justin White, defense-man Luke Lucyk and goaltender Jordan Pearce.Those six players were the first to play four seasonsunder Jackson and during that time recorded a record of103-48-14 (.667).During the 2008-09 season that group accounted for

45 goals and 59 assists for 104 points offensively whilePearce proved to be one of the best goaltenders in the

“Tommy (O’Brien) has always shown that he has theskill and ability as a goaltender, because no one worksharder,” added Jackson.“I really like Mike Johnson’s style. He stands right

in their,” explained Jackson.“He has no fear and that’s a big thing. He reacts very

well to the play and that’s a great place to start.”“Brian (Brooke) did a great job in helping us last

year when Brad went down. He fit into our locker roomvery well and he’s really improved his game,” saidJackson.Whoever starts in goal for the Irish will have the

benefit of having one of the nation’s best defenses play-ing in front of them. In two of the last three seasons,Notre Dame’s defense and goaltenders have teamed upto allow the fewest goals in the nation per game. In ‘06-07, the Irish gave up 1.68 per game while in ‘08-’09, thetotal was 1.73 per contest.The group of eight defensemen is made up of two

seniors, two juniors, three sophomores and one fresh-man.The leader of the Notre Dame defense is senior Kyle

Lawson (New Hudson, Mich.). One of the top all-around defenders in both the CCHA and the nation,Lawson has a complete game.A second team all-CCHA selection as a junior,

Lawson also was selected by the conference coaches asthe CCHA’s top defensive defenseman in ‘08-’09. The5-11, 208-pound blueliner also won Notre Dame’sWilliam Donald Nyrop Award as the team’s topdefenseman. The steady defenseman saw action in all situations

and did just about everything that was asked of him. Hehad four goals and 19 assists for 23 points with threepower-play goals and one short-handed tally. His +14mark was second on the Irish roster. When the game is on the line, Lawson, a Carolina

Hurricane draft choice, will be on the ice.Joining Lawson as a senior on defense is Brett

Blatchford (Temperance, Mich.).A hard-working defenseman,

Blatchford is strong with the puck andhas seen a great deal of duty on theNotre Dame power play during hiscareer. As a junior, he played in all 40games and had 25 assists for the yearwith 14 coming on the power play. His+12 rating was third among Irishdefenders.

The two juniors - Ian Cole (AnnArbor, Mich.) and Teddy Ruth(Naperville, Ill.) join Lawson andBlatchford to form the team’s top fourdefenders.

Both have been regulars in theNotre Dame lineup since arriving inSouth Bend and just continue to get

better.Cole took his game to a new level as a sophomore

as he was a first team all-CCHA selection and a firstteam All-American while leading the Irish blue linewith 26 points on six goals and 20 assists. The ownerof a strong, accurate shot from the point, three of hisgoals came on the power play and two were game win-ners as his +15 was tops on the team.A first-round draft choice of the St. Louis Blues in

the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Cole is a 6-1, 220-pounddefender who is a physical force on the Notre Damedefense.

GoaltendersBrian BrookeJr. ... 6-0 ... 184

Mike JohnsonFr. ... 5-10 ... 194

Tom O’Brien Sr. ... 5-11 ... 2081-0-0, 1.47 GAA, .920 save% in ‘08-’09

Brad Phillips Jr. ... 6-2 ... 181Injured in ‘08-’094-1-0, 1.53 GAA,.923 save% in ‘07-’08

Senior defenseman Brett Blatchford is a force on the Irish power play. In 2008-09, he led all Notre Dame defensemen in assists (25) with 14 of them comingon the power play.

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At 6-1, 208 pounds, Ruth is the stopper on the Irishdefense. A true, stay-at home defender, the second-round

choice of the Washington Capitals in 2007, Ruth is aforce in front of the net and in the corners where hemakes life miserable for opposing forwards with hisforceful, physical style of play.He had a pair of goals and five assists for seven points

last season and was +11 for the year.Joining the top four on defense are four others who

will battle for the remaining two spots. The trio of soph-omores includes Nick Condon (Wausau,Wis.), SeanLorenz (Littleton, Colo.) and Eric Ringel (Hinckley,Ohio) while Sam Calabrese (Park Ridge, Ill.) is thelone freshman.Lorenz moved into the lineup as a freshman and

played in all 40 games, collecting three assists whilebeing +7 on the season. He plays a smart, defensivestyle of hockey while adjusting to the speed of the game.Strong with the puck, the 6-1, 202 pound stay-at-homedefenseman picked his spots when it came to joining theoffensive attack.Condon and Ringel saw limited playing time, appear-

ing in three and six games respectively. Both playersshowed a flair for the offensive game and worked toimprove their game at the defensive end of the ice.Condon is 5-9, 170-pounds andRingel is 6-0, 198. Calabrese is the lone freshman to

join the team and he comes to theIrish after spending two seasons withthe U.S. National Team DevelopmentProgram where he saw duty both ondefense and offense during his twoseasons. A 5-11, 185-pound defender,

Calabrese is an excellent skater who ismoves the puck well in transition.Jackson knows he has one of the

top groups of blueliners in the nation.“I believe that our top four

defensemen are as good as there are incollege hockey.” said Jackson.“Kyle (Lawson) has the ability to

bring it at both ends of the ice. He’sa great defender; there is no questionabout that. The intangible with Kyleis his grittiness, his intensity. He laysit all on the line for the team.”“In my opinion, Brett (Blatchford)

is one of the most unheraldeddefensemen in college hockey,” saidJackson.“He has improved his game defen-

sively and his skating over the last two years. He’s asteadying influence on our defense. Brett may have beenour most consistent defenseman last season.”“Ian (Cole) is one of the top defensemen in college

hockey and has the potential to be “the” top defensemanin college hockey,” added the Irish head coach.“I’m expecting big things out of Teddy (Ruth) this

year. The reasons we wanted him in a Notre Dame uni-

form are his grittiness, his character and his toughness.We’ve encouraged him to be more than a defensivedefenseman but that is the strength of his game. He isexcited by the challenge of taking his game to a newlevel. He’s one of the most difficult defenders to playagainst in the country because he’s big, strong and solidand isn’t afraid to hit.” “I think that Sean Lorenz is going to take a step in

that direction this year. He’s got to play with confidenceand minimize the high-risk situations. He’s got thepotential and we need to see him play more minutes,”explained Jackson.“The one thing we know we have to do better is bal-

ance out the minutes. We are doing them an injusticeby playing them 30 minutes a game. Our goal is to seethat we cut a few guys minutes down, meaning that

other guys play a few minutes more. That’s where theyounger guys have to step up and make the most of theopportunities they have to play.”Offensively, Notre Dame will have to replace the

scoring and leadership of Condra, Hanson, Regan andWhite. Those four players had 45 goals between themand were key members of a balanced offensive attack.The Irish will look to build on that consistency that

saw all four lines contribute every night. Notre Damehad six players with 10 or more goals while 14 playershad 15 or more points on the year.The Irish power play was a key component of the

attack as it accounted for 51 of the team’s 135 goals,leading the nation with a 22.6% success rate. Four returning seniors will play key roles in the Irish

offense again this season.Leading the group is senior center Kevin Deeth

(Gig Harbor, Wash.). The 5-7, 170-pound forwardbrings speed, skill and a bit of a mean streak to hisgame. Deeth had four goals and led Notre Dame with27 assists last season for 31 points, the fourth-best totalon the team. He uses his speed on the forecheck todrive opponents crazy with his tenacious style of play.Strong on faceoffs, look for Deeth to be on the ice injust about every key situation. One of the team’s lead-ers, he will serve as an alternate captain this year.

Ryan Thang (Edina, Minn.) willhandle the captain’s duties while look-ing to put his junior season behindhim. The 6-0, 193-pound left wingscored 10 goals with nine assists for 19points on the season, career lows forthe veteran goal scorer. He also suf-fered a high-ankle sprain injury thatcost him seven games during the year. A prototypical power forward,

Thang had four power-play goals withone short-handed tally and two gamewinners. Thang is on the ice in all situations

for the Irish and is a threat to score atanytime with his booming shot.Joining Thang on the left side is

Dan Kissel (Crestwood, Ill.) who hasbecome a consistent contributor dur-ing his career. A strong, speedy skater,Kissel has become a standout on theIrish penalty-killing unit and had sixgoals and 11 assists a year ago for 17points. He brings speed and a tena-cious style of play to the lineup.Rounding out the four seniors up

front is Christiaan Minella (Aurora,Colo.) who had a break out season in

2008-09, with career highs in goals (9), assists (7) andpoints (16). At 6-2, 214 pounds, Minella brings size anda physical style of play that opens the ice for his line-mates. The rugged right wing is at his best when hedelivers his thunderous checks that set the tone for theIrish early in the game.“Our senior forwards will be counted on this season

to provide leadership and continue to do the things theyhave done the last three seasons,” said Jackson.“Kevin Deeth has to be a catalyst for our offense.

He brings it every day in practice, in games, in theweight room and the classroom. He drives guys crazyon the ice. He’s our best faceoff man and we’ll counton him to shoot more,” commented Jackson.“Ryan (Thang) has been a leader since he got here

and he’s focused and determind this year. He’s workedhard in his three years here and it would be great forhim to have the kind of year he had as a freshman. He’sa dangerous shooter and a consistent player everynight.”We’ll be looking for Danny (Kissel) to be more con-

sistent every night. He’s shown some great offensiveability and needs to take advantage of his chances. Hecan be a dynamic one-on-one player and a dangerouspenalty killer,” said Jackson.

“Christiaan Minella took a big step last year and hehas the potential to be a factor in our attack. When heplays with that power forward mentality he’s tough onthe walls and hard to control in the offensive zone,”explained Jackson.Three juniors have played integral roles during their

first two seasons wearing the interlocking ND.Leading the trio is left wing Calle Ridderwall

(Stockholm, Sweden) who became an offensive force inthe Irish lineup a year ago. The 6-0, 188-pounder finished second in scoring

with a team-high 17 goals and 15 assists for 32 points.An honorable mention all-CCHA selection, Ridderwallled the team with 11 power-play goals and tied for theteam lead with five game winners. His power-playtotals tied him for second in the CCHA and fifth in thenation.Center Ben Ryan (Brighton, Mich.) proved to be

“Mr. Consistent,” on the Notre Dame attack as hescored 12 goals with 15 assists for 27 points. Ryan isone of the top two-way centers in the CCHA and isequally adept in the offensive or defensive zone. Threeof his goals came on the power play and he was tiedwith Ridderwall with five game-winning goals.The 5-11, 192-pounder comes to play every night

and was a key player down the stretch for Notre Damein 2008-09. He scored the game-winning goals in eachof the team’s wins at Joe Louis Arena to capture NotreDame’s second CCHA championship.Ryan Guentzel (Woodbury, Minn.) rounds out the

trio and has proven to be a strong, two-way player witha knack for coming up with key goals at key times.A hard-working grinder, the 6-0, 180-pound

Guentzel is one of the key players on the fourth line forthe Irish who played a key role in giving the team a bal-anced scoring attack from a year ago. He had careerhighs in goals (4), assists (7) and points (11) while play-ing in all 40 games.Calle (Ridderwall) had a break out year last year and

really became a factor for us,” said Jackson.“He’s fun to watch; he’s always around the puck and

he makes things happen. Teams know about him now

Sophomore Billy Maday had an outstanding rookieseason, getting 16 goals with 14 assists for 30 points tocollect CCHA all-rookie team honors.

DefensemenBrett BlatchfordSr. ... 6-0 ... 1980g-25a, 40 GP in ’08-’09

Sam CalabreseFr. ... 5-11 ... 185

Ian ColeJr. ... 6-1 ... 2206g-20a, 38 GP in ‘08-’09

Nick CondonSo. ... 5-9 ... 1700g-0a, 3 GP in ‘08-’09

Kyle LawsonSr. ... 5-11 ... 2084g-19a, 40 GP in ‘08-’09

Sean LorenzSo. ... 6-1 ... 2020g-3a, 40 GP in ‘08-’09

Eric RingelSo. ... 6-0 ... 1980g-0a, 6 GP in ‘08-’09

Teddy RuthJr. ... 6-1 ... 2082g-5a, 36 GP in ‘08-’09


SeasonPreview

“Kyle Murphy has a great attitudeand a tremendous work ethic. He hasworked hard and is determinded to geta chance to play. He’s one of those guysthat just makes you notice him; he doessomething everyday in practice to showwhat he can bring to the table,” com-mented Jackson.Joining the lineup this season are

four talented freshmen who shouldbring a great deal of skill to the lineup.First on the list is left wing Nick

Larson (Apple Valley, Minn.) who is aprototypical power forward at 6-2, 200pounds. A fourth round selection of theCalgary Flames in the 2008 Entry Draft,Larson has played the past two seasonwith the Waterloo Black Hawks in theUSHL. A former teammate of Maday’sin Waterloo, Larson had 19 goals and 17assists for 36 points with 11 goals com-ing on the power play. He also ledWaterloo with 144 penalty minutesLarson uses his size and strength to

make things happen offensively as he’sstrong in the corners and in front of thenet to go with a strong shot and a quickrelease. He and Minella could team upto give the Irish a big, physical line toshake up the oppositon’s defense duringa game on the forecheck.

A second USHLalum is right wingKevin Nugent (NewCanaan, Conn.).Nugent joins the Irishafter playing last sea-son with the Tri-CityStorm where he hadnine goals and 12assists for 21 points on the year. Anoutstanding point producer during hishigh school and prep school career inConnecticut, Nugent brings size (6-3,203) and skill to the lineup. The son of former Irish player,

Kevin Nugent, Sr. ‘78, he will look towork his way into the lineup as afreshman.Also joining the Irish in ‘09-’10 is

highly touted right wing KylePalmieri (Montvale, N.J.) who joinsthe team from the USA Under-18team and the national program.A first-round draft choice of the

Anaheim Ducks, Palmieri is a giftedplayer with outstanding speed and agreat shot. At 5-11, 195 pounds, he’sa solid two-way forward who loves togo hard to the net. With the Under-18 team a year ago, he had 15 goalsand 15 assists for 30 points in 33games.Rounding out the freshman class

and the Irish roster is center RileySheahan (St. Catharine’s Ont.). At 6-2, 200 pounds, Sheahan gives the Irishsize and speed at center ice.A talented playmaker, Sheahan has

all the tools to be a dynamic player.He has outstanding hockey instincts togo with a great shot and a quickrelease. He is a player who is eligiblefor the 2010 NHL Entry Draft as hewon’t turn 18 until December and isalready listed by the NHL CentralScouting as an A-rated player.Last season with the St. Catharine’s

Falcons of the Golden Horseshoe League in Ontario,Sheahan had 27 goals and 46 assists for 73 points.“Our freshmen really bring a great deal of skill and

talent to the lineup,” said Jackson.“Nick (Larson) is a true power forward. He’s a good

skater who plays a physical brand of hockey. He’s goodalong the boards and has that ability to just bull his wayto the net. He’s willing to pay the price in front and inthe corners and should be a factor this season.”“Kevin Nugent has the potential and brings a lot of

upside to his game. He’s a big kid, who competes hard.He’s got good instincts and is smart with the puck. Hewill compete for ice time this season,” said Jackson.“Kyle Palmieri has the chance to be a really special

player. He plays with energy, is highly skilled and hassome great offensive instincts. He plays with grit andintensity. He has that ability to pull people out of thereseats,” said Jackson.“Riley (Sheahan) has some special offensive gifts.

He’s a big kid, who skates well and has the ability tomake those around him better. He has that “it” factor.We all need to be patient with him and remember thathe is one of the youngest freshmen in the country andgive him time to adjust and let the game come to him,”Jackson explained.After starting official practice on Saturday, Oct. 2,

Jackson and his team won’t have much time to preparefor the season as the Irish open with Alabama-Huntsvillein a two-game series on Oct. 9-10. The month ofOctober has Notre Dame playing seven of its first eightgames at home, including four with teams from HockeyEast - two with Providence and one with Boston Collegeat the Joyce Center - and one at Boston University onOct. 20.This season, the Irish are in the same CCHA sched-

ule cluster with Michigan and Michigan State so fanswill get to see those two schools along with BowlingGreen four times, two at home and two on the road.

and will come after him and he has to adjust to that. Weneed him to be a factor not just on the power play, butfive-on-five.”“We’ll be looking for Ben Ryan to pick up where he

finished last season,” said Jackson.“He had a great second half, making plays and scor-

ing big goals for us. He’s playing with confidence. We’llbe counting on him in the faceoff circle as he is our onlyright-handed center.”“Ryan (Guentzel) has a great mind for the game. He

understands his role and does all the little things well.He competes hard and makes good decisions on the ice.He’s got a leadership role on this team,” said Jackson.Four sophomores - Patrick Gaul (Pittsburgh, Pa.),

Billy Maday (Burr Ridge, Ill.), Kyle Murphy(Fairhaven, N.J.) and Richard Ryan (Toronto, Ont.) -joined the team a year ago with Gaul and Maday beingthe only ones to see regular action.Gaul saw duty throughout the season at center where

he proved to be a solid face-off man, winning over 60%of his draws. He got into 15 games and recorded threeassists. The 5-8, 184-pound center is fiesty and plays thegame with an edge. Maday stepped into the lineup like he belonged there,

scoring a goal on his first career shot in the season open-er at Denver. He would finish fifth onthe team in scoring with 16 goals and14 assists for 30 points. Seven of hisgoals were on the power play as hesaw time both up front and on one ofthe points during the year. His finefreshman year earned him CCHA all-rookie team honors.A pair of left wings - Murphy and

Ryan - will look to work their wayinto the lineup this season. Murphy, aproduct of the Shattuck St. Mary’sprogram didn’t see any action as afreshman but used the time to workhard and develop his game. At 5-8,169 pounds, he uses his speed andskating ability to make things happenon the ice. Ryan checks in at 5-10,186 pounds and saw action in threegames, but did not get on the score-sheet. He’s a talented offensive player

who has been blocked by the team’sdeep lineup. He continues to work forthe opportunity to see action duringthe 2009-10 campaign.“Patrick Gaul was in and out of the

lineup last season but played a key rolelate in the year when he got hischance due to injuries. He’s good onfaceoffs and he plays with an edge tohis game. His offensive skills are there,he just has to be confident when hegets the chance,” said Jackson.“Billy (Maday) was a standout as a

freshman and really had a strong yearoffensively. He’s got great instinctswith the puck and a great shot. LikeCalle, he’ll be a target this year andwill have to move his game to thenext level. We need him to be a forcefive-on-five just like he is on thepower play.”“Rich Ryan will look to take the

next step this year. He needs to learnto use his speed to become more of afactor. He’s got a year of experienceunder his belt and will look to earn aspot in the lineup,” said Jackson.

Junior Ryan Guentzel had career highs in goals (4), assists (7) and points(11) in 2008-09. The hard-working right wing plays a key role in NotreDame’s balanced attack.

Left WingsNick Larson Fr. ... 6-2 ... 200Dan Kissel Sr. ... 5-9 ... 178 6g-11a, 37 GP in ‘08-’09Kyle Murphy So. ... 5-8 ... 169 DNP in ‘08-’09Calle Ridderwall Jr. ... 6-0 ... 188 17g-15a, 40 GP in ‘08-’09Richard Ryan So. ... 5-10 ... 186 0g-0a, 4 GP in ‘08-’09Ryan Thang Sr. ... 6-0 ... 193 10g-9a, 33 GP in ‘08-’09

CentersKevin Deeth Sr. ... 5-7 ... 170 4g-27a, 40 GP in ‘08-’09Patrick Gaul So. ... 5-8 ... 184 0g-2a, 15 GP in ‘08-’09Riley Sheahan Fr. ... 6-2 ... 200Ben Ryan Jr. ... 5-11 ... 192 12g-15a, 39 GP in ‘08-’09Right Wings

Kyle Palmieri Fr. ... 5-11 ... 195Ryan Guentzel Jr. ... 6-0 ... 180 4g-7a, 40 GP in ‘08-’09Billy Maday So. ... 5-11 ... 182 16g-14a, 39 GP in’08-’09Christiaan Minella Sr. ... 6-2 ... 214 9g-7a, 38 GP in ‘08-’09Kevin Nugent Fr. ... 6-3 ... 203

Student-Athletes

Senior left wing Ryan Thang will serve as Notre Dame’s team

captain during the 2009-10 season. Thang enters his final

season with the Irish having scored 48 goals with 44 assists for

92 points. He is tied for first all-time with 13 game-winning

goals and his 21 power-play tallies tie him for 11th all-time.

Three-time monogram winner for the Irishon defense ... has been a key contributor on theNotre Dame blue line in each of his three sea-sons ... smart, intelligent player ... strong skaterwith the ability to move the puck in transition... has worked hard to improve his defensivezone play ... has good hockey instincts to gowith excellent stick skills ... competitive playerwho comes to play every night ... has been aquarterback on the Notre Dame power playthroughout his career ... has a strong, accurateshot that sets forwards up for deflections andrebounds in front ... will look to shoot morefrom his spot on the point ... played in all 40assists games in 2008-09, dishing out a career-high 25 assists ... assist total was tops amongIrish defensemen and tied for second on theteam ... had 14 power-play assists to tie for the

team lead with Kevin Deeth ... has played 115career games, scoring two goals with 52 assistsfor 54 points ... joined the Notre Dame rosterafter playing three seasons with the TexasTornado of the North American HockeyLeague (NAHL) ... one of six players – alongwith senior Tom O’Brien (Mahoning Valley),junior Ryan Guentzel (Southern Minnesota),sophomores Nick Condon (St. Louis) and EricRingel (Mahoning Valley) and freshman MikeJohnson (St. Louis) – to join the Irish afterplaying in the NAHL ... one of five Michigannatives on the Notre Dame roster along withfellow senior Kyle Lawson (New Hudson) andjuniors Ian Cole (Ann Arbor), Brad Phillips(Farmington Hills) and Ben Ryan (Brighton)... joined the Irish in the late-signing period(spring ‘06) along with Dan Kissel and TomO’Brien.AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 40 games with

no goals and 25 assists to rank second amongIrish defensemen in scoring with 25 points ...whistled off the ice 10 times for a total of 28minutes in penalties ... was +12 on the season totie for third overall and third among defensemen... turned in six games with two or more assists... held to just one point in first five gamesbefore turning in back-to-back, two-assist gamesat Northern Michigan (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) ...closed out three-game point streak with an assistin 4-1 win at Boston College ... had streak bro-ken at Providence before starting on career-highfive-game point streak (0g, 8a) ... picked upthree assists in tie and win at home versus LakeSuperior (Nov. 14-15) ... had one assist in 5-1win over Bowling Green (Nov. 21) ... equaled

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks 2 0 0 0Bowling Green 4 0 6 6Ferris State 2 0 0 0Lake Superior 4 0 3 3Miami 2 0 0 0Michigan 3 0 2 2Michigan State 2 0 1 1Nebraska-Omaha 4 0 0 0Northern Michigan 5 0 6 6Ohio State 2 0 1 1Western Michigan 2 0 1 1

Totals 32 0 20 20

career high three-point and three-assist game in9-1 win at Bowling Green (Nov. 22) ... closedstreak with an assist in 4-1 win over WesternMichigan ... closed the first half with two assistsin 4-3 win over Bowling Green (Dec. 13) ...picked up assists in wins over Union andMinnesota-Duluth in Shillelagh Tournament ...held off the scoresheet for six games beforeassisting on Calle Ridderwall’s overtime gamewinner versus Ohio State (Feb. 6) ... turned inback-to-back assist games in weekend sweep ofNorthern Michigan (Feb. 13-14) ... held to oneassist until CCHA championship game ... had apair of assists in 5-2 win over Michigan ... set upBilly Maday goal that cut Wolverines lead to 2-1 in second period ... added a second helper onCalle Ridderwall’s game-tying goal at 1:15 ofthe third period ... had a season-best +3 for thegame ... closed the season with an assist on DanKissel’s goal in NCAA Tournament loss toBemidji State ... in five postseason games hadthree assists.

Career vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks 8 1 1 2Bowling Green 10 0 8 8Ferris State 10 0 2 2Lake Superior 8 0 4 4Miami 7 0 1 1Michigan 9 0 7 7Michigan State 5 0 3 3Nebraska-Omaha 9 0 2 2Northern Michigan 10 0 6 6Ohio State 5 0 3 3Western Michigan 8 1 1 2

Totals 89 2 38 40


Student-Athletes

#3Defenseman • Senior

6-0 • 198 • Shoots: LeftTemperance, MichiganTexas Tornado (NAHL)Birthdate: June 5, 1986

Major: Psychology/Sociology

BrettBlatchford

372 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Blatchford’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2006-07 30 2 15 17 29 .069 8/16 0 0 1 +92007-08 45 0 12 12 64 .000 7/14 0 0 0 -22008-09 40 0 25 25 48 .000 10/28 0 0 0 +12Totals 115 2 52 54 141 .014 25/58 0 0 1 +19

Blatchford’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. Bowling Green (0g-3a; 11/22/08)vs. Michigan (0g-3a; 12/8/06)

1 Goalvs. Western Michigan (1/20/07)vs. Alaska (12/2/06)

3 Assistsvs. Bowling Green (11/22/08)vs. Michigan (12/8/06)

6 Shots on Goalvs. Western Michigan (11/16/07)

5-Game Point Streak• (0g-8a); Nov. 14-Nov. 28, 2008(vs. Lake Superior, Bowling Green and Western Michigan)

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 45 gameswith no goals and 12 assists for 12 points to fin-ish fourth among Irish defensemen in scoring... had seven penalties for 14 minutes ... was -2for the year ... got the season off to a fast startwith assists in four of the team’s first five games... assisted on Mark Van Guilder power-play goalin season-opening, 4-1, loss to Wisconsin in theLefty McFadden Invitational (Oct. 12) ... helpedset up Van Guilder’s game-winning ppg in 4-0win over Mercyhurst in third-place game ofMcFadden Invitational (Oct. 13) ... ran scoringstreak to three games with an assist on GarrettRegan’s power-play goal in 4-3 win overDenver in home opener ... assisted on an EvanRankin goal in 3-2 win at Ferris State (Oct. 19)... picked up fourth power-play assist on aRankin power-play marker in 4-1 win overLake Superior State (Nov. 2) ... selected to theall-tournament team at the Rensselaer HolidayTournament ... had five shots on goal and was+1 as the Irish won the tournament for the firsttime ... had a three-game point streak (0g, 3a)from Nov. 30 through Dec. 1 ... snapped aseven-game pointless streak with an assist in 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 30) ...assisted on an Ian Cole power-play goal versusMavericks in 5-0 win on Dec. 1 ... had a strongseries at Princeton with one assist in 4-2 win onDec. 7 and was +4 in the weekend sweep ... set

up Ryan Thang’s game-tying goal with 38 sec-onds left in 1-1 tie with Michigan State (Jan.13) ... went nine games without a point beforesetting up an Erik Condra power-play goal in2-2 tie with Ohio State on Feb. 23 ... picked upone assist in the CCHA playoffs against FerrisState and added his 12th assist of the year in the7-3 victory over New Hampshire in the NCAAWest Regional ... played in nine postseasongames with two assists.AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 30 games in

his rookie season, scoring twice with 15 assistsfor 17 points ... had one game-winning goal ...had eight penalties for 16 minutes ... recorded29 shots on goal ... was +9 on the year ...picked up a point in his first collegiate game,assisting on a Kevin Deeth power-play goal in3-2 loss at Minnesota Sate on Oct. 14 ...recorded second assist of the year in 4-2 win atOhio State on Nov. 3 ... scored first collegiategoal at 9:44 of the third period to snap a 1-1tie and on the way to a 3-1 home win versusAlaska on Dec. 2 ... that started him on a four-game point streak (1g, 5a) ... picked up an assistin 6-2 Irish win over Alaska (Dec. 3) ... hadcareer-high three-point and three-assist game in7-3 win over Michigan (Dec. 8) ... closed streakwith one assist in 4-3 win over the Wolverinesat home on Dec. 10 ... added second multiple-point game with two assists in 6-2 win at

Robert Morris ... scored second goal in secondperiod of 3-0 win at Western Michigan (Jan. 20)... closed the season on a three-game point streakwith assists versus Michigan, Alabama-Huntsvilleand Michigan State ... in four postseason gameshad three assists for three points. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from St.

Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, Ohio ...spent three seasons with the North AmericanHockey League’s (NAHL) Texas Tornado ... ledall NAHL defensemen in scoring in 2005-06with three goals and 46 assists for 49 points in 54games ... his 46 assists were third-best in theleague as he helped lead Texas to first place witha 42-12-4 record ... in 13 postseason games,added two goals and five assists ... was a memberof three consecutive Robertson Cup championsas the top Junior A team in the country ... wasnamed first team all-NAHL and received theNAHL academic achievement award followingthe season ... selected to the all-tournament teamat the 2005 Chowder Cup Tournament ... in ‘04-’05, collected four goals with 21 assists for 25points ... added three goals and eight assists in 12playoff games, including setting up the game-winning goal in the national championship game... played in two NAHL all-star games in ‘05 and‘06 ... had one goal and six assists in his rookieyear (‘04-’05) ... finished career as TexasTornado’s all-time assist leader (90) ... full nameis Brett Michael Blatchford ... has one brother ...son of John and Denise Blatchford ... born June5, 1986 in Toledo, Ohio ... has a double major inpsychology and sociology in the College of Artsand Letters.

Three-time monogram winner for the Irish ...will serve as one of the team’s alternate captains in2009-10 ... highly skilled playmaker with out-standing speed ... makes plays at both ends of theice ... fiery leader who loves the game of hockey... has a quick, darting style that opens the ice forhis linemates ... has a strong, accurate shot ... dan-gerous around the net ... strong face-off man …uses his speed to disrupt the opposition on theforecheck ... played in all 40 games during the2008-09 campaign ... was fourth in team scoringwith four goals and 27 assists for 31 points ... his27 assists were tops on the team ... has played in127 career game, scoring 32 goals and 63 assistsfor 95 points ... owns 13 power-play goals, threeshort-handed tallies and three game winners ... is+41 for his career ... came to the Irish after play-ing one season with the Green Bay Gamblers ofthe United States Hockey League (USHL) ... oneof 13 Notre Dame players to spend time in theUSHL ... spent five years at Shattuck St. Mary’s inFaribault, Minn., where he played prep hockey ...

joins sophomore Kyle Murphy as alums ofShattuck St. Mary’s on the Notre Dame roster ...signed a national letter-of-intent in November of2004 and deferred entry to Notre Dame until thefall of 2006 ... played for the United States on the2004 Under-18 World Cup team along with fel-low Irish senior Kyle Lawson ... played two sea-sons for the U.S. Select Under-16 and 17 teamsfrom the Pacific District ... first Notre Damehockey player from the state of Washington. AS A JUNIOR: Saw action in all 40 games for

the Irish ... scored four times and set up 27 othersfor 31 points, good for fourth in scoring on theteam ... three of his four goals were power-playgoals ... fourth lamplighter came short-handed ...had 16 penalties for 32 minutes ... was +6 on theyear ... had seven games with two or more pointson the season ... opened the season with a three-game point streak (1g, 4a) ... had a pair of assistsin 5-2 loss at Denver (Oct. 11) ... turned in three-point weekend against Sacred Heart, getting oneassist in 3-0 win and a goal and an assist in 7-0 vic-tory ... held to one assist over next four gamesbefore getting a short-handed goal in 4-1 win atBoston College (Nov. 7) ... added an assist the fol-lowing night in 4-1 win at Providence ... started asix-game point streak (1g, 6a) with two-assist nighton Nov. 15 at Lake Superior State ... had one assist


Totals 99 19 50 69

in each game of seriessweep at Bowling Green(Nov. 21-22) ... scored apower-play goal in 4-1 winover Western Michigan(Nov. 28) and added anassist in 3-3 tie the follow-ing night ... closed streakwith an assist in 3-1 victoryat Ferris State (Dec. 5) ...turned in fourth, two-pointnight with a pair of assistson Dec. 13 in 4-3 win overBowling Green ... fourthgoal of the season came onthe power play, the game-tying goal in 3-3 tie at LakeSuperior (Jan. 17) ...recorded his second six-game point streak (0g, 8a)between Jan. 31 and Feb. 20... streak included twoassists in Feb. 6 overtimewin (4-3) at Ohio State and5-2 win versus NorthernMichigan (Feb. 14) ... finalmultiple-point game camein CCHA title win overMichigan, setting up goalsby Billy Maday and CalleRidderwall in 5-2 win ... infive postseason games hadtwo assists.AS A SOPHOMORE:

Played in 45 of the team’s47 games ... was sixth inscoring with 11 goals and14 assists for 25 points ...scored four goals on thepower play and one short-handed ... whistled for 14penalties resulting in 36

minutes ... was +7 for the year ... had two gameswith two or more points ... got off to a slow start,recording eight assists in the first 14 games of theseason ... equaled a career high with three pointsand three assists in 7-3 victory over Lake SuperiorState (Nov. 1) ... had back-to-back assist gamesthree times in those first 14 contests ... found theback of the net for the first time in 4-1 win overAlabama-Huntsville on the power play in firstgame of Rensselaer Holiday Tournament (Nov. 23)... that started a three-game goal streak and a six-game point run (3g, 4a) ... added his second power-play goal in championship game, 4-3 win, versus


Totals 32 2 22 24


Student-Athletes

#21Center • Senior

5-7 • 170 • Shoots: LeftGig Harbor, Washington

Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)Birthdate: May 26, 1987

Major: Marketing

KevinDeeth

392 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Deeth’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. Lake Superior (0g-3a; 11/1/07)vs. Robert Morris (3g-0a; 1/5/07)vs. Boston College (1g-2a; 10/20/06)

3 Goalsvs. Robert Morris (1/5/07)

3 Assistsvs. Lake Superior (11/1/07)

6 Shots on Goalvs. Ferris State (2/8/08)vs. Ferris State (10/27/07)

3-Game Goal Streak• (3g-1a); Nov. 23-Nov. 30, 2007(vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Rensselaer and Nebraska-Omaha)• (4g-2a); Oct. 14-Oct. 21, 2006(vs. Minnesota State, Boston College and Providence College)

7-Game Point Streak• (4g-6a); Nov. 24-Dec. 30, 2006(vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Alaska, Michigan and Northern Michigan)

Rensselaer ... ran goal-scoring streak to threegames with his third consecutive power-play goalin 5-4 home win against Nebraska-Omaha (Nov.30) ... also added an assist for second, two-pointgame of the year ... picked up one assist in each ofnext three games, two versus Princeton and oneagainst Massachusetts in the first game of theLightning College Hockey Classic ... streak wassnapped versus Rensselaer in third-place game ...scored goals in back-to-back games versusNorthern Michigan and Michigan State ... scoredthe opening goal of the game, unassisted, to givethe Irish a 1-0 lead in a 3-2 loss at Michigan (Jan.18) ... scored a short-handed goal in 4-1 victory atBowling Green (Jan. 26) ... picked up fourthpower-play goal of the season in a 5-3 home lossto Ferris State (Feb. 8) ... ran point streak to threein a row with an assist in 2-1 win at Alaska (Feb.15) ... recorded three goals in the NCAATournament ... scored an empty net goal in 7-3win over New Hampshire in West Regional ... putNotre Dame ahead 4-3 in 5-4 overtime win againstMichigan in the Frozen Four semifinal game ... hadthe lone Irish goal in the NCAA championshipgame loss to Boston College (4-1) ... was selectedto the Frozen Four all-tournament team ... in ninepostseason games had three goals and one assist forfour points.AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 42 games as

a rookie, finishing third in scoring with 17 goalsand 22 assists for 39 points ... scored six goals onthe power play, one short-handed and three were

game winners ... picked up 12penalties for 24 minutes ... wasfifth on the team with 89 shotson goal ... second on the teamwith a +28 ... had nine gameswith two or more points andthree games with two or moregoals ... opened the season witha four-game point streak (4g,3a) ... picked up an opening-night assist in 6-2 win at homeagainst Minnesota State ... firstcollegiate goal came short-handed in 3-2 road loss to theMavericks ... second goal ofgame was on the power playand tied the game at 2-2 ... hadthree points (1g, 2a) in 7-1 winversus No. 1 Boston College onOct. 20 ... closed streak with apower-play goal at Providencein a 6-1 win ... fifth goal of theseason was a power-play goal ina 5-2 win versus BowlingGreen ... added two assists in 4-0 shutout of Falcons on Nov. 11... after being held off the score-sheet against Michigan State(Nov. 17-18) went on a career-best seven-game point streak(3g, 6a) ... had a goal and anassist in 4-2 win at Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 24) ... added apower-play goal in 3-2 loss onNov. 25 ... had assists in eachgame of series sweep againstAlaska (Dec. 2-3) ... scoredonce in 7-3 win at Michiganand had two assists in 4-3 win in game two ofseries sweep ... closed streak with one assist in 4-3 win over Northern Michigan ... recorded firstcareer hat trick with three goals (including gamewinner) in 6-2 win over Robert Morris inPittsburgh (Jan. 5) ... had one assist in each of nextthree games (one vs. Robert Morris and two atLake Superior) ... had two-point weekend versusMiami (Jan. 26-27) ... scored game-tying goalwith 2:17 left in 2-2 tie versus RedHawks ...scored game-winning goals in back-to-backgames at Bowling Green (Feb. 3) and at homeversus Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 9) ... game winnerversus Mavericks was second goal of the night andcame with :10 left on the clock ... had a goal andan assist in weekend series with Ferris State to endthe regular season ... set up two goals in 7-1 winover Alaska in first game of CCHA quarterfinals... added a goal and an assist in game-two, 3-1win, over Nanooks ... assisted on Erik Condragoal that tied CCHA championship game, 1-1,versus Michigan ... in six postseason games hadone goal and four assists for five points. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Shattuck St. Mary’s High School in Faribault,Minn., where he attended school for five years,

beginning in eighth grade ... played both hockeyand lacrosse ... two-year letter winner in hockeyand four years in lacrosse ... two-time scoringleader in lacrosse ... served as team captain andselected all-state as a senior ... in hockey playedtwo seasons with the midget major squad ... in2003-04, had 35 goals and 62 assists in helpingShattuck St. Mary’s to the AAA national titlegame ... in his final season, helped Shattuck to a53-7-2 record and the AAA national champi-onship ... had 17 goals and 48 assists for 65 pointsin 62 games ... selected in the first round of theUSHL futures draft by Green Bay in August of2004 ... spent 2005-06 season with the Gamblers,finishing second in scoring with 20 goals and 34assists for 54 points ... collected six power-playgoals, two short-handed tallies and two game win-ners ... served as one of the Gamblers assistantcaptains ... was named to the USHL all-rookieteam and played in the USHL all-star game ... fullname is Kevin Douglas Deeth ... son of Douglasand Deborah Deeth ... has one brother, Brian,who played hockey at Northeastern (2003-07) ...born May 26, 1987 in Rochester, N.Y. ... market-ing major in the Mendoza College of Business.

Deeth’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2006-07 42 17 22 39 89 .191 12/24 6 1 3 +282007-08 45 11 14 25 91 .121 14/36 4 1 0 +72008-09 40 4 27 31 63 .063 16/32 3 1 0 +6Totals 127 32 63 95 243 .132 42/92 13 3 3 +41

Hard-working left wing who has earnedthree monograms at Notre Dame ... solid, all-around forward who continues to improve hisgame ... has tremendous speed and outstandingone-on-one ability ... strong skater with a nicetouch around the net ... forces opponents intomistakes with his aggressive forechecking style... strong player at both ends of the ice ... hasbecome a key member of Notre Dame’spenalty-killing unit ... saw action in 37 gamesduring the 2008-09 season ... scored six goalswith 11 assists for 17 points with two power-play goals and two game winners ... winner ofthe team’s most improved player award for the2007-08 season ... in three seasons at NotreDame has played in 102 games, scoring 21 goalswith 28 assists for 49 career points ... joined theIrish after spending two seasons with theChicago Steel of the United States HockeyLeague (USHL) ... one of five Illinois natives onthe Notre Dame roster joining fellow senior

Tom O’Brien (Mokena), junior Teddy Ruth(Naperville), sophomore Billy Maday (BurrRidge) and incoming freshman Sam Calabrese(Park Ridge) ... one of 13 players with the Irishto play in the USHL ... joined the Irish alongwith Brett Blatchford, Stewart Carlin and TomO’Brien in the late-signing period (spring ‘06).AS A JUNIOR: Played in 37 of the team’s

40 games during the 2008-09 season ... scoredsix goals with 11 assists for 17 point ... chippedin a pair of power-play goals and had two gamewinners ... whistled down for seven penaltiesresulting in 14 penalty minutes ... was +8 on theyear ... had three multiple-point games ... firstmulti-point game came in 7-0 win over SacredHeart (Oct. 18) as he set up a Ryan Thangshort-handed goal and an Erik Condra marker... scored first goal of the season on Oct. 31, apower-play goal in a 3-2 win over the Wildcats... had two assists over the next seven games(versus Boston College and Bowling Green)before getting second goal of the year, the gamewinner in a 1-0 win over Ferris State (Dec. 6)... redirected a Patrick Gaul centering pass forthe lone goal ... put together a two-goal gamestreak (2g, 1a) with a goal in 4-3 win overBowling Green (Dec. 13) and followed with agoal and an assist in 3-1 win over Union in theopening game of the Shillelagh Tournament ...


Totals 80 13 19 32

did not pick up a pointagain until Feb. 13,when he assisted ontwo Irish goals in a 9-5win over the Wildcats... had a career-bestfive-game point streak(1g, 4a) between Feb.21 and Mar. 14 ...scored fifth goal of theseason, the game win-ner in 1-0 win atNebraska-Omaha ...picked up one assist ineach game of MichiganState series to closeregular season thenadded one assist in bothgames of CCHA sec-ond-round series withNebraska-Omaha ...closed the season withNotre Dame’s onlygoal in 5-1 loss toBemidji State in open-ing round game of theNCAA Tournament ...in five postseasongames, had a goal andtwo assists.AS A SOPHO-

MORE: Turned in abreak out season in2007-08, playing in 43games with nine goalsand 14 assists for 23

points ... scored one short-handed goal andadded two game winners ... had nine penaltiesfor 18 minutes ... finished fourth on the teamwith a +11 ... key member of Irish penalty-killing unit that finished third in the nation inpenalty killing ... winner of Notre Dame’s mostimproved player award ... missed the first threegames of the season with an injury but returnedto the lineup in game two of the home serieswith Denver (Oct. 19) ... set up Ryan Thang’sgame-winning goal in 3-2 victory against FerrisState (Oct. 26) ... first goal of the season was abig one as it was the game-winning goal inNotre Dame’s 2-1 win at top-ranked Miami(Nov. 9) ... had a goal and an assist in theWestern Michigan sweep (Nov. 16-17) ... put


Totals 29 4 7 11


Student-Athletes

#16Left Wing • Senior

5-9 • 178 • Shoots: LeftCrestwood, Illinois

Chicago Steel (USHL)Birthdate: January 25, 1987

Major: Political Science

DanKissel

412 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Kissel’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2006-07 22 6 3 9 36 .167 8/16 2 1 3 +52007-08 43 9 14 23 85 .106 9/18 0 1 2 +112008-09 37 6 11 17 61 .098 7/14 2 0 2 +8

Totals 102 21 28 49 182 .115 24/48 4 2 7 +24

Kissel’s Career Bests

4 Pointsvs. Princeton (2g-2a; 12/8/07)

3 Goalsvs. Providence (10/21/06)

2 Assistsvs. Western Michigan (2/13/09)vs. Sacred Heart (10/18/08)vs. Princeton (12/8/07)

6 Shots on Goalvs. Miami (1/26/07)

2-Game Point Streak• (2g-1a); Dec. 13-Jan. 2, 2009(vs. Bowling Green and Union)

5-Game Point Streak• (1g-4a); Feb. 21-Mar. 14, 2009(vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Michigan State and Nebraska-Omaha)

the Irish ahead to stay at 2:21 of the thirdperiod, 4-3, in 5-4 victory against Nebraska-Omaha ... had a career-high four-point game(2g, 2a) in 7-0 shutout at Princeton (Dec. 8) ...second goal of the game was short-handed andgave Notre Dame a 3-0 lead ... game startedhim on a four-game point streak (3g, 4a) ... didnot play in first game of the Lightning CollegeHockey Classic ... picked up an assist in 3-1win over Rensselaer (Dec. 30) ... scored loneNotre Dame goal in 2-1 loss at NorthernMichigan (Jan. 4) ... closed streak with an assiston Christian Hanson’s game winner in 2-1 winover the Wildcats in the second game of series... held off the scoresheet for three gamesbefore picking up assists in three consecutivegames (Jan. 19 to Jan. 26) ... assisted on loneIrish goal in 5-1 loss to Michigan (Jan. 19) ...had assists in both games of Bowling Greensweep ... had a goal and an assist in series ver-sus Ohio State ... went pointless in four straightgames before scoring his eighth goal of theseason against Ferris State in game three ofCCHA second round ... goal came at 2:31 offirst period and gave Notre Dame a 1-0 lead onthe way to a 2-1 victory and a trip to the

CCHA finals at Joe Louis Arena ... scored thegame-winning goal in the first game of theWest Regional versus New Hampshire with abrilliant individual effort goal that gave theIrish a 4-2 lead on the way to a 7-3 win ... withhis teammates in a line change, he carried thepuck deep into the Wildcat zone along the leftwing boards ... from there he proceded to stick-handle through three defenders and fired a shotinside the left post at 9:53 for his ninth goal ofthe year ... assisted on Kevin Deeth goal thatput Notre Dame ahead 4-3 in Frozen Foursemifinal win against Michigan ... in nine post-season games had two goals and two assists.AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in 22

games, scoring six goals with three assists fornine points ... two goals came on the powerplay, one was short-handed and three weregame winners ... called for eight penaltiesresulting in 16 penalty minutes ... had 36 shotson goal and was +5 for the year ... recordedfirst collegiate point with an assist in seasonopener against Minnesota State on Oct. 12 ...scored first collegiate goal and hat trick in 6-1win at Providence on Oct. 21 ... scored a first-period power-play goal (at 11:04) to open the

scoring, added an even-strength goal at 1:15 ofthe second period for the game-winning goaland closed the night with a short-handed goalat 19:22 of the third for the 6-1 final ... pickedup second game winner in 4-2 win atNebraska-Omaha (Nov. 24) ... had back-to-back assists in games versus Alaska (12/2) andNorthern Michigan (12/31) ... third game-win-ning goal came in 4-1 win at home versusMiami as he scored second goal of the game at4:54 of first period ... scored final goal of theseason in 3-2 win at Bowling Green (Feb. 2) ...did not see action in the postseason.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights,Ill. ... played junior hockey on Team Illinois andfor Mission AAA, playing on three Illinois statechampionship teams ... was an alternate captainon Team Illinois in ‘04-’05 ... played 18 gamesin his first season with Chicago Steel, getting agoal and four assists for five points ... finishedthird in team scoring in 2005-06 with the Steelas he scored 17 goals with 27 assists for 44points ... goal totals include four power-playgoals and one game winner ... ranked 22nd inthe USHL with his 27 assists ... participated inthe USHL Prospects/All-Star game ... fullname is Daniel Thomas Kissel ... son of DaveKissel and Joyce Renardo ... has one brotherand two sisters ... born Jan. 25, 1987 in OakLawn, Ill. .. political science major in NotreDame’s College of Arts and Letters.


Student-Athletes

#2Defenseman • Senior

5-11 • 208 • Shoots: RightNew Hudson, MichiganTri-City Storm (USHL)

Birthdate: January 11, 1987Major: Psychology/

Computer ApplicationsSeventh-Round Draft ChoiceCarolina Hurricanes (2005)

KyleLawson

Recognized as one of the top defensemen inthe CCHA and the nation ... all-CCHA andAll-American candidate in 2009-10 ... will serveas an alternate captain for the second consecu-tive season ... team leader who leads by exam-ple ... steady, smart and reliable on the Irish blueline ... makes all the right plays ... highly com-petitive player who skates well and moves thepuck quickly ... has a strong, accurate shot fromthe point ... always on the ice at crunch time ...was a second team all-CCHA selection in2008-09 ... selected as the CCHA’s top defen-sive defenseman as a junior ... winner of NotreDame’s William Donald Nyrop Award as theteam’s top defenseman ... third among Irishdefenders in scoring with four goals and 19assists for 23 points ... all four goals came on

special teams (three ppg, one shg) ... was analternate captain for the Irish as a junior ... hasplayed in 123 career games with 13 goals and 55assists for 68 points ... is +48 for his career ...honorable mention all-CCHA as a sophomoreand was named to the all-rookie team as a fresh-man ... member of 2007 bronze-medal winningU.S. Junior National Team where he served asone of the team captains ... came to NotreDame after playing one season in the UnitedStates Hockey League (USHL) with the Tri-City Storm ... product of the U.S. NationalTeam Development Program and is one of eightformer U.S. Under-18 team alums on squadalong with juniors Ian Cole, Teddy Ruth andBrad Phillips, sophomores Patrick Gaul andSean Lorenz and freshmen Sam Calabrese andKyle Palmieri ... selected in the seventh roundof the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, 198th overall bythe Carolina Hurricanes ... signed a national let-ter-of-intent to attend Notre Dame in Nov. of‘04 along with Erik Condra, Christian Hanson,Jordan Pearce, Kevin Deeth and Ryan Thangand deferred to the ‘06-’07 season ... one ofthree Tri-City Storm alums on the roster alongwith junior Calle Ridderwall and freshmanKevin Nugent ... one of five Michigan nativeson the Irish hockey roster along with fellowsenior Brett Blatchford (Temperance) and jun-iors Cole (Ann Arbor), Phillips (FarmingtonHills) and Ben Ryan (Brighton) ... one of 13Notre Dame players to see action in the USHL. AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 40 games for

the Irish, scoring four goals with 19 assists for

Career vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks 10 2 7 9Bowling Green 12 1 6 7Ferris State 11 1 4 5Lake Superior 9 1 4 5Miami 7 0 2 2Michigan 9 1 3 4Michigan State 8 0 2 2Nebraska-Omaha 10 0 6 6Northern Michigan 8 3 6 9Ohio State 4 0 0 0Western Michigan 7 1 3 4Totals 95 10 43 53

23 points ... threegoals came via thepower play with oneshort-handed andone game winner ...second on the squadwith a +14 rating ...called for 22 penal-ties, resulting in 44penalty minutes ...had five games withtwo or more points... first goal of theseason came short-handed in 3-0 winover Sacred Heart(Oct. 17) ... addedtwo assists the fol-lowing night in 7-0win over Pioneers ...recorded secondmultiple-point gamewith a power-playgoal and one assistin 4-2 win atNorthern Michigan(Nov. 1) ... selectedto the ShillelaghTournament all-tourney team after

anchoring Irish defense in 3-1 wins over Unionand Minnesota-Duluth ... collected just fourassists between Nov. 22 and Jan. 3 before get-ting two helpers in 2-0 win over Alaska (Jan. 9)... closed out three-point weekend with an assistin 2-0 win over Nanooks (Jan. 10) ... was theCCHA defenseman of the week for after get-ting three assists and going +3 on the weekendin the two shutouts ... had season-best weekendversus Northern Michigan (Feb. 13-14) with agoal and four assists in two wins ... equaled acareer high with three assists in 9-5 win overWildcats and then added a goal (ppg) and anassist in 5-2 win with goal being the game win-ner ... selected CCHA defenseman of the weekfor the second time following weekend ...closed the regular season with assists atNorthern Michigan and at Michigan State ... inthe postseason, had one assist in opening winover Nebraska-Omaha ... scored a power-playgoal in 2-1 win over Northern Michigan in


Totals 32 3 16 19

432 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Lawson’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2006-07 38 4 15 19 65 .062 7/14 2 0 0 +212007-08 45 5 21 26 81 .062 18/36 2 0 2 +132008-09 40 4 19 23 60 .067 22/44 3 1 1 +14

Totals 123 13 55 68 206 .063 47/94 7 1 3 +48

Lawson’s Career Bests

4 Pointsvs. Ferris State (1g-3a; 3/15/08)

1 Goal13 times

3 Assistsvs. Northern Michigan (2/13/09)vs. Ferris State (3/15/08)

5 Shots on GoalFour times

6-Game Point Streak• (1g-6a); Nov. 20-Dec. 7, 2007(vs. Bowling Green, Alabama-Huntsville, Rensselaer, Nebraska-Omaha, Princeton)• (3g-4a); Dec. 3-Jan. 19, 2007(vs. Alaska. Michigan, Lake Superior and Western Michigan)

CCHA semifinals ... set up one goal in CCHAchampionship game against Michigan ... had agoal and two assists in five postseason games.AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 45 of

Notre Dame’s 47 games on the season … ledIrish defensemen in scoring with five goals and21 assists for 26 points, all career highs … had18 penalties for 36 minutes … scored twopower-play goals with 11 power-play assists onthe year … had two game-winning goals andassisted on six other game winners … finishedwith a +13 to tie for second on the team inplus-minus … 21 assists was second on thesquad … had four multiple-point games on theyear with a career-best four-point game (1g, 3a)in CCHA playoff game versus Ferris State(March 15) … was an honorable mention all-CCHA selection … selected to the Frozen Fourall-tournament team … scored first goal of theseason in 4-3 win against fifth-ranked Denveron Oct. 19 ... added an assist in second game ofseries … had a goal and an assist in series sweepof Lake Superior (Nov. 1-2) … goal versus theLakers was first game-winning goal of the sea-son and came via the power play … had firstmultiple-point game with two assists in 4-1 winover Western Michigan (Nov. 16) … wasselected CCHA defensive player of the weekfollowing sweep of Western Michigan … pickedup third goal of year and second game winnerin 2-1 home win against Bowling Green (Nov.20) … had a career-best six-game point streak(1g, 6a) from Nov. 20 to Dec. 7 … had threeassists in 57th Rensselaer Holiday Tournament

… recorded one assist in win over Alabama-Huntsville … had two assists in championshipgame versus Rensselaer, setting up Ryan Thang’sgame-winning goal in championship game asIrish overcame a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 … hadjust two assists in 13 games from Dec. 8 to Feb.9 before assisting on goals in both games ofseries at Alaska … set up Ryan Thang gamewinner in 2-1 win over Nanooks on Feb. 15 andMark Van Guilder’s game-tying goal in 1-1 tieon Feb. 16 … had five points (1g, 4a) in best-of-three CCHA second round series with FerrisState … had career-best four-point game (1g,3a) in 6-3 win in game two with Bulldogs …set up Ian Cole’s game winner in 2-1 gamethree win … fifth goal of the season came on thepower play in NCAA West Regional win overNew Hampshire (7-3) … assisted on lone Irishgoal in 4-1 loss to Boston College in nationalchampionship game on April 12 … had key goaldisallowed versus Eagles that would have cut 3-1 lead to 3-2 at 4:56 of third period … in ninepostseason games had two goals and five assistsfor seven points and was +4 in those games.AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 38 games

with four goals and 15 assists for 19 points ...two goals came on the power play ... called forseven penalties for 14 minutes in the sin bin ...took 65 shots on goal ... led all Irish defense-men and was fourth on team with a +21 ...selected to CCHA all-rookie team ... recordedfirst collegiate assist in 7-1 win against No. 1Boston College ... added five more assists beforerecording first career goal and two-point gamein Dec. 3 win against Alaska ... set up a RyanThang goal and then got first goal at 8:15 ofsecond period, giving Irish a 4-1 lead in 6-2victory ... that started him on a six-game pointstreak (3g, 4a) from Dec. 3 to Jan. 19 ... had oneassist in 7-3 win at Michigan on Dec. 8 ...notched first career power-play goal in 4-3 winover Wolverines on Dec. 10 ... missed NorthernMichigan and Robert Morris series while play-ing for U.S. Junior National Team in Sweden ...returned to record assists in both games of LakeSuperior State series (Jan. 12-13) ... closedstreak with third goal of the year (ppg) in 3-2loss at Western Michigan ... recorded secondmultiple-point game with two assists in Jan. 26game versus Miami (4-1 win) ... final goal ofthe year came in first game of CCHA quarter-finals against Alaska ... added an assist in series-clinching win against Nanooks on March 10 ...final assist of the year came versus Alabama-Huntsville in 3-2 double-overtime win ...helped set up Ryan Thang’s game winner at15:18 of the second overtime ... had one goaland two assists in six postseason games.

WITH USA HOCKEY: Served as alternatecaptain of 2007 U.S. Junior National Team thatwon bronze medal in Sweden ... played in sevengames with no points and two penalty minutes... spent the ‘04-’05 season with the U.S. Under-18 team ... had four goals and 21 assists in 45games while being a member of gold-medalwinning teams at the Four Nations Tournamentand the Under-18 World Championships in theCzech Republic ... strong performance atUnder-17 Select Festival in 2004 earned him aspot with national program ... was an alternatecaptain on 2004 Under-18 Select Team that fin-ished fourth at World Cup.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

South Lyon High School in South Lyon, Mich..... came up through the Honeybaked AAA pro-gram where he had 17 goals and 41 assists for58 points in ‘03-’04 ... following one season inthe U.S. program, played in the USHL for theTri-City Storm ... led the Storm defensemen inscoring with nine goals and 13 assists for 22points in 49 games ... full name is Kyle JosephLawson ... son of Robert and Judith Lawson ...has one brother and one sister ... born Jan. 11,1987 in Southfield, Mich. ... has a double majorin psychology and computer applications atNotre Dame.


Student-Athletes

#15Right Wing • Senior

6-2 • 214 • Shoots: RightAurora, Colorado

Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)Birthdate: July 5, 1985

Major: Marketing

ChristiaanMinella

Willl look to build on last year’s break outseason ... earned his third monogram as a jun-ior ... brings a big, physical presence to theNotre Dame lineup ... strong skater with anaccurate shot ... uses his size and strength to bean offensive force in the Irish lineup ... strongat both ends of the ice and is a tenaciousforechecker ... physical style of play opens theice for his linemates ... strong in front of the netand good in the corners ... played in 38 gamesin 2008-09, notching career highs in goals (9),assists (7), points (16), power-play goals (1) andgame winners (2) ... has played in 85 careergames, scoring 10 goals with 14 assists for 24points ... came to Notre Dame after playingthree seasons for the Sioux City Musketeers ofthe United States Hockey League (USHL) ...served as team captain of the 2005-06 SiouxCity team ... one of two Pittsburgh natives onthe Irish roster, along with sophomore Patrick

Gaul (Upper St. Clair) ... played junior hockeyfor the Pittsburgh Amateur Penguins and thePittsburgh Hornets ... one of nine players fromPittsburgh area to play hockey at Notre Dame,joining Gaul, Hanson, Stewart Carlin (‘06-’08),Mike Leherr (‘86-90), Tom Mooney (‘84-’88),Tom Myers (‘68-’69), Tom Parent (‘84-’85) andJohn Roselli (‘68-’71) ...one of 13 formerUSHL players on the Notre Dame roster ...signed with the Irish in early-signing period(Nov. of ‘05).AS A JUNIOR: Saw action in 38 of team’s

40 games ... had career highs in every category- goals (9), assists (7), points (16), power-playgoals (1), game winners (2) and shots (52) ...had 16 penalties for 32 minutes ... was +8 onthe year ... had two multiple-point games onthe season ... recorded first goal of the year in3-0 win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 18) ... hadcareer-best, four-game point streak (3g, 2a) andthree-game goal streak (3g, 1a) between Nov.14 and Nov. 22 ... scored one goal in each ofthe games of the Nov. 14-15 series versus LakeSuperior State ... goal in 5-2 win on Nov. 15was the game winner ... equaled a career highwith two points (1g, 1a) in 5-1 win versusBowling Green (Nov. 21) ... closed out streakwith an assist in 9-1 victory over the Falcons toclose series ... recorded assists versus WesternMichigan (Nov. 29) and Bowling Green (Dec.13) to close out first half of season ... set up apair of goals by Garrett Regan in championship


Totals 71 9 11 20

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks 2 0 0 0Bowling Green 4 1 3 4Ferris State 2 0 0 0Lake Superior 4 3 0 3Miami 1 0 0 0Michigan 3 1 0 1Michigan State 2 1 0 1Nebraska-Omaha 4 1 0 1Northern Michigan 5 0 1 1Ohio State 2 1 0 1Western Michigan 2 0 1 1Totals 31 8 5 13

game of the Shillelagh Tournament to helpNotre Dame to tourney title ... fifth goal of theseason came at Lake Superior State (Jan. 16)and was the game winner in a 3-2 win over theLakers ... went four games without a pointbefore scoring first power-play goal of career ina 4-1 loss at Ohio State (Feb. 8) ... seventh goalof the year came on the road at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 20) in 4-3 overtime victory ...closed the regular season with a goal in 5-0shutout of Michigan State in the home finaleon Feb. 27 ... scored his final goal of the seasonin the CCHA championship game, a 5-2 winover Michigan ... in five postseason games hadone goal and no assists.AS A SOPHOMORE: Saw action in 26

games, recording a pair of assists ... had 14penalties resulting in 28 minutes ... was +2 onthe season ... set up Justin White’s goal at 9:20of the second period versus Rensselaer in the

452 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Minella’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2006-07 21 1 5 6 16 .062 9/18 0 0 0 +12007-08 26 0 2 2 16 .000 14/28 0 0 0 +22008-09 38 9 7 16 52 .173 16/32 1 0 2 +8Totals 85 10 14 24 84 .119 39/78 1 0 2 +11

Minella’s Career Bests

2 Pointsvs. Minnesota-Duluth (0g-2a; 1/3/09)vs. Bowling Green (1g-1a; 11/21/08)vs. Alaska (0g-2a; 12/3/06)

1 Goalvs. Bowling Green (11/11/06)

2 Assistsvs. Minnesota-Duluth (1/3/09)vs. Alaska (12/3/06)

3 Shots on GoalSix times

3-Game Goal Streak• (3g-1a); Nov. 14-Nov. 21, 2008(vs. Lake Superior and Bowling Green)

4-Game Point Streak• (3g-2a); Nov. 14-Nov. 22, 2008(vs. Lake Superior and Bowling Green)

championship gameof the RensselaerHoliday Tournament... goal cut R.P.I. leadto 3-2 in game Irishwould win 4-3 ...assisted on ChristianHanson goal in sec-ond period of CCHAthird-place gameagainst NorthernMichigan ... goal gaveNotre Dame a 1-0lead on the way to a2-1 loss ... played ineight postseasongames with one assist.AS A FRESH-

MAN: Saw action in21 games for theIrish, scoring onegoal and adding fiveassists for six points ...picked up nine penal-ties for 18 minutes ...had 16 shots on goaland was +1 for theseason ... sat out thefirst nine games ofthe season, makinghis debut on Nov. 11in 4-0 win overBowling Green ...scored first collegiate goal at 9:04 of the firstperiod, giving Notre Dame a 2-0 lead ... goalcame in his first game on his first shot at thecollegiate level ... first Irish player to do thatsince Tim Wallace ‘06 scored in his first gameon the first shot at Minnesota-Duluth (Oct. 11,2002) ... picked up his first assist the followingweek in 4-1 win over Ohio State ... had firstmultiple-point game of his career with twoassists in 6-2 win at home versus Alaska onDec. 3 ... final assist of the season came in gameone of CCHA quarterfinals against Alaska onMarch 9 ... in two postseason games had oneassist for one point. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Peters Township High School in McMurray, Pa.... played both baseball and hockey at Peters ...member of two Pennsylvania State hockeychampionship teams (‘02 and ‘03) ... teammateof Christian Hanson at Peters in ‘01-’02 ... wasall-conference and all-city in ‘02-’03 ... memberof Team Pittsburgh in his junior and senior year

All-Time Notre Dame HockeyMonogram Winners from

Pennsylvania

Tom MyersC ‘68-’69 Baldwin

John RoselliF ‘68-’71 Allison Park

Tom MooneyC ‘84-’88 West Mifflin

Tom ParentC ‘84-’85 Charleroi

Roy BemissD ‘85-’89 North East

Mike LeherrD ‘86-’89 Pittsburgh

Christian HansonC ‘05-’09 Venetia

Stewart CarlinD ‘06-’08 Jeannette

Christiaan MinellaRW ‘06- Canonsburg

Patrick GaulC ‘08- Pittsburgh

... selected to play on high school all-star team(‘02-’03) ... played junior hockey for thePittsburgh Amateur Penguins and the PittsburghHornets ... teammate of Hanson’s with theHornets in 2002-03 ... played three seasonswith the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers ... hadseven goals and 11 assists in his rookie year(2003-04) ... in second season, helpedMusketeers to second place in WesternDivision, scoring seven goals and 15 assists for22 points ... served as team captain of the 2005-06 Sioux City team ... posted best numbers ofhis career with 24 goals (13th best in theUSHL) and 14 assists for 38 points ... had eightpower-play goals and four game winners ...closed out his career with four goals and oneassist in his last two games with two of thegoals being game winners ... full name isMichel Christiaan Minella ... son of Daniel andMelissa Minella ... born July 5, 1985 inCincinnati, Ohio ... marketing major in theMendoza College of Business.


Student-Athletes

#31Goaltender • Senior

5-11 • 208 • Catches: LeftMokena, Illinois

Bridgewater Bandits (EJHL)Birthdate: April 28, 1987

Major: Honors Physcis

TomO’Brien

One of four goaltenders on the Notre Damehockey roster for the 2009-10 season ...expected to battle freshman Mike Johnson forthe top spot behind junior Brad Phillips ... hasearned two monograms at Notre Dame ... as ajunior served as the primary back up to JordanPearce ... will team with Phillips, Johnson andBrian Brooke to give the Irish a solid corps ofgoaltenders ... has worked hard all three seasonsto improve all aspects of his game ... technicallysound goaltender who comes to play every day

in practice while pushing for playing time ... hasa solid, all-around game ... has confidence in hisabilities ... made two starts in his junior year,playing 81:29 minutes while going 1-0-0 with a1.47 goals-against average and a .920 save per-centage with one shutout ... one of five Illinoisnatives on the Notre Dame roster, joining fel-low senior Dan Kissel (Crestwood), junior TeddyRuth (Naperville), sophomore Billy Maday(Burr Ridge) and freshman Sam Calabrese (ParkRidge) ... first Notre Dame player to play jun-ior hockey in the Eastern Junior Hockey League(EJHL) where he tended goal for theBridgewater Bandits ... also played in the NorthAmerican Hockey League (NAHL) with theYoungstown/Mahoning Valley Phantoms ... isthe second Phantom alum to play at NotreDame as he is joined by sophomore defensemanEric Ringel in ‘09-’10 ... one of six Notre Dameplayers to see action in the NAHL, joining sen-ior Brett Blatchford (Texas), junior RyanGuentzel (Southern Minnesota), sophomoresNick Condon (St. Louis) and Ringel and fresh-man Mike Johnson (St. Louis) ... joined the Irish

Career vs. CCHATeam Rec. GAA Sv%Alaska Fairbanks — — —Bowling Green — — —Ferris State — — —Lake Superior — — —Miami — — —Michigan — — —Michigan State — — —Nebraska-Omaha — — —Northern Michigan — — —Ohio State — — —Western Michigan 0-0-0 5.16 .750

Totals 0-0-0 5.16 .750

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam Rec. GAA Sv%Alaska Fairbanks — — —Bowling Green — — —Ferris State — — —Lake Superior — — —Miami — — —Michigan — — —Michigan State — — —Nebraska-Omaha — — —Northern Michigan — — —Ohio State — — —Western Michigan 0-0-0 5.16 .750

Totals 0-0-0 5.16 .750

in the late-signing period (spring ‘06) with BrettBlatchford, Stewart Carlin and Dan Kissel ...outstanding student-athlete who is a member ofNotre Dame’s honors physics program. AS A JUNIOR: Made two starts, playing a

total of 81:29 ... was 1-0-0 with a 1.47 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage withone shutout ... made first career start on Oct. 18versus Sacred Heart ... made 17 saves in 7-0 winover the Pioneers ... became the first goaltenderin Notre Dame history to record a shutout in

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O’Brien’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS W-L-T Time GA GAA Saves Save Pct. Shutouts2006-07 Did Not Play In Any Games2007-08 Did Not Play In Any Games2008-09 2/2 1-0-0 81:29 2 1.47 23 .920 1Totals 2/2 1-0-0 81:29 2 1.47 23 .920 1


Illinois

Mike CollinsC '68-'70 Oak Park

Mike GearenW '68-'69 Oak Park

Jim AugustineW '72-'76 Chicago

Ray JohnsonW '74-'77 South Holland

Mickey KappeleG '82-'83 St. Charles

Rich SobiloW '84-’87 East Chicago

Tom Miniscalco LW '89-'92 Addison

John DwyerRW '96 Winnetka

Sean MolinaD '96-’00 Skokie

Matt Van ArkelRW ‘97-’01 Richton Park

Jeremiah KimentoG '98-’02 Palos Hills

Michael ChinW '99-’03 Urbana

Evan NielsenD '99-’03 Evanston

Tony ZasowskiG ‘99-’03 Darien

Brett LebdaD ‘01-’04 Buffalo Grove

Joe ZurenkoD ‘02-’05 Arlington Heights

Michael BartlettLW ‘03-’07 Morton Grove

Dan VeNardD ‘04-’08 Vernon Hills

Brian D’ArcyD ‘06-’07 Western Springs

Dan KisselLW ‘06- Crestwood

Tom O’BrienG ‘07- Mokena

Teddy RuthD ‘06- Naperville

Billy MadayRW ‘08- Burr Ridge

his first career start ... made second start onNov. 29 at home against Western Michigan ...played the first 23:15 of the game, giving uptwo goals while making six saves ... JordanPearce played remainder of game in a 3-3 over-time tie. AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not play in any

games ... dressed as team’s third goaltenderbehind Jordan Pearce and Brad Phillips.AS A FRESHMAN: Did not play in any

games ... dressed as team’s third goaltenderbehind David Brown and Jordan Pearce. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Marian Catholic High School in ChicagoHeights, Ill. ... played lacrosse and club hockey... was team captain and played midget hockeyfor the Chicago Young Americans in ‘03-’04 ...was 21-20-10 with a 1.90 goals-against averageand a .931 save percentage ... played his firstseason of junior hockey (‘04-’05) in the NAHLwith the Youngstown/Mahoning Valley

Phantoms ... was 7-7-1 with a 3.35 goals againstand a .898 save percentage in 18 games ... wonthe NAHL’s Academic Achievement Awardwhile with the Phantoms ... moved to the EJHLwith the Bridgwater Bandits in 2005-06 and was13-8-2 overall with a 2.93 goals-against averageand a .920 save percentage in helpingBridgewater to a third-place finish ... selected asthe starting goaltender for the EJHL all-stargame ... was seventh in the league in goals-against average, sixth in wins and third in savepercentage ... member of the EJHL Junior Selectteam that won the Hockey Night In Boston All-Scholastic championship ... selected all-Scholastic tournament MVP ... has Notre Damein his blood as 10 members of his family aregraduates, including his father, Thomas, Sr., (‘72)and grandfather, Michael McCaughey (‘41) ...full name is Thomas Robert O’Brien ... son ofThomas and Gael O’Brien ... born Apr. 28, 1987in Chicago, Ill. ... enrolled in Notre Dame’s hon-ors physics program.


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#9Left Wing • Senior

6-0 • 193 • Shoots: RightEdina, Minnesota

Omaha Lancers (USHL)Birthdate: May 11, 1987

Major: FinanceThird-Round Draft ChoiceNashville Predators (2007)

RyanThang

Will serve as team captain of the 2009-10 NotreDame hockey team ... right-handed shot who excelson the left wing ... among the top goal scorers in theCentral Collegiate Hockey Association ... should be inthe mix for postseason CCHA honors ... prototypi-cal power forward ... strong, tough to knock off hisfeet ... has a quick release and an accurate shot ... findsthe open areas on the ice to create his own shot ...tireless worker who constantly works on all aspects ofhis game ... plays in all situations for the Irish ... strongat both ends of the ice ... good along the boards andin front of the net ... wins all the little battles ... sniperon the power play and a threat to score in short-handed situations ... has outstanding leadership skills ...has earned three monograms for the Irish ... as a jun-ior, served as one of the team’s alternate captains ...played in 33 games, scoring 10 goals with nine assistsfor 19 points ... added to his career totals with fourpower-play goals and two game winners ... goes intohis final season ranked 11th all-time with 21 power-play goals and is tied for first in game winners with 13... has played in 122 career games with 48 goals and 44

assists for 92 points ... matriculated to Notre Dameafter spending two seasons in the United States HockeyLeague (USHL) with the Sioux Falls Stampede and theOmaha Lancers ... selected in third round, 81st overallin 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators …one of four Minnesota natives on the Notre Dame ros-ter, joining juniors Brian Brooke (Eden Prairie) andRyan Guentzel (Woodbury) and freshman Nick Larson(Apple Valley) ... becomes the 14th Edina High Schoolhockey player to play at Notre Dame, joining formerIrish standouts like Bill Nyrop ‘74, Kevin Nugent ‘78,Tim Kuehl ‘90 and Dan Carlson ‘01 ... one of 13 NotreDame players to play in the USHL ... signed a nationalletter-of-intent in the early-signing period (Nov. ‘04)and deferred to the ‘06-’07 season along with KevinDeeth and Kyle Lawson.AS A JUNIOR: Served as one of Notre Dame’s

assistant captains during 2008-09 ... played in 33 of theteam’s 40 games, missing the first seven games of hiscareer with a high ankle sprain ... had played 117 con-secutive games in his career before the injury ... scored10 goals with nine assists for 19 points with fourpower-play goals, one short-handed marker and twogame winners .... had 18 penalties for 36 penalty min-utes ... was +9 on the season ... had three multiple-point games on the year with one two-goal game ...recorded a three-point (2g, 1a) weekend in home-opening weekend against Sacred Heart ... had one assistin 3-0 win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 17) ... scored a pairof goals (ppg, shg) in 7-0 win over Sacred Heart onOct. 18 ... first goal of the game was the game winner... had one goal and one assist in the weekend sweep atNorthern Michigan (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) ... scored on thepower play in 3-2 win and followed with an assist thefollowing night in 4-2 victory ... fourth goal of the sea-son (eng) sealed the 4-1 win at Providence on Nov. 8... recorded second, two-point game (two assists) in 9-1 win at Bowling Green (Nov. 22) ... fifth goal of theyear was a power-play goal that tied the game 3-3 ver-sus Western Michigan (Nov. 29) ... Irish won in ashootout, 2-1 ... went without a point until Jan. 3 whenhe scored third goal of the game in 3-1 win overMinnesota-Duluth to help Irish to the ShillelaghTournament championship ... that started him on a

Career vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks 10 7 3 10Bowling Green 12 5 5 10Ferris State 11 1 6 7Lake Superior 7 3 4 7Miami 7 2 0 2Michigan 7 2 4 6Michigan State 6 1 2 3Nebraska-Omaha 8 2 5 7Northern Michigan 8 1 2 3Ohio State 5 0 0 0Western Michigan 8 4 3 7Totals 89 28 34 62

three-game goal streak (3g, 1a) ... scored a power-playgame winner in 2-0 win over Alaska (Jan. 9) and fol-lowed that with a goal and an assist in 3-0 win overNanooks the following night ... had a goal and an assistin weekend series with Michigan, assisting on a goal in2-1 loss at the Joyce Center then scoring on a penaltyshot in 3-2 win at Yost Arena ... was awarded a penaltyshot after he was pulled down by Michigan’s SteveKampfer ... beat Wolverine goaltender Bryan Hoganfor first successful Irish penalty shot since Oct. 12, 2001when Rob Globke scored against Union College ...penalty shot was first for a Notre Dame player sinceOct. 27, 2006 when Kevin Deeth was awarded oneagainst Army at Lightning College Hockey Classic ...suffered a high ankle sprain on Feb. 6 at Ohio State in4-3 overtime win against Buckeyes ... returned to thelineup on March 13 for second round of CCHA play-offs versus Nebraska-Omaha ... scored once in 5-0 vic-tory at the Joyce Center ... added assists versusNorthern Michigan and Michigan in the CCHAchampionship tournament ... in five postseason games,had one goal and two assists for three points.AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 47 games for

the Irish, scoring 18 goals with 14 assists for 32 points... led team in goals and was second in points ... tiedfor team lead with seven power-play goals, was secondwith two short-handed markers and led squad withfive game winners ... had 24 penalties for 48 minutes

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks 2 2 1 3Bowling Green 4 0 2 2Ferris State 2 0 0 0Lake Superior 2 0 1 1Miami 2 0 0 0Michigan 1 0 1 1Michigan State -- -- -- --Nebraska-Omaha 2 1 0 1Northern Michigan 3 1 2 3Ohio State 1 0 0 0Western Michigan 2 1 0 1Totals 21 5 7 12

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Thang’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. New Hampshire (1g-2a; 3/28/08)vs. Bowling Green (2g-1a; 1/25/08)vs. Bowling Green (2g-1a; 11/10/06)

2 GoalsSix times

2 AssistsSix times

7 Shots on Goalvs. Acred Heart (10/17/08)vs. Michigan State (1/11/08)vs. Alabama-Huntsville (3/23/07)

4-Game Goal Streak• (4g-2a); Jan. 5-Jan. 13, 2007(vs. Robert Morris and Lake Superior)

11-Game Point Streak• (4g-9a); Feb. 9-March 23, 2007(vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Alaska, Ferris State, Alaska, Lake Superior, Michigan and Alabama-Huntsville)

... was +7 for the year ... had eight games with two ormore points and one multiple-goal game ... did notscore in season opener versus Wisconsin then went ona three-game goal-scoring streak ... first goal of theseason came on the power play in 4-0 win overMercyhurst in third-place game of Lefty McFaddenInvitational ... notched game-tying goal late in secondperiod in home-opening win against Denver (Oct. 18)... scored second power-play goal of the season (loneIrish goal) in 3-1 loss to Denver ... picked up firstgame winner of the year (fourth goal) in 3-2 win atFerris State (Oct. 26) ... had a first-period power-playgoal to spark 7-3 home win against Lake Superior(Nov. 1) ... held off the scoresheet until getting onegoal in each game of Irish sweep of Western Michigan(Nov. 16-17) ... began a five-game point streak (4g, 2a)... recorded first multiple-point game of the year witha goal (gwg) and an assist in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville in opening game of Rensselaer HolidayTournament ... capped Irish rally from three-goaldeficit in championship game versus R.P.I., scoringgame winner with just under four minutes remainingin the game ... selected tournament Most ValuablePlayer with two game-winning goals and an assist ...picked up first short-handed goal of the season and10th goal of the year in 5-0 win against Nebraska-Omaha (Dec. 1) ... had three points (1g, 2a) in theLightning College Hockey Classic ... assisted on one

goal in 4-3 loss in opening game to Massachusetts ...had the game-winning goal and an assist in 3-1 winover R.P.I. in third-place game ... scored game-tyinggoal with 38 seconds remaining in 1-1 tie with theSpartans at the Joyce Center (Jan. 13) ... helped snapNotre Dame out of a January goal-scoring slump byequaling a career best with a three-point game (2g, 1a)in 6-1 home win against Bowling Green (Jan. 25) ...both goals were power-play tallies ... recorded twoassists in 5-3 loss to Ferris State (Feb. 8) ... had fifthgame-winning goal of the year in a 2-1 win at Alaska(Feb. 15) ... closed the regular season with a goal andan assist in 3-1 win against Western Michigan (March1) ... had second two-assist game versus Ferris State ingame two of CCHA second round game ... Irish won6-3 and tied series at 1-1 ... helped Notre Dame upsetNew Hampshire in opening game of West Regionalwith a goal and two assists for second three-point gameof the year ... scored 23 seconds into third period togive Irish a 5-3 win on the way to a 7-3 victory ... hada goal and an assist in 5-4 overtime win in Frozen Foursemifinal win over Michigan ... set up a Mark VanGuilder goal that made it 2-0 and followed that with ashort-handed goal that gave Notre Dame a 3-0 lead ...in nine postseason games had two goals and five assistsfor seven points.AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 42 games, scor-

ing 20 goals and 21 assists for 42 points ... led the Irishwith 10 power-play goals and six game winners ... alsohad one short-handed tally ... equaled Dave Poulin’s(‘82) mark for 10 power-play goals by a freshman (setin ‘78-’79) ... had nine multiple-point games and fourgames with two or more goals ... selected to CCHAall-rookie team and was a finalist for CCHA rookie-of-the-year honors ... was named Notre Dame’s rookie-of-the-year ... tied for eighth on all-time points list forfreshmen with Ian Williams who had 41 points in1970-71 ... one of six Irish freshmen to score 20 ormore goals as a freshman ... had team’s longest pointstreak of 11 games (4g, 9a) ... got career off to a faststart with a goal and an assist in season-opening winversus Minnesota State (Oct. 12) ... had first two-goal(ppg, gwg) game of the year in 7-1 win over No. 1Boston College (Oct. 20) ... scored once in 3-0 winover Army ... had career-high three-point game withtwo goals and an assist in 5-2 win over Bowling Green,collecting second game-winning goal ... had goals inback-to-back games in sweep of Alaska (Dec. 2-3) ...scored short-handed in first game of series and pickedup game winner in second ... had a four-game goalstreak from Jan. 5-Jan. 13 scoring once in each game ofseries versus Robert Morris and Lake Superior State ...both goals against the Colonials came on the powerplay ... picked up third two-goal game of the year onJan. 25 in 4-1 win over Miami with both goals comingon the power play ... had a season-high 11-game pointstreak (4g, 9a) from Feb. 9 through March 23 ... scoredthe game-winning goal in 1-0 win at Alaska on Feb. 16in game that clinched the CCHA regular-season title ...had one goal against Alaska in second game of CCHAquarterfinal series ... final two-goal game of the seasoncame on March 23 in NCAA tournament againstAlabama-Huntsville ... scored goal that gave Irish a 2-0 first-period lead ... got game-winning power-playgoal at 15:18 of second overtime to give Notre Dame

a 3-2 win, the progam’s first ever NCAA tournamentwin ... finished the postseason with three goals andfour assists in six games ... selected to the NCAA all-Midwest Regional team. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Edina

High School in Edina, Minn. ... earned two letters inhockey, playing for former NHL defenseman CurtGiles ... helped Edina to Classic Lakes Conference titleas a sophomore with 20 goals and 19 assists for 39points ... was team MVP as a junior after leading con-ference in scoring with 20 goals and 23 assists ... wasnamed all-Classic Lakes Conference and all-state fol-lowing his junior year ... earned Edina Scholar-Athletehonors following his senior year ... a member of TeamMinnesota’s Under-16 and 17 teams ... served as cap-tain of 2003 U.S. Select-17 team that won the goldmedal at the Five Nations Tournament in Slovakia dur-ing August of 2003 ... selected by Sioux Falls Stampedewith the second pick of the USHL Futures Draft(2003) ... played first season in USHL with theStampede, collecting nine goals and 22 assists for 31points ... split the 2005-06 season between Sioux Falls(8g-14a, in 32 games) and Omaha (15g-15a in 25games), finishing the year with 23 goals and 29 assistsfor 52 points ... had four power-play goals, three short-handed tallies and two game winners among his 23goals ... was +34 on the year between the two teamsto lead the USHL in that category ... full name is RyanWilliam Thang ... son of Mark and Wendy Thang ...born May 11, 1987 in Chicago, Ill. ... finance major inthe Mendoza College of Business.

Thang’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2006-07 42 20 21 41 121 .165 12/24 10 1 6 +222007-08 47 18 14 32 143 .126 24/48 7 2 5 +72008-09 33 10 9 19 93 .108 18/36 4 1 2 +9Totals 122 48 44 92 357 .134 54/108 21 4 13 +38


Student-Athletes

#28Defenseman • Junior

6-1 • 220 • Shoots: LeftAnn Arbor, MichiganUSA Under-18 Team

Birthdate: February 21, 1989Major: Psychology

First-Round Draft ChoiceSt. Louis Blues (2007)

IanCole

One of the top collegiate defensemen in thenation ... will be in the running for All-American honors in 2009-10 ... has earned twomonograms with the Irish ... coming off a breakout sophomore season ... was a first team all-CCHA selection and first team WestAHCA/Reebok All-American in 2008-09 ...first Irish defenseman to take All-Americanhonors since Benoit Cotnoir ‘99 during the1998-99 campaign ... stepped right into theNotre Dame lineup as a freshman and hasplayed a key role ever since ... selected to all-tournament team at the 2009 CCHA champi-onship, helping team to second conferencechampionship in the last three years ... big, phys-ical defenseman with excellent hockey skills ...plays a physical game and can also go the lengthof the ice on a scoring rush ... strong in the cor-ners and in front of the net ... tough to knock

off his feet and moves the puck well in transi-tion ... strong, accurate shot from the point ...played in 38 games as a sophomore, leadingNotre Dame defensemen in scoring with sixgoals and 20 assists for 26 points ... spent hissecond Christmas as a member of the U.S.Junior National Team ... one of five NotreDame defensemen with ties to the UnitedStates National Team Development Program inAnn Arbor, Mich., joining senior Kyle Lawson,junior Teddy Ruth, sophomore Sean Lorenzand freshman Sam Calabrese ... selected in thefirst round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, 18thoverall by the St. Louis Blues as St. Louis tradedup to draft him ... highest any Notre Dameplayer has ever been selected (Rob Globke -40th overall by Florida in 2004 was previoushighest pick) ... was ranked 81st by NHLCentral Scouting heading into 2007 Draft ...one of eight former USNTDP alums on thecurrent roster and one of 23 to play at NotreDame all-time ... one of five Michigan nativeson the Irish hockey roster along with seniorsBrett Blatchford (Temperance) and KyleLawson (New Hudson) and juniors BradPhillips (Farmington Hills) and Ben Ryan(Brighton) ... a member of the seven-mangroup to sign with Notre Dame in the early-signing period (Nov. of ‘06) along with RobinBergman, Billy Maday (deferred to ‘08),Phillips, Calle Ridderwall, Ruth and Ryan.


Totals 32 5 16 21

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 38 of theteam’s 40 games, finishing seventh in team scor-ing and first among defensemen ... had six goalsand 20 assists for 26 points ... scored three goalson the power play and chipped in a pair ofgame winners ... led Notre Dame with 29penalties for 58 minutes ... was a team-best +15on the year ... had four multiple-point gamesand one game with two or more goals ...turned in a four-point weekend to start the sea-son versus Sacred Heart ... assisted on one goalin the 3-0 home-opening win on Oct. 17 ... fol-lowed with a three-point night (1g, 2a) in 7-0win ... goal came on the power play ... fast startearned him CCHA defenseman of the weekhonors for the week ending Oct. 19 ... starteda four-game point streak (2g, 2a) on Oct. 25 in3-2 loss to Miami, scoring his second goal ofthe season ... had an assist in 3-2 win at


Totals 65 11 25 36

512 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Cole’s Career Bests

4 Pointsvs. Northern Michigan (2g-2a; 2/13/09)

2 Goalsvs. Northern Michigan (2/13/09)vs. Ferris State (3/15/08)

2 AssistsSix times

6 Shots on Goalvs. Alaska (2/16/08)

2-Game Goal Streak• (3g-1a); March 15-16, 2008 (vs. Ferris State, Ferris State)

4-Game Point Streak• (2g-2a); Oct. 25-Nov. 7, 2008(vs. Miami, Northern Michigan and Boston College)

Cole’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2007-08 43 8 12 20 70 .114 20/40 4 0 2 -72008-09 38 6 20 26 84 .071 29/58 3 0 2 +15Totals 81 14 32 46 154 .091 49/98 7 0 4 +8

Northern Michigan (Oct. 31) and followed thatwith a game-winning tally on Nov. 1 in 4-2 vic-tory ... closed the streak with an assist in NotreDame’s 4-1 win at Boston College (Nov 7) ...held off the scoresheet for seven straight gamesbefore notching a pair of assists in wins overFerris State (Dec. 5-6), 3-1 and 1-0 ... closed thefirst half of the season with an assist in Dec. 13,4-3 win over Bowling Green ... along with fel-low defenseman Teddy Ruth, joined Team USAat the World Junior Championships in Ottawa,Ont., helping squad to a fifth-place finish ...scored two goals with two assists for four pointsin six games with a pair of power-play goals andfour penalty minutes ... rejoined the NotreDame lineup on Jan. 9 for Alaska series ... hadone assist in each game at Lake Superior State... recorded second, three-point game of theseason with a goal and two assists in 4-3 over-time win at Ohio State ... turned in a career-high four-point game (2g, 2a) in 9-5 Irish winover Northern Michigan on Feb. 13 ... bothgoals came on the power play and one was agame winner ... added an assist for a five-pointweekend in 5-2 win over Wildcats on Feb. 14... had four assists in the CCHA playoffs withone in 2-1 semifinal win over Northern andtwo in the CCHA title game versus Michigan

... was selected to the CCHA all-tourna-ment team for his play ... in five postsea-son games had no goals and four assists forfour points.AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 43

games with eight goals and 12 assists for20 points ... eight goals led all Irishdefensemen ... had four power-play goalsand two game winners ... had 20 penalties,resulting in 40 minutes of penalty time ...was -7 for the year ... was an honorablemention CCHA all-rookie selection ...selected CCHA rookie of the month forMarch and April ... started season slowlyon the offensive side, getting four assists inthe first 14 games of the season ... first col-legiate goal came on Nov. 23 when hescored from the slot versus Alabama-Huntsville to give Notre Dame a 1-0 leadin the first round of the RensselaerHoliday Tournament ... scored first careerpower-play goal in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha (Dec. 1) ... added an assist in 7-0win over Princeton (Dec. 8) ... missed fourgames while playing for U.S. Junior

National Team (Dec. 26-Jan. 5) ... took sixgames before he got back on the scoresheet ...third goal of the year was the game winner in a4-1 victory at Bowling Green (Jan. 26) ... gavethe Irish a 1-0 lead with his second power-playgoal in the 2-2 tie with Ferris State (Feb. 9) ...had first multiple-point game of career by assist-ing on both goals in a 2-2 tie with Ohio State(Feb. 23) ... had second two-assist night in reg-ular-season finale versus Western Michigan(March 1) ... keyed Notre Dame’s 6-3 win overFerris State in game two of second round serieswith a career-high three-point game (2g, 1a) asthe Irish evened the series with a 6-3 win ...scored the game winner on the power play thefollowing night in a 2-1 win over the Bulldogsto send the Irish to Detroit and the CCHAsemifinals ... fourth power-play goal came infirst period to tie game 1-1 versus NewHampshire on the way to a 7-3 victory in thesemifinal game of the NCAA West Regional ...had a pair of assists in the Frozen Four with oneagainst Michigan and one versus BostonCollege ... in nine postseason games had fourgoals and three assists for seven points. WITH USA HOCKEY: Made second

appearnce with U.S. Junior National team at the2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa,

Ont. ... had two goals and two assists for fourpoints with four penalty minutes ... both goalswere power-play markers ... made first appear-ance in the 2008 World Junior Championshipsin the Czech Republic ... played in all six gameswith five shots on goal and six penalty minutes... member of U.S. Under-18 Team in ‘06-’07,scoring four goals and 16 assists for 20 pointsand 50 penalty minutes in 49 games ... selectedone of Team USA’s top three players at theUnder-18 World Championships in April of2007 ... spent ‘05-’06 with the U.S. Under-17team where he had four goals and 12 assists for16 points and 103 penalty minutes in 70 games. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich.,while playing for the U.S. National Program ...played his midget hockey with Detroit VictoryHonda Midget AAA ... had 15 goals and 25assists for 40 points in 60 games during his finalseason of midget major hockey in 2004-05 ...full name is Ian Douglas Cole ... son of Dougand Connie Cole ... has one sister ... bornFebruary 21, 1989 in Ann Arbor ... psychologymajor in Notre Dame’s College of Arts andLetters.


Student-Athletes

Hard-working player who earned his secondmonogram with the Irish during the 2008-09season ... strong, two-way right wing whoexcels at both ends of the ice ... continues toimprove in all areas of his game ... strong skaterwith good hockey skills ... smart player whoknows how to “think” the game ... has been akey contributor to the lineup in each of his firsttwo years ... played in all 40 games as a sopho-more, mostly on Notre Dame’s fourth line, con-tributing four goals and seven assists for 11points, all career highs ... in two seasons hasplayed in 64 career games with four goals and

11 assists for 15 points ... joined the Irish afterplaying one season in the United States HockeyLeague (USHL) with the Sioux Falls Stampede(‘06-’07) and one season in the NorthAmerican Hockey League (NAHL) with theSouthern Minnesota Express (‘05-’06) ... one of13 Notre Dame players to play in the USHL ...one of six membes of the current roster to playin the NAHL along with seniors BrettBlatchford (Texas) and Tom O’Brien(Mahoning Valley), sophomores Nick Condon(St. Louis) and Eric Ringel (Mahoning Valley)and freshman Mike Johnson (St. Louis) ... oneof four Minnesota natives on the Notre Dameroster along with senior Ryan Thang (Edina),fellow junior Brian Brooke (Eden Prairie) andfreshman Nick Larson (Apple Valley) ... joinedthe Irish in the late-signing period (spring of‘07).AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 40

games for the Irish in 2008-09 ... had four goalsand seven assists for 11 points, all career highs... picked up six penalties for 20 minutes ... was+9 on the season ... went scoreless in the firstseven games before putting together a career-

high, three-game point streak (1g, 2a) ...checked in with one assist in each game ofNotre Dame’s 4-1 wins at Boston College(Nov. 7) and Providence College (Nov. 8) ...scored first collegiate goal on Nov. 14 versusLake Superior State ... his third-period goal tiedthe game at 3-3, sending it to overtime and thefirst shootout in the program’s history, won byNotre Dame, 2-1 ... did not score in secondgame versus Lakers but followed with a three-point weekend (1g, 2a) in sweep of BowlingGreen (Nov. 21-22) ... picked up one assist in 5-1 home win against the Falcons ... followed


Totals 53 4 7 11

#27Right Wing • Junior

6-0 • 180 • Shoots: RightWoodbury, Minnesota

Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)Birthdate: July 14, 1986

Major: FinanceCollege of Business

RyanGuentzel


Totals 32 4 3 7

532 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Guentzel’s Career Bests

2 Pointsvs. Bowling Green (1g-1a; 11/22/08)

1 GoalFour times

1 Assist11 times

5 Shots on Goalvs. Ohio State (2/8/09)

3-Game Point Streak• (1g-2a); Nov. 7-Nov. 14, 2008(vs. Boston College, Providence and LakeSuperior)

with a career-high twopoints (1g, 1a) in 9-1 win atBowling Green ... scoredthe lone goal of the game inMichigan’s 2-1 win at theJoyce Center on Jan. 30 ...did not score again untilMarch 13 in the first gameof the CCHA playoffs whenhe closed the scoring with athird-period goal in NotreDame’s 5-0 win overNebraska-Omaha that gavethe Irish a 1-0 lead in thebest-of-three series ...assisted on Dan Kissel’s goalin the 5-1 loss to BemidjiState in the first round ofthe NCAA Tournament ...in five postseason games,had a goal and an assist fortwo points.AS A FRESHMAN:

Played in 26 games in hisrookie season, recordingfour assists for four pointson the year ... had fivepenalties for 10 minutes ...was +3 overall ... saw firstcollegiate action in secondgame of the LeftyMcFadden Invitational ver-sus Mercyhurst on Oct. 13... split playing time over thefirst half of the season, see-ing action in eight games ... recorded first col-legiate point when he set up a Justin White goalin the 3-2 loss at Michigan (Jan. 18) ... assistedon a Calle Ridderwall goal in 6-1 win overBowling Green (Jan. 25) ... helped set up BrockSheahan’s only goal of the season in a 5-3 lossto Ferris State (Feb. 8) ... had a hand in DanKissel’s game-tying goal in 2-2 tie versus OhioState (Feb. 23) ... played in six postseason gameswith no points ... was on the ice for both ofCalle Ridderwall’s goals in the 5-4 overtimewin against Michigan.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromHill-Murray High School in Maplewood, Minn.... lettered three seasons in hockey and two ingolf for the Pioneers ... team captain of bothteams as a senior ... two-time all-conferenceselection in hockey and once as a senior in golf... as a junior qualified for the Minnesota StateGolf Tournament ... in hockey led the Pioneersin scoring as a senior with 17 goals and 31assists for 48 points in 25 games and was anhonorable mention all-state selection ... finishedhis Hill-Murray career with 114 points in three

seasons ... was a teammate of current NotreDame senior Garrett Regan at Hill-Murray in2002-03 ... played junior hockey with the SiouxFalls Stampede (USHL) and the SouthernMinnesota Express (NAHL) ... helped leadSioux Falls to the 2006-07 USHL Clark CupChampionship ... was the second leading scoreron team with nine goals and 38 assists for 47points ... in eight postseason games had twogoals and three assists as Sioux Falls defeatedWaterloo in the finals ... with SouthernMinnesota in 2005-06 was third in scoring with20 goals and 35 assists for 55 points ... full nameis Ryan Michael Guentzel ... son of Mike andSally Guentzel ... father, Mike, a long timehockey coach, is in his first season as the headcoach of the Des Moine Buccaneers in theUSHL ... father played college hockey at the theUniversity of Minnesota ... has two brothers ...younger brother, Gabe is a sophomore defense-man at Colorado College ... born July 14, 1986in Maplewood, Minn. ... finance major in theMendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.

Guentzel’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2007-08 24 0 4 4 21 .000 5/10 0 0 0 +32008-09 40 4 7 11 56 .071 6/20 0 0 0 +9Total 64 4 11 15 77 .052 11/30 0 0 0 +12


Student-Athletes

#30Goaltender • Junior

6-2 • 181 • Catches: LeftFarmington Hills, Michigan

USA Under-18 TeamBirthdate: April 22, 1989

Majors: Psychology/ComputerApplications

Seventh-Round Draft ChoicePhiladelphia Flyers (2007)

BradPhillips

Returns to the Notre Dame lineup in 2009-10 after missing the entire 2008-09 season dueto a knee injury suffered in the preseason ...will look to take over as Notre Dame’s topgoaltender ... earned first monogram in 2007-08, backing up Jordan Pearce in the NotreDame goal ... will team with senior TomO’Brien, junior Brian Brooke and freshmanMike Johnson to give Notre Dame a solidgroup of goaltenders ... butterfly goaltenderwho uses his size and quickness to cover agreat deal of the net ... excellent skater whohas strong positioning skills ... quick glove hand... strong at controlling rebounds ... confidentgoaltender with strong work ethic ... has addedweight to his 6-2 frame ... saw action in fivegames as a freshman and was impressive, going4-1-0 on the year with a 1.53 goals-againstaverage, a .923 save percentage and one shutout... played two seasons with the U.S. National

Team Developmental Program in Ann Arbor,Mich., before coming to Notre Dame ... is oneof eight former USNTDP alums on the NotreDame roster joining senior Kyle Lawson, fellowjuniors Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth, sophomoresPatrick Gaul and Sean Lorenz and freshmenSam Calabrese and Kyle Palmieri ... one of 23former national program alums to play for theIrish in the program’s history ... was selected inthe seventh round of the draft, 182nd overall bythe Philadelphia Flyers ... one of five Michigannatives on the Irish hockey roster along withseniors Brett Blatchford (Temperance) and KyleLawson (New Hudson) and juniors Ian Cole(Ann Arbor) and Ben Ryan (Brighton) ...signed in the early-signing period (fall of ‘06)along with Cole, Billy Maday (deferred to ‘08),Calle Ridderwall, Ruth and Ryan.

2007-08 vs. CCHATeam Rec. GAA Sv%Alaska Fairbanks — — —Bowling Green — — —Ferris State — — —Lake Superior 1-0-0 1.00 .941Miami — — —Michigan 0-1-0 6.81 .789Michigan State — — —Nebraska-Omaha — — —Northern Michigan 1-0-0 1.00 .941Ohio State — — —Western Michigan — — —

Totals 2-1-0 2.32 .887

Phillips’ Game-by-Game 2007-08 Statistics Date Opponent Result Minutes GA SV11/2 Lake Superior W, 4-1 60:00 1 1611/23 vs. Alabama-Huntsville % W, 4-1 59:27 1 1312/8 at Princeton W, 7-0 60:00 0 24

1/5 at Northern Michigan W, 2-1 59:57 1 161/19 vs. Michigan ! L, 1-5 35:16 4 15

% Rensselaer Holiday Tournament – ! at the Palace of Auburn Hills

AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not play in anygames during 2008-09 as he was sidelined witha knee injury suffered in preseason training. AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in five

games, going 4-1-0 with a 1.53 goals againstaverage and a .923 save percentage ... recordedone shutout and had two minutes in penalties... made first collegiate start on Nov. 2 in a 4-1win over Lake Superior (Nov. 2), making 16saves ... second start came against Alabama-Huntsville (Nov. 23) in first game of RensselaerHoliday Tournament ... made 13 saves in 3-1win over the Chargers ... picked up first careershutout (in just third career start), making 24saves in a 7-0 win at Princeton (Dec. 8) ... ranhis rookie record to 4-0-0 on Jan. 5 in a 2-1 win

552 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Phillips’ Career StatisticsYear GP/GS W-L-T Time GA GAA Saves Save Pct. Shutouts2007-08 5/5 4-1-0 274:40 7 1.53 94 .923 12008-09 Missed entire season due to injuryTotals 5/5 4-1-0 274:40 7 1.53 94 .923 1

Phillips’ Career Bests

Saves24 vs. Princeton (12/8/07)16 vs. Northern Michigan (1/5/08)16 vs. Lake Superior (11/2/07)

Shutoutsvs. Princeton, 7-0 (12/8/08)

Shutout Streaks• 116:10 (Nov. 23, 2007 - Jan. 5, 2008Alabama-Huntsville, Princeton andNorthern Michigan)

at Northern Michigan, stopping 16 of 17 shotsin the contest ... final start of the year came ver-sus Michigan at the Palace of Auburn Hills (Jan.19) ... played just 35:16 of the game, giving upfour goals on 19 shots in a 5-1 loss to theWolverines ... did not see any action in thepostseason.WITH USA HOCKEY: Spent two seasons

with the U.S. National Team DevelopmentProgram ... during the 2006-07 season, sawaction in 24 games for the Under-18 team,going 15-5-2 overall in 1,425:55 minutes playedwith a pair of shutouts ... owned a 2.33 goals-

against average with a .913 save percentage ...in ‘05-’06, played in 38 games for the Under-17team, playing 2,124:44 minutes with a 21-14-3record and one shutout ... had a 2.39 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage ...was selected as the top goaltender at the ‘06World Under-17 Hockey Challenge for the sil-ver-medal winning U.S. team ... earned his spotwith the national team after a strong Select 16Festival in the summer of 2005 when he turnedin a 1.67 goals-against average and a .933 savepercentage.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromHuron High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. ...spent the 2004-05 season with the HoneybakedMidget AAA program before playing two sea-sons with the national program ... full name isBradley David Phillips ... is the son of Dave andNancy Phillips ... has one brother and one sis-ter ... is the nephew of former Notre Damequarterback, Terry Andrysiak (1985-88) ... bornApril 22, 1989 in Wyandotte, Mich. ... majoringin psychology and computer applications atNotre Dame.


Student-Athletes

Had a break out season as a sophomore,becoming one of the top goal scorers in theCCHA ... earned second monogram in 2008-09after leading the Irish with 17 goals and finish-ing second on the team with 32 points ... scored11 power-play goals to finish second in theCCHA and fifth in the nation ... added weightand strength from freshman to sophomore yearsto become a more dominant player ... outstand-ing skater with tremendous speed and greathands ... blessed with a quick, accurate shot ...great release with a nice touch around the net... has all the tools to be an outstanding colle-giate player ... was selected as an honorablemention all-CCHA choice following the ‘08-’09campaign ... winner of Notre Dame’s mostimproved player award ... hero of Notre Dame’sdramatic overtime win in the 2008 Frozen Fourwhen he scored twice, including the game win-

ner at 6:06 of overtime to beat Michigan, 5-4in the semifinals before moving on to thechampionship game ... came to Notre Dameafter one season in the United States HockeyLeague (USHL) with the Tri-City Storm ...one of three former Storm players on theNotre Dame roster along with senior KyleLawson and freshman Kevin Nugent ... one of13 Irish players to play in the USHL ... signeda national letter-of-intent in the early-signingperiod (Nov. ‘06) along with Ian Cole, BradPhillips, Teddy Ruth and Ben Ryan ... was amidget teammate of current Irish sophomore,Billy Maday ... first Notre Dame player fromSweden.AS A SOPHOMORE: Has developed into

one of the top goal scorers in the CCHA ...played in all 40 games in 2008-09, leading theIrish in goals with 17 while adding 15 assists for32 points .... 11 power-play goals were tops onthe team and he tied for the team lead with fivegame-winning goals ... had 10 penalties for 20points and was +2 on the season ... shoot-outspecialist for the Irish, scoring on two-of-threechances ... had eight games with two or morepoints and three games with two or more goals... started the season slowly, picking up just twoassists in the first six games before beingreunited with Billy Maday, his teammate frommidget hockey in Chicago ... picked up firstgoal of the year on Nov. 1 in 4-2 win atNorthern Michigan ... second goal of the cam-

paign came a week later as he scored in a 4-1win at Providence (Nov. 8) ... after not scoringin Nov. 14 game, rolled off a six-game pointstreak (6g, 10a) from Nov. 15 through Dec. 5 ...scored first power-play goal of the year and hadtwo assists for three points in 5-2 home winwith Lake Superior ... assisted on a pair of goalsin 5-1 home win over Bowling Green (Nov. 21)... had a career-best four-point game (2g, 2a) in9-1 victory at Bowling Green with both goalson the power play ... ran streak to four gameswith second consecutive four-point night (2g,2a), having a hand in all four Notre Dame goalsin a 4-1 win over Western Michigan (Nov. 28)... both goals came on the power play andincluded the game winner ... closed that serieswith an assist and a five-point weekend as theteams battled to a 3-3 tie ... named CCHAoffensive player of the week for Nov. 30 ...


Totals 61 21 15 36

#22Left Wing • Junior

6-0 • 188 • Shoots: LeftStockholm, Sweden

Tri-City Storm (USHL)Birthdate: May 28, 1988

Major: Finance

CalleRidderwall


Totals 32 16 14 30

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromVictor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park,Ill., while playing for the Chicago Chill ... firstnative of Sweden to play at Notre Dame ... is aproduct of the Hammarby IF program inStockholm ... came to the United States in2005-06 and played for the Chicago Chill(Midget AA) where he had 52 goals and 66assists for 118 points while finishing second atUSA Midget AA championships ... was a team-mate of current Irish freshman Billy Madaywith the Chill ... spent one season in the USHLwith the Tri-City Storm ... led the Storm inscoring in 2006-07 with 27 goals and 35 assistsfor 62 points to tie for 14th in the league inscoring ... had 14 power-play goals, three short-handed tallies and seven game winners ...played in the USHL Prospects/All-Star game inJanuary of 2007 and was named to the ‘06-’07USHL all-rookie team ... full name is Carl ErikRidderwall ... son of Jan and Marie Ridderwall... has one sister ... born on May 28, 1988 inStockholm, Sweden ... finance major in theMendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.

572 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Ridderwall’s Career Bests

4 Pointsvs. Western Michigan (2g-2; 11/28/08)vs. Bowling Green (2g-2a; 11/22/08)

2 Goalsvs. Michigan (3/21/09)vs. Western Michigan (11/28/08)vs. Bowling Green (11/22/08)vs. Michigan (4/10/08)

2 AssistsFour times

7 Shots on Goalvs. Michigan (3/21/09)vs. Sacred Heart (10/28/08)

2-Game Goal Streak• (2g-0a); Feb. 13-14, 2009 (vs. Northern Michigan)• (2g-2a); Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2009(vs. Michigan and Ohio State)• (4g-4a); Nov. 22-28, 2008(vs. Bowling Green and Western Michigan)

6-Game Point Streak• (6g-10a); Nov. 15-Dec. 5, 2008(vs. Lake Superior, Bowling Green, Western Michigan and Ferris State)

Ridderwall’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2007-08 39 5 2 7 52 .096 6/20 0 0 1 +12008-09 40 17 15 32 95 .179 10/20 11 0 5 +2Totals 79 22 17 39 147 .150 16/40 11 0 6 +3

wrapped up six-game streak with a goal (powerplay and game winner) in 3-1 win at FerrisState on Dec. 5 ... closed the first half of theseason on Dec. 13 with a power-play goal (hisseventh) in a 4-3 win over Bowling Green ...held off the scoresheet for first four games ofJanuary before finding the goal scoring touch atLake Superior ... had a goal (ppg) in 3-1 win onJan. 16 and an assist in 3-3 tie the followingnight ... had back-to-back two-point games (1g,1a) with game winners in both at Michigan (3-2, on Jan. 31) and at Ohio State (4-3 in ot, Feb.6) ... game winner versus Buckeyes came 49seconds into overtime ... opened the scoring inthe first game of the CCHA playoffs, scoring2:01 into the game for game winner in 5-0 winover Nebraska-Omaha ... scored a pair of goals

in the CCHAchampionship gameagainst Michigan,helping Irish to sec-ond CCHA title inthree years ... wasselected to theCCHA all-tourna-ment team ... in fivepostseason gameshad three goals andno assists.AS A FRESH-

MAN: Played in 39games during the2007-08 campaign,scoring five goalswith two assists forseven points ...scored one game-winning goal ... hadsix penalties for 20minutes ... was +1on the season ...first collegiate goalcame in 10th gameof the year as hisfirst-period goaltied the game at 1-1 on the way to a5-1 win at WesternMichigan (Nov. 17)... recorded firstcareer assist in 4-2win at Princeton(Dec. 7) ... assistedon a Justin Whitegoal in 3-2 loss atMichigan (Jan. 18)... second goal ofthe season gaveNotre Dame a 5-0lead in 6-1 win

over Bowling Green (Jan. 25) ... did not scoreagain until the postseason ... opened the scor-ing in game two of the CCHA second roundagainst Ferris State as he staked the Irish to a 1-0 lead on the way to a 6-3 win that tied theseries at 1-1 ... had his first multiple-goal andpoint game in the Frozen Four semifinal gamewith Michigan, scoring a pair of goals ...whipped a shot from the slot past Billy Sauerfive minutes into the game to give Notre Damea 1-0 lead ... in overtime, scooped up a DanVeNard rebound in the slot, moved the puckfrom backhand to forehand and tucked a shotunder the crossbar over Bryan Hogan at 6:06 ofthe extra stanza to give the Irish a 5-4 win andmove them on to the national championshipgame against Boston College ... in nine post-season games had three goals.


Student-Athletes

#5Defenseman • Junior

6-1• 208 • Shoots: RightNaperville, IllinoisUSA Under-18 Team

Birthdate: February 14, 1989Major: Finance

Second-Round Draft ChoiceWashington Capitals (2007)

TeddyRuth

Recognized as one of the top shutdowndefensemen in the nation ... will serve as anassistant captain for the Irish in 2008-09 ... can-didate for CCHA postseason honors ... tough,hardnosed, stay-at-home defender who makeslife miserable for opposing forwards ... charac-ter player who is a leader on and off the ice ...a force in the defensive zone where he uses hissize and strength in the corners and in front ofthe net ... will look to expand his all-aroundgame this season by getting more involved inthe offensive attack ... has a strong shot fromthe point that gets through to the net ... smart,intelligent player who knows when to pick hisspots to jump into the play ... has earned two

monograms in his first two years at NotreDame ... played in 36 games last season withtwo goals and five assists for seven points whileturning in a +11 for the campaign ... in 78career games, has four goals and eight assists for12 points and is +24 ... joined the Irish aftertwo seasons with the U.S. National TeamDevelopment Program based in Ann Arbor,Mich. ... was the highest ranked Notre Dameplayer by Central Scouting prior to the 2007NHL Entry Draft ... ranked 32nd among 210North American skaters and the 11th-bestNorth American defenseman ... was chosen inthe second round, 46th overall, by theWashington Capitals ... had his rights traded atthe 2008 NHL trading deadline to theColumbus Blue Jackets for future Hall of FamerSergei Federov ... one of five Illinois natives onthe Notre Dame roster joining Dan Kissel(Crestwood), Tom O’Brien (Mokena), BillyMaday (Burr Ridge) and Sam Calabrese (ParkRidge) ... one of eight former USNTDP alumson the roster along with senior Kyle Lawson,fellow juniors Ian Cole and Brad Phillips, soph-omores Patrick Gaul and Sean Lorenz and

freshmen Calabrese and KylePalmieri ... one of 23 USNTDPalums to have played at NotreDame ... one of six players tosign in the early-signing period(Nov. of ‘06) along with IanCole, Maday (deferred to ‘08),Phillips, Calle Ridderwall andBen Ryan.AS A SOPHOMORE :

Played in 36 of the team’s 40games, missing two games withan injury and two while playingfor Team USA in the WorldJunior Championships ... scored apair of goals with five assists forseven points ... had 17 penaltiesfor 42 minutes ... tied for fifth onthe team with a +11 ... missedthe first two games of the seasonwith an injury ... picked up hisfirst point of the season, scoring agoal in a 5-2 win over LakeSuperior State (Nov. 15) ... sec-ond goal of the season came in 3-1 win at Bowling Green (Dec.12) ... along with teammate IanCole was a member of the U.S.Junior National team that fin-ished fifth at the World JuniorChampionships in Ottawa, Ont.... played in all six games with nopoints and 25 minutes in penal-ties ... recorded five assists overthe remainder of the season,

including a two-assist night at NorthernMichigan on Feb. 13 ... was +4 in the postsea-son, while not scoring any points. AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 42 games in

2007-08, scoring a pair of goals with threeassists for five points ... had 14 penalties for 36minutes ... was second on the squad with a +13rating ... Notre Dame’s rookie of the year in‘07-’08 ... went scoreless for his first 17 games,but got his first goal and assist in a two-pointnight against Nebraska-Omaha in a 5-0 shutouton Dec. 1 ... missed five games with an injuryfrom Dec. 8 to Jan. 5 ... picked up second assist


Totals 65 4 8 12


Totals 32 2 5 7

592 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Ruth’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2007-08 42 2 3 5 35 .057 14/36 0 0 0 +132008-09 36 2 5 7 32 .062 17/42 0 0 0 +11Totals 78 4 8 12 67 .060 31/78 0 0 0 +24

of the season in 5-3 loss to Ferris State (Feb. 8)... had final assist of the season in game three ofCCHA second round when he helped set upDan Kissel’s goal that made it 1-0 in a 2-1 winfor Notre Dame ... final goal of the season cameversus Michigan State in the NCAA WestRegional when he hammered a shot from theright point past Jeff Lerg with under five min-utes left to insure the 3-1 win that sent the Irishto the Frozen Four ... in nine postseason games,had one goal and one assist for two points WITH USA HOCKEY: Selected to the

2009 U.S. Junior National Team that partici-pated in the World Junior Championships inOttawa, Ont. ... played in all six games with nopoints and 25 minutes in penalties as Team USAfinished fifth overall ... participated in two U.S.Junior National Evaluation Camps (2007 and2008) ... played two seasons for the U.S.National Team Developmental Program ... in2006-07, served as an alternate captain ... playedin 39 games with five goals and 11 assists for 16points ... three of his five goals came on thepower play and one was a game winner ...recorded 64 minutes in penalties ... as a mem-ber of the U.S. Under-17 team in 2005-06, hadthree goals and eight assists for 11 points in 66games ... was selected as the most outstanding

defenseman at the Under-17 Four NationsTournament ... advanced to the U.S. programafter playing for the Chicago Mission Midgetmajor program and Team Illinois.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. ...played midget hockey in the Chicago area forthe Chicago Mission Midget major programand Team Illinois ... full name is Theodore JohnRuth ... son of Richard and Barbara Ruth ... hastwo brothers ... born February, 14, 1989 in St.Charles, Mo. ... finance major in the MendozaCollege of Business at Notre Dame.


Michigan

Phil Wittliff F ‘68-’71 Port Huron

Mike TardaniW ‘71-’74 Muskegon

Tom Michalak C ‘76-’80 Dearborn

Dan Collard W ’78-’82 Flint

Jeff Logan W ‘78-’82 Grosse Point

Kirt Bjork F ’79-’83 Trenton

Tony Bonadio D ‘80-’83 Port Huron

Greg Hudas D ‘82-’83 Troy

John Nickodemus W ‘84-’87 Saginaw

Andy Slaggert W ‘87-’89 Saginaw

William Hoelzel D ‘88-’89 Bloomfield Hills

Tim Litchard RW ‘90-’92 Trenton

Aniket Dhadphale LW ’95-’99 Marquette

Sean Seyferth D ‘96-’00 Ann Arbor

Jake Wiegand LW ‘99-’03 Northville

Rob Globke RW ‘00-’04 West Bloomfield

Derek SmithD ‘01-’04 St. Mary’s

Chris TrickD ‘02-’06 Troy

Mike WalshLW ‘02-’06 Northville

Jason PaigeC ‘03-’07 Saginaw

Josh ScibaC/LW ‘03-’07 Westland

Evan RankinRW ‘04-’08 Portage

Erik CondraRW ‘05-’09 Livonia

Justin WhiteC/LW ‘06-’09 Traverse City

Brett BlatchfordD ‘06- Temperance

Kyle LawsonD ‘06- New Hudson

Ian ColeD ‘07- Ann Arbor

Brad PhillipsG ‘07- Farmington Hills

Ben RyanC ‘07- Brighton

Ruth’s Career Bests

2 Pointsvs. Northern Michigan (0g-2a; 2/13/09)vs. Nebraska-Omaha (1g-1a; 12/1/07)

1 GoalFour times

2 Assistsvs. Northern Michigan (2/13/09)

4 Shots on Goalvs. Michigan State (1/13/08)


Student-Athletes

Steady, consistent center iceman who willlook to have a break out season in 2009-10 ...finished his sophomore year strong with adominant performance in the CCHATournament, scoring the winning goal in bothgames, helping the Irish to their second CCHAtitle in the last three years ... earned secondmonogram in 2008-09 ... smart, intelligentplayer who plays with confidence ... strong atboth ends of the ice ... tough forechecker whotakes the body and finishes his checks ... createsoffense with and without the puck ... giftedplaymaker who can find the open man ...clutch scorer who comes up big in the biggestgames ... was sixth on the team in scoring in‘08-’09 with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27points ... tied for the team lead with five game-

winning goals ... was selected to the all-tourna-ment team at the Shillelagh Tournament and inthe CCHA championship ... in 86 career gameshas 22 goals with 31 assists for 53 points,including six game-winning goals ... joined theIrish after playing two seasons in the UnitedStates Hockey League with the Des MoinesBuccaneers where he won a Clark Cup title in‘05-’06 ... was ranked 37th in NHL CentralScoutings final rankings prior to the 2007 EntryDraft ... selected in the fourth round, 114thoverall by the Nashville Predators ... attendedthe U.S. Junior National Evaluation Camp alongwith teammates Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth inAugust of 2007 ... one of 13 former USHLplayers playing at Notre Dame ... one of fiveMichigan natives on the Irish hockey rosteralong with seniors Brett Blatchford(Temperance) and Kyle Lawson (New Hudson)and fellow juniors Ian Cole (Ann Arbor) andBrad Phillips (Farmington Hills) ... signed in theearly signing period (fall of ‘06) along withCole, Billy Maday (deferred to ‘08), Phillips,Calle Ridderwall and Teddy Ruth. AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 39 of

team’s 40 games, missing the season openerwith an injury ... was sixth on the team in scor-ing with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27 points ...had three goals on the power play and tied forthe team lead with five game winners ... had 15penalties for 30 minutes ... was +6 on the sea-son ... had five multiple-point games ... seasonstarted slow as he picked up just one assist in

the first eight games ... had a two-point week-end versus Lake Superior (Nov. 14-15 ... scoredfirst goal of the season in a 3-3 tie with theLakers in series opener and added an assist in 5-2 victory ... second goal of the season came in9-1 win at Bowling Green (Nov. 22) via thepower play and was the game winner ... scoredthird goal of the year at Ferris State (Dec. 5) in3-1 win versus the Bulldogs ... closed the firsthalf of the season with three-point (1g, 2a)weekend versus Bowling Green (Dec. 12-13) ...picked up a goal (the game winner) and addedan assist in 3-1 victory then added an assist in4-3 win the following night to close out thefirst half of the season ... started January with agoal (gwg) and an assist in 3-1 win over Unionin the opening game of the ShillelaghTournament ... selected to the all-tournamentteam with his two-point weekend ... continuedhis consistent second-half play with a goal and


Totals 67 18 24 42

#19Center • Junior

5-11• 192 • Shoots: RightBrighton, Michigan

Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)Birthdate: October 16, 1988

Majors: Psychology and EconomicsFourth-Round Draft ChoiceNashville Predators (2007)

BenRyan


Totals 32 11 14 25

612 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Ryan’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. Northern Michigan (1g-2a; 2/13/09)vs. Bowling Green (2g-1a; 1/26/08)

2 Goalsvs. Bowling Green (1/26/08)

2 Assistsvs. Northern Michigan (2/13/09)vs. Mercyhurst (10/13/07)

7 Shots on Goalvs. Ohio State (2/23/08)

2-Game Goal Streak• Four times

5-Game Point Streak• (2g-3a); March 1-March 21, 2008(vs. Western Michigan, Ferris State - 3 and Miami)

Ryan’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2007-08 47 10 16 26 72 .139 11/22 4 0 1 -42008-09 39 12 15 27 77 .156 15/30 3 0 5 +6Totals 86 22 31 53 149 .148 26/52 7 0 6 +2

an assist in theweekend serieswith Alaska (Jan. 9-10) ... seventh goalof the year came in3-3 tie at LakeSuperior (Jan. 17)... turned in a five-point weekend (2g,3a) versus North-ern Michigan (Feb.13-14) ... equaled acareer high withthree points (1g,2a) in 9-5 win overthe Wildcats onFeb. 13 ... followedwith a goal (ppg)and assist in 5-2victory in seriesfinale ... closed theregular season withassists in three con-secutive games versus Nebraska-Omaha andMichigan State ... started the post season withtwo points (1g, 1a) in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha in the first game of the second roundplayoff series ... scored game-winning goal withone minute left in 2-1 victory over NorthernMichigan in CCHA semifinals ... picked up hissecond consecutive game-winning goal whenhis goal at 2:05 of the third period put NotreDame ahead, 3-2, in CCHA championshipgame versus Michigan ... was selected to theCCHA all-tournament team ... in five postsea-son games, had three goals and one assist forfour points. AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 47 games

for Notre Dame in 2007-08 ... was fourth inscoring with 10 goals and 16 assists for 26points ... had four power-play goals and onegame winner ... whistled for 11 penalties, result-ing in 22 penalty minutes ... was -4 on the year... got his career off to a fast start with a three-game point streak (1g, 3a) ... assisted on lonegoal in season-opening 4-1 loss to Wisconsin inLefty McFadden Invitational (Oct. 12) ... pickedup two assists in third-place game as Irishshutout Mercyhurst, 4-0 ... scored first colle-giate goal via the power-play in 4-3 win overDenver (Oct. 18) ... goal was the game winner... assisted on a pair of goals in 4-2 win atBowling Green (Oct. 23) and scored his secondgoal of the year in 3-2 win at Ferris State (Oct.

26) ... third goal came in 2-1 win over BowlingGreen (Nov. 20) ... recorded third multiple-point game of the year (1g, 1a) in 4-1 win overAlabama-Huntsville in first game of RensselaerHoliday Tournament (Nov. 23) ... had two-pointweekend at Princeton, getting a goal in 4-2 win(Dec. 7) and an assist in 7-0 shutout (Dec. 8) ...went scoreless over a seven-game span beforescoring lone Irish goal in 5-1 loss to Michigan(Jan. 19) ... had a four-point weekend in sweepof Bowling Green (Jan. 25-26) ... assisted onone goal in 6-1 home victory ... had career-highthree-point game (2 ppg, 1a) in 4-1 road win ...was named CCHA rookie of the week for hisplay in the Bowling Green series ... had oneassist in regular-season finale versus WesternMichigan (March 1) ... that started him on acareer-high five-game point streak (2g, 3a) ...scored goals in each of first two games of sec-ond-round series with Ferris State ... set up IanCole’s game winner in 2-1, game three, winover the Bulldogs ... followed that by setting upEvan Rankin’s goal in 2-1 overtime loss toMiami in CCHA semifinals ... recorded assistsin each game of the NCAA West Regionals ...in nine postseason games had two goals andfour assists for six points.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa... also spent two years at Detroit CentralCatholic High School in Detroit, Mich. ...

played golf at Central Catholic for two seasonsand was a member of the state championshipteam in his freshman year ... played two seasonsfor the Des Moines Buccaneers in the UnitedStates Hockey League (USHL) ... in 2006-07was third in scoring on the Bucs with 22 goalsand 42 assists for 64 points with 10 power-playgoals and two game winners ... was eighth inthe league in scoring and 22nd in goals ...played in the USHL Prospects/All-Star gamewith Calle Ridderwall and Robin Bergman ...was fifth in scoring in 2005-06 with 14 goalsand 23 assists for 37 points as he helped theBucs to the 2006 Clark Cup championship ...had four goals and one assist in 11 playoffgames with two game-winning goals, includingthe game winner in the championship game ...played on the USA Under-18 Select Team inAugust of 2005 ... came through the DetroitVictory Honda midget program where he wasa teammate of sophomore Ian Cole ... had 31goals and 36 assists for 67 points in 65 gameswith Victory Honda in ‘04-’05 ... full name isBenjamin Patrick Ryan ... son of John andVicki Ryan ... has one brother and one sister ...born on October 16, 1988 in Detroit, Mich. ...psychology major in the College of Arts andLetters at Notre Dame.


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#35Goaltender • Junior

6-0 • 184 • Catches: LeftEden Prairie, MinnesotaEden Prairie High School

Birthdate: October 12, 1988Majors: Finance/Economics

BrianBrooke

Begins his second season with the Irish in 2009-10... joined the roster full-time as a sophomore afterBrad Phillips went down in the preseason with a kneeinjury ... served as team’s third goaltender ... hasworked hard the past two seasons to continue toimprove all aspects of his game ... got started at NotreDame as a freshman in 2007-08, working as theteam’s fourth goaltender in practice ... played his highschool hockey at Eden Prairie High School in EdenPrairie, Minn. ... one of four Minnesota natives onthe Notre Dame hockey roster, joining senior RyanThang (Edina), fellow junior Ryan Guentzel(Woodbury) and freshman Nick Larson (AppleValley) ... joins Jon Maruk ‘02 as the second EdenPrairie hockey player to play at Notre Dame ...becomes the 89th player from the state of Minnesotato play at Notre Dame ... seventh Irish hockey playerall-time to have a father who played in the NationalHockey League, joining Brett Henning ‘01, JonMaruk ‘02, Connor Dunlop ‘03, Neil Komadoski ‘04,Yan Stastny and Christian Hanson ‘09 ... his father,Bob Brooke, was an All-American at Yale and playedseven seasons in the NHL with the Rangers,Minnesota and New Jersey ... outstanding studentwho has recorded three Dean’s List semesters (fall of‘07, spring of ‘08 and fall of ‘08) ... owns a 3.8 grade-point average at Notre Dame.AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not play in any

games in 2009-10.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Eden

Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minn. ... two-sport athlete at Eden Prairie, winning two letters inhockey and three in tennis ... team captain of bothteams as a senior ... played doubles in tennis helping

school to conference championships as a junior and asenior and a sectional and state runner-up as a junior... in hockey, helped Eden Prairie to the LakeConference championship in 2006-07 ... served asteam captain as a senior and was 16-8-2 with a 2.15goals-against average and a .907 save percentage ...two-time all-conference selection in hockey ... as ajunior was 13-2-3 with a 1.92 goals-against averageand a .914 save percentage ... full name is BrianWilliam Brooke ... son of Bob and Helen Brooke ...has one brother and one sister ... his father playedhockey at Yale where he was an All-American in1982-83 ... also was a member of the 1984 U.S.Olympic team and played seven seasons in the NHLfor the New York Rangers, Minnesota and New Jersey... born on October 12, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minn. ...double major in finance and economics in theMendoza College of Business.

Tom Fitzgerald ..........W ’86-’88 ............Rochester Matt Hanzel ..............LW ’85-’89 ................St. Paul Robert Herber ........RW ’85-’89....................EdinaTim Kuehl ..............RW ’86-’90....................Edina Lance Madson ..............G ’86-’90..........Minnetonka Mike Musty ................C ’89-’90 ..............BrainerdPat Arendt ..................C ’88-’92 ............RochesterRob Copeland ............D ’88-’92....................Edina Michael Curry ............D ’88-’92 ............Rochester Scott Vickman ..............D ’89-’92....................Edina Dan Marvin ..............LW ’89-’92 ..............Warroad Steve Soderling ........RW ’91-’92....................Edina Sterling Black ............W ’89-’93................St. Paul Curtis Janicke ..............C ’89-’93 ......Brooklyn Park Jeff Hasselman ............C ’91-’93............Woodbury Brent Lothrop ..............G ’90-’94 ............Burnsville Matt Osiecki ..............D ’90-’94 ............Burnsville Troy Cusey ..............RW ’91-’94 ......Grand Rapids Brent Lamppa ..........LW ’91-’94 ............EmbarrassJohn Rushin ................D ’91-’94 ........Bloomington Brett Bruininks ........RW ’92-’96..........Minneapolis Jeremy Coe....................D ’92-’96 ..................AnokaWade Salzman ............G ’93-’96 ................Duluth Tim Harberts ..............F ’93-’97 ..............WayzataBen Nelsen ..................D ’93-’97..............Plymouth Neal Johnson ................F ’97-’98....................Edina Craig Hagkull ..............C ’95-’99 ..........Arden Hills Brian Urick ............RW ’95-’99 ........Minnetonka Troy Bagne ..................F ’96-’00 ............Moorhead Joe Dusbabek ..........RW ’96-’00 ..............Faribault Jay Kopischke ............LW ’97-’00............AlexandriaDan Carlson ............LW ’97-’01....................Edina Ryan Dolder ..............W ’97-’01 ..........HutchinsonKyle Kolquist ..............G ’97-’01 ................Duluth Sam Cornelius ..............D ’98-’01....................EdinaJon Maruk ....................C ‘00-’02..........Eden PrairieAaron Gill ....................C ‘00-‘04 ............RochesterKyle Dolder................RW ‘01-’03 ..........HutchinsonTony Gill ......................C ‘02-’06 ............RochesterT.J. Jindra ..................RW ‘03-’07 ..............FaribaultMark Van Guilder ..........LW ‘04-’08 ..............Roseville Garrett Regan ............LW ‘05-’09 .............. HastingsRyan Thang ..............LW ‘06- ......................EdinaRyan Guentzel ......RW ‘07 - ..............Woodbury

John Womack ................C ‘68-69....Thief River FallsPat McMahon ................D ‘68-69..................St. PaulEric Norri......................D ‘68-69 ................VirginiaJim Morin ....................D ’68-’70 ................St. Paul Kevin Hoene ................F ’68-’71 ..............DuluthMark Longar ..............D ’68-’71 ................Eveleth Bob Howe ..................W ’70-’71 ................Bemidji Joe Bonk ......................F ’68-’72 ......South St. Paul Jim Cordes ..................W ’68-’72 ..........Farmington Dick Tomasoni ..............G ’68-’72..............ChisholmMike Bonk ..................D ’69-’73 ......South St. Paul Bill Green ..................D ’69-’73 ..............RosevilleMark Steinborn ............D ’69-’73 ..........Port HuronSteve Curry ................D ’70-’74....................Edina Mark Kronholm ............G ’70-’74 ......South St. Paul Ric Schafer ............C/D ’70-’74 ......New BrightonBill Nyrop ....................D ’70-’74....................Edina Pat Conroy ..................C ’71-’75 ................St. Paul Les Larson ....................D ’71-’75 ................St. Paul Tim Byers ..................W ’72-’76 ........Bloomington Dave Howe ................W ’72-’76 ................Bemidji Pat Novitzki ................F ’72-’76 ..........Farmington Mark Olive ..................F ’73-’76..........MinneapolisAllen Karsnia ............W ’73-’77 ..............Int’l Falls Bob Baumgartner ........W ’74-’78 ......West St. Paul Dan Byers ..................D ’74-’78 ........Bloomington Dick Howe ................W ’74-’78 ................Bemidji Don Jackson ................W ’74-’78 ........BloomingtonKevin Nugent ............W ’74-’78....................Edina Tom DeWerd ..............D ’76-’78 ............Owatonna Steve Schneider ............D ’75-’79 ..................Babbit Kevin Nagurski ..........W ’75-’79 ..............Int’l Falls John Friedmann ..........D ’76-’80 ................St. PaulTed Weltzin ..................F ’76-’80 ................St. Paul Don Lucia ....................D ’77-’81 ......Grand Rapids Dave Laurion ................G ’78-’82 ..............Int’l FallsBill Rothstein ..............W ’78-’82 ......Grand Rapids John Schmidt ..............D ’78-’82..............St. Cloud Mark Doman ..............F ’79-’83..............St. CloudJohn Deasey ................F ’81-’83....................Edina Sean Regan ................D ’81-’83 ......North St. PaulSteve Bianchi ..............W ’82-’83 ........BloomingtonJohn Devoe ................W ’82-’83....................Edina Pat Foley ......................D ’84-’87 ................St. Paul

All-Time Notre Dame HockeyMonogram Winners from Minnesota

Brooke’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS W-L-T Time GA GAA Saves Save Pct. Shutouts2007-08 Did Not Play In Any Games

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam Rec. GAA Sv%Alaska Fairbanks — — —Bowling Green — — —Ferris State — — —Lake Superior — — —Miami — — —Michigan — — —Michigan State — — —Nebraska-Omaha — — —Northern Michigan — — —Ohio State — — —Western Michigan — — —Totals — — —

632 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

#14Defenseman • Sophomore5-9 • 170 • Shoots: Left

Wausau, WisconsinSt. Louis Bandits (NAHL)

Birthdate: January 26, 1987Enrolled in the

Mendoza College of Business

NickCondon

Will look to move into the regular rotationon the Notre Dame defense as a sophomore ...saw limited playing time in his rookie year ...continues to work to improve his game ... hasbecome more confident in his overall ability ...excellent skater who is strong with the puckand good in transition ... has worked hard onthe defensive part of his game ... learning touse his skill and quickness on defense when itcomes to containing bigger forwards ... knowshow to handle the physical play in the CCHA... played in three games as a freshman with nopoints, one penalty for two minutes and was +1on the season ... joined the Notre Dame blueline after playing three seasons in the NorthAmerican Hockey League (NAHL) withMarquette and St. Louis ... strong skater whostarted career as a forward before moving todefense ... one of six Notre Dame players tohave seen action in the NAHL, joining seniorsBrett Blatchford (Texas) and Tom O’Brien(Mahoning Valley), junior Ryan Guentzel(Southern Minnesota), fellow sophomore EricRingel (Mahoning Valley) and freshman MikeJohnson (St. Louis) ... signed in the late-signingperiod (spring of ‘08) along with Kyle Murphyand Richard Ryan ... one of two Wisconsin

natives, along with freshman goaltender MikeJohnson (Verona) on the current Notre Dameroster ... becomes the 15th Wisconsin native toplay at Notre Dame.AS A FRESHMAN: Saw limited action in

his rookie season, playing in three games withno points ... recorded one penalty for two min-utes and was +1 for the year ... saw action in theseason opener at Denver on Oct. 11 where hepicked up his only penalty of the season ...returned to the lineup in the ShillelaghTournament on Jan. 2 against Union and Jan. 3versus Minnesota Duluth ... was +1 in the 3-1win over Union.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Wausau West High School in Wausau, Wis. ...won letters in hockey (4), soccer (3) and track(2) while at Wausau West ... three-time all-Wisconsin Valley selection in hockey and two-time choice in soccer ... two-time all-stateselection in hockey, as a forward during junioryear and as a defensemen as a senior ... led teamin scoring that senior year with 10 goals and 14assists for 24 points in 22 games ... had a chanceto play with his younger brother, Nate, a 2008draft choice of the Colorado Avalanche, duringhis senior year at West Wausau ... also played forTeam Wisconsin Midget Major in the UpperMidwest Elite Hockey League during ‘03-’04and ‘04-’05 seasons ... after high school, beganhis junior career in 2005-06 with the NorthIowa Outlaws of the NAHL, where he had fivegoals and 10 assists for 15 points in 40 games ...

played the 2006-07 season with the MarquetteRangers where he had two goals and 20 assistsfor 22 points in 58 contests ... began the 2007-08 campaign in Marquette where he had threegoals and 29 assists in 42 games before beingtraded to the St. Louis Bandits ... with theBandits, had a goal and five assists in eightgames ... helped lead St. Louis to the 2008NAHL title and the Robertson Cup where hewas a teammate of freshman goaltender MikeJohnson ... team won the most games (62) inleague history ... selected to play in the 2008NAHL Top Prospects Tournament ... finishedsixth in scoring among defensemen in theNAHL with four goals and 34 assists for 38points in 55 games ... full name is NicholasRichard Condon ... son of Timothy and BarbaraCondon ... has two brothers .... born on January26, 1987 in Wausau, Wis. ... enrolled in theMendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks – – – –Bowling Green – – – –Ferris State – – – –Lake Superior – – – –Miami – – – –Michigan – – – –Michigan State – – – –Nebraska-Omaha – – – –Northern Michigan – – – –Ohio State – – – –Western Michigan – – – –

Totals – – – –

Condon’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1/2 0 0 0 +1


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Hard-working center who earned his firstmonogram as a freshman in 2008-09 ... steppedup late in the season due to injuries and playeda key role down the stretch ... has the tools tobe an outstanding collegiate player ... mosteffective when he plays with an edge to hisgame ... will have a key role on faceoffs thisseason ... character player who knows how toplay the game ... strong on his skates and withthe puck ... knows how to find open teammates... could see time on the Notre Dame penalty-killing units this season ... played in 15 games,recording two assists while taking 15 shots ongoal ... won 67-of-106 faceoffs for a 63.2%success rate ... joined the Irish after two seasonswith the U.S. National Team DevelopmentProgram in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... one of eightplayers on the Notre Dame roster to play forthe USNTDP, joining senior Kyle Lawson, jun-iors Ian Cole, Brad Phillips and Teddy Ruth,fellow sophomore Sean Lorenz and freshmenSam Calabrese and Kyle Palmieri ... one of twoIrish players with ties to the Pittsburgh area,joining senior Christiaan Minella (Canonsburg)... both were products of the PittsburghHornets program ... becomes the ninth playerfrom the Pittsburgh area to play hockey at

Notre Dame, joining Minella, Christian Hanson(‘05-’09), Stewart Carlin (‘06-’08), Mike Leherr(‘86-90), Tom Mooney (‘84-’88), Tom Myers(‘68-’69), Tom Parent (‘84-’85) and John Roselli(‘68-’71) ... signed national letter of intent toattend Notre Dame in the early-signing period(Nov. of ‘07) along with Lorenz and EricRingel.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 15 gamesfor Notre Dame in the ‘08-’09 season ... hadtwo assists to go with three penalties for sixminutes ... was +1 on the year ... first collegiategame came in the season opener - the CollegeHockey Hall of Fame game at Denver where hepicked up two minutes in penalties ... first col-legiate point came on Dec. 6 when he helpedset up Dan Kissel’s lone goal of the night in a1-0 win at Ferris State ... second point came onFeb. 27 when he assisted on Justin White’s firstperiod goal, giving the Irish a 2-0 lead on theway to a 5-0 win over Michigan State.WITH USA HOCKEY: Spent two seasons

with the U.S. National Team DevelopmentalProgram in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... was a key face-off man and penalty killer for the Under-18team in 2007-08 ... recorded eight goals with 19assists for 27 points in 56 games while servingas an alternate captain ... member of bronzemedal team at the Under-18 WorldChampionships in Kazan, Russia ... withUnder-17 team in 2006-07 had 13 goals and 18assists for 31 points in 66 games ... captained the2006 U.S. Under-17 White team at the Three

Nations Tournament ... participated in USAHockey Select Festivals since 2004.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Upper St. Clair High School in Upper St. Clair,Pa. ... also attended Pioneer High School in AnnArbor, Mich., while playing for U.S. Nationalprogram ... product of the Pittsburgh HornetsMidget program where he led the team in scor-ing with 29 goals and 72 assists for 101 pointsin 86 games ... full name is Patrick Joseph Gaul... son of Joseph and Margaret Gaul ... has onebrother and three sisters ... brother, Joe, playedcollege hockey at Dartmouth ... sister, Meghanplayed lacrosse at Rensselaer ... father is long-time coach of the Pittsburgh Hornets MidgetAAA program ... born on February 27, 1990 inPittsburgh, Pa. ... enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business at Notre Dame.

#6Center • Sophomore

5-8 • 184 • Shoots: LeftPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

USA Under-18 TeamBirthdate: February 27, 1990

Enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business

PatrickGaul

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks – – – –Bowling Green 2 0 0 0Ferris State 1 0 1 1Lake Superior 1 0 0 0Miami 1 0 0 0Michigan – – – –Michigan State 2 0 1 1Nebraska-Omaha 2 0 0 0Northern Michigan 2 0 0 0Ohio State 1 0 0 0Western Michigan 1 0 0 0

Totals 13 0 2 2

Gaul’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 15 0 2 2 15 .000 3/6 0 0 0 +1

652 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Earned his first monogram as freshman dur-ing the 2008-09 season ... was a regular on theNotre Dame defense ... stay-at-home defense-man who makes good decisions with the puck... has good size and brings a physical presenceto the lineup ... strong on his skates ... has thepotential to be a top match-up, shut-downdefender ... continues to improve all aspects ofhis game ... played in all 40 games as a fresh-man, recording three assists on the year ...joined the Notre Dame roster after playing twoseasons with the U.S. National TeamDevelopment Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. ...one of eight former USNTDP alums on theroster along with senior Kyle Lawson, juniorsIan Cole, Brad Phillips and Teddy Ruth, fellowsophomore Patrick Gaul and freshmen SamCalabrese and Kyle Palmieri ... one of 23 alumsto play hockey at Notre Dame ... was selectedin the fourth round, 115th overall by theMinnesota Wild in the 2008 National HockeyLeague Entry Draft ... went into the draftranked 203rd by NHL Central Scouting ... hasattended the 2008 and 2009 U.S. National

Junior Evaluation Camps in Lake Placid, N.Y. ...seventh player to play at Notre Dame with tiesto the state of Colorado ... current teammateChristiaan Minella’s family resides in Aurora ...former defenseman Ryan Clark ‘01 (Littleton)is the last native of Colorado to play for Irish... signed national letter-of-intent in early-sign-ing period (Nov. of ‘07) along with Gaul andEric Ringel.AS A FRESHMAN: Played all 40 games for

the Irish in ‘08-’09 ... recorded three assists forthe year ... whistled for nine penalties and 18minutes ... was +7 on the season ... first colle-giate game came on Oct. 11 at Denver in theUSA Hockey Hall of Fame game ... recordedfirst point when he set up a Christian Hansongoal in 3-2 loss to Miami on Oct. 25 ... secondassist came on Nov. 22 as the Irish dumpedBowling Green, 9-1 ... final assist came came inchampionship game of the ShillelaghTournament when he asssisted on GarrettRegan’s first-period goal in a 3-1 win overMinnesota-Duluth ... played in five postseasongames, recording no points.WITH USA HOCKEY: Played two sea-

sons with the U.S. National Development Teamin Ann Arbor, Mich. ... has been invited to the2008 and 2009 U.S. National Junior evaluationcamps to tryout for the U.S. team in the WorldJunior championships ... member of bronze

#24Defenseman • Sophomore6-1• 202 • Shoots: Right

Littleton, ColoradoUSA Under-18 Team

Birthdate: March 10, 1990Enrolled in the Mendoza

College of BusinessFourth-Round Draft Choice

Minnesota Wild (2008)

SeanLorenz


Totals 32 0 2 2

Lorenz’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 40 0 3 3 31 .000 9/18 0 0 0 +7

medal winning Team USA at 2008 Under-18World Championships ... turned in a +5 ratingin seven games ... with the Under-18 team in‘07-’08 had four goals and five assists in 57games while recording 24 minutes in penalties... with the Under-17 team in ‘06-’07, scoredtwo goals with nine assists for 11 points in 64games. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. ...product of the Colorado Thunderbird Midgethockey program where he had nine goals and27 assists for 36 points in 2005-06 ... full nameis Sean Michael Lorenz … son of Terry and PamLorenz ... has one sister ... born March 10, 1990in Littleton, Colo. ... enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business at Notre Dame.


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Burst on the scene as a freshman in 2008-09 tobecome one of the top rookie players in theCentral Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA)... was selected to the 2009 CCHA all-rookieteam and was named Notre Dame’s rookie-of-the-year ... a two-time CCHA rookie of the week(Nov. 2 and Nov. 29) ... selected CCHA rookie ofthe month for November ... highly skilled play-making forward with excellent hockey instincts ...sees the ice well and makes players around himbetter ... smooth skater with a strong shot ... hasthe potential to be an outstanding college hockeyplayer ... continues to improve his all-aroundgame ... saw time on the power play, playing theleft point ... was fifth on the team in scoring, play-ing 39 games with 16 goals and 14 assists for 30points ... played two seasons for the USHL’sWaterloo Black Hawks ... reuntied at NotreDame with former Chicago Chill (Midget AAA)teammate, Calle Ridderwall ... one of five Illinoisnatives on the Notre Dame roster joining DanKissel (Crestwood), Tom O’Brien (Mokena) andTeddy Ruth (Naperville) and Sam Calabrese(Park Ridge) ... one of 13 Notre Dame players toplay in the USHL ... signed national letter-of-intent in Nov. of 2006 along with Ian Cole, BradPhillips, Ridderwall, Teddy Ruth and Ben Ryanbut deferred until the fall of 2008.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 39 of the team’s40 games in ‘08-’09 ... tied for second on the squadwith 16 goals and added 14 assists to finish fifth inscoring with 30 points ... was second on team withseven power-play goals while chipping in onegame winner ... had 13 penalties for 26 minutesand was +5 on the season ... had seven multiple-point games and one two-goal contest ... selectedto the CCHA all-rookie team ... was Notre Dame’srookie-of-the-year award winner ... got his seasonoff to a fast start, scoring in his first collegiate gamejust 3:30 into the opening period at Denver ... firstIrish player to score on first collegiate shot sinceTim Wallace ‘06 did it at the start of the 2001-02season at Minnesota-Duluth ... scored his secondgoal of the year a week later in 7-0 home win overSacred Heart (Oct. 18) ... started a five-game pointstreak (2g, 3a) on Oct. 25 ... picked up assists ingames versus Miami and Northern Michigan ...had first multiple-point game (1g, 1a) in 4-2 winon Nov. 1 ... selected CCHA rookie of the weekfor Nov. 2 after three-point weekend ... picked upfourth goal of the year in 4-1 win at BostonCollege (Nov. 7) ... closed streak with an assist inwin at Providence the following night ... streak wasstopped versus Lake Superior on Nov. 14, but hestarted a career-best five-game goal streak (5g, 2a)and six-game point streak the following night witha goal in the 5-1 win over the Lakers ... turned ina three-point weekend (2g, 1a) versus BowlingGreen ... scored a power-play goal in 5-1 homewin on Nov. 21 and then had a power-play goaland an assist in 9-1 win at BG ... had second three-point weekend (2g, 1a) in a win and tie withWestern Michigan ... three-point weekend earnedhim CCHA rookie of the week honors ... streakhelped him to CCHA rookie of the month honorsfor November ... point streak ended with one assistin 3-1 win at Ferris State (Dec. 5) ... held off thescoresheet for six games before assists in back-to-back games at Lake Superior (Jan. 16-17) ... fourth,two-point game came in 3-2 win at Michigan (Jan.30) ... had assists in back-to-back games at OhioState ... scored on the power-play and added anassist in 5-2 win over Northern Michigan (Feb. 14)... recorded first two-goal game at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 20) ... second goal of the game cameat 3:39 of overtime and was the game winner ...had one goal in game one of second round CCHAplayoffs in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha ... had agoal and an assist in CCHA Championship gameversus Michigan ... in five postseason games hadtwo goals and one assist for three points.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Benet

Academy in Lisle, Ill., in May of 2006 ... playedjunior hockey with the Waterloo Black Hawks ofthe USHL ... led Waterloo in scoring in 2007-08with 24 goals and 35 assists for 59 points ... had 10power-play goals, one short-handed tally and fivegame winners in 60 games as Waterloo finishedsecond in the USHL’s East Division with a 38-17-5 record ... added three goals and five assists in 11playoff games as the Black Hawks finished second

#17Right Wing • Sophomore5-11 • 182 • Shoots: Right

Burr Ridge, IllinoisWaterloo Black Hawks (USHL)Birthdate: February 25, 1988

Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business

BillyMaday


Totals 32 0 2 2

Maday’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 39 16 14 30 108 .148 13/26 7 0 1 +5

Maday’s Career Bests

2 PointsSeven times

2 Goalsvs. Nebraska-Omaha (2/20/09)

1 Assist14 times

8 Shots on Goalvs. Bowling Green (11/21/08)

5-Game Goal Streak• (5g-2a); Nov. 14-Nov. 29, 2008(vs. Lake Superior, Bowling Green andWestern Michigan)

6-Game Point Streak• (5g-3a); Nov. 14-Dec. 5, 2008(vs. Lake Superior, Bowling Green, Western Michigan and Ferris State)

to Omaha for the Clark Cup championship ...spent 2006-07 season in Waterloo where he had10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points in 33 games... missed half of the season due to a broken wrist... Waterloo was first in the East Division in ‘06-’07with a 39-17-4 mark and won the Anderson Cupfor top regular-season record ... lost in title gameto Sioux Falls ... product of the Chicago ChillAAA program from 2003-06 ... teamed with cur-rent Irish sophomore Calle Ridderwall in ‘05-’06to give the Chill a dynamic one-two scoringpunch ... racked up 38 goals with 87 assists for 125points in 74 games and led the Chill to the MidgetMajor championship game, finishing second at theUSA Midget Major championship ... full name isWilliam T. Maday ... son of Jim and Terry Maday... has three brothers and one sister ... born onFebruary 25,1988 in Hinsdale, Ill. ... enrolled inFirst Year of Studies ... enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business at Notre Dame.

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#18Left Wing • Sophomore5-8 • 169 • Shoots: LeftFairhaven, New JerseyShattuck St. Mary’s

Birthdate: May 11, 1990Enrolled in the Mendoza

College of Business

KyleMurphy

Will look to break into the regular rotationat forward in his sophomore year ... hard-work-ing player who has a great attitude and com-mitment to the Notre Dame hockey program... has a tremendous work ethic ... did not seeany action in 2008-09 but used the season toimprove his overall game... strong skater withexcellent hockey skills and intelligence ... con-tinues to add weight to his frame as he adjuststo physical nature of Division I hockey ... has astrong offensive upside .... came to NotreDame as a true freshman after spending twoseasons at Shattuck St. Mary’s in Faribault,Minn. ... joins current teammate, senior KevinDeeth and former Irish players - Michael Chin‘03, Aaron Gill ‘04 and Tony Gill ‘06 as formerIrish players who are alums of Shattuck St.Mary’s ... seventh Irish hockey player from thestate of New Jersey, joining Tim Caddo ‘89(Old Tappan), Matt Eisler ‘98 (West Milford),John Ghia ‘88 (Westwood), Dan Sawyer ‘92(Kinnelon), Chris Tschupp ‘92 (Toms River)and current freshman Kyle Palmieri (Montvale)... joined the Irish in the late signing period(spring of ‘08) along with Nick Condon andRichard Ryan.

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks – – – –Bowling Green – – – –Ferris State – – – –Lake Superior – – – –Miami – – – –Michigan – – – –Michigan State – – – –Nebraska-Omaha – – – –Northern Michigan – – – –Ohio State – – – –Western Michigan – – – –

Totals – – – –

Murphy’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 Did Not Play In Any Games

AS A FRESHMAN: Did not play in anygames during the 2008-09 season.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Shattuck St. Mary’s High School in Faribault,Minn. ... member of two-time Under-18 Tier 1national championship teams in ‘06-07 and ‘07-’08 ... was seventh on the team in scoring as asenior (‘07-’08), getting 24 goals and 31 assistsfor 55 points in 62 games ... had two goals andthree assists in six games in the Sabres run to theTier 1 title ... played in USA Hockey’s Select 15festival in 2005 and the Select 17 Festival in2007 ... full name is Kyle Patrick Murphy ... sonof Michael and Karen Murphy ... has threebrothers ... oldest brother, Ryan, played hockeyat Boston College (2001-05) ... brother, Justin,served as senior team manager for hockey team

at Boston College for ‘08-’09 ... born on May11, 1990 in Red Bank, N.J. ... enrolled in theMendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.


Student-Athletes

Will look to break into the regular lineup forNotre Dame as a sophomore in 2009-10 ...offensive-minded blue liner who continues towork on the defensive side of his game ...strong skater who makes smart plays with thepuck ... has a tremendous upside and all thetools to be an excellent collegiate defenseman... has worked to improve his strength to adaptto the speed and size of Division I forwards ...saw action in six games for the Irish as a fresh-man ... did not record any points and was +1for the year ... joined the Notre Dame rosterafter playing two seasons for the MahoningValley Phantoms of the North AmericanHockey League (NAHL) ... one of six NotreDame players to have seen action in theNAHL, joining seniors Brett Blatchford (Texas)and Tom O’Brien (Mahoning Valley), juniorRyan Guentzel (Southern Minnesota), fellowsophomore Nick Condon (St. Louis) and fresh-man Mike Johnson (St. Louis) ... just the sec-ond Ohio native to play hockey at NotreDame, joining former Irish offensive standoutBen Simon ‘00 (Shaker Heights) ... signednational letter-of-intent in early-signing period(Nov. of 2007) along with Patrick Gaul andSean Lorenz.

AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in sixgames during the ‘08-’09 season ... did notrecord any points while taking two shots ongoal ... was +1 in his limited playing time ...made first collegiate start in home openeragainst Sacred Heart ... saw action againstWestern Michigan (Nov. 28-29), in theShillelagh tournament vs. Union (Jan. 2) andMinnesota-Duluth (Jan. 3) and at Ohio State(Feb. 8).PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

South Range High School in North Lima,Ohio ... also attended University School inCleveland as a freshman and sophomore ...came up through the Cleveland Barons AAAprogram ... moved on to junior hockey withthe Mahoning Valley Phantoms (NAHL) ... dur-ing ‘06-’07 season helped Mahoning Valley to a47-14-1 record and first place in the NorthDivision ... had 10 goals and 15 assists for 25points in 51 games to finish second amongPhantom defenders and tie for 23rd amongNAHL defensemen ... also saw duty with USAHockey during ‘06-’07 when he played forUnder-17 Select team in the Four NationsTournament and the Vlad Dzurilla Tournamentin Feb. of 2007 ... the following year, led

#13Defenseman • Sophomore6-0 • 198 • Shoots: Right

Hinckley, OhioMahoning Valley Phantoms (NAHL)

Birthdate: April 4, 1990Enrolled in the Mendoza

College of Business

EricRingel

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks – – – –Bowling Green – – – –Ferris State – – – –Lake Superior – – – –Miami – – – –Michigan – – – –Michigan State – – – –Nebraska-Omaha – – – –Northern Michigan – – – –Ohio State 1 0 0 0Western Michigan 2 0 0 0

Totals 3 0 0 0

Ringel’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 6 0 0 0 2 .000 0/0 0 0 0 +1

Mahoning Valley defensemen in scoring withseven goals and 20 assists for 27 points in 50games, ranking 15th among NAHL defensemen... helped Mahoning Valley to a 36-18-4 recordand a second-place finish in the North Division... Phantoms advanced to NAHL championshipgame where they lost the Robertson Cup titleto St. Louis and fellow sophomore NickCondon and freshman Mike Johnson ... fullname is Eric Joseph Ringel ... son of Romanand Maria Ringel ... has two brothers, Adamand Dean ... born April 4, 1990 in Cleveland,Ohio ... enrolled in the Mendoza College ofBusiness at Notre Dame.

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Will look to break into the regular lineup forthe Irish in 2009-10 ... saw action in threegames as a freshman ... worked hard on his all-around game in 2008-09 ... has shown strongoffensive skills and is learning how to be aneffective two-way player at Notre Dame ... hasexcellent speed and skating ability ... joined theNotre Dame roster after playing three seasonsof junior hockey for the St. Michael’s Buzzersin the Ontario Provincial Junior HockeyLeague (OPJHL) ... also played two years ofhigh school hockey at St. Mike’s ... is one oftwo Canadians on the roster as he is joined thisseason by freshman Riley Sheahan (St.Catharine’s) ... is the sixth St. Michael’s gradu-ate to play for the Irish, joining Brent Chapman‘86, John Noble ‘73, Paul Regan ‘73, Rob Ricci‘85 and Ian Williams ‘74 ... signed in the late-signing period (spring of ‘08) along with NickCondon and Kyle Murphy.AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in three

games in his rookie year ... did not score a

point ... first collegiate actioncame on Oct. 25 versusMiami ... also played twogames versus NorthernMichigan (Feb. 13-14).PREP & PERSONAL:

Graduated from St. Michael’sCollege School in Toronto,Ontario ... won three lettersin hockey and track and field... spent three seasons withSt. Mike’s junior team ...played all 48 games in ‘05-’06, scoring 15 goals with 17assists for 32 points as St.Mike’s went 29-12-8 on theway to the OPJHL champi-onship ... in 2006-07, helpedSt. Mike’s to the SoutheastConference championshipwith a 33-9-7 record ... had18 goals and 14 assists for 32points in 36 games ... misseda portion of the season dueto a broken wrist ... scored15 goals in his first 15 gamesbefore the injury ... returnedfor the playoffs where hehelped the Buzzers rally inthe second round of theplayoffs from a 3-0 deficit towin the series in seven games... scored game-winning goalin third overtime in gameseven ... served as alternatecaptain at St. Mike’s in 2007-08 ... was second on theteam and seventh in theOPJHL in scoring with 28goals and 53 assists for 81points in 48 games ... pickedup eight power-play goals,two short-handed tallies andfive game winners on theyear ... was an OPJHL all-star and the OPJHL’sMost Gentlemanly Player Award winner in ‘07-’08 ... helped team to a 43-4-2 record, includinga Canadian Junior A Hockey League record 37-game winning streak ... full name is RichardDaniel Ryan ... son of Alan and Roisin Ryan ...has one brother ... born June 17, 1988 inToronto, Ont. ... enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business at Notre Dame.

#12Left Wing • Sophomore5-10 • 186 • Shoots: Left

Toronto, OntarioSt. Michael’s Buzzers (OPJHL)

Birthdate: June 11, 1988Enrolled in the Mendoza

College of Business

RichardRyan

2008-09 vs. CCHATeam GP G A PtsAlaska Fairbanks – – – –Bowling Green – – – –Ferris State – – – –Lake Superior – – – –Miami 1 0 0 0Michigan – – – –Michigan State – – – –Nebraska-Omaha – – – –Northern Michigan 2 0 0 0Ohio State – – – –Western Michigan – – – –

Totals 3 0 0 0

Ryan’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2008-09 3 0 0 0 1 .000 0/0 0 0 0 -1


Student-Athletes

#8Defenseman • Freshman

5-11 • 185 • Shoots: RightPark Ridge, IllinoisUSA Under-18 Team

Birthdate: March 18, 1991First Year of Studies

SamCalabrese

Joins the Irish after spending two seasonswith USA Hockey’s National Team Devel-opmental Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., wherehe was a teammate of fellow Notre Damefreshman, Kyle Palmieri ... quick, mobiledefenseman with excellent offensive instincts... has improved his overall game in each of thelast two seasons ... will look to break into theregular rotation on the Notre Dame blue line... split time between the Under-17 and Under-18 teams in 2008-09 ... saw action in 35 gameswith the Under-18 team, recording five assistsand eight minutes in penalties ... in nine gameswith the Under-17 team scored one goal withfour assists and five points ... with the Under-17 team in 2007-08, played in 47 games withfour goals and eight assists for 12 points ...product of the Midwest Elite Hockey Leaguewhere he played in 2006-07 for Team Illinois inthe Midget Major AAA division ... had 10 goalsand 62 assists for 72 points in 70 games thatseason ... joins senior Kyle Lawson, juniors Ian

Cole, Brad Phillips, Teddy Ruth, sophomoresPatrick Gaul and Sean Lorenz and fellow fresh-man Kyle Palmieri as former USNTDP alumson the current Irish roster and one of 23USNTDP alums to play hockey at Notre Dame... one of five Illinois natives on the Notre Dameroster joining Dan Kissel (Crestwood), BillyMaday (Burr Ridge), Tom O’Brien (Mokena)and Teddy Ruth (Naperville) ... signed anational letter-of-intent in the early-signingperiod (Nov. ‘08) along with Nick Larson, KylePalmieri and Riley Sheahan.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromPioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., whileplaying for the USA National TeamDevelopmental Program ... full name is SamuelCarmen Calabrese ... son of Carmen and JaneCalabrese ... has one sister, Nicole, and onebrother, Matt ... born March 18, 1991 in ParkRidge, Ill. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies atNotre Dame and plans to major in business.

#32Goaltender • Freshman

5-10 • 194 • Catches: LeftVerona, Wisconsin

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)Birthdate: February 1, 1989

First Year of Studies

MikeJohnson

Joins the Notre Dame roster after spendingthe 2008-09 season with the Cedar RapidsRough Riders of the United States HockeyLeague (USHL) ... highly competitive goal-tender with good quickness around the crease... technically sound netminder who continuesto improve in all areas ... will battle senior TomO’Brien and junior Brad Phillips for playingtime with the Irish ... helped lead Cedar Rapidsto a second-place finish in the USHL NorthDivision with a 25-12-1 record, a 2.39 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage withthree shutouts ... was 2-3 in the playoffs asRough Riders fell to eventual USHL champi-ons, Indiana, in the first round of the playoffs ...selected as the USHL goaltender of the weekfour times during ‘08-’09 season ... tied for sec-ond in the league in shutouts (3) ... was thirdin wins (25), fifth in minutes played (2,263:41)and sixth in save percentage (.909) ... played forthe North squad in the 2009 USHLProspects/All-Star game ... started his juniorcareer in the North American Hockey League(NAHL) with the St. Louis Bandits in 2007-08where he was a teammate of Irish sophomoredefenseman Nick Condon ... helped theBandits to the Robertson Cup title where hewas 3-0-1 with a 2.62 goals-against averageand a .920 save percentage in four starts ... for

the ‘07-’08 campaign, was 21-3-1 with a 2.56goals against and a .909 save percentage ... Amember of the North squad, he played in the2009 USHL Prospects/All-Star Game. In2007-08, he was a member of the St. LouisBandits of the North American Hockey League(NAHL) where he helped that team to theRobertson Cup title. Johnson was 21-3-1 in 26games for the Bandits with a 2.56 goals-againstaverage and a .909 save percentage ... also sawplaying time in ‘07-’08 with Cedar Rapids,playing in two games with a 1-1-0 record, a2.01 goals-against average and a .932 save per-centage ... one of 13 players on the NotreDame roster to have played in the USHL andone of four to see action in the NAHL ... alongwith sophomore Nick Condon (Wausau) is oneof two Wisconsin natives on the roster ... joinedNotre Dame in the late signing period (spring‘09) along with Kevin Nugent.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

James Madison Memorial High School inMadison, Wis., in June of 2007 ... played hockeywhile in high school for the Madison CapitolsAAA ... full name is Michael A. Johnson ... sonof Bobbi Johnson ... has one brother, Eric, andone sister, Lauren ... born Feb. 1, 1989 ...enrolled in First Year of Studies at Notre Dame.

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#26Left Wing • Freshman

6-2 • 200 • Shoots: LeftApple Valley, Minnesota

Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)Birthdate: November 14, 1989

First Year of StudiesFourth-Round Draft Choice

Calgary Flames (2008)

Nick Larson

Big, physical forward who joins the Irishafter playing the last two seasons with theWaterloo Black Hawks of the United StatesHockey League (USHL) ... prototypical powerforward with a strong shot and a quick release... has learned to use his size and strength infront of the opponent’s net ... plays with aphysical edge to his game ... seventh on theBlack Hawks in scoring in 2008-09 with 19goals and 17 assists for 36 points ... eleven goalscame on the power play and two were gamewinners ... led Waterloo with 144 minutes inpenalties ... helped Black Hawks to a fourth-place finish in the USHL’s North Division witha 37-20-3 record for 77 points, just five behinddivision leader Green Bay ... was scoreless inthree playoff games as Waterloo was swept inthe opening round by the Gamblers ... playedfor gold-medal winning Team USA in the 2008World Junior A Challenge ... in 2007-08, fin-ished the year fourth in scoring with 19 goalsand 19 assists for 38 points in 57 games ... had12 power-play goals and one game winnerwhile accumulating 66 minutes in penalties ...was a teammate of current Irish sophomoreBilly Maday in ‘07-’08 with the Black Hawkswho were second in the USHL’s NorthDivision with a 38-17-5 mark ... added threegoals and two assists in nine playoff games asWaterloo advanced to the USHL champi-onship series, falling in five games to Omaha ...

played for Team USA in the 2007 World JuniorA Challenge ... selected to play in the USHLProspects/All-Star game in ‘08 and ‘09 ...selected in the fourth round (108th overall) ofthe 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the CalgaryFlames ... one of four Minnesota natives on theNotre Dame roster, joining senior Ryan Thang(Edina) and juniors Brian Brooke (Eden Prairie)and Ryan Guentzel (Woodbury) ... one of 13former USHL players on the Notre Dame ros-ter ... signed in early-signing period (Nov. of‘08) along with Sam Calabrese, Kyle Palmieriand Riley Sheahan.PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from

Waterloo West High School in Waterloo, Ia ...also attended St. Thomas Academy inMendota Heights, Minn. (2005-07) andEastview High School in Apple Valley, Minn. ...played three years of high school hockey, help-ing St. Thomas to the 2006 Minnesota StateClass A championship with a third-place finishthe following season ... was captain of Cadetsand an all-conference selection as a junior ...selected in the first round (fifth overall) byWaterloo in the 2006 USHL Entry Draft ... fullname is Nick Christopher Larson ... son ofDan and Michelle Larson and stepmother.Sandy ... has four brothers ... born on Nov. 14,1989 in St. Paul, Minn. ... enrolled in First Yearof Studies at Notre Dame with plans to majorin business.

#20Right Wing • Freshman

6-3 • 203 • Shoots: RightNew Canaan, Connecticut

Tri-City Storm (USHL)Birthdate: March 1, 1989


Kevin Nugent

Joins the Notre Dame roster after playinglast season for the Tri-City Storm of the UnitedStates Hockey League (USHL) ... was origi-nally drafted by the Waterloo Black Hawks inthe seventh round (76th overall) of the 2007USHL Draft and his rights were traded to Tri-City ... brings size and skill to the Irish lineupafter one season of junior hockey ... has excel-lent hockey sense and has shown the ability tocreate offense ... outstanding point producer inhigh school and prep school in Connecticut ...was seventh on the 2008-09 Storm roster inscoring with nine goals and 12 assists for 21points ... had two power-play goals on the yearwith 12 minutes in penalties as Tri-City strug-gled to an 11-48-1 record ... played the 2007-08 season at the Taft Prep School inWatertown, Conn. ... served as team captainwhile scoring 11 goals with 22 assists for 33points in 32 games ... following in his father’sfootsteps as Kevin Nugent, Sr., played for theIrish from 1974-78, playing in 131 games forLefty Smith, scoring 54 goals with 75 assists for129 career points to rank 25th on all-timepoints list ... Kevin, Jr., becomes the second sonof a former Notre Dame player to play for theIrish, joining goaltender Rory Walsh ‘06 andhis father Brian Walsh ‘77, who was a team-mate of Kevin Nugent, Sr. ... just the fourth

native of Connecticut to play for the Irish join-ing Mark Anquillare ‘84-86 (West Haven), PaulHarris ‘00-’01 (Ridgefield) and Don Smith ‘73-’74 (Westport) ... one of 13 alums of the USHLon the Notre Dame roster ... signed in the late-signing period (spring ‘09) along with goal-tender Mike Johnson.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromTaft Prep School in Watertown, Conn. ...attended New Canaan High School in NewCanaan, Conn., for three years ... in three sea-sons at New Canaan, scored 41 goals and 55assists for 96 points in 50 games ... teamadvanced to state high school semi-finals in ‘03-’04 and ‘04-’05 and the finals of the ‘05-’06tournament ... served as team captain in his finalyear ... played for Team New England at 2006USA Select 17’s ... served as captain of Mid-Fairfield Midget AAA squads that representedNew England region at ‘07 and ’08 U.S. nationalchampionship tournament .... son of Kevin andTeri Nugent ... full name is Kevin PatrickNugent ... has two sisters, Kristen and Kaitlinand one brother, Kris ... sister, Kristen ‘05 andfather, Kevin ‘78 are Notre Dame graduates ...born March 1, 1989 in New Canaan, Conn. ...enrolled in First Year of Studies at Notre Dameand plans to major in business.


Student-Athletes

#10Right Wing • Freshman

5-11 • 195 • Shoots: RightMontvale, New JerseyUSA Under-18 Team

Birthdate: February 1, 1991First Year of Studies

First Round Draft Choice Anaheim Ducks (2009)

KylePalmieri

Talented right wing who joins the NotreDame roster after playing two seasons in USAHockey’s National Team DevelopmentProgram in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... strong on hisskates with excellent quickness ... has a strongshot and a quick release ... solid two-way playerwho excels in the offensive zone ... plays atough, tenacious style on the ice ... spent 2008-09 with the Under-18 team where he had 15goals and 15 assists for 30 points with 51penalty minutes in 33 games ... four goals cameon the power play, one was shorthanded andfour were game winners ... member of gold-medal winning teams at Four NationsTournament in Nov. of ‘08 and Five NationsTournament in Feb. of ‘09 ... had a hat trick ingold medal winning game versus Finland ... in2007-08, split time with the Under-17 andUnder-18 teams, playing in 66 games betweenthe two teams with 29 goals and 19 assists for48 points with 71 penalty minutes ... memberof bronze-medal winning team at the Under-18 World Championships in Kazan Russia,where he had two goals and two assists in sevengames ... selected in the first round, 26th over-all, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by theAnaheim Ducks ... became the second Irishplayer ever selected in the first round of thedraft, joining current junior defenseman IanCole (18th overall by St. Louis in 2007) ... par-

ticipated in the U.S. National Junior EvaluationCamp in Aug. of ‘09 along with sophomoredefenseman Sean Lorenz ... becomes the sev-enth Notre Dame player from the state of NewJersey, joining current sophomore Kyle Murphy(Fairhaven) along with Tim Caddo ‘89 (OldTappan), Matt Eisler ‘98 (West Milford), JohnGhia ‘88 (Westwood), Dan Sawyer ‘92(Kinnelon) and Chris Tschupp ‘92 (Toms River)... joined the Irish in the early signing period(Nov. of ‘08) along with Sam Calabrese, NickLarson and Riley Sheahan.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromPioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., whilea member of the U.S. National program ...attended St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, N.J., as afreshman and a sophomore where he letteredfor two seasons in hockey ... scored 11 goalswith 11 assists for 22 points as a freshman ... fol-lowed with 34 goals and 28 assist campaign as asophomore led team to the conference andregional championships ... was team MVP, all-conference, all-city and all-state selection ... alsoa member of the New Jersey Devils Under-16team ... full name is Kyle Charles Palmieri ...son of Bruce and Tammy Palmieri ... has two sis-ters, Tahrin and Taylor and one brother, Devon... born Feb. 1, 1991 in Smithtown, N.Y. ...enrolled in First Year of Studies at Notre Dameand plans to major in business.

#4Center • Freshman

6-2 • 200 • Shoots: LeftSt. Catharine’s, Ontario

St. Catharine’s Falcons (GHJHL)Birthdate: December 7, 1991


RileySheahan

Talented, play-making center who joins theNotre Dame roster after playing his last twoseasons of junior B hockey for the St.Catharine’s Falcons of the Greater OntarioJunior Hockey League’s Golden HorseshoeDivision ... brings size, speed and skill to theroster ... has all the tools to be a dynamic playerat the collegiate level ... outstanding instinctsfor the game ... strong on his skates and hastremendous vision ... has a quick release and ahard shot ... led the team in scoring in twoconsecutive seasons ... in 2008-09, had 27 goalsand 46 assists for 73 points with 11 power-playgoals, seven short-handed tallies and threegame winners ... followed with 13 points (8g,5a) in 11 playoff games as Falcons fell inGolden Horseshoe’s semifinals ... in 2007-08,led the team in scoring with 22 goals and 39assists for 61 points ... had eight power-playgoals, two short-handed and one game winner... helped Falcons to conference finals wherethey fell to Thorold in seven games ... had fivegoals and 10 assists for 15 points ... two-timewinner of the Rex Stimer most valuable playeraward ... in ‘07-’08 won the Ashton MorrisonTrophy as team’s rookie of the year ... won theFalcons’ President’s Award as the leading scorer

in ‘07-’08 and ‘08-’09 ... following last seasonwas awarded an Ontario Hockey Association(OHA) Junior B Top Prospects Award andreceived the honor this past summer at theHockey Hall of Fame in Toronto ... was selectedin the 2007 OHL Entry Draft by the Erie Ottersin the fourth round (76th overall) ... picked inthe 2008 USHL Futures Draft by the Tri-CityStorm ... eligible for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft... has been listed on the NHL’s preliminary listof eligible players as one of 12 A-rated prospects... along with sophomore Rich Ryan is one oftwo Canadians on the Notre Dame roster ...joined the Irish in the early signing period (Nov.of ‘08) along with Sam Calabrese, Nick Larsonand Kyle Palmieri.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated fromDenis Morris High School in St. Catharine’sOnt. ... played junior hockey for the St.Catherine’s Falcons of the Greater OntarioJunior Hockey League’s Golden HorseshoeDivision ... full name is Riley Michael Sheahan... son of Mike and Peggy Sheahan ... has onesister, Karli ... second cousin of former Irishstandout defenseman Brock Sheahan ‘08 ...born Dec. 7, 1991 in St. Catharine’s, Ont. ...enrolled in First Year of Studies at Notre Dame.

Coaching Staff

Irish hockey is in the capable hands of Jeff Jackson and his

staff with Paul Pooley, Andy Slaggert and Mike McNeill.

Now in Jackson’s fifth season, Notre Dame is 103-48-14 (.667)

with two CCHA regular-season and postseason championships.


Head Coach

When Notre Dame went looking for a newhockey coach following the 2004-05 season, theUniversity searched for a coach who could move theprogram among the elite hockey schools in thecountry. The search took them in one direction - JeffJackson.

The veteran coach owned a resume packed withsuccess at the collegiate, junior hockey, professionaland international levels. Throughout his coachingcareer, Jackson’s teams had been successful both onand off the ice and the hope was that he could deliverthose same qualities for the Irish.

After four seasons as the guiding force behind theNotre Dame bench, its safe to say that the Irish hit ahome run with the selection of Jackson.

In that span, Notre Dame has become one of thenation’s top teams, winning the Central CollegiateHockey Association’s (CCHA) regular season andtournament titles twice - taking both titles in 2006-07 and 2008-09 - and made three trips to the NCAATournament (2006-09), advancing to Notre Dame’sfirst-ever NCAA Frozen Four appearance and a tripto the national championship game in 2007-08.

Over the past three seasons, Jackson’s icers are thewinningest team in the nation in wins and winningpercentage, going 90-29-10 (.742) since the start ofthe 2006-07 campaign.

With win totals of 32, 27 and 31 from ‘06-’09,Notre Dame teams have put together threeconsecutive seasons of 25-or more wins and madethree consecutive NCAA tournament appearances forthe first time.

After advancing to the national championshipgame in ‘07-’08, the Irish started slowly in 2008-09and went into Halloween with a 2-3-0 record. Itwould be almost three months before Notre Damewould lose again as the Irish went on a 20-gameunbeaten streak (17-0-3) from Oct. 31 to Jan. 17,while being number one in the nation for sevenconsecutive weeks for the second time in theprogram’s history.

After seeing the streak stopped, Notre Damewould lose just one more time in the regular seasonand ended the regular season and the CCHAtournament on a 10-game winning streak.

The Irish finished first in the conference with a 21-4-3-3 record, eight points ahead of second placeMiami and Michigan.

Jackson at a GlanceFull Name• Jeffery L. JacksonBirthdate• June 22, 1955Hometown• Roseville, MichiganEducation• Bachelor’s Degree in CommunicationsMichigan State ‘78• Bachelor’s Degree in EducationMichigan State ‘79Collegiate Coaching Experience• Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90)• Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96)Record: 182-52-25 (.751); two NCAA titles, twoCCHA regular-season titles, four CCHAtournament championships• Head Coach, University of Notre Dame (2005-)Record: 103-48-14 (.667); two CCHA regular- season titles, two CCHA touranment championshipsInternational Coaching Experience• National Coach and Senior Director, U.S. National Developmental Program(1996-2000)• Head Coach, U.S. Junior National Team(1996-97) – Won silver medal at World JuniorChampionships• Assistant Coach, U.S. Olympic Team (1998)Junior Hockey Experience• Head Coach, Guelph Storm (2000-03)Record: 87-67-24 (4)

Professional Experience• Assistant Coach, New York Islanders (2003-05)Coaching Honors• Spencer Penrose Award (2007)• CCHA Coach of the Year (1990-91, 2006-07)

Jeff Jackson is the fourthhead coach in the 42-yearmodern history of theNotre Dame hockeyprogram. In 10 seasons asa Division I head coach,Jackson owns a 285-100-39 career record and his.718 winning percentage isthe best among activecoaches.

The Irish advanced to Joe Louis Arena for the thirdconsecutive year by beating Nebraska-Omaha, 5-0and 1-0, in the second round of the playoffs. The Irishthen knocked off Northern Michigan, 2-1, in thesemifinals and then rallied from a 2-0 deficit to knockoff Michigan for the CCHA title in a 5-2 victory.

Notre Dame went into the NCAA Tournament asthe top seed in the Midwest Regional and were upsetin the opening round by Bemidji State, 5-1.

While the ending wasn’t quite what Jackson andhis team were hoping for, the year would go down asone of the most successful for the Irish. The 31 winswere the second most ever at Notre Dame and theIrish had the lowest goals-against average in thenation (1.71) for the second time in three years.

The stingy defense resulted in a nation-leading nineshutouts while the Irish power-play led the country byscoring at a 22.6% clip. For the first time since the1976-77 season, Notre Dame had two players selectedAll-American as defenseman Ian Cole took first teamhonors and Erik Condra, second team honors.

In just four seasons guiding the Irish, Jackson hasseen the program go from five wins to 13 victories inhis first season, to 90 wins over the last three years.For his tenure behind the Notre Dame bench, Jacksonis 103-48-14 for a .667 winning percentage.

In 2007-08, the Irish were 27-16-4 on the year andfinished fourth in the CCHA with a 15-9-4 mark.They advanced to the CCHA Tournament in Detroit,but scored just twice at Joe Louis Arena in anovertime loss to Miami in the semifinals and a third-place loss to Northern Michigan.

The last at-large team to make the NCAAtournament, the Notre Dame offense came to lifewhen it counted.

Advancing to the NCAA West Regional, the Irishknocked off New Hampshire, 7-3, in the first game ofthe regional and then stopped Michigan State, 3-1, towin the region to become the first fourth-seededteam to advance to the Frozen Four.

At the Frozen Four, Jackson’s squad upset No. 1-ranked Michigan, 5-4, in overtime to move to thenational championship game versus Boston College.The Eagles ended the magical ride with a 4-1 victoryin Denver.

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Jeff Jackson Coaching FileOverall CCHA

Year School W L T Pct. W L T Pct.’87-’88 Lake Superior State Assistant Coach‘88-’89 Lake Superior State Assistant Coach‘88-’89 Lake Superior State Assistant Coach‘89-’90 Lake Superior State Assistant Coach

Head Coaching Record’90-’91 Lake Superior State 36 5 4 .844 26 2 4 .875’91-’92 Lake Superior State 30 9 4 .744 29 8 4 .688’92-’93 Lake Superior State 32 8 5 .767 20 5 5 .750’93-’94 Lake Superior State 31 10 4 .733 18 8 4 .667’94-’95 Lake Superior State 23 12 6 .634 14 9 4 .593’95-’96 Lake Superior State 30 8 2 .775 22 6 2 .767’96-’97 U.S. NTDP’97-’98 U.S. NTDP’98-’99 U.S. NTDP’99-’00 U.S. NTDP’00-’01 Guelph Storm (OHL) 34 23 9 (2) .581’01-’02 Guelph Storm (OHL) 37 23 7 (1) .603’02-’03 Guelph Storm (OHL) 16 21 8 (1) .426’03-’04 New York Islanders Assistant Coach’04-’05 New York Islanders Assistant Coach’05-’06 Notre Dame 13 19 4 .417 11 13 4 .464’06-’07 Notre Dame 32 7 3 .798 21 4 3 .804’07-’08 Notre Dame 27 16 4 .617 15 9 4 .607’08-’09 Notre Dame 31 6 3 .813 21 4 3 .804Totals Lake Superior State 182 52 25 .751 120 38 23 .727

Notre Dame 103 48 14 .667 68 30 14 .671Division I Total 285 100 39 .718 188 68 37 .705

After going 13-19-4 in his first season behind thebench in 2005-06, Jackson’s ‘06-’07 team got the ballrolling towards Irish hockey success.

During that season, Notre Dame set schoolrecords for overall wins (32) and CCHA victories(21) on the way to capturing Notre Dame’s first-everCCHA regular-season and tournament champion-ships.

For the first time in the program’s history, the Irishwere ranked No. 1 in the nation, holding that loftyperch for seven straight weeks from Feb. 5 throughMarch 25. They made their second appearance in theNCAA tournament (first as a No. 1 seed) and wontheir first tournament game.

For his successful season behind the Irish bench,Jackson was named the CCHA coach-of-the-yearand the winner of the Spencer Penrose Award as thenational coach-of-the-year.

While Jackson’s icers have gotten the job done onthe ice, they have also acquitted themselves quitenicely off the ice in both the classroom and thecommunity. As a team, the Irish turned in a 3.38grade-point average in the classroom and they areheavily involved in the University’s communityservice work.

During his first two years behind the bench,Jackson’s teams made 15- and 19-point improve-ments in the conference standings, going from last in‘04-’05 to eighth in ‘05-’06 to first during the ‘06-’07season. That two-season jump made the Irish just thethird team in CCHA history to go from worst-to-firstover a two-year span.

The 54-year-old bench boss took over the NotreDame hockey program on May 6, 2005 as the fourthcoach since the program’s Division I inception in1968.

For Jackson, it was a return to his roots – coachingat the collegiate level – where he got his start behindthe bench at Lake Superior State.

He inherited a team that struggled through adifficult 5-27-6 season in 2004-05 and had lostconfidence in itself. The Roseville, Mich., native andhis staff went right to work to change the team’sattitude and perception.

They made giant strides on and off the ice in thatfirst season directing the team’s fortunes.

After a slow start (3-9-1), his players began to buyinto what the new coach was selling and the Irishfinished the year with a 10-10-3 mark over the final23 games. In CCHA play, the Irish showed a 15-pointimprovement over ‘04-’05 – going from 3-20-5 to 11-13-4 – good for eighth place in the league and thefinal home-ice spot in the CCHA playoffs. OnlyMiami made a bigger jump in ‘05-’06 with a 16-pointimprovement.

In Jackson’s first four seasons, the Irish have playedwith poise and discipline, relying on team defense,strong goaltending and excellent special teams play.They also have laid the foundation for future seasonswith major success on the recruiting trail.

Over the past three years, Jackson has seen histeams lead the nation in team defense twice, (1.63goals against in ‘06-’07 and 1.71 in ‘08-’09), penaltykilling (.904 success rate in ‘06-’07) and the powerplay (22.6% in ‘08-’09).

Jackson heads into the 2009-10 season with a nine-year collegiate record of 285-100-39 for a .718winning percentage, the best percentage among allDivision I coaches with five years or more in DivisionI. His 285 career wins ranks 12th among activecoaches.

Success is nothing new for Jackson on the DivisionI level. He returned to college hockey in ‘05-’06 afternine years away. In six years at Lake Superior State,Jackson’s teams won two NCAA titles in 1992 and1994 (also advancing to the finals in 1993), twoCCHA regular-season championships (‘91 and ‘96)and four CCHA playoff trophies (‘91, ‘92, ‘93 and ‘95).His 1992-93 team also advanced to the NCAAchampionship game, losing a 5-4 decision to Maine.

In taking over the Irish coaching duties in ‘05,Jackson became the first Notre Dame head coach tohave won an NCAA Division I championship withanother program before being hired as an Irish headcoach.

In making the announcement of Jackson’s hiring,then Notre Dame director of athletics, Kevin Whitesaid, “Jeff Jackson has a first-hand appreciation of

exactly what it takes to be successful at the veryhighest level of the collegiate hockey world. Hisaccomplishments at Lake Superior State in winningmultiple NCAA titles – combined with his work andconnections from the United States nationaldevelopmental program and from the professionallevel – provide him a solid foundation from which tolead the Notre Dame hockey program.”

The highly regarded Jackson brings over 23 yearsof coaching experience to the Irish as an assistant anda head coach at the NCAA Division I level, on theinternational level with the U.S. national program, inmajor junior hockey and at the National HockeyLeague level.

A 1978 graduate of Michigan State Universitywith a degree in communications, Jackson followedwith a degree in education in 1979.

Jackson got his start in college hockey as anassistant coach at Lake Superior State in 1986 wherehe served four years under Frank Anzalone, helpingguide the Lakers to one CCHA championship andthe 1988 NCAA title.

When Anzalone moved to the professional ranksfollowing the 1989-90 season, Jackson took over asthe head coach of the Lakers and in a six-year span(1991-96), guided them to six consecutive NCAAappearances, including three straight trips to the titlegame from 1992 through 1994.

In his first season behind the Lakers’ bench,Jackson’s squad was 33-10-3 overall and 26-2-4 inleague play, winning the CCHA regular-season andtournament titles. They lost in the NCAAquarterfinals to Clarkson, two games to one.

A year later, Lake Superior State ran off its second30+ win season under Jackson, going 30-9-4 on theyear, while finishing second in the league with a 20-8-4 mark. The Lakers proceeded to knock off AlaskaAnchorage and Minnesota in the regionals beforebeating Michigan State (4-2) in the semifinals andWisconsin (5-3) in Albany, N.Y., in the first of threeconsecutive trips to the NCAA finals.

The Lakers were 32-8-5 during the 1992-93

In four seasons at Notre Dame, Jeff Jackson has guidedthe Irish to a 103-48-14 overall record. In that span,Notre Dame has won two CCHA regular-season andtournament title (2007 and 2009), made three NCAAappearances and advanced to the Frozen Four (2008),playing for the national championship game.


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season and finished third in the CCHA with a 20-5-5 record. They captured the league’s tournament titleby beating Miami, 3-0, in the finals at Joe Louis Arena.Lake Superior defeated Minnesota-Duluth in theWest Regional to advance to the finals at Milwaukee,Wis. There, the Lakers defeated Boston University inthe semifinals and then faced Maine, led by PaulKariya and Jim Montgomery, in the finals. A third-period rally by the Black Bears gave them a 5-4 win.

Lake Superior didn’t dwell on the loss for long asthe Lakers’ success continued with a 31-10-4 recordand a second-place CCHA finish in 1993-94. Afterlosing to Michigan in the CCHA championshipgame, Jackson’s team rebounded by winning overtimegames versus Northeastern (6-5), Michigan (5-4) andHarvard (3-2) to face Boston University in the titlegame at St. Paul, Minn. The Terriers weren’t much ofa match for the Lakers as they recorded their secondchampionship in three years with a 9-1 win.

Jackson’s Lakers followed their secondchampionship season in 1994-95 with a 23-12-6record and won their fourth CCHA tournament title.In the NCAA tournament, Lake Superior defeatedClarkson in the first game of the East Regional andthen lost to Boston University in the Regional final.

In his final season in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.,Jackson saw the Lakers return to the 30-win plateau,going 30-8-2 overall and winning their secondregular-season title with a 22-6-2 mark. LakeSuperior then lost to Michigan in the CCHA titlegame (just the second CCHA tournament loss inJackson’s six years - 24-2) and saw the season cometo an end with a loss in the East Regionals toVermont.

During his six years guiding the Lakers, Jacksonproduced 12 All-Americans (five first team and sevensecond team) and one Academic All-American. In1991, he was recognized as the CCHA coach of theyear. He is just one of 12 coaches to win multipleNCAA championships. From 1993-96, he also servedas the Director of Athletics at Lake Superior.

Several of Jackson’s players advanced to play in theNHL. The list includes: Doug Weight, Brian Rolston,Keith Aldridge, Blaine Lacher, John Grahame, BatesBattaglia and Jim Dowd.

Jeff Jackson poses withthe 1992 NCAA

Championship Trophyalong with members ofhis national champion

Lake Superior StateLakers. Jackson took

Lake Superior to threeconsecutive NCAA title

games, winning the titleagain in 1994.

On June 7, 1996, Jackson was named thenational coach and senior director of the newlyfounded U.S. National Team Developmentprogram based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In hisfirst season while putting the program in place,he served as the head coach for the UnitedStates Junior National Team that captured thesilver medal at the 1997 World JuniorChampionships, at the time, the best finish everfor the U.S. team. Former Irish captain BenSimon, was a member of that squad.

The following year, Jackson served as anassistant coach for Team USA at the 1998Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. In hisfour years directing the national program,eight former Notre Dame players came fromthe developmental program. The listincludes: Brett Henning, Michael Chin,Connor Dunlop, Paul Harris, JohnWroblewski, Brett Lebda, Neil Komadoskiand Rob Globke.

In 2000, Jackson left the U.S. programand took over as coach of the OntarioHockey League’s (OHL) Guelph Stormwhere he turned a losing franchise around,finishing in second place in his first seasonwith a 34-23-9-2 record. In the 2001-02season, the Storm went 37-23-7-1 andhosted the Memorial Cup, advancing to thetiebreaker game where they lost toVictoriaville. In two-and-a-half seasons inGuelph, Jackson had an 87-67-24-4 record.

From Guelph, Jackson moved on to theNational Hockey League’s (NHL) New YorkIslanders where he served as an assistant onSteve Stirling’s staff from 2003-05. In 2003-04, the Islanders finished third in the NHL’sAtlantic Division with a 38-29-11-4 record,good for 91 points. The Islanders lost in thefirst round of the playoffs to eventual StanleyCup winner, Tampa, four games to one.

In May of 2003, Inside College Hockey,ranked Jackson 12th on its list of the 16Greatest College Coaches of all-time withonly five of the 16 still active in coaching.

Born June 22, 1955, Jackson is a memberof the USA Hockey Coaches AchievementProgram, the American Hockey CoachesAssociation and the National HockeyLeague Coaches Association.

Jeff Jackson’s RecordVersus Division I Teams

Team W L T .PCTAir Force 1 0 0 1.000Alabama-Huntsville 2 0 0 1.000Alaska Anchorage 1 0 0 1.000Alaska Fairbanks 14 3 1 .806Army 1 0 0 1.000Bemidji State 0 1 0 .000Boston College 2 1 0 .667Boston University 2 1 0 .667Bowling Green 31 5 2 .842Brown 0 1 0 .000Clarkson 2 2 0 .500Colorado College 0 1 0 .000Cornell 2 0 0 1.000Denver 1 3 0 .250Ferris State 25 5 4 .794Harvard 1 0 0 1.000Illinois-Chicago 24 2 0 .923Lake Superior State 8 1 2 .818Kent State 7 0 1 .938Laurentian 2 0 0 1.000Massachusetts 0 1 0 .000Miami 17 9 8 .618Maine 2 3 0 .400Massachusetts-Lowell 1 0 0 1.000Mercyhurst 1 0 0 1.000Michigan 18 19 1 .487Michigan State 15 13 6 .529Michigan Tech 3 1 0 .750Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000Minnesota-Duluth 2 0 0 1.000Minnesota State 2 2 0 .500Nebraska-Omaha 9 1 2 .833New Hampshire 1 0 0 1.000Northeastern 2 0 0 1.000Northern Michigan 11 5 1 .676Notre Dame 11 2 0 .846Ohio State 22 7 5 .721Princeton 4 1 0 .800Providence College 3 0 0 1.000Rensselaer 2 0 0 1.000Robert Morris 1 1 0 .500Sacred Heart 2 0 0 1.000St. Lawrence 2 0 1 .833Toronto 1 0 0 1.000Union College 1 0 0 1.000Vermont 1 1 0 .500Western Michigan 22 6 5 .742Wisconsin 1 2 0 .333York University 1 0 0 1.000Totals 285 100 39 .718

In Postseason (Totals included in career totals)Team W L .PCTAlabama-Huntsville 1 0 1.000Alaska 2 2 .500Alaska Anchorage 1 0 1.000Bemidji State 0 1 .000Boston College 1 0 1.000Boston University 2 1 .667Bowling Green 2 0 1.000Clarkson 2 2 .500Cornell 1 0 1.000Ferris State 2 1 .667Harvard 1 0 1.000Illinois-Chicago 6 0 1.000Lake Superior 1 0 1.000Maine 0 1 .000Miami 2 1 .667Michigan 7 2 .778Michigan State 5 1 .833Minnesota 1 0 1.000Minnesota-Duluth 1 0 1.000Nebraska-Omaha 2 0 1.000New Hampshire 1 0 1.000Northeastern 1 0 1.000Northern Michigan 1 1 .500Ohio State 4 0 1.000Vermont 0 1 .000Western Michigan 3 0 1.000Wisconsin 1 0 1.000Totals 50 15 .769

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by Percentage (min. 10 seasons)Coach Yrs W L T Pct.

1. Jeff Jackson 10 285 100 39 .718Lake Superior, Notre Dame

2. Dean Blais 10 262 115 33 .679North Dakota, Nebraska-Omaha

3. Red Berenson 25 673 310 68 .673Michigan

4. Dick Umile, New Hampshire 19 444 220 71 .6523New Hampshire

5. Jack Parker, Boston U. 36 815 413 101 .6516Boston University

6. Mike Schafer 14 276 149 49 .634Cornell

7. Scott Owens 10 239 133 35 .630Colorado College

8. Don Lucia, Minnesota 22 521 291 82 .629Alaska Fairbanks, Colorado College, Minnesota

9. Jerry York, Boston College 37 821 529 89 .601Clarkson, Bowling Green, Boston College

10. Rick Gotkin 21 384 252 49 .5963MercyhurstRand Pecknold 15 281 183 45 .5962Quinnipiac

“If anyone can get it done here at Notre Dame, it’s Jeff Jackson.”

– Scotty BowmanThe NHL’s winningest coach and nine-time Stanley Cup winner at the Notre Dame’s

“Drop The Puck” Dinner on Sept. 6, 2005.

“Coach Jackson demands a lot from his players. He will get the most out ofyou. He’s a very honest guy who will be a good fit at Notre Dame. When Imade my decision to go to Notre Dame, I had narrowed my choices to NotreDame, Harvard and Lake State. The main reason I wanted to go to Lake Statewas because of Coach Jackson. I think it speaks volumes about his characterbecause he was honest with me and fully supported my decision to go to NotreDame because it was the best combination of academics and athletics for me.When he picked me for the junior national team, he could’ve picked a lot moretalented players over me, but he had a vision and a plan. He said, ‘Here’s the roleI want you to play, do you accept that.’ We won the silver medal. He took a thirdor fourth line guy and made me better. He’ll make you work real hard, but whenyou see the success, you enjoy it.”

– Ben Simonformer Notre Dame hockey player who

played for Jackson on the 1997 U.S. Junior National Team

“Jeff will be an awesome fit for Notre Dame. He understands the game andis such a student of the game. He’s got the total team concept and developsplayers around the team concept. His teaching ability is what separates him fromother coaches. It’s a great situation for him and for Notre Dame.”

– Paul Pooleyformer Providence College head coach who was

an assistant with Jackson at Lake Superior from 1992-94and is now the associate head coach with the Irish.

“Jeff Jackson is undoubtedly the best coach and more importantly the bestperson that I have ever worked with. He goes out of his way to get involved withhis players in all aspects of their lives. It’s not all about winning hockey games.He focuses on the entire picture and works for balance. If things are going welloff the ice, then they usually go well on the ice. As a coach he is detail-orientedand very disciplined. He is excellent in preparing for an opponent, but he alsomakes his opponent prepare for his teams. He is one of the most respected peoplein the coaching profession on the college, pro and international levels, all the waydown to the junior and youth hockey levels. He’s a great fit for Notre Dame.”

– Scott MonoghanDirector of Operations with

USA Hockey National Team Development Program.

“Jeff Jackson is a great coach with lots of experience. He’s won two nationalchampionships at Lake Superior State. He’s a great recruiter and a well-respectedhockey mind. He’ll represent Notre Dame well.”

– Ian MaCawAthletics Director at Baylor (former Athletics Director at

Massachusetts and Northeastern andmember of the NCAA Hockey Hockey Committee).

“Coach Jackson knows more about the game of hockey than any other coachthat I’ve ever played for. His knowledge of the game is second to none. Heknows what it takes to win at the collegiate level. He’s definitely a great teacherand knows what each player needs to do to get better. Hockey is his life. This isa great step for the program at Notre Dame.”

– Brett LebdaA 2004 Notre Dame graduate who came

through the U.S. program with Jeff Jackson as coach.

What They Are SayingAbout Jeff Jackson

by Victories

Coach, Current School Yrs Wins1. Jerry York, Boston College 37 8212. Jack Parker, Boston University 36 8163. Rick Comley, Michigan St. 37 7494. Red Berenson, Michigan 25 6735. Don Lucia, Minnesota 22 5216. George Gwozdecky, Denver 23 4957. Dick Umile, New Hampshire 19 4448. Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence 24 4369. Rick Gotkin, Mercyhurst 21 38410. Donald Cahoon, UMass 21 29911. Bruce Marshall, Connecticut 21 29412. Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame 10 28513. Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac 15 28114. Mike Schafer, Cornell 14 27615. Bob Gaudet, Dartmouth 21 27016. Don Vaughan, Colgate 16 269

Bob Daniels, Ferris St. 17 26918. John Markell, Ohio St. 15 265 19. Dean Blais, Nebraska-Omaha 10 26220. Gary Wright, AIC 25 259

All-Time Irish Head CoachesCoach (Years) W L T PCTG.R. Walsh (1912-13) * 1 2 0 .333Paul Castner (1919-23) * 18 4 0 .826Tom Lieb (1923-26) * 3 8 3 .321Benjamin Dubois (1926-27) * 3 7 1 .318Charles “Lefty” Smith (1968-87) 307 320 31 .490Ric Schafer (1987-95) 112 152 15 .428Dave Poulin (1995-2005) 139 195 50 .427Jeff Jackson (2005- ) 103 48 14 .667

*pre-Division I hockey era(Notre Dame’s Division I program began in 1968)

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Paul Pooley returns for his fifth season at NotreDame as the team’s associate head coach. He wasnamed to the position on June 3, 2005, by headcoach Jeff Jackson.

For Pooley, this is his second time serving asJackson’s associate head coach. During his firststint at Lake Superior State (1992-94), Pooley wasinstrumental in the Lakers’ success as theyadvanced to the NCAA finals three times, winningin 1992 and 1994.

In just four seasons at Notre Dame, Pooley,along with Jackson and fellow assistant, AndySlaggert, has helped change the culture of Irishhockey.

After a 13-19-4 first season, Pooley has seen thelast three Notre Dame teams go a combined 90-29-10, win a pair of CCHA regular-season andtournament titles (2007, 2009) and advance to theNCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons(2006-09), including a trip to the Frozen Four andthe NCAA title game in 2008. The 90 wins arethe most of any Division I program over the three-year period.

Overseeing the Irish defense, Pooley has seenNotre Dame give up the fewest goals per game(1.67 in ‘06-’07), the fifth fewest in ‘07-’08 (2.13)and the fewest again last season, just 1.71 pergame.

The veteran coach joined the Irish staff afterspending 11 seasons (1994-2005) as head coach atProvidence College. During those 11 seasons,Pooley’s Friars were a combined 185-187-40, win-ning the Hockey East title in 1995-96 and appear-ing in two NCAA tournaments (1996 and 2001).

In making the announcement of Pooley’s hir-ing, Jackson said, “Paul Pooley brings a certainlevel of integrity, work ethic and professionalismthat I have great respect for. Our relationship inthe past became a friendship, but our experiencein the past will stay in the past. We’re hoping tore-establish a new center of excellence similiar tothe one that we had at Lake Superior Statetogether.”

As Jackson’s associate head coach, Pooley bringsover 20 years of coaching experience to NotreDame.

The 2001 Hockey East and New England coachof the year and a two-time finalist for the SpencerPenrose Award as the national coach of the year,

All-Time Notre Dame Assistant Hockey CoachesName Seasons Years

Tim McNeill 6 1968-75Kevin Hoene 3 1972-75Ric Schafer 5 1975-80Terry Fairholm 3 1980-83Len Moher 3 1980-83Jeff Perry 1 1981-82Tom Carroll 14 1985-99Scott Gosselin 4 1988-92Jim Johnson 1 1992-93Andy Slaggert 16 1993-PresentJohn Micheletto 4 1999-03Layne LeBel 2 2003-05Paul Pooley, Associate Head Coach 5 2005- Present

Pooley was instrumental in the develop-ment of four All-American players duringhis tenure at Providence - forwards ChadQuenneville and Devin Rask, goaltenderNolan Schaefer and defenseman StephenWood. Six players who played for himwith the Friars - Hal Gill, Joe Hulbig,Fernando Pisani, Mike Farrell, JonDeSalvatore and Schaefer went on to playin the National Hockey League (NHL).

At Notre Dame, he was instrumental ina pair of defensemen - Noah Babin(Carolina) and Wes O’Neill (Colorado) -signing NHL contracts following the2006-07 season while 2008 grad, BrockSheahan is currently in the ECHL withCincinnati. In ‘08-’09, Pooley oversaw thecontinued development of one of the bestdefenses in the nation with seniors BrettBlatchford and Kyle Lawson (second teamall-CCHA and the league’s best defensivedefenseman) and juniors Ian Cole (firstteam all-CCHA and first team All-American) and talented Teddy Ruth.

A 1984 Ohio State graduate (CumLaude in accounting and marketing),Pooley got his start in college coaching athis alma mater, serving as an assistant toJerry Welsh with the Buckeyes for threeseasons (1988-91) following the end ofhis professional career.

No stranger to the CCHA, Pooley wasone of the conference’s top players from1980-84 and was a second-team selectionto the conference’s all-decade team of the1980’s. A three-time member of theCCHA’s all-Academic team, he tookAcademic All-American honors in 1984.

A second-team all-CCHA selection in1981, he also was selected as the CCHA’sco-rookie of the year that season. Pooleycapped his brilliant Ohio State career in1984 as he was selected as the CCHA player of theyear and Bauer’s national player of the year, lead-ing the nation in scoring with 32 goals and 64assists for 96 points in 41 games. Selected firstteam all-CCHA and first team All-American as asenior, Pooley is Ohio State’s all-time leader ingoals (114), assists (156) and points (270) andjoined the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame in1994. He became the first Ohio State hockeyplayer to have his number retired on Nov. 4, 2006during a game between Notre Dame and theBuckeyes.

A native of Exeter, Ont., Pooley signed with theNHL’s Winnipeg Jets following his collegiatecareer and played two seasons with the Jets top

farm team, the Sherbrooke Canadiens of theAmerican Hockey League, playing on a CalderCup championship team in 1985. He moved onto play one season with the Fort Wayne Kometsof the International Hockey League where he wasco-captain of a Komet team that won the 1987regular season championship. In his three seasonsas a pro, Pooley played in 15 NHL games with theJets. He retired in 1987 to go into private busi-ness with his twin brother, Perry, also an OhioState hockey All-American.

Born August 2, 1960, Pooley and his wife,Kelly, have two children - 15-year old Scott and12-year old Taylor.

PaulPooley

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Paul Pooley teams with head coach Jeff Jackson and associate coachAndy Slaggert to give Notre Dame one of the top coaching staffs inall of college hockey. He is in his second stint with Jackson as the duoteamed up to guide Lake Superior State to two NCAA titles in 1992and 1994.

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staff, Jackson said, “I’m extremely excited to beable to retain Andy Slaggert who I believe hasdone a tremendous job over the last several yearsat Notre Dame. The combination of Andy andPaul (Pooley) will give us one of the most recog-nized coaching staffs in the country. And, in theend, my hope is that we will have one of the mostsuccessful staffs in the country. Andy is someonewho can lead Paul and I through the process ofbecoming more familiar with Notre Dame and, inturn, his passion for this University will rub off onboth of us. That will give us the combination ofexperience and the element of pride in what thisUniversity represents.”

During Slaggert’s 16 previous seasons as an assis-tant, he has been involved in the recruiting of 27players who were selected in the National HockeyLeague Draft including five players in 2007, two in2008 and one last June.

That group includes two players who became thefirst Irish players ever selected in the first round of thedraft - current junior Ian Cole, who was selected bySt. Louis with the 18th pick overall in 2007 and fresh-man Kyle Palmieri, who was selected 26th last Juneby the Anaheim Ducks. Cole was joined by fellowdefenseman Teddy Ruth, forwards Ryan Thang andBen Ryan and goaltender Brad Phillips in the 2007Draft. The 2008 draft brought defenseman Sean

Andy Slaggert, a two-time hockey monogramwinner for the Irish, begins his 17th season as acoach with the Notre Dame hockey program andhis second as associate coach after being promotedin the summer of 2008.

Slaggert is one of just two individuals to beinvolved with the Notre Dame hockey programfor 19-plus seasons (see chart below) and holds theunique distinction of having played for the firsttwo coaches of the modern era of Notre Dame –Lefty Smith and Ric Schafer – while also servingas an assistant for Schafer, Dave Poulin and JeffJackson.

A tireless worker with a keen eye for talent,Slaggert coordinates the program’s highly success-ful recruiting plan that includes on-and-off campusrecruiting and the observation and evaluation ofprospective student-athletes.

The veteran coach was honored following the2008-09 season when he received the program’sDistinguished Alumni Award that is presented eachyear to an alumnus of the program to acknowledgetheir accomplishments and the example they setfor others as an alumnus of the Notre Damehockey program.

Under Jackson, Slaggert works with the team’spenalty-killing unit on a group and individualbasis. That unit has been ranked among the bestin the nation (first in ‘06-’07, third in ‘07-’08 andfifth in ‘08-’09) in each of the last three seasons.

In announcing the addition of Slaggert to his

Most Combined Notre Dame Hockey SeasonsName Seasons Years

Lefty Smith, head coach 19 1968-87

Andy Slaggert 19 1986-89, 1993-presentplayer (’86-’89), assistant/associate coach (’93-present)

Ric Schafer 17 1975-80player (’70-’74), assistant coach (’75-’80), head coach (’87-’95)

Tom Carroll, assistant coach 14 1985-99

Dave Poulin 13 1978-82, 1995-05player (’78-’82), head coach (’95-2005)

Lorenz and incoming freshmanNick Larson with Palmieri thelone selection in 2009. Theygive Notre Dame eight NHLdraft choices on the roster.

The Irish also have had 23players from the U.S.National Team DevelopmentProgram matriculate toNotre Dame, with 11 playingfor the U.S. Junior NationalTeam in the World JuniorChampionships.

The energetic and hard-working assistant has beenhighly involved with coach-ing on the national levelsince 1997.

During the summer of2004, Slaggert reached hishighest level, when he wasnamed head coach of the U.S.Under-17 select team thatwent on to finish second atthe Five Nations Tournamentin Halle, Germany. The previ-ous year (2003), the veteranassistant got his first taste ofcoaching with USA Hockey

at the international level when he served as anassistant coach on the U.S. Under-18 Select teamthat captured the gold medal at the Under-18World Cup held in the Czech Republic.

During the summers of 2002-05, the native ofSaginaw, Mich., served as head coach at the UnitedStates Select 15 tournament held at St. Cloud State.

Since 1997, Slaggert has been involved incoaching Michigan Select teams. During the sum-mer of 2000, he coached the Michigan Select 15Junior Olympic Festival Team. In 1998, he servedas a head coach at the Michigan State Select 16Festival helping evaluate players who were com-peting for a chance to play in the national tourna-ment. In June, he served as the head coach for theMichigan Select 16 Team that skated to the bronzemedal at the National Select 16 Festival in AnnArbor, Mich.

In the summer of 1997, Slaggert served as anassistant coach for Team Michigan at the UnitedStates Select 15 Festival. From 1997 to 2004 heserved as a head coach and evaluator at theMichigan State Bantam Camp in Big Rapids,Mich.

Slaggert also was the primary moving forcebehind the Notre Dame hockey program’sPowerPlay Run/Walk to benefit the fight againstcancer.

The 40-year-old Slaggert received his bachelorof arts degree from Notre Dame in 1989. He thenwent on to earn his master’s degree in physicaleducation from Ohio University in 1991.

A right wing for the Irish from 1986-89, Slaggerttotaled seven goals and six assists over 55 gamesduring his three-year Notre Dame career.

Slaggert’s first venture into coaching came in1989 with the Amerisport International EuropeanHockey Tour and he returned to Notre Dame in1992.

Slaggert and his wife, Tara, were married in thesummer of 1996. The couple resides in South Bendwith their sons, Graham (10), Landon (7) andCarter (5).

Associate coach Andy Slaggert receives Notre Dame’s Distinguished AlumniAward gold helmet from former Irish defenseman Neil Komadoski ‘04 at the 2009awards program.

AssociateCoach

AndySlaggert

Associate Coach17th Season

Notre Dame ‘89


SupportStaff

the lead in short-handed goalswith seven. His 72 points duringthe 1987-88 season are the third-best single-season point markwhile his 28 goals tie for 11thand 44 assists rank him fourth.

A finance major at NotreDame, McNeill was a supple-mental pick in the 1988 draft bythe St. Louis Blues. That begana professional career that wouldcover 12 seasons and take him tothe International Hockey League(IHL), the American HockeyLeague (AHL), the NationalHockey League (NHL) and theGerman Elite League.

He began his career with theIHL’s Ft. Wayne Komets in 1988-89 and had 27 goals and 35 assistsfor 62 points. That led theChicago Blackhawks to sign thehigh-scoring forward and sendhim to the Indianapolis Ice forthe 1989-90 campaign where hehad 17 goals and 24 assists for 41points. He helped Indianapolis tothe Turner Cup title that year andwon the N.R. “Bud” Poile Trophyas the playoff most valuableplayer, scoring six goals with fourassists in 14 games.

The following year, McNeillsplit the season betweenIndianapolis and Chicago,appearing in 23 games beforebeing traded at the trading dead-line to the Quebec Nordiqueswhere he played in 14 games, fin-ishing the year with four goals

and seven assists in 37 NHLgames.

He split the following sea-son between Quebec andHalifax in the AHL, seeingaction in 26 games for theNordiques. In 63 NHL games,McNeill had five goals and 11assists for 16 points.

In 1992-93, McNeill movedback to the IHL and theMilwaukee Admirals where hewould play the next six seasonsfor former Irish hockey stand-out Phil Wittliff. The Admiralsadvanced to the Turner Cupplayoffs in all six seasons.During the six years (1992-98), McNeill played in 452games with 97 goals and 110assists for 207 career points. In43 playoff games, he addedeight goals and four assists for12 more points.

Former Notre Dame hockey standout MikeMcNeill is in his fourth season as a volunteer assis-tant coach at his alma mater.

McNeill has had Notre Dame in his blood sincehe was a youngster. His family moved to SouthBend from Winona, Minn., when is father, TimMcNeill, became the Irish hockey program’s firstassistant coach under Lefty Smith in 1968.

A product of the local youth hockey and St.Joseph’s High School program, McNeill came toNotre Dame where he was a two-sport athlete(also playing baseball) and member of the hockeyteam from 1984-88. A two-time Irish captain,McNeill remains among the top offensive playersin the school’s history. He ranks fifth all-time inpoints (198), is eighth in goals (83), fifth in assists(115), third in power-play goals (31) and tied for

From Milwaukee, McNeill played two seasonsin Germany for the Revier Lions before retiringfollowing the 1999-2000 campaign.

Since then, McNeill has been heavily involvedin youth coaching and developing the game at thegrass roots level. He has been involved in youthhockey in Vail, Colo., and Milwaukee, Wis., coach-ing at the minor and high school level.

Since returning to South Bend, McNeill hasworked at the Ice Box, a local rink, developingclinics and programs for the IYHL, local highschools and senior leagues in the area. His workwith the IYHL and the high schools take himback to his local hockey roots as these are thesame programs that he played in growing up andwere started with the assistance of Lefty Smithand his father, Tim.

He has been involved with USA Hockey fornine years and serves on the Youth Council’sExecutive Committee. On the coaching level,McNeill has twice assisted current Irish assistantcoach Andy Slaggert in coaching the MichiganSelect 15 team at the national tournament.

McNeill and his wife, Michelle, have one son,Michael (7) and reside in South Bend.

Mike McNeill is a nine-year member of USA Hockey and is a member of theYouth Council’s Executive Committee.

Mike McNeill (right) presents his father, Tim McNeill, with a Notre Dame hockeyjersey as the program’s first honorary alumni award winner following the 2005-06 season. Mike is in his third season as the team’s volunteer assistant coach.His father served six years as an assistant at Notre Dame from 1968-75.

MikeMcNeill

VolunteerAssistant CoachFourth Season

Notre Dame ‘88

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Dave Gilbert enters his 12th season as equip-ment manager at Notre Dame — but is nostranger to head coach Jeff Jackson.

One of the premier equipment specialists incollege hockey, Gilbert was a member ofJackson’s 1991-92 NCAA title team as a walk-on goaltender at Lake Superior State. TheMarquette, Mich., native served as a backup toa pair of eventual NHL goaltenders – DarrinMadeley and Blaine Lacher – during that cham-pionship season.

During his final four years as an undergrad-uate, Gilbert worked for the Lakers hockey pro-gram as a student equipment manager. In thatcapacity, he was associated with the NCAArunner-up squad in 1992-93, the NCAA cham-pionship team of ’93-’94, and two other teamsthat reached the NCAA quarterfinals (’94-’95and ’95-’96).

Gilbert’s year-long responsibilities involveoverseeing the equipment and travel needs ofthe Irish hockey program.

He graduated from Lake Superior State inMay of ’96, with a degree in exercise science,but remained at the school for the next twoyears as the head equipment manager for theschool’s 11 varsity sports.

During his time with the Lakers hockey pro-gram, Gilbert was associated with several indi-viduals who remain active in hockey at otherlevels. Gilbert served under head equipmentmanager Paul Boyer at Lake Superior State in’92-’93, with Boyer now holding the position ofhead equipment manager for the Detroit RedWings.

Besides being reunited with Jackson in ‘05-’06, Gilbert also rejoined associate head coachPaul Pooley who was also a member ofJackson’s staff at Lake Superior from 1992-94while Gilbert played and worked for the Lakers.

During the summer of 2005, Gilbert was amember of the equipment staff at USAHockey’s Junior National Team tryout camp,held in Lake Placid, N.Y., in August.

At the hockey team’s 2009 postseason awardsprogram, Gilbert was selected to receive theteam’s Honorary Alumni Award that is presentedeach year to a person who, while not an alum ofthe program, made major contributions due totheir affiliation with the hockey program.

Gilbert, and his wife Heather have one son,Dolan (8) and a daughter, Halle (7). They residein South Bend.

Tom Nevala is in his 15th year as a member ofthe athletics administration at Notre and begins hisfirst as a senior associate athletics director for busi-ness operations and youth programming.

In his present role, he oversees all financial mat-ters for the Notre Dame athletics department aswell as the newly defined area of youth program-ming, including summer camps, clinics and a spe-cial initiative that will focus on using theUniversity's assets to better serve the sports andrecreational needs of underserved youth.

The hard-working administrator begins his 10thseason serving as the day-to-day administrativecontact for the Irish hockey program. He repre-sents Notre Dame on the Central CollegiateHockey Association Council and has served aschair of the CCHA's executive committee (2006-07) and currently sits on the CCHA's strategicplanning committee.

Following the 2007-08 campaign, he wasawarded the hockey program’s Honorary AlumniAward that is presented each year to a person whowhile not an alum of the program, made majorcontributions due to their affiliation with thehockey program.

Nevala led the effort for Notre Dame to part-ner with Fort Wayne to host the MidwestRegional during the 2010 NCAA Men's IceHockey Tournament. He is in his first year of afour-year term serving as the CCHA's representa-tive on the NCAA Division I Men's Ice HockeyCommittee.

Active in campus matters, Nevala is a memberof the University's equity in athletics task force,served on the continuous improvement depart-mental asessment team, represents athletics on thecampus information technology subcommittee,and is a member of the University's business man-agers group. Nevala spent five years as the businessmanager for athletics, following time as businessmanager of the Joyce Center and two years asdirector of the Varsity Shop and ice rink managerfor that facility.

During the 1999-2000 academic year, Nevalacoordinated the effort to form the Notre Damealumni football team that traveled to Germany inJuly of 2000 and defeated the Hamburg BlueDevils in the Charity Bowl. He also served astournament director of the 1997 BIG EASTMen's Golf Championship.

A 1990 Notre Dame graduate with a degree inaerospace engineering, Nevala returned to theUniversity in the fall of that year to attend gradu-ate school and work in athletics business office.He earned his MBA in interdisciplinary studies inMay of 1992.

An associate football manager for the 1989 sea-son as an undergraduate, Nevala is a native ofMaynard, Mass. Born Jan. 25, 1968, he is marriedto the former Jen Turgeon, a 1993 St. Mary's grad-uate and a native of Brunswick, Maine. They havetwo children, a daughter, Sofia (4), and a son,Benjamin (2).

DaveGilbert

Equipment Manager12th Season

Lake SuperiorState ‘96

TomNevala

Senior AssociateAthletics Director

Hockey Administrator10th Season

Notre Dame ‘90


Strength &Conditioning

Tony Rolinski is in his seventh season as theassociate director of strength and conditioningat Notre Dame after three years as an assistantstrength coach. The 2009-10 season marks hissixth with the Notre Dame hockey program. Healso serves as the strength and conditioningcoach for the Irish men’s and women’s basket-ball programs.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Rolinski joinedthe Notre Dame staff in 1998 after spendingone year (1997-98) at Duquesne University,where he implemented the strength and condi-tioning programs for 20 varsity sports.

The 40-year old Rolinski is a 1991 graduateof Penn State University with a bachelor’sdegree in health education and a minor in exer-cise science.

From 1994-96, while earning his Master’sdegree in exercise physiology at the Universityof Pittsburgh, he served as an intern on thePanther football program staff where heassisted with all aspects of the strength andconditioning program.

Following his stint at Pittsburgh, Rolinskiserved as the head strength and conditioningcoach at North Hills High School in Pittsburgh(1996-97).

He also has earned certifications from theCollegiate Strength and Conditioning CoachesAssociation (SCCC) and the National Strengthand Conditioning Association (CSCSC).

Born December 10, 1968, Rolinski and hiswife, Julie, have two daughters, Alexis andJaclyn, and two sons, Jake and Jared.

The 25,000-square foot Haggar FitnessCenter (a gift of Ed and Patty Haggar,

Joe and Isabell Haggar) is perhaps the most eye-catching feature of the Guglielmino AthleticsComplex. The fitness complex includes thelatest state-of-the-art equipment and is used byall of Notre Dame’s 26 varsity athletic sports.

The Notre Dame strength and conditioningprogram is designed to provide each studentathlete with the most productive, effective andefficient means of sports specific physicaltraining. The strength and conditioning staffhas a simple philosophy that combines a “no

nonsense” approach with an “old school”attitude.

The staff offers a well-balanced, well-rounded program by incorporating a variety oftraining methods from conjugate training toOlympic style movements. Everything the staffdoes is geared toward developing speed, powerand strength.

The staff wants to teach Notre Damestudent-athletes work ethic, discipline and pridewith relentless attitude to strive for, and win,championships.

The Haggar Fitness Center is a 25,000 square-foot strength and conditioning complex where the Irish hockey team isguided by strength and conditioning coach Tony Rolinski.

The Irish stretch before a morning workout at the Haggar Fitness Center.

TonyRolinski

Strength andConditioning Coach

Seventh SeasonPenn State ‘91

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When entering the Haggar Fitness Center(shared by the Loftus Sports Center and theGuglielmino Athletics Complex), student-athletes are quickly reminded of the “roll upyour sleeves and get to work” mentality that thestaff inspires.

The complex features more than 250 piecesof weight training equipment, six plasmatelevision screens, a state-of-the-art soundsystem, a three-lane speed develop-ment track(40-yards in length), a 45x18-yard Prestige Turfplyometric agility area and a Gatoradehydration station.

The Notre Dame strength and conditioningstaff has 10 full-time coaches – RubenMendoza, the director of strength andconditioning, associate director Tony Rolinski,assistants Rick Perry, Elisa Angeles, CraigCheek, Eric Overland, Chris Sandeen, JimSeacord, sports nutritionist Erika Whitman andspeed/development coach Irele Oderinde –providing a large-enough group to meetstudent-athlete needs. The staff has developedan environment where student-athletes want tocome and get better so they can achieve athleticsuccess.

The Guglielmino Center, opened in August of 2005, is the home of the Haggar Fitness Center – Notre Dame’s strength and conditioning and weight room equipment area for all800 Irish student-athletes.

Senior left wing Dan Kissel has benefited from four yearsunder the watchful eye of strength and conditioningcoach Tony Rolinski.

The state-of-the-art equipmentavailable in the Haggar Fitness Center.


AcademicServices

Former Irish lacrosse player Adam Sargent isin his sixth year as the academic advisor for theNotre Dame hockey team. In addition to hisresponsibilities with hockey, Sargent alsooversees the academic advising duties forfootball and women’s basketball. He iscurrently pursuing a master’s degree in mentalhealth counseling.

A 1999 graduate of Notre Dame with adouble major in history and anthropology,Sargent was a member of the lacrosse teamfrom 1994-97. While playing, the Irish won theGreat Western Lacrosse League and advancedto the NCAA tournament three times. Duringthe 1997 campaign, Sargent started 12 games,helping Notre Dame to a 9-3 mark.

A native of Rochester, N.Y., Sargent is singleand resides in South Bend.

The Academic Services for Student-Athletes Office is designed to help Notre

Dame fulfill its commitment to all student-athletes in their pursuit of a college degree andacademic excellence. In order to achieve thesegoals, Academic Services has four major aims: tomaintain the academic integrity of theUniversity; to comply with University andNCAA rules and regulations; to maintain theacademic good standing of every student-athlete;and to assist every student-athlete to graduate infour years. These objectives work together andare aimed at teaching student-athletes to beresponsible for themselves academically.

To this end, Academic Services providesstudent-athletes many services that begin whenfreshmen arrive on campus and continue throughgraduation. The office provides consistentcounseling and appropriate interventionsregarding academic matters and refers student-athletes to campus offices where they can meetregularly with their professors and use supportservices provided by the various colleges anddepartments.

The Coleman-Morse Center is the home to Notre Dame’s Academic Services for Student-Athletes. The center housesclassrooms, staff offices, a tutoring center, a computer cluster, workrooms and a lounge that are available to all NotreDame students.

As soon as student-athletes begin classes,Academic Services monitors their progressthrough professor surveys that ask professors tocomment on each student’s work level,attendance and any need for tutorial help. If aprofessor or student-athlete feels there is needfor additional help, Academic Services providestutorial assistance.

In addition to this interaction with the faculty,the members of the Academic Services Officemeet with student-athletes to develop a personalrelationship. These sessions help developsemester-long and career academic goals.Discussions may include such topics as summer-school attendance, class scheduling and careerpossibilities.

In 2001, the Academic-Services departmentreceived a new home through a generousdonation by football alumnus Jim Morse (’57)and his wife, Leah Rae, when the Coleman-Morse Center was completed. A $14-millionbuilding, the James and Leah Rae Morse Centerfor Academic Services houses Notre Dame’s FirstYear of Studies Program and Academic Servicesfor Student-Athletes. It also contains theUniversity Writing Center and a satellite officefor the Center for Social Concerns, plusclassrooms, staff offices, a tutoring center, acomputer cluster, workrooms and a lounge.

Working alongside the athletic department’sStudent Welfare and Development office,Academic Services helps coordinate numerousworkshops and speakers to assist student-athleteswith post-graduate planning and transition intoprofessional careers. Offered in conjunction withthe University Counseling Center, workshopscover such topics as stress management,socialization to college life, adjusting to physicaltrauma and conflict management.

Adam Sargent serves asthe academic advisor forthe Notre Dame hockey

team. Here he meetswith Irish hockey player

Garrett Regan to discusshis class schedule.

AdamSargent

Academic AdvisorNotre Dame ’99

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Kevin Ricks begins his ninth year as an ath-letic trainer at Notre Dame and his seventh withthe Irish hockey program. He currently serves asthe hockey trainer while assisting with football.During his previous eight seasons at NotreDame, he also has worked with the women’s soc-cer team, women’s rowing, women’s swimmingand diving, men’s and women’s track and themen’s and women’s fencing programs.

Prior to coming to Notre Dame, Ricksworked two years at the University of Mississippias a graduate assistant athletic trainer, spendingone year working with the men’s and women’strack and field teams and one year working withthe football team. He earned his master’s degreein exercise science, with an emphasis in biome-chanics, from Mississippi in 2001.

Nick Siergiej (pronounced SIR-gay) beginshis second season with the Notre Dame hockeyprogram, serving as the program’s coordinatorof hockey operations.

Siergiej joined the Irish at the beginning ofthe 2008-09 campaign after three seasons as thedirector of hockey operations at the Universityof Minnesota-Duluth.

With the Irish, Siergiej oversees all aspects ofthe team’s video operations, including filmingand editing games and practices to create, main-tain and manage a complete statistical andvideo library for the Notre Dame coachingstaff.

He will also serve as the program’s market-ing, media and service liaison and assists withthe daily operations of the hockey program.

During the summer, Siergiej served as theassistant director of the highly successful NotreDame hockey camps.

A native of Eagle River, Wis., he joined theMinnesota-Duluth hockey program in 2006after spending four years at the University ofWisconsin-River Falls where he also served asthe director of hockey operations for theDivision III power Eagles.

The 26-year old Siergiej handled all thevideo-related duties with the Bulldogs, includ-ing game breakdowns and pre-scouting whileassisting the coaching staff with various admin-istrative duties.

A 2006 graduate of Wisconsin-River Falls,Siergiej earned a Bachelor of Arts degree inbusiness administration and a Masters degree ineducation from Minnesota in 2008.

A graduate of Northland Pines High Schoolin Eagle River, he was a four-year letter winnerin golf. As a senior he was team captain andtook team most valuable player honors. Whileat Northlands, Siergiej was the equipment man-ager and administrative assistant for the boys’hockey team.

He resides in South Bend.

He spent the summer of 1999 as an intern atChicago’s Athletico Sports Medicine and PhysicalTherapy Clinic. In the summer of 1998 heserved as a student athletic trainer intern at theSt. Louis Rams training camp (in Macomb, IL)and Rams preseason football games.

A native of Peoria, IL; Ricks is a 1999 gradu-ate of Western Illinois University, where hereceived his degree in athletic training whileworking with the football, baseball, women’s soc-cer, softball, and tennis teams as a student athletictrainer.

Ricks is a certified member of the NationalAthletic Training Association.

Ricks and his wife Cheryl have one son,Hunter, who will turn two at the beginning ofthe season. They reside in South Bend.

KevinRicks

AssistantAthletic TrainerSeventh Season

Western Illinois ‘99

NickSiergiej

Coordinator ofHockey Operations

Second SeasonWisconsin-River Falls ‘06


SuppportStaff Ryan Boudway

Hockey Ticket Office

(574) 631-7356

Tom Blicher Joyce Center Operations

(574) 631-6689

Tim ConnorHockey Sports Information Dir.

(574) 631-7516Home: (574) 273-1038

Dave GilbertHockey Equipment Manager

(574) 631-3628

Sue HalaszHockey Senior Staff Assistant

(574) 631-3630

Mike FletcherHockey Student Manager

(574) 631-9124

John Murray Ice Rink Manager

(574) 631-8046

Tom NevalaHockey Administrator

(574) 631-5143

Darin OttavianiSports Promotions Coordinator

(574) 631-8393

Kevin RicksHockey Athletic Trainer

(574) 631-7100

Tony RolinskiStrength and Conditioning Coach

(574) 631-7890

Adam SargentAcademic Services Advisor

(574) 631-4616

Nick Siergiej Coordinator of Hockey Operations

(574) 631-9124

Tony YelovichDirector of Game Management

(574) 631-4893

Tim Connor, a 1982 graduate of Ohio University, is inhis 10th year as a member of the sports information office.He joined the Notre Dame staff in October of 2000 afterspending 13 years at Providence College in the marketing,promotions and media relations office including the lastsix years as director of athletic media relations.

Connor oversees media relations and production ofpublicity material for the Irish ice hockey program alongwith women's lacrosse. He also served as co-editor of theNotre Dame football program for three years (2004-06).

During his tenure at Notre Dame, he also worked withthe men's and women’s golf teams and has served asmedia coordinator for two NCAA baseball regionals(2002 and 2004).

At Providence College, Connor spent his first sevenyears as the primary contact for men’s and women’s icehockey, baseball, lacrosse, golf, cross country and trackwhile assisting with men’s basketball. In 1994, he was pro-moted to sports information director where he oversaw thepublicity and game day operations for the men’s basketballprogram along with baseball, women’s soccer and golf.

During his time in Providence, Connor was activelyinvolved in Providence College’s hosting of several NCAAtournaments. He was a member of the local organizingcommittee that helped bring NCAA hockey tournamentsto the Providence Civic Center and served as media coor-dinator for the 1992 NCAA Hockey East Regionals and1996 NCAA Hockey Frozen Four. In the spring of 2000,Connor served as the director of venue operations for theNCAA Frozen Four. He was also the media coordinatorfor the 1995 NCAA Basketball first and second roundshosted by Providence College.

Prior to his work at Providence, Connor spent threeyears in Glens Falls, N.Y., where he served as director ofmarketing and media relations for the Adirondack RedWings of the American Hockey League and the GlensFalls Civic Center.

Born July 20, 1959, the Bethel Park, Pa., native beganhis career in public/media relations in 1984 when he spentone year at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester,Mass. as assistant sports information director where heoversaw the publicity of the Crusaders’ men's Olympicsports programs.

Connor graduated from Ohio University with a degreein communications. He spent three years as a student assis-tant in the sports information office and handled a varietyof duties for the school's club hockey program. Followinggraduation, Connor remained at Ohio where he receivedhis master’s in sports administration in November 1983.

Hockey Contact Personnel

Ryan BoudwayHockey Ticket

Manager

Zach CobellStudent Assistant

Rev. ThomasGaughan, C.S.C.Team Chaplain

Mike FletcherSenior Manager

Dr. Robert ClemencyTeam Orthopedist

Larry GrantJoyce Center Rink

Chris HallStudent Assistant

Pat KlayborJoyce Center Rink

Dr. Rich JacobsTeam Physician

Sue HalaszSenior Staff Assistant

John MurrayJoyce Center Ice Rink

Manager

Tony YelovichAssistant Athletic

Director/Game Management

Darin OttavianiSports Promotions

Coordinator

TimConnor

Assistant SportsInformation Director

10th YearOhio ‘82

Season in Review

Defenseman Kyle Lawson was a second team all-CCHA

selection in 2008-09 and was the conference’s top

defensive defenseman. The Irish led the nation in team

defense giving up just 1.73 goals-per-game last season.


Season inReview

For the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the 2008-09hockey season started with some great expectations.After all, the Irish had advanced all the way to the 2008NCAA title game the year before and returned most ofthat team for another run at a title.

While the expectations of another Frozen Four runcame up a little short, the ‘08-’09 campaign will beremembered for its record winning streaks, a No. 1ranking for seven weeks and a second CCHA regular-season and postseason championship.

Along the way, Notre Dame cemented its placeamong the top programs in the nation over the pastthree seasons. The Irish own a record of 90-28-14 fora .742 winning percentage in that span with the 90wins and the winning percentage the top marks in thenation since the start of the 2006-07 campaign.

The ‘08-’09 season got off to a slow start for theIrish as they opened the year with a 5-2 loss to Denverin the College Hockey Hall of Fame game and a pairof home losses to Miami sandwiched around homewins against Sacred Heart. After the first five games,Notre Dame’s record stood at 2-3-0 with a road trip toNorthern Michigan standing in front of the Irish.

A sweep in the Upper Peninsula was just what thedoctor ordered as 3-2 and 4-2 wins over the Wildcatson Oct. 31-Nov. 1 got the Irish rolling on the way to a20-game (17-0-3) unbeaten streak. The next time thatNotre Dame would suffer a loss would come on Jan.30 after the Irish had taken over the top spot in thenation and in the CCHA.

Jeff Jackson’s squad would finish the season with a31-6-3 overall record while winning the CCHA’s reg-ular-season championship with a 21-4-3-3 record in theconference, good for 48 points.

On December 1st, the Irish moved to No. 1 in thenation and remained there until Feb. 2 following theweekend split with Michigan.

While the 20-game unbeaten streak was the majorstreak of the 2008-09 season for the Irish, there wereseveral other record setting streaks for Notre Dameduring the season.

After dropping the season-opener at Denver on Oct.11, the Irish would not lose on the road again until Feb.6 at Ohio State, a school-record span of nine straightroad wins from Oct. 31 to Jan. 16. That morphed intoa record 12-game unbeaten streak (11-0-1) from Oct.31 to Feb. 6. That successful run helped Notre Damerecord its best-ever road season, winning a school-best13 games on the way to a 13-3-2 road record.

From Oct. 31 to Jan. 17, Notre Dame would reel offa 16-game CCHA unbeaten streak (13-0-3), thelongest in the program’s history. That 16-game streaktied for the seventh-longest conference unbeaten streakin NCAA history and was the third longest in confer-ence history.

Following the Feb. 8 loss at Ohio State, Notre Dameclosed out the season with a 10-game winning streak(six regular-season wins and four playoff victories) thatcarried through the CCHA playoffs to the CCHAchampionship before the season ended with the loss toBemidji State in the first round of the NCAATournament.

The 31-win season was the second-best in the pro-gram’s history, while the 21 conference wins tied the

best mark, set in 2006-07 when Notre Damealso won the CCHA regular-season and postsea-son championships.

A 31-win season leads to some impressive sta-tistics and the Irish didn’t disappoint eitheroffensively or defensively.

Led by senior goaltender Jordan Pearce’snation-leading eight shutouts and a rock-solidgroup of blueliners, Notre Dame surrenderedjust 69 goals in 40 games for a 1.73 goals-per-game mark.

Irish penalty killers ranked third overall, giv-ing up just 20 man-advantage goals in 190chances for an 89.5% penalty-killing rate.

Offensively, Notre Dame ranked eighth over-all with 135 goals for a 3.38 goals-per-gameaverage.

The Irish power play clicked on 51-of-226chances to lead the nation with a 22.6% successrate.

The Irish rolled into the CCHA playoffs infirst place after finishing the season eight pointsahead of Miami and Michigan as the RedHawksand Wolverines tied for second place.

After getting a first-round bye, Notre Damefaced Nebraska-Omaha at home in the secondround and rode Pearce to a series sweep that sawthe Anchorage, Alaska native blank theMavericks in back-to-back games, 5-0 and 1-0,making 30 saves in each game. Senior JustinWhite’s goal just 2:34 into the first period ofgame two was the only goal the Irish wouldneed to advance to Detroit, Mich., and Joe LouisArena for the third consecutive year.

In the semifinals, Jackson’s squad would faceNorthern Michigan while Michigan would faceAlaska. The Irish and Wildcats had met four times inthe regular season with Notre Dane taking all fourgames.

The semifinal contest was a defensive battle asPearce made a first-period power-play goal fromdefenseman Kyle Lawson stand up until late in the thirdperiod. With 1:23 left in the game, Northern Michigantied the game at 1-1 on a goal by Nick Sirota. The Irishanswered back quickly as Ben Ryan tucked therebound of a Ryan Thang shot between the left postand Brian Stewart’s pads for the 2-1 victory with justone minute left in the game.

In the championship game versus Michigan (3-1winners over Alaska in the other semifinal game), NotreDame’s offense struggled to get untracked. TheWolverines got a first period goal from LukeGlendening and an early second-period goal fromDavid Wohlberg for a 2-0 lead. Billy Maday would cutthe lead in half at 12:11 of the second period and theIrish would trail, 2-1 at the second intermission.

In the third period, the Notre Dame offense came tolife, scoring four goals on the way to a 5-2 win. CalleRidderwall scored twice with Ben Ryan and ChristiaanMinella scoring once each to give the Irish the MasonCup for the second time in three seasons. Pearce wasnamed the tournament’s most valuable player and wasjoined by Ryan, Ridderwall and defenseman Ian Coleon the all-tournament team.

The victory locked up a trip to Grand Rapids, Mich.,where the Irish would be the top seed in the regionaland would face off against Bemidji State whileNortheastern and Cornell would play in the otheropening round game.

On a day that started with a great deal of promise -March 28, 2009 - it would soon turn to despair aseverything that could go wrong for the Irish in theopening round of the NCAA Tournament did.

The Beavers got a fluky goal just 1:42 into the gameto take a 1-0 lead and the Irish could never getuntracked as they saw their season end in a disappoint-ing 5-1 loss.

For the second year in a row, Notre Dame’s teamsuccess started in goal with one of the nation’s topgoaltenders - Jordan Pearce.

The senior puck stopper finished the year with a 30-6-3 overall record, a 1.68 goals-against average and a.931 save percentage to go with eight shutouts. Hiswin and shutout totals were tops in the nation while hisgoals against was second and his save percentage wasfifth overall. Along the way, he engineered a 20-gameunbeaten streak (17-0-3) and closed the regular seasonand CCHA playoffs on a 10-game winning streak.

Just an honorable mention all-CCHA selection,Pearce was a finalist for the conference’s player of theyear honors. Notre Dame’s team MVP for the second

Irish Continue Three-Year Run as One of Nation’s Top TeamsNotre Dame captures second CCHA regular-season and postseason titles in last three seasons

Senior Jordan Pearce was one of the top goaltenders in the nationin 2008-09. He was 30-6-3 overall with a 1.68 goals-againstaverage, a .931 save percentage and eight shutouts. His 30 winsand eight shutouts were tops in the country.

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2008-09 HockeyHonors & Awards

• AHCA/Reebok All-AmericanIan Cole (So., D) - First Team WestErik Condra (Sr., RW) - Second Team West

• ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA AcademicAll-American

Jordan Pearce (Sr., G) - First TeamErik Condra (Sr., RW) - Second Team

• First Team All-CCHAIan Cole (So., D)

• Second Team All-CCHAErik Condra (Sr., RW)Christian Hanson (Sr., C)Kyle Lawson (Jr., D)

• Honorable Mention All-CCHAJordan Pearce (Sr., G)Calle Ridderwall (So., LW)

• CCHA Top Defensive DefensemanKyle Lawson (Jr., D)

• CCHA Scholar-Athlete AwardJordan Pearce (Sr., G)

• Terry Flanagan Memorial AwardErik Condra (Sr., RW)

• Perani Cup WinnerJordan Pearce (Sr., G)

• CCHA Tournament Most Valuable PlayerJordan Pearce (Sr., G)

• CCHA All-Tournament TeamIan Cole (So., D)Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)Calle Ridderwall (So., LW)Ben Ryan (So., C)

• Notre Dame National Monogram ClubTeam MVP Award

Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)

• Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph ValleyRockne Student-Athlete Award

Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)

• William Donald Nyrop Award DefensivePlayer of the Year

Kyle Lawson (Jr., D)

• Offensive Player of the Year AwardErik Condra (Sr., RW)

• Rookie of the YearBilly Maday (Fr., RW)

• Most Improved Player AwardCalle Ridderwall (So., LW)

• Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches AwardJustin White (Sr., C)

• Notre Dame Distinguished Alumni AwardBob McNamara ‘83

• Honorary Alumni AwardDave Gilbert (hockey equipment specialist)Mike Lockert (radio announcer)

straight season, he was also the CCHA’s scholar-athleteof the year and an ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA firstteam Academic All-American.

Pearce saw action in 39 of the team’s 40 games dur-ing the season with only junior Tom O’Brien also see-ing action. O’Brien was 1-0-0 with a 1.47goals-against average and a .920 save percentage, mak-ing two starts on the season. In his first career start,O’Brien blanked Sacred Heart, 7-0 to become the firstIrish goaltender to record a shutout in his first start.Sophomore Brian Brooke was the team’s third goal-tender while sophomore Brad Phillips sat out the sea-son after suffering a knee injury in during thepreseason.

Notre Dame’s goaltenders had one of the top defen-sive units in the nation in front of them. Led by jun-iors Kyle Lawson and Brett Blatchford, the top six alsowas anchored by sophomores Ian Cole and TeddyRuth, senior Luke Lucyk and freshman Sean Lorenz.

Lawson, a second team all-CCHA selection and theconference’s top defensive defenseman in 2009 was +14on the year while scoring four goals with 19 assists for23 points with three of his goals coming on the powerplay. He was the winner of the team’s William DonaldNyrop Award as the top defenseman.

Blatchford was one of the quarterbacks of the powerplay as he racked up 25 assists on the year with nogoals. Defensively, he was third among defensemenwith a +12.

Cole blossomed during his sophomore season tobecome one of the nation’s top defenders, picking upfirst team all-CCHA and first team All-American hon-ors. He led Irish defenders in scoring with six goalsand 20 assists for 26 points and led Notre Dame witha +15.

Ruth dominated the Irish blueline in his role as ashut-down defender. Tough and physical, the sopho-more was a force in his own zone all season long. In40 games, he had two goals and five assists for sevenpoints and was +7 for the year.

Lucyk teamed with Lorenz most of the season toprovide a solid defensive duo. Lucyk collected twoassists in 38 games and was +10 for the year whileLorenz played in all 40 games with three assists and a+7 mark.

Balance was the name of the game for the NotreDame attack. Six players had 10 or more goals withtwo others notching nine lamplighters on the year.Nine players checked in with 20 or more points and 15had 15 or more.

Leading the team in scoring was senior Erik Condrawho had 13 goals and 25 assists for 38 points, includ-ing five power-play goals, two short-handed tallies andtwo game winners. He was a second team all-CCHApick, a second team All-American and a second teamAcademic All-American in his final year.

The top goal scorer was sophomore CalleRidderwall, who led the way with 17 goals, including11 power-play markers. The Swedish left wing added15 assists to finish second on the squad with 32 points.Five of his goals were game winners. Ridderwall wasan honorable mention all-CCHA selection.

Senior Christian Hanson trailed Ridderwall by apoint overall as he turned in a career season with 16goals and 15 assists for 31 points. The big center ice-man chipped in six power-play goals, one shorty andfive game winners on the way to second team all-CCHA honors.

Junior center Kevin Deeth tied Hanson for third inteam scoring and led the Irish with 27 assists. Thespeedy playmaker scored four goals on the year and had31 points.

Freshman right wing Billy Maday burst on the scenewith a 30-point season, scoring 16 goals with 14 assists.

Seven of his goals came on the power play and he wasa CCHA all-rookie team selection.

Sophomore center Ben Ryan picked up where hefinished as a freshman and proved to be one of NotreDame’s clutch players down the stretch, picking up twoof his five game winners in back-to-back games in theCCHA tournament. Ryan checked in with 27 pointson 12 goals and 15 assists.

Junior left wing Ryan Thang battled injuries in themiddle of the season but still scored 10 goals, includ-ing four power-play goals, and nine assists for 19points.

Senior Garrett Regan provided steady play all sea-son and scored seven goals with 11 assists for 18 points.His +12 for the year was tops among Irish forwards.

Junior linemate Christiaan Minella had the bestyear of his career, scoring nine times with seven assistsfor 16 points. A punishing forward who dished out hisshare of hits, Minella teamed with Regan and Hansonto give the Irish a formidable line that combined sizeand speed.

Junior Dan Kissel, senior Justin White and sopho-more Ryan Guentzel manned a checking line for theIrish that combined for 19 goals and 24 assists for 43points overall.

The speedy Kissel had six goals and 11 assists for 17points with two power-play goals and two game win-ners.

White centered the line and had a career-high ninegoals and six assists for 15 points and chipped in a pairof game winners.

Guentzel had four goals and seven assists on his wayto an 11-point campaign.

Strong goaltending, a stingy defense and a balancedoffensive attack were the backbone of Notre Dame’ssuccessful 2008-09 season.

Ninety wins over a three-year span is something anyprogram can hang its hat on. But the Irish will tell youthat there is one more hill to climb and that’s grabbingthat elusive national championship.

The foundation has been poured. The Irish willnow look to cement what they consider the true ‘goldstandard’ in 2009-10.

Sophomore left wing Calle Riddewall led the Irish with 17goals in 2008-09. Eleven of those goals came on thepower play, tying him for second in the CCHA and fifth inthe nation in that category. With 15 assists, he wassecond on the team with 32 points.


SeasonResults

2008-09 University of Notre Dame HockeyRecord: 31-6-3 (Home: 13-3-2, Away: 14-2-1, Neutral: 4-1-0; CCHA: 21-4-3)

Date Opponent Result Goal Scorers Goaltenders (Saves)

Oct. 11 % at #6 Denver L, 2-5 Maday, (1) White (1) Pearce (26)Oct. 17 SACRED HEART W, 3-0 Condra (1), Lawson (1), Hanson (1) Pearce (18)Oct. 18 SACRED HEART W, 7-0 Thang (1, 2), Cole (1), Maday (2), Minella (1), Condra (2) O’Brien (17 )

Deeth (1)Oct. 24 * #10 MIAMI L, 0-2 --------- Pearce (21)Oct. 25 * #10 MIAMI L, 2-3 Cole (2), Hanson (2) Pearce (21)Oct. 31 * at Northern Michigan W, 3-2 Thang (3), Kissel (2), Hanson (3) Pearce (25)

Nov. 1 * at Northern Michigan W, 4-2 Lawson (2), Maday (3), Cole (3), Ridderwall (1) Pearce (18)Nov. 7 at #2 Boston College W, 4-1 Regan (1), Hanson (4), Maday (4), Deeth (2) Pearce (27)Nov. 8 at Providence College W, 4-1 Regan (2,3), Ridderwall (2), Thang (4) Pearce (26)Nov. 14 * LAKE SUPERIOR T, 3-3 (ot) Minella (2), Ryan (1), Guentzel (1) Pearce (40)

ND wins shootout, 2-1Nov. 15 * LAKE SUPERIOR W, 5-2 Maday (5), Condra (3), Minella (3), Ruth (1), Ridderwall (3) Pearce (20)Nov. 21 * BOWLING GREEN W, 5-1 Hanson (5,6), White (2), Maday (6), Minella (4) Pearce (27)Nov. 22 * at Bowling Green W, 9-1 Maday (7), Ryan (2), Ridderwall (4,5), Guentzel (2), Condra (4) Pearce (22)

Hanson (7,8), White (3)Nov. 28 * WESTERN MICHIGAN W, 4-1 Deeth (3), Ridderwall (6,7), Maday (8) Pearce (21)Nov. 29 * WESTERN MICHIGAN T, 3-3 (ot) Hanson (9), Maday (9), Thang (5) O’Brien (6), Pearce (19)

ND wins shootout, 2-1

Dec. 5 * at Ferris State W, 3-1 Ryan (3), Ridderwall (8), Hanson (10) Pearce (30)Dec. 6 * at Ferris State W, 1-0 Kissel (2) Pearce (24)Dec. 12 * at Bowling Green W, 3-1 Ruth (2), Ryan (4), Hanson (11) Pearce (19)Dec. 13 * BOWLING GREEN W, 4-3 Kissel (3), Ridderwall (9), Hanson (12, 13) Pearce (18)

Jan. 2 $ vs. Union College W, 3-1 White (4), Ryan (5), Kissel (4) Pearce (20)Jan. 3 $ vs. Minnesota-Duluth W, 3-1 Regan (4,5), Thang (6) Pearce (19)Jan. 9 * #19 ALASKA W, 2-0 Thang (7), Condra (5) Pearce (16)Jan. 10 * #19 ALASKA W, 3-0 Hanson (14), Ryan (6), Thang (8) Pearce (22)Jan. 16 * at Lake Superior W, 3-2 White (5), Ridderwall (10), Minella (5) Pearce (31)Jan. 17 * at Lake Superior T, 3-3 (ot) Ryan (6), Condra (6), Deeth (4) Pearce (11)

ND wins shootout, 2-1Jan. 30 * #7 MICHIGAN L, 1-2 Guentzel (3) Pearce (30)Jan. 31 * at #7 Michigan W, 3-2 Maday (10), Thang (9), Ridderwall (11) Pearce (36)

Feb. 6 * at #15 Ohio State W, 4-3 (ot) Cole (4), Condra (7,8), Ridderwall (12) Pearce (17)Feb. 7 * at #15 Ohio State L, 1-4 Minella (6) Pearce (26)Feb. 13 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN W, 9-5 Regan (6), Condra (9, 10), Ryan (8), Cole (5, 6), Pearce (17)

Ridderwall (13), White (6.7)Feb. 14 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN W, 5-2 Maday (11), Ridderwall (14), Lawson (3), Ryan (9), Regan (7) Pearce (17)Feb. 20 * at Nebraska-Omaha W, 4-3 (ot) Minella (7), Hanson (15), Maday (12,13) Pearce (21)Feb. 21 * at Nebraska-Omaha W, 1-0 Kissel (5) Pearce (17)Feb. 27 * MICHIGAN STATE W, 5-0 Condra (11,12), White (8), Maday (14), Minella (8) Pearce (15)Feb. 28 * at Michigan State W, 2-1 Condra (13), Hanson (16) Pearce (19)

Mar. 13 + NEBRASKA-OMAHA W, 5-0 Ridderwall (15), Ryan (10), Maday (15), Thang (10), Guentzel (4) Pearce (30)Mar. 14 + NEBRASKA-OMAHA W, 1-0 White (9) Pearce (30)Mar. 21 ! vs. Northern Michigan W, 2-1 Lawson (4), Ryan (11) Pearce (21)Mar. 22 ! vs. #3 Michigan W, 5-2 Maday, (16) Ridderwall (16,17), Ryan (12), Minella (9) Pearce (28)Mar. 28 ? vs. Bemidji State L, 1-5 Kissel (6) Pearce (14)

Goaltender of recordNames in bold are game-winning/game-tying goalsHOME GAMES IN CAPS

* – Central Collegiate Hockey Association game % – Hall of Fame Game (Magness Arena, Denver, Colo.)$ – Shillelagh Tournament (Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Ill.)

+ – Second Round CCHA Playoffs (Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Ind.)! – CCHA Championship (Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.? – NCAA Midwest Regional (Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich.)

912 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

2008-09 University of Notre Dame HockeyRecord: 31-6-3 (Home: 13-3-2, Away: 14-2-1, Neutral: 4-1-0; CCHA: 21-4-3)

Shots Pen. Min.Date Opponent Result Score Attendance ND-Opp ND/Opp ND-PP Opp-PP

Oct. 11 % at #6 Denver L 2-5 6,600 25-31 9-18/9-18 0-8 2-8Oct. 17 SACRED HEART W 3-0 2,256 42-18 4-8/7-14 1-7 0-4Oct. 18 SACRED HEART W 7-0 2,171 28-17 8-16/10-31 3-9 0-8Oct. 24 * #10 MIAMI L 0-2 2,433 29-23 5-10/10-20 0-8 0-3Oct. 25 * #10 MIAMI L 2-3 2,433 19-24 10-20/11-22 0-8 2/7Oct. 31 * at Northern Michigan W 3-2 2,883 26-27 6-12/10-20 3-10 0-6

Nov. 1 * at Northern Michigan W 4-2 3,756 26-20 5-10/5-10 2-5 0-5Nov. 7 at #2 Boston College W 4-1 7,884 23-28 13-26/11-22 1-7 0-10Nov. 8 at Providence College W 4-1 2,003 28-27 2-4/3-6 0-3 0-2Nov. 14 * LAKE SUPERIOR T 3-3 (ot - SO win) 2,733 38-43 6-12/6-12 0-5 2-5Nov. 15 * LAKE SUPERIOR W 5-2 2,732 39-22 8-16/12-24 2-7 0-4Nov. 21 * BOWLING GREEN W 5-1 2,857 32-28 8-16/7-14 2-6 0-7Nov. 22 * at Bowling Green W 9-1 3,422 32-23 14-28/19-46 6-12 1-7Nov. 28 * WESTERN MICHIGAN W 4-1 2,857 49-22 5-10/4-8 4-4 0-5Nov. 29 * WESTERN MICHIGAN T 3-3 (ot - SO win) 2,571 38-28 5-10/6-12 2-5 1-4

Dec. 5 * at Ferris State W 3-1 1,396 27-31 8-16/11-33 2-8 1-6Dec. 6 * at Ferris State W 1-0 1,543 34-25 12-48/13/53 0-5 0-5Dec. 12 * at Bowling Green W 3-1 3,113 26-20 6-12/6-12 0-5 0-5Dec. 13 * BOWLING GREEN W 4-3 2,857 28-21 10-20/8-16 2-5 2-7

Jan. 2 $ vs. Union College W 3-1 2,429 27-21 1-2/4-8 1-4 1-1Jan. 3 $ vs. Minnesota-Duluth W 3-1 3,229 32-20 8-16/8-16 0-6 0-6Jan. 9 * #19 ALASKA W 2-0 2,857 30-16 10-20/10-20 1-5 0-5Jan. 10 * #19 ALASKA W 3-0 2,857 29-22 7-14/6-12 0-3 0-5Jan. 16 * at Lake Superior W 3-2 2,598 27-33 7-14/5-10 1-5 1-7Jan. 17 * at Lake Superior T 3-3 (ot - SO win) 2,468 35-14 4-8/6-12 1-6 1-4Jan. 30 * #7 MICHIGAN L 1-2 3,007 29-32 5-10/7-14 0-5 0-3Jan. 31 * at #7 Michigan W 3-2 6,893 22-38 4-8/4-8 0-2 2-2

Feb. 6 * at #15 Ohio State W 4-3 (ot) 6,571 23-20 2-4/5-21 3-5 0-2Feb. 7 * at #15 Ohio State L 1-4 6,031 33-30 4-8/6-12 1-6 1-4Feb. 13 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 9-5 2,882 33-22 4-8/7-25 6-8 1-4Feb. 14 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 5-2 2,857 33-19 6-12/8-16 4-8 0-6Feb. 20 * at Nebraska-Omaha W 4-3 (ot) 7,367 33-24 6-12/6-12 0-4 1-4Feb. 21 * at Nebraska-Omaha W 1-0 7,991 24-17 4-8/7-14 0-6 0-3Feb. 27 * MICHIGAN STATE W 5-0 2,857 31-15 5-10/3-6 1-1 0-3Feb. 28 * at Michigan State W 2-1 6,759 37-20 4-8/7-22 0-4 0-2

Mar. 13 + NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 5-0 2,819 31-30 6-12/5-10 1-4 0-5Mar. 14 + NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 1-0 2,857 24-30 4-8/3-6 0-2 0-3Mar. 20 ! vs. Northern Michigan W 2-1 11,043 36-22 4-8/5-10 1-5 0-3Mar. 21 ! vs. #4 Michigan W 5-2 19,126 34-30 4-8/6-12 0-6 0-4Mar. 28 % vs. Bemidji State L 1-5 4,052 35-19 5-10/4-8 0-4 1-5

HOME GAMES IN CAPSAverage Home Attendance: 2,703 (2,713 capacity)

* – Central Collegiate Hockey Association game % – Hall of Fame Game (Magness Arena, Denver, Colo.)$ – Shillelagh Tournament (Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Ill.)

+ – Second Round CCHA Playoffs (Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Ind.)! – CCHA Championship (Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.)% – NCAA Midwest Regional (Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich.)


SeasonStatistics

Goals Per Game ............................................3.38 Power-Play Pct. ........................ .226 (51-for-226) Record at Home ........................................31-6-3Goal Margin ................................................+1.65 Power Play Chances/Gm ................................5.65 Record in All Road Games ........................14-2-1Shots Per Game..............................................30.7 Power Play Goals/Gm ....................................1.28 Record in One-Goal Games ..........................11-2Opponent Shots Per Game ............................24.3 Power-Play/SHG Ratio ........................+47 (51-4) Record in Overtime ....................................2-0-3Shot Margin ..................................................+6.4 Penalty-Killing Pct. .................. .895 (170-of-190) When Scoring First ....................................24-2-2Penalties Per Game ........................................6.20 Opp. PP Chances/Gm ....................................4.75 When Outshooting Opponent ....................25-2-2First-Period Goal Ratio ......................+24 (45-21) Opp. PP Goals/Gm ........................................0.50 Ahead at 1st Intermission............................19-0-2Third-Period Goal Ratio ....................+25 (44-19) Penalty-Kill/SHG Ratio ......................+14 (20-6) Ahead at 2nd Intermission ..........................25-0-0

Miscellaneous Team Statistics

2008-09 University of Notre DameFinal Statistics (Overall)

Player GP G A Pts Shots Sh% Pen/Min PPG/A SHG/A GWG/A +/-

Erik Condra (Sr., RW) 40 13 25 38 102 .127 17/34 5/11 2/1 2/6 +11

Calle Ridderwall (So., LW) 40 17 15 32 95 .179 10/20 11/9 0/0 5/0 +2

Christian Hanson (Sr., C) 37 16 15 31 92 .174 14/28 6/7 1/0 5/4 +10

Kevin Deeth (Jr., C) 40 4 27 31 63 .063 16/32 3/14 1/1 0/4 +6

Billy Maday (Fr., RW) 39 16 14 30 108 .148 13/26 7/9 0/0 1/3 +5

Ben Ryan (So., C) 39 12 15 27 77 .156 15/30 3/8 0/0 5/2 +6

Ian Cole (So., D) 38 6 20 26 84 .071 29/58 3/9 0/1 2/3 +15

Brett Blatchford (Jr., D) 40 0 25 25 48 .000 10/28 0/14 0/0 0/6 +12

Kyle Lawson (Jr., D) 40 4 19 23 60 .067 22/44 3/7 1/0 1/8 +14

Ryan Thang (Jr., LW) 33 10 9 19 93 .108 18/36 4/4 1/0 2/4 +9

Garrett Regan (Sr., LW) 40 7 11 18 92 .076 4/8 1/0 0/0 2/3 +12

Dan Kissel (Jr., LW) 37 6 11 17 61 .098 7/14 2/3 0/1 2/3 +8

Christiaan Minella (Jr., RW) 38 9 7 16 52 .173 16/32 1/1 0/0 2/2 +8

Justin White (Sr., C) 38 9 6 15 47 .191 6/12 2/0 0/0 2/1 +7

Ryan Guentzel (So., RW) 40 4 7 11 56 .071 6/20 0/1 0/0 0/2 +9

Teddy Ruth (So., D) 36 2 5 7 32 .062 17/42 0/1 0/0 0/1 +11

Sean Lorenz (Fr., D) 40 0 3 3 31 .000 9/18 0/0 0/0 0/0 +7

Patrick Gaul (Fr., C) 15 0 2 2 15 .000 3/6 0/0 0/0 0/1 +1

Luke Lucyk (Sr., D) 38 0 2 2 16 .000 9/18 0/1 0/0 0/0 +10

Jordan Pearce (Sr., G) 39 0 2 2 0 .000 3/6 0/0 0/2 0/0 E

Nick Condon (Fr., D) 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 +1

Eric Ringel (Fr., D) 6 0 0 0 2 .000 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 +1

Richard Ryan (Fr., LW) 4 0 0 0 1 .000 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 -1

Team 40 0 0 0 0 .000 3/6 0/0 0/0 0/0 E

Total 40 135 240 375 1227 .110 248/520 51/99 6/6 31/53 +164

Opponents 40 69 109 178 972 .071 290/667 20 4 6 -180

Player GP/GS W L T Min. GA GAA Svs Sv % SO

Tom O’Brien (Jr.) 2/2 1 0 0 81:29 2 1.47 23 .920 1

Jordan Pearce (Sr.) 39/38 30 6 3 2326:20 65 1.68 880 .931 8

Empty Net 26 0 0 0 11:39 2 ---- 0 –– –

Total 40 31 6 3 2,419:28 69 1.71 903 .929 9

Opponents 40 6 31 3 2,419:28 1353 3.35 1,092 .890 1

Bold italics – non-returning player

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2008-09 University of Notre Dame CCHA Statistics

Player GP G A Pts Shots Sh% Pen/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-

Christian Hanson (Sr., C) 25 14 14 28 63 .222 8/16 5 1 4 +7

Calle Ridderwall (So., LW) 28 13 14 27 63 .206 8/16 11 0 4 E

Erik Condra (Sr., RW) 28 11 15 26 77 .143 13/26 4 2 1 +5

Billy Maday (Fr., RW) 27 11 12 23 74 .149 9/18 7 0 1 -2

Kevin Deeth (Jr., C) 28 2 20 22 49 .041 11/22 2 0 0 +1

Ben Ryan (So., C) 28 8 13 21 59 .136 12/24 2 0 2 +3

Brett Blatchford (Jr., D) 28 0 18 18 26 .000 8/24 0 0 0 +3

Ian Cole (So., D) 28 5 12 17 66 .076 23/46 2 0 2 +6

Kyle Lawson (Jr., D) 28 2 14 16 38 .053 14/28 2 0 1 +9

Garrett Regan (Sr., LW) 28 2 11 13 62 .032 3/6 1 0 0 +9

Christiaan Minella (Jr., RW) 27 7 5 12 35 .200 14/28 1 0 2 +8

Ryan Thang (Jr., LW) 21 5 6 11 57 .088 13/26 3 0 1 +3

Justin White (Sr., C) 26 6 3 9 36 .167 3/6 2 0 1 +2

Dan Kissel (Jr., LW) 25 4 5 9 42 .095 4/8 1 0 2 +2

Teddy Ruth (So., D) 28 2 5 7 26 .077 11/30 0 0 0 +5

Ryan Guentzel (So., RW) 28 3 3 6 42 .071 6/20 0 0 0 +3

Patrick Gaul (Fr., C) 13 0 2 2 13 .000 2/4 0 0 0 +2

Sean Lorenz (Fr., D) 28 0 2 2 19 .000 6/12 0 0 0 E

Luke Lucyk (Sr., D) 26 0 2 2 12 .000 8/16 0 0 0 +9

Jordan Pearce (Sr., G) 28 0 2 2 0 .000 3/6 0 0 0 E

Eric Ringel (Fr., D) 3 0 0 0 2 .000 0/0 0 0 0 E

Richard Ryan (Fr., LW) 3 0 0 0 1 .000 0/0 0 0 0 -1

Team 28 0 0 0 0 .000 1/2 0 0 0 E

Total 28 95 178 273 862 .110 180/384 43 3 21 +74Opponents 28 52 84 136 679 .077 215/506 16 3 4 -82

Player GP/GS W L T Min. GA GAA Svs Sv % SO

Jordan Pearce (Sr.) 28/27 21 4 3 1667:45 49 1.76 621 .927 5Tom O’Brien (Jr.) 1/1 0 0 0 23:15 2 5.16 6 .750 0Empty Net 17/0 0 0 0 8:28 1 ---- –– –– ––

Total 28 21 4 3 1699:28 51 1.84 627 .923 5Opponents 28 4 21 3 1699:28 95 3.35 767 .890 1

Bold italics – non-returning player

Goals By Period

OVERALL 1 2 3 OT Total CCHA 1 2 3 OT Total

Notre Dame 45 44 44 2 135 Notre Dame 30 34 29 2 95Opponents 21 29 19 0 69 Opponents 15 26 11 0 52

Shots By Period

OVERALL 1 2 3 OT Total CCHA 1 2 3 OT Total

Notre Dame 438 422 356 11 1227 Notre Dame 308 298 245 11 862Opponents 297 343 327 5 972 Opponents 207 240 227 5 679


GameCapsules

GAME 1October 11, 2008

Denver 5 • Notre Dame 2

USA Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Denver, Colo. – Fourth-ranked Notre Dame opened the2008-09 season, playing in the USA Hockey Hall of Famegame versus the University of Denver ... for the Irish itwas one day under six months since their previous gamein Denver, playing for the 2008 national championship ...versus the sixth-ranked Pioneers, on their home ice atMagness Arena, the two teams battled to a 1-1 tie after40 minutes before Denver scored three times in a 4:04span in the third period on the way to a 5-2 win in frontof 6,066 ... Denver freshman Luke Salazar led the waywith a three-point game, scoring a pair of goals with anassist for the Pioneers while Patrick Wiercoch, TylerRuegsegger and Anthony Maiani added single goals ...Irish freshman Billy Maday started the scoring in thegame and Justin White finished it with Kevin Deethadding a pair of assists ... Maday got the scoring startedat 3:30 of the first period when he scored on the first shotof his career ... Maday's goal on his first shot was the firsttime an Irish player accomplished that feat since TimWallace '06 did it in his first career game versusMinnesota-Duluth in 2002 ... Denver tied the game at 1-1 at the 13:57 mark when Ruegsegger one-timed apower-play goal past Jordan Pearce ... after a scorelesssecond period that saw Pearce make 11 saves and MarcCheverie saved the eight he faced, the Pioneer offensecame alive in the final stanza ... the Pioneers took thelead for good when Salazar capped off a three-on-twochance at 4:35 of the third for his first career goal and a2-1 Denver lead ... the freshman forward would make it3-1 at 6:53 when he flipped a power-play rebound overPearce for his second goal of the night ... Wiercoch closedout the three-goal run at 8:39 when his blistering shotthrough a screen found its way past Pearce for a 4-1 lead... Denver got its final goal of the night at 12:53 whenMaiani whipped a one-timer past Pearce to make it 5-1... White closed the scoring when he lifted the reboundof a Kevin Deeth shot over Cheverie with 52.3 secondsleft for the 5-2 final ... on the night, Denver fired 31 shotson Pearce who made 26 saves … Cheverie finished with23 saves in the win.

1 2 3 F#4 Notre Dame 1 0 1 – 2#6 Denver 1 0 4 – 5

1st: ND: Billy Maday 1 (Kevin Deeth), 3:30; DU: TylerRuegsegger 1 (Tyler Bozak), PPG, 13:57. 2nd: NoScoring. 3rd: DU: Luke Salazar 1 (Patrick Mullen), 4:35;DU: Salazar 2 (Kyle Ostrow, Jesse Martin), PPG, 7:15;DU: Patrick Wiercioch 1 (Rhett Rakhshani, Mullen),8:39; DU: Anthony Maiani 1 (Bozak, Salazar), 12:53; ND:Justin White (Deeth), 19:07.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:57) 8 -11 - 7 - 26DU: Marc Cheverie (59:57) 6 - 7 - 10 - 23

Power Play: ND: 0-8; DU: 2-8Penalties: ND: 9 for 18 min.; DU: 9 for 18 min.Attendance: 6,066


Notre Dame 3 • Sacred Heart 0

Notre Dame, Ind. – The Notre Dame hockey teamopened the 2008-09 home schedule versus Sacred Heartfrom Atlantic Hockey and didn't disappoint, handing thePioneers a 3-0 shutout in front of 2,256 fans at the JoyceCenter ... senior Erik Condra paced the Notre Dameattack, notching a power-play goal and assist while juniorKyle Lawson added a short-handed marker and seniorChristian Hanson closed the scoring with an empty netgoal in the 3-0 win ... senior goaltender Jordan Pearceturned aside all 18 shots he faced on the night to recordhis first shutout of the year and the fifth of his career ...Sacred Heart goaltender Stefan Drew made 39 saves inthe game as Notre Dame out shot the Pioneers by a 42-18 margin ... the victory improved the Irish to 1-1-0 onthe year while Sacred Heart fell to 0-3-0 ... Condra gotthe Irish on the scoreboard at 15:09 of the first period,picking up Notre Dame’s first power-play goal of the sea-son ... less than five minutes later, the Irish made it 2-0when Lawson beat the Sacred Heart defense and blistereda shot past Drew for a short-handed tally at 19:48 ... theIrish continued to pour the shots on Drew but could notscore as they owned a 30-8 edge after two periods ... withDrew on the bench in the final minute, Notre Damescored an empty-net goal with Calle Ridderwall and IanCole each chopping the puck out of the Irish zone toHanson in the neutral zone and the 6-4 center icemandirected it down the ice in to the goal for his first of theyear and the 3-0 final score ... Notre Dame out shotSacred Heart, 42-18, in the game ... the shutout movedJordan Pearce into third on ND’s all-time shutout listwith five ... the home-opening win improved the Irish to23-17-1 in home openers.

1 2 3 FSacred Heart 0 0 0 – 0#8 Notre Dame 2 0 1 – 3

1st: ND: Erik Condra 1 (Ryan Thang), PPG, 15:09; ND:Kyle Lawson 1 (Kevin Deeth, Condra), 19:48. 2nd: NoScoring. 3rd: ND: Christian Hanson 1 (Ian Cole, CalleRidderwall), ENG, 19:43.

Saves: SHU: Stefan Drew (59:49) 13 - 15 - 11 - 39ND: Jordan Pearce (59:48) 4 - 4 - 10 - 18

Power Play: SHU: 0-4; ND: 1-8Penalties: SHU: 7 for 14 min.; ND: 4 for 8 min.Attendance: 2,256


Notre Dame 7 • Sacred Heart 0

Notre Dame, Ind. – For the second night in a row,Notre Dame blanked Sacred Heart, this time by a 7-0score in front of 2,171 fans at the Joyce Center ... six dif-ferent players got on the scoreboard for the Irish withRyan Thang leading the way with a pair of goals ... IanCole, Billy Maday, Christiaan Minella, Erik Condra andKevin Deeth each had single goals on the night ... in goal,junior Tom O’Brien, making just his first career start, madethe most of it, turning away all 17 shots he faced in pick-ing up his first career win between the pipes for NotreDame ... in doing so, he became the first Notre Damegoaltender to record a shutout in his first career game ...the back-to-back shutouts were the first for the Irish sinceOct. 27-28, 2006 when they blanked Army and Air Forceon consecutive nights at the first Lightning CollegeHockey Classic ... the win improved Notre Dame to 2-1-0 on the season while the Pioneers fell to 0-4-0 ... Thangopened the scoring with a short-handed goal at 3:37 as hewas set up by Dan Kissel on a two-on-one ... Cole madeit 2-0 with a power-play blast from the point at 7:50 ... theIrish blew open the game in the second period, scoringfour times with Maday, Thang (ppg), Minella and Condraeach beating Pioneers’ goaltender Olivier St. Onge ...Deeth closed the scoring at 15:03 of the third period withthe third Irish power-play goal of the night for the finalscore of 7-0 ... Notre Dame was 3-for-9 on the power-playfor the night ... the Irish out shot Sacred Heart, 28-17, inthe game with St. Onge making 21 saves.

1 2 3 FSacred Heart 0 0 0 – 0#8 Notre Dame 2 4 1 – 7

1st: ND: Ryan Thang 1 (Dan Kissel), SHG, 3:37; ND:Ian Cole 1 (Erik Condra, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 7:50.2nd: ND: Billy Maday 2 (unassisted), 00:17; ND: Thang 2(Cole, Lawson), PPG, 3:02; ND: Christiaan Minella 1(Brett Blatchford), 13:32; ND: Condra 2 (Kevin Deeth,Kissel), 17:27. 3rd: ND: Deeth 1 (Condra, Cole), PPG,15:03.

Saves: SHU: Olivier St. Onge (59:42) 6 - 8 - 7 - 21ND: Tom O’Brien (58:14) 6 - 5 - 6 - 17

Power Play: SHU: 0-8; ND: 3-9Penalties: SHU: 10 for 31 min.; ND: 8 for 16 min.Attendance: 2,171

Junior goaltenderTom O’Brien made 17stops in his firstcareer start - a 7-0win over SacredHeart. O’Brienbecame the first Irishgoaltender to recorda shutout in his firstgame.

952 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y


Miami 2 • Notre Dame 0

Notre Dame, Ind. – Tenth-ranked Miami handed NotreDame some of its own medicine as the two teams openedthe CCHA schedule with the RedHawks blanking theIrish, 2-0, in front of 2,192 at the Joyce Center ... freshmangoaltender Cody Riechard stopped all 29 shots he facedand Miami got goals from Pat Cannone and Gary Steffes tohand Notre Dame its first home shutout since March 4,2006, a 1-0 loss to Alaska in the first round of the CCHAplayoffs ... the loss evened the Irish record at 2-2-0 overallwith a 0-1-0-0 record in conference play ... Miami goes to2-1-2 on the year and 2-0-1-0 in the CCHA ... the RedHawks got the only goal they would need at 5:05 of thefirst period when Cannone and linemate Andy Miele com-bined on a two-on-one with Cannone getting his third goalof the young season ... almost one period later at 5:02 ofthe second stanza, Miami made it 2-0 with Miele feedingSteffes all alone in front where he one-timed a blast pastJordan Pearce for his fourth goal of the season and the finalscoring on the night ... Notre Dame had its chances on thenight as the Irish out shot Miami by a 29-23 margin. TheIrish also went 0-for-8 on the power play, getting 15 shotswith the man advantage, but couldn't get the puck behindReichard who recorded his first career shutout in just histhird collegiate start ... the shutout was the third consecu-tive shutout at the Joyce Center as the Irish blanked SacredHeart, 3-0 and 7-0 on Oct. 17-18.

1 2 3 F#10 Miami 1 1 0 – 2 #8 Notre Dame 0 0 0 – 0

1st: MU: Pat Cannone 4 (Andy Miele), 5:05. 2nd: MU:Gary Steffes 4 (Miele), 5:02. 3rd: No Scoring.

Saves: MU: Cody Reichard (60:00) 11 - 10 - 8 - 29ND: Jordan Pearce (58:38) 9 - 5 - 7 - 21

Power Play: MU 0-3; ND: 0-8.Penalties: MU: 10 for 20 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 2,192


Miami 3 • Notre Dame 2

Notre Dame, Ind. – For the second night in a row, afreshman goaltender backstopped the Miami RedHawksto a win over Notre Dame ... Connor Knapp stopped 17of 19 shots on the night while the RedHawks killed eightIrish power-play chances on the way to a 3-2 win at theJoyce Center ... Miami used power-play goals from GarySteffes and Justin Mercier to build a 2-0 lead and tackedon an even strength goal from Alexandre Lacombe in thevictory ... sophomore Ian Cole and senior ChristianHanson scored Notre Dame’s goals in the game withHanson’s coming at 18:34 of the third with the goal-tender pulled in favor of a sixth attacker ... the win gavethe RedHawks a sweep in the series and moved Miamito 3-1-2 overall and 3-1-0-0 in the CCHA ... the Irish fellto 2-3-0 on the year and 0-2-0-0 in league action ... theRedHawks started the scoring at 10:40 of the first periodwhen Steffes deflected an Andy Miele shot past JordanPearce on the power play ... Cole evened the score at the15:48 mark when he hammered a shot past Knapp tomake it 1-1 ... the score stayed that way until late in thesecond period as Miami dominated play, out shootingNotre Dame by a 15-2 margin ... the RedHawks took thelead for good at 17:10 when Mercier capped off a neatpassing play with Carter Camper and Pat Cannone for apower-play marker ... the lead would go to 3-1 at 18:32when Alexandre Lacombe tucked a rebound past Pearcefor his second goal of the season ... Hanson whipped ashot past Knapp with 1:26 left in the game for his secondof the year and the 3-2 final ... Miami out shot NotreDame, 24-19 in the game with Pearce making 21 saves onthe night.

1 2 3 F#10 Miami 1 2 0 – 3#8 Notre Dame 1 0 1 – 2

1st: MU: Gary Steffes 5 (Andy Miele, Tommy Wingels),PPG, 10:40; ND: Ian Cole 2 (Calle Ridderwall, BillyMaday), 15:45. 2nd: MU: Justin Mercier 2 (CarterCamper, Pat Cannone), PPG, 17:10; MU: AlexandreLacombe 2 (Brandon Smith, Bill Loupee), 18:32. 3rd: ND:Christian Hanson 2 (Erik Condra, Sean Lorenz), EX, 18:34.

Saves: MU: Connor Knapp (59:23) 7 - 2 - 8 - 17ND: Jordan Pearce (58:35) 1 - 13 - 7 - 21

Power Play: MU: 2-7; ND: 0-8Penalties: MU: 11 for 22 min.; ND: 10 for 20 min.Attendance: 2,433


Notre Dame 3 • No. Michigan 2

Marquette, Mich. – Having lost a pair of home gamesto Miami, Notre Dame took to the road for a pair atNorthern Michigan ... in the opening game of the series,the Irish combined stellar special-teams play and stronggoaltending from Jordan Pearce to pull out a 3-2 winover the Wildcats at the Berry Events Center ... all threeNotre Dame goals came via the power play with RyanThang, Dan Kissel and Christian Hanson lighting thelamp ... on the other side, the Irish killed all sevenNorthern Michigan power-play chances as Pearcestopped 24-of-26 shots in the contest ... the win evenedNotre Dame's overall record at 3-3-0 and gave the Irishtheir first CCHA victory of the season at 1-2-0-0 ...Northern opened the scoring at 5:47 of the openingperiod as Tim Hartung split the defense and saw his shotfrom in close trickle through Pearce’s pads ... NotreDame would snap an 0-for-17 power-play drought at12:20 of the first when Thang drilled a one-timer pastWildcat goaltender Bill Stewart ... Kissel would make it2-1 at 4:34 of the second when he snapped a wrist shotpast Stewart for a power-play goal, his first of the season... Hanson made it 3-1 at 7:20 of the third period whenhe deflected a Brett Blatchford shot (two assists in thegame) over Stewart’s shoulder for his third goal of theseason ... the Wildcats battled back to cut the lead to 3-2 with just under eight minutes left when NathanSigmund batted the rebound of a Ben Lindenmulderpoint shot past Pearce at 12:32 ... Stewart finished thenight with 24 ... Notre Dame was 3-for-10 on the powerplay while Northern Michigan was 0-for-7.

1 2 3 F#13 Notre Dame 1 1 1 – 3Northern Michigan 1 0 1 – 2

1st: NMU: Tim Hartung 1 (Gregor Hanson, BlakeCosgrove), 5:47; ND: Ryan Thang 3 (Ben Ryan, Ian Cole),PPG, 12:20. 2nd: ND: Dan Kissel 1 (Brett Blatchford, BillyMaday), PPG, 4:44. 3rd: ND: Christian Hanson 3(Blatchford, Kevin Deeth), PPG, 7:29; NMU: NathanSigmund 1 (Ben Lindenmulder, Erik Gustafsson), 12:32.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:55) 9 - 7 - 9 – 25NMU: Brian Stewart (58:39) 8 - 11 - 4 – 23

Power Play: ND: 3-10; NMU: 0-6Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 min.; NMU: 10 for 20 min.Attendance: 2,883

Senior center Christian Hanson picked up hisfirst of five game-winning goals in the 5-2 winat Northern Michigan on Nov. 1.


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GAME 7November 1, 2008

Notre Dame 4 • Northern Michigan 2

Marquette, Mich. –What a difference a week made forNotre Dame ... after dropping two in a row at home theprevious weekend to Miami, the Irish put it all togetherfor a weekend sweep at Northern Michigan ... NotreDame got power-play goals from Kyle Lawson and BillyMaday, a sixth attacker goal from Ian Cole and an even-strength marker from Calle Ridderwall to build a 4-0lead late in the second period before the Wildcats wouldrally with goals from Ray Kaunisto and Phil Fox for thefinal of 4-2 ... Jordan Pearce turned in his second stronggame of the weekend, making 18 saves in the win to helpthe Irish improve to 4-3-0 overall and 2-2-0-0 in confer-ence action ... Lawson got the scoring started with apower-play goal at 5:14 of the first period, one of fiveIrish power-play goals on the weekend ... Notre Damewould then run off three second-period goals to open a4-0 lead ... Maday picked up the second Irish power-playgoal of the night at 6:34 when he tucked the rebound ofa Hanson deflection past Bill Stewart for his third goal ofthe year ... Notre Dame’s lead would go to 3-0 on adelayed penalty at 11:32 when Cole hammered a slapshotpast Stewart from the top of the left circle for his thirdgoal of the year ... Ridderwall made it 4-0 at 15:31 whenhe deflected a pass from Maday over Stewart for his firstgoal of the season ... Blatchford assisted on the goal forhis second, two-assist game of the weekend ... theWildcats broke Pearce’s shutout bid with 14 seconds leftin the second period as Ray Kaunisto lifted a reboundover the Notre Dame goaltender to make it a 4-1 game... Northern got the lone goal of the third period at 14:58when Fox banged an Andrew Cherniwchan rebound pastPearce to cut the lead to 4-2 ... Notre Dame out shot theWildcats, 26-20, in the game while going 2-for-5 on thepower play.

1 2 3 F#13 Notre Dame 1 3 0 – 4Northern Michigan 0 1 1 – 2

1st: ND: Kyle Lawson 2 (Ryan Thang), PPG, 5:14. 2nd:Billy Maday 3 (Christian Hanson, Brett Blatchford), PPG,6:34; ND: Ian Cole 3 (Lawson, Hanson), EX, 11:32; NMU:Ray Kaunisto 3 (Matt Butcher, Mike Maltese), 19:46. 3rd:NMU: Phil Fox 2 (Andrew Cherniwchan, Justin Florek),14:58.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:48) 4 - 8 - 6 - 18NMU: Brian Stewart (59:04) 8 - 9 - 5 - 22

Power Play: ND: 2-5; NMU: 0-5Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 min.; NMU: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 3,756


Notre Dame 4 • Boston College 1

Chestnut Hill, Mass. – For the third time in the last five years,the Notre Dame hockey team visited Boston College to face ahighly ranked, high-powered team at Kelley Rink in front of asellout crowd of 7,884 ... goaltender Jordan Pearce stopped 27-of-28 shots he faced and the Irish got goals from GarrettRegan, Christian Hanson, Billy Maday and Kevin Deeth in a 4-1 win while Brock Bradford scored the lone Boston Collegemarker ... Notre Dame killed all eight Boston College powerplays and were 1-for-7 with their own ... the win improved the12th-ranked Irish to 5-3-0 overall while the second-rankedEagles fell to 5-2-0 overall ... in the last six meetings betweenthe two teams, Notre Dame is now 4-1-1 going back to the2002-03 season, with three of those wins coming with theEagles ranked No. 1 in the nation ... Regan provided the sparkthat got the Notre Dame offense going when he scored on abreakaway just 4:20 into the game, beating goaltender JohnMuse with a shot under the crossbar ... Boston College tied thegame early in the middle period when Brock Bradford one-timed a nice drop pass from Benn Ferriero past Pearce for hisseventh goal of the season at 5:41 ... the Irish would retake thelead just 1:07 later when Hanson tucked the rebound of DanKissel’s shot under Muse at 6:48 for a power-play goal thatmade it a 2-1 game ... Maday built the lead to 3-1 at the 10:04mark when his shot from the slot was stopped by Muse, but therebound went off a BC defender and into the goal ... thedefenses shut things down in the third period and the Irishclosed the scoring with an empty-net goal by Deeth at the17:49 mark for the 4-1 final score ... the Eagles out shot NotreDame by a 28-23 margin with Muse finishing the night with19 saves ... the win extended Notre Dame’s winning streak tothree games with all three wins coming on the road.

1 2 3 F#12 Notre Dame 1 2 1 – 4#2 Boston College 0 1 0 – 1

1st: ND: Garrett Regan 1 (Justin White, Ryan Guentzel),4:40. 2nd: BC: Brock Bradford 7 (Benn Ferriero, BrianGibbons), 5:41; ND: Christian Hanson 4 (Dan Kissel,Brett Blatchford), PPG, 6:48; ND: Billy Maday 4 (IanCole), 10:04. 3rd: ND: Kevin Deeth 2 (unassisted), SHG,ENG, 17:49. Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:51) 11 - 10 - 6 - 27

BC: John Muse (59:25) 7 - 9 - 3 - 19Power Play: ND: 1-7; BC: 0-10Penalties: ND: 13 for 26 min.; BC: 11 for 22 min.Attendance: 7,884 (sellout)


Notre Dame 4 • Providence 1

Providence, R.I. – Senior left wing Garrett Regan continuedhis hot play on the road, scoring a pair of goals to lead NotreDame to a 4-1 win at Schneider Arena to run the team’s win-ning streak to four games ... Calle Ridderwall and Ryan Thangscored insurance goals as goaltender Jordan Pearce stopped 26-of-27 shots as the Irish improved to 6-3-0 overall ... NotreDame’s offense got off to a slow start as Providence dominatedthe early play ... the Irish broke through at the 17:12 markwhen Regan got his first of the night, redirecting a RyanGuentzel shot past Friars’ goaltender Justin Gates for a 1-0 lead... Regan would make it 2-0 at 7:36 of the second period whenhe tucked the rebound of Justin White’s shot inside the left postfor his second goal of the night and third of the weekend ...Providence snapped the shutout at 8:47 of the third periodwhen Matt Berglund snapped a shot past Pearce from the bot-tom of the right circle for his second goal of the season ... NotreDame answered back just 1:13 later when Ridderwall snappedhis second goal of the season from between the hashmarks tobeat Gates at the 10-minute mark ... the Irish then closed outthe scoring at 19:30 as Thang scored into an empty net for hisfourth goal of the season and the 4-1 win ... Notre Dame outshot the Friars, 27-26, on the night with Gates finishing with 24saves in the game ... the Irish were 0-for-3 on the power playwhile Providence was 0-for-2.

1 2 3 F#12 Notre Dame 1 1 2 – 4Providence College 0 0 1 – 1

1st: ND: Garrett Regan 2 (Justin White), 17:21. 2nd:ND: Regan 3 (White, Ryan Guentzel), 7:36. 3rd: PC:Matt Berglund 2 (John Cavanagh, Ian O’Connor), 8:47;ND: Calle Ridderwall 2 (Billy Maday, Kevin Deeth), 10:00;ND: Ryan Thang 4 (Erik Condra, Kyle Lawson), ENG,19:30.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:53) 7 - 9 - 16 - 32PC: Justin Gates (58:40) 10 - 8 - 6 - 24

Power Play: ND: 0-3; PC: 0-2Penalties: ND: 2 for 4 min.; PC: 3 for 6 min.Attendance: 2,003

Speedy senior leftwing Garrett Reganscored once in the4-1 win at BostonCollege and thentwice the followingnight in a 4-1 win atProvidence College.The three-goalweekend earnedhim CCHA offensiveplayer of the weekhonors for the weekending Nov. 9.

972 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y


Notre Dame 5 • Lake Superior 2

Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame got goals from fivedifferent players and ran its unbeaten streak to six games(5-0-1) with a 5-2 win over Lake Superior State in frontof a sellout crowd at the Joyce Center ... Billy Maday,Erik Condra, Christiaan Minella, Teddy Ruth and CalleRidderwall each scored single goals as the Irish overcamefirst-period deficits of 1-0 and 2-1 to roll to the three-goal victory ... Ridderwall turned in a career high three-point game with a goal and two assists while BrettBlatchford, Christian Hanson and Kevin Deeth alsochipped in two-assist games ... Lake Superior got both itsgoals in the first period from Josh Sim and Zac MacVoy(shg) ... the victory improves the Irish to 7-3-1 overalland 3-2-1-1 in CCHA play, good for eight points in sixleague contests ... Sim started the scoring for the Lakerswith a goal at 5:06 ... Maday answered for Notre Dameless than three minutes later when picked up his fifth ofthe season at 7:47 from Deeth and Ridderwall to makeit 1-1 ... the Irish followed with three power-play chancesin the period but it would be Lake Superior that scoredas MacVoy converted a Notre Dame turnover at the blueline on a power play into a short-handed goal at 15:09and the Lakers had a 2-1 lead ... that lead lasted less thanfour minutes as the Irish finally converted with the manadvantage as Condra tied the game at 2-2 as he whippeda centering pass behind Brian Mahoney-Wilson for histhird tally of the season ... the defense stiffened in the sec-ond period and Notre Dame took the lead for good at12:14 when Minella poked a rebound from the right sidepast Mahoney-Wilson for his second goal of the week-end ... Ruth made it 4-2 at 7:33 of the third when hedrilled a shot from the top of the right circle andRidderwall closed out his three-point game with apower-play goal at 17:31 of the third for the 5-2 finalscore ... the Irish out shot Lake Superior, 39-22, in thegame with Mahoney-Wilson making 34 saves ... Pearcerecorded 20 saves in the victory after making 40 the pre-vious night.

1 2 3 FLake Superior 2 0 0 – 2#9 Notre Dame 2 1 2 – 5

1st: LSSU: Josh Sim 3 (Tyson Robbins), 5:06; ND: BillyMaday 5 (Kevin Deeth, Calle Ridderwall), 7:47; LSSU: ZacMacVoy 6 (unassisted), SHG, 15:09; ND: Erik Condra 3(Garrett Regan, Justin White), PPG, 19:44. 2nd: ND:Christiaan Minella 3 (Christian Hanson, Brett Blatchford),12:14. 3rd: ND: Teddy Ruth 1 (Deeth, Ridderwall), 7:33;ND: Ridderwall 3 (Hanson, Blatchford), PPG, 17:31.

Saves: LSSU: B. Mahoney-Wilson (60:00) 14 - 9 - 11 - 34ND: Jordan Pearce (59:44) 7 - 7 - 6 - 20

Power Play: LSSU: 0-4; ND: 2-7 Penalties: LSSU: 12 for 24 min.; ND: 8 for 16 min.Attendance: 2,732 (sellout)


Notre Dame 5 • Bowling Green 1

Notre Dame, Ind. – Senior center Christian Hansonrecorded the first three-point game (2g, 1a) of his careerand linemates Christiaan Minella (1g, 1a) and GarrettRegan (2a) picked up two points each as Notre Damedefeated Bowling Green, 5-1 ... the win ran the Irishunbeaten streak to seven games (6-0-1) ... joining Hansonand Minella on the scoreboard for Notre Dame wereJustin White and Billy Maday (ppg) as the Irish played infront of their third consecutive sellout crowd (2,857) atthe Joyce Center ... Brandon Svendsen's second-periodshort-handed goal was the only blemish on Irish goal-tender Jordan Pearce's 27-save victory ... the winimproved Notre Dame to 8-3-1 on the season and 4-2-


Notre Dame 3 • Lake Superior 3 (ot)

Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame returned home forthe first time in three weeks and gave Irish hockey fanssomething new as they downed Lake Superior State, 4-3in the CCHA’s new shootout ... the two teams battled toa 3-3 tie after 65 minutes of action giving them each onepoint in the standings ... from there, the two teams eachtook four shots with the Irish prevailing, 2-1 in theshootout ... Christiaan Minella, Ben Ryan and RyanGuentzel offset Laker goals by Simon Gysbers, NathanPerkovich and Josh Sim in the 3-3 portion of the game... Notre Dame goaltender Jordan Pearce made a career-high 40 saves in the first 65 minutes and then stoppedthree-of-four Lake Superior chances in the shootout forthe win while Brian Mahoney-Wilson had 35 saves forthe Lakers ... Minella opened the scoring at 7:25 of thefirst period with his second goal of the season ... theLakers answered back with a pair of goals in a 3:03 spanin the second period as Gysbers ripped a slapshot pastPearce just 55 seconds into the stanza while Perkovichconverted a pass from Steven Kaunisto at 3:03 for thelead ... Ryan would even the score at 5:36 with an assistto Brett Blatchford to make it 2-2 ... Lake Superiorwould retake the lead midway through the third periodas Josh Sim converted a Fred Cassiani centering pass at9:17 for his second of the year ... Guentzel knotted thescore at 3-3 at 10:22 when he followed a Justin Whiteshot for his first goal of the season ... the score remainedtied the rest of the way, sending the game to a shootout... in the shootout (teams alternate three penalty shotsfrom center ice ... if the score remains tied, its suddendeath until a winner is found), after Ben Ryan missed forND, Kaunisto beat Pearce for a 1-0 edge ... Dan Kisselmissed the second shot for the Irish and Rick Schofieldwas stopped for the Lakers ... in the third round, BillyMaday tied the score 1-1 and Troy Schwab was stopped... Calle Ridderwall made it 2-1 in favor of the Irish insudden death and then Pearce stopped Nathan Perkovichto give the Irish the extra point ... the tie improved NotreDame to 6-3-1 overall and 2-2-1-1 in the CCHA (sixpoints).

1 2 3 OT – FLake Superior State 0 2 1 0 – 3#9 Notre Dame 1 1 1 0 – 3

1st: ND: Christiaan Minella 2 (Garrett Regan, JustinWhite), 7:25. 2nd: LSSU: Simon Gysbers 2 (Zac MacVoy,Matt Cowie), 00:55; LSSU: Nathan Perkovich 3 (StevenKaunisto), 3:03; ND: Ben Ryan 1 (Brett Blatchford), 5:36.3rd: LSSU: Josh Sim 2 (Fred Cassiani, Troy Schwab), 9:17;ND: Ryan Guentzel 1 (Justin White, Kyle Lawson), 10:22.Overtime: No Scoring. Shootout - ND - Ryan (miss);LSSU - Kaunisto (goal); ND - Dan Kissel (miss); LSSU -Rick Schofield (miss); ND - Billy Maday (goal); LSSU -Schwab (miss); ND - Calle Ridderwall (goal); LSSU -Perkovich (miss). Notre Dame wins shootout, 2-1.

Saves: LSSU: B. Mahoney-Wilson (64:58) 13 - 9 - 10 - 3 - 35ND: Jordan Pearce (65:00) 13 - 13 - 10 - 4 - 40

Power Play: LSSU: 2-5; ND: 0-5Penalties: LSSU: 6 for 12 min.; ND: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 2,733 (sellout)

Freshman Billy Maday scored Notre Dame’s first shootoutgoal on Nov. 14 as the Irish won their first-ever shootoutagainst Lake Superior State. Calle Ridderwall followedMaday with the game winner to give Notre Dame anextra point in the CCHA standings.

1-1 in the CCHA, good for 10 points in the standings... the Irish have defeated Bowling Green nine straightgames and are unbeaten in the last 13 meetings (12-0-1) between the two schools, dating back to the start ofthe 2005-06 season ... Hanson, who recorded the sec-ond two-goal game of his career, opened the scoringat 16:04 when he steered a Kevin Deeth centering passbetween Falcons’ goaltender Billy Spratt’s pads for a 1-0 Irish lead ... White made it 2-0 at 19:06 of the firstperiod when he unleashed a one-timer from the top ofthe face-off circle ... Bowling Green cut the lead to 2-1 at 4:32 of the second period when David Solwayintercepted a pass on Notre Dame’s power play andfed the puck to Svendsen who beat Jordan Pearce ona breakaway at 5:03 ... the Irish got that goal back onthe remaining portion of the power play as Madayscored from the left point at 6:09 for his sixth goal anda 3-1 lead ... Notre Dame would add two more goalsin the period as Minella scored off a Hanson reboundat 17:49 and then Hanson closed the scoring with hissecond of the night at the 19:59 mark and the Irish led,5-1, after two periods of play ... the Irish out shot theFalcons, 32-28, in the game with Pearce and Spratteach making 27 saves ... Pearce is now 6-0-1 in the lastseven games with a 1.70 goals-against average and a.938 save percentage.

1 2 3 FBowling Green 0 1 0 – 1#6 Notre Dame 2 3 0 – 5

1st: ND: Christian Hanson 5 (Kevin Deeth, CalleRidderwall), PPG, 16:04: ND: Justin White 2 (RyanGuentzel, Kyle Lawson), 19:06. 2nd: BGSU: BrandonSvendsen 6 (David Solway), SHG, 5:03; ND: Billy Maday6 (Brett Blatchford, Ridderwall), PPG, 6:09; ND:Christiaan Minella 4 (Hanson, Regan), 17:49; ND:Hanson 6 (Regan, Minella), 19:59. 3rd: No Scoring.

Saves: BGSU: Jimmy Spratt (60:00) 12 - 7 - 8 - 27ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 10 - 4 - 13 - 27

Power Play: BGSU: 0-7; ND: 2-6 Penalties: BGSU: 7 for 14 min.; ND: 8 for 16 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)


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Bowling Green, Ohio – Notre Dame’s special teamsput on a clinic at Bowling Green as the Irish scored sixpower-play goals on 12 chances and added a short-handed tally for good measure on the way to a 9-1 vic-tory over the Falcons at the BGSU Ice Arena ...sophomore Calle Ridderwall paced the Notre Dameattack, scoring twice and adding two assists for the firstfour-point game of his career with both goals coming viathe power play ... Christian Hanson also scored twiceand added an assist for his second consecutive three-point night ... in all, 14 of the 18 Notre Dame skatersdressed for the game collected at least one point ...rounding out the goal scorers were Billy Maday (ppg),Ben Ryan (ppg), Ryan Guentzel, Erik Condra (shg) andJustin White (ppg) ... the Falcons got their lone goal inthe first period on a Nick Bailen power-play tally for theonly dent in Notre Dame goaltender Jordan Pearce's 22-save night ... after dropping a 5-1 decision the previousnight, the Falcons came out hitting on their home ice,looking to send a message to the Irish ... the parade tothe penalty box started just 18 seconds into the gamewhen seven players were banished after a skirmish infront of the Bowling Green bench ... the two teams com-bined for 33 penalties (14 by the Irish and 19 by theFalcons) ... the win improved Notre Dame's unbeatenstreak to eight games (7-0-1) and gave the Irish a five-game road winning streak ... on the year Notre Dame


Notre Dame 4 • Western Michigan 1

Notre Dame, Ind. –The Notre Dame power play con-tinued to fire on all cylinders as the Irish went four-for-four with the man advantage to hand Western Michigana 4-1 loss in front of a sold out Joyce Center ... sopho-more Calle Ridderwall continued his torrid play as herecorded his second consecutive four-point game, gettinga pair of power-play goals while assisting on two others... freshman Billy Maday added a power-play goal andassisted on another and junior Kevin Deeth started theIrish scoring with a first-period power-play goal that tiedthe game at 1-1 ... senior Christian Hanson recorded histhird consecutive three-point game, assisting on three ofthe four Notre Dame goals ... the victory ran the Irishunbeaten streak to nine games (8-0-1) since Oct. 31 andimproved Notre Dame to 10-3-1 overall and 6-2-1-1 inthe CCHA, good for 14 points and a share of secondplace ... after being held scoreless on the power play onNov. 14 versus Lake Superior State, the Irish have nowgone 14-for-29 (48.3%) with the man advantage in thelast four games and 10-for-16 (62.5%) in the last twocontests ... in the game, Notre Dame peppered Broncogoaltender Jerry Kuhn with a season-high 49 shots ... theBroncos took the opening lead when Max Campbellscore on a rebound from the high slot at 10:09 for a 1-0advantage ... the Irish answered back on their first power-play chance when Deeth tucked a wrist shot under thecross bar, beating Kuhn for his third goal of the season ...in the second period, each time Western Michigan wouldtake a penalty, Ridderwall made the Broncos pay as hescored a pair of power-play goals ... the first came just2:02 into the middle stanza when Maday found his for-mer Chicago Chill teammate on the right post where hedeflected it past Kuhn for a 2-1 Notre Dame lead ... theSwedish left wing was at it again late in the period whenhe got his second of the night and seventh of the year at17:48 for a two-goal lead ... the third period sawRidderwall set up the goal (second assist of the night)when he centered a pass to Hanson who slid it across thecrease where Maday tucked it past Kuhn for the final goalof the game ... Kuhn finished the night with 45 saves to21 for Jordan Pearce in the Irish goal ... Ridderwall nowhas 13 points in his last four games (5g, 8a) while Hansonhas 11 (4g, 7a) in those same games.

1 2 3 FWestern Michigan 1 0 0 – 1#2 Notre Dame 1 2 1 – 4

1st: WMU: Max Campbell 4 (Steve Silver, DerekRoehl), 10:09; ND: Kevin Deeth 3 (Christian Hanson,Calle Ridderwall), PPG, 17:13. 2nd: ND: Ridderwall 6(Billy Maday), PPG, 2:02; ND: Ridderwall 7 (Hanson, BrettBlatchford), PPG, 17:48. 3rd: ND: Maday 8 (Ridderwall,Hanson), PPG, 6:19.

Saves:WMU: Jerry Kuhn (59:58) 15 - 21 - 9 - 45ND: Jordan Pearce (59:47) 6 - 9 - 6 - 21

Power Play: WMU: 0-5; ND: 4-4Penalties:WMU: 4 for 8 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)

Sophomore left wing CalleRidderwall had a career-best

four-point night (2g, 2a) inNotre Dame’s 9-1 win at

Bowling Green on Nov. 22.The Irish scored six times on

the power play that night withRidderwall getting two of them.

Fourteen of the 18 skaters inthe lineup that night had at

least one point.

improves 9-3-1 overall and 5-2-1-1 in the CCHA, goodfor 12 points and a share of second place in the confer-ence ... the win is the 10th straight for Notre Dame overthe Falcons, dating back to the start of the 2006-07 sea-son and the Irish are 13-0-1 versus Bowling Green sincethe start of the 2005-06 season ... the nine-goal outburstis the first for the Irish since Nov. 10, 2005 when theyhung a 9-4 loss on the Falcons ... the Irish finished thenight six-for-12 on the power play.

1 2 3 F#6 Notre Dame 1 2 6 – 9Bowling Green 1 0 0 – 1

1st: ND: Billy Maday 7 (Kevin Deeth, Calle Ridderwall),PPG, 9:01; BGSU: Nick Bailen 1 (Jacob Cepis, KevinSchmidt), PPG, 12:51. 2nd: ND: Ben Ryan 2 (Ryan Thang,Erik Condra), PPG, 8:24; ND: Ridderwall 4 (BrettBlatchford, Maday), PPG, 13:24. 3rd: ND: Ryan Guentzel2 (Thang, Blatchford), 3:06; ND: Riddewall 5 (ChristianHanson, Blatchford), PPG, 6:14; ND: Condra (unassisted),SHG, 12:11; ND: Hanson 7 (Ridderwall, Luke Lucyk),16:13; ND: Justin White 3 (Dan Kissel, Guentzel), PPG,19:01; ND: Hanson 8 (Christiaan Minella, Sean Lorenz),19:21.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 5 - 5 - 12 - 22BGSU: Jimmy Spratt (60:00) 10 - 10 - 3 - 23

Power Play: ND: 6-12; BGSU: 1-7Penalties: ND: 14 for 28 min.; BGSU: 19 for 46 min.Attendance: 3,422

992 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

GAME 17December 6, 2008

Notre Dame 1 • Ferris State 0

Big Rapids, Mich. – Jordan Pearce stopped all 25 shotshe faced and No. 1-ranked Notre Dame’s defense madeDan Kissel’s second-period goal stand up as the Irish tooka 1-0 decision from Ferris State at Ewigleben Arena ... thevictory was the seventh straight road win for Notre Dameand equaled a program best set during the 1976-77 sea-son ... the win also ran the Irish unbeaten streak to 12games (10-0-2) with the last loss coming on Oct. 25 ...Notre Dame is now 12-3-2 overall and 8-2-2-2 in theconference ... for Pearce, the shutout was his second ofthe season and sixth of his career ... the two teams playedover 37 minutes of scoreless hockey before Notre Damefinally broke through at 17:55 of the second period ...defenseman Ian Cole took a pass from freshman centerPatrick Gaul in the neutral zone and carried it down theright boards before pulling up on the goal line ... hethreaded a pass to Kissel who was parked at the top ofthe crease where he redirected the puck past Bulldogs’goalender Pat Nagle for the lone goal of the game ...Nagle turned in a strong performance, stopping 33-of-34shots in the game ... the Notre Dame power play wasstopped for the first time in seven games as the Irish were0-for-5 in the game.

1 2 3 F#1 Notre Dame 0 1 0 – 1Ferris State 0 0 0 – 0

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: ND: Dan Kissel 2 (Ian Cole,Patrick Gaul), 17:55. 3rd: No Scoring.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:54) 8 - 8 - 9 - 25FSU: Pat Nagle (58:51) 8 - 14 - 11 - 33

Power Play: ND: 0-5; FSU: 0-5 Penalties: ND: 12 for 48 min.; FSU: 13 for 53 min.Attendance: 1,543


Notre Dame 3 • Ferris State 1

Big Rapids, Mich. – The top-ranked Irish ran theirroad-winning streak to six games and their overallunbeaten streak to 11 (9-0-2) with a 3-1 victory at FerrisState ... Jordan Pearce stopped 30-of-31 shots and NotreDame got single goals from Ben Ryan, Calle Ridderwalland Christian Hanson in the win ... Ferris State startedfast, out shooting the Irish by a 13-5 margin, but Pearcekept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard ... they would takethe lead just 53 seconds into the second period whenRiley scored on a five-on-three power-play chance, firingthe rebound of a Zach Redmond shot over Pearce ...Notre Dame got its offense cranking midway through theperiod with Erik Condra setting up Ryan for a backhan-der that beat goaltender Tyler Nelson at 8:29 ...Ridderwall closed the second-period scoring when heput the Irish ahead to stay at 9:41, converting on thepower play with assists to Hanson and Billy Maday andNotre Dame led 2-1 ... Hanson closed the scoring at16:02 of the third period, picking up a power-play goalto give the Irish a two-goal lead at 3-1 ... the two power-play goals gives Notre Dame 18 man-advantage goals inthe last six games as the Irish are converting at a 43.9%clip (18-for-41) ... the Bulldogs out shot Notre Dame,31-27, in the game with Nelson making 24 saves in theFerris State goal ... the victory improves the Irish to 11-3-2 on the season and 7-2-2-2 in the CCHA, good for18 points ... Notre Dame came into the weekend rankedNo. 1 in the nation for the first time on the season.

1 2 3 F#1 Notre Dame 0 2 1 – 3Ferris State 0 1 0 – 1

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: FSU: Cody Chupp 5 (Blair Riley,Zach Redmond), PPG, 00:53; ND: Ben Ryan 3 (ErikCondra, Ian Cole), 8:29; ND: Calle Ridderwall 8(Christian Hanson, Billy Maday), PPG, 9:41. 3rd: ND:Hanson 10 (Ridderwall, Kevin Deeth), PPG, 16:02.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:40) 13 - 9 - 8 - 30FSU: Taylor Nelson (59:43) 5 - 11 - 8 - 24

Power Play: ND: 2-8; FSU: 1-6 Penalties: ND: 8 for 16 min.; FSU: 11 for 33 min.Attendance: 1,396


Notre Dame 3 • Western Michigan 3 (ot)

Notre Dame, Ind. – Junior Ryan Thang picked the righttime to find his goal-scoring touch as the veteran sniperscored the game-tying goal in regulation to help NotreDame to a 3-3 tie with the Western Michigan Broncos ...Thang then scored the tying goal in the shootout beforesenior Erik Condra got the winner in the fifth round ofthe shootout to give the Irish a 2-1 shootout win ... thetie gave Notre Dame a 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2)since Oct. 31 ... Notre Dame took a 2-0 lead in the firstperiod as Chrsitian Hanson and Billy Maday scored fourminutes apart ... Patrick Galivan started the comebackwith a late first-period goal before Tyler Ludwig and MaxCampbell ran the unanswered goal streak to three in thesecond period ... Thang tied the game, 3-3, at 6:29 of thethird period with a power-play goal that sent the game toovertime and the eventual shootout ... junior TomO’Brien made his second career start in the game, butlasted just 23:15, giving up two goals on eight shotsbefore being replaced by Jordan Pearce ... after a score-less overtime, the game went to a shootout where BillyMaday and Calle Ridderwall missed on each of their firsttwo shots ... Campbell scored for Western on the Broncossecond shot before Thang evened the score by beatingJerry Kuhn in goal ... Pearce then stopped Ludwig tosend it to sudden death ... Ben Ryan and Galivan werestopped in the fourth round before Condra made it 2-1in the fifth circuit ... Pearce came up big on KevinConnauton who took the final Western Michigan shotand the Irish had the 2-1 shootout win that improvedNotre Dame to 10-3-2 overall and 6-2-2-2 in the CCHA,good for 16 points in the standings ... Kuhn finished with35 saves on the night while Pearce made 19 in 41:25 ...the Irish are now 2-0 in shootouts this season.

1 2 3 OT – FWestern Michigan 1 2 0 0 – 3#2 Notre Dame 2 0 1 0 – 3

1st: ND: Christian Hanson 9 (Christiaan Minella, GarrettRegan), 7:52; ND: Billy Maday 9 (Kevin Deeth, CalleRidderwall) PPG, 10:31; WMU: Patrick Galivan 4 (MaxCampbell, Derek Roehl), 11:51. 2nd: WMU: Tyler Ludwig2 (Greg Squires, Cam Watson), PPG, 3:15; WMU: Campbell5 (Squires, Galivan), 11:06. 3rd: ND: Ryan Thang 5 (BenRyan, Erik Condra), PPG, 6:27. Overtime: No Scoring.Shootout: ND - Maday (save); WMU - Roehl (save);ND - Ridderwall (miss); WMU - Campbell (goal); ND -Thang (goal); WMU - Ludwig (save); ND - B. Ryan(save); WMU - Galivan (wide); ND - Condra (goal);WMU - Kevin Connauton (save). Notre Dame winsshootout, 2-1.

Saves:WMU: Jerry Kuhn (65:00) 12 - 11 - 9 - 3 - 35ND: Tom O’Brien (23:15) 5 - 1 - x - x - 6

Jordan Pearce (41:25) x - 12 - 7 - 0 - 19Power Play: WMU: 1-4; ND: 2-5Penalties:WMU: 6 for 12 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 2,571

Jordan Pearce was named the CCHA goaltender of theweek for the week ending Dec. 7 after he stopped 55-

of-56 shots while knocking off Ferris State, 3-1 and 1-0.The 1-0 shutout was his second of the season.


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Notre Dame, Ind. – The No. 1-ranked Fighting Irishclosed out the first half of the regular season on a win-ning note as Christian Hanson scored two goals withDan Kissel and Calle Ridderwall, getting one each tolead Notre Dame to a 4-3 win over Bowling Green infront of a sold-out Joyce Center crowd ... the Irish triobuilt a 4-1 lead through two periods only to see theFalcons battle back to cut the lead to one on third-period goals by Kyle Page and Tommy Dee while DavidSolway scored the third Falcon goal of the night ... thewin extended Notre Dame's unbeaten streak to 14games (12-0-2) and gives the Irish a 14-3-2 overallrecord after going 2-3-0 to start the season ... moreimportantly, they closed out the first half of the season infirst place in the CCHA with a 10-2-2-2 conferencerecord, good for 24 points, one point ahead of second-place Miami ... the win also extended Notre Dame’smastery over Bowling Green as the Irish have now won 12 straight against the Falcons since the start of the2006-07 season and are 15-0-1 since Jeff Jackson tookover the reins in 2005-06 ... Kissel started the scoring at19:36 of the first period when he finished off a two-on-one scoring bid, taking a pass from Erik Condra andback-handing it past Spratt for his third goal of the sea-son ... the Irish power-play connected at 4:52 of the sec-ond period as Ridderwall scored his ninth of the season,flipping a Kevin Deeth rebound over Spratt’s pads for a2-0 lead ... the Falcons answered at 7:32 of the middleperiod as Solway drilled a one-timer past Jordan Pearceto make it 2-1 ... Hanson would then close out theperiod with two goals, one via the power play and oneat even strength ... the senior center beat Spratt at 9:02of the period with the man advantage as he fired a shotfrom the high slot for his 12th of the season ... Hansonmade it 4-1 at the 15:34 mark when he banged therebound of Ian Cole’s point shot behind Spratt for hissecond goal in a 5:32 span ... the Falcons’ offense camealive in the third period as Page made it 4-2 with apower-play goal at 4:23 ... Dee then made it 4-3 as hescored on a BG power play at 15:53, whipping a shotfrom the high slot past Pearce for his first goal of the sea-

GAME 20January 2, 2009

Notre Dame 3 • Union College 1

Shillelagh Tournament

Hoffman Estates, Ill. – The Irish returned from theChristmas holidays to host the 2009 ShillelaghTournament at the Sears Centre ... Notre Dame prevailedin the opening game, knocking off the Dutchmen ofUnion, 3-1 ... the win extended Notre Dame’s unbeatenstreak to 15 games (13-0-2) and gives the top-rankedIrish a 15-3-2 overall record ... Union opened the scor-ing at 16:56 of the first period, getting on the scoreboardvia a Brendan Milnamow wrist shot that beat JordanPearce over his left shoulder on the power play ... NotreDame tied the game at 2:49 of the second period as JustinWhite shoveled a rebound over Dutchmen goaltender



Bowling Green, Ohio – Notre Dame’s impressive firsthalf run continued on the road as the top-ranked Irishhanded Bowling Green a 3-1 loss at the BGSU Ice Arena... the win was the eighth straight for Notre Dame on theroad, snapping a school record for road wins set in 1976-77 ... the victory also extend the Irish unbeaten streaksince Oct. 31 to 13 games (11-0-2) ... Notre Dame scoredonce in each period, getting goals from Teddy Ruth, BenRyan and Christian Hanson (shg) while team captainErik Condra assisted on all three markers ... the loneFalcons’ goal came on a Kevin Schmidt power-play tallythat snapped Jordan Pearce’s shutout string at 138:42since Dec. 5 ... Ruth opened the scoring just 3:25 into thegame when he took a pass from Condra and whistled ashot from the top of the left circle over Jimmy Spratt’sblocker for the 1-0 lead ... Ryan made it 2-0 at the 8:51mark of the second period when he took a pass fromCondra to the left of Spratt and redirected it past theBowling Green goaltender for his fourth goal of the year... the fiesty Falcons were able to cut the lead in half at19:35 of the middle stanza, just five seconds after a BGpower play ended when Schmidt’s shot from the rightpoint found its way through a maze of players in frontand eluded Pearce to make it a 2-1 game ... Hansonwrapped up the scoring when he scored short-handedinto an empty net for his 11th of the season at 18:29 ofthe third period for the 3-1 win ... the Irish out shot theFalcons by a 26-20 margin ... Pearce finished with 19saves while Spratt had 23 on the night ... the victoryimproves Notre Dame to the Irish to 13-3-2 overall and9-2-2-2 in the CCHA, good for 22 points, just one behindfirst-place Miami with one game in hand.

1 2 3 F#1 Notre Dame 1 1 1 – 3Bowling Green 0 1 0 – 1

1st: ND: Teddy Ruth 1 (Erik Condra, Ben Ryan), 3:25.2nd: ND: Ryan 4 (Condra, Kyle Lawson), 8:51; BGSU:Kevin Schmidt 2 (Brandon Svendsen, Josh Boyd), 19:35.3rd: ND: Christian Hanson 11 (Jordan Pearce), 18:29.

Saves: ND – Jordan Pearce (59:54) 6 - 9 - 4 - 19BGSU – Jimmy Spratt (58:26) 10 - 5 - 8 - 23

Power Play: ND: 0-5; BGSU: 0-5Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 min.; BGSU: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 3,113

son ... from there, Pearce slammed the door for the 4-3win as the Irish out shot Bowling Green, 28-21 ... Pearcefinished with 18 saves while Spratt had 24 ... Notre Damewas 2-for-5 on the power play while the Falcons were 2-for-7.

1 2 3 FBowling Green 0 1 2 – 3#1 Notre Dame 1 3 0 – 4

1st: ND: Dan Kissel 3 (Ben Ryan, Erik Condra), 19:36.2nd: ND: Calle Ridderwall 9 (Kevin Deeth, BrettBlatchford), PPG, 4:52: BGSU: David Solway 6 (DanSexton), 7:23; ND: Christian Hanson 12 (Deeth,Blatchford), PPG, 9:02; ND: Hanson 13 (Ian Cole,Christiaan Minella), 15:34. 3rd: BGSU: Kyle Page 2(Sexton, James Perkin), PPG, 4:23; BGSU: Tommy Dee 1(Patrick Tiesling), PPG, 15:33.

Saves: BGSU: Jimmy Spratt (58:55) 10 - 7 - 7 - 24ND: Jordan Pearce (59:52) 3 - 4 - 11 - 18

Power Play: BGSU: 2-7; ND: 2-5.Penalties: BGSU: 8 for 16 min.; ND: 10 for 20 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)

A weekend sweep of BowlingGreen sent the top ranked Irishinto the Christmas break with a14-game unbeaten streak (12-0-2) and a 14-3-2 overall record.Sophomore defenseman TeddyRuth got the weekend startedwith his first goal of the season inthe first period of the Dec. 12th,3-1 victory at Bowling Green.

1012 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y


Notre Dame 2 • Alaska 0

Notre Dame, Ind. – Ryan Thang's power-play goal at11:40 of the third period proved to be the game winnerand Erik Condra added an empty net score with 57 sec-onds left to give Notre Dame a hard-fought, 2-0 win,over Alaska in front of a sell-out crowd of 2,857 at theJoyce Center ... Jordan Pearce stopped all 16 Nanookshots he faced to record his third shutout of the seasonand seventh of his career, while Alaska's Chad Johnsonstopped 28-of-29 Notre Dame shots in taking the loss ...the Irish win extended the current winning streak toseven straight and the school-record unbeaten streak to17 games (15-0-2) ... top-ranked Notre Dame goes to17-3-2 overall and 11-2-2-2 in the CCHA, good for 26points ... the Irish dominated most of the first period, atone time having a 10-0 shots advantage ... the Nanookscame into the game with the nation's top-rankeddefense, surrendering just 1.45 goals per game and wereable to hold the Notre Dame offense in check most ofthe night ... the Irish got the break they needed when


Notre Dame 3 • Minnesota-Duluth 1

Shillelagh Tournament

Hoffman Estates, Ill. – Top-ranked Notre Dame cap-tured the first-ever Shillelagh Tournament championshipwith a 3-1 win over Minnesota-Duluth at the SearsCentre ... the win ran the Irish unbeaten streak to 16games (14-0-2) with the last loss coming on Oct. 25 ...the loss also snapped a nine-game Bulldog unbeatenstreak ... the Irish were led by senior Garrett Regan whoscored two first period goals while Ryan Thang got theinsurance tally into an empty net ... Jordan Pearce fin-ished with 19 saves while Duluth’s Alex Stalock stopped29 shots for the Bulldogs ... Notre Dame took the earlylead as Regan made it 1-0 at the 1:44 mark as he tooka feed from Christiaan Minella and tucked a shot pastStalock for his fourth goal of the year ... Regan made it2-0 at the 14:11 mark when grabbed a loose puck infront and beat Stalock from the left side of the crease ...the Bulldogs cut the lead in half at 18:30 of the first

Opening faceoff of the first-ever ShillelaghTournament hosted by Notre Dame at theSears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. TheIrish won the tournament with 3-1 wins overUnion College and Minnesota-Duluth.

Corey Milan to make it 1-1 ... Ben Ryan gave the Irish a2-1 lead at 12:04 of the second stanza as he ripped a shotfrom the slot for his fifth goal of the season ... NotreDame added an insurance goal in the third period on thepower play as Dan Kissel poked home a loose puck at13:29 with assists to Ryan and Erik Condra for the 3-1win ... Notre Dame out shot Union, 27-21, with Pearcemaking 20 stops and Milan 24 saves for the Dutchmen ...the victory earned the Irish a place in the ShillelaghTournament’s championship game versus Minnesota-Duluth as the Bulldogs advanced by defeating UMass-Lowell, 2-1, in the first game of the day.

1 2 3 FUnion College 1 0 0 – 1#1 Notre Dame 0 2 1 – 3

1st: UC: Brendan Milnmow 7 (Mike Schrieber), PPG,18:14. 2nd: ND: Justin White 4 (Ryan Guentzel, DanKissel), 2:49; ND: Ben Ryan 5 (Erik Condra, BrettBlatchford), 12:04. 3rd: ND: Kissel 4 (Ryan, Condra),13:29.

Saves: UC: Corey Milan (59:41) 8 - 8 - 8 - 24ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 6 - 8 - 6 - 20

Power Play: UC: 1-1; ND: 1-4Penalties: UC: 4 for 8 min.; ND: 1 for 2 minAttendance: 2,429

period when Drew Akins beat Pearce from between thehashmarks for his fourth goal of the season ... the scoreremained that way until the 19:59 mark of the finalperiod when Thang combined with Erik Condra to scoreinto the empty net for the 3-1 final score ... Pearce wasnamed the tournament’s most outstanding player and wasjoined on the all-tournament team by teammates Regan,Ben Ryan and defenseman Kyle Lawson ... UMD’s JustinFontaine and Evan Oberg rounded out the all-tourna-ment team ... Union College finished third with a 2-1 winover UMass-Lowell in the third-place game.

1 2 3 FMinnesota-Duluth 1 0 0 – 1#1 Notre Dame 2 0 1 – 3

1st: ND: Garrett Regan 4 (Christiaan Minella, SeanLorenz), 1:44; ND: Regan 5 (Minella, Brett Blatchford),14:11; UMD: Drew Akin 4 (Justin Fontaine, Evan Oberg),18:30. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: ND: Ryan Thang 6 (ErikCondra), ENG, 19:59.

Saves: UMD: Alex Stalock (59:08) 8 - 11 - 9 - 29ND: Jordan Pearce (59:32) 5 - 10 - 4 - 19

Power Play: UMD: 0-6; ND: 0-6Penalties: UMD: 8 for 16 min.; ND: 8 for 16 min.Attendance: 3,229

Scott Enders was whistled off for kneeing at 10:42 of thethird period ... Thang would get the eventual game win-ner when he took a pass from Kyle Lawson on the leftside where he fired it past Johnson for the 1-0 lead ...Condra would get the insurance goal at 19:03 off assistsfrom Lawson and Christian Hanson into an empty netfor the 2-0 final score ... on the night, the Irish out shotAlaska by a 30-16 margin ... the Nanooks were 0-for-5on the power play while Notre Dame was 1-for-5 ... theshutout was Pearce’s third of the season and seventh ofhis career while the win was his 45th and tied him forfourth on the all-time wins list with Dave Laurion ‘82 ...Condra’s goal was the 40th of his career.

1 2 3 – FAlaska 0 0 0 – 0#1 Notre Dame 0 0 2 – 2

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: ND: RyanThang 7 (Kyle Lawson), PPG, 11:40: ND: Erik Condra 5(Christian Hanson, Lawson), ENG, 19:03.

Saves: UAF: Chad Johnson (59:08) 10 - 10 - 8 - 28ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 4 - 7 - 5 - 16

Power Play: UAF: 0-5; ND: 1-5Penalties: UAF: 10 for 20 min.; ND: 10 for 20 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)


Notre Dame 3 • Alaska 0

Notre Dame, Ind. – For the second night in a row,Notre Dame and Alaska battled to a 0-0 tie over the first40 minutes of play only to see the Irish break through,this time scoring three, third-period goals in a 3-0 win ata sold-out Joyce Center ... Christian Hanson snapped ascoreless tie at 5:53 of the third and was followed by goalsfrom Ben Ryan and Ryan Thang in the win ... JordanPearce made 22 saves and ran his shutout streak to 161:30since Jan. 3 ... the win gave the top-ranked Irish an eight-game winning streak since Nov. 29 and extended theschool-record unbeaten streak to 18 games (16-0-2) ...overall Notre Dame is now 18-3-2 overall and 12-2-2-2in CCHA play, good for 28 points and a five-point leadover second-place Miami ... heading into the third period,the game had the same feel as the previous night whenNotre Dame scored twice in the third for a 2-0 win ...the Irish took their 1-0 lead due to the hard work of theline of Garrett Regan, Hanson and Christiaan Minella ...Minella controlled the puck and moved it back to KyleLawson on the right point where he fired a shot on goal... his shot went through a screen by Regan and Hansongot his stick on it, deflecting it by Chad Johnson for his14th of the season ... Ryan would make it 2-0 at the12:28 mark when he fired a Teddy Ruth rebound pastJohnson from in front for his sixth goal of the year ... withJohnson pulled in favor of a sixth attacker, Thang scoredinto an open net at 19:05 for his third goal in as manygames ... Erik Condra picked up an assist on Thang’s goal,making him the ninth player in Notre Dame history torecord 100 assists in his career ... the shutout was thefourth of the season for Pearce and the eighth of hiscareer ... the win gives the Irish a 10-game unbeatenstreak (9-0-1) against Alaska since the 2006 CCHA play-offs.


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Michigan 2 • Notre Dame 1

Notre Dame, Ind. – It had to come to an end sooneror later and No. 1-ranked Notre Dame saw its 20-gameunbeaten streak (17-0-3) snapped on Jan. 30, as Michiganoutlasted the Irish by a 2-1 score ... the loss, the first forthe Irish since Oct. 25, came in front of a standing-roomonly crowd of 3,007 at the Joyce Center ... theWolverines got goals from Travis Turnbull and Tim Millerand goaltender Bryan Hogan stopped 28-of-29 shots tohand the Irish the loss ... Ryan Guentzel had the loneNotre Dame goal and Jordan Pearce continued his stellarplay in goal, stopping 30-of-32 Michigan shots ... the lossdrops the Irish to 19-4-3 overall and 13-3-3-3 in CCHAplay, good for 32 points and a two-point lead on second-place Miami ... the seventh-ranked Wolverines continuedtheir hot play as the win gave them 10 in their last 11 asthey improved to 19-8-0 on the year and 13-6-0 in theCCHA, good for 26 points ... Notre Dame took the playto the Wolverines in the first period and had several goodscoring chances but Hogan kept the Irish off the board,stopping all 16 shots he faced ... Michigan struck first,taking a 1-0 lead at 16:59 of the opening period ... fol-lowing an Irish turnover, Turnbull carried the puck downthe ice and snapped a shot under the cross bar overPearce for his seventh goal ... just 40 seconds into the sec-ond period, the Wolverines made it 2-0 off a face off tothe right of Pearce ... Miller won a draw for Michiganand as the teams battled for the puck, he was able to snapa shot through a screen, catching the far post to beatPearce for his sixth goal of the season ... the Irish cut intothe lead at 10:18 of the middle stanza when Guentzelwent hard to the net and redirected a centering pass fromKyle Lawson behind Bryan Hogan to make it a 2-1 game... that would be the last one that Hogan gave up as hepreserved the win with five saves in the third period.

1 2 3 – F#7 Michigan 1 1 0 – 2#1 Notre Dame 0 1 0 – 1

1st: UM: Travis Turnbull 7 (David Wohlberg), 16:59.2nd: UM: Tim Miller 6 (unassisted), 00:40: ND: RyanGuentzel 3 (Kyle Lawson, Ryan Thang), 10:18. 3rd: NoScoring.

Saves: UM: Bryan Hogan (60:00) 16 - 7 - 5 - 28ND: Jordan Pearce (58:41) 11 - 11 - 8 - 30

Power Play: UM: 0-3; ND: 1-5Penalties: UM: 7 for 14 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 3,007 (sellout)


Notre Dame 3 • Lake Superior 3 (ot)

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – The Notre Dame FightingIrish found themselves in a spot they haven't been insince the end of October, trailing by two goals in a game... somehow they battled back from 2-0, 2-1 and 3-2deficits at Taffy Abel Arena to forge a 3-3 tie in overtimeand then picked up an extra point in the CCHA stand-ings by winning the shootout, 2-1 ... Notre Dame gotgoals from Ben Ryan, Erik Condra (shg) and KevinDeeth (ppg) to offset Lake Superior goals by StevenKaunisto (shg), Chad Nehring and Fred Cassiani (ppg) inthe 3-3 tie and then got shootout markers from BillyMaday and Calle Ridderwall for the win ... the Irish con-trolled large portions of the game, out shooting LakeSuperior by a 35-14 margin ... Jordan Pearce made 11saves in the win while Pat Inglis (11) and BrianMahoney-Wilson (21) combined for 32 saves in theLakers’ goal ... the tie/shootout win runs Notre Dame'sunbeaten streak to 20 games (17-0-3) while ending thenine-game winning streak overall and on the road ... theIrish go to 19-3-3 overall and 13-2-3-3 in the CCHA,good for 32 points in the league, seven points ahead ofsecond-place Miami ... the shootout win was NotreDame’s third of the year against no losses ... LakeSuperior took advantage of Irish turnovers in the firstperiod to build a 2-0 lead ... first Kaunisto beat Pearcewith a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle for ashort-handed goal at 12:03 ... the lead would go to 2-0at 16:29 when Chad Nehring scored off a defensiveturnover at the blue line ... the Notre Dame offenseawoke just one minute later when Ryan beat Inglis at16:29 with a wrister from between the hash marks and itwas 2-1 in favor of the Lakers after one period ... the Irishwould get a short-handed goal of their own just 1:28 intothe second period as Condra took a feed from Ian Cole,split the defense and fired a shot past Inglis to make it 2-2 ... the goal was Condra’s sixth of the season and sec-ond short-handed tally ... it also chased Inglis in favor ofMahoney-Wilson ... Lake Superior grabbed the lead backat 8:50 as Cassiani scored on the power play for a 3-2lead ... Deeth tied the game at 13:15 with a power-playgoal that sent the game into overtime ... in the shootout,the Lakers shot first with Rick Schofield scoring onPearce ... Maday answered by beating Mahoney-Wilson... Lake Superior's Kaunisto would shoot second and hitthe post before Ridderwall scored to put the Irish ahead... Pearce then stopped Cassiani for the 2-1 shootout win.

1 2 3 OT – F#1 Notre Dame 1 2 0 0 – 3Lake Superior 2 1 0 0 – 3

1st: LSSU: Steven Kaunisto 2 (unassisted), SHG, 12:03;LSSU: Chad Nehring 5 (Dan Barczuk, DillinStonehouse), 16:29; ND: Ben Ryan 7 (Erik Condra, LukeLucyk), 17:29. 2nd: ND: Erik Condra 6 (Ian Cole, JordanPearce), SHG, 1:28; LSSU: Fred Cassiani 10 (SimonGysbers, Troy Schwab), PPG, 8:50; ND: Kevin Deeth 4(Billy Maday, Calle Ridderwall), PPG, 13:15. 3rd: NoScoring. Overtime: No Scoring. Shootout: LSSU -Schofield (goal); ND - Maday (goal); LSSU - Schwab(miss); ND - Ridderwall (goal); LSSU - Cassiani (miss).

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (64:28) 2 - 6 - 3 - 0 - 11LSSU: Pat Inglis (21:28) 11 - 0 - x - x - 11B. Mahoney-Wilson (43:32) x - 9 - 10 -2 - 21

Power Play: ND: 1-6; LSSU: 1-4Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 min.; LSSU: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 2,468


Notre Dame 3 • Michigan 2

Ann Arbor, Mich. – While one streak ended for theNotre Dame hockey team another continued on the roadat Michigan's Yost Arena ... behind the stellar goaltend-ing of All-American and Hobey Baker candidate JordanPearce, and timely goals from Billy Maday, Ryan Thang(penalty shot) and Calle Ridderwall, Notre Damejumped out to a 3-0 lead at Michigan and held on for a3-2 victory over the Wolverines in front of a selloutcrowd ... Aaron Palushaj and Robbie Czarnick scored forMichigan in the comeback attempt ... while the Irish sawtheir 20-game unbeaten streak end the previous night athome versus Michigan, they saw their 2008-09 road suc-cess continue as their road unbeaten streak reached 11games (10-0-1) ... the last road loss came in the seasonopener at Denver on Oct. 11 ... the Irish win improvedNo. 1-ranked Notre Dame to 20-4-3 overall and 14-3-3-3 in the CCHA, good for 34 points in the standings ...


Notre Dame 3 • Lake Superior 2

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – The Notre Dame hockeyteam continued its roll through the CCHA as the Irishran their current road-winning streak to nine games witha 3-2 win at Lake Superior State’s Taffy Abel Arena ...goaltender Jordan Pearce withstood a third-period bar-rage from the Lakers, stopping all 14 shots in the stanzaand 31 in the game ... Notre Dame got goals from JustinWhite, Calle Ridderwall and Christiaan Minella in thewin, offsetting goals by Josh Sim and Will Acton for LakeSuperior .... the win increased the Irish unbeaten streakto 19 games (17-0-2) as they have not lost since Oct. 24... the Lakers got on the scoreboard first, scoring on apower play at 9:56 as Josh Sim got on the scoresheet ashe deflected a Simon Gysbers shot past Pearce for a 1-0lead ... the goal snapped Pearce’s career-best shutoutstreak (the second longest in the program’s history) of171:26 that started on Jan. 3 ... Notre Dame got theequalizer at 15:12 as White beat the Laker defense to thegoal where he deflected a Ryan Guentzel shot past goal-tender Brian Mahoney-Wilson to make it 1-1 ... the Irishretook the lead at 18:32 with a power-play goal of theirown as Ridderwall snapped a shot past Mahoney-Wilsonfor his 10th of the season ... Notre Dame would build thelead to 3-1 at 12:34 of the second period when Minellagot free to the left of Mahoney-Wilson and was able tojam a Hanson rebound home for his fifth goal of the sea-son ... Lake Superior wasn’t done though as the Lakerscut the lead to 3-2 at 16:01 when Will Acton ripped ashot from the top of the right circle off of Pearce’s glove... in the third period, Lake Superior poured it on, taking14 shots but could not dent Pearce who stopped them all... the Lakers finished with a 33-27 shot advantage withMahoney-Wilson making 24 saves in the game ... NotreDame improved to 19-3-2 on the season and 13-2-2-2 inthe CCHA, good for 30 points in league play.

1 2 3 – F#1 Notre Dame 1 2 0 – 3Lake Superior 1 1 0 – 2

1st: LSSU: Josh Sim 8 (Simon Gysbers, Troy Schwab), PPG,9:56; ND: Justin White 5 (Ryan Guentzel, Ian Cole), 15:12;ND: Calle Ridderwall 10 (Kevin Deeth, Billy Maday), PPG,18:32. 2nd: ND: Christiaan Minella 5 (Christian Hanson,Garrett Regan), 12:34; LSSU: Will Acton 3 (Steven Olesky,Sim), 16:01.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 7 - 10 - 14 - 31LSSU: B. Mahoney-Wilson (59:03) 9 - 10 - 5 - 24

Power Play: ND: 1-5; LSSU: 1-7Penalties: ND: 7 for 14 min.; LSSU: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 2,598

1 2 3 – FAlaska 0 0 0 – 0#1 Notre Dame 0 0 3 – 3

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: ND: ChristianHanson 14 (Garrett Regan, Kyle Lawson), 5:53; ND: BenRyan 6 (Teddy Ruth, Ryan Thang), 12:28; ND: Thang 8(Kevin Deeth, Erik Condra), ENG, 19:05.

Saves: UAF: Chad Johnson (59:15) 10 - 9 - 7 - 26ND: Jordan Pearce (59:52) 7 - 7 - 8 - 22

Power Play: UAF: 0-5; ND: 0-2 Penalties: UAF 6 for 12 min.; ND: 7 for 14 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)

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Maday fired the opening salvo, putting Notre Dameahead, 1-0, at the 8:15 mark of the first period ... off ascramble in front of the Michigan net, Calle Ridderwall'sshot was stopped by goaltender Bryan Hogan but therebound caromed to the left side of the goal where thepuck bounced off Maday’s skate then his stick and intothe goal for his 10th of the season ... the Irish would scoretwice in the second period as Thang was hauled down ona breakaway and then scored on the penalty shot at 4:03... the penalty shot was the first for the Irish since Oct.27, 2006 when Kevin Deeth was stopped versus Army inthe Lightning College Hockey Classic in Tampa, Fla. ...the goal was the first on a penalty shot for Notre Damesince Oct. 12, 2001 when Rob Globke '04 scored versusUnion at the Joyce Center ... Ridderwall then extendedthe lead to 3-0 at 12:50 when he one-timed a shot pastHogan for the three-goal lead ... Michigan battled backand got on the scoreboard at 4:27 of the third period withPalushaj scoring on the power play to make it 3-1 ... theWolverine power play was at it again at 8:45 whenCzarnick beat the Irish defense to the rebound of a ChrisSummers shot to make it 3-2 ... Michigan continued topress as they would out shoot the Irish, 14-3, in the finalperiod but would not get another one past Pearce for the3-2 win ... the Wolverines out shot Notre Dame, 38-22,in the game with Pearce making 36 saves while Hoganhad 19 ... the win was just the fourth for the Irish at YostArena since returning to the CCHA in 1992-93 as theyare now 4-21-1 overall but own wins in two of their lastthree visits.

1 2 3 – F#1 Notre Dame 1 2 0 – 3#7 Michigan 0 0 2 – 2

1st: ND: Billy Maday 10 (Calle Ridderwall), 8:15. 2nd:ND: Ryan Thang 9 (penalty shot), 4:03; ND: Ridderwall11 (Kevin Deeth, Maday), 12:50. 3rd: UM: AaronPalushaj 9 (Chris Summers, Robbie Czarnik), PPG, 4:27;UM: Czarnik 2 (Palushaj, Summers), PPG, 8:45.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 11 - 13 - 12 - 36UM: Bryan Hogan (58:41) 9 - 7 - 3 - 19

Power Play: ND: 0-2; UM: 2-3Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 min.; UM: 4 for 8 min.Attendance: 6,983 (sellout)

Junior Ryan Thang’s penalty shot goal was one of threeIrish goals in their 3-2 win at Michigan on Jan. 31. The winwas just the fourth for Notre Dame at Yost Arena sincereturning to the CCHA in the 1992-93 season, but thesecond in the last three seasons.

GAME 28February 6, 2009

Notre Dame 4 • Ohio State (ot)

Columbus, Ohio – Calle Ridderwall's power-play goaljust 49 seconds into overtime capped a wild Notre Damecomeback as the Irish stopped Ohio State, 4-3, in over-time at Value City Arena ... Ridderwall's goal came on theheels of Erik Condra scoring his second power-play goalof the game with one second left on the clock in regula-tion to tie the game at 3-3 ... the two late power-playgoals by the Irish came as the result of a five-minutespearing penalty to the Buckeyes' Ian Boots with 2:11 leftin the contest ... Condra’s two goals led the Irish withRidderwall and defenseman Ian Cole netting NotreDame's fourth goal ... Corey Elkins, Sergio Somma andZac Dalpe scored for Ohio State ... the win extendedNotre Dame's road unbeaten streak to 12 games (11-0-1) and gives the Irish a 21-4-3 record overall and 15-3-3-3 mark in the CCHA, ... the win could prove costly tothe Irish as Christian Hanson (concussion) and RyanThang (high ankle sprain) went down with injuries ...Cole started the scoring at 4:29 of the first period whenhis blast from the left point beat Buckeye goaltenderDustin Carlson to his stick side ... Elkins got that goalback for OSU when his shot from the bottom of the left

circle beat Jordan Pearce inside the left post at 8:47 ...the Buckeyes made it 2-1 just 1:15 into the secondperiod when Somma carried it along the goal line beforetucking it between Pearce and the right post for his ninthof the season ... Condra’s first power-play goal of thegame tied the game at 2-2 at 8:50 of the third period ...the score would stay tied at 2-2 until the 17:05 markwhen Dalpe converted a feed from John Albert for his13th goal of the season and a 3-2 lead ... just 44 secondslater, Boots would take his major penalty to give NotreDame a five-minute power-play ... Pearce was pulled fora sixth attacker with 1:04 left, setting up Condra’s hero-ics ... Billy Maday moved the puck from the left pointto Condra who was stationed to the left of Carlson ...with time running out, Condra snapped a shot over theOhio State goaltender with 00:01 left on the clock toeven the score at 3-3 ... Ridderwall capped the come-back in overtime when his low shot from the bottom ofthe right wing circle snuck past Carlson for the gamewinner ... the Irish had the edge in shots, 23-20, withPearce making 17 stops and Carlson 19 for the night ...the win was the first in overtime for Notre Dame on theseason.

1 2 3 OT – F#2 Notre Dame 1 0 2 1 – 4#15 Ohio State 1 1 1 0 – 31st: ND: Ian Cole 4 (Kevin Deeth, Calle Ridderwall), 4:59;OSU: Corey Elkins 11 (Ian Boots), 8:47. 2nd: OSU:Sergio Somma 9 (Peter Boyd), 1:15. 3rd: ND: ErikCondra 7 (Ben Ryan, Cole), PPG, 8:50; OSU: Zac Dalpe13 (John Albert, Taylor Stefinishen), 17:05; ND: Condra 8(Billy Maday, Cole), PPG, 19:59. Overtime: Ridderwall 12(Deeth, Brett Blatchford), PPG, 00:49.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:13) 5 - 7 - 5 - 0 - 17OSU: Dustin Carlson (60:49) 5 - 4 - 10 - 0 - 19

Power Play: ND: 3-5; OSU: 0-2.Penalties: ND: 2 for 4 min.; OSU: 5 for 21 min.Attendance: 6,571


Ohio State 4 • Notre Dame 1

Columbus, Ohio – Notre Dame saw its 12-game roadunbeaten streak (11-0-1) snapped in the second game ofthe weekend series at Ohio State as the Buckeyes handedthe Irish a 4-1 loss at Value City Arena ... second-periodgoals by John Albert, Shane Sims and Tyler Stefishen anda 32-save performance by goaltender Dustin Carlsonpaced Ohio State to the Sunday afternoon win ...Mathieu Picard closed the scoring into an open net whileChristiaan Minella had the lone Irish goal in the loss ...Notre Dame had not lost a game on the road since Oct.11 when they fell, 5-2, at Denver in the season opener ...the loss left Notre Dame with an 11-2-1 record awayfrom the Joyce Center ... the second-ranked Irish fell to21-5-3 overall and 15-4-3-3 in the CCHA, good for 36points in the league standings ... after a scoreless firstperiod, the Irish got on the scoreboard first as Minellajammed a Kevin Deeth rebound shot past Carlson at 7:44for his sixth goal of the season and the team’s fourthpower-play tally of the weekend ... the lead didn’t lastlong as Albert tied the game 39 seconds later at 8:23when he followed a shot by Dalpe, flipping the reboundover Irish goaltender Jordan Pearce to make it a 1-1 game... Ohio State took the lead for keeps at the 17-minutemark on Sim’s power-play goal as the big defensemanhammered a shot from the left point through a screenpast Pearce ... the Buckeye’s lead went to 3-1 just 1:35later as Stefishen followed another shot by Dalpe, beatingPearce to the rebound for his fifth goal of the year ... theIrish fired 10 shots on Carlson in the third, but could notscore ... with Pearce on the bench in favor of a sixthattacker, Picard closed the scoring with an empty-net goalat 17:57 for the 4-1 final score ... Notre Dame out shotOhio State, 33-30, with Pearce getting 26 saves in thegame ... the Irish were 1-for-6 on the power play and 4-for-11 on the weekend.

1 2 3 F#2 Notre Dame 0 1 0 – 1#15 Ohio State 0 3 1 – 4

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: ND: Christiaan Minella 6 (KevinDeeth, Billy Maday), PPG, 7:44; OSU: John Albert 10 (ZacDalpe, Taylor Stefinishen), 8:23; OSU: Shane Sims (Albert,Dalpe), PPG, 17:00; OSU: Stefinishen 3 (Dalpe, Albert),18:35. 3rd: OSU: Mathieu Picard 5 (Sergio Somma, MattBartkowski), ENG, 17:57.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:42) 11 - 9 - 6 - 26

OSU: Dustin Carlson (60:00) 11 - 11 -10 - 31

Power Play: ND: 1-6; OSU: 1-4Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 minutes; OSU: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 6,031


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Notre Dame, Ind. – Notre Dame got goals from fiveseparate players, scoring four more power-play goals onthe weekend as the Irish rolled to a 5-2 win overNorthern Michigan in front of a sold-out Joyce Center ...Billy Maday, Calle Ridderwall, Kyle Lawson and BenRyan scored power-play goals and Garrett Regan addedan even-strength goal to lead the Notre Dame offensiveattack. Gregor Hanson scored both goals for NorthernMichigan ... in the two games, the Irish scored 10 power-play goals in 16 chances, going six-for-eight in Friday’sgame and four-for-eight in Saturday’s contest ... the wingives Notre Dame a 23-5-3 mark overall and 17-4-3-3 inthe CCHA, good for 40 points and a four-point lead oversecond-place Miami with four games left to play ... theIrish broke through in the first period, scoring twice inthe final 1:23 of the opening stanza ... Maday opened thescoring at 18:37 when he pounced on a Brett Blatchfordrebound and fired it past Brian Stewart from the bottomof the left circle for the first power-play goal of the night... Ridderwall got the second one with a one-timer pastStewart at 19:52 and Notre Dame led 2-0 at the firstintermission ... a late Northern penalty carried over tothe second period and it took the Irish just 30 seconds tocapitalize as Lawson snuck in from the right point andtook a feed from Erik Condra and fired the puck offStewart’s pads for a 3-0 lead ... Ryan made it 4-0 at 3:18with Notre Dame’s fourth power-play goal of the nightthat chased Stewart in favor of Derek Janzen for the sec-ond consecutive night ... the Wildcats finally brokethrough on Irish goaltender Jordan Pearce when Hansonmade it 4-2 at 5:59 ... the speedy Swede picked up hissecond goal less than four minutes later when he rifled awrist shot past Pearce from the right wing circle at 9:18... Regan answered the two Northern Michigan goalswith the team’s lone even-strength goal and the final goalof the game at 12:55 of the middle stanza for the 5-2 win... Notre Dame out shot the Wildcats by a 33-19 margin... Pearce finished with 17 saves while Stewart stopped 11and Janzen 17 for 28 saves in the Northern Michigangoal .. the power-play surge moved the Irish into the topspot in the nation in power-play goals (48) and percent-age (25.3%).

1 2 3 – FNorthern Michigan 0 2 0 – 2#2 Notre Dame 2 3 0 – 5

1st: ND: Billy Maday 11 (Brett Blatchford, Kevin Deeth),PPG, 18:37; ND: Calle Ridderwall 14 (Maday, Deeth), PPG,19:52. 2nd: ND: Kyle Lawson 3 (Erik Condra, Ben Ryan),PPG, 00:30; ND: Ryan 9 (Condra, Lawson), PPG, 3:19;NMU: Gregor Hanson 9 (Andrew Cherniwchan), 5:59;NMU: Hanson 10 (Derrick May), 9:18; ND: Garrett Regan7 (Ian Cole, Justin White), 12:55. 3rd: No Scoring.

Saves: NMU: Brian Stewart (23:18) 10 - 1 - x - 11Derek Janzen (34:51) x - 7 - 0 - 17

ND: Jordan Pearce (59:53) 7 - 3 - 7 - 17Power Play: NMU: 0-6; ND: 4-8Penalties: NMU: 8 for 16 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)


Notre Dame 4 • Nebraska-Omaha 3 (ot)

Omaha, Neb. – Freshman right wing Billy Maday pro-vided the last-minute heroics as he scored his second goalof the game with 1:21 left in extra time to give NotreDame a 4-3 overtime win over Nebraska-Omaha at theOmaha Civic Auditorium ... the dramatic win moved theIrish to within one point of clinching their second CCHAregular-season title in three seasons ... joining Maday onthe score sheet for Notre Dame were Christiaan Minellaand Christian Hanson ... Jeric Agosto, Matt Ambroz andNick Fanto scored for the Mavericks ... the win improvedthe Irish to 24-5-3 on the season and 18-4-3-3 in theCCHA, good for 42 points and a six-point lead on sec-ond-place Miami ... Maday’s game winner came afterNebraska-Omaha rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie thegame in the third period ... Minella started the scoring at3:03 of the first period when he deflected a shot byHanson past Maverick goaltender Jeremie Dupont ... UNO tied the game just 39 seconds into the secondperiod when Agosto fired his fourth goal of the year overPearce who had poke-checked a Steve Bernier scoringchance ... Notre Dame answered with a pair of goals ...Hanson, playing in his first game since suffering a con-cussion on Feb. 6, made it 2-1 when his wrist shot beatDupont at 4:32 for his team-best 15th goal ... Madaymade it 3-1 when he fired a backhander over Dupont’sblocker at 15:33 for a two-goal lead ... the Mavericks cutthe lead to 3-2 a little over a minute later when Ambrozbatted a loose puck out of the air past Pearce at 16:38 ...Nebraska-Omaha got the equalizer at 8:10 of the thirdperiod when Fanto redirected a bouncing puck pastPearce to make it 3-3 ... after the teams traded scoringchances in overtime, Maday got the game winner, takinga pass from Kevin Deeth and drilling a low shot that wentoff Dupont’s pads for the 4-3 Irish verdict ... the wingives Notre Dame a 2-0-3 mark in overtime games thisseason ... the Irish out shot the Mavericks, 33-24 withPearce making 21 saves and Dupont with 29.

1 2 3 OT – F#2 Notre Dame 1 2 0 1 – 4Nebraska-Omaha 0 2 1 0 – 31st: ND: Christiaan Minella 7 (Christian Hanson, GarrettRegan), 3:03. 2nd: UNO: Jeric Agosto 4 (Mark Bernier,Nick Fanto), 00:39; ND: Hanson 15 (Regan), 4:32; ND:Billy Maday 12 (Ian Cole, Kyle Lawson), 15:33; UNO:Matt Ambroz 10 (Bernier, Joey Martin), PPG, 16:38.3rd: UNO: Fanto 3 (JJ Koehler, Eddie DelGrosso), 8:10.Overtime: Maday 13 (Kevin Deeth, Teddy Ruth), 3:39.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (63:39) 10 - 4 - 6 - 1 - 21UNO: Jeremie Dupont (63:39) 11 - 6 - 11 - 1 - 29

Power Play: ND: 0-4; UNO: 1-4 Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 min.; OSU: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 7,367



Notre Dame, Ind. – Forwards Erik Condra and JustinWhite and defenseman Ian Cole each scored twice as theNotre Dame offense erupted for nine goals on the wayto a 9-5 victory over Northern Michigan at a sold outJoyce Center ... Garrett Regan, Ben Ryan and CalleRidderwall had single goals for the Irish in the win ...Phil Fox scored twice for the Wildcats while JustinFlorek, Ray Kaunisto and Tyler Gron tallied for NorthernMichigan ... for the second time this season Notre Damescored six power-play goals in a game ... the winimproved the Irish to 22-5-3 overall and 16-4-3-3 in theCCHA, good for 38 points in the conference ... NotreDame jumped out to a 3-0 lead, scoring a power-playgoal just 1:21 into the game when Regan deflected aKyle Lawson shot by Wildcats’ starter Brian Stewart ...Condra, who had five points (2g, 3a) in the game, scoredboth his goals in a 1:51 span (at 10:05 and 11:56) to makeit 3-0 with the second goal sending Stewart to the benchin favor of Derek Janzen ... Northern Michigan cut intothat lead with goals by Kaunisto (14:17) and Fox (19:46)to make it 3-2 after one period ... the two teams eachscored twice in the second period with Ryan and Whitenetting Notre Dame goals and Fox and Florek scoring forthe Wildcats to make it 5-4 after two periods of play ...in the third period, the Irish scored four power-play goals,taking advantage of a five-minute major midway throughthe period ... Cole (who had a career-high four-pointgame, 2g, 2a) picked up his first of the game 54 secondsinto the third period to make it 6-4 ... with Mike Maltesewhistled off for five minutes after a hitting-from-behindpenalty, Notre Dame broke the game open ... Ridderwallscored on the power play to make it 7-4 at 11:32 ... Colerecorded his second of the game with a slap shot fromthe left point at 12:42 and White closed out the scoringwith his second goal at 14:07 to make it 9-4 ... Gronclosed out the scoring at 16:15 for Northern for the 9-5final score ... Notre Dame out shot the Wildcats, 33-22,in the game with Pearce making 17 saves ... Stewart hadfive stops in 11:56 while Janzen had 19 in 48:04 minutesof play ... the Irish finished the game with a six-for-eightnight on the power play.

1 2 3 FNorthern Michigan 2 2 1 – 5#2 Notre Dame 3 2 4 – 9

1st: ND: Garrett Regan 6 (Kyle Lawson, Ian Cole), PPG,1:21; ND: Erik Condra 9 (Brett Blatchford, Ben Ryan),10:05; ND: Condra 10 (Cole, Lawson), PPG, 11:56; NMU:Ray Kaunisto 6 (Gregor Hanson), 14:17; NMU: Phil Fox 8(Tim Hartung, Hanson), 19:46. 2nd: ND: Ryan 8(Condra, Dan Kissel), 1:22; NMU: Fox 9 (Mark Olver,Hanson), 4:41; NMU: Justin Florek 6 (AndrewCherniwchan), 5:24; ND: Justin White 6 (Regan, TeddyRuth), 9:41. 3rd: Cole 5 (Lawson, Condra), PPG, 00:54;ND: Calle Ridderwall 13 (Kevin Deeth, ChristiaanMinella), PPG, 11:32; ND: Cole 6 (Ryan, Condra), PPG,12:42; ND: White 7 (Kissel, Ruth), PPG, 14:07; NMU:Tyler Gron 1 (Hartung, Hanson), 16:15.

Saves: NMU: Brian Stewart (11:56) 5 - x - x - 5Derek Janzen (48:04) 1 - 13 - 5 - 19

ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 3 - 9- 5 - 17Power Play: NMU: 1-4; ND: 6-8Penalties: BGSU: 7 for 25 min.; ND: 4 for 8 min.Attendance: 2,882 (sellout)

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Notre Dame 5 • Michigan State 0

Notre Dame, Ind. – Second-ranked Notre Damereturned home for the regular season finale and honoredits senior class of 2009 following a 5-0 shutout ofMichigan State in front of a sold-out Joyce Center ... sev-eral seniors did their part in the shutout win as ErikCondra scored a pair of goals, Justin White scored onceand Garret Regan and Christian Hanson picked up assistswhile goaltender Jordan Pearce stopped all 15 shots hefaced for his second consecutive shutout and the sixth ofthe season ... for the Irish the game was played with aheavy heart as the team learned in the morning that long-time broadcaster, Mike Lockert, had passed away the pre-vious night ... Lockert had served as the team’s radio manfor seven seasons ... following the game, CCHA commis-sioner Tom Anastos presented the Irish with the 2009CCHA regular-season championship trophy ... the winwas the fifth straight for the Irish and gave Notre Damea 26-5-3 overall record to go with a 20-4-3-3 record inthe CCHA ... the Irish wasted little time scoring fourgoals in the first period ... Condra opened the scoring at1:48 and was followed by goals from White (9:41), BillyMaday (17:01) and Condra again at 18:25 versusSpartans’ goaltender Drew Palmisano ... the score stayedthat way until the 10:35 mark of the third period whenChristiaan Minella jammed a rebound past Palmisano forhis eighth goal of the season ... the Irish out shotMichigan State, 31-15 in the game ... Palmisano finishedwith 26 saves ... the shutout marks the second time thisseason that Pearce put together back-to-back shutouts ...his shutout streak stands at 135:29 since Feb. 20.


Notre Dame 1 • Nebraska-Omaha 0

Omaha, Neb. – Notre Dame combined stifling defenseand stellar goaltending from Hobey Baker candidateJordan Pearce as the Irish blanked Nebraska-Omaha, 1-0,in front of 7,991 fans at the Omaha Civic Auditorium ...the win clinched the CCHA regular-season title forNotre Dame as the Irish record improved to 25-5-3 over-all and 19-4-3-3 in the CCHA, good for 44 points,enough to eliminate second-place Miami in the leaguestandings ... Pearce stopped all 17 shots he faced and gotthe only goal he needed at 6:31 of the third period whenDan Kissel cashed in a two-on-one with Erik Condra forthe game winner ... the shutout was Pearce’s fifth of theseason and the ninth of his career ... the Irish out shotNebraska-Omaha, 24-17, in the game as Jerad Kaufmannmade 23 saves for the Mavericks ... the win was the 13throad win for Notre Dame, breaking the previous best of12 set three times in the 41-year history of the program... in 2006-07, the Irish clinched the regular-season titleon the road with a 1-0 win at Alaska.

1 2 3 – F#2 Notre Dame 0 0 1 – 1Nebraska-Omaha 0 0 0 – 0

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: ND: Dan Kissel5 (Erik Condra, Ben Ryan), 6:31.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 9 - 6 - 2 - 17UNO: Jerad Kaufmann (59:11) 8 - 8 - 7 - 23

Power Play: ND: 0-6; UNO: 0-3Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 min.; UNO: 7 for 14 min.Attendance: 7,991

Dan Kissel (#16) and Christiaan Minella (#15) played key roles for the Irish all season long. Both players had biggoals in the weekend sweep at Nebraska-Omaha. Minella scored the first goal of the weekend in Friday’s 4-3overtime win and Kissel closed out the weekend with the lone goal in Saturday’s 1-0 win. That goal helped NotreDame clinch the CCHA regular-season title.

1 2 3 FMichigan State 0 0 0 – 0

#2 Notre Dame 4 0 1 – 5

1st: ND: Erik Condra 11 (unassisted), 1:48: ND: JustinWhite 8 (Patrick Gaul, Teddy Ruth), 9:41; ND: Billy Maday14 (Kevin Deeth, Brett Blatchford), PPG, 17:01; ND:Condra 12 (Dan Kissel, Ben Ryan), 18:25. 2nd: NoScoring. 3rd: ND: Christiaan Minella 8 (ChristianHanson, Garrett Regan), 10:35.

Saves: MSU: Drew Palmisano (60:00) 4 - 12 - 10 - 26ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 3 - 3 - 9 - 15

Power Play: MSU: 0-3; ND: 1-1Penalties:MSU: 3 for 6 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.;Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)


Notre Dame 2 • Michigan State 1

East Lansing, Mich. – Notre Dame's senior hockeyclass accomplished many things over four years wearingthe Irish uniform ... there are two CCHA regular seasontitles, a CCHA postseason championship and the school'sfirst ever trip to the Frozen Four in 2008 ... despite thesuccesses, there was one thing that the class of 2009 hadnever done - win at Michigan State's Munn Arena - aplace where the Irish were 0-6-1 since the last win thereon Feb. 9, 2002 ... after the final regular-season game ofthe 2008-09 season, that can be crossed off the "to-dolist” and added to the long list of accomplishments asNotre Dame ran its winning streak to six games with a2-1 win over Michigan State in front of a sellout crowdof 6,759 at Munn Arena ... the win gave the Irish threestraight victories versus the Spartans, something thathadn’t happened since 1978-79 ... Erik Condra andChristian Hanson handled the goal scoring while JordanPearce stopped 19 of 20 shots he faced for the win ingoal ... Jay Sprague scored the lone Spartan goal whilesenior goaltender Jeff Lerg had 35 saves for MichiganState to become the CCHA’s all-time saves leader with3,951 and moved into second on the NCAA's all-timelist ... Lerg was 3-4-1 versus Notre Dame in his career ...Sprague's second-period goal snapped Jordan Pearce'sscoreless streak at 169:38, the second-longest streak(171:26) in his career ... the win gave the Irish a 27-5-3overall mark and a 21-4-3-3 record in league play ...Pearce picked up his sixth straight win in the game andfinished the regular season with 26 ... that gave him 55for his career and moved him into a tie for second on theall-time wins list with David Brown '07 and put him onebehind the all-time leader, Lance Madson ‘90, who fin-ished his career with 56 wins.

1 2 3 F#2 Notre Dame 1 0 1 – 2Michigan State 0 1 0 – 11st: ND: Erik Condra 13 (Dan Kissel, Ben Ryan), 19:55.2nd: MSU: Jay Sprague 1 (Jeff Petry, Matt Schepke), 14:09.3rd: ND: Christian Hanson 15 (Kyle Lawson, GarrettRegan), 7:21.

Saves: ND: Jordan Pearce (59:59) 3 - 5 - 11 - 19MSU: Jeff Lerg (59:07) 15 - 14 - 6 - 35

Power Play: ND: 0-4; MSU: 0-2Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 min.; MSU: 7 for 22 min.Attendance: 6,759 (sellout)


GameCapsules

GAME 38March 20, 2009


CCHA Semifinals

Detroit, Mich. – Sophomore center Ben Ryan scoredwith 1:00 left in the game to give second-ranked NotreDame a 2-1 win over Northern Michigan in the firstsemifinal game of the 2009 CCHA Championship at JoeLouis Arena ... Ryan's goal came 23 seconds after theWildcats' Nick Sirota deflected a shot past Irish goal-tender Jordan Pearce to tie the game at 1-1 in the thirdperiod ... prior to the final 1:23 of the game, Kyle Lawsonhad the only goal of the game as he scored on a first-period power play to give Notre Dame a 1-0 lead ...other than that, Pearce with 21 saves and NorthernMichigan's Brian Stewart (34 saves) dominated the game... the victory was the ninth straight for the Irish as theygo to 30-5-3 for the season and advance to the CCHAchampionship game for the second time in the last threeyears versus Michigan ... Notre Dame broke through onStewart on their second power-play chance of the nightas Lawson snuck in from the right point and snapped awrister over Stewart from the bottom of the right circleat 4:15 of the first period ... the Irish would lead, 1-0,until late in the third when defenseman Erik Gustafsson’sshot from the left point deflected in front and thenappeared to go off Sirota’s leg and deflect past Pearce ...after a review the goal stood and the game was tied withjust 1:23 left on the clock ... it took just 23 seconds forRyan to become the hero as he followed up a RyanThang shot by tucking the puck between the left post



Game 2 CCHA Quarterfinals

Notre Dame, Ind. – For the second night in a row, theshow belonged to Notre Dame goaltender Jordan Pearcewho pitched his second consecutive shutout, a 1-0whitewashing of Nebraska-Omaha to give the Irish asweep of the Mavericks ... the win sends Notre Dameback to Joe Louis Arena in Detroit for a shot at its sec-ond CCHA playoff title in the last three seasons ...Pearce stopped 30 shots for the second consecutive nightand held UNO off the scoreboard for the third consec-utive time this season in the win ... his shutout streak ranto 191:50 against the Mavericks with their last goal com-ing in the third period of the Feb. 20th contest ... thesenior goaltender got all the scoring he would need at2:34 of the first period with a goal off the stick of fel-low senior Justin White ... the shutout gives Pearce anation-leading eighth of the year and ties him withDavid Brown ‘07 with 12 for Notre Dame’s career-besttotal ... the victory also was the 57th of Pearce’s career,making him the school’s all-time leader in that category... the win sends the second-ranked Irish to Detroit withan overall record of 29-5-3 and an eight-game winningstreak with the last loss coming on Feb. 8 ... the 29 winsare the second-best total in the program’s history behindjust the 32-win campaign of 2006-07 ... the 1-0 win wasthe 12th one-goal game of the season for Notre Damewith the Irish going 10-2 in those contests ... the finalhome game of the season for Notre Dame marked the13th sellout of the season in 18 games with the teamaveraging 2,703 per game while turning in a 13-3-2record with just one loss after Oct. 25.

1 2 3 – FNebraska-Omaha 0 0 0 – 0#2 Notre Dame 1 0 0 – 1

1st: ND: Justin White 9 (Dan Kissel), 2:34. 2nd: NoScoring. 3rd: No Scoring.

Saves: UNO: Jerad Kaufmann (58:45) 10 - 9 - 4 - 23ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 8 - 9 - 13 - 30

Power Play: UNO: 0-3; ND: 0-2Penalties: UNO: 3 for 6 min.; ND: 4 for 8 min.Attendance: 2,857 (sellout)



Game 1 - CCHA Quarterfinals

Notre Dame, Ind. – After a bye in the first week of theCCHA playoffs, Notre Dame returned to action versuseighth-seed Nebraska-Omaha as the Mavericks advancedby knocking off Bowling Green in the opening round ...the Irish picked up where they left off with UNO, con-tinuing a shutout run with a 5-0 win in game one versusthe Mavericks in front of a sellout crowd of 2,819 at theJoyce Center ... in the last meeting between the twoschools (Feb. 21), Notre Dame had blanked Nebraska-Omaha, 1-0 ... game one saw the Irish come out flyingwith Calle Ridderwall, Ben Ryan, Billy Maday and RyanThang building a 4-0 first period lead ... from there, goal-tender Jordan Pearce took over, stopping all 30 shots hefaced for his school-record seventh shutout of the season... the shutout was the 11th of his career and put him onebehind David Brown’s ‘07 career mark of 12 ... RyanGuentzel closed the scoring with the lone goal of the third period ... the win also tied Pearce for the NotreDame career record for wins with 56 ... this victory alsotook on special meaning for Notre Dame and the seniorclass as it was the 100th of their careers (100-47-14 (.665)and the 100th for head coach Jeff Jackson in just hisfourth season behind the Irish bench ... Notre Damecame out fast, scoring just 2:01 into the game whenRidderwall backhanded the game winner behind JeradKaufmann ... Ryan’s goal at 7:18 came on the power playand made it 2-0 ... Maday drilled a Kyle Lawson center-ing pass behind Kaufmann at 15:46 before Ryan Thang,returning from an injury that sidelined him since Feb. 6, one-timed a shot from the left circle past Kaufmann forhis 10th of the year ... the Mavericks changed goaltendersin the second period with Jeremie Dupont taking over ...Notre Dame wrapped up the scoring at 16:47 of the thirdperiod when Guentzel lifted the rebound of a Dan Kisselshot over Kaufmann for the 5-0 lead ... the Irish had a31-30 edge in shots on goal ... Kaufmann made 11 savesin the opening period and Dupont had 15 over the final40 minutes ... Notre Dame is now 6-0-1 versusNebraska-Omaha in the last seven meetings.

1 2 3 – FNebraska-Omaha 0 0 0 – 0#2 Notre Dame 4 0 1 – 5

1st: ND: Calle Ridderwall 15 (unassisted), 2:01; ND: BenRyan 10 (Erik Condra, Ian Cole), PPG, 7:18; ND: BillyMaday 15 (Kyle Lawson), 15:46; ND: Ryan Thang 10(Condra, Ryan), 17:)6. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: ND: RyanGuentzel 4 (Dan Kissel), 16:47.

Saves: UNO: Jerad Kaufmann (20:00) 11 - x - x - 11Jeremie Dupont (39:48) x - 8 - 7 - 15

ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 7 - 12 - 11 - 30Power Play: UNO: 0-5; ND: 1-4Penalties: UNO: 5 for 10 min.; ND: 6 for 12 min.Attendance: 2,819 (sellout)

Senior center Justin White scored the lone goal in NotreDame’s 1-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha in game two ofthe second round of the CCHA playoffs. The victory sentthe Irish to Joe Louis Arena for the third consecutive year.

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Bemidji State 5 • Notre Dame 1First Round - NCAA Tournament

Grand Rapids, Mich. – Notre Dame made its thirdappearance in the NCAA Tournament, this time as theNo. 1 seed at the Midwest Regional, facing BemidjiState ... the Beavers advanced to the tournament as thechampions of College Hockey America (CHA) ... for theIrish, everything that could go wrong did at Van AndelArena as the Irish were upset by the Beavers, 5-1 ...ranked second in the nation, the loss ended NotreDame’s season with a 31-6-3 record ... Bemidji wouldbeat Cornell in the regional finals and advance to itsfirst-ever Frozen Four ... Tyler Scofield scored twice forthe Beavers while Chris McKelvie, Ben Kinne and MattRead scored single goals ... Dan Kissel notched the loneIrish goal in the upset loss ... Bemidji scored first just1:42 into the game when the Beavers dumped the puckbehind the Irish net where it took a funny bounce off


Notre Dame 5 • Michigan 2CCHA Championship

Detroit, Mich. – For the second time in the last threeseasons, the Notre Dame hockey team was crownedCCHA playoff champions as the Irish rallied from a two-goal deficit to hand Michigan a 5-2 loss in the CCHAtitle game at Joe Louis Arena ... Notre Dame’s rallyincluded four, third-period goals as Calle Ridderwall ledthe way with two markers and Billy Maday, Ben Ryanand Christiaan Minella getting one each ... Michigan gotits goals from Luke Glendening and David Wohlberg ...the win gives the Irish a 10-game winning streak sinceFeb. 8 and a 31-5-3 overall record ... the Wolverines gotthe lone goal of the second period when Glendening’srebound attempt deflected off a Notre Dame defensemanand fluttered over Pearce’s left shoulder at 14:32 ...Wohlberg made it 2-0 at 2:10 of the second period whenhe snapped a wrister past Pearce for his 15th goal of theyear ... the Irish got untracked and finally solved BryanHogan at 12:11 of the second with the teams skatingfour aside ... Maday took a feed from Kevin Deeth andwhipped a shot past Hogan from the left circle for his16th goal of the year ... that set up a third period thatmight be Notre Dame’s defining moment of the season... it took the Irish just 2:05 of the third period to regainthe lead with a pair of goals 50 seconds apart ...Ridderwall got his first of the night at 1:15 when hedeflected a Brett Blatchford shot past Hogan to make it2-2 ... Ryan would get his second game winner of theweekend when he gave the Irish the lead at 2:05 ... thesophomore center took a pass from Ryan Thang as hecut across the left wing circle and snapped a shot underHogan’s glove for his 12th of the year ... Pearce nursedthe lead until the 11:11 mark of the third whenRidderwall drove to the goal and tucked a Billy Madayrebound between Hogan’s pads for a 4-2 lead ... the cel-ebration started early - at 16:53 to be exact - whenMinella snapped a wrist shot that beat Hogan to his stickside ... Pearce took care of the rest, finishing with 28saves while Hogan had 29 in the Michigan goal ... NotreDame placed four players on the CCHA all-tournamentteam - defenseman Ian Cole, forwards Calle Ridderwalland Ben Ryan and goaltender Jordan Pearce whileMichigan defenseman Steve Kampfer and forward LouieCaporusso were selected ... Pearce was named the tour-nament’s Most Valuable Player.

and Stewart’s pad at the 19:00 mark for the game win-ner ... the Irish outshot the Wildcats, 36-22 in the game... Pearce saw his shutout streak snapped after 178:37with Sirota’s goal.

1 2 3 – FNorthern Michigan 0 0 1 – 1#2 Notre Dame 1 0 1 – 2

1st: ND: Kyle Lawson 4 (Erik Condra, Ian Cole), PPG,4:15. 2nd: No Scoring. 3rd: NMU: Nick Sirota 11 (EricGustafsson, Jared Brown), 18:37; ND: Ben Ryan 11 (RyanThang, Ian Cole), 19:00.

Saves: NMU: Brian Stewart (59:05) 14 - 9 - 11 - 34ND: Jordan Pearce (59:54) 6 - 5 - 10 21

Power Play: NMU: 0-3; ND: 1-5Penalties: NMU: 5 for 10 min.; ND: 4 for 8 min.Attendance: 11,043

CCHA Commissioner Tom Anastos and Joe Louis Arena’s Lori Shiels present the Mason Cup and the CCHAchampionship banner to Notre Dame seniors - captain Erik Condra, Christian Hanson, Garrett Regan, Justin White,Luke Lucyk and Jordan Pearce - following the team’s 5-2 win in the CCHA championship game.

1 2 3 – F#3 Michigan 1 1 0 – 2#2 Notre Dame 0 1 4 – 5

1st: UM: Luke Glendening 6 (Brandon Naurato, SteveKampfer), 14:32. 2nd: UM: David Wohlberg 15 (TimMiller), 2:10; ND: Billy Maday 16 (Kevin Deeth, BrettBlatchford), 12:11. 3rd: ND: Calle Ridderwall 16(Blatchford, Deeth), 1:15; ND: Ben Ryan 12 (Ryan Thang,Kyle Lawson), 2:05; ND: Ridderwall 17 (Maday), 11:11;ND: Christiaan Minella 9 (Christian Hanson, Ian Cole),16:53.

Saves: UM: Bryan Hogan (60:00) 11 - 10 - 8 - 29ND: Jordan Pearce (59:57) 8 - 12 - 8 - 28

Power Play: UM: 0-4; ND: 0-6Penalties: UM: 6 for 12 min.; ND: 4 for 8 min.Attendance: 19,126

the back boards and caromed off the side of the goal pastJordan Pearce ... the puck bounced towards ChrisMcKelvie who chopped it past Pearce for the 1-0 lead ...Scofield made it 2-0 at 11:03 via the power play as hedeflected a Brad Hunt shot between Pearce’s pads ...Kinne made it 3-0 at 13:19 of the second period whenhis shot pinballed off a crowd in front past Pearce ...Notre Dame entered the third period on the power playand that would backfire too as Schofield broke up anIrish rush and Read blasted a slapshot over Pearce’sblocker just 49 seconds into the final period ... NotreDame finally broke through at 6:02 of third when Kisselburied a shot past Bemidji goaltender Matt Dalton ...Schofield closed the scoring after the Irish pulled Pearcefor a sixth attacker with under four minutes to play andtrailing, 4-1 ... Schofield controlled a face off in his ownzone and just fired the puck down the ice into the opennet at 16:33 for his second goal of the game and the finalscore of 5-1 ... Notre Dame out shot Bemidji, 35, 19 inthe game ... Dalton finished with 34 saves while Pearcehad 14 on the night.

1 2 3 FBemidji State 2 1 2 – 5#2 Notre Dame 0 0 1 – 11st: BSU: Chris McKelvie 3 (unassisted), 1:42; BSU: TylerSchofield 19 (Brad Hunt, Matt Read), PPG, 11:03. 2nd:BSU: Ben Kinne 8 (Ryan Cramer, Shea Walters), 13:19.3rd: BSU: Read 14 (Schofield), SHG, 00:49; ND: DanKissel 6 (Ryan Guentzel, Brett Blatchford), 6:02; BSU:Schofield 20 (unassisted), ENG, 16:33. Saves: BSU: Matt Dalton (60:00) 11 - 11 - 12 - 34

ND: Jordan Pearce (59:43) 5 - 7 - 2 - 14Power Play: BSU: 1-5; ND: 0-4Penalties: BSU: 4 for 8 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 4,052


GraduatedLetterwinners

#11

2008-09 ... led Notre Dame in scoring for the fourth consecu-tive year ... played in all 40 games, scoring 13 goals with 25assists for 38 points ... had five power-play tallies, two short-handed goals and a pair of game winners ... had 17 penalties for34 minutes and was +11 on the season ... second on the teamwith 102 shots on goal ... had 11 games with two or morepoints with three multiple-goal games ... was eighth amongoverall scorers in the CCHA ... winner of team’s offensive playerof the year award ... named second-team ACHA/Reebok All-American ... selected second team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDAAcademic All-American as a senior, to become just the 53rdNotre Dame student-athlete (66th time overall) to be namedboth an All-American and an Academic All-American ... alongwith teammate Jordan Pearce was one of 10 finalists for theLowe’s Senior CLASS Award ... a second team all-CCHA selec-tion as a senior ... winner of CCHA’s Terry Flanagan Award for“perseverance, dedication and courage” after coming back froma season-ending knee injury as a junior ... was a finalist for theCCHA’s top defensive forward award ... winner of the school’sprestigious Byron V. Kanaley Award and Francis PatrickO’Connor Awards ... had game-winning goal on the powerplay in 3-0 win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 17) to highlight a five-point weekend (2g, 3a) versus Pioneers ... had just seven morepoints in first half (2g, 5a) before getting hot right beforeChristmas with a six-game point streak (1g, 7a) ... recorded twogoals on the power play in 4-3 overtime win at Ohio State(Feb. 6) ... second came with one second left on clock in regu-lation to tie game ... turned in a seven-point weekend (2g, 5a)in sweep of Northern Michigan (Feb. 13-14) ... had third, five-point game (2g, 3a) of career in 9-5 win on Feb. 13 ... namedCCHA offensive player of the week for week ending Feb. 15 ...picked up third, two-goal game of season in 5-0 win overMichigan State on Feb. 27, including the game winner ... hadthree assists in five postseason games.

AS A JUNIOR: Served as alternate captain for the Irish in2007-08 ... Notre Dame’s top scorer, scoring a career high 15goals with 23 assists for 38 points ... added career highs inpower-play goals (6) and short-handed tallies (4) while tying acareer best with four game winners ... picked up 13 penaltiesfor 26 minutes ... was +6 on the year ... missed the final sixgames of the year with a knee injury suffered in the secondround of the CCHA playoffs against Ferris State (March 16) ...selected to the all-tournament teams at the Rensselaer HolidayTournament and the Lightning College Hockey Classic ...selected as Notre Dame’s ‘07-’08 offensive player of the year ...second team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic all-District Five at-Large team ... had nine games with two or morepoints, including a five-point game and a pair of three-pointnights ... collected one multiple-goal game on the season ...turned in a six-point weekend against Lake Superior (3g, 3a) ...equaled a career high with five points (2g, 3a) in 7-3 win overthe Lakers on Nov. 1.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Led Notre Dame in scoring for thesecond consecutive season, scoring 14 goals with 34 assists for48 points in 42 games ... had four power-play goals, one short-handed tally and four game winners on the year ... whistled offfor nine penalties resulting in 18 penalty minutes ... led the Irishwith a +30 ... Condra’s 48 points were most by an Irish playersince Curtis Janicke ‘93 had 50 points in 1990-91 ... 34 assistswere most since Connor Dunlop ‘03 had 36 in 2001-02 ... wassixth in the CCHA with 48 points and tied for for second with34 assists while +30 led all skaters ... was an honorable mentionall-CCHA selection ... Notre Dame’s offensive player-of-the-year for 2006-07 ... had 10 games with two or more points,including two four-point nights and one game with five points... had one multiple-goal game ... recorded only two-goal game(including game winner) of the season in 4-0 win over Falconson Nov. 11, giving him five-point weekend (2g, 3a) ... selectedCCHA offensive player-of-the-week player-of-the-week forNov. 12 ... had four-point game (1g, 3a) in 7-3 win and twoassists in 4-3 victory over Wolverines ... named CCHA offen-sive player-of-the-week for Dec. 11 ... turned in career-bestfive-point game (1g, 4a) in 6-2 win at Robert Morris ... col-lected back-to-back game-winning goals in sweep at LakeSuperior ... had second four-assist game of season and third ofhis career in 7-1 win over Alaska in game one of CCHA quar-

terfinals ... followed with single assist in 3-1 win in game two ...set up two goals in 3-0 win over Lake Superior State in CCHAsemifinals ... scored game-tying goal (1-1) in 2-1 win overMichigan in CCHA championship game ... selected to theCCHA all-tournament team ...assisted on one goal in 3-2 dou-ble-overtime win against Alabama-Huntsville in NCAA tourna-ment.

AS A FRESHMAN: Led the Irish in scoring with six goalsand 28 assists for 36 points ... scored three goals on the powerplay and one game winner ... picked up 16 penalties for 32 min-utes ... was -2 on the year ... Notre Dame’s rookie-of-the-year... selected to CCHA all-rookie team ... finalist for CCHArookie-of-the-year honors ... led all CCHA freshmen in scoringand was seventh in the nation ... picked up first collegiate pointsin second game of the season when he assisted on all three goalsin a 6-3 loss at Denver to start a four-game point streak (1g, 6a)... scored first collegiate goal versus Michigan (Nov. 4) ... hadsecond three-assist game in the first seven contests with threehelpers in 9-4 win against Bowling Green on Nov. 10 ... had firstmultiple-goal game of career with two goals and one assist in 3-2 win at Minnesota State on Dec. 6 ... selected CCHA rookie-of-the-week for Dec. 11 for four-point weekend ... combinedwith Tom Sawatske to score the two fastest goals (eight secondsapart) in Notre Dame hockey history in third period ... hadcareer-best four-point and four-assist game in 7-4 win atBowling Green.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Texas High Schoolin Texarkana, Texas ... spent first three years of high school atDetroit Catholic Central in Redford, Mich. ... played one yearof junior hockey in the USHL with the Lincoln Stars ... playedfor the Texarkana Bandits of the North American HockeyLeague (NAHL) ... selected team MVP following the season ...came up through the Honeybaked junior program in Detroit ...full name is Erik P. Condra ... son of Paul and Sonja Condra ...has one brother ... nephew of Irish All-American hockey stand-out Kirt Bjork ‘83 ... born Aug, 6, 1986, in Wyandotte, Mich. ...graduated from Notre Dame with degrees in psychology andpre-professional studies (pre-med) on May 17, 2009.

Four-time monogram winner at Notre Dame ... served asthe team captain for Irish in 2008-09 ... was an alternate cap-tain as a junior in 2007-08 ... named second-teamACHA/Reebok All-American following ‘08-’09 campaign ...selected second team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA AcademicAll-American as a senior, becoming just the 53rd Notre Damestudent-athlete to be named both an All-American and anAcademic All-American ... one of 10 finalists for the Lowe’sSenior CLASS Award ... a second team all-CCHA selection asa senior ... winner of CCHA’s Terry Flanagan Award for “per-severance, dedication and courage” after coming back from aseason-ending knee injury as a junior ... finalist for the CCHA’stop defensive forward award ... led the Irish in scoring in fourconsecutive seasons ... played in 159 career games, scoring 48goals with 110 assists for 158 career points ... had 18 power-playgoals, six short-handed tallies and 11 game winners while being+49 for his career ... one of just nine Irish players to record 100or more assists in career, ranking seventh on that list ... finishedcareer ranked 13th on all-time points list ... three-time winnerof Notre Dame’s top forward award ... winner of the school’sprestigious Byron V. Kanaley Award and Francis PatrickO’Connor Awards as a senior ... selected in the seventh round,211th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the OttawaSenators ... signed with the Senators on July 1, 2009.

AS A SENIOR: Served as team captain for the Irish in

Condra’s Career Bests

5 Pointsvs. No. Michigan (2g, 3a); 2/13/09)vs. Lake Superior (2g, 3a; 11/1/07)vs. Robert Morris (1g-4a; 1/5/07)

2 GoalsSix times

4 Assistsvs. Alaska (3/9/07)vs. Robert Morris (1/5/07)vs. Bowling Green (2/17/06)

8 Shots on Goalvs. Miami (11/10/07)vs. Alaska (3/9/07)

2-Game Goal StreakSeven times

6-Game Point Streak• (1g, 7a); Dec. 12-Jan. 10, 2009(vs. Bowling Green, Union, Minnesota-Duluth, Alaska)• (3g-7a); Nov. 16-Nov. 30, 2007(vs. Western Michigan, Bowling Green,Alabama-Huntsville, Rensselaer, Nebraska-Omaha)• (2g-8a); Jan. 28-Feb. 17, 2006(vs. Ohio State, Michigan State, Ferris State and Bowling Green)

Condra’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2005-06 36 6 28 34 77 .078 16/32 3 0 1 -22006-07 42 14 34 48 121 .116 9/18 4 1 4 +302007-08 41 15 23 38 115 .130 13/26 6 3 4 +62008-09 40 13 25 38 102 .127 17/34 5 2 2 +15Totals 159 48 110 158 415 .116 55/110 18 6 11 +49


Totals 126 39 76 115

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Shoots: RightLivonia, Michigan

Lincoln Stars (USHL)

ErikCondra

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#25

Center6-4 • 228

Shoots: RightVenetia,

PennsylvaniaTri-City Storm (USHL)

ChristianHanson

AS A SENIOR: Played in 37 games for the Irish... was third in scoring with career highs in goals (16),assists (15), points (31), power-play goals (6) and gamewinners (5) ... whistled for 14 penalties, resulting in 28minutes ... was +10 on the year and finished with 92shots on goal ... was 16th in the CCHA in overall scor-ing with 31 points ... tied for the conference lead ingame-winning goals with five ... was a second teamall-CCHA selection ... recorded eight multiple-pointgames with three multiple-goal games ... put togethera four-game point streak (3g, 2a; Oct. 25-Nov. 7) ...scored first goal of the year in a 3-2 loss to Miami ...picked up the game winner the following week versusNorthern Michigan (Oct. 31) to start Irish on 20-gameunbeaten streak ... added two assists in the secondgame of series against the Wildcats ... closed streakwith game winner in 4-1 win at Boston College ...started a six-game point streak on Nov. 15 with twoassists versus Lake Superior ... turned in back-to-backthree-point games (2g, 1a) versus Bowling Green(Nov. 21-22) ... recorded one power-play goal in eachgame ... had a career-best three-assist game versusWestern Michigan (Nov. 28) ... followed with goalsversus Western Michigan (Nov. 29) and a goal and anassist at Ferris State (Dec. 5) ... closed the first half ofthe season with three-goal weekend versus BowlingGreen (Dec. 12-13) ... fourth game winner came onJan. 10 versus Alaska ... suffered concussion in 4-3overtime win at Ohio State on Feb. 6 and missed threegames ... returned to lineup on Feb. 20 with a goal andassist in win over Nebraska-Omaha ... fifth game win-ner of the season came on Feb. 28 in 2-1 win in reg-ular-season finale at Michigan State.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 47 games for theIrish, recording then career highs in goals (13), assists(9), points (22) and shots on goal ... picked up 23penalties for 57 minutes ... added one short-handedgoal and one game winner ... turned in a +5 for theseason ... named to the all-tournament team at theNCAA West Regional with three goals and an assist inwins over New Hampshire and Michigan State ... hadfive multiple-point games on the season and one, two-goal game ... goal versus Lake Superior was short-handed while goal versus top-ranked Red Hawksstaked Irish to a 1-0 lead in 2-1 upset win ... had three-point weekend (2g, 1a) in sweep of Nebraska-Omaha... picked up a goal and an assist in 5-4 win on Nov.30 and a goal in 5-0 shutout win (Dec. 1) ... recordedback-to-back two-point games (1g, 1a) in 7-0 win atPrinceton (Dec. 8) and in opening game of LightningCollege Hockey Classic in a 4-3 loss to Massachusetts... scored the game winner in 2-1 win at NorthernMichigan (Jan. 5) ... helped Irish to 6-1 home winagainst Bowling Green with his eighth goal of the sea-son on Jan. 25 ... got hot in the postseason with fourgoals and one assist in nine games ... scored lone Irishgoal in 2-1 loss to Northern Michigan in CCHA third-place game ... scored twice in the 7-3 win over NewHampshire in first NCAA Tournament game ... had agoal and an assist in 3-1 victory over Michigan Statethat sent Notre Dame to the Frozen Four.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Saw action in 33 gamesfor the Irish, scoring six goals with two assists for eightpoints ... had one power-play goal and one game win-ner ... recorded 12 penalties for 24 penalty minutes ...took 58 shots on goal ... was +8 for the season ...missed eight games from Jan. 19 through Feb. 10 withmononucleosis ... scored goals in three straight gamesfrom Oct. 27 to Nov. 3 ... first goal of the year gaveIrish a 2-0 lead versus Army in opening game of

Four-time monogram winner for the Irish ... servedas one of the team’s alternate captains during the 2008-09 season ... selected second team all-CCHA for theyear ... played in 37 games as a senior with 16 goals, 15assists for 31 points ... had six power-play goals, oneshort-handed tally and a five game-winning goals ...one of the CCHA’s top face-off men ... played in 140career games at Notre Dame with 36 goals and 28assists for 64 points ... had seven power-play goals, twoshort-handed markers and seven career game winnerswhile being +21 for his career ... selected to the all-tournament team at the 2008 NCAA West Regional ashis play helped the Irish advance to their first-everappearance in the NCAA Frozen Four ... joined theIrish after playing two seasons in the United StatesHockey League (USHL) for the Tri-City Storm ... wonthe USHL’s 2005 Curt Hammer Award which is pre-sented annually to the league’s “most gentlemanlyplayer who embodies what the USHL stands for onand off the ice” ... one of nine players all-time to playfor the Irish from the Pittsburgh area ... capped hiscareer by signing a free agent contract with the TorontoMaple Leafs on March 31, 2009 ... scored first NHLgoal in his second game (April 7) versus the NewJersey Devils.


Totals 109 27 24 51

Lightning College Hockey Classic ... gave Notre Damea 1-0 lead at 3:21 of second period versus Air Force foreventual game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Air Force... was selected to the Lightning College HockeyClassic all-tournament team and was tournament mostvaluable player ... continued goal streak with secondgoal of the game in 4-2 win at Ohio State on Nov. 3... picked up first two-point game of career in 4-3 winover Northern Michigan on Dec. 30 at Ft. Wayne ...had one assist in 4-2 home loss to Robert Morris ...scored final goal of the season in CCHA semifinalgame, an empty-net goal to lock up 3-0 win over LakeSuperior State ... had one goal in six postseason games.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 23 games with onegoal and two asssists ... recorded seven penalties for 14minutes ... had 20 shots on goal and was -2 on the sea-son ... scored first collegiate goal in 9-4 win overBowling Green on Nov. 10 ... had first assist of the yearon Jan. 20 in 5-2 loss at Northern Michigan ... had onepoint in two CCHA playoff games when he set up DanVeNard’s first-period goal in 3-1 loss to AlaskaFairbanks.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from PetersTownship High School in McMurray, Pa. ... alsoattended Kearney High School in Kearney, Neb., whileplaying for the Tri-City Storm ... helped lead PetersTownship to 2002 Pennsylvania State title ... played fiveyears with the Pittsburgh Hornets before joining Tri-City .... played two seasons in Tri-City ... served as anassistant captain in ‘04-’05 and led the Storm in scor-ing with 19 goals and 33 assists for 52 points to tie for16th in USHL scoring race ... full name is ChristianDavid Hanson ... son of Dave and Suzanne Hanson ...has two sisters ... father, Dave, played 10 years of prohockey, including stints with the Detroit Red Wings,the Minnesota North Stars and the WHA’s MinnesotaFighting Saints ... father is best known for his role inthe movie, Slapshot, as one of the famed HansonBrothers ... born March 10, 1986, in Glens Falls, N.Y.... graduated from Notre Dame with a finance degreeon May 17, 2009.

Hanson’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2005-06 23 1 2 3 20 .050 7/14 0 0 0 -22006-07 33 6 2 8 58 .103 12/24 1 0 1 +82007-08 47 13 9 22 91 .143 23/57 0 1 1 +52008-09 37 16 15 31 92 .174 14/28 6 1 5 +10Totals 140 36 28 64 261 .138 56/123 7 2 7 +21

Hanson’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. Western Michigan (0g, 3a; 11/28/08)vs. Bowling Green (2g, 1a; 11/22/08)vs. Bowling Green (2g, 1a; 11/21/08)

2 GoalsFour times

3 Assistsvs. Western Michigan (11/28/08)

7 Shots on Goalvs. Northern Michigan (12/30/06)

3-Game Goal Streak• (4g, 1a); March 22-March 29, 2008(vs. No. Michigan, New Hampshire, MichiganState)• (3g, 0a); Oct. 27-Nov. 3, 2006(vs. Army, Air Force, Ohio State)

6-Game Point Streak• (6g, 6a); Nov. 15-Dec. 5, 2008)(vs. Lake Superior, Bowling Green, WesternMichigan, Ferris State)



#1

Goaltender6-1 • 206

Catches: LeftAnchorage, Alaska

Lincoln Stars (USHL)

JordanPearce

Dame single-season records as did his 20-gameunbeaten streak (17-0-3) from Oct. 31, 2008 to Jan.17, 2009 ... during his Notre Dame career, heappeared in 94 games, making 89 starts ... was 59-26-7 with a 1.98 goals-against average, a .918 save per-centage and 12 shutouts ... ranks first in career wins(59), goals-against average (1.98), save percentage(.918), winning percentage (.679) and tied forshutouts with 12 ... product of the U.S. National TeamDevelopmental Program and the USHL’s LincolnStars ... signed as a free agent with the Detroit RedWings on April 10, 2009 ... made his professionalhockey debut with the Grand Rapids Griffins of theAmerican Hockey League on April 11, a 5-2 loss toPeoria.

AS A SENIOR: Played in 39 of Notre Dame’s 40games in 2008-09, making 38 starts on the year ...played 2,326:20 minutes in goal while recording a 30-6-3 overall record to go with a stingy 1.68 goals-against average, a .931 save percentage and eightshutouts ... 30 wins and eight shutouts are NotreDame single-season records and led the nation in2008-09 ... his 1.68 goals-against average was secondin the country and the .931 save percentage was fifthoverall ... just an honorable mention all-CCHA selec-tion but was a finalist for the conference’s player ofthe year honors ... was the CCHA Tournament’s MostValuable Player and a member of the all-tournamentteam (4-0 with a 0.75 goals-against average) ...selected to the CCHA Scholar-Athlete team and wasthe league’s scholar-athlete of the year ... selectedNotre Dame’s team Most Valuable Player for the sec-ond consecutive season and the winner of theRockne Scholar-Athlete Award for the second year ...selected as a first team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDAAcademic All-American on the At-Large team for2009 ... just the second Irish hockey player to be atwo-time Academic All-America (joins Steve Noble‘98) ... along with teammate Erik Condra was one of10 finalists for the Lowes Senior CLASS Award ...started the season with a 1-3-0 record with losses atDenver (5-2) and a pair to Miami (2-0 and 3-2) ...lone win was an 18-save, 3-0 shutout of Sacred Heart(Oct. 17), his fifth career shutout ... from there, set aNotre Dame record by going unbeaten in 20 games(17-0-3) from Oct. 31 to Jan. 17 ... started streak witha pair of wins at Northern Michigan and was namedCCHA goaltender of the week for week ending Nov.2 ... made 27 saves in 4-1 win at Boston College onNov. 7 and ran road-win streak to four with a 4-1 winat Providence the following night ... made career-high40 saves in 3-3 tie with Lake Superior, then stoppedthree-of-four shots in shootout to give Irish firstshootout win in CCHA play, 2-1 ... won his firstCCHA shootout game on Nov. 14 versus LakeSuperior ... made 20 saves the following night in 5-2in over Lakers to improve unbeaten streak to 5-0-1 ...added two more wins in a home-and-home serieswith Bowling Green, winning at home, 9-1, and atBG, 4-1 on Nov. 21-22 ... made 21 saves in a 4-1home win against Western Michigan (Nov. 28) ...given the night off on Nov. 29 with Tom O’Brien get-ting his second career start ... entered the game in sec-ond period in relief and made 19 saves in 3-3 tiebefore stopping four-of-five Bronco shots for 2-1 winin shootout ... earned second CCHA goaltender ofthe week honor for week ending Dec. 7 after stop-ping 55-of-56 shots in 3-1 and 1-0 wins at FerrisState ... closed out first half with two more wins inhome-and-home series against Bowling Green (3-1and 4-3) ... also picked up assist in second game ...selected as Most Outstanding Player and to the all-tournament team at the Shillelagh Tournament aftertaking a pair of 3-1 decisions versus Union and

Four-time monogram winner at Notre Dame ...two-year starter in goal who shattered most of theIrish records for goaltenders during his career ... as asenior was selected honorable mention all-CCHAand a finalist for conference player of the year honorswhile leading the nation in wins (30) and shutouts (8)... was second in the nation with a 1.68 goals-againstaverage and fifth in save percentage (.931) ... for theyear was 30-6-3 overall with a 1.68 goals-againstaverage, a .931 save percentage and eight shutouts ...was the Most Valuable Player of the CCHATournament and was selected to the all-tournamentteam ... along with teammate Erik Condra was oneof 10 finalists for the Lowes Senior CLASS Award ...two-time winner of Notre Dame Monogram’s teamMost Valuable Player Award (2008, 2009) ... two-timewinner of Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley’sRockne Scholar-Athlete Award (2008, 2009) ...selected first team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDAAcademic All-American in 2009 ... was a second teamAcademic All-American in 2008 ... joins Steve Noble‘98 as Notre Dame’s only two, two-time AcademicAll-Americans ... two-time member of the CCHA’sscholar-athlete team (‘08, ‘09) and was selected as the2009 CCHA scholar-athlete of the year award winner... had a 3.816 grade-point average with a doublemajor in anthropology and pre-med ... won theCCHA’s top goaltender award in 2008 with the low-est goals against average in conference games (1.80)... his 30 wins and eight shutouts as a senior set Notre

Career vs. CCHATeam Rec. GAA Sv%Alaska Fairbanks 4-1-1 0.84 .963Bowling Green 10-0-0 1.90 .925Ferris State 5-3-1 2.00 .931Lake Superior 3-0-2 2.52 .898Miami 1-4-0 2.19 .924Michigan 3-3-0 2.63 .915Michigan State 3-1-1 0.99 .950Nebraska-Omaha 6-0-0 1.16 .948Northern Michigan 6-2-0 2.14 .904Ohio State 1-2-1 2.51 .894Western Michigan 4-2-1 1.74 .908

Totals 46-18-7 1.88 .924

Minnesota-Duluth to run unbeaten streak to 18 (16-0-2) ... pitched back-to-back shutouts at home versusAlaska (2-0, 3-0) and was selected CCHA goaltenderof the week for the third time ... took a 3-2 decisionon Jan. 16 at Lake Superior and then made just 11saves in a 3-3 tie with the Lakers ... stopped three-of-four shots in shootout for 2-1 win as streak goes to20 games (17-0-3) ... records first loss since Oct. 25when Michigan downs the Irish, 2-1, at Joyce Centeron Jan. 30 ... got back on winning track followingnight at Yost Arena with 36 saves in 3-2 win overWolverines ... ran road unbeaten streak to 12 games(11-0-1) with 17 saves in 4-3 overtime win at OhioState (Feb. 6) ... saw that streak end on Feb. 8 with a4-1 loss at Ohio State ... started a 10-game winningstreak on Feb. 13-14 with 9-5 and 5-2 wins overNorthern Michigan ... took a pair of victories atNebraska-Omaha, making 21 saves in 4-3 overtimewin (Feb. 20) and 17 saves in 1-0 win the followingnight that clinched the CCHA regular-season title ...earned fourth CCHA goaltender of the week awardafter getting a 5-0 and 2-1 win over Michigan Statein final weekend of season ... recorded seventh andeighth shutouts of the season in second round ofCCHA playoffs with 5-0 and 1-0 wins overNebraska-Omaha ... eighth shutout set single-seasonNotre Dame record ... made 21 saves in 2-1 semifi-nal win over Northern Michigan and then had 28 inCCHA championship game, a 5-2 decision overMichigan ... gave up four goals on 18 shots as Irishdropped 5-1 decision to Bemidji State in first roundof NCAA Tournament.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in a single-season record43 games, making 42 starts for the Irish ... set aschool mark by playing 2,557:46 minutes ... was 23-15-4 overall with a 2.04 goals-against average and a.914 save percentage ... recorded two shutouts on theyear ... was 13-8-4 in CCHA action ... led the con-ference with a 1.80 goals-against average with a .922save percentage ... won the CCHA’s top goaltenderaward based on having the best goals-against average... collected plenty of postseason hardware ... was theNotre Dame Monogram Club’s team most valuableplayer ... received the Notre Dame Club of St. JosephValley’s Rockne Scholar-Athlete Award ... was anESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA second team AcademicAll-American on the at-Large team ... Notre Dame’sPerani Cup winner for most points in the postgamethree star selections ... was Notre Dame’s choice forthe CCHA Scholar-Athlete team ... picked up firstwin with a 26-save, 4-0 win against Mercyhurst in thethird-place game of the tourney ... shutout was thethird of his career ... made 17 saves in 4-3 win againstfifth-ranked Denver in home opener (Oct. 18) ...made fourth consecutive start, giving up two goalswhile making 25 saves in 3-1 loss to the Pioneers onOct. 19 ... picked up third win of the season on Oct.23 at Bowling Green, making 18 saves in 4-2 win ...turned in a 25-save performance as the Irish won a3-2 decision at Ferris State (Oct. 26) ... made a sea-son-high 32 saves, giving up two goals in a 3-0 lossto the Bulldogs in game two of the series ... madeeighth consecutive start in a 7-3 home win againstLake Superior State (Nov. 1) ... made 12 saves in thevictory that ran his record to 5-3 ... equaled a season-high with 32 saves to lead the Irish to a 2-1 upset oftop-ranked Miami, in Oxford, Ohio ... had his third32-save game of the year in game two of the serieswith Miami, giving up two goals in a 3-1 loss ...started a personal seven-game winning streakbetween Nov. 16 and Dec. 7, going 7-0-0 with a 1.45goals-against average (13 goals against) and a .894save percentage ... started the streak on Nov. 16 with

1112 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Pearce’s Career Bests

Saves40 vs. Lake Superior State (11/14/08)36 at Michigan (1/31/09)34 vs. Bowling Green (2/17/06)33 vs. Alaska (2/17/07)32 5 times in 2007-08

Shutouts12 (career)8 (2008-09)

Shutout Streaks• 204:28 (Feb. 28-March 20, 2009 vs.Michigan State, Nebraska-Omaha andNorthern Michigan)

• 171:34 (Jan. 3-Jan. 16, 2009 vs. Minnesota-Duluth, Alaska and Lake Superior)

Pearce in the IrishRecord Book

CareerGoals-Against Average 1st – 1.98

Winning Percentage1st – .679 (59-26-7)

Save Percentage1st – .918

Shutoutstie 1st – 12

Minutes Played6th – 5,506:02

SeasonMinutes Played1st – 2,558 (2007-08)3rd – 2,326 (2008-09)

Games Played/Started1st – 43/42 (2007-08)t2nd – 39/38 (2008-09)

Goals-Against Average 2nd – 1.68 (2008-09)3rd – 2.04 (2007-08)

Wins t1st – 30 (2008-09)4th – 23 (2007-08)

Shutouts1st – 8 (2008-09)tie 3rd – 2 (2007-08)

Save Percentage1st – .9312 (2008-09)5th – .923 (2007-08)

Saves8th – 925 (2007-08)9th – 880 (2008-09)

Pearce’s Career StatisticsYear GP/GS W-L-T Time GA GAA Saves Save Pct. Shutouts2005-06 9/6 4-4-0 442:24 24 3.25 180 .882 12006-07 3/3 2-1-0 179:32 6 2.01 51 .895 12007-08 43/42 23-15-4 2557:46 87 2.04 925 .914 22008-09 39/38 30-6-3 2326:20 65 1.68 880 .931 8Totals 94/89 59-26-7 5506:02 182 1.98 2036 .918 12

an 11-save, 4-1 win at home against WesternMichigan ... won the second game of the series inKalamazoo, Mich., with 10 saves in a 5-1 win over theBroncos ... followed the weekend sweep with a 27-save, 2-1 victory at home versus Bowling Green (Nov.20) ... backstopped the Irish to a 4-3 win in the cham-pionship game of the Rensselaer Holiday Tournamentin Troy, N.Y., by making 15 stops in a 4-3 win againstR.P.I., for his fourth win in a row ... ran the streak tosix straight with back-to-back home wins againstNebraska-Omaha ... won final game of his streak with17 saves in a 4-2 win at Princeton (Dec. 7) ... seven-game streak was part of Notre Dame’s 9-0-0 streakthrough Dec. 8 ... saw the winning streak come to anend in opening game of the Lightning Hockey Classicin Tampa, Fla. ... had 21 stops as Massachusetts ralliedfor two goals in the third period for a 4-3 win in thefirst semifinal game ... bounced back the followingnight with 19 saves in a 3-1 victory over Rensselaerto end the 2007 portion of the schedule ... played bothgames of the home-and-home series against MichiganState ... on Jan. 11 at Munn Arena gave up two goalsin a 3-1 loss to the Spartans, making 27 saves on thenight ... two days later at Notre Dame, made 14 savesas the Irish and Spartans battled to a 1-1 tie ...snapped out of his personal four-game winless skid onJan. 25, giving up just one goal with 20 saves in a 6-1 home victory against Bowling Green ... made it twowins in a row in game two of the series with theFalcons, making 21 saves in a 4-1 victory at the BGSUIce Arena ... BG series was the first of 19 consecutivestarts for Pearce ... returned to his native Alaska (Feb.15-16) taking a win and a tie against the Nanooks ...had his fourth 32-save game of the season in a 2-1win in the series opener ... only had to make 13 savesin the second game of the series in a 1-1 tie ...returned home for two games with Ohio State ...made 20 saves in a 3-1 (two goals against) loss to theBuckeyes on Feb. 23 ... had 23 saves the followingnight as the teams battled to a 2-2 tie ... gave up twogoals at Western Michigan on Feb. 29, making 20saves in a 3-0 loss ... led the Irish to a 3-1 win in theregular-season finale on March 1, making 15 saves inthe victory ... finished the season with a 1.80 goals-against average in CCHA play, taking the goals-againstaverage award over Miami’s Jeff Zatkoff (1.83) ...helped Notre Dame to a two games to one win overFerris State in the second round of the CCHA play-offs ... dropped the series opener with 26 saves in a 2-1 loss on March 14 ... followed with a 22-saveperformance as the Irish found their offense in a 6-3win to tie the series at 1-1 ... had 24 saves in gamethree as the Irish took a 2-1 decision to advance toJoe Louis Arena and the CCHA semifinals ... turnedin a stellar effort versus Miami, making 28 saves in a2-1 overtime loss ... made 19 saves in a 2-1 loss to theNorthern Michigan in third-place game ... the juniorgoaltender continued his strong play in the NCAAtouranament ... in the West Regionals, he outdueledHobey Baker candidates Kevin Regan (UNH) andJeff Lerg (Michigan State) to lead Notre Dame to theWest Regional title .... gave up two early goals toNew Hampshire, then slammed the door on theWildcats, finishing with 32 saves in a 7-3 win over theregion’s top-seeded team ... held Michigan State toone goal while making 20 saves in a 3-1 victory in theregional final to send the Irish to their first FrozenFour ... at the Frozen Four stopped 29 shots as NotreDame knocked off their second No. 1 team of theyear, Michigan, 5-4 in overtime to move on to thenational championship game against Boston College... made 19 saves in a 4-1 loss to end the season ... sea-son-ending 19-game streak for Pearce saw him go 9-

7-3 with a 2.07 goals-against average and a .917 savepercentage ... in the postseason, he was 5-4 with a2.42 goals against and a .909 save percentage.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Saw action in just threegames as he served as the back up to All-AmericanDavid Brown ... was 2-1-0 in three starts with a 2.01goals-against average and a .895 save percentagewhile turning in one shutout ... made first start of theseason on Oct. 27 in opening game of the LightningCollege Hockey Classic in Tampa, Fla., versus Army... stopped all seven shots he faced in 3-0 shutout win... returned between the pipes on Jan. 7 in a homecontest against Robert Morris ... played 58:10 whilestopping 11 of 15 shots in 4-2 loss to the Colonials... two of four goals were power-play markers ...turned in best performance of the season on the roadat Alaska on Feb. 17 ... played 61:22, stopping 33 of35 shots in 3-2 overtime win for the Irish ... 33 saveswere second best total of his career.

AS A FRESHMAN: Made nine appearances as afreshman with six starts ... was 4-4-0 with a 3.25goals-against average and a .882 save percentage ...recorded one shutout ... finished the year with 180saves ... surrendered 24 goals in 442:24 minutes ...made first appearance of the year at Denver on Oct.22, giving up six goals with 17 saves in a 6-3 loss tothe Pioneers ... registered first career win and shutouton Oct. 29 with a 27-save, 2-0 win over Princeton athome ... tied David Brown for the earliest shutout ina career at Notre Dame by doing it in his secondgame ... selected CCHA rookie-of-the-week forshutout against Tigers ... lost a 4-2 decision atMichigan on Nov. 5, stopping 25 shots in the contest... surrendered four goals (29 saves) in a 9-4 win overBowling Green on Nov. 10 ... did not see action againuntil Jan. 21 when he replaced Brown with 6:47 gonein the second period at Northern Michigan and theIrish trailing, 3-1 ... stopped all 14 shots he faced asNotre Dame rallied for a 4-3 win ... had a career-high34 saves in 7-4 win at Bowling Green on Feb. 17 ...final appearance came in the CCHA playoffs ... ingame two, replaced Brown after he was injured just10 minutes into the contest ... made 15 saves intough, 1-0 loss to Alaska Fairbanks.

WITH USA HOCKEY: As a member of theUSA Under-18 team was 8-11-1 with a 3.57 goals-against average and a .874 save percentagge in ‘03-’04... the previous year, 2002-03, was 7-22-0 with a 3.97goals against and a .891 save mark.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from SouthAnchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska .... alsoattended Lincoln Southwest in Lincoln, Neb. duringhis senior year, Huron High School in Ann Arbor asa sophomore and junior and Service High School inAnchorage as a freshman ... was all-Conference andall-State as a freshman at Service High School ...while playing with the Lincoln Stars in ‘04-’05 was22-10-4 with a 3.07 goals-against average and a .897save percentage in helping Lincoln to a second-placetie in the USHL’s Western Division ... full name isJordan Paul Pearce ... son of David and BrendaPearce ... has one brother and one sister ... born Oct.10, 1986, in Anchorage, Alaska ... graduated fromNotre Dame on May 17, 2009 with degrees inanthropology and pre-professional studies (pre-med).



#20

Defenseman 6-1 • 200

Shoots: LeftFox Point, WisconsinTri-City Storm (USHL)

LukeLucyk

change during his career ... wore number seven in hisfirst two seasons and finished his last two years with20.

AS A SENIOR: Played in 38 of Notre Dame’s 40games during the 2008-09 season ... recorded a pairof assists with nine penalties for 18 minutes ... took16 shots on goal and was +10 on the year ... oversawNotre Dame’s community service program during hissenior year and was honored by the Robinson Centerin February for his work ... received the Rev. DonaldMcNeill, C.S.C. Award for developing a program toteach inner-city children how to play hockey ...recorded his first assist of the season on Nov. 22 inthe 9-1 win against Bowling Green ... second point ofthe year came on Jan. 17 when he helped set up BenRyan’s goal in a 3-3 tie with Lake Superior State.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in six games during theseason, recording a goal and an assist for two points... had one penalty for two minutes ... scored lonegoal of the season on the only shot he took ... gotinto his first game since returning to the Irish atBowling Green (Oct. 23) ... picked up first point sincehis freshman year when he assisted on a Dan VeNardgoal in second period of 7-0 win at Princeton onDec. 8 ... scored his only goal of the year in the sec-ond period of the opening game of the LightningCollege Hockey Classic ... goal gave Irish a 3-2 leadin an eventual 4-3 loss ... was selected to theLightning Classic all-tournament team for his play inthe two-game tourney ... played in both games of theNorthern Michigan series (Jan. 4-5) ... did not see anypostseason action.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2005-06): Played in 11games for Notre Dame with no points ... recordedthree penalties for six minutes ... took three shots ongoal and was -1 for the season.

Earned second monogram at Notre Dame, playinga regular role on the Irish defense in 2008-09 ...strong, stay-at-home defenseman who was part of adefense that led the nation, giving up just 1.71 goals-per-game ... led Notre Dame’s community serviceefforts as a senior ... was honored by South Bend’sRobinson Center with the Rev. Don McNeill, C.S.C.,Award for his community service work in developinga program to teach inner-city children how to playhockey ... played in 38 games in 2008-09 and had twoassists while being +10 for the year ... played in 88career games at Notre Dame, scoring two goals withfour assists for six points in career ... had two stintswith the Irish, playing his freshman and sophomoreyears (2004-06) before returning to juniors in 2006-07 ... returned to Notre Dame in 2007-08 after play-ing for the Tri-City Storm of the United StatesHockey League (USHL) ... one of 14 Wisconsinnatives to play at Notre Dame ... had a number Lucyk’s

Career Bests1 Point

Six times

1 Goalvs. Massachusetts (12/29/07)vs. Nebraska-Omaha (2/4/05)

1 AssistFour times

4 Shots on Goalvs. Michigan State (2/27/09)vs. Miami (10/16/04)


Totals 65 1 2 3

Lucyk’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2004-05 33 1 1 2 21 .048 8/16 0 0 0 -172005-06 11 0 0 0 3 .000 2/4 0 0 0 -12006-07 Did Not Play at Notre Dame2007-08 6 1 1 2 1 1.00 1/2 0 0 0 +32008-09 38 0 2 2 16 .000 9/18 0 0 0 +10Totals 88 2 4 6 41 .049 20/40 0 0 0 -5

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 33 ofteam’s 38 games during the season ...scored one goal and added an assist fortwo points ... whistled for eight penaltiesresulting in 16 minutes ... recorded hisfirst collegiate point in Notre Dame’sgame versus Michigan Tech at GreenBay, Wis., when he helped set up a first-period goal by Chris Trick ... first colle-giate goal came on Feb. 4 versusNebraska-Omaha ... fired a long wristshot from the right point that beat goal-tender Chris Holt to give the Irish a 1-1 tie versus the Mavericks.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduatedfrom Kearney High School in Kearney,Neb., while playing for the USHL’s Tri-City Storm ... scored nine goals with 13assists for 22 points in 59 games in help-ing the Storm to the second round ofthe USHL playoffs in his second stint inTri-City (2006-07) ... helped the Stormto USHL regular-season title (AndersonCup) and was runner-up in Clark Cupplayoff finals versus Waterloo ... had onegoal and nine assists for 10 points andadded 60 penalty minutes in 60 gamesduring ‘03-’04 season ... in his first yearwith the Storm (2002-03), had a goaland an assist for two points ... member

of USA Under-18 Select team that won the goldmedal at the Under-18 World Cup in August of 2003in the Czech Republic ... scored the game-winninggoal in U.S. win over Canada ... played midget hockeyin Wisconsin for Team Wisconsin, helping that teamto regional, state and the National MidgetChampionship before moving to the Storm ...attended ninth and tenth grade at University Schoolin Milwaukee, Wis., where he played hockey and golf... all-Conference selection in hockey as a sophomore... helped both teams to conference and regionalchampionships ... recorded a WSGA hole-in-one inJune of 2002 ... full name is Luke George Lucyk ...son of Kelly and Nicole Lucyk ... born May 5, 1986,in Milwaukee, Wis. ... graduated from Notre Dame onMay 17, 2009 with finance degree from the MendozaCollege of Business.

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Regan’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. Alaska (2g-1a; 3/9/07)

2 GoalsSix times

2 AssistsThree times

8 Shots on Goalvs. Alabama-Huntsville (3/23/07)

2-Game Goal Streak• Seven times

7-Game Point Streak• (4g-5a); Nov. 25-Dec. 31, 2006(vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Alaska, Michigan and No. Michigan)

Regan’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2005-06 30 3 4 7 42 .071 7/14 0 0 1 +12006-07 42 14 12 26 107 .131 14/28 4 1 4 +22007-08 42 7 6 13 87 .080 7/22 2 0 1 -62008-09 40 7 11 18 92 .076 4/8 1 0 2 +12Total 154 31 33 64 328 .095 32/72 7 1 8 +9

#33

Left Wing5-11 • 192

Shoots: LeftHastings, MinnesotaWaterloo Black Hawks

(USHL)

GarrettRegan

Boston College (Nov. 7) ... scored twice the followingnight, including the game winner in a 4-1 win atProvidence College ... was selected the CCHA offensiveplayer of the week for his three-goal weekend during theweek ending Nov. 9 ... selected to the all-tournamentteam at the Shillelagh Tournament after scoring twogoals in the championship game, including the gamewinner versus Minnesota-Duluth ... had assists in back-to-back games versus Alaska (Jan. 10) and Lake Superior(Jan. 16) ... went five games without a point before get-ting a goal and an assist in 9-5 win over NorthernMichigan (Feb. 13) ... added a goal the following nightin 5-2 wins over the Wildcats ... extended point streak tothree games with two assists in 4-3 overtime win atNebraska-Omaha (Feb. 20) ... had one assist in eachgame of the Michigan State sweep by the Irish.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in 42 games during the2007-08 campaign, missing five games with a high anklesprain suffered on Nov. 10 at Miami ... had seven goalsand six assists for 13 points ... added two power-playgoals and one game winner ... whistled off for sevenpenalties for 22 minutes ... was -6 on the year ... got theseason off to a fast start with three points in the firstthree games ... scored first goal of the season in the 4-0win over Mercyhurst in the third-place game of the LeftyMcFadden Tournament on Oct. 13 ... played a key rolein 4-3 home-opening win against fifth-ranked Denverwith a goal and assist ... picked up third goal of the sea-son in 4-2 win at Bowling Green (Oct. 23) ... held offthe scoresheet until Nov. 30 when he returned to thelineup to go on a four-game point streak (3g, 2a) ...scored a goal and an assist in the 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha at the Joyce Center ... goal was game winner at17:54 of the third period ... had one goal in each of theteam’s wins at Princeton (Dec. 7-8) ... scored final goalof the season at Alaska (Feb. 15) ... goal came on thepower play and opened the scoring in a 2-1 Notre Damewin ... had two assists in nine postseason games.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 42 games, finishingfifth in team scoring with 14 goals and 12 assists for 26points ... had four power-play goals, one short-handedtally and four game-winning goals ... finished third onthe squad with 107 shots on goal ... recorded 14 penal-ties for 28 minutes ... was +2 on the season ... led theIrish with four multiple-goal games ... was selectedNotre Dame’s most improved player for 2006-07 ... gothis season off to a strong start with the first two-goalgame of his career, scoring twice in a 2:36 span, in sea-son-opening 6-2 win over Minnesota State ... secondgoal of the night proved to be the game winner ... scoredthird goal of season in 3-0 win over Army at theLightning College Hockey Classic ... had a three-goalweekend in Irish sweep of Michigan ... scored power-play goal in 7-3 win at Yost Arena on Dec. 8 and addedtwo goals, including the game winner in 4-3 win at theJoyce Center on Dec. 10 ... continued streak versusNorthern Michigan with one assist in 4-3 win at Ft.Wayne on Dec. 30 and then scored a breakaway goalagainst the Wildcats on Dec. 31 in 4-2 Joyce Center win... picked up a power-play goal in 4-2 home loss toRobert Morris ... assisted on one goal at Lake Superiorand added an empty-netter in 4-1 win against the Lakerson Jan. 13 ... closed four-game streak with first short-handed goal of career in 3-2 loss at Western Michigan ...recorded his third multiple-goal game in 3-2 overtimewin at Alaska ... opened the playoffs with a career-bestthree-point game (2g, 1a) in 7-1 win over Alaska in gameone of the quarterfinals ... helped set up Jason Paige’sgame-winning goal in CCHA championship game, a 2-1win over Michigan ... in six postseason games had twogoals and three assists for five points.

Speedy left wing who earned his fourth monogramduring the 2008-09 season ... outstanding skater who wasstrong on the forecheck and strong in his own end ...played in all 40 games in his senior year, scoring sevengoals with 11 assists for 18 points ... scored one power-play goal and had a pair of game-winning goals ... duringhis Notre Dame career, played in 154 games (tied for sixthall-time) with 31 goals and 33 assists for 64 points ... had36 career penalties for 72 minutes ... picked up sevenpower-play goals, one short-handed tally and eight gamewinners ... played his junior hockey with the WaterlooBlack Hawks of the United States Hockey League(USHL) ... one of 88 Notre Dame players from the stateof Minnesota to earn a monogram during his career.

AS A SENIOR: One of eight players on the roster toplay in all 40 games for Notre Dame during the 2008-09season ... scored seven goals with 11 assists for 18 points... had one power-play goal and a pair of game winners... whistled off the ice for four penalties resulting in eightminutes ... was +12 on the season, tops among Irish for-wards ... tied for fifth on the team with 92 shots on goal... broke out of a 21-game goal-less drought before net-ting the opening goal in a 4-1 win over number two


Totals 121 17 30 47

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 30 games as a fresh-man, scoring three goals with four assists ... had onegame winner ... picked up seven penalties for 14 minutes... recorded 42 shots on goal ... was +1 on the year ... gotoff to a fast start with a four-game scoring streak (2g, 2a)from Oct. 29 to Nov. 10 ... scored the first goal of thegame and the eventual game winner in 2-0 win overPrinceton ... added his second consecutive goal in 8-5loss to Michigan on Nov. 4 ... picked up assists in back-to-back games against Michigan and Bowling Green ...did not score a point until Jan. 13 when he recorded anassist in 2-2 tie at Miami ... had first multiple-point gameof career, notching a goal and an assist in 4-1 win overAlaska Fairbanks in game that helped Irish wrap uphome ice in the playoffs ... did not score in either playoffgame against the Nanooks.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Hill-MurrayHigh School in Maplewood, Minn., where he earnedthree letters in hockey, two in baseball and one in foot-ball ... two-time team MVP ... as a junior, helped Hill-Murray to second place in the Minnesota StateTournament ... had 41 goals and 38 assists for 79 pointsin 31 games ... selected all-conference, all-metro and all-state ... selected to the all-tournament team in state tour-ney ... team captain as a senior and took all-conference,all-metro and all-state honors after scoring 30 goals and35 assists in 28 games ... played parts of three seasons inthe USHL with Waterloo ... team MVP in ‘04-’05 with21 goals and 24 assists for 45 points on team that finishedsecond in Eastern Division ... in ‘03-’04, his first full sea-son of junior hockey, helped lead Waterloo to the USHLtitle and the Clark Cup as national junior champions ...first action with Waterloo in 2002-03, playing in 21games with four goals and one assist for five points asBlack Hawks won the Eastern Conference title ... fullname is Garrett O. Regan ... son of Pat and Mary Regan... has one brother and two sisters ... sister, Meghan, is a2005 graduate of Notre Dame ... grandfather, DonRegan, attended Notre Dame but dropped out to join theservice during World War II and uncle, Sean, playedhockey for the Irish between 1981-83 before finishingcareer at Minnesota ... father played hockey atMinnesota-Duluth from 1976-80 ... born April 23, 1985,in St. Paul, Minn. ... graduated from Notre Dame on May17, 2009 with a degree in psychology from the Collegeof Arts and Letters.



#10

Center 6-0 • 188

Shoots: LeftTraverse City, Michigan

Sioux Falls Stampede(USHL)

JustinWhite

with six assists for 15 points ... point total equals acareer high set in his sophomore season ... had twopower-play goals and two game winners ... calledfor six penalties, resulting in 12 minutes ... took 47shots and was +7 on the season ... winner of NotreDame’s Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches’ Award thatis voted on by the coaching staff and is awarded tothe team’s unsung hero ... picked up his first goal ofthe season in the season-opening USA Hockey Hallof Fame game at Denver, a 5-2 loss to the Pioneers... had a three-game point streak from Nov. 7 toNov. 14 (0g, 5a) in wins over Boston College,Providence and Lake Superior ... scored goals inback-to-back wins at Bowling Green ... goal in 5-1win home win (Nov. 21) versus Falcons was gamewinner ... fourth goal of year came in 3-1 win overUnion in Shillelagh Tournament ... had one goal in3-2 victory at Lake Superior State (Jan. 16) ... hadonly two-goal game of career in 9-5 win overNorthern Michigan (Feb. 13) ... eighth goal of theseason came in 5-0 win over Michigan State (Feb.27) ... final goal of the season was the game winnerin 1-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha in game two ofCCHA playoffs.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in 43 games for theIrish, scoring four goals with 10 assists for 14 points... picked up seven penalties for 22 minutes ...scored one game-winning goal ... was +8 on theseason ... picked up two assists in the 4-2 win overBowling Green (Oct. 23) for the fourth multiple-point game of his career ... scored first goal of theseason, the game winner in a 5-1 win at WesternMichigan (Nov. 17) ... second goal of the seasonhelped spark the Irish from a 3-0 deficit to a 4-3win over RPI in the championship game of theRensselaer Holiday Tournament (Nov. 24) ... thirdgoal of the season snapped a 1-1 tie at Princeton onthe way to a 4-2 win (Dec. 7) ... fourth goal cameat Michigan (Jan. 18) and staked the Irish to a 2-0lead in a game they lost 3-2 ... helped set up twoBen Ryan power-play goals in a 4-1 win at BowlingGreen (Jan. 26) for second two-assist game of theyear ... helped set up Teddy Ruth’s goal versusMichigan State in West Regional championshipgame that sealed the 3-1 victory ... had final two-assist game of the year when he set up CalleRidderwall’s first goal of the game and then theovertime game winner in the 5-4 win overMichigan in the first game of the Frozen Four ... inseven postseason games had no goals and fourassists for four points.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 29 games forNotre Dame, scoring a pair of goals while adding13 assists for 15 points ... had one power-play goal... whistled for nine penalties resulting in 18 min-utes ... had 39 shots on goal and was +9 for the year... had a three-game point streak (0g, 3a) from Oct.28 to Nov. 4 ... set up Christian Hanson’s game-winning goal in 2-0 win over Air Force in LightningCollege Hockey Classic title game ... scored firstcareer goal against Michigan State on Nov. 17 ...goal came at 10:49 of the second period and gaveNotre Dame a 3-0 lead ... recorded first multiple-

point game of career, setting up two goals in 3-0shutout win at Western Michigan on Jan. 20 ...scored second goal of the season and first power-play marker at 11:02 of the third period versusNebraska-Omaha on Feb. 9 ... had second multiple-point and assist game in 3-2 overtime win at Alaskaon Feb. 17, setting up two Garrett Regan goals,including game winner in overtime ... set careerhigh for assists and points in a game with threehelpers in 7-1 win over Alaska in game one ofCCHA quarterfinal series ... in six postseason gameshad no goals and four assists for four points.

AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in nine gameswithout scoring a point ... had nine shots on goaland was -2 on the season ... first collegiate actioncame on Oct. 29 in 2-0 win versus Princeton ...played in both games of series versus MinnesotaState and Lake Superior ... did not play in CCHAplayoffs against Alaska Fairbanks.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from TraverseCity West Senior High School in Traverse City,Mich. ... also attended Marquette Senior HighSchool in Marquette, Mich., and Washburn Rural inTopeka, Kan. ... earned letters in hockey, tennis andsoccer at Traverse City ... was team MVP, all-con-ference and all-city in hockey as a sophomore ... alsoselected to all-Region Dream Team and was BigNorth leading scorer ... played Midget AAA hockeyfor the Marquette Electricians ... helped team toMichigan state finals where they lost to Honeybaked... won gold medal with Under-16 team and silverwith Under-17 team ... started junior hockey careerin 2002-03 with Topeka Scarecrows ... moved on toSt. Louis for start of ‘03-’04 season before gettingtraded to Sioux Falls in Nov., ‘03 ... in final seasonat Sioux Falls (‘04-’05) was seventh in team scoringwith 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points ... fullname is Justin Matthew White ... son of Brian andLisa White ... has two sisters and one brother ...born on April 23, 1985, in Traverse City ... gradu-ated from Notre Dame on May 17, 2009 with adegree in finance from the Mendoza College ofBusiness.

Three-time monogram winner at Notre Dame... played a key role for the Irish over his last twoseasons between center and left wing ... one of theteam’s unsung heroes on the way to 2009 CCHAchampionship ... played in 38 games, scoring acareer-high nine goals with six assists for 15 points... had two power-play goals and two game winnerson the year ... was +7 overall ... winner of NotreDame’s Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches’ Award thatis presented to the unsung hero of the hockey team,a player who is unheralded, has overcome adversityand shows loyalty and commitment to his team-mates, Notre Dame hockey and the University ofNotre Dame ... played in 119 career games, scoring15 goals with 29 assists for 44 points ... chipped inthree power-play goals and three game winners ...one of 29 Notre Dame players from the state ofMichigan to earn a monogram with the Irish.

AS A SENIOR: Played in 38 games during the2008-09 season ... scored a career-high nine goals


Totals 90 11 25 36

White’s Career StatisticsYear GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-2005-06 9 0 0 0 9 .000 0/0 0 0 0 -22006-07 29 2 13 15 30 .051 9/18 1 0 0 +92007-08 43 4 10 14 46 .087 7/22 0 0 1 +82008-09 38 9 6 15 47 .191 6/12 2 0 2 +7Totals 119 15 29 44 132 .114 15/30 3 0 3 +22

White’s Career Bests

3 Pointsvs. Alaska (0g-3a; 3/9/07)

2 Goalsvs. Northern Michigan (2/13/09)

3 Assistsvs. Alaska (3/9/07)

6 Shots on Goalvs. Alabama-Huntsville (3/23/07)

3-Game Point Streak• (0g-5a); Nov. 7-Nov. 14, 2008(vs. Boston College, Providence and Lake Superior)

• (0g-3a); Oct. 28-Nov. 4, 2006(vs. Air Force and Ohio State)

Opponents

Senior center Kevin Deeth runs into a Michigan player in

the CCHA title game at Joe Louis Arena. The Irish and

Wolverines will meet four times during the 2009-10 regular

season with a pair of games in South Bend (Dec. 13 and

Feb. 27) and two in Ann Arbor (Dec. 11 and Feb. 25).


This is theCCHA

National prominence and national dominance arewhat separates the Central Collegiate HockeyAssociation (CCHA) from the rest of college hockey. CCHA teams have won eight NCAA champi-

onships over the last 26 years, including a win in the2007 title game by Michigan State. The Spartans’ vic-tory was their second national title as they also wonthe 1986 championship. They join Bowling Green(1984), Lake Superior State – winners of the mosttitles as a CCHA-member team (1988, 1992 and1994) – and Michigan (1996, 1998). The Wolverinesown a total of nine NCAA titles, the most in thenation. Northern Michigan also won the crown in1991 as a member of the Western Collegiate HockeyAssociation.Besides the eight NCAA champions, the CCHA

has seen its teams reach the NCAA’s Frozen Four 19times in those same 25 seasons, with Michigan (8) andMichigan State (7) leading the way. For the second year in a row, a CCHA team

advanced to the Frozen Four with Miami doing thehonors in 2009, falling to Boston University in over-time in the title game. The previous year, NotreDame made its first-ever appearance in the finals,advancing with a 5-4 overtime win against Michiganto move to the national title game for the first timewhere they fell to Boston College. In 1992, the CCHA sent three teams to the Frozen

Four with Lake Superior winning and Michigan andMichigan State each reaching the semifinals. In 2004, the league set an NCAA record by send-

ing five teams to the NCAA tournament as Michigan,Miami, Ohio State, Michigan State and Notre Dameall advanced. For Notre Dame, it marked the firsttime in the program’s history that the Irish wereselected for postseason playFollowing the 2008-09 campaign, Notre Dame,

Michigan, Miami and Ohio State all advanced to theNCAA Tournament. The Irish and Wolverines werenumber one seeds in their respective regionals.The 2008 campaign also saw the league pick up its

sixth Hobey Baker Memorial Award as Michigan’sKevin Porter joined Bowling Green’s George McPheein 1982, Michigan State’s Kip Miller in 1990, BowlingGreen’s Brian Holzinger in 1995, Michigan’s BrendanMorrison in 1996, and in 2001 Michigan State goal-tender Ryan Miller.The CCHA began in 1971-72 with four teams:

Bowling Green, Ohio State and Ohio University fromthe Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association and anindependent, St. Louis University. Lake Superiorjoined the league the following season and the leagueweathered the next two seasons after Ohio droppedits program and Ohio State became an independent. The CCHA began establishing its reputation as a

haven for fledgling programs in 1975-76 whenWestern Michigan joined the league. Ohio Staterejoined that year and Northern Michigan’s arrival in1977-78 brought the CCHA’s membership to sixteams. After a season as a provisional member, Ferris State

joined the league in 1979-80. St. Louis dropped itsprogram the same year, leaving Bowling Green as theteam with the longest tenure in the CCHA. MiamiUniversity joined the league in 1981-82 after spend-ing 1980-81 as a provisional member.

In 1981-82, the CCHA added four teams from theWCHA — Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Techand Notre Dame — raising its membership to 11teams. The CCHA reached an all-time high of 12teams in 1982-83, with the addition of the Universityof Illinois at Chicago. Notre Dame left the league in 1983-84, only to

return 10 years later. Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan jumped to

the WCHA in 1984-85, reducing the CCHA to nineteams where it would stay for eight seasons.In 1992-93, Kent State joined the league and

Alaska Fairbanks began its three-year run as an affil-iate. Kent State discontinued its program after twoseasons while Illinois-Chicago did the same after the1995-96 season. Northern Michigan rejoined theconference in 1997-98, following 13 years as a mem-ber of the WCHA, bringing the CCHA membershipto 11 teams. The 1999-2000 campaign marked the addition of

a 12th member — the University of NebraskaOmaha — and a new look for the CCHA. With theMavericks joining the CCHA, the league expandedits postseason tournament and reduced its conferenceschedule to 28 games to determine the regular-sea-son champion. Prior to the start of the 2001-02 season, the

CCHA adopted a new scheduling format that wouldinclude placing the league’s members in “rivalry pair-ings.” Under the “rivalry pairing” format, the league’s

teams are grouped into six “rivalry pairings.” Thepairings include: Alaska Fairbanks and Nebraska-Omaha; Bowling Green-Notre Dame; Ferris State-Western Michigan; Lake Superior State-NorthernMichigan; Miami-Ohio State and Michigan-MichiganState.The six groups will then be placed into three clus-

ters of four teams. A team will play the three teams inits cluster four times each season (two home, twoaway). They will then face the remaining eight teams inthe league twice with four series at home and four onthe road. The four-team clusters change each season.During the 2005-06 season, a new playoff format

was introduced that includes two rounds of best-of-three series. In the first round, the top four teams geta bye while the remaining eight teams will play basedon regular season finish (12 vs. 5, 11 vs. 6, 10 vs. 7and 9 vs. 8) with the higher seeds hosting. In the sec-ond round, the top four seeds will host the four firstround winners in a best-of-three series with the fourwinners advancing to Joe Louis Arena for the CCHAChampionship.In 2008-09, the CCHA became the first confer-

ence to adopt an NHL-style shootout to determinethe winner of all 168 regular-season conferencegames that are tied after 60 minutes of regulation andfive minutes of overtime. The shootout is used todecide CCHA games but count as ties overall to pre-serve the integrity of the national rankings. The CCHA has also approved the following point

system for regular-season play; Three (3) points for awin in regulation or overtime, one (1) point for eachschool if the game is tied at the conclusion of thefive-minute overtime period and one (1) point isawarded to the team who wins the shootout.

CCHA Member Directory

Alaska Athletic Department 907-474-7205Sports Information 907-474-6807Website www.alaskananooks.com

Bowling GreenAthletic Department 419-372-2401Sports Information 419-372-7077Website www.bgsufalcons.com

Ferris StateAthletic Department 231-591-2860Sports Information 231-591-2336Website www.ferris.edu/sports

Lake SuperiorAthletic Department 906-635-2627Sports Information 906-635-2601Website www.lssulakers.com

MiamiAthletic Department 513-529-3113Sports Information 513-529-1601Website www.muredhawks.com

MichiganAthletic Department 734-647-1201Sports Information 734-647-3810Website www.mgoblue.com

Michigan StateAthletic Department 517-353-1623Sports Information 517-355-2271Website www.msuspartans.com

Nebraska-OmahaAthletic Department 402-554-2305Sports Information 402-554-2140Website www.gomavs.unomaha.edu

Northern MichiganAthletic Department 906-227-1015Sports Information 906-227-1013Website www.nmu.edu/athletics

Notre DameAthletic Department 574-631-6107Sports Information 574-631-7516Website www.und.com

Ohio StateAthletic Department 614-292-7572Sports Information 614-688-0294Web www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com

Western MichiganAthletic Department 269-387-3120Sports Information 269-387-4122Website www.wmubroncos.com

Central Collegiate Hockey AssociationCommissioner Tom AnastosCoordinator of Officials Steve PiotrowskiDirector of Marketing/Communications Fred PletschCommunications Coordinator Ted NewtonPhone (248) 888-0600Fax (248) 888-0664Website www.ccha.com

The Central Collegiate Hockey Association enters 2009-10 looking tocontinue conference success at the national level.

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• The CCHA has sent 10 different teams to theNCAA Tournament since 1990: Bowling Green, LakeSuperior, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, NorthernMichigan, Ohio State and Western Michigan. NotreDame joined the list in 2004 when the Irish advancedfor the first time and Nebraska-Omaha made its firstappearance in 2006.

Hobey Baker Winners• Six CCHA players have received the Hobey

Baker national player-of-the-year award: BowlingGreen forward George McPhee (1982), MichiganState forward Kip Miller (’90), Bowling Green for-ward Brian Holzinger (’95), Michigan forwardBrendan Morrison (’97), Michigan State goaltenderRyan Miller (2001) and 2008 winner Kevin Porterfrom Michigan.

All-Americans• CCHA players have combined for 164 All-

America honors, including 85 first-team selections.Bowling Green defenseman Ken Morrow — whowent on to play with the USA team that won the1980 Olympic gold medal — was the CCHA’s firstAll-American.• Seven CCHA players earned All-American hon-

ors for the 2008-09 season. Notre Dame defensemanIan Cole was joined by Michigan forwards AaronPalushaj and Louie Caporusso on the first team. Irishforward Erik Condra was joined by Alaska goaltenderChad Johnson, Northern Michigan blueliner ErikGustufsson and Miami forward Carter Camper on thesecond team.

The NHL Draft• More than 400 players from CCHA institutions

have been selected in the NHL draft (since 1971),including 33 first-round selections.• In the 2009 entry draft, nine CCHA players were

selected, including one in the first round - NotreDame freshman forward Kyle Palmieri. • Miami led CCHA teams with four players

selected while Michigan followed with two. NotreDame, Western Michigan and Bowling Green eachhad one player selected.

Coaches and Management• Michigan State’s Ron Mason closed his brilliant

coaching career in 2001-02 as college hockey’s all-time winningest coach with 924 victories before mov-ing into his role as the Spartans athletic director. Hiswin total was compiled entirely at CCHA schools(also Lake Superior and Bowling Green).• Two other CCHA coaches - Michigan State’s

Rick Comley and Michigan’s Red Berenson — rankthird and fourth among active coaches in wins.Comley goes into 2009-10 with 749 career winsbetween Lake Superior, Northern Michigan andMichigan State. Berenson checks in with 673 wins inhis 24 seasons at Michigan. • CCHA coaches have won two of the last three

Spencer Penrose Awards as the national coach of theyear. Michigan’s Red Berenson took the honor in2008 while Notre Dame’s Jeff Jackson was the 2007winner. They are the sixth and seventh CCHAcoaches to win the award since the conference startedin 1971-72. • More than 75 alumni of CCHA teams have gone

on to careers in coaching or management in junior,collegiate or professional hockey.• Two current NHL general managers are former

CCHA players: Washington’s George McPhee(Bowling Green ’82) and Atlanta’s Don Waddell(Northern Michigan ’80).

NHL Players• Seventy-five CCHA players played in the NHL

during the 2008-09 season. That’s the most since 70former players during the 2007-08 campaign.

Stanley Cup Winners• Thirty former CCHA players have hoisted the

Stanley Cup as NHL champs. The 2009 Stanley Cupchampion Pittsburgh Penguins featured two formerCCHA players – defenseman Mark Eaton (NotreDame) and forward Chris Kunitz (Ferris State).Among the previous players to win the Stanley Cupare: Brett Lebda (Notre Dame) and Justin Abdelkader(Michigan State) from Detroit’s 2008 team; Kunitz(Ferris State) and Drew Miller (Michigan State) fromAnaheim’s 2007 team; Rod Bind’Amour (MichiganState), Doug Weight (Lake Superior), Aaron Ward(Michigan) and Kevyn Adams (Miami) from Carolina(2006); Dan Boyle (Miami) and goaltender JohnGrahame (Lake Superior) with Tampa Bay in 2004;John Madden (Michigan) twice with New Jersey(2000, 2003) and Bowling Green alums Rob Blakeand Greg DeVries who won it with Colorado in 2001.

NCAA Record Setters• Michigan State goaltender Ryan Miller holds the

NCAA record for career shutouts with 26. • Michigan State’s Mike

Donnelly scored an NCAA-record59 goals during the 1985-86 sea-son, with his final score giving theSpartans the decisive goal in the6-5 NCAA title victory overHarvard.• Michigan’s Marty Turco (’98)

passed another former Wolverinegoaltender - Steve Shields -- tobecome the NCAA’s all-timeleader in victories, with 127.

NCAA Championships• The 12 current CCHA teams have combined to

win eight of the last 26 NCAA Championships:Bowling Green (1984), Michigan State (’86, ’07),Lake Superior (’88, ’92, ’94), Northern Michigan(’91, ’92) and Michigan (’96, ’98).

Marty TurcoMichigan

Rob Blake

Bowling Green

Doug WeightLake Superior

Ryan Miller

Michigan State

Joe CorvoWestern Michigan

Dan BoyleMiami

Brett LebdaNotre Dame


CCHA CompositeSchedule

Saturday, November 8Bowling Green at Ferris State, 5:05No. Michigan at Ohio StateNotre Dame at AlaskaLake Superior at Western Michigan, 7:35Miami at Michigan, 7:35

Friday, November 13Alaska at Bowling GreenLake Superior at Nebraska-OmahaWestern Michigan at Ohio StateFerris State at Miami, 7:35Michigan State at Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, November 14Alaska at Bowling Green, 5:05Ferris State at MiamiLake Superior at Nebraska-OmahaMichigan at Michigan StateNo. Michigan at Notre DameWestern Michigan at Ohio State, TBA

Sunday, November 15No. Michigan at Notre Dame, 4:05

Thursday, November 19Notre Dame at Michigan State

Friday, November 20Alaska at Lake SuperiorNotre Dame Ohio State at Ferris StateBowling Green at Michigan, 7:35Miami at Western Michigan, 7:35Nebraska-Omaha at No. Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, November 21Ohio State at Ferris State, 5:05Alaska at Lake SuperiorMichigan vs. Bowling Green (at Toledo, Ohio)Miami at Western Michigan, 7:35Nebraska-Omaha at No. Michigan, 7:3

Sunday, November 22No. Michigan vs. Notre Dame, 4:05(at Allen Co. Coliseum, Ft. Wayne, Ind.)

Friday, November 27Subway Holiday ClassicMiami vs. Bemidji State, 4:07 *Ohio State vs. North Dakota, 7:07 *Rensselaer Holiday TournamentLake Superior vs. Union, 4:05 *Bentley vs. Rensselaer, 7:05 *College Hockey ShowcaseWisconsin at Michigan State *Minnesota at Michigan, 7:35 *Western Michigan at Nebraska-OmahaBowling Green at Notre Dame, 7:35No. Michigan at Alaska, 7:35

Saturday, November 28Subway Holiday ClassicOhio State vs. Bemidji State, 4:07 *Miami vs. North Dakota, 7:07 *Rensselaer Holiday TournamentThird-Place Game, 4:05 *Championship Game, 7:05 *College Hockey ShowcaseMinnesota at Michigan State *Wisconsin at Michigan, 7:35 *Western Michigan at Nebraska-Omaha

Bowling Green at Notre DameNo. Michigan at Alaska, 7:35

Friday, December 4Lake Superior at Bowling GreenMichigan at Ohio StateNebraska-Omaha at Ferris StateAlaska at Western Michigan, 7:35Michigan State at No. Michigan, 7:35Notre Dame at Miami, 7:35

Saturday, December 5Lake Superior at Bowling Green, 5:05Nebraska-Omaha at Ferris State, 5:05Notre Dame at MiamiAlaska at Western Michigan, 7:35Michigan State at No. Michigan, 7:35Michigan at Ohio State, 8:05

Friday, December 11Miami at Ohio StateMichigan State at Bowling GreenNebraska-Omaha at AlaskaNo. Michigan at Lake SuperiorFerris State at Western Michigan, 7:35Notre Dame at Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, December 12Western Michigan at Ferris StateBowling Green at Michigan StateNebraska-Omaha at AlaskaNo. Michigan at Lake SuperiorOhio State at Miami

Sunday, December 13Michigan at Notre Dame, 4:35

Friday, December 18Michigan Tech at No. Michigan, 7:35 *Nebraska-Omaha at Minnesota State, 7:37 *

Saturday, December 19Minnesota State at Nebraska-Omaha *

Tuesday, December 29Great Lakes InvitationalMichigan State vs. Michigan Tech, 4:05 *Michigan vs. Rensselaer, 7:35 *

Wednesday, December 30Great Lakes InvitationalThird-Place Game, 4:05 *Championship Game, 7:35 *

Friday, January 1Denver CupBoston College vs. St. Lawrence, 4:07 *Nebraska-Omaha at Denver, 7:37 *

Saturday, January 2Denver CupNebraska-Omaha vs. St. Lawrence, 4:07 Boston College at Denver, 7:37 *Shillelagh TournamentNiagara vs. North Dakota, 3:05 *Colgate vs. Notre Dame, 7:05 *Dodge Holiday ClassicNo. Michigan vs. Clarkson, 4:07 *Bowling Green at Minnesota, 7:07 *Badger ShowdownFerris State vs. Yale, 4:07 *

Saturday, October 3Wilfrid Laurier at Bowling Green, 12:05 #Nipissing at Lake Superior #SAIT at Alaska #U.S. Under-18 Team at Michigan, 7:35 #Windsor at Miami, 8:05 #

Sunday, October 4Ryerson at No. Michigan, 2:05 #Wilfrid Laurier at Ferris State, 2:05 #Windsor at Michigan, 5:05 #

Monday, October 5Western Ontario at Michigan State #Lethbridge at Nebraska-Omaha #

Wednesday, October 7Windsor at Western Michigan #

Thursday, October 8Quinnipiac at Ohio State *

Friday, October 9Kendall Hockey ClassicMichigan vs. Alaska, 5:07 *Alaska Anchorage vs. Mercyhurst, 8:07 *Ice BreakerTournamentUMass-Lowell vs. St. Lawrence, 4:05 *Army at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:05 *Superior CupLake Superior at Minnesota-Duluth *No. Michigan at Michigan Tech *Bowling Green at Minnesota State *Clarkson at Michigan State *Ferris State at Canisius, *Quinnipiac at Ohio State *Alabama-Huntsville at Notre Dame, 7:35 *St. Cloud at Miami, 7:35 *

Saturday, October 10Kendall Hockey ClassicAlaska vs. Mercyhurst, 4:07 *Alaska Anchorage vs. Michigan, 7:07 *Ice BreakerTournamentThird-Place Game, 4:05 *Championship Game, 7:05 *Bowling Green at Minnesota State *Clarkson at Michigan State, 5:05 *Ferris State at Canisius, *Alabama-Huntsville at Notre Dame *St. Cloud at Miami *

Sunday, October 11Superior CupLake Superior at Michigan Tech, 5:07 *No. Michigan at Minnesota-Duluth *

Thursday, October 15Denver at Ohio State *Providence at Notre Dame, 7:35 *

Friday, October 16Brice Alaska Goal RushAlaska Anchorage vs. Rensselaer, 4:35 *Alaska vs. Robert Morris, 7:35 *Canisius at Lake Superior *Connecticut at Ferris State *Miami at New Hampshire *Michigan State at Maine *

Nebraska-Omaha at Colgate *Mercyhurst at Western Michigan, 7:35 *Providence at Notre Dame, 7:35 *U.S. Under-18 Team at Bowling Green, #

Saturday, October 16Brice Alaska Goal RushAlaska Anchorage vs. Robert Morris 4:35 *Alaska vs. Rensselaer 7:35 *Connecticut at Ferris State, 5:05 *Canisius at Lake Superior *Denver at Ohio State, TBA *Miami at New Hampshire *Michigan State at Maine *Nebraska-Omaha at Colgate *Mercyhurst at Western Michigan, 7:35 *

Tuesday, October 20Notre Dame at Boston University *

Thursday, October 22Niagara at Michigan, 7:35 *

Friday, October 23Ohio State at Lake SuperiorMichigan State at Miami, 7:35 Providence at Bowling Green *Robert Morris at Ferris State *Western Michigan at Alabama-Huntsville *Bemidji State at No. Michigan, 7:35 *Boston College at Notre Dame, 7:35 *

Saturday, October 24Ohio State at Lake SuperiorMichigan State at Miami, 8:05 Robert Morris at Ferris State, 5:05 *Providence at Bowling Green *Michigan at Boston University *Western Michigan at Alabama-Huntsville *Bemidji State at No. Michigan, 7:35 *

Friday, October 30Bowling Green at Nebraska-OmahaFerris State at AlaskaMichigan at Lake SuperiorWestern Michigan at Michigan StateMiami at No. Michigan, 7:35 Ohio State at Notre Dame, 7:35

Saturday, October 31Ohio State at Notre Dame, 5:05Bowling Green at Nebraska-OmahaFerris State at AlaskaMichigan at Lake SuperiorMichigan State at Western Michigan, 7:35Miami at No. Michigan, 7:35

Thursday, November 5Nebraska-Omaha at Michigan State

Friday, November 6Bowling Green at Ferris StateNebraska-Omaha at Michigan StateNo. Michigan at Ohio StateNotre Dame at AlaskaLake Superior at Western Michigan, 7:35Miami at Michigan, 7:35

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Merrimack vs. Wisconsin, 7:07 *Lake Superior at Robert Morris *Bemidji State at Western Michigan, 7:35 *

Sunday, January 3Shillelagh TournamentColgate vs. North Dakota/Niagara, 2:05 *North Dakota/Niagara vs. Notre Dame, 6:05 *Dodge Holiday ClassicThird-Place Game, 4:07 *Championship Game, 7:07 *Badger ShowdownThird-Place Game, 4:07 *Championship Game 7:07 *Lake Superior at Robert Morris, 5:05 *Bemidji State at Western Michigan, TBA *

Monday, January 4U.S. Under-18 Team at Michigan State #

Friday, January 8Alaska at Nebraska-Omaha Bowling Green at Ohio StateLake Superior at Michigan StateMichigan at Western Michigan, 7:35Miami vs. Robert Morris, 8:05 *(at Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Saturday, January 9Lake Superior at Michigan State, 5:05Alaska at Nebraska-Omaha Bowling Green at Ohio StateFerris State at Notre DameWestern Michigan at Michigan, 7:35

Sunday, January 10Ferris State at Notre Dame, 5:05Robert Morris at Miami, 4:05 *

Tuesday, January 12Northern Michigan at Michigan Tech *

Friday, January 15Miami at Ferris State

Nebraska-Omaha at Lake SuperiorAlaska at Michigan, 7:35Bowling Green at No. Michigan, 7:35Michigan State at Notre Dame, 7:35U.S. Under-18 Team at Ohio State #

Saturday, January 16Miami at Ferris State, 5:05Nebraska-Omaha at Lake SuperiorNotre Dame at Michigan StateAlaska at Michigan, 7:35Bowling Green at No. Michigan, 7:35

Friday, January 22Miami at AlaskaNo. Michigan at Nebraska-OmahaNotre Dame at Lake SuperiorOhio State at Michigan StateWestern Michigan at Bowling GreenFerris State at Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, January 23Michigan at Ferris State, 5:05Western Michigan at Bowling Green, 5:05Miami at AlaskaNo. Michigan at Nebraska-OmahaNotre Dame at Lake SuperiorOhio State at Michigan State

Friday, January 29Ferris State at Ohio StateMichigan at Michigan StateAlaska at No. Michigan, 7:35Nebraska-Omaha at Notre Dame, 7:35Western Michigan at Miami, 7:35

Friday, January 30Ferris State at Ohio StateNebraska-Omaha at Notre DameWestern Michigan at MiamiAlaska at No. Michigan, 7:25Michigan vs. Michigan State, 7:35(at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.)

Thursday, February 4Michigan at Bowling Green

Friday, February 5Michigan State at AlaskaNo. Michigan at Ferris StateOhio State at Nebraska-OmahaLake Superior at Miami, 7:35Notre Dame at Western Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, February 6No. Michigan at Ferris State, 5:05Lake Superior at MiamiMichigan State at AlaskaOhio State at Nebraska-OmahaNotre Dame at Western Michigan, 7:35Michigan at Wisconsin, TBA *(at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wis.)

Tuesday, February 9Bowling Green at Michigan, 7:35

Friday, February 12Alaska at Ohio StateFerris State at Lake SuperiorMiami at Bowling GreenMichigan at Nebraska-OmahaWestern Michigan at No. Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, February 13Miami at Bowling Green, 5:05Alaska at Ohio StateFerris State at Lake SuperiorMichigan at Nebraska-OmahaWestern Michigan at No. Michigan, 7:35

Friday, February 19Lake Superior at AlaskaMichigan State at Ferris StateNotre Dame at Bowling GreenNebraska-Omaha at Miami, 7:35No. Michigan at Michigan, 7:35Ohio State at Western Michigan, 7:35

Saturday, February 20Ferris State at Michigan State, 5:05Notre Dame at Bowling Green, 5:05Lake Superior at AlaskaNebraska-Omaha at MiamiNo. Michigan at Michigan, 7:35Ohio State at Western Michigan, 7:35

Thursday, February 25Notre Dame at Michigan, 7:35

Friday, February 27Bowling Green at Michigan StateWestern Michigan at Ferris StateLake Superior at No. Michigan, 7:35Ohio State at Miami, 7:35Alaska Anchorage at Alaska *Bemidji State at Nebraska-Omaha *

Saturday, February 27Michigan State at Bowling Green, 5:05Miami at Ohio StateMichigan at Notre DameFerris State at Western Michigan, 7:35Lake Superior at No. Michigna, 7:35Alaska at Alaska Anchorage *Bemidji State at Nebraska-Omaha, 8:05

Friday-Sunday, March 5-7CCHA Tournament First RoundBest-of-three series(12 at 5, 11 at 6, 10 at 7, 9 at 8)

Friday-Sunday, March 12-14CCHA Tournament Second RoundBest-of-three series(Seeds 1-4 host)

Thursday, March 18CCHA Awards(Fox Theatre, Detroit, Mich.)

Friday, March 19CCHA Championship Semifinals(at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.)

Saturday, March 20CCHA Third-Place and Championship Games (at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.)

Bold games are CCHA league contests# – exhibition; * – non-CCHA gameTimes and dates subject to change

Notre Dame will face off againstMichigan State on Sunday, Nov. 22at the Allen County War MemorialColiseum in Ft. Wayne, Ind. in a4:05 p.m. regular season game.The Coliseum also will host the 2010NCAA Midwest Regional on March27-28, 2010. The University ofNotre Dame will serve as hosts ofthe Midwest Regional in Ft. Wayne.


CCHAReview

2008-09 CCHA Honors and Awards

• First Team All-CCHAG – Chad Johnson, Alaska, Sr.D – Erik Gustafsson, No. Michigan, So.D – Ian Cole, Notre Dame, So.F – Carter Camper, Miami, So.F – Aaron Palushaj, Michigan, So. F – Louie Caporusso, Michigan, So.

• Second Team All-CCHAG – Jeff Lerg, Michigan State, Sr.D – Kyle Lawson, Notre Dame, Jr.D – Eddie DelGrosso, Nebraska-Omaha, Jr.F – Christian Hanson, Notre Dame, Sr.F – Erik Condra, Notre Dame, Sr.F – Patrick Galivan, Western Michigan, Sr.

• All-Rookie TeamConnor Knapp (Miami, G)Chris Wideman (Miami, D)Matt Bartkowski (Ohio State, D)Brandon Burlon (Michigan, D)Zac Dalpe (Ohio State, F)Billy Maday (Notre Dame, F)David Wohlberg (Michigan, F)

• Scholar-AthletesTrevor Hyatt (Alaska, Sr.)Kyle Page (Bowling Green, Jr.)Aaron Lewicki (Ferris State, Jr.)Rick Schofield (Lake Superior, So.)Brandon Smith (Miami, Jr.)Carl Hagelin (Michigan, So.)Jeff Lerg (Michigan State, Sr.) Jeremie Dupont (Nebraska-Omaha, Jr.) Derek May (Northern Michigan, Sr.)Jordan Pearce (Notre Dame, Sr.) *Corey Elkins (Ohio State, Sr.)Dave Krisky (Western Michigan, Sr.)* Scholar-Athlete of the Year

• Player of the YearChad Johnson (Alaska, G, Sr.)

• Rookie of the YearDavid Wohlberg (Michigan, Fr., F)

• Top Goaltender (Goals-Against Avg.)Chad Johnson (Alaska, Sr.)

• Best Defensive ForwardTim Miller (Michigan, Sr.)

• Best Offensive DefensemanErik Gustafsson (No. Michigan, So.)

• Best Defensive DefensemanKyle Lawson (Notre Dame, Jr.)

• Coach of the YearDallas Ferguson (Alaska)

• Terry Flanagan Memorial AwardErik Condra (Notre Dame)

FIRST ROUNDNo. 12 Bowling Green at No. 5 Ohio State

Ohio State 5, Bowling Green 4Ohio State 7, Bowling Green 1

No. 11 Michigan State at No. 6 Northern MichiganNorthern Michigan 5, Michigan State 3Northern Michigan 8, Michigan State 2

No. 10 Lake Superior at No. 7 Western Michigan Lake Superior 6, Western Michigan 3

Western Michigan 4, Lake Superior 3 (2 ot)Western Michigan 3, Lake Superior 1

No. 9 Ferris State at No. 8 Nebraska-OmahaNebraska-Omaha 3, Ferris State 0Nebraska-Omaha 5, Ferris State 2

SECOND ROUNDNo. 8 Nebraska-Omaha at No. 1 Notre Dame

Notre Dame 5, Nebraska-Omaha 0Notre Dame 1, Nebraska-Omaha 0

No. 7 Western Michigan at No. 2 Michigan Michigan 5, Western Michigan 2Michigan 6, Western Michigan 1

No. 6 No. Michigan at No. 3 MiamiMiami 3, Northern Michigan 2

Northern Michigan 3, Miami 2 (ot)Northern Michigan 3, Miami 1

No. 5 Ohio State at No. 4 AlaskaAlaska 4, Ohio State 0Ohio State 4, Alaska 2Alaska 1, Ohio State 0

2008-09 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Standings Power Penalty-Team (overall record) W L T SW PTS GF GA PEN Play Kill.

1. Notre Dame (31-6-3) 21 4 3 3 48 95 52 180/384 (1) 26.7% (5) 87.8% 2. Michigan (29-12-0) 20 8 0 0 40 98 51 233/577 (3) 17.3% (2) 91.8% Miami (23-13-5) 17 7 4 2 40 89 57 237/536 (2) 20.0% (1) 92.3% 4. Alaska (17-16-6) 13 10 5 3 34 54 51 153/317 (11) 9.9% (4) 87.8%

5. Ohio State (23-15-4) 13 11 4 3 33 87 85 195/464 (10) 10.5% (11) 78.3% 6. Northern Michigan (19-17-5) 11 12 5 3 30 72 73 194/402 (7) 13.1% (10) 81.3% 7. Western Michigan (14-20-7) 9 13 6 2 26 75 86 209/440 (4) 15.8% (12) 78.2% Nebraska-Omaha (15-17-8) 8 13 7 3 26 62 76 185/436 (5) 15.1% (9) 82.1%

9. Ferris State (12-19-7) 9 14 5 2 25 58 68 232/593 (6) 13.2% (3) 89.8%10. Lake Superior (11-20-8) 7 15 6 1 21 73 86 183/396 (9) 12.2% (8) 82.4% Michigan State (10-23-5) 7 17 4 3 21 43 85 194/445 (12) 8.5% (6) 86.8%12. Bowling Green (11-24-3) 8 19 1 0 17 60 96 201/442 (8) 12.3% (7) 83.7%

Conference games tied after 65 minutes advanced to a three-player shootout with the winning team receiving an extrapoint in the standings (denoted in SW column).

Leading Scorers, All GamesPlayer, School GP G A Pts PPG WG +/-Aaron Palushaj (UM) 39 13 37 50 4 2 +25Louie Caporusso (UM) 41 24 25 49 10 5 +10Patrick Galivan (WMU) 41 19 28 47 5 2 +3Carter Camper (MIA) 40 20 22 42 12 4 +3Corey Elkins (OSU) 42 18 23 41 3 2 +24Dan Sexton (BGSU) 38 17 22 39 5 3 -4John Albert (OSU) 42 11 28 39 1 3 +12Erik Condra (ND) 40 13 25 38 5 2 +11Mark Olver (NMU) 40 16 19 35 6 3 +16Pat Cannone (MIA) 41 11 24 35 5 2 +5Gregor Hanson (NMU) 40 13 21 34 5 3 +14Eddie DelGrosso (UNO) 39 6 28 34 1 1 -1Erik Gustafsson (NMU) 40 4 30 34 1 0 +21Calle Ridderwall (ND) 40 17 15 32 11 5 +2Troy Schwab (LSSU) 39 11 21 32 1 1 -10

Goals-Against Average Leaders, All GamesPlayer, Team GA GAA SV% W-L-T SV MINChad Johnson (UAF) 57 1.66 .940 14-16-5 889 2062Jordan Pearce (ND) 65 1.68 .931 30-6-3 880 2326Bryan Hogan (UM) 59 1.97 .914 24-6-0 626 1793Cody Reichard (MIA) 35 2.09 .914 9-7-2 372 1007Connor Knapp (MIA) 47 2.09 .904 13-5-3 445 1350Jerad Kaufmann (UNO) 48 2.31 .915 9-10-3 519 1247Brian Stewart (NMU) 70 2.32 .925 14-13-3 866 1812Dustin Carlson (OSU) 92 2.50 .917 21-12-3 1014 2206Taylor Nelson (FSU) 44 2.50 .912 5-8-4 457 1054Brian Mahoney-Wilson (LSSU) 61 2.66 .915 7-10-6 656 1378Jeremie Dupont (UNO) 53 2.67 .910 6-7-5 533 1190Pat Nagle (FSU) 59 2.84 .909 7-11-3 587 1246Riley Gill (WMU) 84 2.91 .920 13-13-3 970 1731Jeff Lerg (MSU) 94 2.94 .917 9-20-3 1040 1921Pat Inglis (LSSU) 50 3.01 .903 4-10-2 467 996

2008-09 CCHA Tournament ResultsCCHA CHAMPIONSHIP

SEMIFINALSMichigan 3, Alaska 1

Notre Dame 2, Northern Michigan 1

THIRD-PLACE GAMENorthern Michigan 2, Alaska 0

CHAMPIONSHIPNotre Dame 5, Michigan 2

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMF - Calle Ridderwall, So., Notre Dame

F - Ben Ryan, So., Notre DameF - Louie Caporusso, So., MichiganD - Ian Cole, So., Notre DameD - Steve Kampfer, Jr., Michigan

G - Jordan Pearce, Sr., Notre DameMVP - Jordan Pearce, Sr., Notre Dame

NCAA TOURNAMENTMidwest Regional - First RoundBemidji State 5, Notre Dame 1

East Regional - First RoundAir Force 2, Michigan 0

Northeast Regional - First RoundBoston University 8, Ohio State 3

West Regional - First RoundMiami 4, Denver 1

Minnesota-Duluth 5, Princeton 4 (ot)Second Round

Miami 2, Minnesota-Duluth 1

FROZEN FOUR

SemifinalsMiami 4, Bemidji State 1

Boston University 5, Vermont 4

ChampionshipBoston University 4, Miami 3

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2009-10Opponents

Dallas Ferguson Dion KnelsenHead Coach Sr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Fairbanks, AK 99775Nickname: NanooksColors: Blue and GoldEnrollment: 9,872Founded: 1917Chancellor: Brian RogersAthletics Director: Forrest KarrConference: CCHAArena: Carlson CenterCapacity: 4,350Rink Size: 200 x 100

THE COACHESHead Coach: Dallas FergusonAlma Mater: Alaska ‘96Phone: (907) 474-6870Record at Alaska: 17-16-6/1 yearOverall Record: SameFerguson vs. ND: 0-2-0Assistant Coaches: Lance West,Brian MeisnerTrainer: Mike CurtinEquipment Manager: TBA

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 17-16-6CCHA/Finish: 13-10-5/4thPostseason: Fourth-Place in CCHALettermen Returning/Lost: 17/6Goal: 1/1 … Defense: 6/1 … Forwards: 10/4

Captains: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: ND leads, 25-20-4At Notre Dame: ND leads, 15-8-1At Fairbanks: Alaska leads, 12-9-3Neutral Sites: ND leads, 1-0-0

2008-09 Results: ND, 2-0-0Last 10 Meetings: ND, 7-2-1

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Jamie FolandE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (907) 474-6807SID Fax: (907) 474-5162Mailing Address: P.O. Box 757440211 Patty CenterFairbanks, AK 99775

Website: www.alaskananooks.comCarlson Center Press Box: (907) 451-1957Ticket Office: (907) 474-5977

AlaskaNanooks

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 • Carlson Center • 7:05 p.m. (AT)Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 • Carlson Center • 7:05 p.m. (AT)

Jerry York Matt PriceHead Coach Sr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Chestnut Hill, MA 02467Nickname: EaglesColors: Maroon and GoldEnrollment: 14,500Founded: 1863President: Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.Athletics Director: Gene DeFilippoConference: Hockey EastArena: Kelley RinkCapacity: 7,884Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Jerry YorkAlma Mater: Boston College ‘67Phone: (617) 552-3028Record at BC: 354-194-55/15 yearsOverall Record: 821-529-89/37 yearsYork vs. ND: 17-12-3Assistant Coaches: Mike Cavanaugh, Greg BrownTrainer: Bert LenzDirector of Hockey Operations: John Hegarty

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 18-14-5Hockey East/Finish: 11-11-5/6thPostseason: Hockey East SemifinalsLettermen Returning/Lost: 17/8Goal: 3/0… Defense: 4/4 … Forwards: 10/4

Captain: Matt Price

THE SERIESSeries Record: BC leads, 15-11-2At Notre Dame: BC leads, 6-2-1At Boston College: Series even, 7-7-1Neutral Sites: Series tied 2-2-02008-09 Results: ND, 1-0-0Last 10 Meetings: Series even, 4-4-2

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Tim ClarkE-Mail: [email protected]

SID Phone: (617) 552-8841SID Fax: (617) 552-4903Mailing Address: 321 Conte ForumChestnut Hill, MA 02467

Website: www.bceagles.comKelley Rink Press Box: (617) 552-4747

Boston College Eagles

Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:35 p.m.

Danton Cole Ryan BurkholderHead Coach So., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Huntsville, AL 35899Nickname: ChargersColors: Royal Blue and WhiteEnrollment: 7,431Founded: 1969President: Dr. David B. WilliamsAthletics Director: Jim HarrisConference: College Hockey AmericaArena:Von Braun CenterCapacity: 6,800Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Danton ColeAlma Mater: Michigan State ‘91Phone: (256) 824-2205Record at UAH: 11-41-9/2 years Overall Record: SameCole vs. ND: 0-1-0Assistant Coaches: Chris Luongo,John McCabe

Trainer: Jeff KinardEquipment Manager: Robert Cross

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 5-20-4CHA/Finish: 3-11-4/4thPostseason: Third-Place Game CHALettermen Returning/Lost: 19/7Goal: 2/1 … Defense: 6/1 … Forwards: 11/5

Captain: Ryan BurkholderTHE SERIES

Series Record: ND leads, 9-8-1At Notre Dame: ND leads, 6-2-1At Huntsville: UAH leads, 6-1-1Neutral Sites: ND leads, 2-0-0

2008-09 Results: DNPLast 10 Meetings: Series even, 5-5-0

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Jamie GilliamE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (226) 824-2201SID Fax: (256) 824-6947Mailing Address: Sports Information OfficeUniversity of Alabama-Huntsville205 Spragins HallHuntsville, AL 35889

Website: www.uahchargers.comVon Braun Press Box: (256) 518-6167/6168Ticket Office: (256) 824-6939

Alabama-HuntsvilleChargers

Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:35 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:05 p.m.


2009-10Opponents

Jack Parker Kevin ShattenkirkHead Coach Jr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Boston, MA 02215Nickname: TerriersColors: Scarlet and WhiteEnrollment: 16,261Founded: 1839President: Robert A. Brown Athletics Director: Mike LynchConference: Hockey EastArena: Agganis ArenaCapacity: 6,300Rink Size: 200 x 90

THE COACHESHead Coach: Jack ParkerAlma Mater: Boston University ‘68Phone: (617) 353-4639Record at BU: 816-412-101/37 yearsOverall Record: SameParker vs. ND: 1-0-0Assistant Coaches: Mark Bavis, Buddy PowersTrainer: Larry VenisEquipment Manager: Mike DiMella

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 35-6-4Hockey East/Finish: 18-5-4/1stPostseason: NCAA ChampionsLettermen Returning/Lost: 16/8Goal: 2/0 … Defense: 4/3 … Forwards: 10/5

Captain: Kevin Shattenkirk

THE SERIESSeries Record: BU leads, 2-0-0At Notre Dame: Series even, 0-0-0At Boston: BU leads, 1-0-0Neutral Sites: BU leads, 1-0-0

2008-09 Results: DNPLast 10 Meetings: BU leads, 2-0-0

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Brian KelleyE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (617) 353-2872SID Fax: (617) 358-4762Mailing Address: Sports Information Office285 Babcock StreetBoston, MA 02215

Website: www.GoTerriers.comAgganis Press Box: (617) 358-7300Ticket Office: (617) 353-4628

Boston UniversityTerriers

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 • Agganis Arena • 7:05 p.m.

Dennis Williams Kyle PageHead Coach Sr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Bowling Green, OH 43403 Nickname: FalconsColors: Brown and OrangeEnrollment: 18,046Founded: 1910President: Dr. Carol CartwrightAthletics Director: Greg ChristopherConference: CCHAArena: BGSU Ice ArenaCapacity: 5,000Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Dennis WilliamsAlma Mater: Bowling Green ‘01Phone: (419) 372-7239Record at BGSU: First SeasonOverall Record: SameWilliams vs. ND: 0-0-0Assistant Coaches: Mike Mankowski, Scott StirlingTrainer: Jeff CurleyEquipment Manager: Scott Jess

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 12-24-3CCHA/Finish: 8-19-1/12thPostseason: First Round CCHALettermen Returning/Lost: 17/6Goal: 2/1 … Defense: 3/3 … Forwards: 12/2

Captains: Kyle Page

THE SERIESSeries Record: ND leads, 46-35-6At Notre Dame: ND leads, 26-12-4At Bowling Green: BG leads, 22-20-2Neutral Sites: BG leads, 1-0-0


SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Ryan GasserE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (419) 372-7105SID Fax: (419 372-6015Mailing Address: Athletics Communications249 Perry Stadium EastBowling Green State Univ.Bowling Green, OH 43403

Website: www.bgsufalcons.comBGSU Arena Press Box: (419) 372-1236Ticket Office: (419) 372-0000/1-877-BGSU-Ticket

Bowling GreenFalcons

Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:35 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:05 p.m.Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 • BGSU Ice Arena • 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 • BGSU Ice Arena • 5:05 p.m

Don Vaughan David McIntyreHead Coach Sr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Hamilton, NY 13346Nickname: RaidersColors: Maroon, Gray and WhiteEnrollment: 2,800Founded: 1819Interim President: Lynn RoelofsAthletics Director: David RoachConference: ECAC HockeyArena: Starr RinkCapacity: 2,246Rink Size: 2000 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Don VaughanAlma Mater: St. Lawrence ‘84Phone: (315) 228-7572Record at CU: 269-253-59/16 years Overall Record: SameVaughan vs. ND: 0-0-0Assistant Coaches: Brad Dexter, Jason LefevreTrainer: Steve ChouinardEquipment Manager: John Bewley

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 12-18-7ECAC/Finish: 7-12-5/10thPostseason: First Round ECAC Tournament Lettermen Returning/Lost: 18/7Goal: 3/0 … Defense: 3/4 … Forwards: 12/3

Captains: Ethan Cox, David McIntyreTHE SERIES

Series Record: CU leads, 2-0-0At Notre Dame: Series tied, 0-0-0At Hamilton: Series tied, 0-0-0Neutral Sites: CU leads, 2-0-0

2007-08 Results: DNPLast 10 Meetings: CU leads, 2-0-0

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: John GilgerE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (315) 228-7860SID Fax: (218) 726-6529Mailing Address: Sports Information OfficeColgate University13 Oak DriveHamilton, NY 13346

Website: www.gocolgateraiders.comStarr Rink Press Box: (315) 228-6820Ticket Office: (315) 228-7600

Colgate UniversityRed Raiders

First Round Opponent Shillelagh Tournament • Sears Centre

Saturday, Jan. 2, 2009 • 6:05 p.m. (CT)

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Bob Daniels Cody ChuppHead Coach Sr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Big Rapids, MI 49307Nickname: BulldogsColors: Crimson and GoldEnrollment: 13,532Founded: 1884President: Dr. David L. EislerAthletics Director: Tom KirinovicConference: CCHAArena: Ewigleben Ice ArenaCapacity: 2,493Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Bob DanielsAlma Mater: Michigan State ‘82Phone: (231) 591-2884Record at FSU: 269-321-63/17 years Overall Record: SameDaniels vs. ND: 26-20-5Assistant Coaches: Drew Famulak, Mark KaufmanTrainer: Tim GloverEquipment Manager: Ben Mumah

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 12-19-7CCHA/Finish: 9-14-5/9thPostseason: First Round CCHA Lettermen Returning/Lost: 21/5Goal: 3/0 … Defense: 7/1 … Forwards: 11/4

Captains: Cody Chupp

THE SERIESSeries Record: FSU leads, 37-22-6At Notre Dame: FSU leads, 21-12-4At Ferris State: FSU leads, 14-10-2Neutral Sites: FSU leads, 2-0-0


SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Joe GorbyE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (231) 591-2336SID Fax: (231) 591-3775Mailing Address: 210 Sports DriveSports Complex 002Big Rapids, MI 43907

Website: www.ferrisstatebulldogs.comEwigleben Press Box: (231) 591-2397Ticket Office: (231) 591-2888

Ferris StateBulldogs

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 • Joyce Center • 7:05 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 • Joyce Center • 4:05 p.m.

Jim Roque Simon GysbersHead Coach Sr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783Nickname: LakersColors: Royal Blue and GoldEnrollment: 3,100Founded: 1946President: Dr. Tony McLainAthletics Director: Kris DunbarConference: CCHAArena: Taffy Abel ArenaCapacity: 4,000Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Jim RoqueAlma Mater: Lake Superior ‘87Phone: (906) 635-6665Record at LSSU: 57-73-25/4 years Overall Record: SameRoque vs. ND: 1-8-2Assistant Coaches: Tim Christian, Rich MetroTrainer: Rick MickEquipment Manager: Rick Mick

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 11-20-8CCHA/Finish: 7-15-6/t10thPostseason: First Round CCHA Lettermen Returning/Lost: 20/5Goal: 3/0 … Defense: 7/1 … Forwards: 10/4

Captains: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: ND leads, 24-23-6At Notre Dame: ND leads, 12-8-4At Lake Superior: LSSU leads, 13-11-2Neutral Sites: LSSU leads, 2-1-0


SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Linda BouvetE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (906) 635-2601SID Fax: (906) 635-2753Mailing Address: Sports Information Office650 Easterday AvenueSault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

Website: www.lssulakers.comAbel Arena Press Box: (906) 635-7501Ticket Office: (906) 635-2602

Lake Superior StateLakers

Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 • Taffy Abel Arena • 7:05 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 • Taffy Abel Arena • 7:05 p.m.

Enrico Blasi Carter CamperHead Coach Jr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Oxford, OH 45056Nickname: RedHawksColors: Red and WhiteEnrollment: 18,937Founded: 1809President: Dr. David HodgeAthletics Director: Brad BatesConference: CCHAArena: Steve Cady ArenaCapacity: 3,462Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Enrico BlasiAlma Mater: Miami ‘94Phone: (513) 529-3343Record at Miami: 210-151-29/10 years Overall Record: SameBlasi vs. ND: 15-8-5Assistant Coaches: Chris Bergeron, Brent BrekkeTrainer: Jason EckerleEquipment Manager: Andy Geshan

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 23-13-1CCHA/Finish: 17-7-4/3rdPostseason: NCAA FinalsLettermen Returning/Lost: 17/6Goal: 2/0 … Defense: 5/2 … Forwards: 10/4

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: Miami leads, 32-15-8At Notre Dame: Miami leads, 13-7-6At Miami: Miami leads, 16-8-2Neutral Sites: Miami leads, 3-0-0

2008-09 Results: Miami leads, 2-0-0Last 10 Meetings: Miami leads, 6-2-2

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Jim StephanE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (513) 529-4330SID Fax: (513) 529-6729Mailing Address: Sports Information Office230 Millet HallOxford, OH 45056

Website: www.muredhawks.comCady Arena Press Box: (513) 529-1646Ticket Office: (513) 529-3924

MiamiRedhawks

Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 • Cady Arena • 7:35 p.m.Saturday., Dec. 5, 2009 • Cady Arena • 7:05 p.m.


2009-10Opponents

Dean Blais Eddie Del GrossoHead Coach Sr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Omaha, NE 68182Nickname: MavericksColors: Crimson and BlackEnrollment: 14,700Founded: 1908Chancellor: Dr. John ChristensenAthletics Director: David MillerConference: CCHAArena: Qwest Center OmahaCapacity: 16,000Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Dean BlaisAlma Mater: Minnesota ‘73Phone: (402) 554-4054Record at UNO: First Year Overall Record: 262-115-33/10 yearsBlais vs. ND: 1-1-0Assistant Coaches: Mike Hastings,Nick Fohr

Trainer: Rusty McKuneEquipment Manager: Mark Pane

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 15-17-8CCHA/Finish: 8-13-7t7thPostseason: First Round CCHALettermen Returning/Lost: 21/3Goal: 1/1 … Defense: 8/0 … Forwards: 12/2

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: ND leads, 16-9-4At Notre Dame: ND leads, 8-4-2At UNO: ND leads, 8-5-2Neutral Sites: N/A

2008-09 Results: ND, 4-0-0Last 10 Meetings: ND leads, 8-1-1

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Dave AhlersE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (402) 554-3387SID Fax: (402) 554-3694Mailing Address: Sports Information OfficeLee and Helene Sapp FieldhouseOmaha, NE 68182

Website: www.gomavs.unomaha.eduQwest Center Press Box: (402) 599-6620Ticket Office: (402) 554-2555

Nebraska-OmahaMavericks

Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 • Joyce Center • 8:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 • Joyce Center • 8:05 p.m.

Rick Comley Jeff PetryHead Coach Jr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: East Lansing, MI 48824Nickname: SpartansColors: Green and WhiteEnrollment: 45,520Founded: 1855President: Dr. Lou Anna K. SimonAthletics Director: Mark HollisConference: CCHAArena: Munn Ice ArenaCapacity: 6,470Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Rick ComleyAlma Mater: Lake Superior St. ‘72Phone: (517) 355-1639Record at MSU: 152-108-29/7 years Overall Record: 749-583-100/36 yearsComley vs. ND: 23-12-7Assistant Coaches: Tom Newton, Brian RenfrewTrainer: Dave CarrierEquipment Manager: Tom Magee

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 10-23-5CCHA/Finish: 7-17-4/11thPostseason: CCHA Tournament first roundLettermen Returning/Lost: 17/5Goal: 1/1 … Defense: 5/1 … Forwards: 11/3

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: MSU leads, 59-34-9At Notre Dame: MSU leads, 21-19-7At Michigan St.: MSU leads, 35-14-2Neutral Sites: MSU leads, 3-1-0

2008-09 Results: ND leads, 2-0-0Last 10 Meetings: MSU leads, 5-4-1

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Jamie WeirE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (517) 355-2271SID Fax: (517) 353-9636Mailing Address: Athletic Media RelationsZ-22 Breslin CenterEast Lansing, MI 48824

Website: www.msuspartans.comMunn Arena Press Box: (517) 353-6359Ticket Office: (517) 355-1610

Michigan StateSpartans

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 • Munn Arena • 7:05 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 • Allen Co. Coliseum • 4:05 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 • Joyce Center • 8:05 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 • Munn Arena • 7:05 p.m.

Red Berenson Chris SummersHead Coach Sr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Ann Arbor, MI 48109Nickname:WolverinesColors: Maize and BlueEnrollment: 38,820Founded: 1817President: Mary Sue ColemanAthletics Director: Bill MartinConference: CCHAArena: Yost Ice ArenaCapacity: 6,637Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Red BerensonAlma Mater: Michigan ‘62Phone: (734) 647-1201Record at UM: 673-310-68/25 years Overall Record: SameBerenson vs. ND: 44-12-3Associate Head Coach: Mel PearsonAssistant Coach: Billy PowersTrainer: Rick BancroftEquipment Manager: Ian Hume

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 29-12-0CCHA/Finish: 20-8-0/2ndPostseason: NCAA East Regional first roundLettermen Returning/Lost: 19/7Goal: 2/1 … Defense: 8/1 … Forwards: 9/5

Captain: Chris Summers

THE SERIESSeries Record: UM leads, 66-47-5At Notre Dame: UM leads, 22-21-2At Michigan: UM leads, 36-22-3Neutral Sites: UM leads, 8-4-0

2008-09 Results: ND leads, 2-1-0Last 10 Meetings: ND leads, 6-4-0

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Matt TrevorE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (734) 647-3810SID Fax: (734) 763-1188Mailing Address: Athletic Media RelationsHartwig Building1000 South State St.Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Website: www.MGoBlue.comYost Arena Press Box: (734) 647-7916Ticket Office: (734) 764-0247

MichiganWolverines

Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 • Yost Arena • 7:35 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 • Joyce Center • 4:05 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 • Yost Arena • 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 • Joyce Center • 7:05 p.m.

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Walt Kyle Mark OlverHead Coach Jr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Marquette, MI 49855Nickname: WildcatsColors: Old Gold and Olive GreenEnrollment: 9,400Founded: 1899President: Dr. Leslie WongAthletics Director: Ken GodfreyConference: CCHAArena: Berry Events CenterCapacity: 3,902Rink Size: 200 x 100

THE COACHESHead Coach: Walt KyleAlma Mater: No. Michigan ‘81Phone: (906) 227-1211Record at NMU: 141-121-26/7 years Overall Record: SameKyle vs. ND: 7-12-1Assistant Coaches: John Kyle, Robert FaccaTrainer: Jim WinklerEquipment Manager: Bill Kiple

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 19-17-5CCHA/Finish: 11-12-5/6thPostseason: Third-Place CCHALettermen Returning/Lost: 18/5Goal: 1/0 … Defense: 6/2 … Forwards: 11/3

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: NMU leads, 20-19-5At Notre Dame: ND leads, 10-9-3At NMU: NMU leads, 9-7-2Neutral Sites: Series even, 2-2-0


SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: David FaiellaE-Mail: [email protected] SID Phone: (906) 227-1013SID Fax: (906) 227-2492Mailing Address: Sports Information Office1401 Presque Isle Ave.Marquette, MI 49855

Website: www.nmu.edu/athleticsBerry Center Press Box: (906) 227-1720Ticket Office: (906) 227-1032

Northern MichiganWildcats

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:35 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 • Joyce Center • 4:05 p.m.

Dave Hakstol Chay GenowayHead Coach Sr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Grand Forks, ND 58202Nickname: Fighting SiouxColors: Kelly Green and WhiteEnrollment: 12,748Founded: 1883President: Dr. Robert KelleyAthletics Director: Brian FaisonConference: WCHAArena: Ralph Englestad ArenaCapacity: 11,634Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Dave HakstolAlma Mater: North Dakota ‘96Phone: (701) 777-31-3Record at UND: 130-71-19/5 years Overall Record: SameHakstol vs. ND: 0-0-0Assistant Coaches: Carey Eades, Dane JacksonTrainer: Mark PoolmanEquipment Manager: Pat Swanson

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 24-15-4WCHA/Finish: 17-7-4/1stPostseason: NCAA RegionalsLettermen Returning/Lost: 16/9Goal: 1/2 … Defense: 5/2… Forwards: 10/5

Captains: TBATHE SERIES

Series Record: Notre Dame leads, 16-15-1At Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads, 9-6-1At North Dakota: North Dakota leads, 9-7-0Neutral Sites: Series even, 0-0-0

2008-09 Results: DNPLast 10 Meetings: North Dakota leads, 8-1-1

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Jayson HajduE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (701) 777-2985SID Cell Phone: (701) 740-7659Mailing Address: Athletic Media RelationsUniversity of North DakotaHyslop Sports Center, Room 1202751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013

Website: www.FightingSioux.comEnglestad Arena Press Box: (701) 777-33571Ticket Office: (701) 777-0855

North DakotaFighting Sioux

Possible Opponent Shillelagh Tournament • Sears Centre

Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010

Dave Burkholder Chris MoranHead Coach Sr., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Niagara University, NY 14109Nickname: Purple EaglesColors: Purple and WhiteEnrollment: 3,853Founded: 1856President: Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M.Athletics Director: Ed McLaughlinConference: College Hockey AmericaArena: Dwyer ArenaCapacity: 2,100Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Dave BurkholderAlma Mater: R.I.T. ‘84Phone: (716) 286-8239Record at NU: 144-121-28/8 years Overall Record: SameBurkholder vs. ND: 0-0-0Assistant Coaches: Tim Madsen, Greg GardnerTrainer: Scott MastrobattistaEquipment Manager: Don Borsuk

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 16-14-6CHA/Finish: 9-5-4/2ndPostseason: CHA third placeLettermen Returning/Lost: 18/8Goal: 2/1 … Defense: 5/3 … Forwards: 11/4

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: First Meeting

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Chris SmithE-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (716) 286-8724SID Fax: (716 286-8582Mailing Address: Sports Information OfficeUpper Level Gallagher CenterP.O. Box 2009Niagara University, NY 14109

Website: purpleeagles.comDwyer Arena Press Box: (716) 286-8794Ticket Office: (716) 286-8494

Niagara Purple Eagles

Possible OppenentShillelagh Tournament • Sears Centre

Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010


2009-10Opponents

Jim Culhane Tyler LudwigHead Coach Sr., Defenseman

QUICK FACTSLocation: Kalamazoo, MI 49008Nickname: BroncosColors: Brown and GoldEnrollment: 24,818Founded: 1903President: Dr. John M. DunnAthletics Director: Kathy BeauregardConference: CCHAArena: Lawson ArenaCapacity: 3,667Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Jim CulhaneAlma Mater: Western Michigan ‘87Phone: (269) 387-3050Record at WMU: 150-202-40/10 years Overall Record: SameCulhane vs. ND: 9-16-4Assistant Coaches: Marc Fakler, Scott RobsonTrainer: Brian BauerEquipment Manager: Dion Van Atter

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 14-20-7CCHA/Finish: 9-13-6/7thPostseason: Second Round CCHALettermen Returning/Lost: 18/5Goal: 2/0 … Defense: 6/3 … Forwards: 12/2

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record:WMU leads, 35-29-6At Notre Dame: ND leads, 19-12-2At WMU: WMU leads, 22-10-4Neutral Sites: WMU leads, 1-0-0

2008-09 Results: ND leads, 1-0-1Last 10 Meetings: ND leads, 6-4-1

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Adam BodnarE-Mail: [email protected] SID Phone: (269) 387-4122SID Fax: (269) 387-4139Mailing Address: 1903 West Michigan Ave.Read FieldhouseKalamazoo, MI 49008

Website: www.wmubroncos.comLawson Press Box: (269) 387-3065Ticket Office: (269) 4-WMU-TIX

Western MichiganBroncos

Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 • Lawson Arena • 7:35 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 • Lawson Arena • 7:35 p.m.

QUICK FACTSLocation: Providence, RI 02918Nickname: FriarsColors: Black and WhiteEnrollment: 3,966Founded: 1917President: Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P.Athletics Director: Robert Driscoll, Jr.Conference: Hockey EastArena: Schneider ArenaCapacity: 3,030Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: Tim ArmyAlma Mater: Providence ‘85Phone: (401) 865-2168Record at PC: 48-78-16/5th season Overall Record: SameArmy vs. ND: 0-2-0Assistant Coaches: David Berard, Stan MooreTrainer: Quinn HarperEquipment Manager: Ryan Kelley

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 7-22-5Hockey East/Finish: 4-18-5/t9thPostseason: First Round Hockey EastLettermen Returning/Lost: 20/7Goal: 2/1 … Defense: 5/3 … Forwards: 13/1

Captains: John Cavanaugh, Mark Fayne

THE SERIESSeries Record: Notre Dame leads, 2-1-0At Notre Dame: 0-0-0At PC: ND leads, 2-0-0Neutral Sites: PC leads, 1-0-0


SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Jorge RochaE-Mail: [email protected] SID Phone: (401) 865-2208SID Fax: (401) 865-2583Mailing Address: Sports Information OfficeAlumni HallProvidence CollegeProvidence, RI 02918

Website: www.friars.comSchneider Arena Press Box: (401) 865-1414Ticket Office: (401) 865-4672

Tim Army John CavanaghHead Coach Sr., Forward

Providence CollegeFriars

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:35 p.m.Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:05 p.m.

John Markell John AlbertHead Coach So., Forward

QUICK FACTSLocation: Columbus, OH 43210Nickname: BuckeyesColors: Scarlet and GrayEnrollment: 53,715Founded: 1870President: Gordon GeeAthletics Director: Eugene SmithConference: CCHAArena: Value City ArenaCapacity: 17,500Rink Size: 200 x 85

THE COACHESHead Coach: John MarkellAlma Mater: Bowling Green ‘79Phone: (614) 292-0820Record at OSU: 265-249-50/15th season Overall Record: SameMarkell vs. ND: 23-9-5Assistant Coaches: Jason Lammers, Steve BrentTrainer: Jeff DeitsEquipment Manager: Tim Adams

THE TEAM2008-09 Record: 23-15-4CCHA/Finish: 13-11-4/5thPostseason: First Round NCAA East RegionalLettermen Returning/Lost: 23/3Goal: 2/0 … Defense: 7/1 … Forwards: 14/2

Captain: TBA

THE SERIESSeries Record: OSU leads, 27-24-8At Notre Dame: OSU leads, 12-11-3At OSU: Series tied, 13-13-5Neutral Sites: OSU leads, 2-0-0

2008-09 Results: Series even, 1-1-0Last 10 Meetings: OSU leads, 5-3-2

SPORTS INFORMATIONHockey SID: Leann ParkerE-Mail: [email protected] SID Phone: (614) 688-0294SID Fax: (614) 292-8547Mailing Address: Room 124, St. John Arena410 Woody Hayes DriveColumbus, OH 43210

Website: www.ohiostatebuckeyes.comValue City Press Box: (614) 688-5330/5331Ticket Office: (614) 292-2624

Ohio StateBuckeyes

Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 • Joyce Center • 7:35 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 • Joyce Center • 5:05 p.m.

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All-TimeSeries

First LastSchool W L T Game Game

Air Force 21 13 2 1969 2007Alabama-Huntsville 9 8 1 1984 2008Alaska Anchorage 0 6 0 1985 1991Alaska 25 20 4 1985 2009Arizona 6 0 0 1988 1990Army 8 8 0 1986 2007Assumption 0 1 0 1923 1923Bemidji State 0 1 0 2009 2009Boston College 11 15 2 1970 2009Boston University 0 2 0 1971 1996Bowdoin 0 1 0 1985 1985Bowling Green 47 34 6 1970 2009Brown University 1 0 0 1998 1998Canadian Club/Chicago 0 1 0 1922 1922Canisius 6 0 0 1988 1991Carnegie Tech 1 0 0 1921 1921Chicago Athletic Assoc. 0 1 0 1927 1927Clarkson 1 1 0 1981 1981Cleveland Athletic Club 0 2 0 1913 1913Colgate 0 2 0 1985 1986Colorado College 25 18 1 1970 2006Cornell 3 1 0 1972 2004Culver Military 5 0 1 1913 1926Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1973 1973Dartmouth 0 2 0 1972 2003Dayton 2 0 0 1988 1988Denver 10 35 3 1971 2009Detroit Hockey Club 1 0 0 1969 1969Ferris State 22 37 6 1982 2009Findlay 1 0 0 2004 2004Guelph 0 1 0 1996 1996Gustavus Adolphus 1 1 0 1969 1969Hamilton 1 0 0 1970 1970Harvard 2 5 0 1927 1979Holy Cross 2 1 0 1985 1990Illinois Athletic Club 0 1 0 1924 1924Illinois-Chicago 11 11 3 1980 1996Illinois Hockey Club 4 0 0 1969 1984

First LastSchool W L T Game Game

Illinois State 2 0 0 1984 1984Iowa State 3 2 0 1984 1985Kent State 13 11 4 1986 1994Lake Forest 28 12 2 1969 1992Lake Superior State 24 23 6 1982 2009Maine 3 1 0 1992 2004Marquette 6 0 0 1926 1985Massachusetts (Amherst) 2 3 0 1995 2008Massachusetts (Boston) 2 0 0 1991 1991Mercyhurst 4 0 0 1988 2008Merrimack 2 3 0 1970 1992 Miami (Ohio) 15 32 8 1982 2009Michigan 47 66 5 1921 2009Michigan-Dearborn 12 17 2 1984 1990Michigan State 34 58 9 1922 2009Michigan Tech 22 35 2 1921 2005Minnesota 10 21 2 1925 2001Minnesota-Duluth 18 10 4 1971 2009Minnesota State 6 3 0 1990 2007Nebraska-Omaha 16 9 4 2000 2009New Hampshire 1 4 0 1991 2008Niagara 0 0 1 2001 2001Nicholas Club 1 0 0 1927 1927North Dakota 16 15 1 1971 1999 North Dakota State 4 3 0 1986 1988Northeastern 3 2 1 1971 2002Northern Arizona 0 2 0 1986 1986Northern Michigan 17 18 5 1982 2009Northwestern 2 0 0 1984 1984Ohio University 5 2 1 1969 1970Ohio State 24 27 8 1969 2009Pennsylvania 1 0 0 1970 1970Penn State 3 0 1 1984 1985Pittsburgh Athletic Club 0 2 0 1924 1924Pittsburgh Hockey Club 0 0 1 1927 1927Providence College 2 1 0 2000 2009Purdue Hockey Club 1 0 0 1969 1969Princeton 5 10 0 1985 2008Ramsey Tech 1 0 0 1923 1923Robert Morris 1 1 0 2007 2007Rochester Inst. of Tech. 2 2 0 1989 1990Rensselaer 3 3 0 1989 2008Sacred Heart 2 0 0 2009 2009St. Cloud State 5 5 0 1989 1998St. Francis-Xavier (Canada) 1 0 0 1995 1995St. John’s 3 0 0 1969 1987St. Lawrence 2 1 0 1972 2001St. Louis 1 2 0 1973 1974St. Mary’s 2 2 1 1969 1970St. Norbert’s 4 0 0 1984 1984St. Thomas 9 5 1 1923 1987Salem State 1 0 0 1970 1970SUNY-Plattsburgh 0 2 0 1986 1986Toronto (Canada) 2 0 0 2002 2003Union College 2 2 0 2000 2009U.S. Internationals 0 2 0 1980 1980U.S. Nationals 0 2 0 1971 1971U.S. Under-18 Team 3 1 0 2002 2008Vermont 1 0 1 2000 2003Villanova 2 0 0 1988 1988Waterloo (Canada) 2 0 0 1994 1995Wayne State 1 0 0 2001 2001Western Michigan 29 35 6 1978 2009Western Ontario 1 0 0 1998 1998Windsor (Canada) 3 1 1 1969 2007Wisconsin 16 39 7 1922 2008Wisconsin-Stevens Point 2 3 0 1987 1991Yale 1 5 0 1927 2003York (Canada) 2 0 0 1982 1982

Notes: 2009-10 opponents and potential opponents in bold ... years for first and last gameindicate the end of the season (i.e. 1992-93 is listed as “1993”).

Notre Dame and Michigan have met 118 times on the ice prior to the start of the 2009-10 season. The last time they battled was at Joe Louis Arena for the 2009 CCHA title.The Irish won that game, 5-2, on March 21, 2009.


All-TimeSeries

1997-98 Fairbanks W 4-2Fairbanks (OT) L 2-3Fairbanks W 5-1

1998-99 Notre Dame W 6-2Notre Dame W 6-1Notre Dame W 5-2

1999-00 Notre Dame W 1-0Notre Dame W 3-2Fairbanks W 2-1Fairbanks (OT) T 3-3

2000-01 Fairbanks (OT) T 4-4Fairbanks W 3-1

2001-02 Notre Dame L 5-7Notre Dame L 5-6

2002-03 Fairbanks L 3-4Fairbanks L 4-5

2003-04 Notre Dame W 3-2Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2

2004-05 Fairbanks W 3-2Fairbanks L 2-3

2005-06 Notre Dame W 4-1Notre Dame L 1-2Notre Dame L 1-3Notre Dame L 0-1

2006-07 Notre Dame W 3-1Notre Dame W 6-2Fairbanks W 1-0Fairbanks (OT) W 3-2Notre Dame W 7-1Notre Dame W 3-1

2007-08 Fairbanks W 2-1Fairbanks (OT) T 1-1

2008-09 Notre Dame W 2-0Notre Dame W 3-0

SERIES SCORING TOTALAVG.Notre Dame 164 3.35Alaska 141 2.88

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 7, in ’95-’96 (7-4), ‘06-’07 (7-1)ND Widest Margin: 6, in ’06-’07Alaska Most Goals (Game): 9, in 1985-86 (9-2)Alaska Widest Margin: 7, in 1985-86 (9-2)High-Scoring Game: 12, in 1985-86 (UAF 8-4)

12, in 2001-02 (UAF 7-5)Low-Scoring Game: 1, in ‘99-’00 (ND 1-0), ‘05-’06 (Alaska 1-0)

‘06-’07 (ND 1-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 7 games, (’97-’00, 06-’08))Longest UAF Win Streak: 5 games (’84-’91)Shutouts By: UAF 2 (’90-’91, ‘05-’06), ND 4 (’99-’00, ‘06-’07,

‘08-09))

Boston CollegeSeries: BC leads, 15-11-2 (28 games)At Notre Dame: BC leads, 6-2-1 At Boston College: Series even, 7-7-1At Neutral Sites: Series even, 2-2-0Overtime Wins: NoneOne-Goal Wins: BC 2, ND 4Current Series Streak: ND is 4-1-0 in last five meetingswith loss coming in national championship game in 2008.

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1969-70 Boston College L 3-7

Notre Dame L 4-71970-71 Boston College W 5-31971-72 Chicago, Ill. (N) W 14-3

New York, N.Y. (N) W 7-41972-73 Boston College L 4-111973-74 Notre Dame L 3-41974-75 Boston College W 7-41975-76 Notre Dame W 6-51976-77 Boston College W 7-41977-78 Notre Dame L 4-81978-79 Boston College L 5-101988-89 Boston College L 5-71990-91 Boston College L 1-81994-95 Boston College W 3-21995-96 Notre Dame L 5-71996-97 Boston College L 1-61997-98 Notre Dame L 2-31998-99 Boston College (OT) T 5-52000-01 Omaha, Neb. (N) L 1-4

Notre Dame L 3-52001-02 Boston College L 1-42002-03 Notre Dame (OT) T 3-32003-04 Boston College W 1-02004-05 Notre Dame W 3-22006-07 Boston College W 7-12007-08 Denver, Colo. (N) L 1-42008-09 Boston College W 4-1

SERIES SCORING TOTALAVG.Notre Dame 115 4.11Boston College 132 4.71

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 14, in 1971-72 (14-3)ND Widest Margin: 11, in 1971-72 (14-3)BC Most Goals (Game): 11, in 1972-73 (11-4)BC Widest Margin: 7, in 1972-73 (11-4), ‘90-’91 (8-1)High-Scoring Game: 17, in 1971-72 (ND 14-3)Low-Scoring Game: 1, in 2003-04 (ND 1-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 3 games (1970-72, ‘74-’77, ‘03-’07))Longest BC Win Streak: 4 games (1977-91)Shutouts By: BC, 0; ND 1 (2003-04)

Alabama-HuntsvilleSeries: ND leads, 9-8-1 (18 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 6-2-0 At Huntsville: UAH leads, 6-1-1At Neutral Sites: ND leads, 2-0-0Overtime Wins: UAH 0, ND 1One-Goal Wins: UAH 3, ND 3Last Meeting: 2007-08Current Series Streak: ND is 4-0-0 in last three meetings

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1983-84 Huntsville L 5-6

Huntsville L 4-61984-85 Notre Dame W 10-4

Notre Dame W 8-4Huntsville (OT) T 7-7Huntsville L 4-9

1985-86 Notre Dame W 5-3Notre Dame W 10-7Huntsville L 4-5

1986-87 Notre Dame L 0-4Notre Dame L 3-6Huntsville W 7-1Huntsville L 2-3

1989-90 Fairbanks, Alaska (N) L 2-91990-91 Notre Dame W 8-7

Notre Dame W 3-22006-07 Grand Rapids, Mich. (2ot) W 3-22007-08 Troy, N.Y. W 4-1

SERIES SCORING TOTALAVG.Notre Dame 89 4.94Alabama-Huntsville 86 4.47

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 10, in 1984-85 (10-4), ‘85-’86 (10-7)ND Widest Margin: 6, in 1984-85 (10-4), ‘86-’87 (7-1)UAH Most Goals (Game): 9, in 1984-85 (9-4), ‘89-’90 (9-2)UAH Widest Margin: 7, in 1985-86 (9-2)High-Scoring Game: 17, in 1985-86 (ND 10-7)Low-Scoring Game: 4, in 1986-87 (UAH 4-0), ‘07-’08(ND, 4-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 4 games (1990-08)Longest UAH Win Streak: 3 games (1985-87)Shutouts By: UAH, 1 (1986-87); ND 1 (2007-08)

Alaska Series: Notre Dame leads, 25-20-4 (49 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 15-8-1At Fairbanks: Alaska leads, 12-9-3At Neutral Sites: ND leads, 1-0-0Overtime Wins: Alaska 1, ND 1One-Goal Wins: Alaska 8, ND 8Last-Minute Wins: Alaska 1 (’97-’98), ND 0Series Continuous Since: 1990-91Current Streak: Notre Dame, 9-0-1 in last 10 games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1984-85 Notre Dame L 4-61985-86 Fairbanks L 2-9

Fairbanks L 4-81990-91 Fairbanks L 3-4

Fairbanks L 0-2Anchorage, Alaska (N) W 4-3

1991-92 Fairbanks L 2-41993-94 Fairbanks L 5-61994-95 Notre Dame L 4-51995-96 Fairbanks W 7-4

Fairbanks L 4-6Fairbanks L 4-7

1996-97 Notre Dame W 3-1Notre Dame L 4-5Notre Dame W 6-2

Left wing Garrett Regan celebrates a goal versusAlaska during the 2007 CCHA playoffs. The Irish are9-0-1 versus the Nanooks over the last three seasons.

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Boston UniversitySeries: BU leads, 2-0-0 (2 games)At Notre Dame: Series even, 0-0-0 At Boston University: Series even, 0-0-0At Neutral Sites: BU leads, 2-0-0Overtime Wins: NoneOne-Goal Wins: NoneCurrent Series Streak: BU, 2-0-0

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1970-71 Boston Arena L 3-71995-96 Milwaukee, Wis. L 3-7

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVGNotre Dame 06 3.00Boston University 14 7.00

Bowling GreenSeries: ND leads, 47-34-6 (87 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 26-12-4At Bowling Green: BG leads 22-20-2At Neutral Sites: ND leads, 1-0-0Overtime Wins: BG 5, ND 2One-Goal Wins: BG 10, ND 15Last-Minute Wins: BG 3, ND 1 Series Continuous Since: 1992-93Current Streak: ND, 12-0-0 in last 12 meetings; 15-0-1 inlast 16 games (since start of ‘05-’06 season)

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1969-70 Bowling Green W 9-3

Notre Dame (OT) T 4-41970-71 Bowling Green L 1-5

Notre Dame L 2-31972-73 Bowling Green L 5-9

Notre Dame W 9-31973-74 Notre Dame W 7-4

Bowling Green L 3-81974-75 Notre Dame W 6-2

Notre Dame W 8-71975-76 Bowling Green L 0-5

Bowling Green W 5-41976-77 Notre Dame W 6-1

Notre Dame (OT) L 5-61977-78 Bowling Green L 1-51978-79 Notre Dame L 2-51979-80 Bowling Green W 5-21980-81 Notre Dame L 3-4

Bowling Green W 3-21981-82 Notre Dame (OT) W 9-8

Notre Dame (OT) L 7-8Detroit, Mich. (N) W 8-5

1982-83 Bowling Green L 2-12Bowling Green L 3-12Notre Dame (OT) T 4-4Notre Dame W 5-3Bowling Green L 3-8Bowling Green L 2-7

1992-93 Bowling Green L 2-5Bowling Green L 4-7Notre Dame (OT) L 3-4

1993-94 Notre Dame W 2-1Bowling Green L 2-8Notre Dame W 4-1

1994-95 Bowling Green L 1-7Notre Dame L 1-5Bowling Green L 1-3Bowling Green L 2-7Bowling Green L 4-5

1995-96 Notre Dame L 3-4Notre Dame (OT) L 3-4Bowling Green L 2-8

1996-97 Bowling Green W 7-5Bowling Green W 5-3Notre Dame L 2-3

1997-98 Notre Dame W 2-1Bowling Green (OT) W 5-4Notre Dame (OT) T 1-1

1998-99 Notre Dame W 6-2Bowling Green W 4-1Bowling Green L 1-5

1999-00 Bowling Green W 5-3Bowling Green (OT) T 1-1


2001-02 Bowling Green W 6-3Bowling Green L 2-4Notre Dame W 4-3Notre Dame W 4-1

2002-03 Notre Dame W 6-3Notre Dame W 5-2Bowling Green W 3-2Bowling Green W 3-2

2003-04 Notre Dame L 3-5Bowling Green W 3-0Bowling Green (OT) L 4-5Notre Dame W 3-0

2004-05 Bowling Green L 1-3Notre Dame (OT) T 4-4Bowling Green L 1-4Notre Dame L 2-6

2005-06 Notre Dame W 9-4Notre Dame W 4-2Bowling Green W 7-4Bowling Green (OT) T 1-1

2006-07 Notre Dame W 5-2Notre Dame W 4-0Bowling Green W 3-2Bowling Green W 2-1

2007-08 Bowling Green W 4-2Notre Dame W 2-1Notre Dame W 6-1Bowling Green W 4-1

2008-09 Notre Dame W 5-1Bowling Green W 9-1Bowling Green W 3-1Notre Dame W 4-3

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 334 3.84Bowling Green 326 3.75

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 9, 5 timesND Widest Margin: 8, in ’08-’09BG Most Goals (Game): 12, twice in ’82-’83 BG Widest Margin: 10, in 1982-83 (12-2)High-Scoring Game: 17, in 1981-82 (ND 9-8)Low-Scoring Game: 2, in ’97-’98, ’99-’00, ‘05-’06 (1-1)Longest ND Win Streak: 12 games (’06-present)Longest BG Win Streak: 8 games (’94-’96)Shutouts By: BG 1 (’75-’76), ND 3 (‘03-’04, ‘06-’07)

Ferris StateSeries: FSU leads, 37-22-6 (65 games)At Notre Dame: FSU leads, 21-12-4At Ferris State: FSU leads, 14-10-2At Neutral Sites: FSU leads, 2-0-0Overtime Wins: FSU 2, ND 0One-Goal Wins: FSU 9, ND 9Last-Minute Wins: FSU 1 (‘05), ND 0Series Continuous Since: 1988-89Current Streak: ND, 4-0-0 in last 4 games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1981-82 Notre Dame L 0-3

Notre Dame L 2-6Ferris State W 5-4Ferris State W 6-0

1982-83 Ferris State (OT) T 7-7Ferris State L 5-7

1988-89 Ferris State L 2-4Notre Dame L 1-11

1989-90 Ferris State L 5-7Notre Dame L 2-7

1990-91 Notre Dame L 2-7Ferris State L 4-5

1991-92 Ferris State L 0-4Ferris State L 3-5

1992-93 Ferris State L 3-9Notre Dame L 4-5Notre Dame W 3-2

1993-94 Ferris State (OT) L 2-3Notre Dame L 6-10Ferris State W 8-3

1994-95 Notre Dame W 2-1Notre Dame L 1-4Ferris State W 7-2

1995-96 Ferris State W 4-3Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3Notre Dame L 3-6

1996-97 Notre Dame L 1-5Ferris State L 2-3Ferris State L 2-6

1997-98 Notre Dame (OT) T 5-5Ferris State L 3-4Notre Dame W 7-1

1998-99 Ferris State W 5-3Gr. Rapids, Mich. (N) L 2-4Notre Dame L 0-1

1999-00 Ferris State L 1-4Gr. Rapids, Mich. (N) L 2-4Notre Dame W 4-3Notre Dame L 1-6Notre Dame W 4-2

2000-01 Notre Dame L 2-4Notre Dame (OT) L 2-3


2002-03 Notre Dame L 2-5Notre Dame L 1-4Ferris State L 3-6Ferris State (OT) T 4-4

Freshman centerPatrick Gaul (#6)

moves in on a scoringchance versus Bowling

Green during the2008-09 season. The

Irish and the Falconshave played each

other four times everyseason since 2001-02.Since 2005-06, Notre

Dame owns a 15-0-1record against Bowling

Green. The Irish leadthe all-time series with

a 47-34-6 record.


All-TimeSeries

Lake Superior StateSeries: ND leads, 24-23-6 (53 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 12-8-4 At Lake Superior State: LSSU leads, 13-11-2At Neutral Sites: LSSU leads, 2-1-0Overtime Wins: LSSU 3, ND 2One-Goal Wins: LSSU 8, ND 8Last-Minute Wins: LSSU 3, ND 2Series Continuous Since: 1992-93Current Streak: ND, 8-0-2 in last 10 games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1981-82 Notre Dame W 5-1

Notre Dame W 5-11982-83 Lake Superior W 7-3

Lake Superior L 3-41992-93 Notre Dame L 5-6

Notre Dame L 3-6Lake Superior L 1-4

1993-94 Lake Superior (OT) W 5-4Lake Superior L 1-6Fairbanks, Alaska (N; OT) L 1-2Notre Dame L 1-2

1994-95 Notre Dame L 3-6Auburn Hills, Mich. (N) L 4-7Lake Superior L 3-6

1995-96 Notre Dame W 6-3Notre Dame L 1-3Lake Superior L 3-6

1996-97 Notre Dame L 3-4Lake Superior L 3-6Lake Superior L 0-4

1997-98 Notre Dame L 2-4Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3Lake Superior (OT) L 1-2

1998-99 Notre Dame W 4-2Lake Superior W 4-3Lake Superior L 1-3


2000-01 Lake Superior L 1-2Lake Superior L 1-4

2001-02 Notre Dame W 7-0Notre Dame W 5-2Lake Superior W 3-1Lake Superior W 6-0


2003-04 Notre Dame W 5-3Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Lake Superior L 0-3Lake Superior W 2-1

2004-05 Lake Superior (OT) T 1-1Lake Superior (OT) L 1-2

2005-06 Notre Dame L 0-4Notre Dame W 4-3

2006-07 Lake Superior (OT) W 4-3Lake Superior W 4-1Detroit, Mich. W 3-0

2007-08 Lake Superior W 7-3Lake Superior W 4-1

2008-09 Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3Notre Dame W 5-2Lake Superior W 3-2Lake Superior (OT) T 3-3

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 164 3.09Lake Superior 154 2.91

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 7, in ’82-’83 (7-3),

’01-’02 (7-0)ND Widest Margin: 7, in 2001-02 (7-0) LSSU Most Goals (Game): 7, in 1994-95 (7-4)LSSU Widest Margin: 5, in 1993-94 (6-1)High-Scoring Game: 11, in ’85-’86, ’94-’95Low-Scoring Game: 2, in ’99-’00 and ‘04-’05 (1-1)Longest ND Win Streak: 7 games (’01-’04)Longest LSSU Win Streak: 6 games (’93-’95)Shutouts By: LSSU 3 (‘96-’97, ‘03-’04, ‘05-’06), ND 3(2001-02, ‘06-’07)



2005-06 Notre Dame W 4-1Ferris State W 3-2

2006-07 Notre Dame L 2-5Notre Dame W 2-0

2007-08 Ferris State W 3-2Ferris State L 0-3Notre Dame L 3-5Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Notre Dame L 1-2Notre Dame W 6-3Notre Dame W 2-1

2008-09 Ferris State W 3-1Ferris State W 1-0

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 196 3.02Ferris State 248 3.82

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 8, in 1993-94 (8-3)ND Widest Margin: 6, in ’81-’82, ’97-’98 FSU Most Goals (Game): 11, in 1988-89 (11-1)FSU Widest Margin: 10, in 1988-89 (11-1)High-Scoring Game: 16, in 1993-94 (FSU 10-6)Low-Scoring Game: 1, in ’98-’99 (FSU 1-0), in ‘08-’09(ND 1-0) Longest ND Win Streak: 4 games (‘07-present)Longest FSU Win Streak: 11 games (’82-’93)Shutouts By: ND 3 (’81-’82, ‘06-’07, ‘08-’09), FSU 4 (’81-

82, ’91-92, ’98-99, ‘07-’08)

Miami (Ohio)Series: Miami leads, 32-15-8 (55 games)At Notre Dame: Miami leads, 13-7-6At Miami: Miami leads, 16-8-2At Neutral Sites: Miami leads, 3-0-0Overtime Wins: Miami 2, ND 1One-Goal Wins: Miami 9, ND 5Last-Minute Wins: Miami 4, ND 1Series Continuous Since: 1992-93Current Streak: Miami, 10-2-3 since 2003-04

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1981-82 Notre Dame W 5-4

Notre Dame W 6-41982-83 Notre Dame L 4-5

Notre Dame W 9-6Miami L 2-9Miami W 6-4

1992-93 Miami L 4-6Miami L 3-6Notre Dame L 2-8

1993-94 Cincinnati, Ohio (N) L 1-3Notre Dame L 2-3Notre Dame L 5-6

1994-95 Notre Dame (OT) T 0-0Cincinnati, Ohio (N) L 5-8Miami L 3-5

1995-96 Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Notre Dame L 3-6Miami W 5-2

1996-97 Miami L 1-2Miami L 3-4Notre Dame L 3-6

1997-98 Miami L 4-5Notre Dame L 1-3Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Left wing Chad Chipchase netted a memorable second-

period hat trick in a span of 7:52 at Ferris State on Nov.22, 1997 (the Bulldogs rallied for a 4-3 win).

Tim Wallace scored the lone goal of the game at 7:18 ofthe third period in Notre Dame’s 1-0 shutout win atMiami on March 15, 2003. The goal tied the best-of-three CCHA playoff series at one game each.

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Calle Ridderwall has been a major thorn in the side ofthe Michigan Wolverines during his career. He scoredthe overtime game winner in the 2008 NCAA semifinalwin at Denver, Colo., and then scored a pair of thirdperiod goals in the 2009 CCHA Championship gamewon by Notre Dame, 5-2. In six career games, theStockholm, Sweden native has five goals and two assistsfor seven points versus Michigan.

1975-76 Notre Dame W 5-3Notre Dame L 6-9Michigan (OT) W 4-3Michigan L 3-10Michigan L 3-8Michigan W 5-4

1976-77 Michigan L 6-7Michigan W 6-5Notre Dame W 4-3Notre Dame W 7-3

1977-78 Notre Dame L 3-5Notre Dame L 5-7Michigan W 7-4Michigan W 5-1

1978-79 Notre Dame W 7-3Notre Dame W 6-3Michigan L 4-6Michigan W 10-7

1979-80 Notre Dame L 4-7Notre Dame W 11-9Michigan (OT) W 5-4Michigan (OT) T 5-5Michigan W 8-3Michigan L 3-4

1980-81 Notre Dame L 3-4Notre Dame (OT) L 6-7Michigan L 5-12Michigan L 4-8

1981-82 Detroit, Mich. (N) W 6-2Michigan W 9-4Michigan (OT) T 2-2Notre Dame W 6-5Notre Dame W 5-3

1982-83 Michigan W 9-5Michigan L 4-5Detroit, Mich. (N) L 3-12

1988-89 Notre Dame L 2-6Michigan L 2-5


1998-99 Notre Dame W 2-0Miami (OT) L 2-3Miami W 4-2


2000-01 Miami W 5-2Miami (OT) T 1-1Notre Dame L 2-5Notre Dame L 1-4

2001-02 Miami (OT) W 4-3Miami L 3-7

2002-03 Notre Dame L 1-3Notre Dame W 2-1Miami L 2-4Miami W 1-0Miami W 5-0

2003-04 Miami L 2-5Miami L 0-2

2004-05 Miami L 2-4Miami L 0-5

2005-06 Miami (OT) T 2-2Miami L 0-3Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Notre Dame L 2-3


2007-08 Miami W 2-1Miami L 1-3Detroit, Mich. (N) (OT) L 1-2


SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 145 2.64Miami 178 3.24

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 9, in 1982-83 (9-6)ND Widest Margin: 5, in 2002-03 (5-0)MU Most Goals (Game): 9, in 1982-83 (9-2)MU Widest Margin: 7, in 1982-83 (9-2)High-Scoring Game: 15, in 1982-83 (ND 9-6)Low-Scoring Game: 0, in 1994-95 (0-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 2 games (three times)Longest MU Win Streak: 6 games (1992-94)Shutouts By: ND 4 (’98-’99, ’02-’03), MU 5 (’94-’95, ‘03-’04, ‘04-’05, ‘05-’06, ‘08-’09)

MichiganSeries: Michigan leads, 66-47-5 (118 games)At Notre Dame: Michigan leads, 22-21-2At Michigan: Michigan leads, 36-22-3At Neutral Sites: Michigan leads, 8-4-0Overtime Wins: Michigan 5, ND 5 One-Goal Wins: Michigan 18, ND 17Last-Minute Wins: Michigan 2, ND 1Series Continuous Since: 1991-92Current Streak: ND, 6-3-0 in last nine games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1921-22 Michigan (OT) W 3-2

Notre Dame W 7-41922-23 Michigan W 3-2

Notre Dame W 6-11923-24 Michigan L 1-31970-71 Michigan W 4-2

Michigan W 5-41971-72 Michigan (OT) L 5-6

Michigan L 5-6Notre Dame W 7-2Notre Dame W 9-4

1972-73 Notre Dame W 5-2Notre Dame W 8-5Michigan W 3-2Michigan W 4-3

1973-74 Michigan L 4-6Michigan W 2-0Notre Dame W 4-2Notre Dame L 2-4

1974-75 Michigan (OT) W 5-4Michigan (OT) L 4-5Michigan L 4-7Michigan W 7-4

1992-93 Michigan L 1-6Auburn Hills, Mich. (N) L 1-5Notre Dame L 1-7Michigan L 2-7Michigan L 2-13Michigan L 1-8

1993-94 Michigan L 2-13Detroit, Mich. (N) L 3-8Notre Dame L 1-6Auburn Hills, Mich. (N) L 2-5

1994-95 Michigan L 2-11Auburn Hills, Mich. (N) L 3-9Notre Dame W 6-3

1995-96 Michigan L 1-11Notre Dame L 1-4Auburn Hills, Mich. (N) L 1-3

1996-97 Notre Dame L 3-6Michigan L 1-3Michigan L 1-6

1997-98 Notre Dame L 2-7Michigan (OT) L 4-5Notre Dame L 0-1Michigan W 4-2Michigan (OT) L 1-2Michigan L 3-4

1998-99 Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Michigan L 0-1Notre Dame W 3-2


2000-01 Michigan L 0-9Michigan (OT) T 4-4

2001-02 Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3Notre Dame L 1-2

2002-03 Michigan L 2-4Michigan W 4-3


2004-05 Michigan L 1-6Notre Dame L 0-8Ft. Wayne, Ind. (N) L 2-9Michigan L 3-6Michigan L 1-10Michigan (OT) L 0-1


2006-07 Michigan W 7-3Notre Dame W 4-3Detroit, Mich. W 2-1

2007-08 Michigan L 2-3Auburn Hills, Mich. (N) L 1-5Denver, Colo. (N) (OT) W 5-4

2008-09 Notre Dame L 1-2Michigan W 3-2Detroit, Mich. W 5-2

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 428 3.63Michigan 566 4.80

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 11, in 1979-80 (11-9)ND Widest Margin: 5, 5 timesUM Most Goals (Game): 13, twiceUM Widest Margin: 11, twiceHigh-Scoring Game: 20, in ’79-’80 (ND 11-9)Low-Scoring Game: 2, in ‘97-’98, ‘04-’05 (UM 1-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 6 games (’71-’73)Longest UM Win Streak: 18 games (’82-’95)Shutouts By: ND 1 (’73-’74), UM 5 (’04-’05 - 2)


All-TimeSeries

Michigan StateSeries: MSU leads, 59-34-9 (102 games)At Notre Dame: MSU leads, 21-19-7At Michigan State: MSU leads, 35-14-2At Neutral Sites: MSU leads, 3-1-0Overtime Wins: MSU 1, ND 2One-Goal Wins: MSU 16, ND 12Last-Minute Wins: MSU 2, ND 1Series Continuous Since: 1992-93Current Streak: ND, 3-0-1 in last four meetings

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1921-22 Michigan State W 3-1

Michigan State W 11-01926-27 Michigan State W 3-11970-71 Notre Dame L 5-10

Notre Dame W 4-3Michigan State L 3-6Michigan State L 4-6

1971-72 Michigan State L 2-8Michigan State L 1-4Notre Dame (OT) L 8-9Notre Dame W 6-2

1972-73 Notre Dame W 8-5Notre Dame W 13-5Michigan State L 2-10Michigan State W 6-5

1973-74 Michigan State L 5-8Michigan State L 5-9Notre Dame W 8-3Notre Dame L 2-4

1974-75 Michigan State L 3-5Michigan State (OT) T 4-4Notre Dame L 3-7Notre Dame L 0-7

1975-76 Michigan State L 2-6Michigan State L 2-3Notre Dame L 6-7Notre Dame W 5-2

1976-77 Notre Dame W 7-3Notre Dame L 5-7Michigan State W 5-2Michigan State W 10-3

1977-78 Notre Dame W 4-3Notre Dame W 10-2Michigan State W 2-0Michigan State L 2-3

1978-79 Notre Dame W 9-1Notre Dame W 5-4Michigan State W 3-2Michigan State L 3-6

1979-80 Notre Dame L 4-5Notre Dame W 5-3Michigan State L 6-7Michigan State W 9-5

1980-81 Notre Dame (OT) W 4-3Notre Dame L 0-1Michigan State W 4-2Michigan State W 4-2

1981-82 Michigan State L 2-4Notre Dame L 4-8Michigan State L 2-5Notre Dame W 3-2Detroit, Mich. (N) L 1-4

1982-83 Notre Dame W 3-2Notre Dame L 3-7

1992-93 Notre Dame L 4-8Michigan State L 1-5Michigan State L 2-5

1993-94 Michigan State L 0-3Notre Dame (OT) T 1-1Notre Dame (OT) T 1-1

1994-95 Michigan State L 1-4Notre Dame L 3-8Michigan State L 1-4

1995-96 Michigan State L 2-6Michigan State L 1-7Notre Dame (OT) T 4-4

1996-97 Michigan State L 3-4Notre Dame L 0-3Notre Dame L 2-3

1997-98 Notre Dame L 1-5Michigan State W 6-1Michigan State L 1-3

1998-99 Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Michigan State L 0-1Michigan State L 1-3

1999-00 Notre Dame W 1-0Michigan State L 1-4Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Michigan State L 3-5Detroit, Mich. (N) L 0-4


2001-02 Michigan State L 0-2Michigan State W 3-2

2002-03 Notre Dame L 1-2Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3

2003-04 Michigan State L 1-3Michigan State (OT) T 3-3

2004-05 Notre Dame (OT) W 3-2Michigan State L 1-4Michigan State L 2-3Notre Dame L 1-2

2005-06 Notre Dame L 2-3Michigan State L 1-2

2006-07 Notre Dame W 4-1Michigan State L 0-2Grand Rapids, Mich. L 1-2

2007-08 Michigan State L 1-3Notre Dame (OT) T 1-1Colo. Springs, Colo. (N) W 3-1

2008-09 Notre Dame W 5-0Michigan State W 2-1

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 335 3.28Michigan State 382 3.75

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 13, in 1972-73 (13-5)ND Widest Margin: 11, in 1922-23 (11-0)MSU Most Goals (Game): 10, in 1972-73 (10-2)MSU Widest Margin: 8, in 1972-73 (10-2)High-Scoring Game: 18, in 1972-73 (ND 13-5)Low-Scoring Game: 1, in ’80-’81 (MSU 1-0) and ’99-’00

(ND 1-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 5 games (1976-78)Longest MSU Win Streak: 5 games (6 times)Shutouts By: MSU 8, ND 4

Nebraska-OmahaSeries: ND leads, 16-9-4 (29 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 8-4-2At Omaha: ND leads, 8-5-2Overtime Wins: ND 2, UNO 1One-Goal Wins: UNO 4, ND 6Series Continuous Since: 1999-00Current Streak: ND, 7-0-1 in last eight games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1999-00 Omaha (OT) T 2-2

Omaha L 3-5Notre Dame L 1-3Notre Dame W 7-4

2000-01 Omaha L 0-1Omaha W 7-3

2001-02 Notre Dame L 2-3Notre Dame L 2-4Omaha (2OT) L 2-3Omaha (OT) W 2-1Omaha W 2-1

2002-03 Omaha W 5-3Omaha L 3-5



2005-06 Omaha W 4-1Omaha (OT) T 2-2

2006-07 Omaha W 4-2Omaha L 2-3Notre Dame W 4-2Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2


2008-09 Omaha (OT) W 4-3Omaha W 1-0Notre Dame W 5-0Notre Dame W 1-0

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 87 3.00Nebraska-Omaha 66 2.28

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 7, in ’99-’00 (7-4), ’00-’01 (7-3)ND Widest Margin: 5, in ‘07-’08, ‘08-’09 (5-0)UNO Most Goals (Game): 6, in ‘04-’05 (6-3)UNO Widest Margin: 3, in 2004-05 (6-3)High-Scoring Game: 11, in 1999-00 (ND 7-4)Low-Scoring Game: 1, in ‘00-’01 (UNO 1-0), in ‘08-’09(ND, 1-0, ND, 1-0)Shutouts By: UNO 1 (‘00-’01), ND 5 (‘03-’04, ‘07-’08,three in ‘08-’09)

The Five Assists ClubSteve Curry (above) became the first Irish hockey playerto record five assists in a game, doing so on Feb. 8, 1974,in an 8-3 victory over Michigan State at the Joyce Center.

Jack Brownschidle tied the mark three years later – alsoversus Michigan State – in a 10-3 victory over the Spartansin East Lansing (Jan. 5, 1977).

The five-assist mark has been equaled three other times,last by Jamie Ling during the 1994-95 season.

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2005-06 No. Michigan L 2-5No. Michigan W 4-3

2006-07 Ft. Wayne, Ind. (N) W 4-3Notre Dame W 4-2

2007-08 No. Michigan L 1-2No. Michigan W 2-1Detroit, Mich. (N) L 1-2

2008-09 No. Michigan W 5-2No. Michigan W 4-2Notre Dame W 9-5Notre Dame W 5-2Detroit, Mich. (N) W 2-1

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 124 2.82No. Michigan 132 3.00

SERIES RECORDND Most Goals (Game): 9, in 2008-09 (9-5)ND Widest Margin: 4, in 2008-09 (9-5)NMU Most Goals (Game): 9, in 1981-82 (9-8)NMU Widest Margin: 6, in ’98-’99 (7-1) and in ’99-’00 (6-0)High-Scoring Game: 17, in 1981-82 (NMU 9-8)Low-Scoring Game: 1 in 2003-04 (NMU, 1-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 5 games (2008-09)Longest NMU Win Streak: 6 games (1981-83)Shutouts: NMU 3, ND 0

Ohio StateSeries: Ohio State leads, 27-24-8 (59 games)At Notre Dame: OSU leads, 12-11-3At Ohio State: Series tied, 13-13-5At Neutral Sites: OSU leads, 2-0-0Overtime Wins: ND 4, OSU 2 One-Goal Wins: ND 9, OSU 8Last-Minute Wins: OSU 1, ND 1Series Continuous Since: 1992-93Current Streak: OSU, 2-1-2 in last five games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1968-69 Ohio State W 7-11969-70 Ohio State (OT) L 3-41969-70 Notre Dame W 6-3

Notre Dame W 7-11981-82 Ohio State W 7-5

Ohio State (OT) T 4-4Notre Dame W 6-4Notre Dame W 6-3


Niagara UniversitySeries: Series tied, 0-0-1 (1 game)At Notre Dame: Series even, 0-0-0At Niagara: Series even, 0-0-0At Neutral Sites: Series even, 0-0-1Overtime Wins: N/AOne-Goal Wins: N/AFirst Meeting: 2000-01

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT2000-01 Omaha (N) (OT) T 3-3

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 3 3.00Niagara 3 3.00

North DakotaSeries: ND leads, 16-15-1 (32 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 9-6-1At Grand Forks: No. Dak. leads, 9-7-0At Neutral Sites: N/AOvertime Wins: ND leads, 2-0-0One-Goal Wins: No. Dak. 3, ND 7Last Meeting: 1998-99Current Streak: No. Dak., 10-1-1 in last 12 games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1970-71 Notre Dame (OT) W 6-5

Notre Dame L 1-71971-72 Grand Forks W 5-4

Grand Forks L 5-61972-73 Notre Dame W 9-3

Notre Dame L 2-3Notre Dame W 5-0Notre Dame W 8-3

1973-74 Grand Forks L 5-7Grand Forks W 7-3

1974-75 Grand Forks W 5-3

Grand Forks (OT) W 3-2Notre Dame L 1-2Notre Dame W 5-2

1975-76 Grand Forks W 5-3Grand Forks W 5-3


1977-78 Notre Dame W 4-3Notre Dame W 5-4Grand Forks L 3-5Grand Forks L 2-4


1979-80 Grand Forks L 4-7Grand Forks L 1-3Grand Forks L 4-10Grand Forks L 4-7


1998-99 Grand Forks L 1-8Grand Forks W 4-3

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 137 4.28North Dakota 143 4.47

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 10, in 1976-77 (10-5)ND Widest Margin: 6, in ’72-’73 (9-3)NO. DAK. Most Goals (Game): 10, in 1978-79 (10-4)NO. DAK. Widest Margin: 7, in ’98-’99 (8-1) High-Scoring Game: 15, in 1976-77 (ND, 10-5)Low-Scoring Game: 2 in 1980-81 (1-1)Longest ND Win Streak: 7 games (1974-78)Longest NO. DAK. Win Streak: 9 games (1977-81)Shutouts: No. Dak. 0, ND 1

Northern MichiganSeries: NMU leads, 20-19-5 (44 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 10-9-3At No. Michigan: NMU leads, 9-7-2At Neutral Sites: Series even, 2-2-0Overtime Wins: NMU leads, 2-0-0One-Goal Wins: NMU 9, ND 9Last-Minute Wins: NMU 1, ND 1Series Continuous Since: 1997-98Current Streak: ND, 5-0-0 over last five games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1981-82 Notre Dame L 2-3

Notre Dame L 3-4No. Michigan L 2-3No. Michigan L 8-9


1997-98 No. Michigan W 4-3Notre Dame W 3-1Notre Dame W 5-2

1998-99 No. Michigan (OT) T 3-3Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3Notre Dame W 2-1Notre Dame W 3-2Notre Dame L 1-7Notre Dame L 2-3

1999-00 No. Michigan (OT) T 2-2No. Michigan L 0-6


2001-02 No. Michigan W 5-4No. Michigan L 1-4Notre Dame W 4-1Notre Dame L 0-4Detroit, Mich. (N) L 1-3

2002-03 No. Michigan W 3-2No Michigan L 1-4

2003-04 Notre Dame W 5-1Notre Dame W 4-2No. Michigan L 3-4No. Michigan L 0-1 Notre Dame opened the 2003-04 season at Ohio State.

Rory Walsh made his first career start in the seasonopener on Oct. 10, 2003 in Columbus and downed theBuckeyes, 5-2. Walsh made a career-high 31 saves in thewin.

Notre Dame picked up its first-ever win in Omaha, Neb.,on Dec. 20, 2000 when the Irish downed Nebraska-Omaha, 7-3. Freshman defenseman Brett Lebda led theNotre Dame attack with a career-high five-point game(1g, 4a). In nine games in Omaha, the Irish are 8-5-2versus the Mavericks.


All-TimeSeries

Ohio State W 6-3Ohio State L 1-8

1992-93 Ohio State W 5-4Notre Dame W 3-1Notre Dame W 4-0

1993-94 Ohio State (OT) W 3-2Notre Dame W 5-4Ohio State (OT) T 3-3

1994-95 Ohio State (OT) W 4-3Notre Dame W 5-1Notre Dame W 4-3

1995-96 Notre Dame W 4-0Ohio State (OT) T 2-2Ohio State L 2-5

1996-97 Ohio State W 3-0Notre Dame L 3-5Notre Dame L 4-5

1997-98 Ohio State W 3-2Ohio State L 3-5Notre Dame L 3-5

1998-99 Notre Dame W 3-0Ohio State L 3-4Ohio State L 1-4

1999-00 Ohio State L 1-3Ohio State (OT) W 2-1

2000-01 Notre Dame L 3-5Notre Dame (OT) T 2-2Ohio State L 2-5Ohio State L 3-5

2001-02 Ohio State T 4-4Ohio State L 2-3

2002-03 Notre Dame T 3-3Notre Dame L 0-2Detroit, Mich. (N) L 2-3

2003-04 Ohio State W 5-2Ohio State L 1-3Detroit, Mich. (OT) L 5-6


2005-06 Notre Dame L 1-4Notre Dame L 2-5Ohio State L 0-1Ohio State W 1-0

2006-07 Ohio State W 4-2Ohio State (OT) T 1-1


2008-09 Ohio State (OT) W 4-3Ohio State L 1-4

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 184 3.12Ohio State 185 3.14

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 7, 3 timesND Widest Margin: 6, twiceOSU Most Goals (Game): 8, in 1982-83 (8-1)OSU Widest Margin: 7, in 1982-83 (8-1)High-Scoring Game: 12, in 1981-82 (ND 7-5)Low-Scoring Game: 1, in ’05-’06 (OSU, 1-0, ND, 1-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 5 games (1992-94)Longest OSU Win Streak: 7 games (’03-’06)Shutouts By: ND 5, OSU

Providence CollegeSeries: ND leads, 2-1-0 (3 games)At Notre Dame: Series tied, 0-0-0At Providence: ND leads, 2-0-0At Neutral Sites: PC leads, 1-0-0Overtime Wins: NoneOne-Goal Wins: PC 1, ND 0Last Meeting: 2008-09Current Series Streak: ND is 2-0-0

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1999-00 Denver, Colo. (N) L 1-22006-07 Providence W 6-12008-09 Providence W 4-1

SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 11 3.67Providence College 4 1.33

Western MichiganSeries: WMU 35-29-6 (70 games)At Notre Dame: ND leads, 19-12-2At Western Michigan: WMU leads, 22-10-4At Neutral Sites: WMU leads, 1-0-0Overtime Wins: WMU 1, ND 4One-Goal Wins: WMU 9, ND 10Last-Minute Wins: WMU 0, ND 2Series Continuous Since: 1991-92Current Win Streak: ND, 5-1-1 in last seven games

YEAR SITE W L T RESULT1977-78 Notre Dame L 5-91978-79 Western Michigan W 4-31979-80 Notre Dame L 5-61980-81 Notre Dame (OT) L 5-6

Western Michigan (OT) T 5-51981-82 Western Michigan L 4-5

Western Michigan W 6-2Notre Dame L 3-6Notre Dame W 10-8

1982-83 Notre Dame L 0-2Western Michigan W 5-3Western Michigan (OT) W 8-7Notre Dame W 4-3

1985-86 Syracuse, N.Y. (N) L 2-111988-89 Western Michigan L 2-8

Notre Dame L 2-111991-92 Notre Dame L 4-10

Western Michigan L 5-71992-93 Notre Dame W 3-2

Western Michigan L 4-5Western Michigan L 3-5

1993-94 Notre Dame W 4-3Western Michigan L 0-6Notre Dame L 1-4Western Michigan L 3-6Western Michigan L 1-7

1994-95 Western Michigan L 4-9Notre Dame L 3-4Western Michigan L 1-2

1995-96 Notre Dame L 2-3Western Michigan L 2-6Western Michigan L 1-4

1996-97 Notre Dame (OT) T 3-3Notre Dame (OT) W 5-4Western Michigan L 1-6

1997-98 Western Michigan W 2-1Notre Dame W 4-2Western Michigan L 3-5

1998-99 Notre Dame W 7-1Western Michigan L 1-2Notre Dame W 9-5

1999-00 Notre Dame (OT) W 4-3Notre Dame W 4-1

2000-01 Notre Dame W 4-1Western Michigan (OT) T 3-3Western Michigan W 5-4Notre Dame L 2-7

2001-02 Western Michigan (OT) T 4-4Western Michigan L 2-4

2002-03 Notre Dame W 4-2Western Michigan W 8-5

Western Michigan L 2-4Notre Dame W 5-2

2003-04 Western Michigan L 6-8Western Michigan L 4-6Notre Dame W 4-2Notre Dame L 0-4Notre Dame (OT) W 5-4

2004-05 Western Michigan (OT) T 2-2Western Michigan W 3-2

2005-06 Western Michigan L 3-4Notre Dame W 3-0

2006-07 Western Michigan L 2-3Western Michigan W 3-0

2007-08 Notre Dame W 4-1Western Michigan W 5-1Western Michigan L 0-3Notre Dame W 3-1


SERIES SCORING TOTAL AVG.Notre Dame 247 3.53Western Michigan 292 4.17

SERIES RECORDSND Most Goals (Game): 10, in ’81-’82 (10-8)ND Widest Margin: 6, in 1998-99 (7-1)WMU Most Goals (Game): 11, twiceWMU Widest Margin: 9, twiceHigh-Scoring Game: 18, in 1981-82 (ND 10-8)Low-Scoring Game: 2, in 1982-83 (WMU 2-0)Longest ND Win Streak: 4 games (’99-’01)Longest WMU Win Streak: 10 games (’93-’96)Shutouts By: WMU 4, ND 2

Notre Dame’s Recent Record VersusDivision I Opponents

(since rejoining the CCHA in 1992-93; bold - 2009-10 opponents)

Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0-0Alabama-Huntsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-14-4Boston University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Boston College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7-2Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-20-4Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Colorado College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2-0Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Dartmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4-1Ferris State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-26-5Findlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Illinois-Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5-3Kent State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5-1Lake Superior State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-22-5Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-0Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-0Massachusetts-Lowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-0Mercyhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-30-8Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42-3Michigan State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30-8Michigan Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-0Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Minnesota-Duluth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-2Minnesota State-Mankato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3-0Nebraska-Omaha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-9-4New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-0Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-1North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-0Northeastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2-1Northern Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-14-5Ohio State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-22-7Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6-0Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-0Rensselaer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2-0Robert Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-0Sacred Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-0St. Cloud State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1-0St. Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1-0Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2-0Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-1Wayne State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-0Western Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23-5Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4-1Yale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3-0

1352 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

JoyceCenter

2,763 with standing room. Virtually every sport atNotre Dame — varsity, club or intramural — can playor practice in either the field house, the arena, the fiveauxiliary gymnasiums or the several work areas pro-vided throughout the spacious building.In 1985, the Rolfs Aquatic Center opened on the

eastside of the Joyce Center. The 4.5-million-dollarfacility houses a 50-meter Olympic-size pool (25yards in width) and spectator seating for 400.In addition to these areas, the Joyce Center also

contains the administrative and business side of theincreasingly complex collegiate sports operation.Ticket offices, with mobile booths that can bewheeled to locations, are lodged inside, along withoffices for coaches, athletic administrators, and sportsinformation and press facilities.These offices and facilities are located in a central

complex that joins the two arenas and, in general,houses the people and machinery common to both. Aspacious concourse also is contained in this core area,

The student section atthe Joyce Center can

make life miserable foropposing teams. Notre

Dame students helpedthe Irish to 13 sellout

crowds during the2008-09 season,

including standing-roomonly crowds over the

last nine home games ofthe season. Over the

last three successfulcampaigns, the Irish are

37-9-7 at home.

City officials are equally fond of the figure of464,800 square feet of usable floor area, a statisticwhich makes the Joyce Center the largest exhibitionhall between Detroit and Chicago.During the spring of 2009, the south arena’s design

began a $26.3 million renovation that will becomethe Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. Theupgrades include the replacement of existing arenaseating, including installation of chairback seatingfrom top to bottom of the arena; a new stadiumclub/hospitality area with premium seating for 800fans; new fixed concession areas and new restrooms.A two-story addition to the south end of the currentstructure will include a new ticket office and varsityshop as well as a new main entrance and lobbybetween gate 8 and 10. The exchange of bleacherseating to chairback seating will reduce the capacityto approximately 9,800. The north arena is the home of Irish hockey and

can be set up to hold 2,713 fans at normal seating and

Notre Dame’s Joyce Center, which celebrates its43rd year of service to the University in 2009-10,serves as a multi-purpose sports complex, a theatreand concert hall, a convention center and an officebuilding – and as the home of the Notre DameFighting Irish hockey team.The building was renamed in 1987 to honor Rev.

Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C, Notre Dame’s executive vicepresident from 1952 until his retirement in 1987.Formerly known as the Athletic and ConvocationCenter (ACC), the structure is now referred to as theJoyce Center.Designed by Ellerbe Architects of St. Paul, Minn.,

the Joyce Center was conceived at the outset as acombination athletic-civic center, with $1.8 millionalone contributed by persons in the Michiana area.The Center’s distinctive domes, covered with a whitevinyl roofing material stretched over steel ribbing,rise just east of Notre Dame’s football stadium. Thebuilding is both wider and longer than the famousstadium and encloses more area than Houston’sAstrodome. In all, the $8.6-million structure covers10 acres of ground.Campus officials draw the comparison with Stepan

Center, a student activities building which once heldthe campus seating record of 3,800, by pointing outthat Stepan can be placed within the circumferenceof the north domae’s field house running track with-out touching the adjacent ice rink.The field house, and in particular the hockey facil-

ity, has undergone a series of improvements thatmake the Joyce Center one of the finest facilities incollegiate hockey. Renovations to coaches offices andthe locker rooms along with the addition of a divid-ing curtain have given the hockey rink and the Irishmore of a “home-ice advantage.” Fans also have ben-efited from Notre Dame’s commitment to hockey,with theatre-style seating that replaced metal bleach-ers on the north side of the arena.

The Joyce Center has been the home of Notre Dame hockey for the 41-year “modern era” of theprogram.


JoyceCenteras is a tastefully appointed Monogram Room and theSports Heritage Hall, surrounded by small meetingrooms. On the lower level of the concourse, there areseveral thousand lockers, a faculty exercise room, agolf driving range, squash, racquetball and handballcourt s and a central kitchen for catering.The Joyce Center played host to its 300th all-time

win at the Joyce Center on Feb. 13, 2004 when theIrish defeated Ferris State, 4-2. The hockey team’s all-time home record now stands at 352-278-54 (.554) in41 seasons on the Joyce Center ice. During the 2008-09 season, Notre Dame was 13-

3-2 on home ice for a .778 winning percentage. Overthe past three seasons under Jeff Jackson, the Irish area nifty 37-9-7 for a .736 win percentage at the JoyceCenter. That mark is highlighted by a 13-2-2 record(.824) in the record-setting season of 2006-07. In 2003-04, Notre Dame equaled a school record

by going 15 games (13-0-2) without a loss at homeon the way to a 14-2-2 mark. The 14 wins were thesecond-best win total (surpassed only by the 18 winsthe 1987-88 team recorded) in the program’s history. Over the past 10 campaigns, the Joyce Center has

been home to several huge wins for the Irish hockeyprogram. On Oct. 22, 2004, the Irish stunned No. 1 ranked

Boston College, 3-2, in front of a standing room onlycrowd of 2,763. The win marked the first Notre

Notre Dame owns a352-278-54 record in41 years at the Joyce

Center. One of thebiggest wins came onOct. 22, 2004 whenMorgan Cey (right)

made a career-high 50saves and T.J. Jindra

scored the short-handed, game-winning

goal with 15 secondsleft as the Irish stunned

top-ranked BostonCollege, 3-2. The win

marked the eighth timein the program’s history

that Notre Dameknocked off the No. 1

team in the country andthe fifth time the Irish

did it at the JoyceCenter.

Notre Dame’s Record at the Joyce Center

Season W L T Pct.

1968-69 8 5 1 .607

1969-70 12 1 1 .893

1970-71 6 6 1 .500

1971-72 7 6 0 .538

1972-73 13 4 1 .750

1973-74 10 9 0 .526

1974-75 5 9 2 .375

1975-76 10 6 2 .611

1976-77 11 5 2 .667

1977-78 8 9 0 .471

1978-79 10 7 0 .588

1979-80 6 9 0 .400

1980-81 4 12 1 .265

1981-82 13 7 0 .650

1982-83 6 9 1 .406

1983-84 12 3 0 .800

1984-85 10 5 0 .667

1985-86 8 3 1 .708

1986-87 6 8 0 .429

1987-88 18 2 0 .900

1988-89 6 11 0 .353

1989-90 10 6 0 .625

1990-91 13 3 1 .794

1991-92 6 10 0 .375

1992-93 4 9 1 .321

1993-94 5 8 3 .406

1994-95 7 7 1 .500

1995-96 5 10 3 .361

1996-97 5 12 1 .306

1997-98 6 8 4 .444

1998-99 12 3 3 .750

1999-00 11 7 3 .595

2000-01 5 11 2 .333

2001-02 6 8 2 .438

2002-03 7 6 3 .531

2003-04 14 2 2 .833

2004-05 3 12 4 .263

2005-06 7 11 1 .395

2006-07 13 2 2 .824

2007-08 11 4 3 .694

2008-09 13 3 2 .778

Totals 352 278 54 .554

Dame win over a top-ranked team since Jan. 13,1978 when the Irish defeated then No. 1 Denver, 5-3, at the Joyce Center.During the 2003-04 season, Notre Dame hosted

their first home playoff series since 1999-2000,defeating Western Michigan, two games to one. TheIrish also swept fourth-ranked Michigan in a homeseries for the first time since the 1981-82 campaign.Both games were played in front of sellout crowdsof 2,763.Since then, the Irish have hosted CCHA playoff

action every year, including three consecutive sec-ond round series. Notre Dame owns a 6-1 recordin winning those thee second round appearancesand has advanced to the CCHA championship ineach of those seasons. The Irish have enjoyed three of their best seasons

attendance-wise over the last three seasons. In ‘06-’07, they played in front of 11 sellout crowds(2,763), including the final eight of the season andin 10 of the final 11. In 2007-08, the Joyce Centerhosted 11 more sellouts and averaged 2,683 pergame.The 2008-09 campaign saw the Irish host 13 sell-

outs during the 18-game home schedule and aver-aged 2,702 per game. On Jan. 30 versus Michigan,3,007 fans jammed their way into the Joyce Center,the largest crowd since Mar. 3, 1995, when 3,310saw the Irish play Illinois-Chicago in the final gamebefore new seating reduced capacity to 2,713.Since the new seating configuration for the 1995-

96 season, the Irish have hosted 94 sellout crowdsfor hockey at the Joyce Center.

History

Center and team captain

T.J. Jindra carries the

Mason Cup Trophy

representing Notre

Dame’s first CCHA

Championship at Joe

Louis Arena on March 17,

2007.


Irish HockeyHistory

The hockey program came under the direction ofNotre Dame vice-president, Rev. Edmund P. Joyceand athletics director, Edward “Moose” Krause.The 1965-66 team began to receive funding from

the athletic department and continued to playteams from the Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin, OhioState) and even branched out to the East Coast,participating in a Christmas Tournament at theBoston Garden. Under coach Jerry Paquette, theIrish were 6-9-3.The program really began to take shape

in 1966-67, playing mostly varsity-level programs asa club team. The Irish played in the first-evercollegiate hockey tournament played at ChicagoStadium hosted by the Blackhawks and the Wirtzfamily. The Irish lost in the championship game toOhio State, 6-5.Notre Dame also won the Air Force Invitational

at the Broadmoor World Arena on the way to a 14-5-3 record. The Irish were led offensively by PhilWittliff (Port Huron, Mich.), Belliveau, alternatecaptain Tom Heiden (St. Paul, Minn.), captain JimHaley (Boston, Mass.), defensemen Eric Norri(Virginia, Minn.) and Frank Manning (Detroit,Mich.). Wittliff (who started his Notre Damecareer on the football team), Norri and defensemanDean Daigler (Tonawanda, N.Y.), would all go onto play on the first varsity team in 1968-69. LeoCollins (Fargo, N.D.), Ernie Gargaro (Bloomfied

THE EARLY YEARSFrom playing on frozen St. Joseph Lake on the

Notre Dame campus, to South Bend’s Howard ParkRink, to their own home ice at the Joyce Center,to the first-ever trip to the NCAA’s Frozen Four in2008, the Notre Dame hockey program hasexperienced a little bit of everything in its on-again,off-again 98-year history.While most followers of Notre Dame’s 42-year

hockey history know the story since the programreceived Division I status in 1968, there are severalearlier chapters that were building blocks tobuilding the “Gold Standard” as we know it today.Notre Dame first played collegiate hockey in the

1912-13 academic year, playing three games. Theinaugural game was played at Culver MilitaryAcademy on Feb. 19, 1913 with Notre Dameprevailing, 6-0. That first team went 1-2-0.After that first season, the program took a seven-

year hiatus, returning again in 1919-20 under theguidance of two-time football All-American runningback Paul Castner. The football standout served asplayer-coach from 1919-21 before serving as coachfor two more seasons following his graduation. In four seasons at the helm, Castner’s teams were

18-4-0 while playing against the likes of MichiganCollege of Mines (now Michigan Tech), CarnegieTech, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, CulverAcademy, St. Thomas and Assumption.Castner, however, was not the only football

player to play a key role in the early days of theNotre Dame hockey program. All-Americanoffensive lineman Hunk Anderson was thegoaltender on the 1920-21 team.Anderson was followed by one of the most famous

of all Irish athletes, Jim Crowley, who gained fameas the halfback in the Four Horsemen backfield.Crowley was a freshman goaltender on the 1921-22team that went 8-1, but his career was put on ice, soto speak, by legendary football coach KnuteRockne. Crowley recorded a pair of shutouts andturned in a stingy 1.33 goals-against average in hislone season between the Irish pipes.Following Castner behind the Notre Dame

bench was former football All-American TomLeib. A two-time (1921 and 1922) All-Americanat right tackle, Leib’s teams were 3-8-3 between1923-26.The team played one more season in 1926-27

under the guidance of Benjamin Dubois. Thatteam went 3-7-1 before the program, due to lackof a playing venue, ceased competition.Despite sporadic attempts to revive the program

from 1928 through the early 1960’s - including onegame in which Heisman Trophy winner AngeloBertelli was reported to have scored four goals -Notre Dame hockey would not see consistentaction until the 1963-64 season. THE CLUB YEARSThis began an era of hockey at Notre Dame that

is sometimes forgotten. From 1963, until its returnto Division I status for the 1968-69 season, the Irishsponsored a club hockey program that produced

several of the players who would play key roles inthe early varsity years of the program in the late60’s.Around 1960, students organized, and the

University recognized, the Notre Dame HockeyClub. Operating as a club sport, the team had afaculty advisor and reported to the director ofintramurals and club sports, DominicNapolitano.The club began intercollegiate play in the 1963-

64 season. Arrangements were made to play onSouth Bend’s artificial rink (Howard Park) andcampus-wide tryouts were held. Ralph Cardillo(Guelph, Ont.) served as the first captain and PaulBelliveau (Fitchburg, Mass.), notched the firstgoal. Playing club teams from Northwestern, theUniversity of Illinois, the Michigan State juniorvarsity and other varsity squads from the Midwest,Notre Dame went 0-8-0 in that first season.In 1964-65, the club program improved to 5-6-0

under the guidance of coach Richard Bressler.The club also started an intramural program to giveother students access to the game of hockey.Prior to the start of the 1965-66 season, the

University’s administration determined that hockeywas to enter a “transition” period and the programwas formally designated as a “minor sport.” Thatdesignation was assigned to help the program in itstransition from a club sport to a full varsity sport.

The Gold Standard Sets New StandardsNow in its 42nd year of Division I play,

Notre Dame is the nation’s winningest program since the 2006-07 season.

The Notre Dame hockey teams of the 1920s included several well-known members of the school’s football team. The1920-21 team (pictured above) featured goaltender Hunk Anderson (seated, second from left), an All-Americaoffensive lineman in 1921 who served as head coach of the Notre Dame football program from 1931-33. Seatednext to Anderson is Paul Castner (second from right), a two-time football All-American as a running back. Castnerserved as a player/coach for the Notre Dame hockey program from 1919-21 before coaching the team for two moreseasons following his graduation. He also was an accomplished baseball player at Notre Dame.

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Hills, Mich.) and John Barry (Chicago, Ill.) werethe team’s goaltenders. Norri and Collins wereboth members of Notre Dame’s 1966 nationalchampionship football team playing tackle andlinebacker respectively. In 1967-68, the club team played its final season

before moving to the Division I level.

RETURN TO VARSITY STATUSThe University hired Charles “Lefty” Smith as

the program’s first coach for the 1968-69 seasonand the new Athletic and Convocation Center(later named the Joyce Center) opened, givingNotre Dame its first on-campus, indoor rink.Notre Dame competed as an independent from

1968-71, compiling a record of 50-32-6, providingSmith three seasons to build a competitive programbefore the Irish became members of the WesternCollegiate Hockey Association (WCHA),beginning with the 1971-72 season. The Irish struggled to a 10-16-0 record in their

first season in the WCHA and barely qualified forthe playoffs, but the following year they provedthey were capable of skating with the best collegehockey teams in the nation.A 31-goal, 65-point effort from Eddie Bumbacco

(Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) led the WCHA in scoringand propelled the Irish to a series sweep of top-ranked Wisconsin. The team’s 19-9-0 conferencerecord was good for a second-place finish in 1972-73.Smith was named WCHA coach of the year,

while Bill Nyrop (Edina, Minn.) and Bumbaccobecame Notre Dame’s first hockey All-Americans.The Irish defeated North Dakota 13-3 in a two-game, total-goal WCHA playoff series, but NotreDame lost to eventual national championWisconsin, 8-7, in the second round of theconference playoffs.The Irish remained competitive in the WCHA

over the next eight years but could do no betterthan another second-place finish during 1976-77.Several Notre Dame players gained nationalnotoriety during that time, most notably Jack

NOTRE DAME HOCKEYYEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

Informal Team Overall

1912-13 1-2-01919-20 2-0-01920-21 2-1-01921-22 8-1-01922-23 6-2-01923-24 0-4-01924-25 0-2-21925-26 3-2-11926-27 3-7-1

Modern Era Overall(Independent)

1968-69 16-8-31969-70 21-8-11970-71 13-16-2

WCHA Overall Finish

1971-72 14-20-0 t8th1972-73 23-14-1 2nd1973-74 14-20-2 8th1974-75 13-22-3 7th1975-76 19-17-2 5th1976-77 22-13-3 2nd1977-78 12-24-2 t7th1978-79 18-19-1 5th1979-80 18-20-1 5th1980-81 13-21-2 9th

CCHA Overall Finish

1981-82 23-15-2 4th1982-83 13-21-2 t7th

Club Status Overall

1983-84 22-6-1

Independent Overall

1984-85 11-16-11985-86 12-21-11986-87 10-19-11987-88 27-4-21988-89 10-26-21989-90 18-15-01990-91 16-15-21991-92 12-18-1

CCHA Overall Finish

1992-93 7-27-2 10th1993-94 11-22-5 8th1994-95 11-25-1 9th1995-96 9-23-4 t9th1996-97 9-25-1 10th1997-98 18-19-4 t6th1998-99 19-14-5 4th1999-00 16-18-8 5th2000-01 10-22-7 11th2001-02 16-17-5 t7th2002-03 17-17-6 t5th2003-04 20-15-4 5th2004-05 5-27-6 12th2005-06 13-19-4 t8th2006-07 32-7-3 1st2007-08 27-16-4 4th2008-09 31-6-3 1st

Modern Record

651-717-110 in 41 seasons

Program Totals

676-738-114 in 50 seasons

Lefty Smith coached Notre Dame hockey for thefirst 19 seasons of the program’s modern era.

The early days of the Irish hockey program depended on St. Joseph Lake being frozen. This photo from January of1941 shows Irish hockey players skating on the snow-covered lake after clearing the ice with shovels.

Brownschidle (East Amherst, N.Y.), who earnedAll-America honors in ’76 and ’77 and remains theNotre Dame hockey program’s only two-time All-American. Brian Walsh (Cambridge, Mass.)earned All-America status and was named the1976-77 WCHA MVP and Greg Meredith(Toronto, Ont.) earned All-America honors in1979-80.Four years later, Notre Dame joined Michigan,

Michigan State and Michigan Tech as the newestmembers of the Central Collegiate HockeyAssociation (CCHA). In 1981-82, Dave Poulin(Mississauga, Ont.) – a finalist for the Hobey BakerAward – led Notre Dame to a 23-15-2 record, aGreat Lakes Invitational championship and afourth-place finish in the regular-season standings.Following a first-round playoff series win over


Irish HockeyHistoryMichigan, the Irish defeated Bowling Green, 8-5, inthe semifinals before falling to Michigan State, 4-1,in the title game. The Irish were unable to sustain that level the

next season and struggled to a 13-21-2 record.Following Notre Dame’s loss to Bowling Green ina first-round playoff series, the Universityannounced in the spring of 1983 that it wouldcease sponsoring varsity hockey. After competingas a club sport during 1983-84, varsity hockeyreturned to Notre Dame the following season(1984-85) when the Irish competed as a non-scholarship independent team.Smith remained at the helm through the end of

the 1986-87 campaign, compiling a 19-year recordof 307-320-30. The most impressive statistic fromthe Smith era is that all 126 players who completedtheir collegiate eligibility earned their collegedegrees. In 1987, Smith turned the program over to Ric

Schafer (New Brighton, Minn.), a four-timemonogram winner for the Irish from ’70-’74 andan assistant coach under Smith from 1975-80. Notre Dame hockey continued as an

independent during the first four seasons ofSchafer’s tenure, but with each year, the schedulebecame increasingly difficult and soon was litteredwith CCHA opponents. Schafer convinced theNotre Dame administration to allocate scholarshipsas the program continued to grow and his effortsculminated with Notre Dame’s return to theCCHA for the 1992-93 season. Prior to stepping down as head coach following

the 1994-95 campaign, Schafer compiled a 112-152-15 record over eight seasons and will beremembered as the coach who returned NotreDame hockey to a competitive Division I level.In 1995, Notre Dame turned to its most

distinguished hockey alum to take over behind thebench. Dave Poulin returned to his alma materfollowing a 13-year career in the National HockeyLeague. During Poulin’s 10-year tenure, NotreDame made steady improvements and continued toearn national recognition. In 1998-99, the Irish hosted a first-round CCHA

playoff series for the first time since 1982, afterspending most of the year ranked in the nationaltop 10. Defenseman Benoit Cotnoir (Rouyn-Noranda, Que.) became the program’s seventh All-American.The following season produced another

milestone as the Irish beat Ferris State in the firstround of the CCHA playoffs and made their

second-ever trip to Joe Louis Arena for the CCHAsemifinals.In 2001-02 and 2002-03, the Irish pulled off

playoff upsets and advanced to Joe Louis and theCCHA Super Six. In a five-year span, from 1999-00 to 2003-04, Notre Dame made it to Joe LouisArena four times (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004). In 2001-02, the Irish upset higher-seeded

Nebraska-Omaha in a series that featured a 3-2double-overtime loss to the Mavericks, followed byone-goal wins in games two and three.The following year, the Irish traveled to higher-

seeded Miami (Ohio) and — after dropping thefirst game, 4-2 — saw goaltender Morgan Cey(Wilkie, Sask.) spin back-to-back shutouts (a firstin Notre Dame history), winning 1-0 and 5-0 toadvance to “the Joe” again.The 2003-04 season saw the Irish turn in their

first 20-win season (20-15-4) since 1987-88, whilefinishing tied for fourth in the league standingswith a 14-11-3 record. The Irish hosted regional-rival Western Michigan, winning the series, twogames to one with the game-three winner comingin sudden death overtime on a goal by thenfreshman Jason Paige (Saginaw, Mich.).Notre Dame did not have much success at the

CCHA Super Six, losing in the opening game eachyear – to Northern Michigan (3-1) in ’01-’02 andOhio State (3-2 and 6-5 in overtime) in ’02-’03and ’03-’04 respectively. The highly successful 2003-04 season ended with

the Irish being selected to participate in their first-

ever NCAA tournament on the strength of a 5-1-1 record versus teams ranked in the top five duringthe regular season.Notre Dame faced two-time defending NCAA

champion, Minnesota, in the opening game at VanAndel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich. After takinga 2-0 first-period lead, the Irish fell to theGophers, 5-2, but Notre Dame had finally arrivedon the national level.Following a disappointing ’04-’05 season (5-27-

6), Poulin stepped down as head coach, turningover the reins to Jeff Jackson, who has continuedto take the Irish to the national level. In his first season at the helm, Jackson and his

staff worked to “change the culture” of theprogram and saw solid results as the teamimproved to 13-19-4 overall and earned home icein the first round of the CCHA tournament withan 11-13-4 conference record.Jackson’s second year behind the bench saw the

Irish turn in the finest season in the program’shistory. With a veteran squad led by eight seniors,including first-team All-American - the eighthAll-American in school history - goaltenderDavid Brown (Stoney Creek, Ont.), Notre Damecompiled a school-record 32 wins on the way to a32-7-3 mark and won their first-ever CCHAregular-season title with a 21-4-3 league record. Along the way, Jackson’s squad achieved the

first-ever number one ranking in school historyand was the top team in the nation for sevenconsecutive weeks from Feb. 5 to March 23.The Irish swept Alaska (7-1, 3-1) in the second

round to move to the CCHA semifinals.

All-Time Notre DameHockey Coaches

G.R. Walsh 1912-13

Paul Castner 1919-23

Tom Lieb 1923-26

Benjamin Dubois 1926-27

Charles “Lefty” Smith 1968-87

Ric Schafer 1987-95

Dave Poulin 1995-05

Jeff Jackson 2005-present

Bill Nyrop is one of 17 former Notre Dame players whohave gone on to careers in the National Hockey Leagueand one of five to play in the Stanley Cup Finals, joiningDave Poulin, Don Jackson, Brett Lebda and Mark Eatonin that distinction.

Phil Wittliff got his Irish hockey career started as amember of the football team. After playing one seasonwith the club team, he was the leading scorer on the firstIrish hockey team of the modern era (1968-69) and thenserved as captain in 1969-70 and 1970-71.

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In Detroit, Brown blanked Lake Superior, 3-0, inthe semis and the Irish knocked off Michigan, 2-1,in the championship game for the school’s firstCCHA tournament championship.Notre Dame made its second NCAA

Tournament appearance at Grand Rapids, Mich.,this time as the Midwest Regional’s top seed.There, the Irish won their first NCAA tournamentgame, a 3-2 double-overtime thriller (the longestgame in program history - 94:32) versus Alabama-Huntsville with freshman Ryan Thang (Edina,Minn.) getting the game winner with 4:42 left inthe second overtime. The dream season came to anend the following night in a heartbreaking 2-1 lossto eventual NCAA champion Michigan State.In 2007-08, Notre Dame took an even bigger

step on the national stage, advancing to the NCAAFrozen Four where they fell in the nationalchampionship game, 4-1, to Boston College.The Irish finished the year with a 27-16-4 overall

record and were 15-9-4 in the CCHA, good forfourth place. Late season scoring struggles almostcost Notre Dame an NCAA bid, but they made itin as the final at-large team in the tournament. In the West Regional at Colorado Springs, Colo.,

the Irish found the goal-scoring touch as theydispatched the region’s top-seed, New Hampshire,7-3, and then bounced Michigan State from thetournament with a 3-1 win. Notre Dame became the first No. 4 seed to make

the Frozen Four and would face the nation’s top-ranked team, Michigan, in the semifinals at thePepsi Center in Denver, Colo. Freshman left wingCalle Ridderwall (Stockholm, Sweden) becamean overnight sensation when his goal at 5:44 ofovertime sent Michigan home with a 5-4 loss andthe Irish to the title game versus Boston College.Jackson’s fourth season behind the bench in

2008-09 saw the Irish win its second CCHAregular-season and tournament championship asthey were went 31-6-3 overall and 21-4-3-3 inconference play. Included in the overall mark wasa school record 20-game unbeaten streak (17-0-3)that started on Oct. 31 and lasted until Jan. 17. During the season, Notre Dame spent seven

weeks ranked No. 1 in the nation. The Irish wereled by goaltender Jordan Pearce (Anchorage,Alaska) who led the nation in wins (30) and

shutouts (8) with a stingy 1.68 goals-againstaverage. In the CCHA playoffs, Pearce blankedNebraska-Omaha in back-to-back quarterfinalgames to advance Notre Dame to its third straighttrip to the CCHA championship round at JoeLouis Arena.In Detroit, the Irish stopped Northern Michigan

in the semifinals, 2-1, with Ben Ryan (Brighton,Mich.) getting the game winner with one minuteleft in the game. Versus Michigan in the title game,Notre Dame trailed 2-0 in the second periodbefore running off five unanswered goals on theway to the 5-2 win. Pearce was named thetournament MVP with Ryan, Ridderwall, Pearceand defenseman Ian Cole (Ann Arbor, Mich.)selected to the all-tournament team.In the NCAA Tournament, the Irish were the

top seed in the Midwest Regional at GrandRapids, Mich., and were upset in the openinground in a 5-1 loss to Bemidji State. Over the last three seasons behind the Notre

Dame bench, Jackson saw his teams record a 90-

The Notre Dame hockey team celebrates its secondCCHA title at Joe Louis Arena after defeatingMichigan, 5-2, in the 2009 title game.

28-10 record for a .742 winning percentage withthe win total and winning percentage being thebest in the nation in that span.Recognition for Notre Dame hockey though has

continued to grow. In the first 42 years of theprogram, NHL teams have drafted 57 Irish players,including five in the 2007 Entry Draft. In thatdraft, Notre Dame saw its first-ever first roundselection, as defenseman Ian Cole (Ann Arbor,Mich.) was selected with the 18th pick overall bythe St. Louis Blues. That was followed in 2009 asforward Kyle Palmieri (Montvale, N.J.) was afirst round choice of the Anaheim Ducks,becoming the second Irish player picked in the firstround.The 2008-09 season saw six former Notre Dame

players see ice time with NHL teams. DefensemanMark Eaton (Pittsburgh) is the elder statesman ofthe group and is followed by defenseman BrettLebda (Detroit) and forward Yan Stastny (St.Louis) as NHL veterans. Three other Irish alumssaw their first NHL action in ‘08-’09, includingTim Wallace (Pittsburgh), Wes O’Neill(Colorado) and Christian Hanson (Toronto). Notre Dame’s most familiar NHL alumni

include Poulin, whose 13-year career includedthree trips to the Stanley Cup finals and three all-star appearances. Seventeen other Irish playershave worn NHL jerseys, with four of them —Nyrop (three times with Montreal), defensemanDon Jackson (three times with Edmonton),Lebda (with Detroit in 2007-08) and Eaton(Pittsburgh in 2008-09) — drinking from theStanley Cup.Notre Dame also has made its mark on the

international level. Since the birth of the U.S.National Developmental Program, the Irish haveseen 23 of their players come from the program,including eight on the 2009-10 roster alone.

Notre Dame faced off against Michigan in its first-ever Frozen Four appearance. The game was played at Denver’sPepsi Center with the Irish winning in overtime, 5-4.


Year-by-YearStatistics

Year-by-Year Team StatisticsOne-Goal Overtime

Year Record Win Pct. Home Road Games Record GF-GA08-09 31-6-3 .813 13-3-2 14-2-1 11-2 2-0-3 135-6907-08 27-16-4 .617 11-4-3 10-6-1 11-6 2-1-4 136-10006-07 32-7-3 .798 13-2-2 12-4-1 9-4 3-1-3 143-7005-06 13-19-6 .417 7-11-1 6-8-3 5-8 0-0-4 89-9804-05 5-27-6 .211 3-12-4 2-12-2 5-6 1-2-6 60-138

03-04 20-15-4 .564 14-2-2 5-10-2 6-3 1-3-4 108-9902-03 17-17-6 .500 7-7-3 10-9-2 8-4 0-0-5 122-12301-02 16-17-5 .487 6-8-2 10-8-3 7-6 2-1-5 117-11300-01 10-22-7 .346 5-11-2 5-8-4 4-4 1-1-7 104-15099-00 16-18-8 .476 11-7-3 5-11-5 8-4 2-0-8 103-119

98-99 19-14-5 .566 12-3-3 7-11-2 7-6 0-1-5 114-10097-98 18-19-4 .488 6-8-4 12-11-0 6-10 2-4-4 127-11596-97 9-25-1 .271 5-12-1 4-13-0 3-12 1-2-1 92-13195-96 9-23-4 .306 5-10-3 4-13-1 3-5 1-2-3 109-15794-95 11-25-1 .311 7-7-1 4-18-0 4-6 1-1-1 121-168

93-94 11-22-5 .355 5-8-3 6-14-2 7-8 2-2-5 113-16592-93 7-27-2 .222 4-9-1 3-18-1 3-7 0-1-2 100-17991-92 12-18-1 .403 6-10-0 6-8-1 6-2 1-0-1 107-14290-91 16-15-2 .515 13-3-1 3-12-1 7-5 0-1-2 134-14489-90 18-15-0 .545 10-6-0 8-9-0 4-2 0-0-0 151-155

88-89 10-26-2 .289 6-11-0 4-15-2 2-4 0-0-2 127-18987-88 27-4-2 .848 18-2-0 9-2-2 6-0 0-0-2 222-11486-87 10-19-1 .350 6-8-0 4-11-1 3-7 1-4-1 103-12285-86 12-21-1 .368 8-3-1 4-18-0 4-3 0-1-1 157-21284-85 11-16-1 .411 10-5-0 1-11-1 3-5 2-0-1 162-170

83-84 (club) 22-6-1 .776 12-3-0 10-3-1 4-2 0-0-1 194-8982-83 13-21-2 .389 6-9-1 7-12-1 4-7 1-0-2 155-20681-82 23-15-2 .600 13-7-0 10-8-2 6-7 1-1-1 203-16780-81 13-21-2 .389 4-12-1 9-9-1 4-9 2-3-2 139-16679-80 18-20-1 .474 6-9-0 12-11-1 5-8 1-0-1 202-199

78-79 18-19-1 .487 10-7-0 8-12-1 11-4 1-1-1 184-19677-78 12-24-2 .342 8-9-0 4-15-2 3-4 1-1-1 137-18676-77 22-13-3 .618 11-5-2 11-8-1 5-9 0-0-3 191-14775-76 19-17-2 .526 10-6-2 9-11-0 5-7 2-0-2 171-17374-75 13-22-3 .382 5-9-2 8-13-1 3-4 2-1-3 141-187

73-74 14-20-2 .417 10-9-0 4-11-2 1-5 0-0-2 159-15472-73 23-14-1 .618 13-4-1 10-10-0 3-2 0-1-1 199-17471-72 14-20-0 .412 7-6-0 7-14-0 3-4 2-2-0 164-16070-71 13-16-2 .452 6-6-1 7-10-1 5-3 1-2-2 116-13769-70 21-8-1 .717 12-1-1 9-7-0 3-4 0-1-1 186-10868-69 16-8-3 .648 8-5-1 8-3-2 4-0 1-0-1 149-117

Notre Dame’s 1969-70 hockey team compiled a 12-1-1 record at home while posting an .888 save percentage – 10th-best in Irish history. The ’69-’70 squad was21-8-1 overall and ranks second in goals per game (6.20) and goal margin (+2.60 gpg) in Irish hockey history.

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Top SeasonsWinning Percentage1. 1987-88 ................................ .848 (27-4-2)2. 2008-09 ................................ .813 (31-6-3)3. 2006-07 ................................... 798 (32-7-3)4. *1983-84 ................................ .776 (22-6-1)5. 1969-70 ................................ .717 (21-18-1)

Victories1. 2006-07 .................................................. 322. 2008-09 .................................................. 313. 2007-08 .................................................. 27

1987-88 .................................................. 275. 1981-82 .................................................. 23

1972-73 .................................................. 23

Home Winning Percentage1. 1987-88 .................................. .900 (18-2-0)2. 1969-70 .................................. .892 (12-1-1)3. 2003-04 .................................. .833 (14-2-2)4. 2006-07 .................................. .824 (13-2-2)5. *1983-84 ................................ .800 (12-3-0)

Road Winning Percentage1. 2008-09 ................................ .853 (14-2-1)2. 1987-88 .................................... .769 (9-2-2)3. *1983-84 ................................ .750 (10-3-1)4. 2006-07 ...................................735 (12-4-1)5. 1968-69 .................................... .692 (8-3-2)

One-Goal Game Winning Pct.1. 1987-88...................................... 1.000 (6-0)2. 1968-69...................................... 1.000 (4-0)3. 2008-09 .................................... .846 (11-2)4. 1991-92 ...................................... .750 (6-2)5. 1978-79...................................... .733 (11-4)

Overtime Winning Pct.1. 1984-85 .................................... .833 (2-0-1)2. 1975-76 .................................... .750 (2-0-2)

1968-69 .................................... .750 (1-0-1)4. 2008-09 .................................. .700 (2-0-3)5. 2006-07 .................................. .643 (3-1-3)

Goal Differential1. *1983-84 ............................................+3.622. 1987-88 ..............................................+3.27 3. 1969-70 ..............................................+2.604. 2006-07 ............................................ +1.74 5. 2008-09 ..............................................+1.65

Goals Per Game1. 1987-88 ................................................ 6.73 2. *1983-84 .............................................. 6.693. 1969-70 ................................................ 6.20 4. 1984-85 ................................................ 5.795. 1968-69 ................................................ 5.52

Goals-Against Average1. 2006-07 .............................................. 1.632. 2008-09 .............................................. 1.713. 2007-08 .............................................. 2.104. 2003-04 ................................................ 2.485. 1998-99 ................................................ 2.60

Save Percentage1. 2008-09 .............................................. .9292. 2006-07 .............................................. .9273. 2003-04 ................................................ .9224. 2007-08 .............................................. .910

2002-03 ................................................ .910

Penalty-Kill Percentage1. *1983-84 .............................................. .9162. 2006-07 .............................................. .9043. 2008-09 .............................................. .8954. 2007-08 .............................................. .8865. 2003-04 ................................................ .876

Power-Play Percentage1. *1983-84 .............................................. .3332. 1984-85 ................................................ .3293. 1971-72 ................................................ .3254. 1976-77 ................................................ .3215. 1981-82 ................................................ .303

Note: The 1983-84 team competed under club status but statisticsare recorded for the sake of continuity.

Year-by-Year Team Statistics (con’t.)Goal Goals Goals- Save Pen.-Kill Penalties Power-Play

Year Differential Per Game Against Average Pct. Percentage Per Game Percentage

08-09 +1.65 3.38 1.73 .929 .895 6.20 .22507-08 +0.77 2.89 2.10 .910 .886 6.09 .14706-07 +1.74 3.40 1.67 .927 .904 6.29 .18505-06 -0.25 2.47 2.70 .909 .811 7.58 .16604-05 -2.05 1.58 3.58 .897 .793 8.13 .098

03-04 +0.23 2.77 2.48 .922 .876 6.26 .17802-03 -0.25 3.05 3.04 .910 .824 6.72 .16301-02 +0.18 3.08 2.90 .907 .807 7.61 .15000-01 -1.17 2.67 3.78 .883 .767 8.82 .11399-00 -0.38 2.45 2.78 .895 .828 7.69 .176

98-99 +0.37 3.00 2.60 .899 .832 8.39 .19197-98 +0.29 3.10 2.75 .898 .843 6.37 .17696-97 -1.11 2.63 3.73 .882 .813 8.69 .12795-96 -1.33 3.03 4.36 .861 .773 11.33 .17394-95 -1.27 3.27 4.52 .858 .795 11.59 .220

93-94 -1.37 2.97 4.28 .852 .733 9.24 .15492-93 -2.19 2.77 4.98 .833 .812 8.58 .16991-92 -1.13 3.45 4.81 .840 .708 8.39 .24190-91 -0.30 4.06 4.28 .870 .833 7.94 .21189-90 -0.12 4.58 4.69 .874 .777 7.03 .266

88-89 -1.63 3.34 4.92 .875 .807 7.42 .18287-88 +3.27 6.73 3.40 .876 .808 6.36 .28386-87 -0.63 3.43 3.86 .877 N/A 7.37 N/A85-86 -1.62 4.62 6.18 .823 N/A 8.79 N/A84-85 -0.29 5.79 6.07 .834 .720 10.75 .329

83-84 (club) +3.62 6.69 3.07 .876 .916 9.90 .33382-83 -1.42 4.31 5.72 .844 .709 9.47 .20981-82 +0.90 5.08 4.18 .872 .758 9.25 .30380-81 -0.75 3.86 4.61 .869 .749 9.00 .21879-80 +0.08 5.18 5.10 .861 .750 8.62 .300

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NCAA TournamentHistory

2004 NCAA Tournament - First RoundMidwest Regional

#3 Minnesota 5 • #13 Notre Dame 2March 27, 2004 • Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Notre Dame hockey team made its first-ever NCAAhockey tournament appearance on March 27, 2004 at VanAndel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich. The opponent was thetwo-time defending national champion and third-rankedMinnesota Golden Gophers. The Irish jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead on goals

by Cory McLean and Aaron Gill only to see the Gophersscore five unanswered goals on the way to a 5-2 win overNotre Dame. That win moved the Gophers on to theMidwest Regional versus Minnesota-Duluth.

Sophomore All-American Thomas Vanek led Minnesota’scomeback with two goals and an assist. Matt Koalska, DannyIrmen (ppg) and Troy Riddle also scored for the Gophers.The Irish got on the scoreboard just 54 seconds into the

contest as McLean teamed with Gill on a two-on-one to beatMinnesota goaltender Kellen Briggs for his 10th goal of theyear.Notre Dame took advantage of a Minnesota penalty late

in the first period and made it 2-0 at 19:18 of the third onthe power play. Rob Globke and Mike Walsh set up Gill'steam-high ninth power-play goal of the year on a redirectionpast Briggs for Gill’s 17th of the year.The Gophers got their offense going in the second period

just 26 seconds in when Koalska cut the lead in half to openthe middle stanza. The powerful Gopher offense would even the score at

9:13 when Irmen steered a bouncing puck past Morgan Ceyfor a power-play tally to make it 2-2. Vanek put the Gophers ahead to stay 3-2 at 16:24 when

he poked a loose puck past Cey for his first goal of the game. The talented Vanek would seal the win at 11:52 when he

raced down the right side and tried to stuff a shot past Ceyon the short side. The rebound came right back to him andhe continued behind the net for a wrap-around-goal for the4-2 lead. Riddle closed out the scoring for Minnesota with an

empty-net goal at 19:24 to close out the season for NotreDame.On the night, Cey equaled a season-high with 40 saves.

Briggs made 20 saves in the Minnesota goal.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 F#13 Notre Dame (20-15-4) 2 0 0 2#3 Minnesota (27-13-3) 0 3 2 5

Scoring1st: ND: Cory McLean 10 (Aaron Gill, Mike Walsh), 00:54;ND: A. Gill 17 (M. Walsh, Rob Globke), PPG, 19:18. 2nd:UM: Matt Koalska 13 (Thomas Vanek, Chris Harrington),00:26; UM: Danny Irmen 14 (Harrington, Gino Guyer), PPG,9:18; UM: Vanek 25 (unassisted), 16:24. 3rd: UM: Vanek 26(Koalska, Keith Ballard), 11:52; UM: Troy Riddle 24(unassisted), ENG, 19:24.

Goaltender Saves:ND - Morgan Cey (59:01) 13 - 18 - 9 - 40UM - Kellen Briggs (60:00) 6 - 7 - 7 - 20Power Plays: ND: 1 for 5; UM: 1 for 5Penalties: ND: 8 for 16 min.; UM: 8 for 16 min.Attendance: 5,325

2007 NCAA Tournament - First RoundMidwest Regional

#1 Notre Dame 3 • Alabama-Huntsville 2 (2ot)March 23, 2007 • Grand Rapids, Mich.

For over 94 minutes Notre Dame and Alabama-Huntsvillebattled tooth and nail, looking for that one scoring chance toend the contest.This time the luck of the Irish was in full force as

freshman Ryan Thang drilled a shot from the left wing circlethat beat Charger goaltender Marc Narduzzi to give the Irishthe 3-2 win in the longest game in Irish hockey history.The win, the first NCAA Tournament win in Irish hockey

history, advanced Notre Dame to the Midwest Regional finalsto face Michigan State.Notre Dame got off to a fast start, scoring a pair of goals

in the first five minutes of the game. Senior left wing Josh Sciba gave the Irish a 1-0 lead just

3:18 into the game, beating starting goaltender BlakeMacNichol with a shot from the left face-off dot. Thang followed with his first goal of the night at 4:26

when he took a feed from Erik Condra and ripped a low shotthat beat MacNicol, giving the Irish a 2-0 lead. The goal sentMacNicol to the UAH bench in favor of Marc Narduzzi. Itwould be well over 90 minutes before the Irish would scoreagain as they led 2-0 after the first period.Alabama got back in the game at 10:20 of the second

period as Dominick Rozman’s shot deflected off an Irishdefenseman past David Brown to cut the Notre Dame leadto 2-1. The Chargers would get the equalizer at 16:06 when Cale

Tanaka fired a shot from the slot that beat Brown to theupper corner. From there the goaltenders took over. Brown would finish

with 28 saves in the game while Narduzzi made 49 saves,giving up just one goal.

The Irish got the game winner via the power play whendefenseman Noah Babin was pulled down on a scoring bid. Defensemen Brett Blatchford and Kyle Lawson played

catch at the point until Lawson slid a pass to the left wingboards where Thang took the puck."He had stopped so many with his glove up until then

that I decided to roll in front and shot it towards his blockerand it went in," said Thang. "I couldn't tell it was in until Isaw the water bottle pop up in the air."Thang's goal was his 20th of the season and set off a wild

celebration on the ice as the Irish had their first NCAAtournament win and lived to play another day.The 94:42 minutes of action was the longest game in

Notre Dame hockey history.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 OT OT FAlabama-Huntsville (13-20 -3) 0 2 0 0 0 2#1 Notre Dame (32-6-3) 2 0 0 0 1 3

Scoring1st: ND: Josh Sciba 8 (unassisted), 3:18; ND: Ryan Thang19 (Erik Condra), 4:26. 2nd: UAH: Dominick Rozman 6(Josh Murray), 10:20; UAH: Cale Tanaka 2 (Tom Train),16:06. 3rd: No Scoring. 1st OT: No Scoring. 2nd OT:ND: Thang 20 (Kyle Lawson, Brett Blatchford), PPG, 15:18.

Goaltender Saves:UAH - Blake MacNicol (4:26) 1 - x - x - x - x - 1

Marc Narduzzi (90:16) 9 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 8 - 49ND - David Brown (94:42) 7 - 3 - 3 - 12 - 3 - 28Power Plays: UAH: 0 for 2; ND: 1 for 6Penalties: UAH: 6 for 12 min.; ND: 2 for 4 min.Attendance: 5,201

Notre Dame Hockey In The NCAA Tournament (4-4)

Notre Dame’s NCAA Tournament Results2004 - Midwest Regional (at Grand Rapids, Mich.) – Minnesota 5, Notre Dame 22006 - Midwest Regional (at Grand Rapids, Mich.) – Notre Dame 3, Alabama-Huntsville 2 (2ot)

– Michigan State, 2 Notre Dame 12008 - West Regional (at Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Notre Dame 7, New Hampshire 3

– Notre Dame 3, Michigan State 1- NCAA Finals (at Denver, Colo.) – Notre Dame 5, Michigan 4 (OT)

– Boston College 4, Notre Dame 12009 - Midwest Regional (at Grand Rapids, Mich.) – Bemidji State 5, Notre Dame 1

Ryan Thang (#9 in white)gives Notre Dame its firstNCAA Tournament winwith his game-winninggoal at 15:18 of thesecond overtime versusAlabama-Huntsville onMarch 23, 2007.

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2008 NCAA Tournament - First RoundWest Regional

#12 Notre Dame 7 • #4 New Hampshire 3March 28, 2008 • Colorado Springs, Colo.

For most of the second half of the 2007-08 season, theNotre Dame Fighting Irish struggled to score goals. Thestruggles came to an end at the World Arena in the firstsemifinal of the NCAA West Regional.Notre Dame got seven goals from six different players as

the Irish advanced to the West Regional final with a 7-3 winover top-seeded New Hampshire. Junior Christian Hanson scored two goals while Ian Cole

(ppg), Kyle Lawson (ppg), Dan Kissel, Ryan Thang and KevinDeeth had single goals in the win. Mark Van Guilder had athree-assist night while Thang added two assists for his three-point game.New Hampshire got two goals from Jerry Pollastrone and

one from Phil DeSimone while James vanRiemsdyck addedthree assists in the game.

The win improved Notre Dame to 25-15-4 on the yearwhile fourth-ranked New Hampshire ends its season with a25-10-3 mark.The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead, scoring at the

1:04 mark of the first when Pollastrone fired a rebound shotpast Jordan Pearce for his 14th of the season. The Irish answered back just 58 seconds later on the

power play when Cole drilled a wrist shot through Wildcatgoaltender Kevin Regan’s pads to tie the game at the 2:02mark. UNH continued to put the pressure on Pearce and made

it 2-1 at 5:41 when Pollastrone got his second of the periodand the game, firing the rebound of a Brad Flaishans shot pastthe Irish goaltender to make it 2-1. Despite being out shot inthe first period by a 15-6 margin, Notre Dame would tie thescore at 2-2 with a power-play goal at 17:25. Thang set upLawson at the right point and the sophomore defensemandrilled a wrister past Regan for his fifth of the year. The Irish took the lead for good at 2:39 of the second

period when Hanson scored his 11th goal of the year whenStewart Carlin’s shot rebounded into the slot where Hansonshoveled the puck past Regan to make it 3-2.The lead would go to 4-2 on a tremendous individual

effort by Kissel as he stickhandled through three UNHdefenders and fired a shot inside the left post at 9:53 for hisninth goal of the season. New Hampshire came right back and cut the lead to 4-3

when Phil DeSimone scored at 13:09. Notre Dame restored the two-goal lead just 23 seconds

into the third period after Van Guilder and Thang forced aWildcat turnover behind the net. Van Guilder slid the puck infront to Thang who drilled one of his patented wrist shotspast Regan for his 17th goal of the year and a 5-3 lead.With less than four minutes left in the game and the

teams skating 4-on-4, UNH pulled its goaltender for a 5-on-4 advantage. Thang would break up up a Wildcat rush and fired a shot

that went wide of the goal but off the back boards, bouncingto Deeth who shot it into the open net to make it 6-3 with3:06 left in the game.Regan would again be pulled with under three minutes

left in the game and Hanson closed the scoring at 17:54when he scored his second of the night and 12th of theseason for the final of 7-3.On the night, New Hampshire would out shoot Notre

Dame, 35-34. Pearce finished the night with 32 saves whileRegan had 27.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 F#12 Notre Dame 2 2 3 – 7#4 New Hampshire 2 1 0 – 3

Scoring1st: UNH: Jerry Pollastrone 14 (James vanRiemsdyck), 1:04;ND: Ian Cole 8 (Ben Ryan, Mark Van Guilder), PPG, 2:23;UNH: Pollastrone 15 (Brad Flaishans, vanRiemsdyck), 5:41;ND: Kyle Lawson 5 (Van Guilder, Ryan Thang), PPG, 17:25.2nd: ND: Christian Hanson 11 (Stewart Carlin, BrockSheahan), 2:39; ND: Dan Kissel 9 (unassisted), 9:53; UNH: PhilDeSimone 3 (Flaishans, vanRiemsdyck), 13:09. 3rd: ND:Thang 17 (Van Guilder), 00:23; ND: Kevin Deeth 9 (Thang),ENG, 16:54; ND: Hanson 12 (Garrett Regan, Brett Blatchford),17:54.

Goaltender Saves:ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 13 - 12 - 7 - 32UNH: Kevin Regan (58:45) 4 - 15 - 8 - 27Power Plays: ND: 2-8; UNH: 0-4Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 min.; UNH: 8 for 27 min.Attendance: 6,634

2008 NCAA Tournament - QuarterfinalsWest Regional

#12 Notre Dame 3 • #9 Michigan State 1March 29, 2008 • Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Notre Dame hockey team earned its first-ever trip tothe Frozen Four with a 3-1 win over Michigan State in thechampionship game of the NCAA West Regional at theColorado Springs World Arena.The Fighting Irish became the first team seeded fourth in

a regional to advance to the Frozen Four and avenged their2-1 loss to the Spartans in the ‘06-’07 Midwest Regionalfinal. Christian Hanson, Mark Van Guilder and Teddy Ruth

scored for Notre Dame in the victory with Van Guildergetting the game winner with 5:54 remaining in the thirdperiod.

Michigan State dominated play early in the game butcould not get the puck past goaltender Jordan Pearce whostopped all 10 first-period shots. Hanson broke through on the scoreboard for the Irish at

2:43 of the second stanza when he stuffed a rebound of hisown wrap-around attempt past Spartan goaltender Jeff Lerg.That gave Hanson three goals and an assist in the two gamesand earned him a spot on the all-regional team. Michigan State’s Justin Abdelkader banged a laser off the

crossbar three minutes later, then tied the game with 10:55to play in the period when he put a one-timer from the leftcircle behind Pearce for his third point of the weekend tomake it 1-1. The game would remain that way until Van Guilder

snapped the tie with just under six minutes left in the game.He took a pass from Ben Ryan off his leg, regained controlin the slot and beat Lerg inside the near post with wrist shotfrom the slot.The Irish added an insurance goal just 1:14 later when

Teddy Ruth put a slapshot from just outside the right circlepast Lerg high on the glove side. Justin White and ChristianHanson cycled the puck out of the right corner, leavingRuth alone at the point. While eight different players scored for the Irish, the

Notre Dame defense played a huge role in both victories.The Irish blocked 12 shots in the victory over MSU andkilled all four Spartan power plays and all nine in the tworegional games.Pearce allowed just one goal on 21 Michigan State shots

and had 32 saves in the victory over New Hampshire, postingback-to-back victories over Hobey Baker semifinalists Lergand Kevin Regan.Van Guilder, Hanson and defenseman Brock Sheahan

were selected to the NCAA West Regional All-Tournamentteam with Van Guilder being named Most OutstandingPlayer.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 F#12 Notre Dame 0 1 2 – 3 #9 Michigan State 0 1 0 – 1

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: ND: Christian Hanson 13 (GarrettRegan), 2:43; MSU: Justin Abdelkader 19 (Tim Kennedy, TimCrowder), 9:05. 3rd: ND: Mark Van Guilder 12 (Ben Ryan),14:06; ND: Teddy Ruth 2 (Justin White, Hanson), 15:20.

Goaltender Saves:ND: Jordan Pearce (60:00) 10 - 4 - 6 - 20MSU: Jeff Lerg (59:13) 7 - 7 - 9 - 23Power Play: ND: 0-4; MSU: 0-3Penalties:ND: 4 for 8 min.; MSU: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 5,836

2008 NCAA Tournament - SemifinalsFrozen Four

#5 Notre Dame 5 • #1 Michigan 4 (ot)April 10, 2008 • Denver, Colo.

Freshman left wing Calle Ridderwall scored his secondgoal of the game at 5:44 of overtime, lifting fifth-rankedNotre Dame to a 5-4 victory over top-seeded Michigan inthe NCAA Frozen Four semifinals at a sold-out (18,544)Pepsi Center in Denver. The win moved the Irish into theirfirst national championship game versus Boston College onApril 12.Ridderwall came into the game with three goals in his

rookie season, but saved some of his best play of the year forcollege hockey's biggest stage as he also scored the openinggoal in the first period. He was joined on the Irish side ofthe scoresheet by Mark Van Guilder, Ryan Thang and KevinDeeth. Chad Kolarik scored twice for Michigan with MattRust and Carl Hagelin getting single goals in the loss.Ridderwall opened the scoring just five minutes into the

game when he took an outlet pass from Justin White incenter ice, moved into the Michigan zone and rifled a shotover Michigan goaltender Billy Sauer’s right shoulder for hisfourth goal of the year. Just 42 seconds later, the Irish had a 2-0 lead when Thang

dropped a pass for Van Guilder who ripped a shot from theleft circle under Sauer’s left arm for his 13th of the season at5:42.Thang took his turn at 19:25 of the first period when he

scored a brilliant short-handed goal, beating the Wolverinedefense at the blueline, then flipping a backhander overSauer’s blocker for his 18th goal of the year and a 3-0 Irishlead.

2007 NCAA Tournament - QuarterfinalsMidwest Regional

#10 Michigan State 2 • #1 Notre Dame 1March 24, 2007 • Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Notre Dame hockey season will go down as the bestin the program’s 39-year history as the Irish set record afterrecord on the way to a 32-7-3 record. The ride came to anend though as CCHA foe, Michigan State, handed the Irisha 2-1 loss in the Midwest Regional Championship.The loss ended Notre Dame’s season and sent the

Spartans to the NCAA Frozen Four where they wouldeventually win the national championship.Chris Mueller and Tim Kennedy scored power-play goals

for the Spartans while junior Evan Rankin scored NotreDame's lone goal in the loss. The regional championship got off to a slow start as the

two teams tried to get a read on each other. The game wouldremain scoreless after one period of play.Michigan State finally broke through at 6:04 of the

second period as the Spartans took advantage of a NotreDame penalty. Defenseman Chris Snavely fired a shot fromthe right point that Brown stopped. Chris Mueller stuffed therebound past the Irish netminder for his 14th goal and a 1-0lead.The lead would go to 2-0 on another power-play chance

at 5:59 of the third period. Working the puck behind the net, Tim Kennedy walked

in front and tucked the puck between Brown's pads and thepost as he was leveled by Deeth on the penalty kill. The goalwas Kennedy’s 17th of the year and marked just the thirdtime all season that Notre Dame gave up two power-playgoals in a game.Notre Dame finally broke through on Michigan State

goaltender Jeff Lerg at 14:52. Jason Paige moved the puckfrom the left wing boards to defenseman Brett Blatchford.Blatchford fired a shot on goal that went off of Rankin andpast Lerg, cutting the lead to 2-1. For Rankin, the goal washis fourth of the season.The Irish would get several chances in the waning

moments as Brown was pulled for the final 1:15 of the gamein favor of a sixth attacker but could not score.Defenseman Wes O'Neill and forward Ryan Thang were

selected to the All-Regional Team from Notre Dame. Theywere joined by Michigan State forwards Tim Kennedy andChris Mueller, defenseman Tyler Howells and goaltender JeffLerg. Lerg was the Regional Most Valuable Player.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 F#10 Michigan State (24-13-3) 0 1 1 2#1 Notre Dame (32-7-3) 0 0 1 1

Scoring1st: No Scoring. 2nd: MSU: Chris Mueller 14 (ChrisSnavely, Ethan Graham), PPG, 6:04. 3rd: MSU: TimKennedy 17 (Tim Crowder, Justin Abdelkader), PPG, 5:59;ND: Evan Rankin 4 (Brett Blatchford, Jason Paige), 14:52.

Goaltender Saves MSU - Jeff Lerg (60:00) 8 - 3 - 8 - 19ND - David Brown (58:45) 7 - 8 - 8 - 23Power Plays: MSU: 2 for 7; ND: 0 for 5Penalties: MSU: 8 for 16 min.; ND: 10 for 20 min.Attendance: 4,839


Sauer was replaced by Bryan Hogan in the Michigan goalto start the second period and he held the Irish at bay untilthe Wolverines could get back in the game. They would score twice in a 15-second span midway

through the middle period to get back in the game. Kolarikscored his first of the night at 8:48 when he took a centeringpass from Kevin Porter in the high slot and wristed a shotover the left shoulder of Notre Dame goaltender JordanPearce.Seconds later, Michigan’s Aaron Palushaj skated into the

left corner and tossed a pass toward the crease, where MattRust redirected the puck behind Pearce at 9:03 to make it a3-2 game after two periods. The Wolverines would get the equalizer on the power

play at 2:16 of the third period. Kolarik would get his secondgoal of the game when he fired a shot off the right post thatcaromed back to him. He wasted no time, depositing it pastPearce for his 30th goal of the year. The Irish grabbed the lead back with 8:30 remaining in

the game as Dan Kissel and Deeth combined on a two-on-one. Kissel put a pass on Deeth’s stick and the sophomorecenter cut in front of the goal, chipping a shot over Hoganfor his 10th goal of the season to give Notre Dame the 4-3lead. Michigan answered back, tying the game at 4-4 at 14:39

when Hagelin won the race to a loose puck in the Irish zoneand fired a shot from the goal line that somehow found itsway between Pearce’s pad and the near post to send the gameinto overtime.That set up Ridderwall’s overtime heroics. White

dropped a pass to the right point to defenseman Dan VeNard.The senior blueliner drilled a low shot on goal that Hoganstopped with the rebound sliding to the slot. Ridderwall wasthere and put his head down driving the puck past Hogan toset off a wild celebration on the Pepsi Center ice with a 5-4Notre Dame win. The win was the first in overtime for the Irish during the

2007-08 season and their first since defeating Alabama-Huntsville in the 2006-07 NCAA Tournament.Pearce made 29 saves in the victory while Hogan stopped

18 of 20 shots in 45:44 minutes. Sauer finished with six savesin the first 20 minutes of action.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 OT – F#5 Notre Dame 3 0 1 1 – 5#1 Michigan 0 2 2 0 – 4

1st: ND: Calle Ridderwall 4 (Justin White), 5:00; ND: MarkVan Guilder 13 (Ryan Thang, Brock Sheahan), 5:42; ND: RyanThang 18 (unassisted), SHG, 19:25. 2nd: UM: Chad Kolarik29 (Kevin Porter, Bryan Hogan), 8:48; UM: Matt Rust 12(Aaron Palushaj, Carl Hagelin), 9:03. 3rd: UM: Kolarik 30(Max Pacioretty, Palushaj), PPG, 2:16; ND: Kevin Deeth 10(Dan Kissel, Ian Cole), 11:30; UM: Hagelin 11 (Rust,Palushaj), 14:39. OT: Ridderwall 5 (Dan VeNard, White),5:44.

Goaltender Saves:ND: Jordan Pearce (65:44) 11 - 7 - 7 - 4 - 29 UM: Billy Sauer (20:00) 6 - x - x - x - 6

Bryan Hogan (45:44) x - 6 - 5 - 7 - 18Power Play: ND: 0-3; UM: 1-5 Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 min.; ND: 3 for 6 min.Attendance: 18,544 (sellout)

2008 NCAA Tournament - FinalsFrozen Four

#3 Boston College 4 • #5 Notre Dame 1April 12, 2008 • Denver, Colo.

On Saturday, April 12, the Notre Dame hockey teamventured where no other Irish hockey team had ever been.They faced off in the NCAA Frozen Four championshipgame against Boston College at the Pepsi Center in Denver,Colo.The Irish ran into a red-hot Nathan Gerbe as the third-

ranked Eagles ended Notre Dame’s season with a 4-1 loss infront of a sell-out crowd of 18,632. Gerbe scored twice andassisted on BC’s other two goals on his way to a four-pointgame and Most Valuable Player honors. Kevin Deeth scoredthe lone goal for the Irish who finished the year with a 27-16-4 record.

Both teams had chances in a tightly-played first periodthat led to the fourth scoreless opening frame in NCAA titlegame history (also 1968, 2001 and 2007). BC ended up witha 7-4 shot advantage in the opening 20 minutes, while NotreDame went on the power play three times in the period,coming up empty on all three. The Eagles snapped the scoreless tie just 2:23 into the

second period, converting an Irish turnover into a goal. BrianGibbons forced the turnover and found Gerbe inside the leftcircle where he whipped a shot over Jordan Pearce’s leftshoulder for his 34th goal of the year.Gerbe was at it less than three minutes later, this time on

a Boston College power play. Ben Smith’s shot from the slotwas wide of the goal but rebounded off the backdasherboards into the crease where the Eagles’ top scorer wasthere to jam the rebound past Pearce for a 2-0 lead at 5:37.BC made it 3-0 at 8:11 of the second period, converting

a second power-play chance, this time with a 4-on-3advantage. Joe Whitney did the honors as he took a feedfrom Gerbe at the top of the slot and drove a slapshot pastPearce for his 11th goal of the year.The Irish finally broke through over a minute later at 9:07

when Deeth took a feed from defenseman Kyle Lawson andsnapped a shot past Eagles’ goaltender John Muse to cut thelead to 3-1 after two periods of play.Notre Dame looked like they had cut the margin to 3-2

just 4:56 into the third period. Ian Cole’s centering pass gotcaught up in Lawson’s near the right post and deflectedtoward the goal, trickling past Muse and over the goal line.Although it was ruled a goal on the ice by referee ToddAnderson, video replay official, Greg Shepherd, overturnedthe score after a lengthy delay, ruling that the puck wasapparently propelled into the net by Lawson's skate in adistinct kicking motion.The no-goal call took on added significance less than a

minute later when Boston College scored to make it a 4-1game. Gerbe tracked down the puck behind the net andthrew a centering pass back in front for Smith, who fannedon his shot attempt but got enough of the bouncing biscuitfor it to knuckle over Pearce's shoulder at 5:31 of the periodfor the final score of 4-1. Pearce finished with 19 saves in goal while Muse stopped

20 in the game. The Irish were 0-for-8 on the power playwhile Boston College was able to convert on two of fourtries. Pearce finished the year with 23 wins and the team’s 27

wins were the second most in the program’s history. Lawsonand Deeth were selected to the Frozen Four all-tournamentteam.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 F#5 Notre Dame 0 1 0 – 1 #3 Boston College 0 3 1 – 4

1st: No Scoring. 2nd: BC: Nathan Gerbe 34 (Brian Gibbons,Ben Smith), 2:23; BC: Gerbe 35 (Smith, Dan Bertram), PPG,5:37; BC: Joe Whitney 11 (Gerbe, Benn Ferriero), PPG, 8:11;ND: Kevin Deeth 11 (Kyle Lawson, Ian Cole), 9:07. 3rd: BC:Ben Smith 25 (Gerbe, Gibbons), 5:31.

Goaltender Saves:ND: Jordan Pearce (58:31) 7 - 8 - 4 - 19BC: John Muse (60:00) 5 - 7 - 8 - 20Power Play: ND: 0-8; BC: 2-4Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 min.; BC: 8 for 16 min.Attendance: 18,632 (sellout)

2009 NCAA Tournament - First RoundBemidji State 5 • #2 Notre Dame 1

March 28, 2009 • Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Fighting Irish made their third consecutiveappearance in the NCAA Tournament, this time as the No. 1seed at the Midwest Regional, facing Bemidji State. TheBeavers advanced to the tournament as the champions ofCollege Hockey America (CHA). For Notre Dame,everything that could go wrong did at Van Andel Arena as theIrish were upset by the Beavers in a 5-1 loss.Ranked second in the nation coming into the regional,

the loss ended Notre Dame’s season with a 31-6-3 record.Bemidji went on to win the regional and advance to its firstever Frozen Four.

The first Bemidji goal would set the tone for the entiregame. The Beavers dumped the puck behind the Irish net,where senior goaltender Jordan Pearce came out to play it.The puck took a funny bounce off the back dasher, thencaromed off the side of the goal and back into the crease atthe right post. As Pearce scrambled to get back in his net,BSU's Chris McKelvie came charging in from the right wingand chopped at the puck, muscling it over the line just 1:42into the contest.The Beavers would make it 2-0 at 11:03 of the first when

Tyler Schofield scored on a power-play deflection of a BradHunt shot that found its way between Pearce’s pads.Notre Dame had its chances in the first period,

outshooting Bemidji by an 11-7 margin.The lead would go to 3-0 in the second period when Ben

Kinne’s shot from the point caromed through a crowd behindPearce at 13:19.The Irish would start the third period on the power play

and would look to get their offense in gear over the final 20minutes. Those hopes would die just 49 seconds into the thirdperiod when Schofield broke up an Irish rush and Matt Readblasted a slapshot from the top of the right circle over Pearce’sblocker to give the Beavers a 4-0 lead.Notre Dame would finally get on the board at 6:02 when

Dan Kissel buried a shot past Bemidji goaltender Matt Daltonfrom the left circle for his sixth goal of the year to cut thelead to 4-1. The Irish would pull Pearce with just under four minutes

left in favor of a sixth attacker only to see the Beavers win abig face off before Schofield fired a loose puck into an emptynet for the final margin of 5-1.Pearce would finish the game with 14 saves while Dalton

made 34 stops in the Bemidji net.

GAME SUMMARY 1 2 3 FBemidji State 2 1 2 – 5 #2 Notre Dame 0 0 1 – 1

1st: BSU: Chris McKelvie 3 (unassisted), 1:42; BSU: TylerSchofield 19 (Brad Hunt, Matt Read), PPG, 11:03. 2nd: BSU:Ben Kinne 8 (Ryan Cramer, Seha Walters), 13:19. 3rd: BSU:Matt Read 14 (Schofield), SHG, 00:49; ND: Dan Kissel 6 (RyanGuentzel, Brett Blatchford), 6:02; BSU: Schofield 20 (unas-sisted), ENG, 16:33.

Goaltender Saves:BSU: Matt Dalton (60:00) 11 - 11 - 12 - 34ND: Jordan Pearce (59:43) 5 - 7 - 2 - 14Power Play: BSU: 1-5; ND: 0-4Penalties: BSU: 4 for 8 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.Attendance: 4,052

Calle Ridderwall talks to the media after scoring twogoals, including the overtime game winner, versusMichigan in Notre Dame’s first Frozen Four appearanceon April 10, 2008.

NCAA TournamentHistory

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National Awards

Hobey Baker Finalist2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)

Lowes Senior CLASS Award2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)

Spencer Penrose Award - Div. 1 Coach OfThe Year2006-07 Jeff Jackson

Central Collegiate Hockey Association

CCHA Player Of The Year2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)

CCHA Goaltender Of The Year2007-08 Jordan Pearce (Jr., G)2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)

CCHA Top Defensive Defenseman2008-09 Kyle Lawson (Jr., D)

CCHA Coach Of The Year2006-07 Jeff Jackson

All-Conference, First-Team2008-09 Ian Cole (So., D)2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)1998-99 Benoit Cotnoir (Sr., D)

All-Conference, Second-Team2008-09 Erik Condra (Sr., RW)

Christian Hanson (Sr., C)Kyle Lawson (Jr., D)

2003-04 Aaron Gill (Sr., C)Rob Globke (Sr., RW)Brett Lebda (Sr., D)

1998-99 Ben Simon (Jr., C)1982-83 Kirt Bjork (Sr., F)1981-82 Dave Poulin (Sr., C)

John Schmidt (Sr., D)

All-Conference Honorable Mention2008-09 Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)

Calle Ridderwall (So., LW)2007-08 Kyle Lawson (So., D)2006-07 Noah Babin (Sr., D)

Erik Condra (So., RW)2001-02 Connor Dunlop (Jr., C)

David Inman (Sr., RW)2000-01 Dan Carlson (Sr., LW)1998-99 Brian Urick (Sr., F)

All-Conference Special Mention1999-00 Dan Carlson (Jr., LW)

Ben Simon (Sr., C)1998-99 Aniket Dhadphale (Sr., LW)

Forrest Karr (Sr., G)1997-98 Benoit Cotnoir (Jr., D)

Aniket Dhadphale (Jr., LW) Mark Eaton (Fr., D) Ben Simon (So., C)

1996-97 Matt Eisler (Jr., G)1995-96 Matt Eisler (So., G)1994-95 Garry Gruber (Jr., D)

Jay Matushak (Jr., RW) Jamie Ling (Jr., C)

1993-94 Garry Gruber (So., D)Jay Matushak (So., RW)

1992-93 Dan Marvin (Sr., LW)1981-82 Kirt Bjork (Jr., F)

Jeff Perry (Sr., W)

Rookie of the Year1997-98 Mark Eaton (D)

All-Rookie Team2008-09 Billy Maday (RW)2006-07 Kevin Deeth (C)

Kyle Lawson (D)Ryan Thang (LW)

2005-06 Erik Condra (RW)2000-01 Brett Lebda (D)1998-99 David Inman (C)1997-98 Mark Eaton (D)1996-97 Joe Dusbabek (RW)1992-93 Jamie Ling (C)

All-Rookie Team Honorable Mention2007-08 Ian Cole (D)2003-04 David Brown (G)

Wes O’Neill (D)2001-02 Morgan Cey (G)1999-00 Tony Zasowski (G)1996-97 Nathan Borega (D)

Tyson Fraser (D)1995-96 Benoit Cotnoir (D)

Aniket Dhadphale (LW)1993-94 Ben Nelsen (D)1992-93 Jeremy Coe (D)

CCHA Tournament MVP -Bill Beagan Award2008-09 Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)

All-Tournament Team2008-09 Ian Cole (So., D)

Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)Calle Ridderwall (So., LW)Ben Ryan (So., C)

2006-07 David Brown (Sr., G)Erik Condra (So., RW)Wes O’Neill (Sr., D)

1981-82 Dave Poulin (Sr., C)

Terry Flanagan Award2008-09 Erik Condra (Sr., LW)2007-08 Dan VeNard (Sr., D)1996-97 Steve Noble (Sr., C)

CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year2008-09 Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)2004-05 Cory McLean (Sr., RW)

CCHA All-Academic Team2008-09 Jordan Pearce (Sr., G)2007-08 Jordan Pearce (Jr. G)2006-07 Jason Paige (Sr., C)2005-06 Jason Paige (Jr., C)2004-05 Cory McLean (Sr., RW)2003-04 Rob Globke (Sr., RW)2001-02 David Inman (Sr., RW)2000-01 Dan Carlson (Sr., LW)1999-00 Andy Jurkowski (Sr., LW)1998-99 Aniket Dhadphale (Sr., LW)

Forrest Karr (Sr., G)1997-98 Steve Noble (Sr., C) 1996-97 Steve Noble (Jr., C) 1995-96 Garry Gruber (Sr., D)1992-93 Curtis Janicke (Sr., F)

Carl Picconatto (Sr., G)

Defenseman Mark Eaton was named the CCHA rookie ofthe year following the 1997-98 season, becoming thesecond Notre Dame hockey player ever namedconference rookie of the year.

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

Selected in voting by members of the CollegeSports Information Directors of America(CoSIDA). Student-athlete must have a 3.2 grade-point average or better to be nominated. Hockeyplayers are selected to the fall and winter at-largeteam.2008-09 Jordan Pearce

(1st Team at-large)Erik Condra

(2nd Team at-large)2007-08 Jordan Pearce

(2nd Team at-large)2000-01 Dan Carlson

(3rd Team at-large)1999-00 Andy Jurkowski

(3rd Team at-large)1998-99 Forrest Karr

(2nd Team at-large)1997-98 Steve Noble

(1st Team at-large)1996-97 Steve Noble

(2nd Team at-large)

Notre Dame MonogramClub Team MVP

2008-09 Jordan Pearce2007-08 Jordan Pearce2006-07 David Brown2005-06 David Brown2004-05 Morgan Cey2003-04 Aaron Gill2002-03 John Wroblewski2001-02 Connor Dunlop2000-01 Dan Carlson1999-00 Dan Carlson1998-99 Forrest Karr1997-98 Matt Eisler1996-97 Matt Eisler1995-96 Jamie Ling1994-95 Matt Eisler1993-94 Matt Osiecki1992-93 Jamie Ling1991-92 Lou Zadra1990-91 Greg Louder1989-90 Lance Madson1988-89 Lance Madson1987-88 Mike McNeill1986-87 Mike McNeill1985-86 Mike McNeill1984-85 Brent Chapman1983-84 Brent Chapman1982-83 Kirt Bjork1981-82 Dave Poulin1980-81 Jeff Logan1979-80 Greg Meredith1978-79 Greg Meredith1977-78 Terry Fairholm, Geoff Collier1976-77 Brian Walsh1975-76 Jack Brownschidle1974-75 Len Moher1973-74 Mark Kronholm1972-73 Eddie Bumbacco1971-72 Paul Regan1970-71 Dick Tomasoni1969-70 John Noble1968-69 Dick Tomasoni

Honors &Awards


Honors &AwardsMike & Marian IlitchHumanitarian Award2003-04 Neil Komadoski (Sr., D)

CCHA Honorable Mention All-Academic Team2003-04 T.J. Mathieson (Sr., D)2000-01 David Inman (Jr., C)1998-99 Benoit Cotnoir (Sr., D)

Andy Jurkowski (Jr., LW)1997-98 Lyle Andrusiak (Sr., C)

Aniket Dhadphale (Jr., LW)Forrest Karr (Jr., G)

1995-96 Chris Bales (Sr., LW)Jamie Ling (Sr., C)Jay Matushak (Sr., RW)Steve Noble (So., C)

1994-95 Garry Gruber (Jr., D)Jamie Ling (Jr., C)Jay Matushak (Jr., RW)

1993-94 Garry Gruber (So., D)Jamie Ling (So., C)

1992-93 Dan Marvin (Sr., LW)1982-83 Kirt Bjork (Sr., F)1981-82 Jeff Perry (Sr., W)

John Schmidt (Sr., D)

Western Collegiate Hockey Association

All-Conference, First-Team1979-80 Greg Meredith (Sr., RW)1976-77 Jack Brownschidle (So., D)

Brian Walsh (Sr., C)1975-76 Jack Brownschidle (Jr., D)1972-73 Eddie Bumbacco (Jr., W)

All-Conference, Second-Team1976-77 John Peterson (Jr., G)1973-74 Ray DeLorenzi (Jr., W)1972-73 Ian Williams (Jr., W)

Bill Nyrop (Jr., D)

All-Conference, Honorable Mention1980-81 Jeff Brownschidle (Sr., D)

Jeff Logan (Jr., W)Dave Poulin (Jr., C)

1979-80 Jeff Brownschidle (Jr., D)Tom Michalek (Sr., C)Dave Poulin (So., C)

1978-79 Jeff Brownschidle (So., D)Dave Laurion (Fr., G)Greg Meredith (Jr., RW)Tom Michalek (Jr., C)Dave Poulin (Fr., C)

1977-78 Don Jackson (Sr., D)Len Moher (Sr., G)John Peterson (Sr., G)

1976-77 Paul Clarke (Sr., D)Don Fairholm (Sr., W)Clark Hamilton (Sr., W)Len Moher (Jr., G)

1975-76 Paul Clarke (Jr., D)Clark Hamilton (Jr., W)Len Moher (So., G)Alex Pirus (Sr., W)Brian Walsh (Jr., C)

1974-75 Jack Brownschidle (So., D)Alex Pirus (Jr., W)Brian Walsh (So., C)

1973-74 Eddie Bumbacco (Sr., W)Steve Curry (Sr., D)Ray DeLorenzi (So., W)Larry Israelson (Sr., W)Bill Nyrop (Sr., D)Paul Regan (Sr., W)Brian Walsh (Fr., D)

1972-73 Bill Green (Sr., D)Mark Kronholm (Jr., G)Mark Steinborn (Sr., D)

1971-72 Steve Curry (So., D)Bill Green (Jr., D)Bill Nyrop (So., D)Ian Williams (So., D)

Most Valuable Player1976-77 Brian Walsh (Sr., C)

Freshman of the Year1973-74 Brian Walsh (C/D)

Top 50 Players in 50 Years (selected in 2001-02)Jack Brownschidle (D) 1973-77Bill Nyrop (D) 1973-77

Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley RockneStudent-Athlete Award

2008-09 ........................................ Jordan Pearce2007-08 .......................................... Jordan Pearce2006-07 ............................................ Jason Paige2005-06 ............................................ Jason Paige2004-05.......................................... Cory McLean2003-04.......................................... T.J. Mathieson2002-03.......................................... T.J. Mathieson2001-02.......................................... T.J. Mathieson2000-01............................................ Dan Carlson1999-00 ...................................... Andy Jurkowski1998-99 ............................................ Forrest Karr1997-98 .......................................... Steve Noble1996-97 ............................................ Steve Noble1995-96 ............................................ Steve Noble1994-95 .......................................... Jay Matushak1993-94 .......................................... Jay Matushak1992-93 ...................................... Carl Picconatto1991-92 ...................................... Carl Picconatto1990-91 ...................................... Carl Picconatto,

Scott Vickman1989-90 ............................................ Bruce Guay1988-89 ............................................ Bob Herber1987-88 ............................................ John Welsch1986-87 .......................................... Tim Lukenda1985-86.............................................. Marc Guay1984-85 ...................................... Dave Waldbillig1983-84.......................................... Tony Bonadio1982-83 .......................................... Mark Doman1981-82 ................................................ Jeff Perry1980-81........................................ Scott Cameron1978-79 ........................................ Tom Michalek

Notre Dame Rookie of the Year

2008-09 ........................................ Billy Maday2007-08............................................Teddy Ruth2006-07 ........................................ Ryan Thang2005-06 .......................................... Erik Condra2004-05 ........................................ None Selected2003-04 ........................................ David Brown2002-03............................................ Matt Amado2001-02............................................ Morgan Cey2000-01 .............................................. Aaron Gill

Rob Globke1999-00 ........................................ Tony Zasowski1998-99 .......................................... David Inman1997-98 ............................................ Mark Eaton1996-97.......................................... Joe Dusbabek1995-96 ............................................ Brian Urick1994-95 .............................................. Matt Eisler1993-94 ............................................ Ben Nelsen1992-93 .............................................. Jamie Ling1991-92 ........................................ Brent Lamppa1990-91 .......................................... Greg Louder1989-90 ............................................ Dan Sawyer1988-89........................................ Dave Bankoske1987-88 ........................................ Rob Bankoske1986-87 ........................................ Lance Madson1985-86 ............................................ Roy Bemiss1984-85 .......................................... Tom Mooney1983-84 ...................................... Dave Waldbillig1982-83 ........................................ Mark Benning1981-82 ............................................ Sean Regan1980-81.......................................... Tony Bonadio1979-80 .............................................. Kirt Bjork1978-79 ............................................ Dave Poulin1977-78 .................................... Jeff Brownschidle1976-77 ........................................ Greg Meredith1975-76 ...................................... Steve Schneider1974-75 ........................................ Don Fairholm1973-74 ............................................ Brian Walsh1972-73............................................ Pat Novitzki1971-72 ........................................ John Campbell1970-71 .............................................. Bill Nyrop1969-70 ............................................ John Noble1968-69 ........................................ Dick Tomasoni

Chris Zorich Award2005-06 ............................................ Chris Trick2003-04 ...................................... Neil Komadoski

Francis Patrick O’Connor Award2008-09 ............................................Erik Condra2006-07 .............................................. T.J. Jindra

Bold indicates current players.

William Donald Nyrop Award Defensive Player of the Year

Bill Nyrop was one of thefinest defenseman ever to playat Notre Dame. The Edina,Minn., native was a standoutblueliner from 1970-74, playingin 119 games with 17 goals and72 assists for 89 points.Selected in the fifth round ofthe 1972 NHL Entry Draft bythe Montreal Canadiens, Nyropwas selected second team all-WCHA in 1973 and was anAll-American selection thatseason.In 2002, he was chosen to the WCHA’s 50th

anniversary team along with teammate JackBrownschidle. Following his Notre Dame career, Nyropwent on to play on three Stanley Cup championshipteams with the Montreal Canadiens (1976-78).He passed away on Dec. 31, 1995 due to cancer at the

age of 43. His memory and legacy at Notre Dame will

Junior defenseman Kyle Lawson receives the William Donald NyropAward as the team’s top defensemen from Bill Nyrop’s daughters Jessica(left) and Hannah (right) Nyrop who presented the award in honor oftheir father, a former Irish All-American defenseman.

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The most prestigious honor awarded to a Notre Dame student-athlete, the Byron V. Kanaley Award, has been pre-sented each year since 1927 to the senior monogram athletes who have been most exemplary as both students andleaders. The awards, presented by the Faculty Board on Athletics, are named in honor of a 1904 Notre Dame graduate who

was a member of the Notre Dame baseball team as an undergraduate. Kanaley went on to a successful banking careerin Chicago and served the University as a lay trustee from 1915 until his death in 1960.Seven members of the Notre Dame hockey team have received the award, including: Kevin Hoene (1972), Mark

Kronholm (1974), Greg Meredith (1980), Tom Michalek (1980), Steve Noble (1998), Dan Venard (2008) and ErikCondra (2009).

Kevin Hoene1972

Mark Kronholm1974

Steve Noble1998

Tom Michalek1980

Byron V. Kanaley Award

live on with the William Donald Nyrop defensive playerof the year award that is presented to the team’s topdefensive player each season.

2008-09 ........................................ Kyle Lawson2007-08 ........................................Brock Sheahan2006-07 .......................................... Noah Babin2005-06 ..........................................Wes O’Neill2004-05 ..........................................Wes O’Neill2003-04 ............................................ Tom Galvin2002-03 .......................................... Evan Nielsen2001-02 .......................................... Evan Nielsen2000-01 ............................................ Brett Lebda1999-00 .......................................... Tyson Fraser1998-99 ...................................... Benoit Cotnoir1997-98 .......................................... Mark Eaton

Charles “Lefty” SmithCoaches Award

Charles “Lefty” Smith cameto Notre Dame in 1968 to startthe Notre Dame hockeyprogram and remained thehead coach of the FightingIrish for 19 seasons beforeretiring in 1987. During histime behind the bench, NotreDame produced six All-Americans and finished secondin the Western CollegiateHockey Association (WCHA)twice (1972-73 and 1976-77). He was selected theWCHA Coach of the Year following the 1972-73 season.The popular head coach retired following the 1986-87season with a career record of 307-320-30. Following his coaching career, Smith became the

director of the Loftus Sports Center where he remainstoday coordinating all events and activities. In 2002, hewas honored for his outstanding accomplishments inhockey at the Hobey Baker Award Banquet as a “Legendof Hockey” honoree.“Lefty” Smith’s name will always be synonymous with

Irish hockey as his name now graces the Coaches Awardthat goes annually to the unsung hero of the NotreDame hockey program, the player who is unheralded, hasovercome adversity and shows loyalty and commitmentto his teammates, Notre Dame hockey and theUniversity of Notre Dame.

2008-09 .......................................... Justin White2007-08..............................................Dan VeNard2006-07 .............................................. T.J. Jindra2005-06 ............................................ Rory Walsh2004-05 ........................................ Cory McLean2003-04 .................................... Neil Komadoski2002-03 ........................................ Jake Wiegand2001-02 .................................. Jeremiah Kimento2000-01 ........................................ Kyle Kolquist1999-00 ...................................... None Selected1998-99 .......................................... Brian Urick

Notre Dame Most Improved Player

2008-09 ................................ Calle Ridderwall2007-08..............................................Dan Kissel2006-07 ........................................ Garrett Regan2005-06 .................................. Mark Van Guilder2004-05 ............................................ Noah Babin2003-04 ..............................................Mike Walsh

Jason Paige2002-03 ..........................................Cory McLean2001-02......................................John Wroblewski2000-01 ..........................................T.J. Mathieson1999-00 ..........................................Jay Kopischke1998-99 ............................................Ryan Dolder1997-98..............................................John Dwyer1996-97........................................Andy Jurkowski1995-96 ........................................Scott Giuliani,

Brian McCarthy

1994-95 ..............................................Chris Bales1993-94..........................................Carey Nemeth1992-93..........................................Jeff Hasselman1991-92 ..........................................Curtis Janicke1990-91 ..........................................Scott Vickman1989-90 ................................................Lou Zadra1988-89 ..............................................Tim Kuehl1987-88 ..............................................Bob Bilton1986-87..........................................Rob Bankoske1985-86..............................................Bob Herber1984-85 ....................................John Nickodemus1983-84 ..............................................Tim Reilly1982-83........................................Steve Whitmore1981-82 ................................................Joe Bowie1980-81............................................Mark Doman1979-80 ..........................................Bill Rothstein1978-79 ......................................John Frieidmann1977-78 ............................................Don Jackson1976-77 ..............................................Dick Howe1975-76 ..........................................Don Fairholm1974-75 ............................................Geoff Collier1973-74 ..............................................Don Smith1972-73 ........................................Ray DeLorenzi1971-72 ..............................................Pat Conroy1970-71 ..............................................Jim Cordes1969-70..............................................Paul O'Neil1968-69 ..............................................Jim Cordes

Offensive Player of the Year The Offensive Player of the Year Award was

introduced during the 2005-06 season and ispresented each season to the team’s top offensiveplayer as selected by the coaching staff.

2008-09 .......................................... Erik Condra2007-08 ............................................Erik Condra2006-07 .......................................... Erik Condra2005-06 .............................................. Josh Sciba

Distinguished Alumni AwardThe Notre Dame hockey program introduced two

new awards in 2005-06 to honor the program’s pastand the dedication of individuals to the success ofIrish hockey.The Distinguished Alumni Award that will be given

each year to an alumnus of the program toacknowledge their accomplishments and the examplethat they have set for others as an alumnus of theNotre Dame hockey program. Each DistinguishedAlumni Award winner will receive a mounted GoldHelmet that is now worn by the Notre Dame hockeyprogram.Two former players – David Bossy ’77 and Paul

Regan ’73 received the first Distinguished AlumniAwards.

2008-09 .................................... Bob McNamara2007-08..........................................Greg Meredith2006-07 ........................ Brian Walsh, Phil Wittliff2005-06 ........................ Dave Bossy, Paul Regan

Honorary Alumni AwardThe Honorary Alumni Award will be presented

each year to a person who while not a alum of theprogram, made major contributions to Notre Damedue to their affiliation with the program.

2008-09 .......................................... Dave Gilbert................................................Mike Lockert

2007-08..............................................Tom Nevala2006-07 .......................... Rev. Thomas Gaughan

..............................................John Whitmer2005-06 .......................................... Tim McNeill

Bold indicates current players.

Dan VeNard2008

Erik Condra2009

Greg Meredith1980

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Irish in theNHL

UN I V E R S I T Y O F N O T R E D A M E ®

Jim Brown (1978-82)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1982-83 New Haven (AHL) 75 3 12 15 120

Los Angeles (NHL) 3 0 1 1 5 1983-84 New Haven (AHL) 39 2 4 6 18

NHL Totals 3 0 1 1 5

Jack Brownschidle (1973-77)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1977-78 Salt Lake City (CHL) 25 4 12 16 0

St. Louis (NHL) 40 2 15 17 23 1978-79 Salt Lake City (CHL) 11 0 10 10 0

St. Louis (NHL) 64 10 24 34 14 1979-80 St. Louis (NHL) 77 12 32 44 8 1980-81 St. Louis (NHL) 71 5 23 28 12 1981-82 St. Louis (NHL) 80 5 33 38 26 1982-83 St. Louis (NHL) 72 1 22 23 30 1983-84 St. Louis (NHL) 51 1 7 8 19

Hartford (NHL) 13 2 2 4 10 1984-85 Binghamton (AHL) 56 4 17 21 8


Hartford (NHL) 9 0 0 0 4 1986-87 Rochester (AHL) 74 8 22 30 13

NHL Totals 494 39 162 201 151

Jeff Brownschidle (1977-81)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1981-82 Binghamton (AHL) 52 4 23 27 24


Hartford (NHL) 4 0 0 0 0 1983-84 Salt Lake City (CHL) 11 1 7 8 12

Binghamton (AHL) 30 2 7 9 50 NHL Totals 7 0 1 1 2

Mark Eaton (1997-98)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1998-99 Philadelphia (AHL) 74 9 27 36 38 1999-00 Philadelphia (AHL) 47 9 17 26 6

Philadelphia (NHL) 27 1 1 2 8 2000-01 Milwaukee (IHL) 34 3 12 15 27

Nashville (NHL) 34 3 8 11 14 2001-02 Nashville (NHL) 58 3 5 8 24 2002-03 Milwaukee (AHL) 3 1 0 1 2

Nashville (NHL) 50 2 7 9 22 2003-04 Nashville (NHL) 75 4 9 13 262004-05 Grand Rapids (AHL) 29 3 3 6 212005-06 Nashville (NHL) 69 3 1 4 442006-07 Pittsburgh (NHL) 35 0 3 3 162007-08 Pittsburgh (NHL) 36 0 3 3 42008-09 Pittsburgh (NHL) 68 4 5 9 36

NHL Totals 452 20 42 62 194

Since 1972, the Notre Dame hockey programhas sent 77 of its former players on to careers inprofessional hockey. Listed below are the 17players who have spent time in the NationalHockey League along with their career statistics.The years listed next to each player’s name arethe years they played at Notre Dame.

Defenseman Don Jackson saw action in the NHL forMinnesota, Edmonton and the New York Rangers. Hewas a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams in1984 and 85.

Center Christian Hanson went right from the Notre Damelineup to a regular shift with the Toronto Maple Leafs inApril of 2009. He scored his first NHL goal in just hissecond career game against New Jersey’s MartinBrodeur.

Defenseman Mark Eaton capped his ninth NHL season byplaying a key role in Pittsburgh’s 2009 Stanley Cupchampionship. He has spent two seasons in thePhiladelphia organization, five with Nashville and the lastthree years with Pittsburgh.

Rob Globke (2000-04)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2004-05 San Antonio (AHL) 63 6 6 12 21

Texas (ECHL) 10 8 4 12 132005-06 Rochester (AHL) 52 6 9 15 52

Florida (NHL) 18 1 0 1 62006-07 Rochester (AHL) 48 7 11 18 37

Florida (NHL) 19 0 1 1 02007-08 Florida (NHL) 9 0 0 0 2

Rochester (AHL) 64 9 12 21 422008-09 Frederikshavn (Denmark) 19 7 6 13 84


Don Jackson (1974-78)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1977-78 Minnesota (NHL) 2 0 0 0 2 1978-79 Oklahoma City (CHL) 73 8 23 31 108

Minnesota (NHL) 5 0 0 0 2 1979-80 Oklahoma City (CHL) 33 5 9 14 54


Minnesota (NHL) 10 0 3 3 19 1981-82 Wichita (CHL) 71 7 37 44 116

Edmonton (NHL) 8 0 0 0 18 1982-83 Birmingham (CHL) 4 1 4 5 8

Edmonton (NHL) 71 2 8 10 136 1983-84 Edmonton (NHL) 64 8 12 20 120 1984-85 Edmonton (NHL) 78 3 17 20 141 1985-86 Edmonton (NHL) 45 2 8 10 93 1986-87 N.Y. Rangers (NHL) 22 1 0 1 91

NHL Totals 315 16 52 68 640

Don Jackson (1974-78) –Coaching Record in NHLSeason Team (League) Type GPW-L-T1989-90 Knoxville (ECHL) Head Coach‡1990-91 Knoxville (ECHL) Head Coach 64 46-13-01992-93 Quebec (NHL) Ass’t. Coach1993-94 Quebec (NHL) Ass’t. Coach1994-95 Cincinnati (IHL) Head Coach 81 49-22-01995-96 Wichita (CHL) Head Coach 64 22-39-31996-97 Kansas City (IHL) Head Coach 82 38-29-01997-98 Pittsburgh (NHL) Ass’t. Coach1998-99 Pittsburgh (NHL) Ass’t. Coach1999-00 Pittsburgh (NHL) Ass’t. Coach2000-01 Chicago (NHL) Ass’t. Coach2001-02 Ottawa (NHL) Ass’t. Coach2002-03 Ottawa (NHL) Ass’t. Coach‡ Midseason replacement

Christian Hanson (2005-09)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2008-09 Toronto (NHL) 5 1 1 2 2


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Brett Lebda (2000-04)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2003-04 Grand Rapids (AHL) 6 0 1 1 02004-05 Grand Rapids (AHL) 80 2 10 12 342005-06 Detroit (NHL) 46 3 9 12 20

Grand Rapids (AHL) 25 4 14 18 442006-07 Detroit (NHL) 74 5 13 18 612007-08 Detroit (NHL) 78 3 11 14 482008-09 Detroit (NHL) 65 6 10 16 48

NHL Totals 263 17 43 60 177

Mike McNeill (1984-88)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1988-89 Fort Wayne (IHL) 75 27 35 62 12

Moncton (AHL) 1 0 0 0 01989-90 Indianapolis (IHL) 74 17 24 41 101990-91 Indianapolis (IHL) 33 16 9 25 19

Chicago (NHL) 23 2 2 4 6Quebec (NHL) 14 2 5 7 4

1991-92 Halifax (AHL) 30 10 8 18 20Quebec (NHL) 26 1 4 5 8

1992-93 Milwaukee (IHL) 75 17 17 34 34 1993-94 Milwaukee (IHL) 78 21 25 46 401994-95 Milwaukee (IHL) 80 23 15 38 301995-96 Milwaukee (IHL) 64 8 9 17 321996-97 Milwaukee (IHL) 74 18 26 44 241997-98 Milwaukee (IHL) 81 10 18 28 58 1998-99 Revier (DEL) 46 8 16 24 101999-00 Revier (DEL) 22 1 7 8 6

NHL Totals 63 5 11 16 18

Greg Meredith (1976-80)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1980-81 Birmingham (CHL) 39 17 10 27 36

Tulsa (CHL) 10 6 4 10 12 Calgary (NHL) 3 1 0 1 0

1981-82 Oklahoma City (CHL) 80 10 23 33 64 1982-83 Colorado (CHL) 36 16 10 26 14

Calgary (NHL) 35 5 4 9 81983-84 Colorado (CHL) 54 23 20 43 39


Bill Nyrop (1970-74)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1974-75 Nova Scotia (AHL) 75 2 22 24 76 1975-76 Nova Scotia (AHL) 52 3 25 28 30

Montreal (NHL) 19 0 3 3 8 1976-77 Montreal (NHL) 74 3 19 22 21 1977-78 Montreal (NHL) 72 5 21 26 37 1981-82 Minnesota (NHL) 42 4 8 12 35 1982-83 Cologne EC (GBun) 19 3 2 5 8

NHL Totals 207 12 51 63 101

Wes O’Neill (2003-07)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2007-08 Lake Erie (AHL) 51 2 4 6 50

Johnstown (ECHL) 6 0 1 1 22008-09 Lake Erie (AHL) 54 1 5 6 34

Johnstown (ECHL) 6 0 1 1 0Colorado 3 0 0 0 4NHL Totals 3 0 0 0 4

Alex Pirus (1973-76)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1976-77 Minnesota (NHL) 79 20 17 37 471977-78 Fort Worth (CHL) 18 9 6 15 4

Minnesota (NHL) 61 9 6 15 381978-79 Oklahoma City (CHL) 51 16 16 32 33


Detroit (NHL) 4 0 2 2 0 1980-81 Indianapolis (CHL) 79 25 46 71 78

NHL Totals 159 30 28 58 94

Dave Poulin (1978-82)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM1982-83 Rogle (Sweden) 32 35 27 62 64

Maine (AHL) 16 7 9 16 2 Philadelphia (NHL) 2 2 0 2 2

1983-84 Philadelphia (NHL) 73 31 45 76 47 1984-85 Philadelphia (NHL) 73 30 44 74 59 1985-86 Philadelphia (NHL) 79 27 42 69 49 1986-87 Philadelphia (NHL) 75 25 45 70 53 1987-88 Philadelphia (NHL) 68 19 32 51 32 1988-89 Philadelphia (NHL) 69 18 17 35 49

1989-90 Philadelphia (NHL) 28 9 8 17 12 Boston (NHL) 32 6 19 25 12

1990-91 Boston (NHL) 31 8 12 20 25 1991-92 Boston (NHL) 18 4 4 8 18 1992-93 Boston (NHL) 84 16 33 49 62 1993-94 Washington (NHL) 63 6 19 25 52 1994-95 Washington (NHL) 29 4 5 9 10

NHL Totals 724 205 325 530 482

Ben Simon (1996-00)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2000-01 Orlando (IHL) 77 8 12 20 47 2001-02 Chicago (AHL) 74 11 23 34 56

Atlanta (NHL) 6 0 0 0 6 2002-03 Chicago (AHL) 69 15 17 32 78

Atlanta (NHL) 10 0 1 1 9 2003-04 Milwaukee (AHL) 18 1 3 4 6

Atlanta (NHL) 52 3 0 3 282004-05 Chicago (AHL) 53 11 10 21 582005-06 Syracuse (AHL) 66 13 24 37 93

Columbus (NHL) 13 0 0 0 42006-07 Syracuse (AHL) 56 9 12 21 77

Grand Rapids (AHL) 21 4 5 9 282007-08 Springfield (AHL) 80 12 10 22 882008-09 Iserlohn (DEL) 51 5 10 15 64


Yan Stastny (2001-03)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2003-04 Nurenberg (DEL) 44 9 20 29 832004-05 Nurenberg (DEL) 51 24 30 54 602005-06 Iowa (AHL) 51 14 17 31 42

Edmonton (NHL) 3 0 0 0 0Boston (NHL) 17 1 3 4 10Providence (AHL) 6 0 5 5 12

2006-07 Boston (NHL) 21 0 2 2 19Providence (AHL) 11 3 9 12 12Peoria (AHL) 39 11 17 28 35

2007-08 Peoria (AHL) 43 13 11 24 69St. Louis (NHL) 12 1 1 2 9

2008-09 Peoria (AHL) 30 12 7 19 21St. Louis (NHL) 34 3 4 7 20NHL Totals 87 5 10 15 58

Tim Wallace (2002-06)Season Team (League) GP G A Pts PIM2006-07 W-B/Scranton (AHL) 32 5 9 14 39

Wheeling (ECHL) 19 6 11 17 232007-08 W-B/Scranton (AHL) 74 12 14 26 822008-09 W-B/Scranton (AHL) 58 11 8 19 51)

Pittsburgh (NHL) 16 0 2 2 7NHL Totals 16 0 2 2 7

Defenseman Brett Lebda saw his first NHL action in 2005-06 with the Detroit Red Wings. He played in 46 games,scoring three goals and adding nine assists for 12 pointsin his rookie season.

Dave Poulin saw action in 13 seasons during his NationalHockey League career with Philadelphia, Boston andWashington. He won the league’s Frank Selke Award(top defensive forward) in 1987 and the King ClancyMemorial Trophy (for leadership on and off the ice) in1993.


Irish in theNHL Draft

Incoming freshman forward Kyle Palmieri became NotreDame’s second player ever picked in the first round whenthe Anaheim Ducks selected him with the 26th pick in the2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Defenseman Ian Cole became the first Notre Damehockey player ever selected in the first round of theNational Hockey League Entry Draft. The ruggeddefenseman was selected with the 18th overall pick in the2007 Draft by the St. Louis Blues.

Since 1969, the Notre Dame hockey program has seen 57 of its players drafted by NationalHockey League teams, including five in the 2007 Entry Draft. During that draft, current sopho-more defenseman, Ian Cole, became the program’s first-ever first-round choice as he was selected18th overall by the St. Louis Blues. The Irish had their second first-round pick in 2009 when KylePalmieri was selected 26th overall by the Anaheim Ducks.

Name Team Year Round Pick

Ian Williams Pittsburgh Penguins 1971 6th 74Bill Green Vancouver Canucks 1971 7th 87Bill Nyrop Montreal Canadiens 1972 4th 66D’Arcy Keating Pittsburgh Penguins 1972 7th 104Eddie Bumbacco Montreal Canadiens 1972 9th 142

John Campbell New York Rangers 1973 3rd 46Len Moher Buffalo Sabres 1975 10th 174Alex Pirus Minnesota North Stars 1975 3rd 41Clark Hamilton Detroit Red Wings 1975 3rd 50Jack Brownschidle St. Louis Blues 1975 6th 99

Paul Clarke Montreal Canadiens 1975 9th 158Kevin Nugent Boston Bruins 1975 10th 171Roger Bourque Montreal Canadiens 1975 14th 208Don Jackson Minnesota North Stars 1976 3rd 39John Peterson Chicago Blackhawks 1976 6th 99

Greg Meredith Atlanta Flames 1978 6th 97Don Lucia Philadelphia Flyers 1978 10th 168Scott Cameron New York Islanders 1978 10th 169Jim Brown Los Angeles Kings 1979 5th 92John Schmidt Montreal Canadiens 1980 9th 187

John Devoe Montreal Canadiens 1982 4th 69Greg Hudas Detroit Red Wings 1982 7th 128Mike McNeill St. Louis Blues (supplemental) 1988 1st 14Dan Sawyer Calgary Flames 1989 10th 210Greg Louder Edmonton Oilers 1990 5th 101

Chris Tschupp Calgary Flames 1990 6th 125John Rushin New York Rangers 1991 7th 147Davide Dal Grande New York Rangers 1992 6th 144Wade Salzman St. Louis Blues 1992 11th 259Tim Harberts Pittsburgh Penguins 1993 9th 234

Steve Noble St. Louis Blues 1994 8th 198Aniket Dhadphale San Jose Sharks 1994 10th 245Brian Urick Edmonton Oilers 1996 5th 114Ben Simon Chicago Blackhawks 1997 5th 110Joe Dusbabek San Jose Sharks 1997 7th 163

Jay Kopischke Los Angeles Kings 1997 8th 193Ryan Clark New York Islanders 1997 9th 222David Inman New York Rangers 1999 2nd 59Brett Henning New York Islanders 1999 9th 255Evan Nielsen Atlanta Thrashers 2000 8th 242

Neil Komadoski Ottawa Senators 2001 3rd 81Rob Globke Florida Panthers 2002 2nd 40Mike Walsh New York Rangers 2002 5th 143Yan Stastny Boston Bruins 2002 8th 259Victor Oreskovich Colorado Avalanche 2004 2nd 55

Wes O’Neill New York Islanders 2004 4th 115David Brown Pittsburgh Penguins 2004 8th 228Kyle Lawson Carolinia Hurricanes 2005 7th 198Erik Condra Ottawa Senators 2006 7th 211Ian Cole St. Louis Blues 2007 1st 18

Teddy Ruth Washington Capitals 2007 2nd 46Ryan Thang Nashville Predators 2007 3rd 81Ben Ryan Nashville Predators 2007 4th 114Brad Phillips Philadelphia Flyers 2007 7th 182Nick Larson Calgary Flames 2008 4th 108

Sean Lorenz Minnesota Wild 2008 4th 115Kyle Palmieri Anaheim Ducks 2008 1st 26

Bold indicates current players

Irish in thePros

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Since 1972, the Notre Dame hockey program has sent 85 of its former players on to playing careers inprofessional hockey. The years below denote the years each player played professionally along with the teamsthey played for.

Name (Years Played Pro) Teams Played ForPhil Wittliff (1971-77) Jersey (EHL), Port Huron (IHL), Milwaukee (USHL)John Campbell (1973-78) Providence (AHL), Richmond (AHL), Winston-Salem (SHL), Preston

(CSAHL)Mark Steinborn (1973-74) Port Huron (IHL), Oklahoma City (CHL)Steve Curry (1974-75) Maine (NAHL), Cape Cod (NAHL)Ray DeLorenzi (1974-76) Tulsa (CHL), Vancouver (WHA), Johnstown (NAHL), Calgary (WHA)

Larry Israelson (1974-77) Tulsa (CHL), Vancouver (WHA), Springfield (AHL), Calgary (WHA),Tidewater (SHL), Erie (NAHL)

Ric Schafer (1975-76) SwitzerlandRoger Bourque (1979-80) Hull (QMJHL)Paul Clarke (1978-81) Flint (IHL), Chicago (CnHL)Clark Hamilton (1977-80) Kansas City (CHL), Erie (EHL), Cincinnati (CHL)

Brian Walsh (1976-79) Calgary (WHA), San Francisco (PHL), New Hampshire/Cape Cod(NEHL)

Dan Byers (1978-80) Johnstown (NEHL), Fort Wayne (IHL)Geoff Collier (1978-80) Milwaukee (IHL), Netherlands Elite LeagueKevin Nugent (1978-79) Dallas (CHL), Indianapolis (WHA)Kevin Humphreys (1982-83) Switzerland

Kirt Bjork (1983-85) Adirondack (AHL), Italian Elite LeagueBob McNamara (1983-88) Peoria (IHL), Milwaukee (IHL), Rochester (AHL), Mohawk Valley (ACHL)Greg Hudas (1985-86) Flint (IHL)Bob Thebeau (1986-87) Virginia (ECHL)Steve Whitmore (1986-87) The Netherlands

Frank O’Brien (1988-89) SwedenLance Patten (1988-89) SwedenBob Bilton (1988-89) Indianapolis (IHL)Tim Caddo (1988-91) SHT Seinajoki (Sweden Div. II)Tim Kuehl (1989-90) Sweden

Lance Madson (1990-92) Louisville (ECHL), Columbus (ECHL), Springfield (AHL)Andy Slaggert(1989-90) Wurzburg ESV (Germany)Kevin Patrick (1992-93) Green Bay (AHA), St. Thomas (CoHL), New Haven (AHL)Lou Zadra (1992-93) Green Bay (AHA), Daytona Beach (SuHL)Eric Gregoire (1993-94) Erie (ECHL)

Carl Picconatto (1993-94) Flint (CoHL), Muskegon (CoHL)Dan Sawyer (1993-95) Utica (CoHL), Huntington (ECHL), Johnstown (ECHL)Dave Bankoske (1993-95) Romford (BHL), Toledo (ECHL)Greg Louder (1994-95) Wheeling (ECHL), Cape Breton (AHL)Matt Osiecki (1994-00) Tallahassee (ECHL), Alexandria (WPHL)

Jamie Ling (1996-03) Milwaukee (IHL), Mobile (ECHL), Hershey (AHL), Baton Rouge (ECHL),Chesapeake (ECHL), Dayton (ECHL), Dayton (ECHL), Cincinnati (IHL),Kansas City (IHL), Indianapolis (IHL), Cleveland (AHL)

Brett Bruininks (1996-99) Philadelphia (AHL), Johnstown (ECHL), Indianapolis (IHL), Florida(ECHL)

Garry Gruber (1996-99) Tallahassee (ECHL), Louisville (ECHL), Huntington (ECHL), Peoria(ECHL), Augusta (ECHL), Charlotte (ECHL)

Brian McCarthy (1998-99) Bad Nauheim EC (GerBun)Ben Nelsen (1996-98) Charlotte (ECHL), Richmond (ECHL)

Matt Eisler (1998-00) Saint John (AHL), Johnstown (ECHL), Greensboro (ECHL)Steve Noble (1998-99) Fort Worth (CHL)Benoit Cotnoir (1999-04) Mobile (ECHL), Richmond (ECHL), Pont Rouge (QSPHL),

Basingstoke (BNL), Augusta (ECHL), Macon (WHA2)Aniket Dhadphale (1999-05) Greensboro (ECHL), Roanoke (ECHL), Trenton (ECHL), Providence

(AHL), Macon (ECHL), Lanshut EV (GerBun), Fassa HC (Italy)Forrest Karr (1999-00) Jacksonville (ECHL), South Carolina (ECHL)

Brian Urick (1999-01) Tallahassee (ECHL), Hamilton (AHL)Nathan Borega (2000-02) Louisiana (ECHL), Pensacola (ECHL), Reading (ECHL)Joe Dusbabek (2000-08) Roanoke (ECHL), Bridgeport (AHL), Quad City (UHL),

Phoenix (ECHL), Utah (ECHL), Pensacola (ECHL)Sean Molina (2000-02) Trenton (ECHL), Lowell (AHL), Cleveland (AHL), Cincinnati (ECHL)Sean Seyferth (2000-01) Dayton (ECHL), Wheeling (ECHL)

Dan Carlson (2001-) Saint John (AHL), Roanoke (ECHL), Lowell (AHL), Coventry (EIHL),Munich (GER)

Chad Chipchase (2001-02) HYC Herentals (Belgium)Ryan Clark (2001-03) Mississippi (ECHL)Ryan Dolder (2001-02) Mississippi (ECHL)Jay Kopischke (2001-03) South Carolina (ECHL), Charlotte (ECHL), Augusta (ECHL)

Matt Van Arkel (2001-02) Pee Dee (ECHL), Trenton (ECHL), Fort Wayne (UHL)David Inman (2002-04) Charlotte (ECHL), Hartford (AHL), Lowell (AHL)Jon Maruk (2002-03) Bossier-Shreveport (CHL)Evan Nielsen (2002-05) Chicago (AHL), Gwinnett (ECHL), Trenton (ECHL)Tony Zasowski (2002-03) Dayton (ECHL)

Jake Wiegand (2002-05) Dayton (ECHL), Pee Dee (ECHL)Michael Chin (2003-05) Cincinnati (ECHL), Dayton (ECHL), Greenville (ECHL), Pee Dee

(ECHL), Trenton (ECHL)Connor Dunlop (2003-05) Cincinnati (ECHL), Litvinov (Czech), Trenton (ECHL)John Wroblewski (2003-07) Fresno (ECHL)Tom Galvin (2004- ) Atlantic City (ECHL), Reading (ECHL), Quad City (ECHL), Muskegon

(UHL), Grand Rapids (AHL)

Aaron Gill (2004-07) Cleveland (AHL), Trenton (ECHL), Idaho (ECHL)Neil Komadoski (2004-08) Binghamton (AHL), Peoria (AHL), Alaska (ECHL)Morgan Cey (2005- ) Johnstown (ECHL), Springfield (AHL), Norfolk (AHL),

Mississippi (ECHL)Brad Wanchulak (2005-07) Phoenix (ECHL), Pee Dee (SPHL), Greenville (ECHL),

Memphis (CHL), Heerenveen Flyers (Hlnd), Wichita (ECHL)Chris Trick (2005-09) Pensacola (ECHL), Utah (ECHL), Kalamazoo (IHL)

Matt Amado (2006-07) Chicago (UHL), Quebec (LNAH)Mike Walsh (2006- ) Toledo (ECHL), Grand Rapids (AHL), Dayton (ECHL), Utah (ECHL)Noah Babin (2007- ) Albany (AHL), Florida (ECHL)David Brown (2007- ) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL), Wheeling (ECHL)Jason Paige (2007-08) Trenton (ECHL)

Josh Sciba (2007-08) Bakersfield (ECHL), Las Vegas (ECHL), Dayton (ECHL)Tom Sawatske (2007-) Dayton (ECHL), Phoenix (ECHL), Cincinnati (ECHL), Reading (ECHL)Michael Bartlett (2007-) Arizona (CHL), Austin (CHL), Johnstown (ECHL), Lake Erie (AHL)Mark Van Guilder (2008- ) Milwaukee (AHL), Cincinnati (ECHL), Hamilton (AHL)Brock Sheahan (2008- ) Wheeling (ECHL)

Evan Rankin (2008-) Rio Grande (CHL)Garrett Regan (2008-) Las Vegas (ECHL)Luke Lucyk (2008-) Charlotte (ECHL)

Former Irish right wing Tim Wallace hasplayed three seasons in the Pittsburgh

organization. In 2008-09 he split timebetween Scranton/Wilkes Barre in the

AHL and made his NHL debut, playing in16 games in Pittsburgh.

NOTRE DAME IN PRO HOCKEY ADMINISTRATIONThe following Notre Dame alumni moved on to positions in professional hockey coaching and

management when their playing careers ended.Name (Years) Teams Played ForStan Bowman (2001-) Chicago BlackHawks (NHL) - Ass’t. GM/General ManagerBob McNamara Milwaukee (IHL) – Player-assistant coach, Cleveland (IHL)(1987-88, 92- ) – Assistant General Manager; Grand Rapids (IHL and AHL) –

General Manager, Interim Head coachPhil Wittliff (1979 - 2006) Milwaukee (IHL) – Head coach, Executive V.P. and General ManagerDon Jackson Knoxville (ECHL) – Head coach, Quebec (NHL) – Ass’t. (1989-03,

2005- ) Coach, Cincinnati (IHL) - Head coach, Wichita (CHL), Headcoach, Kansas City (IHL) – Head coach, Pittsburgh (NHL) – Ass’t.coach, Chicago (NHL) – Ass’t. coach, Ottawa (NHL) Ass’t. coach,Eisbaren Berlin – Ass’t coach, Eisbaren Berlin Head coach

Bill Nyrop (1991-93) Knoxville (ECHL) – Head coach, West Palm Beach (SuHL) – Headcoach

Jamie Ling (2000-01, 03-04) Dayton (ECHL) – Player-assistant coach, Head coachTim Reilly (2002-04) Dayton (ECHL) – Team President

Players and coaches in bold and italics active through 2008-09 season

IHL - International Hockey League, ECHL - East Coast Hockey League, WHA - World HockeyAssociation, CoHL - Colonial Hockey League, CnHL – Continental Hockey League, AHL - AmericanHockey League, BHL - British Hockey League, WPHL - Western Professional Hockey League, CHL -Central Hockey League, GerBun – Germany – Bundesliga, DEL – Deutsche Eishockey League(Germany), WHA2 – World Hockey Association 2, SuHL – Sunshine Hockey League

Mark Van Guilder spent time withMilwaukee and Hamilton in the AmericanHockey League and Cincinnati in the EastCoast Hockey League in his first proseason. He led the Cincinnati Cyclones inscoring with 26 goals and 44 assists for70 points in 65 games.


USAHockey

Freshman right wing Kyle Palmieri becomes one of 23former members of the U.S. National TeamDevelopmental Program to play at Notre Dame. The high-scoring forward was a first round selection of the AnaheimDucks in the 2009 Entry Draft. He had 15 goals and 15assists for 30 points in 33 games for the national programin 2008-09.

Brett LebdaUSNTDP

1998-99, 1999-00Junior NationalTeam 2001-02

Rob GlobkeUSNTDP

1998-99, 1999-00Junior National Team2000-01, 2001-02

David InmanJunior National

Team1999-00

Derek SmithUSNTDP

1999-00, 2000-01

Three Notre Dame players, skated on the USA’s 1999-2000 World Junior Championship team (each pictured in second row): BrettHenning (fourth from left), David Inman (fifth from right) and Connor Dunlop (third from right).

Jack BrownschidleJunior National Team1976-77, 1978-79

Ben SimonJunior National Team1996-97, 1997-98

Brett HenningUSNTDP 1997-98Junior Nat’l Team

1999-00

Joe DusbabekJunior National Team

1997-98

Michael ChinUSNTDP1997-98

Connor DunlopUSNTDP

1997-98, 1998-99Junior National Team1999-00, 2000-01

Paul HarrisUSNTDP

1997-98, 1998-99

John WroblewskiUSNTDP

1997-98, 1998-99

Dan Carlson Junior

National Team1998-99

Neil KomadoskiUSNTDP

1998-99, 1999-00

Notre Dame’s USAHockey Alumni

David Inman — 1999-00Rob Globke — 2000-01, 2001-02Brett Lebda — 2001-02Kyle Lawson — 2006-07Ian Cole — 2007-08, 2008-09Teddy Ruth — 2008-09

USA Hockey Looks To Notre Dame for Helping Hand at World Junior Championships

The Notre Dame hockey program has played a leading role in the United States Hockey juniornational program in recent years. After concluding his Notre Dame career, All-American defensemanJack Brownschidle was a member of the USA Hockey team in 1976-77 and ’78-’79. Twenty-six yearslater, a total of 22 Irish players have been a part of USA Hockey, with the junior national team orunder-18 developmental program. During the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons, the Irish had two repre-sentatives on the U.S. Junior National team. Connor Dunlop ’03, served as captain of the ’00-’01 teamand was joined by Rob Globke. The following season, Globke made his second appearance along withdefenseman Brett Lebda. In each of the last two seasons, the Irish have had one player on the JuniorNational squad. In ‘06-’07, defenseman Kyle Lawson served as the team captain while defenseman IanCole was selected in consecutive years (‘07-’09) and was joined by teammate Teddy Ruth last year.

Notre Dame Players on the U.S. Junior National TeamJack Brownschidle — 1976-77, 1978-79Ben Simon — 1996-97, 1997-98Joe Dusbabek — 1997-98Dan Carlson — 1998-99Connor Dunlop — 1999-00, 2000-01Brett Henning — 1999-00

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Freshman defenseman Sam Calabrese joins the Irishroster after playing two seasons with the U.S. NationalDevelopmental Team in Ann Arbor. He joins former NTDPteammate, Kyle Palmieri, on the 2009-10 Notre Dameroster. Last season, Calabrese had a goal and nine assistsin 44 games between the Under-17 and Under-18 teams.

USA Hockey Under-18 Stars Sign On With Irish

The 2009-10 Notre Dame hockey team includes eight players who are products of the USA Hockey National Team Developmental Program(NTDP), which began in 1997-98. Leading the way is senior defenseman Kyle Lawson, a second team all-CCHA selection and the conference’sdefensive defenseman of the year in 2008-09. Three NTDP alums – goaltender Brad Phillips and defensemen Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth – joinedthe Notre Dame roster in 2007-08 with Cole taking first team all-CCHA and first team All-American honors in ‘08-’09. They were joined by for-ward Patrick Gaul and defenseman Sean Lorenz who will be sophomores this season. Joining Notre Dame this year are incoming freshman defense-man Sam Calabrese and right wing Kyle Palmieri, who was a first round choice of the Anaheim Ducks. In all, the Irish have 23 former nationalteam members to have played at Notre Dame since 1997-98.

Tim WallaceUSNTDP

2000-01, 2001-02

Noah BabinUSNTDP

2000-01, 2001-02

Michael BartlettUSNTDP

2001-02, 2002-03

Josh ScibaUSNTDP

2001-02, 2002-03

Ian ColeUSNTDP

2005-06, 2006-07Junior National Team

2007-08

Brad PhillipsUSNTDP

2005-06, 2006-07

Teddy RuthUSNTDP

2005-06, 2006-07

Tom SawatskeUSNTDP

2000-01, 2001-02

Kyle LawsonUSNTDP

2003-04, 2004-05Junior National Team

2006-07

Jordan PearceUSNTDP

2002-03, 2003-04

Sophomore center Patrick Gual spent two seasons in theU.S. National Team Developmental Program. He joinedthe Irish roster in 2008-09 along with Under-18teammate Sean Lorenz. In 15 games as a freshman, Gualhad a pair of assists for the Irish.

Sophomore defenseman Sean Lorenz is one of fiveformer defensemen on the Notre Dame blue line who areproducts of the U.S. National Team DevelopmentalProgram. He joins incoming freshman Sam Calabrese,juniors Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth and senior Kyle Lawson.In 2008-09, Lorenz played in all 40 games with threeassists and was +7 on the year.

Patrick GaulUSNTDP

2006-07, 2007-08

Sean LorenzUSNTDP

2006-07, 2007-08

Sam CalabreseUSNTDP

2007-08, 2008-09

Kyle PalmieriUSNTDP

2007-08, 2008-09


Year-by-YearLeaders

Saves2008-09 Jordan Pearce ........................................ 6212007-08 Jordan Pearce ........................................ 5462006-07 David Brown ........................................ 8442005-06 David Brown ........................................ 7622004-05 Morgan Cey .......................................... 7662003-04 David Brown.......................................... 6872002-03 Morgan Cey........................................ 1,0542001-02 Morgan Cey .......................................... 9272000-01 Tony Zasowski ...................................... 5311999-00 Tony Zasowski ...................................... 6731998-99 Forrest Karr .......................................... 8301997-98 Matt Eisler ............................................ 8131996-97 Matt Eisler ............................................ 7641995-96 Matt Eisler ............................................ 6601994-95 Matt Eisler ............................................ 6551993-94 Greg Louder .......................................... 5631992-93 Greg Louder .......................................... 5081991-92 Greg Louder .......................................... 4881990-91 Greg Louder .......................................... 9351989-90 Lance Madson........................................ 9681988-89 Lance Madson .................................... 1,2881987-88 Lance Madson........................................ 7221986-87 Lance Madson........................................ 5411985-86 Tim Lukenda ........................................ 5591984-85 Tim Lukenda ........................................ 5011983-84 Tim Lukenda ........................................ 3191982-83 Bob McNamara .................................... 9161981-82 Dave Laurion ........................................ 8271980-81 Bob McNamara .................................... 7651979-80 Dave Laurion ........................................ 5961978-79 Dave Laurion ........................................ 8431977-78 Len Moher ............................................ 7021976-77 Len Moher ............................................ 6041975-76 John Peterson ........................................ 6201974-75 Len Moher .......................................... 6401973-74 Mark Kronholm .................................. 1,1131972-73 Mark Kronholm .................................... 9801971-72 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... 6681970-71 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... 6781969-70 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... 5871968-69 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... 823

Save Percentage2008-09 Jordan Pearce ...................................... .9312007-08 Jordan Pearce ...................................... .9142006-07 David Brown ...................................... .9312005-06 David Brown ...................................... .9152004-05 Morgan Cey.......................................... .9122003-04 David Brown...........................................9252002-03 Morgan Cey.......................................... .9122001-02 Morgan Cey.......................................... .9102000-01 Jeremiah Kimento ................................ .8821999-00 Tony Zasowski ...................................... .9011998-99 Forrest Karr .......................................... .8991997-98 Matt Eisler ............................................ .9051996-97 Matt Eisler .......................................... .8851995-96 Wade Salzman ...................................... .8701994-95 Matt Eisler .......................................... .8701993-94 Greg Louder ........................................ .8581992-93 Greg Louder ........................................ .8421991-92 Brent Lothrop ...................................... .8561990-91 Greg Louder ........................................ .8741989-90 Lance Madson ...................................... .8701988-89 Lance Madson ...................................... .8761987-88 Lance Madson ...................................... .8821986-87 Lance Madson ...................................... .8781985-86 Tim Lukenda ........................................ .8441984-85 Tim Lukenda ........................................ .8281983-84 Al Haverkamp ...................................... .8901982-83 Bob McNamara .................................... .8481981-82 Dave Laurion ........................................ .8741980-81 Bob McNamara .................................... .8741979-80 Dave Laurion ........................................ .8581978-79 Dave Laurion ........................................ .8621977-78 John Peterson........................................ .8831976-77 John Peterson........................................ .8991975-76 Len Moher............................................ .8851974-75 Len Moher .......................................... .8881973-74 Mark Kronholm.................................... .8811972-73 Mark Kronholm.................................... .8841971-72 Mark Kronholm.................................... .8791970-71 Mark Kronholm.................................... .9071969-70 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... .8921968-69 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... .880

Goaltender Victories2008-09 Jordan Pearce .......................................... 302007-08 Jordan Pearce .......................................... 232006-07 David Brown .......................................... 302005-06 David Brown ............................................ 92004-05 Morgan Cey .............................................. 32003-04 David Brown .......................................... 132002-03 Morgan Cey ............................................ 152001-02 Morgan Cey ............................................ 152000-01 Jeremiah Kimento .................................... 51999-00 Tony Zasowski ...................................... 131998-99 Forrest Karr ............................................ 191997-98 Matt Eisler .............................................. 121996-97 Matt Eisler ................................................ 71995-96 Matt Eisler ................................................ 71994-95 Matt Eisler ................................................ 91993-94 Greg Louder .............................................. 71992-93 Greg Louder .............................................. 41991-92 Greg Louder .............................................. 51990-91 Greg Louder ............................................ 161989-90 Lance Madson.......................................... 181988-89 Lance Madson .......................................... 91987-88 Lance Madson.......................................... 241986-87 Lance Madson.......................................... 121985-86 Tim Lukenda ............................................ 71984-85 Tim Lukenda ............................................ 61983-84 Tim Lukenda .......................................... 171982-83 Bob McNamara ...................................... 121981-82 Dave Laurion .......................................... 161980-81 Bob McNamara ...................................... 141979-80 Bob McNamara ...................................... 101978-79 Dave Laurion .......................................... 151977-78 Len Moher .............................................. 111976-77 Len Moher .............................................. 121975-76 Len Moher .............................................. 101974-75 Len Moher .............................................. 101973-74 Mark Kronholm ...................................... 141972-73 Mark Kronholm ...................................... 201971-72 Dick Tomasoni ........................................ 121970-71 Dick Tomasoni .......................................... 61969-70 Dick Tomasoni ........................................ 161968-69 Dick Tomasoni ........................................ 15

Goals-Against Average2008-09 Jordan Pearce ...................................... 1.682007-08 Jordan Pearce ...................................... 2.042006-07 David Brown ...................................... 1.582005-06 David Brown ...................................... 2.472004-05 Morgan Cey.......................................... 2.992003-04 David Brown ........................................ 2.322002-03 Morgan Cey.......................................... 2.872001-02 Morgan Cey.......................................... 2.722000-01 Jeremiah Kimento ................................ 3.601999-00 Tony Zasowski .................................... 2.561998-99 Forrest Karr .......................................... 2.581997-98 Matt Eisler ............................................ 2.701996-97 Matt Eisler .......................................... 3.651995-96 Wade Salzman ...................................... 3.651994-95 Matt Eisler .......................................... 4.301993-94 Wade Salzman ...................................... 3.981992-93 Greg Louder ........................................ 4.851991-92 Brent Lothrop ...................................... 4.151990-91 Greg Louder ........................................ 4.111989-90 Lance Madson ...................................... 4.571988-89 Lance Madson ...................................... 4.961987-88 Lance Madson ...................................... 3.441986-87 Lance Madson ...................................... 4.161985-86 Tim Lukenda ........................................ 5.721984-85 Tim Lukenda ........................................ 6.221983-84 Al Haverkamp ...................................... 2.881982-83 Bob McNamara .................................... 5.341981-82 Bob McNamara .................................... 4.131980-81 Dave Laurion ........................................ 3.931979-80 Dave Laurion ........................................ 4.931978-79 Dave Laurion ........................................ 4.771977-78 John Peterson........................................ 4.471976-77 John Peterson........................................ 3.441975-76 Len Moher............................................ 4.401974-75 Len Moher............................................ 4.401973-74 Mark Kronholm.................................... 4.171972-73 Mark Kronholm.................................... 4.101971-72 Dick Tomasoni ...................................... 4.361970-71 Chris Cathcart ...................................... 2.831969-70 Chris Cathcart ...................................... 3.491968-69 John Barry ............................................ 2.00

Goaltender Winning Pct.2008-09 Jordan Pearce (30-6-3) ........................ .8082007-08 Jordan Pearce (23-15-4) ........................ .5952006-07 David Brown (30-6-3) .......................... .8082005-06 Jordan Pearce (4-4-0) ............................ .5002004-05 Morgan Cey (3-17-5)............................ .2202003-04 David Brown (14-7-3) .......................... .6462002-03 Morgan Cey (15-15-6) .......................... .5002001-02 Morgan Cey (15-14-3) .......................... .5162000-01 Jeremiah Kimento (5-7-2) .................... .4291999-00 Tony Zasowski (13-9-6) ........................ .5711998-99 Forrest Karr (19-14-5) .......................... .5661997-98 Forrest Karr (6-3-1) .............................. .6501996-97 Matt Eisler (7-19-1) .............................. .2781995-96 Matt Eisler (7-16-1) .............................. .3131994-95 Matt Eisler (9-13-0) .............................. .4091993-94 Greg Louder (7-14-4) ........................... .3601992-93 Greg Louder (4-16-1)............................ .2141991-92 Greg Louder (5-13-0)............................ .2781990-91 Greg Louder (16-15-2).......................... .5151989-90 Lance Madson (18-15-0) ...................... .5451988-89 Lance Madson (9-26-2) ........................ .2701987-88 Lance Madson (24-4-2) ........................ .8331986-87 Lance Madson (5-12-0) ........................ .4171985-86 Tim Lukenda (7-9-1) ............................ .4411984-85 Tim Lukenda (6-11-1) .......................... .3611983-84 Tim Lukenda (12-5-0) .......................... .7061982-83 Bob McNamara (12-18-2) .................... .4061981-82 Dave Laurion (16-10-2) ........................ .6071980-81 Dave Laurion (6-7-0) ............................ .4621979-80 Bob McNamara (10-7-0) ...................... .5881978-79 Dave Laurion (15-14-1) ........................ .5171977-78 Len Moher (8-11-1) ............................... 4251976-77 Len Moher (12-5-1).............................. .6941975-76 Len Moher (10-6-2).............................. .6111974-75 Len Moher (10-18-1) ............................ .5531973-74 Mark Kronholm (14-20-0) .................... .4121972-73 Mark Kronholm (20-10-0) .................... .0541971-72 Dick Tomasoni (12-10-0........................ .5451970-71 Dick Tomasoni (6-12-3) ........................ .3571969-70 Dick Tomasoni (16-5-1) ........................ .7501968-69 Dick Tomasoni (15-8-3) ........................ .634

Note: minimum standards often have been applied to determineyearly percentage and average leaders (evaluated on a year-by-year basis).

Dave Laurion won 16 games for the 1981-82 NotreDame team that advanced to the CCHA championshipgame.

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Assists2008-09 Kevin Deeth ........................................ 272007-08 Erik Condra .......................................... 232006-07 Erik Condra .......................................... 342005-06 Erik Condra .......................................... 282004-05 Cory McLean .......................................... 172003-04 Rob Globke ............................................ 21

Aaron Gill................................................ 212002-03 Connor Dunlop ...................................... 252001-02 Connor Dunlop ...................................... 362000-01 Dan Carlson .......................................... 251999-00 Joe Dusbabek .......................................... 19

Ben Simon .............................................. 191998-99 Brian Urick ............................................ 251997-98 Ben Simon ............................................ 281996-97 Aniket Dhadphale .................................. 161995-96 Jamie Ling .............................................. 191994-95 Jamie Ling .............................................. 311993-94 Jamie Ling .............................................. 261992-93 Jamie Ling .............................................. 261991-92 Curtis Janicke .......................................... 381990-91 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 301989-90 Tim Kuehl .............................................. 291988-89 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 341987-88 Mike McNeill .......................................... 441986-87 Kevin Markovitz ...................................... 181985-86 Mike McNeill .......................................... 291984-85 Tim Reilly .............................................. 391983-84 Brent Chapman........................................ 401982-83 Kirt Bjork................................................ 341981-82 John Schmidt .......................................... 341980-81 Jeff Brownschidle .................................... 281979-80 Tom Michalek.......................................... 441978-79 Dave Poulin ............................................ 31

Ted Weltzin ............................................ 311977-78 Don Fairholm .......................................... 291976-77 Brian Walsh ............................................ 411975-76 Brian Walsh ............................................ 471974-75 Pat Conroy .............................................. 311973-74 Bill Nyrop .............................................. 291972-73 Eddie Bumbacco ...................................... 471971-72 John Noble .............................................. 421970-71 John Noble .............................................. 271969-70 John Noble .............................................. 351968-69 Joe Bonk ................................................ 24

Jamie Ling is the only player to lead Notre Dame in scoringfor four straight seasons (he had 40 points in 1992-93, 39in 1993-94, 43 in 1994-95 and 31 in 1995-96). Jeff Brownschidle led Notre Dame with 28 assists in

1980-81 from his defenseman position.

South Bend native Mike McNeill is one of themost accomplished Notre Dame hockey playersnever to earn All-America honors. McNeill ledthe Irish in scoring for three seasons and remainsfifth on the Irish all-time scoring list, with 198career points from 1984-88 (83 goals, 115assists).

Total Points2008-09 Erik Condra .......................................... 382007-08 Erik Condra ............................................ 382006-07 Erik Condra .......................................... 482005-06 Erik Condra .......................................... 342004-05 Cory McLean .......................................... 222003-04 Rob Globke ............................................ 402002-03 Rob Globke ............................................ 362001-02 Connor Dunlop ...................................... 452000-01 Dan Carlson .......................................... 421999-00 Dan Carlson .......................................... 351998-99 Ben Simon ............................................ 421997-98 Ben Simon ............................................ 351996-97 Joe Dusbabek ........................................ 25

Brian Urick ............................................ 251995-96 Jamie Ling .............................................. 311994-95 Jamie Ling .............................................. 431993-94 Jamie Ling .............................................. 391992-93 Jamie Ling .............................................. 401991-92 Curtis Janicke .......................................... 501990-91 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 491989-90 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 561988-89 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 451987-88 Mike McNeill .......................................... 721986-87 Mike McNeill .......................................... 371985-86 Mike McNeill .......................................... 471984-85 Brent Chapman........................................ 631983-84 Brent Chapman........................................ 691982-83 Kirt Bjork................................................ 631981-82 Dave Poulin ............................................ 591980-81 Jeff Logan ................................................ 421979-80 Greg Meredith ........................................ 711978-79 Dave Poulin ............................................ 591977-78 Geoff Collier............................................ 401976-77 Brian Walsh ............................................ 691975-76 Brian Walsh ............................................ 651974-75 Brian Walsh ............................................ 531973-74 Eddie Bumbacco ...................................... 501972-73 Eddie Bumbacco ...................................... 901971-72 Paul Regan .............................................. 331970-71 John Noble .............................................. 431969-70 John Noble .............................................. 591968-69 Phil Wittliff.............................................. 47

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Goals2008-09 Calle Ridderwall .................................. 172007-08 Ryan Thang .......................................... 182006-07 Ryan Thang .......................................... 202005-06 Josh Sciba .............................................. 172004-05 Wes O’Neill .............................................. 6

Josh Sciba .................................................. 62003-04 Rob Globke ............................................ 192002-03 Rob Globke ............................................ 212001-02 David Inman............................................ 192000-01 Dan Carlson .......................................... 17

Rob Globke .......................................... 171999-00 Dan Carlson .......................................... 171998-99 Aniket Dhadphale .................................... 18

Ben Simon .............................................. 181997-98 Aniket Dhadphale .................................. 251996-97 Joe Dusbabek ........................................ 13

Brian Urick .......................................... 131995-96 Aniket Dhadphale .................................. 131994-95 Tim Harberts .......................................... 211993-94 Jamie Ling .............................................. 131992-93 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 14

Jamie Ling .............................................. 141991-92 Lou Zadra .............................................. 241990-91 Lou Zadra................................................ 241989-90 Dave Bankoske ........................................ 281988-89 Matt Hanzel ............................................ 211987-88 Mike McNeill .......................................... 281986-87 Mike McNeill .......................................... 211985-86 Tim Reilly .............................................. 211984-85 Brent Chapman........................................ 361983-84 Adam Parsons .......................................... 321982-83 Kirt Bjork................................................ 291981-82 Dave Poulin ............................................ 291980-81 Jeff Logan ................................................ 241979-80 Greg Meredith ........................................ 401978-79 Greg Meredith ........................................ 28

Dave Poulin ............................................ 281977-78 Terry Fairholm ........................................ 181976-77 Brian Walsh ............................................ 281975-76 Alex Pirus................................................ 221974-75 Brian Walsh ............................................ 291973-74 Eddie Bumbacco ...................................... 221972-73 Eddie Bumbacco ...................................... 431971-72 Paul Regan .............................................. 191970-71 John Noble .............................................. 161969-70 Phil Wittliff.............................................. 291968-69 Phil Wittliff.............................................. 31


Year-by-YearLeaders

Short-Handed Goals2008-09 Erik Condra ............................................ 22007-08 Erik Condra ............................................ 32006-07 Six tied with.............................................. 12005-06 Josh Sciba ................................................ 1

Mark Van Guilder .................................... 12004-05 T.J. Jindra .................................................. 1

Jason Paige ................................................ 12003-04 T.J. Jindra .................................................. 22002-03 John Wroblewski ...................................... 22001-02 Rob Globke .............................................. 1

Brad Wanchulak ........................................ 12000-01 Brett Lebda .............................................. 2

Dan Carlson ............................................ 2Ryan Dolder ............................................ 2

1999-00 Connor Dunlop ........................................ 21998-99 Dan Carlson ............................................ 1

Chad Chipchase ...................................... 1Aniket Dhadphale ...................................... 1Brian Urick .............................................. 1

1997-98 Dan Carlson ............................................ 3Benoit Cotnoir ........................................ 3Ben Simon .............................................. 3

1996-97 Ben Nelsen................................................ 1Steve Noble ............................................ 1

1995-96 Jamie Ling ................................................ 41994-95 Jamie Ling ................................................ 11993-94 Six players ................................................ 11992-93 Jamie Morshead ........................................ 21991-92 Three players ............................................ 11990-91 Mike Curry .............................................. 31989-90 Lou Zadra ................................................ 31988-89 Matt Hanzel .............................................. 31987-88 Robert Bilton ............................................ 31986-87 Mike McNeill ............................................ 1

Tom Mooney ............................................ 11985-86 Mike McNeill ............................................ 2

Rich Sobilo .............................................. 21984-85 Tim Reilly ................................................ 41983-84 Statistic not available1982-83 Six players ................................................ 11981-82 Dave Poulin .............................................. 41980-81 Bill Rothstein ............................................ 21979-80 Tom Michalek .......................................... 41978-79 Kevin Humphreys ...................................... 51977-78 Four players .............................................. 11976-77 Don Fairholm............................................ 31975-76 Allen Karsnia ............................................ 31974-75 Statistic not available 1973-74 Five players................................................ 11972-73 Eddie Bumbacco........................................ 31971-72 Paul Regan................................................ 2

Power-Play Goals2008-09 Calle Ridderwall .................................. 112007-08 Ryan Thang .......................................... 7

Mark Van Guilder .................................... 72006-07 Ryan Thang .......................................... 102005-06 Josh Sciba .............................................. 102004-05 Wes O’Neill .............................................. 52003-04 Aaron Gill ................................................ 92002-03 John Wroblewski ...................................... 82001-02 David Inman.............................................. 72000-01 David Inman ............................................ 51999-00 Ben Simon .............................................. 101998-99 Aniket Dhadphale ...................................... 91997-98 Aniket Dhadphale .................................. 121996-97 Steve Noble .............................................. 51995-96 Brett Bruininks .......................................... 5

Brian Urick ............................................ 51994-95 Tim Harberts ........................................ 131993-94 Brett Bruininks .......................................... 4

Brent Lamppa............................................ 41992-93 Curtis Janicke ............................................ 81991-92 Lou Zadra................................................ 111990-91 Lou Zadra ................................................ 91989-90 Dave Bankoske .......................................... 91988-89 Tim Kuehl ................................................ 81987-88 Tim Kuehl ................................................ 7

Mike McNeill .......................................... 121986-87 Mike McNeill ............................................ 71985-86 Mike McNeill ............................................ 7

Tom Mooney ............................................ 71984-85 Brent Chapman........................................ 121983-84 Statistic not available1982-83 Kirt Bjork.................................................. 91981-82 Dave Poulin ............................................ 101980-81 Kevin Humphreys ...................................... 91979-80 Greg Meredith ........................................ 231978-79 Dave Poulin ............................................ 101977-78 Don Jackson .............................................. 81976-77 Brian Walsh ............................................ 181975-76 Alex Pirus................................................ 121974-75 Statistic not available1973-74 Eddie Bumbacco........................................ 71972-73 Eddie Bumbacco ...................................... 161971-72 Ian Williams ............................................ 12

Penalty Minutes2008-09 Ian Cole .......................................... 29/582007-08 Brock Sheahan .................................. 32/672006-07 T.J. Jindra .......................................... 21/582005-06 Tom Sawatske .................................. 23/572004-05 Victor Oreskovich .............................. 25/692003-04 Neil Komadoski.................................. 20/482002-03 Brett Ledba ........................................ 24/482001-02 Neil Komadoski................................ 36/1002000-01 Brett Lebda .................................... 37/1091999-00 Nathan Borega .................................. 35/701998-99 David Inman .................................... 29/741997-98 Ben Simon ........................................ 31/891996-97 Brian Urick ...................................... 29/881995-96 Terry Lorenz .................................... 37/741994-95 Brett Bruininks ................................ 44/1041993-94 Brett Bruininks .................................. 38/751992-93 Brett Bruininks .................................. 41/981991-92 Curtis Janicke .................................... 30/681990-91 Dan Sawyer ........................................ 24/50

Lou Zadra .......................................... 24/501989-90 Dan Sawyer ........................................ 29/681988-89 Bobby Herber .................................... 31/701987-88 Lance Patten ...................................... 19/461986-87 Roy Bemiss ........................................ 24/531985-86 Brent Chapman .................................. 24/661984-85 Steve Ely .......................................... 49/1011983-84 Brent Chapman ................................ 46/1041982-83 Mark Doman...................................... 31/701981-82 Jim Brown........................................ 45/1011980-81 Jeff Brownschidle................................ 23/561979-80 Scott Cameron .................................. 35/781978-79 Scott Cameron .................................. 40/831977-78 Kevin Nugent .................................... 34/951976-77 Brian Walsh........................................ 29/581975-76 Roger Bourque .................................. 41/821974-75 Brian Walsh ...................................... 39/891973-74 Ian Williams ...................................... 27/621972-73 Steve Curry........................................ 38/791971-72 Bill Green .......................................... 18/36

Bill Nyrop .......................................... 18/361970-71 Steve Curry........................................ 30/631969-70 Gary Little.......................................... 28/831968-69 Mike Collins ...................................... 13/46

Bold – indicates current player

Tom Michalek knocked home ateam-leading four short-handed

goals in 1979-80.

Game-Winning Goals2008-09 Christian Hanson ...................................... 5

Calle Ridderwall .................................. 5Ben Ryan .............................................. 5

2007-08 Ryan Thang .......................................... 52006-07 Ryan Thang .......................................... 62005-06 Mike Walsh .............................................. 42004-05 T.J. Jindra .................................................. 22003-04 Rob Globke .............................................. 52002-03 Rob Globke .............................................. 42001-02 Rob Globke .............................................. 2

Kyle Dolder .............................................. 2David Inman.............................................. 2Brett Lebda................................................ 2

2000-01 Rob Globke ............................................ 21999-00 Dan Carlson ............................................ 51998-99 Brian Urick .............................................. 41997-98 Brian Urick .............................................. 51996-97 Joe Dusbabek .......................................... 2

Brian Urick .............................................. 21995-96 Jamie Ling ................................................ 31994-95 Tim Harberts ............................................ 31993-94 Tim Harberts ............................................ 41992-93 Dave Bankoske .......................................... 2

Curtis Janicke ............................................ 21991-92 Mike Curry .............................................. 31990-91 Curtis Janicke ............................................ 31989-90 Dave Bankoske .......................................... 71988-89 Matt Hanzel .............................................. 31987-88 Tim Kuehl ................................................ 51986-87 Tim Kuehl ................................................ 2

Michael Leherr .......................................... 2Mike McNeill ............................................ 2

1985-86 Rich Sobilo .............................................. 41984-85 Tom Mooney ............................................ 31983-84 Brent Chapman ........................................ 61982-83 Kirt Bjork.................................................. 51981-82 Dave Poulin .............................................. 51980-81 Kirt Bjork.................................................. 2

Jeff Perry .................................................. 2Dave Poulin .............................................. 2

1979-80 Dave Poulin .............................................. 51978-79 Greg Meredith .......................................... 61977-78 Terry Fairholm .......................................... 31976-77 Jack Brownschidle...................................... 51975-76 Paul Clarke................................................ 4

Brian Walsh .............................................. 41974-75 Statistic not available1973-74 Brian Walsh .............................................. 3

Ian Williams .............................................. 31972-73 Ray DeLorenzi .......................................... 61971-72 Eddie Bumbacco........................................ 2

Paul Regan................................................ 21970-71 Ian Williams .............................................. 3

Paul Regan................................................ 31969-70 Kevin Hoene ............................................ 4

All-TimeRoster

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Dick TomasoniMark KronholmJohn PetersonGreg RosenthalBob McNamaraMarc GuayJeff HendersonMark O’SullivanCarl PicconatoGreg Louder Matt EislerTony ZasowskiJordan Pearce

Bill NyropDave BossyJohn FriedmannTony BonadioRoy BemissLou ZadraGarry GruberNathan BoregaJoe ZurenkoTom SawatskeKyle Lawson

Joe Bonk Roger BourqueDan ByersJim BrownMark BenningLance PattenWilliam HoelzelDan MarvinT.J. MathiesonBrett Blatchford

John WomackRic SchaferRoger BourqueJeff BrownschidleRob RicciMike LeherrBrent LamppaScott GiulianiPaul HarrisDan VeNard

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No. Name Years Pos. Hometown/Previous Team Ht./Wt. Career Statistics16 Amado, Matt ’03-’06 C Surrey, BC/Coquitlam Eypress 5-11/189 130 gms … 23-25-48, 69/13811 Andrusiak, Lyle ’94-’98 C Foam Lake, SASK/Notre Dame Hounds 6-0/190 144 gms ... 26-40-66, 50/103 15 Anquillare, Mark ’84-’86 C West Haven, CT/West Haven HS 5-9/155 50 gms ... 9-18-27, 11/2217 Augustine, Jim ’72-’76 W Chicago, IL/Brother Rice HS 5-10/175 82 gms ... 4-2-6, 6/126 Arcangel, Justin ’90-’92 D Hamburg, NY/Nichols School 6-1/195 29 gms ... 0-2-2, 3/622 Arendt, Pat ’88-’92 C Rochester, MN/Lourdes HS 5-10/190 125 gms ... 30-40-70, 51/10217 Arkell, Tom ’90-’92 D Vernon, BC/Vernon Secondary School 6-2/202 30 gms ... 1-1-2, 6/12

6 Babin, Noah ‘03-’07 D Palm Beach Gardens, FL/Green Bay Gamblers 6-0/188 146 gms ... 10-39-49, 53/10617 Badalich, Jeff '82-'86 W Cottage Grove, WI/Deerfield Academy 5-10/170 78 gms ... 8-12-20, 35/7319 Bagne, Troy ’96-’00 F Moorhead, MN/Moorhead HS 6-0/180 126 gms … 5-11-16, 26/5218 Bales, Chris '92-'96 LW Midland, ONT/Barrie Colts 5-11/191 106 gms … 11-25-36, 38/8412 Bankoske, David '88-'93 C Williamsville, NY/Nichols HS 5-11/189 141 gms ... 73-109-182, 27/868 Bankoske, Robert '87-'89 W Williamsville, NY/St. Joseph’s Coll. Inst. 5-6/155 61 gms … 10-12-22, 7/1427 Bartlett, Michael ‘03-’07 LW Morton Grove, IL/U.S. U-18 Nat’l Team 6-0/198 150 gms ... 13-25-38, 60/13911 Baumgartner, Bob '74-'78 W West St. Paul, MN/Sibley HS 5-10/170 58 gms ... 11-6-17, 14/2817 Bellomy, Rex '79-'83 C Knoxville, TN/Northwood Prep School 5-11/175 122 gms ... 30-38-68, 30/79 2 Bemiss, Roy '85-'89 D North East, PA/Hotchkiss School 5-9/185 118 gms … 7-21-28, 77/1763 Benning, Mark '82-'83 D Edmonton, ALTA/Saint Alberta Saints 5-8/160 33 gms … 3-24-27, 21/4230 Berg, Eric ’95-’97 G Evergreen, CO/Northwood School 5-10/175 6 gms ... 5.52 GAA, .818 SV%17 Bergman, Robin ‘07-’08 LW Stockholm, SWE/Cedar Rapids Roughriders 6-0/195 20 gms ... 1-6-7, 1/225 Bianchi, Steve '82-'83 W Bloomington, MN/Jefferson HS 5-6/165 36 gms … 6-15-21, 10/2022 Bieck, Matt '92-'93 D Albuquerque, NM/Avon Old Farms Prep 5-11/180 31 gms … 1-2-3, 14/2810 Bilton, Bob '86-'89 C Indianapolis, IN/North Central HS 6-0/175 105 gms … 32-38-70, 18/3610 Bjork, Kirt '79-'83 F Trenton, MI/Paddock Pool Saints 5-9/170 141 gms ... 76-85-161, 56/11213 Black, Sterling '89-'93 W St. Paul, MN/Choate-Rosemary HS 6-2/185 121 gms … 39-51-90, 51/10425 Blainey, Jim '66-'69 D Markham, ONT/De LaSalle HS 6-1/255 19 gms … 4-5-9, 16/403 Blatchford, Brett ‘06- D Temperance, MI/Texas Tornado 5-11/190 115 gms ... 2-52-54, 25/582 Bonadio, Tony '80-'83 D Port Huron, MI/Port Huron Northern HS 5-9/170 79 gms … 1-9-10, 42/8417 Bonk, Joe '68-'72 F South St. Paul, MN/South St. Paul HS 5-8/160 102 gms … 19-48-67, 20/463 Bonk, Mike '69-'73 D South St. Paul, MN/South St. Paul HS 5-9/160 31 gms ... 0-1-1, 0/02 Borega, Nathan ’96-’00 D Wasilla, AK/Vernon Vipers (BC) 6-2/225 140 gms … 4-12-16, 95/1902 Bossy, Dave '74-'76 D Beaconsfield, QUE/Loyola HS 6-3/210 30 gms … 3-1-4, 19/414 Bourque, Roger '73-'77 D Calgary, ALTA/Calgary Canucks 5-10/190 118 gms ... 6-40-46, 72/14414 Bowie, Joe '80-'83 D Toronto, ONT/Fr. Henry Carr Secondary 5-9/175 99 gms … 13-37-50, 55/11820 Britton, Bruce '68-'69 W Durham, NH/Durham HS 5-10/165 26 gms … 3-3-6, 4/830 Brown, David ‘03-’07 G Stoney Creek, ONT/Hamilton Kilty Bees 5-11/188 111 gms ... 2.32 GAA, .916 SV% 3 Brown, Jim '78-'82 D Phoenix, AZ/Aquinas Institute HS 6-4/205 139 gms ... 19-47-66, 106/226 7 Brownschidle, Jack '73-'77 D East Amherst, NY/Niagara Falls Flyers 6-1/187 150 gms ... 31-78-109, 51/1024 Brownschidle, Jeff '77-'81 D East Amherst, NY/Bishop Neuman HS 6-2/195 146 gms … 30-92-122, 84/16824 Bruininks, Brett '92-'96 RW Minneapolis, MN/Des Moines Buccaneers 6-4/235 145 gms … 37-20-57, 150/33115 Bumbacco, Eddie '70-'74 W Sault Ste. Marie, ONT/Sir James Dunn 5-11/175 133 gms ... 103-117-220, 34/7122 Burke, Brian '75-'79 C Newton, MA/Phillips Academy 5-9/170 60 gms ... 3-10-13, 9/183 Byers, Dan '74-'78 D Bloomington, MN/Kennedy HS 5-11/185 101 gms ... 4-28-32, 56/13413 Byers, Tim '72-'76 W Bloomington, MN/Kennedy HS 5-11/180 93 gms … 13-4-17, 21/42

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Jim MorinIan WilliamsDon JacksonJohn CoxJohn KeatingSteve ElyJohn WelschJohn GhiaSteve SoderlingBryan WelchMark EatonSam CorneliusChris TrickTeddy Ruth

Pat McMahonLes LarsonBrian BurkeGreg MeredithSean ReganRick KennedyKevin MarkovitzJustin ArcangelCarey NemethTyson FraserNoah BabinPatrick Gaul

Mark LongarMark SteinbornJeff BrownschidleKevin HumphreysBrent ChapmanRobert HerberRob Copeland Jay MatushakAndy JurkowskiDerek SmithLuke Lucyk

Bill GreenBrian WalshTerry FairholmTed WeltzinAdam ParsonsRich SobiloRob BankoskeMike MustyDavide DalGrandeBen SimonJosh Sciba

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23 Caddo, Tim ’86-’89 D Old Tappan, NJ/Hebron Academy 6-2/180 91 gms ... 5-17-22, 28/7220 Cameron, Scott ’77-’81 D Toronto, ONT/Lawrence Park Collegiate 6-2/200 117 gms ... 4-17-21, 112/235 11 Campbell, John ’71-’72 W Sault Ste. Marie, ONT/Bawating College 6-1/165 34 gms ... 14-23-37, 15/3912 Carlin, Stewart ‘07-’08 D Jeannette, PA/Chicago Steel 5-11/203 9 gms ... 0-1-1, 2/426 Carlson, Dan ’97-’01 LW Edina, MN/Edina HS 5-10/190 158 gms ... 52-80-132, 51/129 30 Cathcart, Chris ’69-’73 G Guelph, ONT/Guelph Collegiate Vocat. 5-10/175 27 gms ... 4.26 GAA, .868 SV%29 Cey, Morgan ’01-’05 G Wilkie, SASK/Flin Flon Bombers 6-3/177 112 gms ... 2.79 GAA, .913 SV%7 Chapman, Brent ’81-’86 W Agincourt, ONT/St. Michael’s College 5-9/175 128 gms ... 90-78-168, 101/22922 Chin, Michael ’99-’03 RW Urbana, IL/Des Moines Buccaneers 6-2/210 139 gms ... 24-26-50, 32/6414 Chipchase, Chad ’97-’01 F Clinton, ONT/Waterloo Siskins 6-0/190 127 gms ... 18-12-30, 27/6217 Clark, Ryan ’97-’01 D Littleton, CO/Lincoln Stars 6-4/215 121 gms ... 2-13-15, 84/18710 Clarke, Paul ’73-’77 D Toronto, ONT/Vaughan Nationals 5-11/188 121 gms ... 38-62-100, 38/7615 Coe, Jeremy ’92-’96 D Anoka, MN/Anoka Senior HS 6-3/190 117 gms ... 13-22-35, 117/28428 Cole, Ian ‘07- D Ann Arbor, MI/US Under-18 Team 6-1/215 81 gms ... 14-32-46, 49/9825 Collard, Dan ’78-’82 W Flint, MI/Flint Southwestern HS 6-0/195 82 gms ... 9-11-20, 35/7015 Collier, Geoff ’74-’78 C Montreal, QUE/Westland HS 5-10/165 133 gms ...31-61-92, 53/13812 Collins, Mike ’68-’70 C Oak Park, IL/Fenwick HS 5-11/162 44 gms ... 3-11-14, 16/5214 Condon, Nick ‘08- D Wausau, WI/St. Louis Bandits 5-8/163 3 gms ... 0-0-0, 1/211 Condra, Erik ‘05-’09 RW Livonia. MI/Lincoln Stars 6-0/202 159 gms ... 48-110-158, 55/1109 Conroy, Pat ’71-’75 C St. Paul, MN/Hill HS 5-9/165 139 gms ... 38-87-125, 31/897 Copeland, Rob ’88-’92 D Edina, MN/Edina HS 5-10/175 74 gms ... 6-12-18, 21/4214 Cordes, Jim ’68-’72 W Farmington, MN/Farmington HS 5-10/180 119 gms ... 43-42-85, 30/685 Cornelius, Sam ’98-’01 D Edina, MN/Edina HS 6-0/205 84 gms ... 2-3-5, 20/4825 Cotnoir, Benoit ’95-’99 D Rouyn-Noranda, QUE/Weyburn Red Wings 5-11/195 141 gms ... 28-60-88, 106/2445 Cox, John ’78-’82 D Toronto, ONT/New Market Flyers 6-1/195 75 gms ... 2-15-17, 30/6323 Cunha, Ricky ’69-’73 W Scituate, MA/Bridgeton Academy 5-9/165 26 gms ... 2-5-7, 3/624 Curry, Michael ’88-’92 D Rochester, MN/Marshall HS 6-0/185 70 gms ... 18-20-38, 59/13225 Curry, Steve ’70-’74 D Edina, MN/Edina HS 5-11/185 129 gms ... 19-61-80, 123/25216 Cusey, Troy ’91-’94 RW Grand Rapids, MN/Grand Rapids HS 5-10/180 76 gms ... 11-17-28, 23/58

4 Daigler, Dean ’68-’69 D Tonawanda, NY/St. Joseph’s HS 6-1/190 26 gms ... 2-7-9, 15/368 Dal Grande, Davide ’92-’96 D Nepean, ONT/Ottawa Jr. Senators 6-6/215 110 gms ... 7-22-29, 52/11224 D’Arcy, Brian ‘04-’08 D Western Springs, IL/Tri-City Storm 6-2/213 19 gms ... 0-0-0, 3/620 Deasey, John ’81-’83 F Edina, MN/Edina West HS 6-0/175 73 gms ... 11-8-15, 38/8721 Deeth, Kevin ‘06- C Gig Harbor, WA/Green Bay Gamblers 5-7/172 127 gms ... 32-63-95, 42/9212 DeLorenzi, Ray ’71-’74 W Sault Ste. Marie, ONT/S.S.M. Greyhounds 5-10/180 105 gms ... 55-59-114, 45/10124 Devine, Pat ’78-’80 W Madison, WI/Madison West HS 5-10/180 32 gms ... 5-1-6, 2/424 Devoe, John ’82-’83 W Edina, MN/Edina West HS 6-2/185 34 gms ... 7-8-15, 22/5223 DeWerd, Tom ’76-’78 D Owatonna, MN/Owatonna HS 6-0/205 30 gms ... 0-3-3, 2/49 Dhadphale, Aniket ’95-’99 LW Marquette, MI/Stratford Cullitons 6-3/190 143 gms ... 61-44-105, 62/14333 Dolder, Kyle ’01-’03 RW Hutchinson, MN/Des Moines Buccaneers 5-10/82 67 gms ... 5-6-11, 7/1427 Dolder, Ryan ’97-’01 RW Hutchinson, MN/Twin City Vulcans 6-0/190 142 gms ... 33-37-70, 42/9218 Doman, Mark ’79-’83 F St. Cloud, MN/Apollo HS 5-8/165 107 gms ... 17-25-42, 48/10712 Duncan, Greg ’84-’86 D Milton, MA/Milton Academy 5-8/160 61 gms ... 2-13-15, 18/3611 Dunphy, Mike ’72-’73 W Antinogish, NS/Xavier College 6-0/165 29 gms ... 2-8-10, 6/1219 Dunlop, Connor ’99-’03 C St. Louis, MO/U.S. Nat’l Under-18 Team 5-10/185 141 gms ... 25-86-111, 63/14533 Dusbabek, Joe ’96-’00 RW Faribault, MN/Minnetonka HS 6-1/205 127 gms ... 26-49-75, 82/17216 Dwyer, John ’96-’97 RW Winnetka, IL/Dubuque Fighting Saints 6-3/215 62 gms ... 9-7-16, 21/42

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5 Eaton, Mark ’97-’98 D Wilmington, DE/Waterloo Blackhawks (IA) 6-3/195 41 gms ... 12-17-29, 16/3213 Eggert, Andrew ‘04-’05 F/D Livonia, MI/Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 5-10/160 4 gms ... 0-0-0, 0/01 Eisler, Matt ’94-’98 G West Milford, NJ/Canterbury School 6-1/185 111 gms ... 3.66 GAA, .883 SV%5 Ely, Steve ’81-’85 D Woodbridge, ONT/Carr Secondary School 6-2/205 59 gms ... 9-12-21, 85/185

9 Fairholm, Don ’74-’78 C Beaconsfield, QUE/Loyola HS 5-10/160 118 gms ... 50-81-131, 29/688 Fairholm, Terry ’74-’78 W Beaconsfield, QUE/Port Clair Flyers 5-10/170 126 gms ... 39-35-74, 28/6418 Farrell, Tom ’76-’79 W Rochester, NY/Kearney HS 5-9/170 42 gms ... 0-4-4, 1/217 Fitzgerald, Tom ’86-’88 W Rochester, MN/Lourdes HS 5-10/165 24 gms ... 4-4-8, 7/149 Foley, Pat ’84-’88 D St. Paul, MN/Frank B. Kellogg HS 6-1/200 121 gms ... 18-52-70, 52/1106 Fraser, Tyson ’96-’00 D Surrey, BC/Royal City Outlaws 5-11/180 131 gms ... 8-49-57, 71/1502 Friedmann, John ’76-’80 D St. Paul, MN/Highland Park HS 6-1/200 114 gms ... 7-41-48, 40/83

24 Galvin, Tom ’00-’04 D Miller Place, NY/Waterloo Blackhawks 5-9/187 142 gms ... 8-50-58, 49/1136 Gaul, Patrick ‘08- C Pittsburgh, PA/U.S. U-18 Nat’l Team 5-8/175 15 gms ... 0-2-2, 3/616 Gearen, Mike ’68-’69 W Oak Park, IL/Fenwick HS 6-2/175 26 gms ... 4-5-9, 4/821 Ghia, John ’87-’88 RW Westwood, NJ/Bergen Catholic HS 5-10/190 7 gms ... 3-6-9, 0/025 Gill, Aaron ’00-’04 C Rochester, MN/Rochester Mustangs 6-0/180 153 gms ... 49-62-111, 38/8712 Gill, Tony ’02-’06 C/LW Rochester, MN/Cedar Rapids Roughriders 5-10/172 74 gms … 2-2-4, 12/244 Giuliani, Scott ’97-’98 D Burlington, ONT/Burlington Cougars 6-1/190 19 gms ... 0-2-2, 7/1418 Globke, Rob ’00-’04 RW W. Bloomfield, MI/U.S. U-18 Nat’l Team 6-2/214 145 gms ... 68-46-124, 98/23929 Green, Bill ’69-’73 D Roseville, MN/Ramsey HS 6-2/205 133 gms ... 30-66-96, 93/18629 Gregoire, Eric ’89-’93 D Ithaca, NY/Northwood Prep 6-2/205 101 gms ... 7-28-35, 40/802 Gruber, Garry ’92-’96 D Madison, WI/Wisconsin Capitols 6-0/190 136 gms ... 18-36-54, 82/18315 Guay, Bruce ’86-’90 W North Smithfield, RI/Mt. St. Charles Acad. 5-10/175 120 gms ... 43-34-77, 66/1531 Guay, Marc ’82-’85 G North Smithfield, RI/Mt. St. Charles Acad. 5-6/155 7 gms ...4.78 GAA, .850 SV%27 Guentzel, Ryan ‘07- RW Woodbury, MN/Sioux City 6-0/176 66 gms ... 4-11-15, 11/3022 Guisti, Bill ’74-’75 C-W Boston, MA/Mt. St. Charles Academy 5-11/155 17 gms ... 2-0-2, 2/4

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Notes: Jersey number, position, height and weight are based on final media guide listing. The first year listed refers to the fall while the second refers tothe spring. Only years in which the player lettered are listed. Statistical numbers include all years of participation and refer to goals-assists-points, penal-ties/penalty minutes (i.e. 26-40-66, 20/40).

John RoselliPat ConroyDon FairholmSteve SchneiderBill RothsteinGreg HudasMike MetzlerPat FoleyMike MustyCurtis JanickeBrent LamppaAniket DhadphaleConnor DunlopJon MarukBrad WanchulakMatt Williams-KovacsRyan Thang

Phil WittliffJohn KeatingPaul ClarkeKevin NagurskiKirt BjorkTom ParentBob BiltonChris TschuppJamie MorsheadBrett LebdaCory McLeanJustin White

Bruce RaskobIan WilliamsJohn CampbellMike DunphyGeoff CollierBob BaumgartnerJeff LoganBob ThebeauBruce HaikolaTim LitchardLyle AndrusiakBrett HenningYan StastnyErik Condra

Mike CollinsRay DeLorenziKevin NugentJeff PerryGreg DuncanBrian MontgomeryDave BankoskeTom ArkellRyan EngleDavid InmanTony GillStewart CarlinRichard Ryan

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BillGreen

GarryGruber

SteveEly

JohnFriedmann


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22 Hagkull, Craig ’95-’99 C Arden Hills, MN/Des Moines Buccaneers 6-4/215 104 gms ... 7-12-19, 10/2011 Haikola, Bruce ’87-’88 D Mahopac, NY/Ramapo Jr. B Rangers 6-2/205 32 gms ... 1-7-8, 17/3921 Hamilton, Clark ’73-’77 W Toronto, ONT/Upper Canada College 6-4/220 145 gms ... 70-113-183, 114/23125 Hanson, Christian ‘05-’09 C Venetia, PA/Tri-City Storm 6-3/202 140 gms ... 36-28-64, 56/12313 Hanzel, Matt ’85-’89 LW St. Paul, MN/Cretin HS 6-1/175 126 gms ... 50-51-101, 22/5217 Harberts, Tim ’93-’97 F Wayzata, MN/Wayzata HS 6-1/185 137 gms ... 45-49-94, 19/394 Harris, Paul ’00-’01 D Ridgefield, CT/USA U-18 Nat’l Team 6-2/210 34 gms ... 3-3-6, 8/1626 Hasselman, Jeff ’91-’95 C Woodbury, MN/Hill-Murray HS 5-10/170 114 gms ... 13-13-26, 32/6425 Haverkamp, Al ’84-’85 G Denver, CO/Regis HS 5-10/150 5 gms ... 5.06 GAA, .865 SV%1 Henderson, Jeff ’86-’87 G Columbus, IN/Madison Capitals 6-1/185 6 gms ... 2.76 GAA, .908 SV%11 Henning, Brett ’98-’01 C Huntington, NY/USA U-18 Nat’l Team 6-1/200 89 gms ... 8-15-23, 30/607 Herber, Robert ’85-’89 RW Edina, MN/Edina HS 6-1/170 108 gms ... 33-50-83, 60/12822 Higgins, John ’79-’83 W Toronto, ONT/Dixie Beehives 5-10/175 143 gms ... 33-49-82, 106/2433 Hoelzel, William ’88-’89 D Bloomfield Hills, MI/Cranbrook School 5-11/175 30 gms ... 2-6-8, 9/1813 Hoene, Kevin ’68-’71 F Duluth, MN/Duluth Cathedral HS 5-8/160 88 gms ... 50-51-101, 25/61 18 Howe, Bob ’70-’71 W Bemidji, MN/Bemidji HS 5-7/165 25 gms ... 1-0-1, 0/023 Howe, Dave ’72-’76 W Bemidji, MN/Bemidji HS 5-9/165 42 gms ... 4-8-12, 4/824 Howe, Dick ’74-’78 W Bemidji, MN/Bemidji HS 5-10/175 118 gms ... 9-25-34, 27/549 Hudas, Greg ’82-’83 D Troy, MI/Redford Royals 6-5/210 5 gms ... 0-1-1, 2/47 Humphreys, Kevin ’77-’81 W Green Bay, WI/Premontre HS 5-8/160 141 gms ... 55-71-126, 70/127

12 Inman, David ’98-’02 C Toronto, ONT/Wexford Raiders 6-1/190 145 gms ... 53-41-94, 52/12019 Israelson, Larry ’70-’74 W Didsbury, ALTA/Didsbury HS 6-1/175 133 gms ... 41-29-70, 25/505 Jackson, Don ’74-’78 W Bloomington, MN/Kennedy HS 6-3/210 140 gms ... 18-44-62, 75/1529 Janicke, Curtis ’89-’93 C Brooklyn Park, MN/Park Center HS 5-11/200 125 gms ... 46-98-144, 77/16726 Jindra, T.J. ‘03-’07 RW Faribault, MN/River City Lancers 6-0/185 150 gms ... 12-24-36, 45/10620 Johnson, Neal ’96-’97 C Edina, MN/Edina HS 5-11/190 39 gms ... 2-4-6, 10/2020 Johnson, Ray ’74-’77 F South Holland, IL/Mt. Carmel HS 5-7/155 70 gms ... 9-9-18, 13/267 Jurkowski, Andy ’97-’00 LW Madison, WI/Omaha Lancers 6-2/195 108 gms ... 7-12-19, 24/59

30 Kappele, Mickey ’82-’83 G St. Charles, IL/St. Charles HS 5-7/155 5 gms ... 6.69 GAA, .815 SV%31 Karr, Forrest ’95-’99 G DeForest, WI/Wisconsin Capitols 6-1/185 62 gms ... 2.92 GAA, .888 SV%18 Karsnia, Allen ’73-’77 W International Falls, MN/Int’l Falls HS 5-10/175 114 gms ... 21-28-49, 36/755 Keating, John ’82-’83 D Fitchburg, MA/St. Bernard’s HS 5-11/180 18 gms ... 0-0-0, 6/126 Kennedy, Rick ’84-’85 W Littleton, CO/ Littleton HS 5-9/165 15 gms ... 0-3-3, 2/440 Kimento, Jeremiah ’98-’02 G Palos Hills, IL/Danville Wings 5-11/200 42 gms ... 3.30 GAA, .884SV%16 Kissel, Dan ‘06- LW Crestwood, IL/Chicago Steel 5-9/166 102 gms ... 21-28-49, 24/4829 Kolquist, Kyle ’97-’01 G Duluth, MN/Duluth East HS 5-11/170 8 gms ... 3.29 GAA, .902 SV%20 Komadoski, Neil ’00-’04 D Chesterfield, MO/U.S. U-18 Nat’l Team 6-2/215 146 gms ... 10-52-62, 124/30015 Konesco, Jason ’90-’92 D Carmel, IN/Indianapolis Juniors 5-11/200 41 gms ... 2-4-6, 16/3213 Kopischke, Jay ’97-’01 LW Alexandria, MN/North Iowa Huskies 6-3/205 121 gms ... 10-14-24, 49/1141 Kronholm, Mark ’70-’74 G South St. Paul, MN/South St. Paul HS 6-0/170 82 gms ... 4.12 GAA, .884 SV%19 Kuehl, Tim ’86-’90 RW Edina, MN/Edina HS 6-0/190 125 gms ... 65-80-145, 43/95

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Kevin HoeneTim ByersGreg RosenthalMatt HanzelSterling BlackBrian McCarthyJay KopischkeBrett Lebda Andrew EggertEric Ringel

Jim CordesPat NovitzkiTom MichalekJoe BowieFrank O’BrienChad ChipchaseAlex LalondeBrock SheahanNick Condon

Paul ReganEddie BumbaccoBob BaumgartnerGeoff CollierDave PoulinPaul SalemMark AnquillareBruce GuayJason KonescoJeremy Coe Brian Urick Brad WanchulakChristiaan Minella

Mike GearenBryan WalshDick OlsonMike MetzlerTim ReillyChris OlsonTroy CuseyBrian UrickJohn DwyerMatt AmadoDan Kissel


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AllenKarsnia

ClarkHamilton

LarryIsraelson

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Joe BonkJim AugustineTed WeltzinRex BellomyJeff BadalichTom FitzgeraldScott VickmanTom ArkellTim HarbertsRyan ClarkMike WalshRobin BergmanBilly Maday

Ricky CunhaBob HoweAllen KarsniaTom FarrellMark DomanTom MooneyKevin PatrickChris BalesSean SeyferthRob Globke Evan RankinKyle Murphy

Larry IsraelsonDon LuciaJohn TiberiTim KuehlScott VickmanJamie LingTroy BagneConnor DunlopWes O’NeillBen Ryan

John NobleAlex PirusRay JohnsonScott CameronJohn DeaseyDave WaldbilligTom SmithMark McClewJohn RushinNeal JohnsonNeil KomadoskiVictor OreskovichTom SawatskeLuke Lucyk

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LanceMadson

JamieMorshead

JamieLing

JeffLogan


14 Lalonde, Alex ’01-’02 LW Newmarket, ONT/Ajax Axemen 6-0/180 31 gms ... 5-2-7, 14/399 Lamppa, Brent ’91-’95 LW Embarrass, MN/Babbitt and Virginia HS 6-0/205 108 gms ... 21-18-39, 25/506 Larson, Les ’71-’75 D St. Paul, MN/Hill HS 5-11/185 137 gms ... 3-19-22, 58/14830 Laurion, Dave ’78-’82 G International Falls, MN/Falls HS 5-7/165 91 gms ... 4.50 GAA, .864 SV%2 Lawson, Kyle ‘06- D New Hudson, MI/US U-18 Nat’l Team 5-11/207 123 gms ... 13-55-68, 47/9413 Lebda, Brett ’00-’04 D Buffalo Grove, IL/US U-18 Nat’l Team 5-10/195 152 gms ... 26-59-85, 105/2534 Leherr, Mike ’86-’90 D Pittsburgh, PA/North Hills HS 6-0/185 129 gms ... 4-21-25, 65/12819 Ling, Jamie ’92-’96 C Charlottetown, PEI/Notre Dame Hounds 5-11/185 142 gms ... 51-102-153, 64/14811 Litchard, Tim ’90-’92 RW Trenton, MI/Trenton HS 5-11/195 48 games ... 9-8-17, 6/1211 Logan, Jeff ’78-’82 W Grosse Point, MI/University Liggett HS 5-10/170 147 gms ... 75-71-146, 40/807 Longar, Mark ’68-’71 D Eveleth, MN/Eveleth HS 6-0/185 81 gms ... 5-27-32, 16/3224 Lorenz, Sean ‘08- D Littleton, CO/US U-18 Nat’l Team 6-1/192 40 gms ... 0-3-3, 9/189 Lorenz, Terry ’93-’97 C Lloydminster, ALTA/Lloydminster Blazers 6-3/190 141 gms ... 37-43-80, 117/21730 Lothrop, Brent ’90-’94 G Burnsville, MN/Burnsville HS 5-10/165 38 gms ... 5.00 GAA, .831 SV%1 Louder, Greg ’90-’94 G Acton, MA/Cushing Academy 6-1/185 103 gms ... 4.45 GAA, .859 SV% 21 Lucia, Dave ’79-’83 W Madison, WI/Memorial HS 5-10/175 117 gms ... 10-25-35, 29/5819 Lucia, Don ’77-’81 D Grand Rapids, MN/Grand Rapids HS 6-0/185 124 gms ... 7-23-30, 24/4820 Lucyk, Luke ‘04-’09 D Fox Point, WI/Tri-City Storm 6-0/198 88 gms ... 2-4-6, 21/4229 Lukenda, Tim ’84-’87 G Sault Ste. Marie, ONT/St. Mary’s HS 6-1/178 23 gms ... 5.58 GAA, .832 SV%

17 Maday, Billy ‘08- RW Burr Ridge, IL/Waterloo Black Hawks 5-11/177 39 gms, 16-14-30, 13/2630 Madson, Lance ’86-’90 G Minnetonka, MN/Minnetonka HS 6-1/185 115 gms ... 4.39 GAA, .875 SV%6 Markovitz, Kevin ’86-’90 D St. Louis, MO/Chaminade Prep 6-0/175 125 gms ... 24-72-96, 74/1489 Maruk, Jon ’01-’02 C Eden Prairie, MN/Twin City Vulcans 5-9/180 71 gms ... 3-8-11, 21/423 Marvin, Dan ’89-’93 LW Warroad, MN/Warroad HS 6-2/190 110 gms ... 18-16-34, 69/1443 Mathieson, T.J. ’00-’04 D Clarksville, MD/Chicago Freeze 6-2/198 44 gms ... 1-2-3, 11/227 Matushak, Jay ’92-’96 RW Superior, WI/Superior HS 5-11/190 140 gms ... 20-21-41, 27/5413 McCarthy, Brian ’93-’97 D-F Mansfield, MA/St. Sebastian’s HS 6-3/195 144 gms ... 19-26-45, 75/15120 McClew, Mark ’88-’89 W Toronto, ONT/Upper Canada College 6-1/205 29 gms ... 2-4-6, 17/3410 McLean, Cory ’01-’05 RW Fargo, ND/Chicago Steel 5-9/175 151 gms ... 26-42-68, 23/546 McMahon, Pat ’68-’69 D St. Paul, MN/Cretin HS 5-10/165 15 gms ... 0-3-3, 0/01 McNamara, Bob ’79-’83 G Toronto, ONT/Carr Secondary 5-10/155 85 gms ... 4.95 GAA, .860 SV%22 McNeill, Mike ’84-’88 C South Bend, IN/St. Joseph’s HS 6-1/175 124 gms ... 83-115-198, 39/806 Meredith, Greg ’76-’80 W Toronto, ONT/Upper Canada College 6-1/205 149 gms ... 104-88-192, 36/7216 Metzler, Mike ’82-’83 W Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara Falls HS 5-11/175 45 gms ... 11-9-20, 8/1614 Michalek, Tom ’76-’80 C Dearborn, MI/Fordson HS 5-8/160 143 gms ... 46-87-133, 45/9015 Minella, Christiaan ‘06- W Aurora, CO/Sioux City Musketeers 6-1/217 85 gms ... 10-14-24, 39/7821 Miniscalco, Tom ’89-’92 LW Addison, IL/Addison Trail HS 5-10/190 84 gms ... 13-15-28, 28/6730 Moher, Len ’74-’78 G Wellesley, MA/Phillips Academy 5-9/155 81 gms ... 4.42 GAA, .884 SV%24 Molina, Sean ’96-’00 D Skokie, IL/Dubuque Fighting Saints 6-0/190 148 gms ... 1-21-22, 40/10412 Montgomery, Brian ’85-’89 C Fairport, NY/Northwood Prep 5-7/165 116 gms ... 23-26-49, 11/2418 Mooney, Tom ’84-’88 C Pittsburgh, PA/West Miffin South HS 5-11/180 119 gms ... 57-87-144, 62/1285 Morin, Jim ’68-’70 D St. Paul, MN/St. Agnes HS 6-0/200 50 gms ... 8-25-33, 42/11110 Morshead, Jamie ’92-’96 LW North York, ONT/Thornhill Thunderbirds 5-11/187 119 gms ... 34-40-74, 111/23825 Musty, Mike ’89-’90 C Brainerd, MN/Brainerd Senior HS 5-9/170 32 gms ... 2-3-5, 0/015 Myers, Tom ’68-’69 C Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin HS 5-10/158 24 gms ... 3-2-5, 0/0



Chris CathcartClark HamiltonDave LuciaTom MiniscalcoSteve NobleEvan Nielsen Tony GillKevin Deeth

Mark SteinbornMike TardaniGreg MeredithBrian BurkeJohn HigginsJohn TiberiMike McNeillPat ArendtMatt Bieck Craig HagkullMichael Chin Jason PaigeCalle Ridderwall

Dave HoweTom DeWerdJohn SchmidtSteve WhitmoreTim CaddoWilliam HoelzelMatt OsieckiJustin TheelJohn Wroblewski Mark Van Guilder

Tom MyersDick HowePat DevinePaul SalemJohn DevoeJohn NickodemusMike CurryBrent BruininksSean MolinaTom GalvinBrian D’ArcySean Lorenz


10 Nagurski, Kevin ’75-’79 W International Falls, MN/Int’l Falls HS 6-0/185 58 gms ... 8-2-10, 12/2727 Nelsen, Ben ’93-’97 D Plymouth, MN/Wayzata HS 5-10/185 142 gms ... 16-32-48, 79/1776 Nemeth, Carey ’93-’94 LW Granger, IN/St. Joseph’s HS 6-0/180 62 gms ... 5-8-13, 19/4624 Nickodemus, John ’84-’87 W Saginaw, MI/Arthur Hill HS 6-0/180 82 gms ... 13-9-22, 14/3621 Nielsen, Evan ’99-’03 D Evanston, IL/The Taft School 6-3/212 156 gms ... 16-53-69, 84/18420 Noble, John ’69-’73 C Toronto, ONT/St. Michael’s Prep 5-9/160 123 gms ... 81-145-226, 66/15921 Noble, Steve ’94-’98 C Sault Ste Marie, ONT/Stratford Cullitons 6-1/190 148 gms ... 28-47-75, 62/1278 Norri, Eric ’68-’69 D Virginia, MN/Roosevelt HS 6-2/245 18 gms ... 1-8-9, 3/614 Novitzki, Pat ’72-’76 W-D Farmington, MN/Farmington HS 5-10/175 126 gms ... 3-4-7, 28/5612 Nugent, Kevin ’74-’78 W Edina, MN/Hill HS 6-5/230 131 gms ... 54-75-129, 110/2822 Nyrop, Bill ’70-’74 D Edina, MN/Edina HS 6-2/205 132 gms ...17-72-89, 83/174

14 O’Brien, Frank ’84-’88 D Albany, NY/Albany Academy 6-0/160 103 gms ... 10-18-28, 80/16926 O’Brien, Mike ’89-’91 RW Acton, MA/Acton Boxboro Regional HS 5-10/175 43 gms ... 1-3-4, 8/1631 O’Brien, Tommy ‘06- G Mokena, IL/Bridgewater Bandits 5-11/199 2 gms ... 1.47 GAA, .920 SV%26 Olive, Mark ’73-’76 F Minneapolis, MN/Blake Academy 5-8/160 79 gms ... 7-14-21, 19/3816 Olson, Chris ’89-’91 LW Madison, WI/Madison West HS 5-10/185 78 gms ... 9-11-20, 15/3016 Olson, Dick ’78-’81 C Calgary, ALTA/Western Canada HS 5-9/185 44 gms ... 3-7-10, 18/366 O’Neil, Paul ’68-’71 W/D Boston, MA/Boston Latin School 5-11/170 85 gms ... 13-16-29, 19/3819 O’Neill, Wes ‘03-’07 D Essex, ONT/Green Bay Gamblers 6-4/215 154 gms ... 17-61-78, 75/15820 Oreskovich, Victor ‘04-’06 RW Oakville, ONT/Green Bay Gamblers 6-3/220 46 gms ... 3-3-6, 29/7723 Osiecki, Matt ’90-’94 D Burnsville, MN/Burnsville HS 6-3/220 132 gms ... 21-58-79, 68/1441 O’Sullivan, Mark ’87-’89 G Dorchester, MA/Thayer Academy 6-0/195 11 gms ... 3.48 GAA, .852 SV%

10 Parent, Tom ’84-’85 C Charleroi, PA/Mon Valley Catholic HS 5-7/175 19 gms ... 3-3-6, 3/622 Paige, Jason ‘03-’07 C Saginaw, MI/Compuware Ambassadors 6-0/194 154 gms ... 29-21-50, 76/1638 Parsons, Adam ’80-’83 C Toronto, ONT/Fr. Henry Carr Secondary 6-1/180 74 gms ... 17-31-48, 18/3618 Patrick, Kevin ’88-’92 D Schenectady, NY/Deerfield Academy 6-2/190 102 gms ... 11-16-37, 35/723 Patten, Lance ’84-’88 D Strathroy, ONT/Strathroy Blades Jr. B 5-11/185 118 gms ... 6-45-51, 88/1861 Pearce, Jordan ‘05-’09 G Anchorage, AK/Lincoln Stars 6-1/201 94 gms ... 1.98 GAA, .918 SV%12 Perry, Jeff ’78-’82 W Sudbury, ONT/Chelmsford Canadiens 5-9/185 142 gms ... 45-52-97, 98/1991 Peterson, John ’74-’78 G Montreal, QUE/Mt. Royal HS 6-2/185 70 gms ... 4.49 GAA, .881 SV%30 Phillips, Brad ‘07- G Farmington Hills, MI/US U-18 Nat’l Team 6-2/171 5 gms ... 1.53 GAA, .923 SV%25 Picconatto, Carl ’90-’93 G Stevens Point, WI/Stevens Point HS 5-9/160 19 gms ... 6.83 GAA, .763 SV%20 Pirus, Alex ’73-’76 W Toronto, ONT/Richmond Hill Rams 6-1/195 95 gms ... 57-66-123, 82/18115 Poulin, Dave ’78-’82 C Mississauga, ONT/Dixie Beehives 5-11/175 135 gms ... 89-107-196, 86/175

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Jim BlaineySteve CurrySteve SchneiderDan CollardSteve BianchiAl HavercampMike MustyCarl PicconatoBenoit CotnoirAaron GillChristian Hanson

Mark OliveMike O’BrienJeff HasselmanDan CarlsonBrad Wanchulak T.J. Jindra

Ricky CunhaDavid CaronMike MetzlerTom ParentRob CopelandDan SawyerBen NelsenRyan DolderTim Wallace Mike BartlettRyan Guentzel

Mike TardaniDave HoweTom FarrellTim ReillyJake Wiegand Tim WallaceIan Cole


18 Rankin, Evan ‘04-’08 RW Portage, MI/Lincoln Stars 6-1/205 143 gms ... 20-21-41, 45/10111 Raskob, Bruce ’69-’70 W Saskatoon, SASK/Holy Cross HS 5-8/150 25 gms ... 7-8-15, 9/3033 Regan, Garrett ‘05-’09 LW Hastings, MN/Waterloo Black Hawks 5-11/198 154 gms ... 31-33-64, 37/3421 Regan, Paul ’69-’73 W Scarborough, ONT/St. Michael’s Prep 5-10/165 125 gms ... 89-97-186 114/2726 Regan, Sean ’81-’83 D N. St. Paul, MN/Hill-Murray HS 5-11/185 60 gms ... 8-34-42, 26/5216 Reilly, Tim ’81-’86 W Melrose, MA/Melrose HS 5-10/180 99 gms ... 43-65-108, 56/1194 Ricci, Rob ’81-’85 D Toronto, ONT/St. Michael’s College 6-0/190 77 gms ... 1-11-12, 68/13722 Ridderwall, Calle ‘07- LW Stockholm, SWE/Tri-City Storm 5-11/172 79 gms ... 22-17-39, 16/4013 Ringel, Eric ‘08- D Hinckley, OH/Mahoning Valley Phantoms 6-0/189 6 gms ... 0-0-0, 0/09 Roselli, John ’68-’71 W Allison Park, PA/Duluth Cathedral HS 5-11/170 83 gms ... 27-29-56, 48/1041 Rosenthal, Greg ’76-’79 G St. Louis, MO/Phillips Academy 5-10/175 10 gms ... 5.78 GAA, .831 SV%9 Rothstein, Bill ’78-’82 W Grand Rapids, MN/Grand Rapids HS 5-9/170 140 gms ... 69-78-147, 49/10920 Rushin, John ’91-’95 D Bloomington, MN/Kennedy HS 6-5/200 120 gms ... 15-15-30, 82/1725 Ruth, Teddy ‘07- D Naperville, IL/US U-18 Nat’l. Team 6-0/201 78 gms ... 4-8-12, 31/7819 Ryan, Ben ‘07- C Brighton, MI/Des Moines Buccaneers 5-11/190 86 gms ... 22-31-53, 26/5212 Ryan, Richard ‘08- LW Toronto, ONT/St. Michael’s Buzzers 5-10/180 4 gms ... 0-0-0, 0/0

15 Salem, Paul ’82-’83 W Shrewsbury, MA/St. John’s HS 5-11/170 14 gms ... 5-1-6, 0/033 Salzman, Wade ’93-’96 G Duluth, MN/Duluth East HS 6-2/195 40 gms ... 4.11 GAA, .856SV%20 Sawatske, Tom ‘05-’07 D Duluth, MN/Lincoln Stars 5-11/180 73 gms ... 5-7-12, 41/10427 Sawyer, Dan ’89-’92 D Kinnelon, NJ/New Jersey Rockets 5-11/210 129 gms ... 24-41-65, 72/192 4 Schafer, Ric ’70-’74 C/D New Brighton, MN/Blake HS 5-9/185 139 gms ... 27-40-67, 59/12623 Schmidt, John ’78-’82 D St. Cloud, MN/Apollo HS 6-0/200 152 gms ... 28-95-123, 103/2209 Schneider, Steve ’75-’79 W Babbit, MN/Kennedy HS 6-2/175 139 gms ... 35-47-72, 67/1428 Sciba, Josh ‘03-’07 C/LW Westland, MI/U.S. U-18 Nat’l Team 5-11/197 141 gms ... 38-34-72, 39/7818 Seyferth, Sean ’96-’97, D Ann Arbor, MI/Compuware Ambass. 6-1/185 67 gms ... 6-7-13, 21/42

’99-’0014 Sheahan, Brock ‘04-’08 D Lethbridge, ALB/Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves 6-0/191 161 gms ... 4-29-33, 107/2208 Simon, Ben ’96-’00 C Shaker Hts, OH/Cleveland Jr. Barons 6-0/180 144 gms ... 44-86-130, 113/28625 Slaggert, Andy ’87-’89 W Saginaw, MI/Needham HS 5-10/175 45 gms ... 7-6-13, 4/87 Smith, Derek ’01-’03 D Marysville, MI/USA U-18 Nat’l Team 6-1/198 55 gms ... 1-4-5, 23/5430 Smith, Don ’73-’74 G Westport, CT/Westport HS 5-9/155 1 gm ... 5.00 GAA, .833 SV%20 Smith, Tommy ’88-’89 LW South Bend, IN/Culver Military Academy 5-9/185 50 gms ... 14-16-30, 17/348 Sobilo, Rich ’84-’87 W East Chicago, IL/St. Mary’s College (MN) 6-1/180 69 gms ... 22-23-45, 14/285 Soderling, Steve ’91-’92 RW Edina, MN/Edina HS 5-10/170 12 gms ... 0-1-1, 2/411 Stastny, Yan ’01-’03 LW St. Louis, MO/Omaha Lancers 5-11/82 72 gms ... 20-20-40, 41/822222 Steinborn, Mark ’69-’73 D Port Huron, MN/Port Huron Catholic HS 6-3/175 123 gms ... 11-36-47, 34/68

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22 Tardani, Mike ’71-’74 W Muskegon, MI/Catholic HS 5-8/170 85 gms ... 2-4-6, 10/209 Thang, Ryan ‘06- LW Edina, MN/Omaha Lancers 6-0/188 122 gms ... 48-44-92, 54/10811 Thebeau, Bob ’82-’86 D Worcester, MA/St. Peter-Marian HS 5-11/180 89 gms ... 40-63-103, 62/13023 Theel, Justin ’94-’98 D Bismarck, ND/Omaha Lancers 6-2/200 63 gms ... 7-10-17, 40/9219 Tiberi, John ’85-’86 W Claremont, CA/Chicago Saints 6-1/170 22 gms ... 0-0-0, 4/81 Tomasoni, Dick ’68-’72 G Chisholm, MN/Chisholm HS 5-9/160 88 gms ... 4.16 GAA, .880 SV%5 Trick, Chris ’02-’06 D Troy, MI/Chicago Freeze 6-4/215 128 gms … 4-12-16, 40/9110 Tschupp, Chris ’90-’92 C Toms River, NJ/Trinity Pawling School 6-1/175 46 gms ... 2-9-11, 17/34

15 Urick, Brian ’95-’99 RW Minnetonka, MN/Minnetonka HS 6-1/190 146 gms ... 57-70-127, 91/23930 Van Arkel, Matt ’97-’00 LW Richton Park, IL/Milton Merchants 6-0/180 137 gms ... 20-16-36, 70/16723 Van Guilder, Mark ‘04-’08 LW Roseville, MN/Tri-City Storm 6-2/207 163 gms ... 42-56-98, 38/764 VeNard, Dan ‘04-’08 D Vernon Hills, IL/Green Bay Gamblers 6-1/198 118 gms ... 7-14-21, 42/8419 Vickman, Scott ’89-’92 D Edina, MN/Edina HS 5-10/205 89 gms ... 1-9-10, 45/92

20 Waldbillig, Dave ’84-’86 W Thunder Bay, ONT/Westgate C.V.I. 5-9/175 56 gms ... 20-10-30, 9/1828 Wallace, Tim ’02-’06 RW Anchorage, AK/U.S. Nat’l/U-18 Team 6-1/204 153 gms … 25-34-59, 39/8616 Walsh, Brian ’73-’77 C/D Cambridge, MA/Matignon HS 5-8/175 140 gms ... 89-145-234, 123/27317 Walsh, Mike ’02-’06 LW Northville, MI/Compuware Ambassadors 6-2/191 136 gms … 25-29-54, 69/14931 Walsh, Rory ’02-’06 G Milton, MA/Noble and Greenough 5-9/-175 7 gms … 3.45 GAA, .877 SV%26 Wanchulak, Brad ’01-’04 LW Edson, ALB/Camrose Kodiaks 6-0/185 104 gms ... 7-14-21, 28/645 Welch, Bryan ’93-’95 D Wellesley, MA/Deerfield Academy 6-2/190 78 gms ... 5-7-12, 79/1745 Welsch, John ’84-’88 W Fond du Lac, WI/St. Mary’s Springs HS 5-7/155 101 gms ... 8-12-20, 6/128 Weltzin, Ted ’76-’80 F St. Paul, MN/Mounds View HS 5-11/175 128 gms ... 34-65-99, 54/10810 White, Justin ‘05-’09 LW Traverse City, MI/Sioux Falls Stampede 6-0/195 119 gms ... 15-29-44, 22/5223 Whitmore, Steve ’82-’86 W Aspen, CO/Milton Academy 6-0/180 80 gms ... 19-14-33, 30/7928 Wiegand, Jake ’99-’03 LW Northville, MI/Lincoln Stars 6-2/218 136 gms ... 9-16-25, 49/985 Williams, Ian ’70-’74 W Toronto, ONT/St. Michael’s Prep 6-0/185 126 gms ... 92-119-211, 102/2399 Williams-Kovacs, Matt ‘03-’05 RW Calgary, ALB/Calgary Royals 5-10/198 34 gms ... 0-5-5, 6/1210 Wittliff, Phil ’68-’71 F Port Huron, MI/Port Huron Catholic HS 6-2/195 85 gms ... 72-52-124, 37/9814 Womack, John ’68-’69 C Thief River Falls, MN/Lincoln HS 6-1/180 26 gms ... 19-7-26, 8/1623 Wroblewski, John ’99-’03 RW Neenah, WI/U.S. Nat’l U-18 Team 6-1/185 144 gms ... 29-35-64, 47-942 Zadra, Lou ’88-’92 W West Roxbury, MA/Catholic Memorial HS 5-11/185 127 gms ... 69-65-134, 72/1701 Zasowski, Tony ’99-’03 G Darien, IL/Omaha Lancers 5-11/190 61 gms ... 3.18 GAA, .842 SV%2 Zurenko, Joe ’01-’05 D Palentine, IL/Green Bay Gamblers 6-1/208 101 gms ... 0-4-4, 73/171

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Joe DusbabekKyle DolderGarrett Regan

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G. R. Walsh 1 Season1912-13

1-2-0 (.333)

1912-13 – Won 1 • Lost 2Captain: H. KrugFeb. 19 at Culver Military W 6 0Mar. 4 at Cleveland A.C. L 1 7

5 at Cleveland A.C. L 0 5Season goals for and against 7 12

Paul Castner4 Seasons1919-23

18-4-0 (.826)

1919-20 – Won 2 • Lost 0Captain: Paul CastnerJan. 7 at Culver Military W 6 2Feb. 14 at Culver Military W 4 3Season goals for and against 10 5

1920-21 – Won 2 • Lost 1Captain: Paul CastnerFeb. 3 at Michigan Coll. of Mines L 2 7

4 vs. Michigan Coll. of Mines+ W 3 29 at Carnegie Tech W 2 0

Season goals for and against 7 9+ Calumet, Mich.

1921-22 – Won 8 • Lost 1Captain: Neil FlinnJan. 17 at Michigan (OT) W 3 2

18 at Michigan State W 3 121 Culver Military W 18 126 at Michigan State W 11 030 at Michigan Coll. of Mines W 4 131 at Michigan Coll. of Mines (OT) W 2 1

Feb. 14 Michigan W 7 418 at Wisconsin W 3 019 at Canadian Club L 3 5

Season goals for and against 55 15

1922-23 – Won 6 • Lost 2Captain: Percy WilcoxFeb. 4 at Michigan W 3 2

12 at St. Thomas L 1 213 at Ramsey Tech W 4 215 at Michigan Coll.of Mines W 5 216 at Michigan Coll. of Mines W 5 1

Feb. 22 Michigan W 6 123 at Assumption L 3 624 at St. Thomas W 2 1


Tom Lieb3 Seasons1923-26

3-8-3 (.321)

1923-24 – Won 0 • Lost 4Captain: Franklin McSorleyJan. 5 Illinois A.C. L 1 5

12 at Michigan L 1 318 at Pittsburgh A.C. L 1 419 at Pittsburgh A.C. L 1 6


1924-25 – Won 0 • Lost 2 • Tied 2Captain: Franklin McSorleyJan. 6 at Culver Military T 2 2Feb. 7 at St. Thomas T 2 2

9 at Minnesota (OT) L 1 210 at Minnesota L 1 2


1925-26 – Won 3 • Lost 2 • Tied 1Captain: Gerald TimminsJan. 16 at Culver Military W 3 1

23 Marquette W 7 5Feb. 5 at Wisconsin T 1 1

6 at Minnesota L 4 67 at Minnesota L 0 48 at Marquette W 1 0


Benjamin G. Dubois1 Season1926-27

3-7-1 (.318)

1926-27 – Won 3 • Lost 7 • Tied 1Captain: John S. HicokDec. 20 at Chicago A.A. L 0 3Jan. 3 at Pittsburgh H.C. T 1 1

4 at Nichols Club W 2 17 at Harvard L 0 78 at Yale L 0 515 at Michigan State W 3 122 Michigan Coll. of Mines L 0 3

Feb. 4 at Michigan Coll. of Mines L 0 45 at Michigan Coll. of Mines L 3 67 at Minnesota L 0 38 at Minnesota W 2 0


Paul Castner, a two-time All-America running back (1921-22), was one of several Notre Dame football players whoplayed a major role with the hockey program during the1920s. Castner, who also was a three-year pitcher on theNotre Dame baseball team, served as captain and player-coach for the hockey program in 1919-20 and ’20-’21before coaching the team in 1921-22 and 1922-23.

Tom Lieb served as one of the early leaders of theNotre Dame hockey team, as a player in theearly 1920s and a coach from 1923-26. Lieb alsowas a right tackle on the Notre Dame footballteam, earning varsity letters for the 1921 and1922 seasons.

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Year-by-YearResults

Lefty Smith19 Seasons1968-87

307-320-31 (.490)

1968-69 – Won 16 • Lost 8 • Tied 3Captain: Dean DaiglerNov. 12 at Ohio University W 8 7

23 at Ohio University L 3 5Dec. 11 at Windsor (OT) T 4 4

13 at Air Force W 8 114 at Air Force W 5 420 at Gustavus Adolphus W 6 321 at St. Mary’s (OT) T 4 4

Jan. 4 at Illinois H.C. W 8 29 Ohio University W 8 510 Ohio University (OT) T 1 111 Detroit W 12 317 St. John’s W 5 418 St. John’s W 6 119 St. Thomas W 7 120 St. Thomas (OT) W 3 230 Wisconsin L 2 1031 Wisconsin L 0 12

Feb. 5 Lake Forest W 5 27 St. Mary’s L 1 58 St. Mary’s L 5 912 Illinois H.C. W 12 114 vs. Wisconsin^ L 1 515 at Wisconsin L 2 1018 at Lake Forest W 7 423 at Purdue H.C.# W 14 428 Gustavus Adolphus L 5 7

Mar. 1 at Ohio State W 7 1Season goals for and against 149 117^ – Milwaukee, Wis.# – Indianapolis, Ind.

1969-70 – Won 21 • Lost 8 • Tied 1Captain: Phil WittliffNov. 15 Windsor W 8 3

28 Ohio University W 8 529 Ohio University W 10 0

Dec. 5 at Wisconsin L 3 76 at Wisconsin L 1 512 at Ohio State (OT) L 3 413 at Bowling Green W 9 317 vs. Salem State^ W 8 418 at Merrimack^ W 5 120 at Boston College L 3 729 Boston College L 4 7

Jan. 2 vs. Hamilton# W 4 23 vs. Penn# W 5 29 at Ohio University L 3 410 at Ohio University W 7 413 Lake Forest W 15 216 Ohio State W 6 317 Ohio State W 7 130 at Air Force W 11 531 at Colorado College L 4 5

Feb. 2 at Colorado College W 5 43 at Air Force L 4 56 St. Mary’s W 10 17 St. Mary’s W 8 513 at Lake Forest W 10 118 Bowling Green (OT) T 4 427 Colorado College W 6 428 Colorado College W 5 4

Mar. 6 Air Force W 4 37 Air Force W 6 3


^ – Merrimack Tournament (Billerica Forum, North Billerica, Mass.)

# – Nichols Tournament (Dann Memorial Rink, Buffalo, N.Y.)

1970-71 – Won 13 • Lost 16 • Tied 2

Captains: Phil Wittliff, John RoselliNov. 20 at Michigan Tech L 2 5

21 at Michigan Tech (OT) L 4 5Dec. 11 Michigan State L 5 10

12 Michigan State W 4 319 Wisconsin W 6 520 Wisconsin (OT) T 3 328 at Northeastern^ W 4 129 at Boston University^ L 3 730 at Boston College W 5 3

Jan. 8 at Air Force W 5 49 at Air Force W 4 212 at Colorado College L 1 613 at Colorado College W 8 615 at Denver L 3 616 at Denver L 2 422 North Dakota (OT) W 6 523 North Dakota L 1 729 at Michigan State L 3 630 at Michigan State L 4 6

Feb. 5 Denver L 3 46 Denver W 4 212 at Minnesota-Duluth (OT) T 5 513 at Minnesota-Duluth (OT) L 3 619 at Michigan W 4 220 at Michigan W 5 426 at Bowling Green L 1 527 Bowling Green L 2 3

Mar. 6 U.S. Nationals L 5 77 U.S. Nationals L 2 412 Air Force W 5 013 Air Force W 4 1

Season goals for and against 116 137^ – Boston Arena Christmas Tournament

Dean Daigler captained the Notre Dame hockey team in1968-69, when the program returned from a 41-yearnon-varsity hiatus.

Front row (from left): Phil Wittliff, Dean Daigler and Jim Blainey.Standing (from left): Head coach Lefty Smith, Jim Morin, Mike Collins, Bruce Britton, Mark Longar, John Womack,Mike Gearen, John Barry, Dick Tomasoni, Tom Reid, Mike Bars, Jim Cordes, Paul O’Neil, Pat McMahon, Jim Lockhart,John Roselli, Joe Bonk, Kevin Hoene and assistant coach Tim McNeill.

1968-69 Notre Dame Hockey

“The first varsity teamof the modern era”

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1971-72 – Won 14 • Lost 20 • Tied 0

WCHA – Won 10 • Lost 16 • Tied 0tied 8th Place

Captains: Kevin Hoene, Bill GreenNov. 12 at North Dakota W 5 4

13 at North Dakota L 5 619 Colorado College W 6 320 Colorado College W 4 026 Michigan Tech L 3 927 Michigan Tech (OT) W 6 5

Dec. 3 at Michigan (OT) L 5 64 at Michigan L 5 618 vs. Boston College^ W 14 320 vs. Boston College# W 7 421 vs. St. Lawrence# W 4 228 vs. Michigan Tech~ L 3 629 vs. Dartmouth~ L 6 9

Jan. 7 at Colorado College (OT) L 5 68 at Colorado College W 8 110 Cornell (OT) W 5 414 at Michigan State L 2 815 at Michigan State L 1 421 at Minnesota W 5 422 at Minnesota W 8 328 Wisconsin L 3 529 Wisconsin L 3 5

Feb. 1 Minnesota-Duluth L 2 52 Minnesota-Duluth L 4 611 at Wisconsin L 4 612 at Wisconsin L 1 518 at Denver (OT) L 2 319 at Denver L 3 425 Michigan W 7 226 Michigan W 9 4

Mar. 3 Michigan State (OT) L 8 94 Michigan State W 6 27 at Denver* L 2 78 at Denver* L 3 4


^ – Chicago Stadium # – ECAC Tournament

(Madison Square Garden)~ – Great Lakes Invitational

(Detroit Olympia; Detroit, Mich.)* – WCHA playoff game

1973-74 – Won 14 • Lost 20 • Tied 2

WCHA – Won 11 • Lost 16 • Tied 18th Place

Captains: Ric Schafer, Steve Curry, Ian Williams

Nov. 2 at Michigan Tech W 8 43 at Michigan Tech (OT) T 2 29 at Michigan State L 5 810 at Michigan State L 5 916 Wisconsin L 2 617 Wisconsin W 6 423 Colorado College L 3 524 Colorado College L 5 630 Denver L 4 6

Dec. 2 Denver (OT) W 4 37 at Michigan L 4 68 at Michigan W 2 015 St. Louis L 5 629 Harvard W 5 230 Boston College L 3 4

Jan. 4 Minnesota-Duluth W 5 15 Minnesota-Duluth W 10 29 St. Louis W 7 311 at Denver (OT) L 5 612 at Denver L 2 418 Michigan Tech W 7 119 Michigan Tech L 5 723 Bowling Green W 7 425 at Bowling Green L 3 8

Feb. 1 at North Dakota L 5 72 at North Dakota W 7 38 Michigan State W 8 39 Michigan State L 2 415 at Minnesota L 2 716 at Minnesota L 3 622 Michigan W 4 223 Michigan L 2 4

Mar. 1 at Wisconsin L 3 42 at Wisconsin W 5 15 at Michigan Tech* L 2 46 at Michigan Tech* T 2 2

Season goals for and against 159 154* – WCHA playoff game

Kevin Hoene captained Notre Dame in1971-72 and is one of 28 Irish playersever to total 50-plus goals and assists

in a career (50G, 51A).

Paul Regan was a co-captain on Notre Dame’s1972-73 WCHA runner-up squad and rankseighth on the Irish career scoring list with 186points.

1972-73 – Won 23 • Lost 14 • Tied 1

WCHA – Won 19 • Lost 9 • Tied 02nd Place

WCHA Runner-UpCaptains: Bill Green, Paul ReganNov. 3 at Bowling Green L 5 9

5 at Bowling Green W 9 310 Michigan W 5 211 Michigan W 8 517 at Denver L 1 518 at Denver L 1 324 Minnesota W 3 225 Minnesota L 1 7

Dec. 1 at Wisconsin (OT) L 4 52 at Wisconsin L 3 58 vs. Denver^ L 2 59 Denver W 8 619 vs. St. Lawrence# W 8 520 vs. St. Louis# L 3 522 at Boston College L 4 11

Jan. 3 Czechoslovakia L 5 125 at Michigan W 3 26 at Michigan W 4 312 Colorado College W 8 313 Colorado College W 8 619 at Michigan Tech L 5 820 at Michigan Tech W 6 126 Michigan State W 8 527 Michigan State W 13 5

Feb. 2 North Dakota W 9 33 North Dakota L 2 39 at Colorado College W 8 310 at Colorado College W 8 616 at Michigan State L 2 1017 at Michigan State W 6 523 Wisconsin W 8 524 Wisconsin W 4 3

Mar. 2 at Minnesota-Duluth W 8 23 at Minnesota-Duluth W 4 15 North Dakota* W 5 06 North Dakota* W 8 39 Wisconsin* T 4 410 Wisconsin* L 3 4

Season goals for and against 199 174^ – Chicago Stadium# – ECAC Tournament

(Madison Square Garden)* – WCHA playoff game


Year-by-YearResults

1975-76 – Won 19 • Lost 17 • Tied 2


Captains: Brian Walsh, Pat NovitzkiOct. 31 at Michigan State L 2 6Nov. 1 at Michigan State L 2 3

7 at Colorado College W 9 78 at Colorado College W 7 514 Michigan W 5 315 Michigan L 6 921 Denver W 5 222 Denver L 1 428 at Michigan Tech L 3 529 at Michigan Tech L 5 6

Dec. 5 Wisconsin W 5 26 Wisconsin (OT) T 2 221 Harvard W 9 722 Boston College W 6 5

Jan. 2 at North Dakota W 5 33 at North Dakota W 5 36 at Bowling Green L 0 59 Minnesota L 3 610 Minnesota (OT) T 4 416 at Michigan (OT) W 4 317 at Michigan L 3 1023 at Minnesota-Duluth (OT) W 4 324 at Minnesota-Duluth L 3 430 Colorado College L 4 531 Colorado College W 3 1

Feb. 6 at Denver L 2 37 at Denver W 4 210 at Bowling Green W 5 413 Michigan Tech L 6 714 Michigan Tech W 9 520 Michigan State L 6 721 Michigan State W 5 227 Minnesota-Duluth W 7 528 Minnesota-Duluth W 10 4

Mar. 6 at Wisconsin L 3 57 at Wisconsin L 1 410 at Michigan* L 3 811 at Michigan* W 5 4

Season goals for and against 171 173* – WCHA playoffs

1976-77 – Won 22 • Lost 13 • Tied 3

WCHA – Won 19 • Lost 10 • Tied 22nd Place

WCHA Runner-UpCaptains: Brian Walsh, Jack BrownschidleOct. 29 Michigan State W 7 3

30 Michigan State L 5 7Nov. 5 at Denver L 3 6

6 at Denver L 3 412 at Michigan L 6 713 at Michigan W 6 519 Michigan Tech W 6 220 Michigan Tech W 6 226 at Wisconsin W 4 127 at Wisconsin L 3 430 Bowling Green W 6 1

Dec. 3 Colorado College W 7 24 Colorado College W 6 219 at Boston College W 7 420 at Harvard L 3 429 at Minnesota ^ L 2 330 at Minnesota ^ L 2 3

Jan. 7 at Minnesota-Duluth W 7 58 at Minnesota-Duluth W 6 214 at Michigan State W 5 215 at Michigan State W 10 319 Bowling Green (OT) L 5 621 Michigan (OT) W 4 322 Michigan W 7 328 at Colorado College W 8 729 at Colorado College W 8 6

Feb. 4 at Minnesota W 3 25 at Minnesota (OT) T 3 311 North Dakota W 6 512 North Dakota W 10 518 Denver (OT) T 4 419 Denver L 2 324 at Michigan Tech W 6 425 at Michigan Tech L 2 3

Mar. 4 Wisconsin L 3 85 Wisconsin (OT) T 3 39 Minnesota* W 5 110 Minnesota* L 2 9

Season goals for and against 191 147* – WCHA playoffs ^ – St. Paul Civic Center (St. Paul, Minn.)

1974-75 – Won 13 • Lost 22 • Tied 3


Captains: Paul Clarke, Les Larson, Pat ConroyOct. 25 at Wisconsin L 4 5

26 at Wisconsin W 5 3Nov. 1 Colorado College L 1 2

2 Colorado College L 2 37 Bowling Green W 6 28 Bowling Green W 8 716 Denver W 5 317 Denver L 4 722 at North Dakota W 5 323 at North Dakota (OT) W 3 229 at Michigan State L 3 530 at Michigan State (OT) T 4 4

Dec. 6 Michigan (OT) W 5 47 Michigan (OT) L 4 513 Michigan Tech L 3 514 Michigan Tech L 2 822 at Boston College W 7 423 at Harvard L 2 8

Jan. 3 at Michigan L 4 74 at Michigan W 7 410 at Minnesota L 1 811 at Minnesota L 3 517 at Colorado College L 4 818 at Colorado College W 10 624 North Dakota L 1 225 North Dakota W 5 231 at Denver L 3 5

Feb. 1 at Denver W 4 07 Michigan State L 3 78 Michigan State L 0 714 at Michigan Tech L 3 715 at Michigan Tech L 1 1021 Minnesota-Duluth W 7 522 Minnesota-Duluth (OT) T 4 428 Wisconsin (OT) T 3 3

Mar. 1 Wisconsin L 2 94 at Michigan Tech* L 0 25 at Michigan Tech* L 3 6


Paul Clarke (’73-’77) finished his career with100 points (38G-62A), placing him fifth on theall-time scoring list for Notre Damedefensemen.

Steve Schneider was named Notre Dame’s 1975-76rookie of the year before helping the ’76-’77 Irish finishsecond in the WCHA.

Center Brian Walsh (left, 30 goals-47 assists, 18 power-play goals) and left wing Clark Hamilton (22G-33A)were a lethal combination for Notre Dame’s 1976-77WCHA runner-up squad, combining for 52 goals and132 points.

1732 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

1977-78 – Won 12 • Lost 24 • Tied 2


Captains: Dick Howe, Terry FairholmOct. 28 at Colorado College L 2 4

29 at Colorado College L 4 6Nov. 4 Michigan L 3 5

5 Michigan L 5 711 Wisconsin L 1 612 Wisconsin L 1 518 at Denver L 4 819 at Denver L 2 825 Michigan State W 4 326 Michigan State W 10 2

Dec. 2 at Michigan Tech W 4 23 at Michigan Tech L 1 79 North Dakota W 4 310 North Dakota (OT) W 5 422 vs. Harvard^ L 3 423 vs. Boston College^ L 4 8

Jan. 6 at Minnesota (OT) T 5 57 at Minnesota L 1 413 Denver W 5 314 Denver L 3 518 Western Michigan L 5 920 Colorado College L 4 821 Colorado College W 7 424 at Bowling Green L 1 5

Feb. 3 at Michigan W 7 44 at Michigan W 5 110 Michigan Tech (OT) L 2 311 Michigan Tech W 5 317 Minnesota-Duluth W 7 318 Minnesota-Duluth L 4 524 at Michigan State W 2 025 at Michigan State L 2 327 at North Dakota L 3 528 at North Dakota L 2 4

Mar. 4 at Wisconsin L 2 55 at Wisconsin L 1 1210 at Denver* T 6 611 at Denver* L 1 7

Season goals for and against 137 186^ – Metropolitan Sports Center (Bloomington, Minn.)* – WCHA playoffs

1978-79 – Won 18 • Lost 19 • Tied 1


Captains: Steve Schneider, Greg Meredith, TomMichalek

Oct. 27 at Colorado College W 5 428 at Colorado College (OT) T 9 9

Nov. 3 Denver W 6 44 Denver L 3 410 at Minnesota W 3 211 at Minnesota L 1 417 Michigan State W 9 118 Michigan State W 5 424 Michigan W 7 325 Michigan W 6 3

Dec. 1 at Michigan Tech (OT) W 6 52 at Michigan Tech L 5 68 Wisconsin W 8 29 Wisconsin (OT) L 6 712 at Western Michigan W 4 322 at Boston College L 5 1023 at Harvard L 5 9

Jan. 5 North Dakota L 4 96 North Dakota L 4 612 at Michigan State W 3 213 at Michigan State L 3 619 Michigan Tech L 3 520 Michigan Tech W 5 426 at Michigan L 4 627 at Michigan W 10 731 Bowling Green L 2 5

Feb. 2 Colorado College L 4 63 Colorado College W 5 49 at Minnesota-Duluth W 7 310 at Minnesota-Duluth W 7 616 Minnesota W 3 217 Minnesota W 8 723 at Denver L 5 624 at Denver L 4 7

Mar. 2 at Wisconsin L 0 23 at Wisconsin L 3 76 at Wisconsin* L 5 117 at Wisconsin* L 2 5


1979-80 – Won 18 • Lost 20 • Tied 1


Captains: Greg Meredith, Tom MichalekOct. 19 at Illinois-Chicago Circle W 8 1

26 Denver L 4 627 Denver L 3 5

Nov. 2 at Minnesota-Duluth W 8 43 at Minnesota-Duluth W 6 49 Michigan L 4 710 Michigan W 11 916 Michigan State L 4 517 Michigan State W 5 323 vs. Cornell^ W 5 424 vs. Cornell# W 6 430 at Wisconsin L 2 5

Dec. 1 at Wisconsin W 4 37 at Bowling Green W 5 29 at Western Michigan L 5 629 at U.S. International~ L 1 530 at U.S. International~ L 3 7

Jan. 4 at Minnesota L 5 65 at Minnesota W 6 311 at North Dakota L 4 712 at North Dakota L 1 318 Colorado College W 6 519 Colorado College W 5 325 at Michigan Tech W 8 526 at Michigan Tech W 7 5

Feb. 2 Wisconsin W 4 33 Wisconsin L 5 79 Minnesota-Duluth L 6 710 Minnesota-Duluth L 8 915 Michigan (OT) W 5 416 at Michigan (OT) T 5 522 at Michigan State L 6 723 at Michigan State W 9 529 Minnesota L 2 3

Mar. 1 Minnesota L 7 87 at Michigan* W 8 38 at Michigan* L 3 414 at North Dakota* L 4 1015 at North Dakota* L 4 7

Season goals for and against 202 199^ – Lynah Rink (Ithaca, N.Y.)# – Rochester War Memorial (Rochester, N.Y.)~ – Mira Mesa House of Ice (San Diego, Calif.)* – WCHA playoffs

1980-81 – Won 13 • Lost 21 • Tied 2


Captain: Jeff BrownschidleOct. 24 at Colorado College L 4 5

25 at Colorado College W 6 228 Bowling Green L 3 431 vs. Clarkson^ W 4 1

Nov. 1 vs. Clarkson# L 2 54 at Bowling Green W 3 27 at Minnesota L 2 48 at Minnesota W 6 514 at Wisconsin (OT) W 5 415 at Wisconsin L 0 421 Michigan Tech (OT) L 2 322 Michigan Tech L 4 528 Michigan L 3 429 Michigan (OT) L 6 7

Dec. 3 Michigan State (OT) W 4 35 Illinois-Chicago Circle W 11 26 Illinois-Chicago Circle W 6 412 Michigan State L 0 1

Jan. 2 at Western Michigan (OT) L 5 63 at Western Michigan (OT) T 5 59 at Michigan Tech W 5 310 at Michigan Tech L 2 1216 North Dakota L 3 717 North Dakota (OT) T 1 123 Denver L 5 624 Denver L 4 930 at Minnesota-Duluth W 8 4

Don Lucia (1977-81) was a key member of the NotreDame defense throughout his career, appearing in 116games and totaling 30 points.

Kevin Humphreys set the still-standing Irish season recordfor shorthanded goals in 1978-79 (five) and shares thecareer record with seven.


Year-by-YearResults

6 at Western Michigan W 5 312 at Illinois-Chicago L 2 1113 at Illinois-Chicago W 5 419 Michigan Tech L 4 520 Michigan Tech L 4 626 at Bowling Green L 2 1227 at Bowling Green L 3 12

Dec. 3 Michigan State W 3 24 Michigan State L 3 710 Ohio State L 3 611 Ohio State L 5 628 vs. Michigan Tech^ L 6 929 vs. Michigan^ L 3 12

Jan. 7 at Lake Superior State W 7 38 at Lake Superior State L 3 414 Miami (OH) L 4 515 Miami (OH) W 9 621 at Ferris State (OT) T 7 722 at Ferris State L 5 728 at West. Michigan (OT) W 8 729 Western Michigan W 4 3

Feb. 4 at Miami (OH) L 2 95 at Miami (OH) W 6 411 Bowling Green (OT) T 4 412 Bowling Green W 5 318 at Ohio State W 6 319 at Ohio State L 1 825 Illinois-Chicago W 5 126 Illinois-Chicago W 8 1

Mar. 4 at Bowling Green** L 3 85 at Bowling Green** L 2 7

Season goals for and against 155 206^ – Great Lakes Invitational

(Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.)**– CCHA playoffs

1983-84 – Won 22 • Lost 6 • Tied 1

Captains: Joe Bowie, Brent ChapmanNov. 4 Illinois State W 10 1

5 at Northwestern W 12 26 Northwestern W 15 111 Illinois W 13 012 Illinois W 6 118 St. Thomas W 3 220 St. Thomas W 7 525 at Michigan-Dearborn W 6 426 at Michigan-Dearborn W 4 3

Dec. 2 at St. Norbert W 7 23 at St. Norbert# W 1 09 Lake Forest W 5 210 at Lake Forest W 5 2

Jan. 20 St. Norbert W 10 221 St. Norbert W 10 2

25 at Lake Forest L 6 927 at Iowa State W 4 328 at Iowa State W 6 4

Feb. 3 at Marquette W 9 44 Marquette W 11 28 Lake Forest W 6 410 at Penn State (OT) T 4 411 at Penn State W 6 117 at Alabama-Huntsville L 5 618 at Alabama Huntsville L 4 624 Michigan-Dearborn L 3 425 Michigan-Dearborn L 4 7

Mar. 2 Illinois State^ W 10 23 Iowa State^ L 2 4

Season goals for and against 194 89# – Forfeited game (actual result a 3-3 tie)^ – Central States Conference Tournament

(Notre Dame, Ind.)

1984-85 – Won 11 • Lost 16 • Tied 1

Captains: Brent Chapman, Bob ThebeauNov. 2 Penn State W 8 2

3 Penn State W 10 39 at Michigan-Dearborn L 4 510 at Michigan-Dearborn L 3 616 at St. Thomas L 3 1017 at St. Thomas L 6 721 Alaska-Anchorage L 6 1023 Air Force L 5 624 Air Force (OT) W 7 630 Alabama-Huntsville W 10 4

Dec. 1 Alabama-Huntsville W 8 48 Lake Forest L 4 5

Jan. 2 at Princeton L 4 94 vs. Yale^ L 5 105 vs. Colgate^ L 4 137 at Holy Cross L 6 915 Alaska Fairbanks L 4 618 vs. Bowdoin# L 6 919 at Lake Forest# L 2 523 Lake Forest W 6 3

Feb. 1 at Alabama-Huntsville (OT) T 7 72 at Alabama-Huntsville L 4 98 Iowa State L 3 49 Iowa State W 7 415 at Marquette W 9 418 Marquette W 11 222 Michigan-Dearborn W 5 423 Michigan-Dearborn (OT) W 5 4

Season goals for and against 162 170^ – Phoenix Mutual Tournament

(Hartford Civic Center; Hartford, Conn.)# – Forester Classic (Lake Forest, Ill.)

31 at Minnesota-Duluth L 4 6Feb. 6 at Michigan L 5 12

7 at Michigan L 4 813 at Michigan State W 4 214 at Michigan State W 4 220 Colorado College L 3 421 Colorado College L 2 527 Wisconsin W 4 228 Wisconsin L 0 7

Season goals for and against 139 166^ – Onondaga County War Memorial (Syracuse,N.Y.)# – Rochester War Memorial (Rochester, N.Y.)

1981-82 – Won 23 • Lost 15 • Tied 2

CCHA – Won 15, Lost 13 • Tied 24th Place

CCHA Runner-UpCaptains: Jeff Logan, Dave PoulinOct. 16 York W 8 4

17 York W 7 023 at Ohio State W 7 524 at Ohio State (OT) T 4 430 Northern Michigan L 2 331 Northern Michigan L 3 4

Nov. 6 at Western Michigan L 4 57 at Western Michigan W 6 213 at Michigan State L 2 414 Michigan State L 4 820 Ohio State W 6 421 Ohio State W 6 327 Ferris State L 0 328 Ferris State L 2 6

Dec. 4 Miami (OH) W 5 45 Miami (OH) W 6 410 at Northern Michigan L 2 311 at Northern Michigan L 8 929 vs. Michigan^ W 6 230 vs. Michigan Tech^ W 8 3

Jan. 8 at Illinois-Chicago Circle W 8 39 at Illinois-Chicago Circle L 7 815 at Michigan W 9 416 at Michigan (OT) T 2 222 Bowling Green (OT) W 9 823 Bowling Green (OT) L 7 829 at Michigan Tech L 1 730 at Michigan Tech W 5 3

Feb. 6 Lake Superior State W 5 17 Lake Superior State W 5 112 at Ferris State W 5 413 at Ferris State W 6 020 at Michigan State L 2 522 Michigan State W 3 226 Western Michigan L 3 627 Western Michigan W 10 8

Mar. 5 Michigan** W 6 56 Michigan** W 5 312 vs. Bowling Green!+ W 8 513 vs. Michigan State!!+ L 1 4

Season goals for and against 203 167^ – Great Lakes Invitational

(Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.)+ – Joe Louis Arena (Detroit, Mich.)** – CCHA playoffs !–CCHA semifinal !! – CCHA championship

1982-83 – Won 13 • Lost 21 • Tied 2

CCHA – Won 13 • Lost 17 • Tied 27th Place

Captains: Mark Doman, John HigginsOct. 22 at Michigan W 9 5

23 at Michigan L 4 529 Northern Michigan L 2 530 Northern Michigan L 3 4

Nov. 5 Western Michigan L 0 2Notre Dame’s 1981-82 captains Dave Poulin (left) and Jeff Logan (right) hoist the Great Lakes Invitational trophy, ashead coach Lefty Smith looks on.

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1985-86 – Won 12 • Lost 21 • Tied 1

Captains: Bob Thebeau, Dave WaldbilligOct. 21 at Alaska-Anchorage L 3 6

22 at Alaska-Anchorage L 2 525 at Alaska Fairbanks L 2 926 at Alaska Fairbanks L 4 8

Nov. 1 Kent State W 4 32 Kent State W 8 58 at Michigan-Dearborn L 3 69 at Michigan-Dearborn L 3 515 St. Thomas W 5 316 St. Thomas L 3 1021 Lake Forest (OT) T 4 423 at Lake Forest W 6 328 at Air Force W 8 629 at Air Force (OT) L 5 6

Dec. 6 Alabama-Huntsville W 5 37 Alabama-Huntsville W 10 727 vs. Colgate^ L 7 828 vs. Western Michigan^ L 2 1130 at SUNY- Plattsburgh L 7 1031 at SUNY- Plattsburgh L 7 15

Jan. 17 Michigan-Dearborn W 5 118 Michigan-Dearborn L 1 731 at Lake Forest L 2 4

Feb. 1 Lake Forest L 3 67 at Army L 5 78 at Army L 3 614 at Kent State W 5 315 at Kent State W 3 221 at Northern Arizona L 5 822 at Northern Arizona L 5 1128 North Dakota State W 6 5

Mar. 1 North Dakota State W 4 37 at Alabama-Huntsville L 4 58 vs. North Dakota State# L 5 9

Season goals for and against 154 210^ – Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.)# – Huntsville, Ala.

Pat Foley (1984-87) was a top defenseman for the Irishduring the mid-1980s, appearing in 88 games whiletotaling 26 points.

1986-87 – Won 10 • Lost 19 • Tied 1

Captains: Mike McNeill, Tom MooneyOct. 24 Kent State L 2 4

25 Kent State L 1 2Nov. 14 vs. St. John’s^ W 6 2

15 at Wis.-Stevens Point^ L 2 521 at St. Thomas W 6 522 at St. Thomas L 3 428 Lake Forest W 7 529 Lake Forest W 4 1

Dec. 5 Michigan-Dearborn W 6 16 Michigan-Dearborn (OT) L 3 412 Alabama-Huntsville L 0 413 Alabama-Huntsville L 3 6

Jan. 9 at North Dakota State L 4 710 at North Dakota State (OT) L 5 616 Army W 6 417 Army L 2 423 at Kent State L 3 624 at Kent State (OT) W 2 130 Wisconsin-Stevens Point W 2 131 Wisconsin-Stevens Point L 3 6

Feb. 6 at Air Force L 3 47 at Air Force L 1 613 at Michigan-Dearborn L 1 914 at Michigan-Dearborn (OT) T 4 420 at Lake Forest (OT) L 4 521 at Lake Forest L 3 527 at Alabama-Huntsville W 7 128 at Alabama-Huntsville (OT) L 2 3

Mar. 6 Lake Forest# W 4 17 Michigan-Dearborn# L 4 6

Season goals for and against 103 122^ – Pointer Classic (Stevens Point, Wis.)# – ACHA Playoffs (Notre Dame, Ind.)

Ric Schafer8 Seasons1987-95

112-152-15 (.428)

1987-88 – Won 27 • Lost 4 • Tied 2

Captain: Mike McNeillOct. 30 Windsor W 5 4

31 Windsor L 6 9Nov. 6 at Kent State (OT) T 5 5

7 at Kent State (OT) T 6 613 Lake Forest W 6 414 at Lake Forest W 4 320 St. Thomas W 3 221 St. Thomas W 10 625 at Mercyhurst W 7 328 at Canisius W 7 429 at Canisius W 5 4

Dec. 4 Michigan-Dearborn W 5 35 Michigan-Dearborn L 2 611 Dayton W 13 312 Dayton W 11 1

Jan. 8 Arizona W 9 59 Arizona W 10 015 at Army W 6 116 at Army W 8 422 North Dakota State W 6 323 North Dakota State W 8 429 Kent State W 6 330 Kent State W 11 2

Feb. 5 Air Force W 5 46 Air Force W 4 312 Villanova W 14 013 Villanova W 15 519 at Michigan-Dearborn L 1 320 at Michigan-Dearborn L 4 626 at Lake Forest W 6 127 Lake Forest W 4 2

Mar. 4 vs. Lake Forest^ W 5 35 at Michigan-Dearborn^ W 5 2

Season goals for and against 222 114^ – ACHA Playoffs (Dearborn, Mich.)

Dan Sawyer was a constant on the Irish defense from’89-’92, appearing in 30-plus games for each of histhree seasons while totaling 56 career points.

1988-89 – Won 10 • Lost 26 • Tied 2

Captains: Matt Hanzel, Brian MontgomeryOct. 12 at Western Michigan L 2 8

21 at St. Cloud State L 3 422 at St. Cloud State W 3 225 Alaska-Anchorage L 3 828 Rochester Inst. Tech. L 3 829 Rochester Inst. Tech. W 3 2

Nov. 4 Michigan-Dearborn W 4 15 at Michigan-Dearborn (OT) T 3 311 at Air Force (OT) T 6 612 at Air Force L 3 617 Lake Forest L 1 518 at Lake Forest L 4 823 Merrimack L 1 325 Merrimack L 3 426 Illinois-Chicago L 3 8

Dec. 2 at Michigan-Dearborn L 2 63 Michigan-Dearborn L 4 56 at Illinois-Chicago L 1 320 at Ferris State L 2 421 Ferris State L 1 1129 at Rensselaer^ L 0 630 vs. Air Force^ L 5 7

Jan. 2 at Army L 2 33 at Army W 5 25 at Boston College L 5 77 at Merrimack L 0 613 at Arizona W 10 514 at Arizona W 9 220 at Lake Forest L 2 621 Lake Forest W 4 227 Canisius W 4 028 Canisius W 5 2

Feb. 3 Michigan-Dearborn L 6 74 at Michigan-Dearborn L 2 510 Michigan L 2 611 at Michigan L 2 515 Lake Forest W 7 221 Western Michigan L 2 11

Season goals for and against 127 189^ – R.P.I. Tournament (Troy, N.Y.)

2 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y


Year-by-YearResults

1990-91 – Won 16 • Lost 15 • Tied 2

Captain: Kevin PatrickOct. 23 at Minnesota L 2 7

26 at Alaska Fairbanks L 3 427 at Alaska Fairbanks L 0 2

Nov. 2 at Kent State W 7 43 at Kent State (OT) T 5 59 Ferris State L 2 710 at Ferris State L 4 515 UMass-Boston W 6 416 UMass-Boston W 6 323 Alabama-Huntsville W 8 724 Alabama-Huntsville W 3 230 Mercyhurst W 7 3

Dec. 1 Mercyhurst W 7 67 at Lake Forest L 2 38 Lake Forest W 6 029 at Princeton (OT) L 3 430 at Army L 2 4

Jan. 2 at New Hampshire L 3 54 at Boston College L 1 811 Canisius W 4 312 Canisius W 6 418 Lake Forest W 7 519 at Lake Forest L 2 525 Kent State W 6 526 Kent State W 2 1

Feb. 1 at Air Force L 6 72 at Air Force W 4 18 Wisconsin-Stevens Point L 1 59 Wisconsin-Stevens Point W 7 322 Air Force L 4 723 Air Force (OT) T 2 2

Mar. 9 vs. Alaska Fairbanks^ W 4 310 at Alaska Anchorage^ L 2 10

Season goals for and against 134 144^ Independent Invitational (Sullivan Arena; Anchorage, Alaska)

1991-92 – Won 12 • Lost 18 • Tied 1

Captains: Mike Curry, Kevin Patrick, Dave Bankoske

Oct. 25 at Air Force L 3 826 at Air Force W 5 3

Nov. 8 New Hampshire L 1 79 New Hampshire L 2 815 Kent State L 1 616 Kent State W 7 522 Lake Forest W 7 023 at Lake Forest W 5 226 at Merrimack W 2 129 at Maine+ W 1 030 at Maine+ W 1 0

Dec. 6 at Lake Forest (OT) T 3 37 Lake Forest W 6 413 Princeton L 4 514 Princeton L 4 6

Jan. 10 Michigan L 3 411 at Michigan L 5 817 Army W 5 318 Army L 0 431 at Ferris State L 0 4

Feb. 1 Ferris State L 3 57 Western Michigan L 4 108 at Western Michigan L 5 714 at Kent State (OT) W 6 515 at Kent State L 1 321 at Illinois-Chicago L 3 922 Illinois-Chicago L 5 1028 Air Force W 8 329 Air Force W 3 2

Mar. 6 at Alaska Fairbanks^ L 2 47 vs. Air Force^ L 2 3

Season goals for and against 107 142^ – Independent Invitational

(Carlson Center; Fairbanks, Alaska)+ – forfeited games (actual scores: Maine 5-1 and 6-3)

1992-93 – Won 7 • Lost 27 • Tied 2


Captain: Matt OsieckiOct. 17 at Michigan L 1 6

23 at Kent State (OT) L 1 224 at Kent State L 5 730 Lake Superior State L 5 631 Lake Superior State L 3 6

Nov. 6 at Miami (OH) L 4 67 at Miami (OH) L 3 613 Illinois-Chicago L 2 314 at Illinois-Chicago (OT) T 2 220 Western Michigan W 3 221 at Western Michigan L 4 527 Michigan State L 4 828 vs. Michigan^ L 1 5

Dec. 11 at Ohio State W 5 412 at Bowling Green L 2 529 vs. Air Force# W 4 130 at Denver# L 1 6

Jan. 3 at Mankato State W 6 38 Ohio State W 3 19 Ohio State W 4 015 Miami (OH) L 2 816 Kent State (OT) L 3 422 Illinois-Chicago (OT) T 2 223 Michigan L 1 729 at Lake Superior State L 1 430 at Ferris State L 3 9

Feb. 5 at Michigan State L 1 56 Ferris State L 4 512 at Bowling Green L 4 713 Ferris State W 3 226 at Western Michigan L 3 527 at Michigan L 2 7

Mar. 6 at Michigan State L 2 57 Bowling Green (OT) L 3 412 at Michigan** L 2 1313 at Michigan** L 1 8


^ – The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Mich.)# – Colorado Banks Denver Cup

(DU Arena, Denver, Colo.)** – CCHA playoffs

1993-94 – Won 11 • Lost 22 • Tied 5


Captain: Matt OsieckiOct. 16 Waterloo W 4 3

29 Western Michigan W 4 330 at Michigan L 2 13

Nov. 5 at Michigan State L 0 36 Michigan State (OT) T 1 112 at Ohio State (OT)^ W 3 213 vs. Miami (OH)# L 1 319 at Lake Superior State (OT) W 5 420 at Lake Superior State L 1 625 vs. Michigan Tech~ W 5 426 at Alaska Fairbanks~ L 5 627 vs. Lake Superior St. (OT)~ L 1 2

Dec. 3 at Illinois-Chicago W 6 44 Illinois-Chicago (OT) T 2 210 Lake Superior State L 1 211 Ohio State W 5 429 vs. Michigan@ L 3 830 vs. Michigan Tech@ L 6 8

Jan. 2 Kent State L 5 63 Kent State L 4 58 at Ferris State (OT) L 2 311 Ferris State L 6 1014 Bowling Green W 2 115 Michigan L 1 621 at Kent State (OT) T 3 322 at Ohio State^ T 3 329 vs. Michigan+ L 1 3

Feb. 4 Miami (OT) L 2 35 Miami (OT) L 5 611 at Western Michigan L 0 6

1989-90 – Won 18 • Lost 15 • Tied 0

Captain: Tim KuehlOct. 26 Rochester Inst. Tech. (OT) W 6 5

27 Rochester Inst. Tech. L 3 7Nov. 3 Holy Cross W 10 4

4 Holy Cross W 9 210 Michigan-Dearborn W 9 411 at Michigan-Dearborn W 6 417 St. Cloud State W 3 218 St. Cloud State L 2 824 Lake Forest W 6 325 at Lake Forest W 5 3

Dec. 1 Mankato State W 5 02 Mankato State W 5 38 at Ferris State L 5 79 Ferris State L 2 728 vs. Wisconsin^ L 3 929 vs. Minnesota-Duluth^ L 1 9

Jan. 2 at Air Force W 4 23 at Air Force L 3 45 at Arizona W 8 26 at Arizona W 8 612 at Kent State W 3 213 at Kent State L 1 426 Army L 4 727 Army L 2 5

Feb. 2 Air Force L 3 63 Air Force W 3 29 Lake Forest W 6 410 at Lake Forest W 7 316 at St. Cloud State L 3 717 at St. Cloud State L 2 323 at Michigan-Dearborn W 6 3

Mar. 2 at Alabama-Huntsville # L 2 93 vs. Alaska Anchorage # L 6 9

Season goals for and against 151 155^ – Badger Hockey Showdown

(Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wis.)# – Alabama Face Off Tournament

(Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, Ala.)

Tim Kuehl scored 65 goals with 80 assists for 145 pointsbetween 1986-90. He finished third in scoring (18 goalsand 21 assists) during Notre Dame’s record-setting 1987-88 season.

1772 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

1992-93 Notre Dame Hockey Team – “The Irish return to the CCHA”Front Row (from left): Carl Picconatto, Greg Louder, Dan Marvin, Sterling Black, Curtis Janicke, Matt Osiecki, Dave Bankoske, Eric Gregoire,Dan Sawyer, Brent Lothrop and Wade Salzman.Middle Row (from left): Head coach Ric Schafer, strength coach Eric Youts, John Rushin, Brent Lamppa, Chris Tschupp, Jason Konesco, Tom Arkell,Justin Arcangel, Tim Litchard, Steve Soderling, Jeff Hasselman, Carey Nemeth, student manager Dylan Hogan and assistant coach Jim Johnson. Back Row (from left): Skate expert Cyril James, student manager Aimee Lucas, Jamie Morshead, Garry Gruber, Jamie Ling, Jeremy Coe, DavideDalGrande, Brett Bruininks, Chris Bales, Jay Matushak, Nata Rajala, Drew Tilson and office assistant Gillian Comley. Not pictured: assistantcoach Tom Carroll and athletic trainer John Whitmer.

12 Western Michigan L 1 418 at Bowling Green L 2 824 Michigan State T 1 126 at Ferris State W 8 3

Mar. 4 at Illinois-Chicago W 4 25 Bowling Green W 4 111 at Western Michigan** L 3 612 at Western Michigan** L 1 7

Season goals for and against 113 165^ – State Fairgrounds Coliseum (Columbus, Ohio)# – Cincinnati Gardens ~ – Great Alaska Face-Off (Carlson Ctr; Fairbanks, Alaska)@ – Great Lakes Invit. (Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.)+ – The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Mich.)** – CCHA playoffs

1994-95 – Won 11 • Lost 25 • Tied 1


Captain: Brett BruininksOct. 14 St. Francis Xavier W 10 2

21 Waterloo W 8 428 Lake Superior State L 3 629 Lake Superior State# L 4 7

Nov. 1 at Bowling Green L 1 74 Illinois-Chicago L 2 35 at Illinois-Chicago L 2 611 Ferris State W 2 112 Ferris State L 1 417 at Western Michigan L 4 918 Bowling Green L 1 525 vs. Maine@ L 3 426 vs. Princeton@ L 3 6

Dec. 3 at Michigan L 2 119 Alaska-Fairbanks L 4 510 Miami (OH) (OT) T 0 028 at Boston College W 3 230 at UMass-Amherst W 6 331 at UMass-Amherst (OT) L 3 4

Jan. 6 at Bowling Green L 1 37 at Ohio State (OT) W 4 313 at Michigan State L 1 417 Western Michigan L 3 420 Michigan State L 3 821 Michigan # L 3 927 at Lake Superior State L 3 628 at Ferris State W 7 2

Feb. 3 at Miami (OH) L 5 84 at Miami (OH) L 3 510 Ohio State W 5 111 Ohio State W 4 324 at Michigan State L 1 425 Michigan W 6 3

Mar. 3 Illinois-Chicago W 5 24 at Western Michigan L 1 210 at Bowling Green** L 2 711 at Bowling Green** L 4 5


# – The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn, Mich.) @ – Great Western Freeze Out (The Forum,

Inglewood, Calif.)** – CCHA playoffs

Dave Poulin10 Seasons1995 - 2005

139-197-50 (.425)

1995-96 – Won 9 • Lost 23 • Tied 4

CCHA – Won 6 • Lost 20 • Tied 4Tied 9th Place

Captain: Brett BruininksOct. 13 Guelph (OT) L 1 2

19 at Alaska Fairbanks W 7 420 at Alaska Fairbanks L 4 621 at Alaska Fairbanks L 4 727 Boston College L 5 731 at Michigan State L 2 6

Nov. 3 Western Michigan L 2 34 at Western Michigan L 2 610 Illinois-Chicago L 2 311 Ohio State W 4 024 Lake Superior State W 6 325 Lake Superior State L 1 3

Dec. 1 at Ferris State W 4 32 at Lake Superior State L 3 69 Ferris State (OT) T 3 328 vs. Wisconsin^ W 3 229 vs. Boston University^ L 3 7

Jan. 5 at Ohio State (OT) T 2 26 at Ohio State L 2 512 Miami (OH) (OT) T 2 213 Miami (OH) L 3 619 Illinois-Chicago (OT) W 5 420 at Michigan L 1 1126 Army W 7 327 Army W 4 230 Bowling Green L 3 4

Feb. 2 at Illinois-Chicago L 3 53 at Michigan State L 1 79 Michigan L 1 410 Bowling Green (OT) L 3 413 at Western Michigan L 1 416 vs. Michigan# L 1 320 Michigan State (OT) T 4 423 at Miami (OH) W 5 224 at Bowling Green L 2 8

Mar. 2 Ferris State L 3 6Season goals for and against 109 157

^ – Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown (Bradley Center; Milwaukee, Wis.)

# – The Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Mich.)** – CCHA Playoffs

1996-97 – Won 9 • Lost 25 • Tied 1


Captains: Terry Lorenz, Steve NobleOct. 11 Western Ontario W 2 1

18 Western Michigan (OT) T 3 325 at Ohio State W 3 026 at Miami (OH) L 1 2

Nov. 1 Michigan L 3 62 at Bowling Green W 7 58 at Boston College L 1 615 Ferris State L 1 517 Mankato State (OT) L 3 422 at Bowling Green W 5 323 at Miami (OH) L 3 426 Lake Superior State L 3 429 at Ferris State L 2 330 at Ferris State L 2 6

Dec. 6 at Michigan State L 3 47 Alaska Fairbanks W 3 128 at Princeton L 2 529 at Princeton (OT) L 2 3

Jan. 3 Miami (OH) L 3 67 at Mankato State W 3 211 Bowling Green L 2 317 Alaska Fairbanks L 4 518 Alaska Fairbanks W 6 224 St. Cloud State W 5 225 St. Cloud State L 1 228 Michigan State L 0 331 at Lake Superior State L 3 6

Feb. 1 at Lake Superior State L 0 47 Ohio State L 3 58 Ohio State L 3 414 at Michigan L 1 315 at Michigan L 1 621 Western Michigan (OT) W 5 422 at Western Michigan L 1 628 Michigan State L 2 3


1997-98 – Won 18 • Lost 19 • Tied 4


Captain: Steve NobleOct. 10 Western Ontario W 5 1

17 at St. Cloud State (OT) W 4 318 at St. Cloud State W 4 124 Boston College L 2 331 Michigan State L 1 5

Nov. 1 at Michigan State W 6 17 Bowling Green W 2 18 at Michigan State L 1 315 at Miami (OH) L 4 516 at Ohio State^ W 3 220 Ferris State (OT) T 5 522 at Ferris State L 3 428 Lake Superior State L 2 429 Lake Superior State (OT) T 3 3

Dec. 5 at Western Michigan W 2 16 Western Michigan W 4 210 at Wisconsin W 4 212 Wisconsin L 2 327 vs. Northeastern# L 2 428 vs. Brown# W 5 1

Jan. 2 Miami (OH) L 1 33 Miami (OH) (OT) T 2 28 at Alaska Fairbanks W 4 29 at Alaska Fairbanks (OT) L 2 310 at Alaska Fairbanks W 5 124 at Bowling Green (OT) W 5 425 at Ohio State^ L 3 530 Michigan L 2 731 at Michigan L 4 5


Year-by-YearResultsFeb. 6 Bowling Green (OT) T 1 1

7 Ferris State W 7 113 Ohio State L 3 514 at Western Michigan L 3 520 at Northern Michigan W 4 321 at Lake Superior State (OT) L 1 227 Northern Michigan W 3 128 Northern Michigan W 5 2

Mar. 7 Michigan L 0 113 at Michigan** W 4 214 at Michigan** (OT) L 1 215 at Michigan** L 3 4

Season goals for and against 127 115^ – State Fairgrounds Coliseum (Columbus, Ohio)# – Mariucci Classic (Mariucci Arena; Minneapolis, Minn.)** – CCHA playoffs

1998-99 – Won 19 • Lost 14 • Tied 5


Captain: Brian UrickOct. 3 at Wisconsin * W 2 1

9 Lake Superior State W 4 210 Western Michigan W 7 116 at Ferris State W 5 317 at Lake Superior State W 4 323 Ohio State W 3 024 at Western Michigan L 1 2

Nov. 6 at Boston College (OT) T 5 57 at Northeastern W 4 313 Bowling Green W 6 214 Michigan (OT) T 2 220 Western Michigan W 9 521 at Michigan L 0 124 vs. Ferris State^ L 2 4

Dec. 4 at Ohio State L 3 45 at Ohio State L 1 4

Jan. 2 at North Dakota L 1 83 at North Dakota W 4 38 at Bowling Green W 4 19 Miami (OH) W 2 015 Alaska Fairbanks W 6 216 Alaska Fairbanks W 6 122 at Northern Michigan (OT) T 3 323 at Lake Superior State L 1 330 Michigan W 3 2

Feb. 5 Michigan State (OT) T 2 26 Alaska Fairbanks W 5 212 at Michigan State L 0 113 Ferris State L 0 119 at Michigan State L 1 320 at Bowling Green L 1 526 Northern Michigan (OT) T 3 327 Northern Michigan W 2 1

Mar. 5 at Miami (OH) (OT) L 2 36 at Miami (OH) W 4 212 Northern Michigan** W 3 213 Northern Michigan** L 1 714 Northern Michigan** L 2 3

Season goals for and against 114 100* U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game^ – Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Mich.)** – CCHA playoffs

1999-00 – Won 16 • Lost 18 • Tied 8


Captain: Ben SimonOct. 7 Michigan L 3 5

8 Michigan L 1 615 vs. Providence# L 1 216 vs. Union# W 4 023 at Ferris State L 1 424 vs. Ferris State^ L 2 428 Miami (OH) W 5 229 Miami (OH) (OT) T 2 2

Nov. 5 at Nebraska Omaha (OT) T 2 26 at Nebraska Omaha L 3 512 Alaska Fairbanks W 1 013 Alaska Fairbanks W 3 227 at New Hampshire T 1 128 vs. Vermont~ W 5 1

Dec. 4 Michigan State W 1 05 at Michigan State L 1 410 Massachusetts L 3 411 Massachusetts W 5 319 Princeton L 3 420 Princeton L 2 431 at Denver $ (OT) T 3 3

Jan. 1 vs. Colorado College$ L 2 57 Lake Superior State W 2 18 Lake Superior State (OT) T 1 113 at Northern Michigan (OT) T 2 214 at Northern Michigan L 0 621 Western Michigan (OT) W 4 322 Western Michigan W 4 128 at Alaska Fairbanks W 2 129 at Alaska Fairbanks (OT) T 3 3

Feb. 4 at Ohio State L 1 35 at Ohio State (OT) W 2 111 Nebraska Omaha L 1 312 Nebraska Omaha W 7 418 at Bowling Green W 5 319 at Bowling Green (OT) T 1 1

Mar. 3 Michigan State (OT) T 2 24 at Michigan State L 3 510 Ferris State** W 4 311 Ferris State** L 1 612 Ferris State** W 4 217 Michigan State!! L 0 4

Season goals for and against 103 119# – Ice Breaker Tournament

(Magness Arena; Denver, Colo.) ^ – Van Andel Arena (Grand Rapids, Mich.)~ – Towse Rink (Durham, N.H.)$ – Norwest Cup (Denver, Colo.)** – CCHA playoffs!! – CCHA semi-finals (Joe Louis Arena, Detroit)

2000-01 – Won 10 • Lost 22 • Tied 7


Captain: Ryan DolderOct. 7 vs. Minnesota # L 3 7

13 vs. Boston College $ L 1 414 vs. Niagara $ (OT) T 3 317 Wayne State (OT) W 2 120 Northeastern W 6 421 Northeastern L 3 526 Michigan State L 1 527 Michigan State L 2 3

Nov. 3 at Miami (OH) W 5 24 at Miami (OH) (OT) T 1 110 Boston College L 3 524 Northern Michigan L 1 325 Northern Michigan (OT) T 3 3

Dec. 1 at Lake Superior State L 1 22 at Lake Superior State L 1 48 Miami (OH) L 2 59 Miami (OH) L 1 419 at Nebraska-Omaha L 0 120 at Nebraska-Omaha W 7 329 vs. St. Lawrence ^ L 3 630 at Rensselaer ^ L 2 6

Jan. 5 Ferris State L 2 46 Ferrris State (OT) L 2 312 Western Michigan W 4 113 at Western Michigan (OT) T 3 319 Ohio State L 3 520 Ohio State (OT) T 2 223 at Michigan L 0 927 at Yale (N.H. Coliseum) L 2 828 at Yale W 4 3

Feb. 2 at Ohio State L 2 53 at Ohio State L 3 59 Bowling Green W 3 210 Bowling Green W 5 316 at Michigan (OT) T 4 423 at Alaska-Fairbanks (OT) T 4 424 at Alaska-Fairbanks W 3 1

Mar. 2 at Western Michigan W 5 43 Western Michigan L 2 7

Season goals for and against 104 150# – Hall of Fame Classic

(Xcel Energy Center; St. Paul, Minn.) $ – Maverick Stampede (Omaha Civic Auditorium)^ – R.P.I./HSBC Holiday Classic

(Houston Field House; Troy, N.Y.)

2001-02 – Won 16 • Lost 17 • Tied 5


Captain: Evan NielsenOct. 11 Union College L 1 2

12 Union College L 3 720 at Ohio State (OT) T 4 421 at Ohio State L 2 326 at Boston College L 1 427 at Northeastern (OT) T 3 3

Nov. 2 at Northern Michigan W 5 43 at Northern Michigan L 1 49 Ferris State W 5 210 Ferris State (OT) T 3 316 at Western Michigan (OT) T 4 417 at Western Michigan L 2 4

Dec. 1 Lake Superior State W 7 02 Lake Superior State W 5 27 at Bowling Green W 6 38 at Bowling Green L 2 428 at Princeton W 2 129 at Princeton # W 4 2

Jan. 4 Michigan (OT) T 3 35 Michigan L 1 211 Northern Michigan W 4 112 Northern Michigan L 0 418 Nebraska-Omaha L 2 319 Nebraska-Omaha L 2 425 at Miami (OH) (OT) W 4 326 at Miami (OH) L 3 7

Feb. 1 Alaska Fairbanks L 5 72 Alaska Fairbanks L 5 68 at Michigan State L 0 29 at Michigan State W 3 222 at Lake Superior State W 3 123 at Lake Superior State W 6 0

Mar. 1 Bowling Green W 4 32 Bowling Green W 4 18 at Neb.-Omaha** (2OT) L 2 39 at Neb.-Omaha** (OT) W 2 110 at Neb.-Omaha** W 2 115 vs. Northern Michigan !! L 1 3

Season goals for and against 117 113# – Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, N.J.) ** – CCHA playoffs; Omaha Civic Auditorium !! – CCHA Super Six; Joe Louis Arena (Detroit)

2002-03 – Won 17 • Lost 17 • Tied 6


Captain: Evan NielsenOct. 11 at Minnesota-Duluth (OT) T 2 2

12 at Minnesota-Duluth W 5 318 Western Michigan W 4 219 at Western Michigan W 8 525 Ferris State L 2 526 Ferris State L 1 4

Nov. 1 Boston College (OT) T 3 38 Miami (OH) L 1 39 Miami (OH) W 2 122 at Michigan L 2 423 at Michigan W 4 329 at Alaska Fairbanks L 3 430 at Alaska Fairbanks L 4 5

Dec. 7 Bowling Green W 6 38 Bowling Green W 5 214 vs. Wayne State # W 3 228 at Dartmouth @ L 4 629 vs. Vermont @ (OT) T 3 3

Jan. 3 at Nebraska-Omaha W 5 3

1792 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Notre Dame’s first NCAA Tournament Team2003-04 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Front Row (sitting, l-r): David Brown, Tom Galvin, Brett Lebda, Rob Globke, Morgan Cey, Aaron Gill, Neil Komadoski, T.J.Mathieson, Rory Walsh.Middle Row (l-r): Head coach Dave Poulin, strength and conditioning coach Tony Rolinski, Matt Amado, Joe Zurenko, ChrisTrick, Wes O’Neill, Mike Walsh, Tim Wallace, Derek Smith, Brad Wanchulak, Cory McLean, assistant coach Layne LeBel,assistant coach Andy Slaggert.Back Row (l-r): Video Coordinator Kevin Anderson, senior manager Jessie Kirkpatrick, Josh Sciba, Noah Babin, Jason Paige,Michael Bartlett, T.J. Jindra, Matt Williams-Kovacs, Tony Gill, athletic trainer Kevin Ricks, equipment specialist Dave Gilbert.

4 at Nebraska-Omaha L 3 510 at Ferris State L 3 611 at Ferris State (OT) T 4 417 Yale L 1 418 Yale% L 1 324 Michigan State L 1 225 Michigan State (OT) T 3 331 Ohio State (OT) T 3 3

Feb. 1 Ohio State L 0 214 at Bowling Green W 3 215 at Bowling Green W 3 221 Lake Superior State W 3 222 Lake Superior State W 6 328 at Western Michigan L 2 4

Mar. 1 Western Michigan W 5 27 at Northern Michigan W 3 28 at Northern Michigan L 1 414 at Miami** L 2 415 at Miami** W 1 016 at Miami** W 5 020 vs. Ohio State !! L 2 3

Season goals for and against 122 123# – Joe Louis Arena (Detroit, Mich.)@ – Thompson Arena (Hanover, N.H.)% – Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.)!! – CCHA Super Six (Detroit, Mich.)** – First Round CCHA Playoffs

2003-04 – Won 20 • Lost 15 • Tied 4


Captain: Aaron GillOct. 10 at Ohio State W 5 2

11 at Ohio State L 1 317 Bowling Green L 3 518 at Bowling Green W 3 024 at Boston College W 1 030 Nebraska-Omaha W 4 231 Nebraska-Omaha W 2 0

Nov. 7 at Michigan State L 1 38 at Michigan State (OT) T 3 321 Lake Superior State W 5 322 Lake Superior State (OT) T 2 228 Northern Michigan W 5 129 Northern Michigan W 4 2

Dec. 5 at Western Michigan L 6 86 at Western Michigan L 4 627 vs. Cornell # L 0 428 vs. Maine # W 1 0

Jan. 3 Findlay W 1 09 at Bowling Green (OT) L 4 510 Bowling Green W 3 017 at Wisconsin (OT) T 2 218 at Wisconsin W 3 123 at Northern Michigan (OT) L 3 424 at Northern Michigan L 0 130 Alaska Fairbanks W 3 231 Alaska Fairbanks (OT) T 2 2

Feb. 6 at Miami (OH) L 2 57 at Miami (OH) L 0 213 Ferris State W 4 214 Ferris State W 4 127 Michigan W 4 128 Michigan W 5 2

Mar. 5 at Lake Superior L 0 36 at Lake Superior W 2 112 Western Michigan ** W 4 213 Western Michigan ** L 0 414 Western Michigan ** (OT) W 5 418 vs. Ohio State !! (OT) L 5 627 vs. Minnesota $ L 2 5


# – Everblades Collegiate Classic (Teco Arena, Estero, Fla.)** – First Round CCHA Playoffs!! – CCHA Super Six (Detroit, Mich.)$ – NCAA Midwest Regional (Van Andel Arena,Grand Rapids, Mich.)

2004-05 – Won 5 • Lost 27 • Tied 6


Captain: Cory McLeanOct. 7 Minnesota-Duluth (OT) T 2 2

8 Minnesota-Duluth L 1 415 at Miami (OH) L 2 416 at Miami (OH) L 0 522 Boston College W 3 229 Northern Michigan (OT) T 1 130 Northern Michigan L 1 4

Nov. 4 at Bowling Green L 1 35 Bowling Green (OT) T 4 412 at Western Michigan (OT) T 2 213 at Western Michigan W 3 226 at Alaska Fairbanks W 3 227 at Alaska Fairbanks L 2 3

Dec. 3 at Michigan L 1 64 Michigan L 0 810 Michigan State (OT) W 3 211 at Michigan State L 1 4

Jan. 1 Rensselaer L 1 32 Rensselaer W 2 17 at Lake Superior State (OT) T 1 18 at Lake Superior State (OT) L 1 214 Ohio State L 1 415 Ohio State L 1 319 vs. Michigan Tech # L 2 621 Wisconsin L 0 222 vs. Wisconsin % L 0 228 at Bowling Green L 1 429 Bowling Green L 2 6

Feb. 4 Nebraska-Omaha (OT) T 1 15 Nebraska-Omaha L 3 611 Ferris State L 3 412 Ferris State L 2 418 vs. Michigan @ L 2 919 at Michigan L 3 6

Mar. 4 at Michigan State L 2 35 Michigan State L 1 211 at Michigan ** L 1 1012 at Michigan ** (OT) L 0 1

Season goals for and against 60 138# – Resch Center (Green Bay, Wis.)% – Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.)@ – Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)** – First Round CCHA Playoffs

Jeff Jackson4 Seasons2005 -

103-48-14 (.667)

2005-06 – Won 13 • Lost 19 • Tied 4


Captain: T.J. JindraOct. 21 at Colorado College L 1 3

22 at Denver L 3 628 Princeton L 3 529 Princeton W 3 0

Nov. 4 Michigan L 5 85 at Michigan L 2 410 Bowling Green W 9 411 Bowling Green W 4 218 at Miami (OH) (OT) T 2 219 at Miami (OH) L 0 325 Ohio State L 1 426 Ohio State L 2 5

Dec. 2 at Western Michigan L 3 43 Western Michigan W 3 06 at Minnesota State W 3 210 Minnesota State L 1 217 Lake Superior State L 0 418 Lake Superior State W 4 3

Jan. 6 at Nebraska-Omaha W 4 17 at Nebraska-Omaha (OT) T 2 213 Miami (OH) (OT) T 2 214 Miami (OH) L 2 320 at Northern Michigan L 2 521 at Northern Michigan W 4 327 at Ohio State L 0 128 at Ohio State W 1 0

Feb. 3 Michigan State L 2 34 at Michigan State L 1 210 Ferris State W 4 111 at Ferris State W 3 217 at Bowling Green W 7 418 at Bowling Green (OT) T 1 124 Alaska Fairbanks W 4 125 Alaska Fairbanks L 1 2

Mar. 3 Alaska Fairbanks ** L 1 34 Alaska Fairbanks ** L 0 1

Season goals for and against 89 98** – First Round CCHA Playoffs


Year-by-YearResults2006-07 – Won 32 • Lost 7 • Tied 3

CCHA – Won 21 • Lost 4 • Tied 31st Place

Captain: T.J. JindraOct. 12 Minnesota State W 6 1

14 at Minnesota State (OT) L 2 320 at Boston College W 7 121 at Providence College W 6 127 vs. Army @ W 3 028 vs. Air Force @ W 2 0

Nov. 3 at Ohio State W 4 24 at Ohio State (OT) T 1 110 Bowling Green W 5 211 Bowling Green W 4 017 Michigan State W 4 118 at Michigan State L 0 224 at Nebraska-Omaha W 4 225 at Nebraska-Omaha L 2 3

Dec. 2 Alaska W 3 13 Alaska W 6 28 at Michigan W 7 310 Michigan W 4 330 vs. Northern Michigan % W 4 331 Northern Michigan W 4 2

Jan. 5 at Robert Morris & W 6 27 Robert Morris L 2 412 at Lake Superior State (OT)W 4 313 at Lake Superior State W 4 119 at Western Michigan L 2 320 at Western Michigan W 3 026 Miami (OH) W 4 127 Miami (OH) (OT) T 2 2

Feb. 2 at Bowling Green W 3 23 at Bowling Green W 2 19 Nebraska-Omaha W 4 210 Nebraska-Omaha (OT) T 2 216 at Alaska W 1 017 at Alaska (OT) W 3 223 Ferris State L 2 524 Ferris State W 2 0

Mar. 9 Alaska ** W 7 110 Alaska ** W 3 116 vs. Lake Superior State !! W 3 017 vs. Michigan !! W 2 123 vs. Ala.-Huntsville $ (2OT) W 3 224 vs. Michigan State $ L 1 2

Season goals for and against 143 70@ – Lightning College Hockey Classic (St.Petersburg, Fla.)% – Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum (Ft. Wayne,Ind.)& – Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.)** – Second Round CCHA Playoffs!! – CCHA Championship (Detroit, Mich.)$ – NCAA Regional (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

2007-08 – Won 27 • Lost 16 • Tied 4


Captain: Mark Van GuilderOct. 12 vs. Wisconsin # L 1 4

13 vs. Mercyhurst # W 4 018 Denver W 4 319 Denver L 1 323 at Bowling Green W 4 226 at Ferris State W 3 227 at Ferris State L 0 3

Nov. 1 Lake Superior State W 7 32 Lake Superior State W 4 19 at Miami (OH) W 2 1 10 at Miami (OH) L 1 316 Western Michigan W 4 117 at Western Michigan W 5 120 Bowling Green W 2 123 vs. Alabama-Huntsville % W 4 1

The 2006-07 Notre Dame hockey team poses with theCCHA regular-season championship trophy following thefinal game of the season. Front Row (kneeling): Jordan Pearce, Jason Paige,Tom Sawatske, T.J. Jindra, The Regular-SeasonTrophy,David Brown, Josh Sciba, Noah Babin.Middle Row: Tom O’Brien, Stewart Carlin, Mark VanGuilder, Garrett Regan, Kevin Deeth, Justin White,Christiaan Minella, Michael Bartlett, Brock Sheahan,Dan VeNard.Back Row: Erik Condra, Ryan Thang, Kyle Lawon, WesO’Neill, Brett Blatchford, Christian Hanson, BrianD’Arcy, Evan Rankin, Dan Kissel.

24 vs. Rensselaer % W 4 330 Nebraska-Omaha W 5 4

Dec. 1 Nebraska-Omaha W 5 07 at Princeton W 4 28 at Princeton W 7 028 vs. Massachusetts @ L 3 429 vs. Rensselaer @ W 3 1

Jan. 4 at Northern Michigan L 1 25 at Northern Michigan W 2 111 at Michigan State L 1 313 Michigan State (OT) T 1 118 at Michigan L 2 319 vs. Michigan ^ L 1 525 Bowling Green W 6 126 at Bowling Green W 4 1

Feb. 8 Ferris State L 3 59 Ferris State (OT) T 2 215 at Alaska W 2 116 at Alaska (OT) T 1 122 Ohio State L 1 323 Ohio State (OT) T 2 229 at Western Michigan L 0 3

Mar. 1 Western Michigan W 3 114 Ferris State ** L 1 215 Ferris State ** W 6 316 Ferris State ** W 2 121 vs. Miami (OH) ! (OT) L 1 222 vs. Northern Michigan ! L 1 228 vs. New Hampshire $ W 7 329 vs. Michigan State $ W 3 1

Apr. 10 vs. Michigan + (OT) W 5 412 vs. Boston College + L 1 4


# – Lefty McFadden Invitational (Dayton, Ohio)% – Rensselaer Holiday Tournament (Troy, N.Y.)@ – Lightning College Hockey Classic (Tampa, Fla.)^ – Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, Mich.)** – Second Round CCHA Playoffs! – CCHA Championships (Detroit, Mich.)$ – NCAA West Regional (Colorado Springs, Colo.)+ – NCAA Frozen Four (Denver, Colo.)

2008-09 – Won 30 • Lost 6 • Tied 3

CCHA – Won 21 • Lost 4 • Tied 3 • SOW 31st Place

Captain: Erik CondraOct. 11 at Denver # L 2 5

17 Sacred Heart W 3 018 Sacred Heart W 7 024 Miami L 0 225 Miami L 2 331 at Northern Michigan W 3 2

Nov. 1 at Northern Michigan W 4 27 at Boston College W 4 18 at Providence College W 4 114 Lake Superior State (OT) T 3 315 Lake Superior State W 5 221 Bowling Green W 5 122 at Bowling Green W 9 128 Western Michigan W 4 129 Western Michigan (OT) T 3 3

Dec. 5 at Ferris State W 3 16 at Ferris State W 1 012 at Bowling Green W 3 113 Bowling Green W 4 3

Jan. 2 vs. Union College@ W 3 13 vs. Minnesota-Duluth @ W 3 19 Alaska W 2 010 Alaska W 3 016 at Lake Superior State W 3 217 at Lake Superior State (OT) T 3 330 Michigan L 1 231 at Michigan W 3 2

Feb. 6 at Ohio State (OT) W 4 38 at Ohio State L 1 413 Northern Michigan W 9 514 Northern Michigan W 5 220 at Nebraska-Omaha (OT) W 4 321 at Nebraska-Omaha W 1 027 Michigan State W 5 028 at Michigan State W 2 1

Mar. 13 Nebraska-Omaha ** W 5 014 Nebraska-Omaha ** W 1 020 vs. Northern Michigan ! W 2 121 vs. Michigan ! W 5 228 vs. Bemidji State $ L 1 5


# – Hall of Fame Game (Denver, Colo.)@ – Shillelagh Tournament (Hoffman Estates, Ill.)** – Second Round CCHA Playoffs! – CCHA Championships (Detroit, Mich.)$ – NCAA Midwest Regional (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Records

Goaltender Jordan Pearce (2005-09) rewrote the Notre Dame

record book for goaltending in his two seasons as the team’s

top puck stopper. A two-time Academic All-American,

Pearce is the school’s all-time win leader with 59 and set the

single-season mark with eight shutouts in 2008-09.


CareerRecords

17. Tim Kuehl (1986-90)............ 65 .... 80.... 14518. Tom Mooney (1984-88)........ 57 .... 87.... 144Curtis Janicke (1989-93) ...... 46 .... 98.... 144

20. Lou Zadra (1988-92) ............ 69 .... 65.... 13421. Tom Michalek (1976-80) ...... 46 .... 87.... 13322. Dan Carlson (1997-01) ........ 52 .... 80.... 13223. Don Fairholm (1974-78) ...... 50 .... 81.... 13124. Ben Simon (1996-00)............ 44 .... 86.... 13025. Kevin Nugent (1974-78) ...... 54 .... 75.... 12926. Brian Urick (1995-99) .......... 57 .... 70.... 12727. Kevin Humphreys (1977-81) ..55 .... 71.... 12628. Pat Conroy (1971-75) .......... 38 .... 87.... 12529. Rob Globke (2000-04).......... 68 .... 56.... 124Phil Wittliff (1968-71) .......... 72 .... 52.... 124

31. Alex Pirus (1973-76) ............ 57 .... 66.... 123John Schmidt (1978-82)........ 28 .... 95.... 123

33. Jeff Brownschidle (1977-81) .. 30 .... 92.... 12234. Ray DeLorenzi (1971-74) .... 55 .... 59.... 11435. Aaron Gill (2000-04) ............ 49 .... 62.... 111Connor Dunlop (1999-03) .... 25 .... 86.... 111

37. Jack Brownschidle (1973-77) ..31 .... 78.... 10938. Tim Reilly (1981-86)............ 43 .... 65 ....10839. Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99) ..61 .... 44.... 10540. Bob Thebeau (1982-86) ........ 40 .... 63.... 10341. Kevin Hoene (1968-71) ........ 50 .... 51.... 101Matt Hanzel (1985-89) ........ 50 .... 51.... 101

43. Paul Clarke (1973-77) .......... 38 .... 62.... 100• Kevin Deeth (2006-) ..............32 ......63...... 95• Ryan Thang (2006-)................48 .... 44...... 92

Points by a Defenseman

Name (Seasons) G A Pts1. John Schmidt (1978-82)........ 28 .... 95.... 1232. Jeff Brownschidle (1977-81) .. 39 .... 92.... 1223. Bob Thebeau (1982-86) ........ 40 .... 63.... 1034. Jack Brownschidle (1973-77) ..31 .... 78.... 1095. Paul Clarke (1973-77) .......... 38 .... 62.... 1006. Bill Green (1969-73) ............ 30 .... 66...... 967. Kevin Markovitz (1986-90) .. 24 .... 72...... 968. Bill Nyrop (1970-74) ............ 17 .... 72...... 899. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99)...... 28 .... 60...... 8810. Brett Lebda (2000-04) .......... 26 .... 59...... 85• Kyle Lawson (2006-) ............13 .... 55 ......68

Goals

Name (Seasons) Gms. G1. Greg Meredith (1976-80) ............ 149 .... 1042. Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74) ........ 133 .... 1033. Ian Williams (1970-74) .............. 126 ...... 924. Brent Chapman (1981-86) .......... 128 ...... 905. Dave Poulin (1978-82)................ 135 ...... 89Brian Walsh (1973-77) ................ 140 ...... 89Paul Regan (1969-73) ................ 125 ...... 89

8. John Noble (1969-73) ................ 123 ...... 819. Kirt Bjork (1979-83) .................. 141 ...... 7610. Jeff Logan (1978-82) .................. 147 ...... 75

Assists

Name (Seasons) Gms A1. John Noble (1969-73) ................ 123 .... 145Brian Walsh (1973-77) ................ 140 .... 145

3. Ian Williams (1970-74) .............. 126 .... 1194. Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74) ........ 133 .... 1175. Mike McNeill (1984-88) .............. 83 .... 1156. Clark Hamilton (1973-77) .......... 145 .... 1137. Erik Condra (2005-09) ................159 .... 1108. David Bankoske (1988-93).......... 141 .... 1099. Dave Poulin (1978-82)................ 135 .... 10710. Jamie Ling (1992-96) .................. 142 .... 102

Games Played

Name (Seasons) Games1. Mark Van Guilder (2004-08) ......................1632. Brock Sheahan (2004-08) ..........................1613. Erik Condra (2005-09) ............................ 1594. Dan Carlson (1997-01) ............................ 1585. Evan Nielsen (1999-03) ............................ 1566. Garrett Regan (2005-09) ........................ 154Wes O’Neill (2003-07) ............................ 154Jason Paige (2003-07) .............................. 154

9. Tim Wallace (2002-06) ............................ 153Aaron Gill (2000-04) ................................ 153

“Century Club”

Name (Seasons) G A Pts1. Brian Walsh (1973-77) .......... 89 .. 145.... 2342. John Noble (1969-73) .......... 81 .. 145.... 2263. Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74) .. 103.... 117 .... 2204. Ian Williams (1970-74) ........ 92 .. 119.... 2115. Mike McNeill (1984-88) ...... 83 .. 115.... 1986. Dave Poulin (1978-82) .......... 89 .. 107.... 1967. Greg Meredith (1976-80) .... 104 .... 88.... 1928. Paul Regan (1969-73) .......... 89 .... 97.... 1869. Clark Hamilton (1973-77) .... 70 .. 113.... 18310. Dave Bankoske (1988-93) .... 73 .. 109.... 18211. Brent Chapman (1981-86) .... 90 .... 78.... 168 12. Kirt Bjork (1979-83) ............ 76 .... 85.... 16113. Erik Condra (2005-09) ........ 48 ....110 ....15814. Jamie Ling (1992-96) ............ 51 .. 102.... 15315. Bill Rothstein (1978-82) ...... 69 .... 78.... 14716. Jeff Logan (1978-82) ............ 75 .... 71.... 146

Bill Rothstein hustled his way to five career short-handedgoals (1978-82) and was the second-leading scorer,behind Dave Poulin, on the 1981-82 CCHA runner-upteam, totaling 57 points (27 goals, 30 assists).

John Schmidt (1978-82) is first in careerpoints by a defenseman (123).

Power-Play Goals

Name (Seasons) PPG1. Greg Meredith (1976-80)............................ 432. Dave Poulin (1978-82) .............................. 323. Mike McNeill (1984-88) ............................ 314. Lou Zadra (1988-92).................................. 285. Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99) ...................... 25Tim Kuehl (1986-90) ................................ 25Kirt Bjork (1979-83) .................................. 25

8. Brian Walsh (1973-77)................................ 249. David Bankoske (1988-93) ........................ 22Tim Harberts (1993-97) ............................ 22

• Ryan Thang (2006-) ............................ 21

Short-Handed Goals

Name (Seasons) SHG1. Dave Bankoske (1988-93) .......................... 7Mike McNeill (1984-88) .............................. 7Kevin Humphreys (1977-81) ........................ 7

4. Erik Condra (2005-09) ..................................6Dan Carlson (1997-01) ................................ 6Jamie Ling (1992-96) .................................. 6Lou Zadra (1988-92).................................... 6Tom Michalek (1977-81).............................. 6Don Fairholm (1974-78) .............................. 6

10. Tim Reilly (1981-86) .................................. 5Dave Poulin (1978-82) ................................ 5Bill Rothstein (1978-82) .............................. 5

• Ryan Thang (2006-) .............................. 4

Game-Winning Goals

Name (Seasons) GWG1. Ryan Thang (2006-) ..................................13Rob Globke (2000-04) .............................. 13Brian Urick (1995-99)................................ 13Dave Poulin (1978-82) .............................. 13

5. Dave Bankoske (1988-93) ........................ 126. Erik Condra (2005-09) .............................. 11Paul Regan (1969-73) ................................ 11

8. Tim Kuehl (1986-90) ................................ 10Tom Mooney (1984-88) ............................ 10Greg Meredith (1976-80)............................ 10


1832 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

Penalty Minutes

Name (Season) Pen./Min.1. Brett Bruininks (1992-96) ................ 150/3312. Neil Komadoski (2000-04) ................ 124/3003. Jeremy Coe (1992-96) ...................... 117/2844. Kevin Nugent (1974-78).................... 110/2825. Brian Walsh (1973-77) ...................... 123/2736. Paul Regan (1969-73) ...................... 114/2727. Steve Curry (1970-74) ...................... 123/2528. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99) .................. 106/2449. Ian Williams (1970-74)...................... 102/239Brian Urick (1995-99) ........................ 91/239Rob Globke (2000-04)........................ 98/239Brett Lebda (2000-04) ........................105/239

Hat Tricks

Name (Seasons) HT1. Dave Poulin (1978-82) ................................ 8Brian Walsh (1973-77) ................................ 8Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74) .......................... 8

4. Ian Williams (1970-74) ................................ 75. Phil Wittliff (1968-71) .................................. 66. Kirt Bjork (1979-83) .................................... 5Jeff Logan (1978-82) .................................... 5Greg Meredith (1976-80) ............................ 5John Noble (1969-73) .................................. 5Kevin Hoene (1968-71)................................ 5

50 Goals/50 Assists Club

Name (Seasons) G ARob Globke (2000-04) ........................ 68 ...... 56Dan Carlson (1997-01)........................ 52 ...... 80Brian Urick (1995-99) ........................ 57 ...... 69Jamie Ling (1992-96) .......................... 51 .... 102Dave Bankoske (1988-93).................... 73 .... 109Lou Zadra (1988-92) .......................... 69 ...... 65Tim Kuehl (1986-90) .......................... 65 ...... 80Matt Hanzel (1985-89)........................ 50 ...... 51Mike McNeill (1984-88)...................... 83 .... 115Tom Mooney (1984-88) ...................... 57 ...... 87

Brent Chapman (1981-86) .................. 90 ...... 78Kirt Bjork (1979-83) .......................... 76 ...... 85Dave Poulin (1978-82) ........................ 89 .... 107Jeff Logan (1978-82)............................ 75 ...... 71Bill Rothstein (1978-82)...................... 69 ...... 78Kevin Humphreys (1977-81)................ 55 ...... 71Greg Meredith (1976-80) .................. 104 ...... 88Kevin Nugent (1974-78)...................... 57 ...... 87Don Fairholm (1974-78)...................... 50 ...... 81Brian Walsh (1973-77) ........................ 89 .... 145Clark Hamilton (1973-77) .................. 70 .... 113Alex Pirus (1973-76) .......................... 57 ...... 66Ray DeLorenzi (1971-74).................... 55 ...... 59Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74)................ 103 .... 117Ian Williams (1970-74) ........................ 92 .... 119Paul Regan (1969-73).......................... 89 ...... 97John Noble (1969-73) ........................ 81 .... 145Phil Wittliff (1968-71) ........................ 75 ...... 52Kevin Hoene (1968-71) ...................... 50 ...... 51


Name (Seasons) G ADave Bankoske (1988-93).................... 73 .... 109Lou Zadra (1988-92) .......................... 69 ...... 65Tim Kuehl (1986-90) .......................... 65 ...... 80Mike McNeill (1984-88)...................... 83 .... 115Brent Chapman (1981-86) .................. 90 ...... 78Kirt Bjork (1979-83) .......................... 76 ...... 85Dave Poulin (1978-82) ........................ 89 .... 107Jeff Logan (1978-82)............................ 75 ...... 71Bill Rothstein (1978-82)...................... 69 ...... 78Greg Meredith (1976-80) .................. 104 ...... 88Brian Walsh (1973-77) ........................ 89 .... 145Clark Hamilton (1973-77) .................. 70 .... 113Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74)................ 103 .... 117Ian Williams (1970-74) ........................ 92 .... 119Paul Regan (1969-73).......................... 89 ...... 97John Noble (1969-73) ........................ 81 .... 145


Name (Seasons) G ADave Bankoske (1988-93).................... 73 .... 109Mike McNeill (1984-88)...................... 83 .... 115Brent Chapman (1981-86) .................. 90 ...... 78 Kirt Bjork (1979-83) .......................... 76 ...... 85 Dave Poulin (1978-82) ........................ 89 .... 107 Jeff Logan (1978-82)............................ 75 ...... 71 Greg Meredith (1976-80) .................. 104 ...... 88 Brian Walsh (1973-77) ........................ 89 .... 145 Clark Hamilton (1973-77) .................. 70 .... 113 Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74)................ 103 .... 117Ian Williams (1970-74) ........................ 92 .... 119Paul Regan (1969-73).......................... 89 ...... 97 John Noble (1969-73) ........................ 81 .... 145


Name (Seasons) G AMike McNeill (1984-88)...................... 83 .... 115Dave Poulin (1978-82) ........................ 89 .... 107Greg Meredith (1976-80) .................. 104 ...... 88Brian Walsh (1973-77) ........................ 89 .... 145Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74)................ 103 .... 117Ian Williams (1970-74) ........................ 92 .... 119Paul Regan (1969-73).......................... 89 ...... 97John Noble (1969-73) ........................ 81 .... 145


Name (Seasons) G AEddie Bumbacco (1970-74)................ 103 .... 117Ian Williams (1970-74) ........................ 92 .... 119

Brian McCarthy (1993-97) played at defense andforward while logging 144 career games.

Kevin Nugent (back row, left) and Don Fairholm (front row, left) both are members of the “50/50” club.


SeasonRecords

Goals

Name (Season) G1. Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73) ........................ 432. Greg Meredith (1979-80)............................ 403. Brent Chapman (1984-85).......................... 364. Ian Williams (1972-73) .............................. 345. Phil Wittliff (1968-69) ................................ 316. Brian Walsh (1976-77)................................ 30Paul Regan (1971-72) ................................ 30

8. Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .................................. 29Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............................. 29Phil Wittliff (1969-70) ................................ 29

11. Dave Bankoske (1989-90) .......................... 28Mike McNeill (1987-88) ............................ 28Dave Poulin (1978-79) .............................. 28Greg Meredith (1978-79)............................ 28

15. Brent Chapman (1982-83).......................... 27Bill Rothstein (1981-82) ............................ 27Paul Regan (1969-70) ................................ 27

18. Alex Pirus (1975-76) .................................. 2619. Aniket Dhadphale (1997-98) ...................... 25

Assists

Name (Season) A1. Brian Walsh (1976-77)................................ 47Brian Walsh (1975-76)................................ 47Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73) ........................ 47

4. Tom Michalek (1979-80)............................ 445. John Noble (1971-72) ................................ 426. John Noble (1972-73) ................................ 417. Tim Reilly (1984-85) ................................ 398. Curtis Janicke (1991-92) ............................ 38Clark Hamilton (1975-76) .......................... 38

10. Jeff Brownschidle (1979-80)........................ 3711. Connor Dunlop (2001-02).......................... 3612. Ian Williams (1972-73) .............................. 35John Noble (1969-70) ................................ 35

14. Erik Condra (2006-07) ................................34Dave Bankoske (1988-89) .......................... 34John Schmidt (1981-82) ............................ 34

17. Tom Mooney (1987-88) ............................ 32Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .................................. 32Clark Hamilton (1976-77) .......................... 32

20. Jamie Ling (1994-95).................................. 31Dave Poulin (1978-79) .............................. 31Ted Weltzin (1978-79)................................ 31Jeff Brownschidle (1976-77) ...................... 31Pat Conroy (1974-75) ................................ 31Paul Regan (1972-73) ................................ 31

26. Dave Bankoske (1990-91) .......................... 30Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............................. 30Bill Rothstein (1981-82) ............................ 30Rex Bellomy (1981-82).............................. 30Brian Walsh (1974-75)................................ 30

Power-Play Goals

Name (Season) PPG1. Greg Meredith (1979-80)............................ 232. Brian Walsh (1976-77)................................ 183. Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73) ........................ 164. Tim Harberts (1994-95) ............................ 135. Aniket Dhadphale (1997-98) ...................... 12Mike McNeill (1987-88) ............................ 12Alex Pirus (1975-76) .................................. 12Ian Williams (1971-72) .............................. 12

9. Calle Ridderwall (2008-09) .................... 11Lou Zadra (1991-92).................................. 11

11.Ryan Thang (2006-07) ............................10Josh Sciba (2005-06) ................................ 10Ben Simon (1999-2000) ............................ 10Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............................. 10Dave Poulin (1978-79) .............................. 10

Bold indicates current playersPoints

Name (Season) G A Pts1. Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73) .. 43 .... 47...... 902. Brian Walsh (1976-77) ........ 30 .... 47...... 773. Mike McNeill (1987-88) ...... 28 .... 44...... 724. Greg Meredith (1979-80) ...... 40 .... 31...... 715. Ian Williams (1972-73) ........ 34 .... 35...... 696. Brian Walsh (1975-76) .......... 18 .... 47...... 657. Brent Chapman (1984-85) .... 36 .... 27...... 63Kirt Bjork (1982-83) ............ 29 .... 34...... 63John Noble (1972-73) .......... 22 .... 41...... 63

10. Tim Reilly (1984-85)............ 22 .... 39...... 61John Noble (1971-72) .......... 19 .... 42...... 61

12. Clark Hamilton (1975-76) .... 22 .... 38...... 6013. Dave Poulin (1981-82) .......... 29 .... 30...... 59John Noble (1969-70) .......... 24 .... 35...... 59

15. Bill Rothstein (1981-82) ...... 27 .... 30...... 57Tom Michalek (1979-80) ...... 15 .... 42...... 57

17. Dave Bankoske (1989-90) .... 28 .... 28...... 5618. Brian Walsh (1974-75) .......... 29 .... 30...... 5319. Brent Chapman (1982-83) .... 27 .... 25...... 5220. Paul Regan (1972-73) .......... 20 .... 31...... 5121. Curtis Janicke (1991-92) ...... 12 .... 38...... 50Greg Meredith (1978-79) ...... 28 .... 22...... 50Don Fairholm (1976-77) ...... 22 .... 28...... 50Alex Pirus (1974-75) ............ 21 .... 29...... 50

Eddie Bumbacco still holds the Notre Dame records fortotal points (90) and goals (43) in a season, after leadingthe Irish to a 23-14-1 record in 1972-73.

Tim Harberts scored 13 power-play goals during the1994-95 season, which remains the most PPGs by aNotre Dame player since Greg Meredith’s record-setting 23 in 1979-80.

Jeff Brownschidle owns the Notre Dame record for mostassists in a season by a defenseman with 37 during the1979-80 season.

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Short-Handed Goals

Name (Season) SHG1. Kevin Humphreys (1978-79) ........................ 52. Jamie Ling (1995-96) .................................. 4Tim Reilly (1984-85) .................................. 4Dave Poulin (1981-82) ................................ 4Tom Michalek (1979-80).............................. 4

6. Erik Condra (2007-08) ................................ 3Dan Carlson (1997-98) ................................ 3Benoit Cotnoir (1997-98) ............................ 3Ben Simon (1997-98) .................................. 3Mike Curry (1990-91).................................. 3Lou Zadra (1989-90).................................... 3Matt Hanzel (1988-89) ................................ 3Robert Bilton (1987-88) .............................. 3Mike McNeill (1984-85) .............................. 3Kirt Bjork (1981-82) .................................... 3Bill Rothstein (1981-82) .............................. 3Don Fairholm (1976-77) .............................. 3Allen Karsnia (1975-76) .............................. 3Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73) .......................... 3

Game-Winning Goals

Name (Season) GWG1. Dave Bankoske (1989-90) ............................ 72. Ryan Thang (2006-07) ................................6Greg Meredith (1978-79) ............................ 6Ray DeLorenzi (1972-73) ............................ 6

5. Calle Ridderwall (2008-09) ........................ 5Ben Ryan (2008-09) .................................. 5Christian Hanson (2008-09) ........................ 5Ryan Thang (2007-08) .............................. 5Dan Carlson (1999-2000) ............................ 5Brian Urick (1997-98).................................. 5Tim Kuehl (1987-88) .................................. 5Rob Globke (2003-04) ................................ 5Dave Poulin (1981-82) ................................ 5Dave Poulin (1979-80) ................................ 5

Penalty Minutes

Name (Season) Pen./Min.1. Brett Lebda (2000-01) ........................ 37/1092. Neil Komadoski (2000-01) ................ 45/1063. Brett Bruininks (1994-95).................... 44/104Brent Chapman (1985-86) .................. 46/104

5. Steve Ely (1984-85) ............................ 49/101Jim Brown (1981-82) .......................... 45/101

7. Neil Komadoski (2001-02) .................. 36/1008. Brett Bruininks (1992-93)...................... 41/989. Kevin Nugent (1977-78) ...................... 34/9510. Ben Simon (1997-98)............................ 31/89

20 Goals/20 Assists

Name (Seasons) G ARyan Thang (2006-07) .................... 20 ...... 21Lou Zadra (1991-92) .......................... 24 ...... 23Mike Curry (1990-91) ........................ 20 ...... 22Dave Bankoske (1989-90).................... 28 ...... 28Mike McNeill (1987-88)...................... 28 ...... 44Tim Reilly (1985-86) .......................... 21 ...... 21Brent Chapman (1984-85) .................. 36 ...... 27Tim Reilly (1984-85) .......................... 22 ...... 39Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .......................... 29 ...... 34Brent Chapman (1982-83) .................. 27 ...... 25Dave Poulin (1981-82) ........................ 29 ...... 30Bill Rothstein (1981-82)...................... 27 ...... 30Kirt Bjork (1981-82) .......................... 22 ...... 22Jeff Logan (1981-82)............................ 20 ...... 23Greg Meredith (1979-80) .................... 40 ...... 31Greg Meredith (1978-79) .................... 28 ...... 22Brian Walsh (1976-77) ...................... 30 ...... 47Don Fairholm (1976-77)...................... 22 ...... 28Greg Meredith (1976-77) .................... 21 ...... 20Clark Hamilton (1975-76) .................. 22 ...... 38Brian Walsh (1974-75) ........................ 29 ...... 30Alex Pirus (1974-75) .......................... 21 ...... 29Eddie Bumbacco (1973-74).................. 22 ...... 27

20 Goals/20 Assists (cont.)

Ray DeLorenzi (1973-74).................... 21 ...... 25Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73).................. 43 ...... 47Ian Williams (1972-73) ........................ 34 ...... 35John Noble (1972-73) ........................ 22 ...... 41Paul Regan (1972-73).......................... 20 ...... 31Ray DeLorenzi (1972-73).................... 24 ...... 20Paul Regan (1969-70).......................... 27 ...... 20John Noble (1969-70) ........................ 24 ...... 35Kevin Hoene (1968-69) ...................... 24 ...... 22

25 Goals/25 Assists

Name (Seasons) G ADave Bankoske (1989-90).................... 28 ...... 28Mike McNeill (1987-88)...................... 28 ...... 44Brent Chapman (1984-85) .................. 36 ...... 27Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .......................... 29 ...... 34Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .......................... 28 ...... 32Brent Chapman (1982-83) .................. 27 ...... 25Dave Poulin (1981-82) ........................ 29 ...... 30Bill Rothstein (1981-82)...................... 27 ...... 30Greg Meredith (1979-80) .................... 40 ...... 31Brian Walsh (1976-77) ...................... 30 ...... 47Brian Walsh (1974-75) ........................ 29 ...... 30Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73).................. 43 ...... 47Ian Williams (1972-73) ........................ 34 ...... 35

30 Goals/30 Assists

Name (Seasons) G AGreg Meredith (1979-80) .................... 40 ...... 31Brian Walsh (1976-77) ...................... 30 ...... 47Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73).................. 43 ...... 47Ian Williams (1972-73) ........................ 34 ...... 35


Brett Lebda set Notre Dame’s single-season penalty-minute record as a freshman in 2000-01 when herecorded 109 minutes.

COMING AT YOU: The formidable threesome from the early 1970s of (from left) Ian Williams, John Noble and EddieBumbacco each are members of the “20/20” single-season club and each surpassed 200 career points, with Williamsalso owning a share of the Notre Dame record for goals in a period (4) and goals in a game (5), while Noble ownsthe Irish record for quickest hat trick (6:50).


Career GoaltendingRecords

Save Percentage

Name (Seasons) Pct.1. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) .......................... .9182. David Brown (2003-07) .......................... .9163. Morgan Cey (2001-05) ............................ .9124. Tony Zasowski (1999-03) ........................ .8925. Forrest Karr (1995-99) ............................ .8886. Mark Kronholm (1970-74) ...................... .884Len Moher (1974-78).............................. .884Jeremiah Kimento (1998-02).................... .884

9. John Peterson (1974-78) .......................... .883Matt Eisler (1994-98) .............................. .883

Saves

Name (Seasons) Saves1. Lance Madson (1986-90) ...................... 3,5192. Morgan Cey (2001-05) .......................... 3,1463. Matt Eisler (1994-98) ............................ 2,8924. Dick Tomasoni (1968-72) ...................... 2,7565. Len Moher (1974-78) ............................ 2,7306. David Brown (2003-07) ........................ 2,6627. Dave Laurion (1978-82) ........................ 2,6008. Bob McNamara (1979-83) .................... 2,5779. Mark Kronholm (1970-74) .................... 2,56610. Greg Louder (1990-94).......................... 2,494

Minutes Played

Name (Seasons) Minutes1. Lance Madson (1986-90) .................. 6,900:192. Morgan Cey (2001-05)...................... 6,465:043. David Brown (2003-07) .................. 6,326:144. Matt Eisler (1994-98) ........................ 6,276:305. Greg Louder (1990-94) .................... 5,521:566. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) .................. 5,506:027. Dave Laurion (1978-82).................... 5,485:008. Dick Tomasoni (1968-72) .................. 5,240:009. Bob McNamara (1979-83) ................ 5,092:0010. Len Moher (1974-78) ...................... 4,919:00

Shutouts

Name (Seasons) Shutouts1. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) ............................ 12David Brown (2003-07).............................. 12

3. Morgan Cey (2001-05) ................................ 64. Mark Kronholm (1970-74) .......................... 45. Lance Madson (1986-90).............................. 36. Tony Zasowski (1999-03) ............................ 2Forrest Karr (1995-99) ................................ 2Matt Eisler (1994-98) .................................. 2Greg Louder (1990-94) ................................ 2Len Moher (1974-78) .................................. 2

Leaders for winning percentage, save pct. and goals-against average are based on a minimum of 30 decisions.

Winning Percentage

Name (Seasons) W-L-T Pct.1. Jordan Pearce (2005-09)........ 59-26-7 .... .6792. David Brown (2003-07) ...... 55-38-11 .... .5823. Dick Tomasoni (1968-72) .... 49-35-6 .... .5784. Len Moher (1974-78) .......... 41-33-6 ... .5505. Forrest Karr (1995-1999)...... 27-25-6 ... .5176. Dave Laurion (1978-82) ...... 45-44-4 .... .5057. Mark Kronholm (1970-74) .. 39-39-4 .... .5008. Lance Madson (1986-90) ...... 56-57-4 .... .4959. Tony Zasowski (1999-03).... 21-23-11 .... .48210. Tim Lukenda (1983-87)........ 27-30-2 .... .475

Goals-Against Average

Name (Seasons) GAA1. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) .......................... 1.982. David Brown (2003-07) .......................... 2.323. Morgan Cey (2001-05) ............................ 2.794. Forrest Karr (1995-99) ............................ 2.925. Tony Zasowski (1999-03) ........................ 3.116. Matt Eisler (1994-98) .............................. 3.667. Wade Salzman (1993-96) ........................ 4.118. Mark Kronholm (1970-74) ...................... 4.169. John Peterson (1974-78) .......................... 4.2910. Dick Tomasoni (1968-72) ........................ 4.31

Lance Madson tended the Irish nets from 1986-90, logging6,900 minutes and making 3,519 saves to establish nearlyuntouchable Notre Dame career records. He is second inwins (56) and also ranks fifth all-time with three careershutouts.

David Brown closedout his Notre Dame

career (2003-07)ranked first in goals-

against average(2.32), first in savepercentage (.916),

first in shutouts (12)and first in winningpercentage (.582,55-38-11). His 55wins are third all-

time and he rankssixth in saves

(2,662) and third inminutes played

(6,326:14).

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SeasonGoaltendingRecordsWinning Percentage (min. 10 decisions)

Name (Season) W-L-T Pct.1. Lance Madson (1987-88) ........24-4-2 .... .8332. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ........ 30-6-3 .. .808David Brown (2006-07) ..........30-6-3 .... .808

4. Dick Tomasoni (1969-70) ........16-5-1 .... .7505. Len Moher (1976-77)..............13-6-1 .... .6756. Mark Kronholm (1972-73) ....20-10-1 .... .6617. Forrest Karr (1997-98) ..............6-3-1 .... .6508. David Brown (2003-04) ..........14-7-3 .... .6469. Dick Tomasoni (1968-69) ........15-8-3 .... .63510. Len Moher (1975-76) ..............10-6-2 .... .611


Name (Season) GAA1. David Brown (2006-07) .......................... 1.582. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ........................ 1.683. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) ........................ 2.044. David Brown (2003-04) .......................... 2.325. Morgan Cey (2003-04) ............................ 2.426. David Brown (2005-06) .......................... 2.477. Tony Zasowski (1999-00) ........................ 2.568. Forrest Karr (1998-99) ............................ 2.589. Matt Eisler (1997-98) .............................. 2.7010. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ............................ 2.72

Save Percentage

Name (Season) Pct.1. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ........................ .93122. David Brown (2006-07) ........................ .93053. David Brown (2003-04) .......................... .9254. Morgan Cey (2003-04) ............................ .9245. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) ........................ .9236. David Brown (2005-06) .......................... .9157. Morgan Cey (2002-03) ............................ .912Morgan Cey (2004-05) ............................ .912

9. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ............................ .91010. Mark Kronholm (1970-71) ...................... .907

Saves

Name (Season) Saves1. Lance Madson (1988-89) ...................... 1,2882. Mark Kronholm (1973-74) .................... 1,1133. Morgan Cey (2002-03) .......................... 1,0544. Mark Kronholm (1972-73) ...................... 9805. Lance Madson (1989-90) .......................... 9686. Greg Louder (1990-91) ............................ 9357. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ............................ 9278. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) .......................... 9259. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) .......................... 88010. David Brown (2006-07) .......................... 844

Minutes Played

Name (Season) Minutes1. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) ........................2,5582. David Brown (2006-07) ..........................2,3903. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ........................ 2,3264. Lance Madson (1988-89) ...................... 2,2135. Forrest Karr (1998-99) .......................... 2,1616. Morgan Cey (2002-03) .......................... 2,1367. Morgan Cey (2001-02) .......................... 2,0278. Greg Louder (1990-91).......................... 1,9589. Matt Eisler (1997-98) ............................ 1,88910. Dave Laurion (1978-79) ........................ 1,798

Percentage of Team Minutes Played

Name (Season) Pct. (Indiv./Team)1. Greg Louder (1990-91)...... .983 (1,958/1,991)2. Morgan Cey (2002-03) ...... .979 (2,136/2,430)3. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) .9615 (2,326/2,419)4. Lance Madson (1988-89) .9605 (2,213/2,304)5. Lance Madson (1989-90) .. .954 (1,721/1,804)

6. Forrest Karr (1998-99) ...... .937 (2,161/2,306)7. David Brown (2006-07) .... .926 (2,390/2,580)8. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) .... .897 (2,558/2,852)9. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ...... .867 (2,027/2,338)10. Lance Madson (1987-88) .. .840 (1,690/2,012)Bob McNamara (1982-83) .840 (1,722/2,051)

Rounded to nearest minute (incomplete prior to 1977)

Date Opponent Site Score ND Goaltender Saves11/29/69 Ohio University H 10-0 Dick Tomasoni 213/11/71 Air Force H 5-0 Mark Kronholm 3911/20/71 Colorado College H 4-0 Mark Kronholm 303/5/73 North Dakota* H 5-0 Mark Kronholm 2312/8/73 Michigan A 2-0 Mark Kronholm 26

2/1/75 Denver A 4-0 Len Moher 442/24/78 Michigan State A 2-0 Len Moher 1710/17/81 York H 7-0 Dave Laurion/Bob McNamara 7/162/13/82 Ferris State A 6-0 Bob McNamara 2611/11/83 Illinois H 13-0 Tim Lukenda 20

12/3/83 St. Norbert A 1-0 Marc Guay 361/9/88 Arizona H 10-0 Lance Madson 172/12/88 Villanova H 14-0 Lance Madson/Mark O’Sullivan/ 4/4/8

Dave Kolata1/27/89 Canisius H 4-0 Lance Madson 2912/1/89 Mankato State H 5-0 Lance Madson 38

12/8/90 Lake Forest H 6-0 Greg Louder 2811/22/91 Lake Forest H 7-0 Brent Lothrop 181/9/93 Ohio State H 4-0 Greg Louder 2812/10/94 Miami (Ohio) H 0-0 Wade Salzman 2411/11/95 Ohio State H 4-0 Matt Eisler 16

10/25/96 Ohio State A 3-0 Matt Eisler 4710/23/98 Ohio State H 3-0 Forrest Karr 161/9/99 Miami (Ohio) H 2-0 Forrest Karr 2210/16/99 Union (at DU) N 4-0 Jeremiah Kimento 1911/12/99 Alaska Fairbanks H 1-0 Tony Zasowski 19

12/4/99 Michigan State H 1-0 Tony Zasowski 2412/1/01 Lake Superior H 7-0 Morgan Cey 202/23/02 Lake Superior A 6-0 Morgan Cey 163/15/03 Miami (Ohio)# A 1-0 Morgan Cey 373/16/03 Miami (Ohio)# A 5-0 Morgan Cey 32

10/18/03 Bowling Green A 3-0 David Brown 4010/24/03 Boston College A 1-0 David Brown 2710/31/03 Nebraska-Omaha H 2-0 David Brown 2212/28/03 vs. Maine N 1-0 Morgan Cey 321/3/04 Findlay H 1-0 Morgan Cey 27

1/10/04 Bowling Green H 3-0 David Brown 3210/29/05 Princeton H 2-0 Jordan Pearce 2712/3/05 Western Michigan H 3-0 David Brown 251/28/06 Ohio State A 1-0 David Brown 2410/27/06 Army $ N 3-0 Jordan Pearce 7

10/28/06 Air Force $ N 2-0 David Brown 2811/11/06 Bowling Green H 4-0 David Brown 281/20/07 Western Michigan A 3-0 David Brown 252/16/07 Alaska A 1-0 David Brown 282/24/07 Ferris State H 2-0 David Brown 15

3/16/07 Lake Superior # N 3-0 David Brown 1710/13/07 Mercyhurst @ N 4-0 Jordan Pearce 2512/1/07 Nebraska-Omaha H 5-0 Jordan Pearce 1612/8/07 Princeton A 7-0 Brad Phillips 2410/17/08 Sacred Heart H 3-0 Jordan Pearce 18

10/18/08 Sacred Heart H 7-0 Tommy O’Brien 1712/6/08 Ferris State A 1-0 Jordan Pearce 251/9/09 Alaska H 2-0 Jordan Pearce 161/10/09 Alaska H 3-0 Jordan Pearce 222/21/09 Nebraska-Omaha A 1-0 Jordan Pearce 17

2/27/09 Michigan State H 5-0 Jordan Pearce 153/13/09 Nebraska-Omaha # H 5-0 Jordan Pearce 303/14/09 Nebraska-Omaha # H 1-0 Jordan Pearce 30

* WCHA playoffs $ Lightning College Classic (at Tampa, Fla.)# CCHA playoffs @ Lefty McFadden Invitational (at Dayton, Ohio)

Notre Dame Shutouts


CCHACareer Records

4. Evan Nielsen (1999-03) .......... 11 .. 41 .. 525. Neil Komadoski (2000-04)...... 10 .. 40 .. 506. Tom Galvin (2000-04) .............. 5 .. 41 .. 467. Tyson Fraser (1996-00) ............ 6 .. 38 .. 448. Kyle Lawson (2006- ) .......... 7 .. 36 .. 439. Garry Gruber (1992-96) ........ 16 .. 26 .. 4210. Noah Babin (2003-07).............. 9 .. 32 .. 41

Goals

Name (Seasons) GP Goals1. Rob Globke (2000-04) ............ 105 ........ 472. Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99) .... 111 ........ 473. Brian Urick (1995-99) ............ 114 ........ 454. Kirt Bjork (1981-83).................. 56 ........ 455. Dan Carlson (1997-01) ............ 116 ........ 436. David Inman (1998-02)............ 111 ........ 397. Jamie Ling (1992-96) .............. 112 ........ 388. Erik Condra (2005-09) ............ 112 ...... 379. Brent Chapman (1981-83) ........ 62 ........ 3510. Aaron Gill (2000-04)................ 111 ........ 34

Assists

Name (Seasons) GP Assists1. Jamie Ling (1992-96) .............. 112 ........ 752. Ben Simon (1996-00) .............. 108 ........ 663. Erik Condra (2005-09) ............ 112...... 644. Connor Dunlop (1999-03) ...... 102 ........ 635. Dan Carlson (1997-01) ............ 116 ........ 556. Brian Urick (1995-99) ............ 114 ........ 537. Aaron Gill (2000-04)................ 111 ...... 518. Erik Condra (2005-)....................84 ........ 499. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99) ........ 109 ........ 4810. Kevin Deeth (2006- ) ............ 83 ........ 43

Power-Play Goals

Name (Seasons) PPG1. Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99).................... 182. David Inman (1998-02) .......................... 17Dan Carlson (1997-01) ............................ 17

4. Josh Sciba (2003-07) .............................. 16Kirt Bjork (1981-83)................................ 16

6. Erik Condra (2005-09) .......................... 15Ben Simon (1996-00) .............................. 15

8. Brian Urick (1995-99) ............................ 149. Jamie Ling (1992-96) .............................. 1310. Ryan Thang (2006- ) ............................ 12

Aaron Gill (2000-04) .............................. 12

Short-Handed Goals

Name (Seasons) SHG1. Erik Condra (2005-09) ............................ 62. Dan Carlson (1997-01).............................. 5Jamie Ling (1992-96) ................................ 5

4. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99) .......................... 4Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............................. 4

6. Brett Lebda (2000-04) .............................. 3Kirt Bjork (1981-83) ................................ 3

Game-Winning Goals

Name (Seasons) GWG1. Brian Urick (1995-99) ............................ 112. Rob Globke (2000-04) .............................. 83. Erik Condra (2005-09) ............................ 7Mike Walsh (2002-06) .............................. 7Dan Carlson (1997-01).............................. 7 Kirt Bjork (1981-83) ................................ 7

7. Ryan Thang (2006-) ................................ 68. Matt Amado (2005-06) .......................... 5Tim Harberts (1993-97) ............................ 5

10. Calle Ridderwall (2007-) ...................... 4Aaron Gill (2000-04) ................................ 4Brett Lebda (2000-04) .............................. 4Ryan Dolder (1997-01) ............................ 4Ben Simon (1996-00) ................................ 4Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99)...................... 4

Penalty Minutes

Name (Seasons) Pen./Min1. Neil Komadoski (2000-04)................ 96/2442. Brett Bruininks (1992-96) .............. 106/2283. Ben Simon (1996-00) ...................... 89/2084. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99) ................ 91/1945. Jeremy Coe (1992-96) ...................... 82/1926. Brian Urick (1995-99)...................... 70/1867. Terry Lorenz (1993-97) .................... 87/1758. Jamie Morshead (1992-96)................ 83/1749. Brett Lebda (2000-04) ...................... 79/19310. Rob Globke (2000-04) .................... 76/187

Single-SeasonCCHA Records

Games PlayedName (Season) Games

1. Brent Chapman (1982-83) ...................... 32Mark Doman (1982-83) .......................... 32John Deasey (1982-83) ............................ 32Steve Bianchi (1982-83) .......................... 32

5. Kirt Bjork (1982-83)................................ 31Bob Thebeau (1982-83) .......................... 31Mike Metzler (1982-83) .......................... 31

8. 34 tied with ............................................ 30

PointsName (Season) G A PTS

1. Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .............. 28 .. 31 .. 592. Brent Chapman (1982-83) ...... 27 .. 22 .. 493. Dave Poulin (1981-82)............ 23 .. 23 .. 464. Bill Rothstein (1981-82) ........ 17 .. 25 .. 425. Connor Dunlop (2001-02)........ 9 .. 27 .. 36John Higgins (1982-83) .......... 13 .. 23 .. 36

7. Ben Simon (1998-99) ............ 15 .. 19 .. 34Jamie Ling (1992-93) .............. 12 .. 22 .. 34John Schmidt (1981-82)............ 6 .. 28 .. 34

10. Dan Carlson (2000-01) .......... 17 .. 16 .. 33

Points by DefensemanName (Season) G A PTS

1. John Schmidt (1981-82)............ 6 .. 28 .. 342. Mark Eaton (1997-98) .............. 9 .. 17 .. 26Mark Benning (1982-83) .......... 3 .. 23 .. 26

4. Joe Bowie (1981-82) ................ 5 .. 20 .. 255. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99) ........ 9 .. 15 .. 246. Brett Lebda (2000-01) .............. 4 .. 15 .. 19Matt Osiecki (1993-94) ............ 5 .. 14 .. 19

8. Brett Blatchford (2008-09) .. 0 .. 18 .. 18Wes O’Neill (2005-06) ............ 5 .. 13 .. 18Brett Lebda (2003-04) .............. 5 .. 13 .. 18Tom Galvin (2001-02) .............. 2 .. 16 .. 18Neil Komadoski (2002-03)........ 1 .. 17 .. 18

GoalsName (Season) GP Goals

1. Kirt Bjork (1982-83).................. 31 ........ 282. Brent Chapman (1982-83) ........ 32 ........ 273. Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............. 29 ........ 234. Aniket Dhadphale (1997-98) ...... 30 ........ 185. Dan Carlson (2000-01) .............. 28 ........ 17Kirt Bjork (1981-82).................. 25 ........ 17Bill Rothstein (1981-82) ............ 28 ........ 17

8. John Wroblewski (2002-03) ...... 28 ........ 15Aniket Dhadphale (1998-99) ...... 26 ........ 15Ben Simon (1998-99) ................ 29 ........ 15

Dan Carlson finished his Notre Dame career rankedamong the leaders in all offensive categories in CCHAplay.

Games Played

Name (Seasons) Games1. Dan Carlson (1997-01) .......................... 1162. Brett Bruininks (1992-96) ...................... 1153. Brian Urick (1995-99) .......................... 114Steve Noble (1994-98) .......................... 114

5. Erik Condra (2005-09) ........................ 112Mark Van Guilder (2004-08)....................112Tim Wallace (2002-06) ........................ 112Evan Nielsen (1999-03) ........................ 112Brian McCarthy (1993-97) .................... 112Jamie Ling (1992-96) ............................ 112

11. Wes O’Neill (2003-07) ..........................111Jason Paige (2003-07) .......................... 111Aaron Gill (2000-04) ............................ 111John Wroblewski (1999-03) .................. 111David Inman (1998-02).......................... 111

Points

Name (Seasons) G A PTS1. Jamie Ling (1992-96) .............. 38 .. 75 1132. Erik Condra (2005-09) .......... 37 .. 64 1013. Dan Carlson (1997-01) .......... 43 .. 55 .. 984. Brian Urick (1995-99) ............ 45 .. 53 .. 985. Ben Simon (1996-00) ............ 31 .. 66 .. 976. Rob Globke (2000-04) .......... 47 .. 41 .. 887. Kirt Bjork (1981-83) .............. 45 .. 42 .. 878. Aaron Gill (2000-04) .............. 34 .. 51 .. 859. Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99) .. 47 .. 36 .. 8310. Connor Dunlop (1999-03)...... 19 .. 63 .. 82

Points by Defenseman

Name (Seasons) G A PTS1. Benoit Cotnoir (1995-99) ...... 23 .. 48 .. 712. Brett Lebda (2000-04) ............ 20 .. 42 .. 623. Wes O’Neill (2003-07) .......... 12 .. 43 .. 53

1892 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

CCHA Single-Season RecordsAssists

Name (Season) GP Assists1. Kirt Bjork (1982-83) .............. 31 .......... 312. John Schmidt (1981-82) .......... 29 .......... 283. Connor Dunlop (2001-02) ...... 28 .......... 274. Bill Rothstein (1981-82).......... 28 .......... 255. John Higgins (1982-83) .......... 29 .......... 23Mark Benning (1982-83) ........ 29 .......... 23Dave Poulin (1981-82) ............ 29 .......... 23

8. Ben Simon (1997-98) .............. 28 .......... 22Jamie Ling (1992-93) .............. 30 .......... 22Jamie Ling (1993-94) .............. 30 .......... 22Brent Chapman (1982-83) ...... 32 .......... 22

Power-Play Goals

Name (Season) PPG1. Calle Ridderwall (2008-09) ................ 112. Dave Poulin (1981-82) ............................ 103. Josh Sciba (2005-06) .............................. 9Kirt Bjork (1982-83) ................................ 9

5. Dan Carlson (1999-00).............................. 8Aniket Dhadphale (1998-99)...................... 8Aniket Dhadphale (1997-98)...................... 8

8. Billy Maday (2008-09) .......................... 7John Wroblewski (2002-03) ...................... 7Ben Simon (1999-00) ................................ 7Curtis Janicke (1992-93)............................ 7Bill Rothstein (1981-82)............................ 7Kirt Bjork (1981-82) ................................ 7

Short-Handed Goals

Name (Season) SHG1. Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............................. 42. Benoit Cotnoir (1997-98) .......................... 3Jamie Ling (1995-96) ................................ 3

4. Erik Condra (2008-09) ............................ 2Erik Condra (2005-06) ............................ 2Brett Lebda (2000-01) .............................. 2Dan Carlson (2000-01).............................. 2Ryan Dolder (2000-01) ............................ 2Ben Simon (1997-98) ................................ 2Jamie Morshead (1992-93) ........................ 2Kirt Bjork (1981-82) ................................ 2

Game-Winning Goals

Name (Season) GWG1. Kirt Bjork (1982-83) ................................ 52. Christian Hanson (2008-09) .................... 4

Calle Ridderwall (2008-09) .................. 4Erik Condra (2006-07) ..............................4Mike Walsh (2005-06) .............................. 4Brian Urick (1997-98) .............................. 4Dave Poulin (1981-82) .............................. 4

8. Jason Paige (2006-07) ................................3Ryan Thang (2006-07) ............................3Rob Globke (2003-04) .............................. 3Dan Carlson (1999-00).............................. 3Brian Urick (1998-99) .............................. 3

Penalty Minutes

Name (Season) Pen./Min1. Neil Komadoski (2000-01) ................ 36/882. Brett Bruininks (1992-93) .................. 34/843. Brett Lebda (2000-01) ........................ 28/834. Brian Urick (1996-97)........................ 25/805. Neil Komadoski (2001-02) ................ 25/786. John Higgins (1981-82)...................... 29/757. Ben Simon (1997-98) ........................ 23/738. Rob Globke (2001-02) ...................... 24/679. Ben Nelsen (1994-95) ........................ 28/6410. Ryan Clark (2000-01) ........................ 22/63

Goaltending Career Records(minimum 25 career games)


Name (Seasons) GAA1. Jordan Pearce (2005-09)........................ 1.932. David Brown (2003-07) ........................ 2.373. Tony Zasowski (1999-03)...................... 2.724. Forrest Karr (1995-99).......................... 2.745. Morgan Cey (2001-05 ) ........................ 2.986. Matt Eisler (1994-98)............................ 3.78

Save Percentage

Name (Seasons) Pct.1. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) ........................ 9212. David Brown (2003-07) ........................ .9153. Morgan Cey (2001-05) ........................ .9064. Tony Zasowski (1999-03)...................... .8995. Forrest Karr (1995-99).......................... .8926. Matt Eisler (1994-98)............................ .880

Saves

Name (Seasons) Saves1. Matt Eisler (1994-98) .......................... 2,2022. Morgan Cey (2001-05) ...................... 2,1043. David Brown (2003-07)........................2,0544. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) .................... 1,3215. Bob McNamara (1981-82) .................. 1,044

Minutes Played

Name (Seasons) Minutes1. David Brown (2003-07) ..................4,858:582. Matt Eisler (1994-98) .................... 4,779:303. Morgan Cey (2001-05) .................. 4,410:524. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) ................ 3,535:475. Forrest Karr (1995-99) .................. 2,585:34

Shutouts

Name (Seasons) Shutouts1. David Brown (2003-07) ............................ 82. Jordan Pearce (2005-09) .......................... 63. Morgan Cey (2001-05).............................. 34. Tony Zasowski (1999-03) .......................... 2Forrest Karr (1995-99) .............................. 2Matt Eisler (1994-98) ................................ 2

7. Wade Salzman (1993-96) .......................... 1Greg Louder (1992-94).............................. 1Bob McNamara (1981-82) ........................ 1

Goaltending Season Records(minimum 10 games)

Winning Percentage

Name (Season) W-L-T Pct.1. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ......21-4-3 .... .8042. David Brown (2006-07) ......20-4-3 .... .7963. David Brown (2003-04) ...... 11-5-3 .... .6584. Tony Zasowski (1999-00) .... 11-5-6 .... .6365. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) ...... 13-8-4 .... .6006. Forrest Karr (1998-99) ...... 15-11-4 .... .5677. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ........ 11-9-3 ..... .5438. Morgan Cey (2002-03) ...... 13-12-3 .... .5189. Dave Laurion (1981-82) ........ 9-9-2 .... .500

Goals Against Average

Name (Season) GAA1. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ...................... 1.762. David Brown (2006-07) ...................... 1.773. Jordan Pearce (2007-08)........................ 1.804. David Brown (2003-04)........................ 2.195. Forrest Karr (1989-90) ........................ 2.276. Tony Zasowski (1999-00) .................... 2.307. David Brown (2005-06) ...................... 2.418. Matt Eisler (1997-98) .......................... 2.799. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ........................ 2.8710. Morgan Cey (2002-03) ........................ 2.99

Save Percentage

Name (Season) GAA1. David Brown (2003-04)........................ .9292. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ...................... .9273. Jordan Pearce (2007-08)........................ .922David Brown (2006-07) ...................... .922

5. David Brown (2005-06) ...................... .9186. Tony Zasowski (1999-00) .................... .9097. Morgan Cey (2002-03) ......................... .9088. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ........................ .907Forrest Karr (1998-99) ........................ .907

10. Morgan Cey (2004-05) ........................ .902

Saves

Name (Season) Saves1. Dave Laurion (1981-82) ........................ 8932. Bob McNamara (1982-83) .................... 8053. Morgan Cey (2002-03) .......................... 7464. Morgan Cey (2001-02) .......................... 6845. Forrest Karr (1998-99) .......................... 6406. David Brown (2005-06) ........................ 6347. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ........................ 6218. Matt Eisler (1996-97) ............................ 6189. David Brown (2006-07) ........................ 56610. Matt Eisler (1995-96) ............................ 564

Minutes Played

Name (Season) Minutes1. Forrest Karr (1998-99) .................. 1,741:452. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) ................ 1,667:453. Bob McNamara (1982-83).............. 1,663:004. David Brown (2006-07) ................ 1,631:245. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) ..................1,533:296. Morgan Cey (2002-03) .................. 1,525:157. Morgan Cey (2001-02) .................. 1,460:558. Tony Zasowski (1999-00) .............. 1,432:319. David Brown (2005-06) ................ 1,416:5510. Matt Eisler (1997-98) .................... 1,331:00

Shutouts

Name (Season) Shutouts1. Jordan Pearce (2008-09) .......................... 52. David Brown (2006-07) ............................43. David Brown (2003-04) ..............................34. David Brown (2005-06) ............................ 25. Morgan Cey (2001-02) ..............................2Tony Zasowski (1999-00)............................2Forrest Karr (1998-99)................................2

8. Matt Eisler (1996-97)..................................1Matt Eisler (1995-96)..................................1Wade Salzman (1994-95)............................1Greg Louder (1992-93) ..............................1Bob McNamara (1981-82) ..........................1Morgan Cey (2003-04) ..............................1Jordan Pearce (2007-08) .......................... 1


MiscellaneousRecords

Jim Crowley (top photo, second from right) gainedfame as the halfback in the “Four Horse-

men” backfield of the 1924 Notre Dame footballteam but Crowley (bottom photo, seated third from

right) also was a stellar goaltender for the NotreDame hockey squads of that era.

Hat Tricks

Quickest .............. 6:50 John Noble (2/23/73 vs. Wisconsin)

Season ................ 5 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)Career ................ 8 Dave Poulin (1978-82)

8 Brian Walsh (1973-77)8 Eddie Bumbacco (1970-74)

Assists

Game .................. 5 Jamie Ling (10/21/94 vs. Waterloo)

5 Brent Chapman (12/27/85 vs. Colgate)

5 Tom Michalek (10/28/78 vs. Colorado College)

5 Jack Brownschidle (1/15/77 vs. Michigan State)

5 Steve Curry (2/8/74 vs. Michigan State)

Season .............. 47 Brian Walsh (1976-77)47 Brian Walsh (1975-76)47 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)

Career ............ 145 Brian Walsh (1973-77)145 John Noble (1969-73)

Points

Game .................. 7 Jamie Ling, (2G-5A)(10/21/94 vs. Waterloo)

7 Phil Wittliff (3G-4A)(2/12/69 vs. Illinois)

Season .............. 90 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)Career ............ 234 Brian Walsh (1973-77)

Consecutive Games Scoring

Point ................ 23 John Noble (1/30/70 – 1/15/71)

Goal .................... 9 Dave Poulin (12/11/81 – 1/23/82)

Goaltending Records

Saves

Period 30 Dick Tomasoni (1/31/69 vs. Wisconsin)

Overtime .......... 14 Len Moher (2/28/75 vs. Wisconsin)

Game ................ 68 Mark Kronholm (2/16/73 vs. Michigan State)

Season .......... 1,288 Lance Madson (1988-89)Career .......... 3,519 Lance Madson (1986-90)


Season .......... 1.33 Jim Crowley (1921-22, nine gms.)Career ........ 1.98 Jordan Pearce (2005-09)

Wins

Season ............ 30 Jordan Pearce (2008-09)................................ David Brown (2006-07)Career ............ 59 Jordan Pearce (2005-09)

Shutouts

Season .............. 8 Jordan Pearce (2008-09, 39 games)

Career ............ 12 Jordan Pearce (2005-09)................................ David Brown (2003-07)

Winning Percentage

Career .................. .679 Jordan Pearce (59-26-7, 2005-09)

Points

Career .................. 4 pts. Bob McNamara (1979-82)

Scoring Records

Goals

Quickest ........ 0:09 Tim Wallace (12/2/06 at Western Michigan)

Two Goals ......0:08 Erik Condra (8:42), 3rd period andTom Sawatske (8:50), 3rd period(1/21/06 at NMU)

Period ................ 4 Ian Williams (12/29/71 vs. Dartmouth)4 Phil Wittliff (1/23/69 vs. Purdue)

Game ................ 5 Mike McNeill (11/5/88 vs. Army)5 Ian Williams (12/29/71 vs. Dartmouth)5 Phil Wittliff (12/23/69 vs. Purdue)

Series .................. 7 Phil Wittliff (2/6-7/70 vs. St. Mary’s)

Season .............. 43 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)Career ............ 104 Greg Meredith (1976-80)

1912 0 0 9 - 1 0 H O C K E Y

1/5/07 Kevin Deeth at Robert Morris10/21/06 Dan Kissel at Providence10/20/06 Mark Van Guilder at Boston College2/17/06 Mark Van Guilder at Bowling Green11/10/05 Josh Sciba Bowling Green

3/18/04 Aaron Gill vs. Ohio St. (CCHA Super 6)10/10/04 Rob Globke at Ohio State10/19/02 Aaron Gill at Western Michigan10/12/02 Rob Globke at Minnesota-Duluth12/20/00 Dan Carlson at Nebraska-Omaha

11/13/98 Aniket Dhadphale vs. Bowling Green11/22/97 Chad Chipchase at Ferris State10/19/95 Brian Urick (4) at Alaska Fairbanks10/21/94 Tim Harberts (4) vs. Waterloo10/14/94 Ben Nelsen vs. St. Francis-Xavier

2/28/92 Curtis Janicke vs. Air Force2/8/92 Sterling Black at Western Michigan2/7/92 Lou Zadra vs. Western Michigan12/7/91 John Rushin vs. Lake Forest2/9/91 Lou Zadra vs. Wis.-Stevens Pt.

1/12/91 Dave Bankoske vs. Canisius2/10/90 Dave Bankoske at Lake Forest11/10/89 Tim Kuehl (4) vs. Michigan-Dearborn11/3/89 Dave Bankoske vs. Holy Cross11/5/88 Mike McNeill (5) at Army

2/20/88 Frank O’Brien vs. Lake Forest (@Michigan-Dearborn)

2/13/88 Michael Leherr vs. Villanova1/30/88 Tim Kuehl (4) vs. Kent State12/12/87 Tim Kuehl vs. Dayton12/11/87 Chris Kleva vs. Dayton

10/31/87 Mike McNeill vs. Windsor11/27/87 Bruce Guay at Canisius2/27/87 Mike McNeill at Hawthorne12/5/86 Mike McNeill vs. Michigan-Dearborn12/31/85 Bob Thebeau at SUNY-Plattsburgh

12/30/85 Bob Thebeau at SUNY-Plattsburgh12/27/85 Tim Reilly vs. Colgate2/15/85 Brent Chapman at Marquette12/1/84 Bob Thebeau vs. Alabama-Huntsville11/24/84 Tom Mooney vs. Air Force

11/3/84 Bob Thebeau vs. Penn State11/2/84 Brent Chapman vs. Penn State

11/25/83 Brent Chapman at Michigan Dearborn11/5/83 Brent Chapman at Northwestern1/15/83 Brent Chapman vs. Miami1/15/83 Kirt Bjork vs. Miami1/28/83 Kirt Bjork at Western Michigan

2/5/83 Kirt Bjork at Miami11/19/82 Kirt Bjork vs. Michigan Tech10/22/82 John Higgins at Michigan1/23/82 Dave Poulin vs. Bowling Green1/15/82 Dave Poulin at Michigan

1/15/82 Jim Brown at Michigan12/11/81 Dave Poulin at Northern Michigan2/27/81 Jeff Logan vs. Wisconsin1/30/81 Kevin Humphreys at Minnesota-Duluth11/8/80 Kirt Bjork at Minnesota

10/25/80 Jeff Logan at Colorado College2/15/80 Dave Poulin vs. Michigan2/3/80 Greg Meredith vs. Wisconsin1/26/80 Jeff Logan at Michigan Tech1/25/80 Jeff Logan at Michigan Tech

1/19/80 Dave Poulin vs. Colorado College11/10/79 Kevin Humphreys vs. Michigan3/3/79 Dave Poulin at Wisconsin2/3/79 Bill Rothstein vs. Colorado College1/5/79 Dave Poulin vs. North Dakota

12/23/78 Jeff Logan at Harvard11/24/78 Greg Meredith vs. Michigan11/24/78 Tim Michalek vs. Michigan11/17/78 Greg Meredith vs. Michigan State10/28/78 Dave Poulin at Colorado College

2/18/77 Greg Meredith (4) vs. Denver1/28/77 Don Fairholm at Colorado College1/15/77 Greg Meredith at Michigan State1/15/77 Brian Walsh (4) at Michigan State1/23/76 Alex Pirus at Minnesota-Duluth

1/7/77 Brian Walsh vs. Minnesota-Duluth11/13/76 Brian Walsh vs. Michigan10/29/76 Brian Walsh vs. Michigan State12/5/75 Brian Walsh vs. Wisconsin11/23/74 Brian Walsh at North Dakota

11/16/74 Brian Walsh vs. Denver2/2/74 Brian Walsh at North Dakota3/1/74 Eddie Bumbacco at Wisconsin1/5/74 Bill Nyrop vs. Minnesota-Duluth11/2/73 Larry Israelson at Michigan Tech

3/23/73 Ian Williams at Minnesota-Duluth2/23/73 John Noble vs. Wisconsin2/9/73 John Noble at Colorado College2/2/73 Ray DeLorenzi vs. North Dakota1/27/73 Eddie Bumbacco vs. Michigan State

1/26/73 Eddie Bumbacco vs. Michigan State1/20/73 Ian Williams at Michigan State12/19/72 Eddie Bumbacco St. Lawrence11/11/72 Eddie Bumbacco vs. Michigan11/11/72 Paul Regan vs. Michigan

11/10/72 Ian Williams vs. Michigan11/5/72 Eddie Bumbacco at Bowling Green11/3/72 Ian Williams at Bowling Green3/3/72 Ian Williams vs. Michigan State1/7/72 Paul Regan at Colorado College

12/29/71 Ian Williams (5) at Dartmouth12/20/71 Paul Regan at Boston College12/18/71 D’Arcy Keating (4) at Boston College12/18/71 Eddie Bumbacco at Boston College11/19/71 Eddie Bumbacco vs. Colorado College

2/20/71 Paul Regan at Michigan2/6/71 Ian Williams vs. Denver2/27/70 John Noble vs. Colorado College2/13/70 Kevin Hoene at Lake Forest 2/7/70 Phil Wittliff (4) vs. St. Mary’s

2/6/70 Phil Wittliff vs. St. Mary’s1/13/70 John Noble vs. Lake Forest12/17/69 Kevin Hoene at Salem State11/29/69 Phil Wittliff vs. Ohio University11/15/69 John Noble vs. Windsor

3/1/69 Phil Wittliff at Ohio State2/23/69 Phil Wittliff (5) at Purdue2/12/69 Phil Wittliff vs. Illinois2/12/69 John Roselli vs. Illinois2/8/69 Kevin Hoene vs. St. Mary’s

1/11/69 Kevin Hoene (4) vs. Detroit1/9/69 John Womack vs. Ohio University1/4/69 Kevin Hoene (4) at Illinois11/23/68 Joe Bonk at Ohio University

Senior Kevin Deeth has Notre Dame’s last hat trick as hescored three times in Notre Dame’s 6-2 win over RobertMorris at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena in January of 2007.

Mark Van Guilder picked up two hat tricks during hisNotre Dame career. The 2008 graduate had one againsttop-ranked Boston College during ‘06-’07 and one versusBowling Green the previous year - 2005-06.

ALL-TIME NOTRE DAME HAT TRICKS

Jim Brown became the first Notre Dame defenseman torecord a hat trick, doing so at Michigan as a member ofa 1981-82 team that won 23 games and outscored theopposition by 32 goals (199-167).



Goals in a Season

By a Left Wing ..............................................43Eddie Bumbacco (’72-’73)

By a Center .................................................. 31Phil Wittliff (’68-’69)

By a Right Wing ..........................................40Greg Meredith (’79-’80)

By a Defenseman ........................................19Bob Thebeau (’84-’85)

Goals in a Career

By a Left Wing ..........................................104Greg Meredith (’76-’80)

By a Center .................................................. 89Dave Poulin (’78-’83)

By a Right Wing ..........................................92Ian Williams (’70-’74)

By a Defenseman ........................................40Bob Thebeau (’82-’86)

Assists in a Season


By a Center ..................................................47Brian Walsh (’75-’76)

By a Right Wing ..........................................39Tim Reilly (’84-’85)

By a Defenseman ..............................................37Jeff Brownschidle (’79-’80)

Assists in a Career

By a Left Wing ............................................117Eddie Bumbacco (’70-’74)

By a Center ................................................145Brian Walsh (’73-’77)John Noble (’69-’73)

By a Right Wing ........................................119Ian Williams (’70-’74)

By a Defenseman ........................................95John Schmidt (’78-’82)

Points in a Season


By a Center ..................................................77Brian Walsh (’76-’77)

By a Right Wing ..........................................71Greg Meredith (’79-’80)

By a Defenseman ..............................................51Jeff Brownschidle (’79-’80)

Points in a Career

By a Left Wing ............................................220Eddie Bumbacco (’70-’74)

By a Center ................................................234 Brian Walsh (’73-’77)

By a Right Wing ........................................211 Ian Williams (’70-’74)

By a Defenseman ........................................123John Schmidt (’78-’82)

Records by ClassGoals

Freshman ..........28 Dave Poulin (1978-79)Sophomore ........31 Phil Wittliff (1968-69)Junior ................43 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)Senior ................40 Greg Meredith (1979-80)

Assists

Freshman ..........35 John Noble (1969-70)Sophomore ........34 Brian Walsh (1974-75)Junior ................47 Brian Walsh (1975-76)

47 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)Senior ................47 Brian Walsh (1976-77)

Points

Freshman ............59 Dave Poulin (1978-79)59 John Noble (1969-70)

Sophomore ........58 Brian Walsh (1974-75)Junior ................90 Eddie Bumbacco (1972-73)Senior ................77 Brian Walsh (1976-77)

Saves

Freshman ........935 Greg Louder (1990-91)Sophomore ....1,054 Morgan Cey (2002-03)Junior ............1,288 Lance Madson (1988-89) Senior ............1,113 Mark Kronholm (1973-74)

Goaltender Minutes

Freshman........2,027 Morgan Cey (2001-02)Sophomore ....2,136 Morgan Cey (2002-03)Junior ..............2,558 Jordan Pearce (2007-08)Senior ............2,390 David Brown (2006-07)


Freshman ........ 2.32 David Brown (2003-04)Sophomore...... 2.83 Chris Cathcart (1970-71)Junior .............. 2.04 Jordan Pearce (2007-08)Senior ............ 1.58 David Brown (2006-07)

Save Percentage

Freshman ....... .925 David Brown (2003-04)Sophomore .... .912 Morgan Cey (2002-03)Junior ............ .924 Morgan Cey (2003-04)Senior ............ .931 Jordan Pearce (2008-09)

Victories

Freshman ..........16 Greg Louder (1990-91) Sophomore ........24 Lance Madson (1987-88) Junior .............. 23 Jordan Pearce (2007-08) Senior ................30 Jordan Pearce (2008-09)................................ David Brown (2006-07)

Dave Poulin still holds or shares Notre Dame records forgoals (29) and points (59) by a freshman. Poulin alsoretains a share of the Irish records for career game-winning goals (13) and career hat tricks (8).

Greg Louder set several still-standing records for a NotreDame freshman goaltender, including 935 saves and 16victories in 1990-91.

Records by Position

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Irish Team RecordsGames

Played ..............47 2007-08 (27-16-4)Won ..................32 2006-07 (32-7-3)Lost ..................27 1992-93 (7-27-2); 2004-05 (5-27-6)Tied ....................8 1999-2000

Goals

Period ................8 12/6/70 (3rd, vs. St. Mary’s)Game ................18 1921-22 vs. Culver MilitarySeason ............222 1987-88

Assists

Period ..............12 11/30/84 (1st, vs. Alabama-Huntsville)2/10/80 (3rd, vs. Minn.-Duluth)

Game ................22 2/23/69 (vs. Purdue)Season ............355 1987-88

Points

Period ..............19 11/30/84 (1st, vs. Alabama-Huntsville)

Game ................36 2/23/69 (vs. Purdue)Season ............532 1979-80

Penalties

Game ................24 at Northern Michigan (11/3/01) Season ............370 1981-82

Penalty Minutes

Game ................78 11/3/01at Northern Michigan (11/3/01)

Season ............828 2000-01

Season Winning Streaks

15 ........................................ 11/4/83 – 1/21/8414 ...................................... 12/11/87 – 2/13/8810 ........................................2/13/09 – 3/21/099 ...................................... 12/5/08 – 1/16/099 ...................................... 11/16/07 - 12/8/078 ...................................... 11/13/87 – 12/4/878 ........................................................ 1921-227 ............................................12/2/06 –1/5/077 .......................................... 2/17/72 – 3/6/736..........................................2/24/07 – 3/23/076 ...................................... 10/2/98 – 10/23/986 .................................... 11/16/91 – 12/30/926 ...................................... 11/15/90 – 12/1/91

Season Losing Streaks

14 ........................................ 11/12/88 – 1/2/8912 ........................................ 2/5/05 – 10/28/0510 ........................................ 3/6/92 – 11/13/939........................................3/10/77 – 11/19/778 ........................................ 1/25/97 – 2/15/978 ........................................ 12/8/84 – 1/19/858 ........................................ 1/28/72 – 2/19/72

Longest Unbeaten Streaks

20 (17-0-3) ........................ 10/31/08 – 1/17/0915 (15-0-0) ............................ 11/4/83 – 1/21/8414 (14-0-0) ........................ 12/11/87 – 2/13/8813 (10-0-3) ........................ 12/11/68 – 1/20/6910 (10-0-0) .......................... 12/5/08 – 1/17/0910 (8-0-2) ............................ 11/6/87 – 12/4/879 (9-0-0) .......................... 11/16/07 – 12/8/079 (8-0-1) ........................ 10/20/06 – 11/17/069 (7-0-2) ............................ 1/20/07 – 2/17/079 (7-0-2) ............................ 1/21/77 – 2/18/778 (7-0-1) .......................... 10/16/91 – 12/7/918 (7-0-1) .............................. 2/17/73 – 3/8/738 (7-0-1) ................................ 2/6/70 – 3/7/70

Defenseman Roger Bourque logged 118 career gamesfrom 1973-77 and helped post an .852 season penalty-killing percentage during the 1974-75 campaign.

Jay Matushak appeared in 140 career games with theIrish hockey program from 1992-96, earning specialmention all-CCHA honors as a junior and senior.

Longest Winless Streaks

22 (0-20-2) ............................ 1/7/05 – 10/28/0516 (0-14-2) ........................ 11/5/88 – 12/30/8810 (0-7-3) ............................ 1/15/94 – 2/24/949 (0-9-0) ..............................3/10/77 –11/19/779 (0-8-1) ............................ 1/15/93 – 2/12/939 (0-8-1) .......................... 10/17/92 –11/14/929 (0-7-2) .......................... 11/4/00 – 12/19/009 (0-6-3) ................................ 1/4/03 – 2/1/03

Margin of Victory 17 (Notre Dame 18, Culver 1, 1921-22)

Margin of Defeat12 (Wisconsin 12, Notre Dame 0, 1/31/69)

Longest Home Winning Streak15 (12/11/87 – 3/5/88)

Longest Home Unbeaten Streak15 (12/11/87 – 3/5/88)

Consecutive Losses14 (11/12/88 – 1/2/89)

Consecutive Games Without a Win22 (0-20-2; 1/7/05 – 10/28/06)

Longest Home Losing Streak10 (2/3/80 – 11/29/80)

Season Winning Percentage.848, 27-4-2 (1987-88)

Season Winning Pct., as CCHA/WCHA Team.804, 21-4-3 (2008-09)

.804, 21-4-3 (2006-07)

Most Victories, as CCHA/WCHA Team23 (1981-82)

Home Season Winning Percentage.900, 18-2-0 (1987-88)

Home Winning Pct., as CCHA/WCHA Team.846, 10-1-2 (2006-07)

Road Winning Percentage.852, 14-2-1 (2008-09)

Road Winning Pct., as CCHA/WCHA Team.893, 12-1-1 (2008-09)

One-Goal Game Winning Percentage1.000, 6-0 (1987-88)

One-Goal Winning Percentage, as CCHA/WCHA Team.818, 9-2 (2008-09)

Overtime Winning Percentage.833, 2-0-1 (1984-85).700, 2-0-3 (2008-09)

Overtime Winning Percentage, as CCHA/WCHA Team.750, 2-0-2 (1975-76).700, 2-0-3 (2008-09)

700, 2-0-3 (2006-07)

Goal Differential+3.27 (1987-88)

Goal Differential, as CCHA/WCHA Team+1.53 (2008-09)

Goals Per Game6.73 (1987-88)

Goals Per Game, as CCHA/WCHA Team5.18 (1979-80)

Goals-Against Average1.63 (2006-07)

Save Percentage.929 (2008-09)

Penalty-Killing Percentage.904 (2006-07)

Penalty-Killing Percentage, as CCHA/WCHA Team.919 (2006-07)

Power-Play Percentage .329 (1984-85)

Power-Play Percentage, as CCHA/WCHA Team.325 (1971-72)



Opponent Records

Individual Goals

Period ..................3 Nine times; last by Tony Catani, Alaska Anchorage (2nd, 10/25/88)

Game ..................5 Tom Ross, Michigan St. (11/10/73)

5 Tom Sundby, St. Mary’s (2/8/69)

Season ..................9 Tom Ross, Michigan St. (’75-’76)Career ................26 Tom Ross, Michigan St. (’72-’76)

Individual Assists

Season ................10 Steve Colp (Michigan St., ’75-’76)

Career ................18 Mike Zuke (Michigan Tech, ’72-76)

18 Steve Colp (Michigan St., ’72-.76)

Individual Points

Season ................14 Tom Ross (Michigan St., ’75-’76)

Career ................42 Tom Ross (Michigan St., ’72-’76)

Individual Saves

Period ................28 Jordan Sigalet (Bowling Green, 11/5/04, 2nd)

Overtime ..........12 Dan Ellis(Nebraska-Omaha, 3/8/02, CCHAplayoffs, 20 min. overtime)

9* Tom Frame (Colorado College, 10/28/78)

9* Steve Janaszak (Minnesota, 1/6/78)

9* John Anderson (Wisconsin, 12/20/70)

Game ................63* Jeff Ward (Lake Forest, 1/30/70)

*Five-minute overtime

Team Goals

In a period ..........8 Czechoslovakia (3rd, 1/3/73)

In a game ..........15 SUNY-Plattsburgh (12/31/85)

Team Assists

In a period..........14 Michigan (2nd, 3/11/05) In a game ..........25 SUNY-Plattsburgh (12/31/85)

Team Points

In a period..........21 Michigan (2nd, 3/11/05) In a game ..........40 SUNY-Plattsburgh (12/31/85)

Team Penalties

In a game ..........21 Michigan-Dearborn (2/23/85)

Team Penalty Minutes

In a game ..........73 Detroit (1/11/69)

The below games involving Notre Dame sawthe winning goal scored in the final minute of reg-ulation or overtime. The goal scorer and timeelapsed in the period are listed in ( ). Informationdates back to the 1976-77 season and is incompletefor some games:

3/20/09 Notre Dame 2, Northern Michigan 1

(Ben Ryan, 19:00, CCHA semifinal game)

2/20/09 Notre Dame 4, at Nebraska-Omaha 3 .... OT

(Billy Maday, 3:39 OT)

2/6/09 Notre Dame 4, at Ohio State 3 .............. OT

(Erik Condra scores at 19:59 of regulation to tie game, 3-3; Calle Ridderwall scores GWG at 00:49 of OT)

4/10/08 Notre Dame 5, Michigan 3 ...................... OT

(Calle Ridderwall, 5:44, 1st OT, NCAA ........semifinal game)

3/21/08 Miami 2, Notre Dame 1 ........................ OT

(Mitch Ganzak scores at 19:56 of 3rd to tiegame, 1-1; Alec Martinez GWG at 6:06 ofOT - CCHA semifinals)

1/18/08 Michigan 3, Notre Dame 2

(Louie Caporusso, 19:39 of 3rd)

3/23/07 Notre Dame 3, Alabama-Huntsville 2 .. OT

(Ryan Thang, 15:18, 2nd OT)

2/17/07 Notre Dame 3, at Alaska 2 .................. OT

(Garrett Regan, 1:41)

2/9/07 at Notre Dame 4, Nebraska-Omaha 2

(Kevin Deeth, 19:50; T.J. Jindra ENG at 19:57)

1/12/07 Notre Dame 3, at Lake Superior 2 ........ OT

(Erik Condra, 3:24)

10/14/06 at Minnesota State 3, Notre Dame 2 ...... OT

(Jon Kalinski, 4:45)

12/6/05 at Minnesota State 2, Notre Dame 3(Erik Condra, 19:53)

3/12/05 at Michigan 1, Notre Dame 0(1st round CCHA playoffs) ...................... OT(Eric Werner, 2:05)

2/11/05 Ferris State 4, at Notre Dame 3(Matt Verdone, 19:07)

1/8/05 at Lake Superior State 2, Notre Dame 1 .. OT(Matt Restoule ties game at 19:32; Jeff............Rainville gets game winner at 00:56)

12/10/04 at Notre Dame 3, Michigan State 2 ..........OT(Matt Amado, 2:32)

10/22/04 at Notre Dame 3, Boston College (T.J. Jindra, 19:45, SHG)

3/18/04 Ohio State 6, Notre Dame 5(CCHA Super 6) ......................................OT(Tyson Strachan, 9:49)

3/14/04 at Notre Dame 5, Western Michigan 4(1st round CCHA playoffs) ........................OT(Jason Paige, 12:35)

1/23/04 at Northern Michigan 4, Notre Dame 3(Darin Olver, 4:16) ....................................OT

1/9/04 at Bowling Green 5, Notre Dame 4(James Unger, 4:32) ..................................OT

3/9/02 Notre Dame 2, at Nebraska-Omaha 1(CCHA playoffs)........................................OT(David Inman, 8:09)

3/8/02 at Nebraska-Omaha 3, Notre Dame 2 ........2OT(1st-round CCHA playoffs)(Jeff Hoggan, 00:40, 2nd OT)

1/23/02 Notre Dame 4, at Miami (OH) 3 ..............OT(Aaron Gill, 4:10 OT)

2/10/01 Notre Dame 5, Bowling Green 3(Evan Nielsen, 19:16)(Neil Komadoski added ENG at 19:59)

1/21/00 Notre Dame 4, Western Michigan 3 ................................OT(Dan Carlson, 0:52)

3/14/98 at Michigan 2, Notre Dame 1 ..................OT(Bobby Hayes, 19:00 of overtime)

1/9/98 at Alaska Fairbanks 3, Notre Dame 2 ........................................OT(Chris Kirwan, 4:15)

11/15/97 at Miami 5, Notre Dame 4(Adam Copeland, 19:40)

12/29/96 at Princeton 3, Notre Dame 2..................OT(Scott Bertoli, 4:41)

12/6/96 at Michigan State 4, Notre Dame 3(Mark Loeding, 19:06)

11/23/96 at Miami 4, Notre Dame 3(Dustin Whitecotton, 19:20)

2/10/96 Bowling Green 4, at Notre Dame 3..........OT(Curtis Fry, 19:09)

12/31/94 at UMass 4, Notre Dame 3 ......................OT(Warren Norris, 4:12)

11/1/94 Illinois Chicago 3, Notre Dame 2 (Kevin O’Keefe, 19:40)

2/4/94 Miami 3, at Notre Dame 2(Rene Vonlanthen, 19:30)

1/2/94 Kent State 6, at Notre Dame 5(Erik Raygor, 19:48)

10/30/92 Lake Superior State 6, at Notre Dame 5(Clayton Beddoes, 19:31)

2/14/92 Notre Dame 6, at Kent State 5 ................OT(Matt Osiecki, 4:05)

10/26/89 at Notre Dame 6, R.I.T. 5 ......................OT(Dan Sawyer, 4:03) (ND’s Dave Bankoske forced OT at 19:08)

11/29/80 Michigan 7, at Notre Dame 6 ..................OT(Dennis May, 9:48 of OT)

1/4/80 at Minnesota 6, Notre Dame 5(Tim Harrer, 19:30)

12/2/78 at Michigan Tech 6, Notre Dame 5(Glenn Merkosky, 19:00)

2/25/78 at Michigan State 3, Notre Dame 2(Russ Welch, 19:26)

2/25/77 at Michigan Tech 3, Notre Dame 2(Stu Younger, 19:38)

Last-Minute Finishes

Ben Ryan’s goal with 1:00 minute left versus NorthernMichigan in the 2009 CCHA semifinals gave the Irish a2-1 win to send Notre Dame to the CCHA title gameversus Michigan.

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In-SeasonTournamentResults

2008-09 at Shillelagh Tournament(Hoffman Estates, Ill.) - 1st

1/2/09 - vs. Union College W, 3-11/3/09 - vs. Minnesota-Duluth W, 3-1

2007-08 at Lightning College Hockey Classic(Tampa, Fla.) - 3rd

12/29/07 - vs. Massachusetts L, 3-412/30/07 - vs. Rensselaer W, 3-1

2007-08 at 57th Rensselaer Holiday Tournament(Troy, N.Y.) - 1st

11/23/07 - vs. Alabama-Huntsville W, 4-111/24/07 - vs. Rensselaer W, 4-3

2007-08 at Lefty McFadden Invitational(Dayton, Ohio) - 3rd

10/12/07 - vs. Wisconsin L, 1-410/13/07 - vs. Mercyhurst W, 4-0

2006-07 at Lightning College Hockey Classic(Tampa, Fla.) - 1st

10/27/06 - vs. Army W, 3-010/28/06 - vs. Air Force W, 2-0

2003-04 at Everblades College Hockey Classic(Estero, Fla.) - 3rd

12/27/03 - vs. Cornell L, 0-412/28/03 - vs. Maine W, 1-0

2002-03 at Ledyard National Bank Tournament(Hanover, N.H.) - Tie 3rd

12/28/02 - at Dartmouth L, 4-612/29/02 - vs. Vermont T, 3-3 ot

2000-01 at Rensselaer/HSBC Holiday Tournament (Troy, N.Y.) - 4th

12/29/00 - vs. St. Lawrence L, 3-6 12/30/00 - vs. R.P.I. L, 2-6

2000-01 at Maverick Stampede (Omaha, Neb.) - 3rd

10/13/00 - vs. Boston College L, 1-4 10/14/00 - vs. Niagara T, 3-3 ot (won in ashootout)

1999-2000 at Norwest Denver Cup (Denver, Colo.) - 4th

12/31/99 - vs. Denver T, 3-3 ot (lost in shootout) 1/1/00 - vs. Colorado College L, 2-5

1999-2000 at Ice Breaker Tournament (Denver, Colo.) - 3rd

10/15/99 - vs. Providence College L, 1-2 10/16/99 - vs. Union W, 4-0

1997-98 at Mariucci Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) - 3rd

12/29/97 - vs. Northeastern L, 2-412/30/97 - vs. Brown W, 5-1

1995-96 at Bank One Badger Showdown (Milwaukee, Wisc.) - 2nd

12/28/95 - vs. Wisconsin W, 3-212/29/95 - vs. Boston University L, 3-8

1994-95 at Great Western Freeze Out (Inglewood, Calif.) - 4th

11/25/94 - vs. Maine L, 3-4 11/26/94 - vs. Princeton L, 3-6

1993-94 at Great Lakes Invitational (Detroit, Mich.) - 4th

12/29/93 - vs. Michigan L, 3-812/30/93 - vs. Michigan Tech L, 6-8

1993-94 at Great Alaska Face-Off (Fairbanks, Alaska) - 2nd

11/25/93 - vs. Michigan Tech W, 5-411/26/93 - vs. Alaska Fairbanks L, 5-6

1992-93 at Colorado Banks Denver Cup (Denver, Colo.) - 2nd

12/29/92 - vs. Air Force W, 4-112/30/92 - vs. Denver L, 1-6

1989-90 at Badger Hockey Showdown (Milwaukee, Wisc.) - 4th

12/28/89 - vs. Wisconsin L, 3-912/29/90 - vs. Minnesota-Duluth L, 1-9

1988-89 at R.P.I. Tournament (Troy, N.Y.) - 4th

12/29/88 - vs. R.P.I. L, 0-612/30/88 - vs. Air Force L, 5-7

1986-87 at Pointer Classic (Stevens Point, Wis.) - 2nd

11/14/86 - vs. St. John’s (MN) W, 6-2 11/15/86 - vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point L, 2-5

1985-86 at Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse, N.Y.) - 4th

12/27/85 - vs. Colgate L, 7-812/28/85 - vs. Western Michigan L, 2-11

1984-85 at Forester Classic (Lake Forest, Ill.) - 4th

1/18/85 - vs. Bowdoin L, 6-9 1/19/85 - vs. Lake Forest L, 2-5

1984-85 at Phoenix Mutual Tournament (Hartford, Conn.) - 4th

1/4/85 - vs. Yale L, 5-101/5/85 - vs. Colgate L, 4-13

1982-83 at Great Lakes Invitational (Detroit, Mich.) - 4th

12/28/82 - vs. Michigan Tech L, 6-812/29/82 - vs. Michigan L, 3-12

1981-82 at Great Lakes Invitational (Detroit, Mich.) - 1st

12/29/81 - vs. Michigan W, 6-212/30/81 - vs. Michigan Tech W, 8-3

1972-73 at ECAC Holiday Tournament (New York, N.Y.) - 2nd

12/19/72 - vs. St. Lawrence W, 8-512/20/72 - vs. St. Louis L, 3-5

1971-72 at Great Lakes Invitational (Detroit, Mich) - 4th

12/28/71 - vs. Michigan Tech L, 3-612/29/71 - vs. Dartmouth L, 6-9

1971-72 at ECAC Holiday Tournament (New York, N.Y.) - 1st

12/18/71 - vs. Boston College W, 7-412/19/71 - vs. St. Lawrence W, 4-2

1970-71 at Boston Arena Christmas Tournament (Boston, Mass.) - 2nd

12/28/70 - vs. Northeastern W, 4-112/29/70 - vs. Boston University L, 3-7

1969-70 at Nichols Tournament (Buffalo, N.Y.) - 1st

1/2/70 - vs. Hamilton W, 4-21/3/70 - vs. Pennsylvania W, 5-2

1969-70 at Merrimack Tournament (Billerica, Mass.) - 1st

12/17/69 - vs. Salem State W, 8-412/18/69 - vs. Merrimack W, 5-1

Finishes Last Time

First - Seven times 2009 Shillelagh Tournament

Second - Six times 1995 Badger ClassicThird - Seven times 2007 Lightning College

ClassicFourth - 11 times 2000 HSBC Holiday

Tournament

Notre Dame knocked off Union College and Minnesota-Duluth to win the first-ever Shillelagh Tournament at the SearsCentre in Hoffman Estates, Ill. That tournament was held onJan. 2-3, 2009.

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WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF NOTRE DAME’S ATHLETICS INTERESTS?(The following lists of examples are not all-inclusive. As always, ask before you act!)You are, if:

you are an enrolled student or graduate of the University.•

you have ever participated in or are a member of any organization • promoting Notre Dame’s athletics program. (The former Quarterback Club, The 3-Pt. Club, The Fast-Break Club, etc.)

you have ever made financial contributions to the University of • Notre Dame athletics department.

you have ever helped to arrange employment of or provided any • benefits to prospective or enrolled student-athletes.

you have ever been a season ticket holder in any sport.•

you have ever promoted the athletics programs at the University of • Notre Dame.

According to NCAA rules, once an individual has been identified as an institutional “representative of athletics interests” the individual retains that title for life. The University of Notre Dame is ultimately responsible for the behavior of all its athletics representatives in relation to NCAA rules and regulations. Violations of NCAA regulations by an athletics representative could result in the loss of eligibility for involved student-athletes (e.g. no participation in competitions) and/or severe sanctions against the University (e.g. loss of scholarships, television and post-season bans).

CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETEA student-athlete is any Notre Dame student who is a member of a

varsity athletics team.NCAA regulations apply to all student-athletes, not just those student-

athletes who were recruited or who receive an athletics scholarship.

*Note: NCAA regulations concerning enrolled student-athletes remain in effect throughout the entire year (including summer break). If a student-athlete has completed his/her final season of eligibility, all NCAA regulations must be adhered to until he/she graduates or leaves school.

DOs AND DON’Ts FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN REGARDS TO A CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETE:(The following lists of examples are not all-inclusive. As always, ask before you act!)DOYou may:

contact a current student-athlete regarding employment • opportunities; however, no contact may be made without approval from the Compliance Office.

provide a student-athlete, not their family and friends, an • occasional (once a semester) meal at your home.

DON’TYou may not:

provide a currently enrolled student-athlete, their parents or friends • any benefit or special arrangement without prior approval from the Compliance Office. pay for or arrange for payment of room, board or any type of • transportation for a student-athlete or their family and friends.entertain student-athletes or their family and friends. (Exception: • NCAA rules do permit institutional staff members and athletics representatives to provide student-athletes (not including their family and friends) with an occasional meal (defined as once a semester) provided the meal is at the staff member’s or athletic representative’s home and not at a restaurant.)use the name, picture or appearance of an enrolled student-athlete • to advertise, recommend or promote sales or use of a commercial product or service of any kind. Any use of a student-athlete’s name, picture or appearance must receive authorization from the Compliance Office.provide any payment of expense or loan of an automobile for a • student-athlete to return home or to any other location.provide awards or gifts to a student-athlete for any reason. All • awards provided to student-athletes must first be approved by the Compliance Office and meet all NCAA regulations. provide an honorarium to a student-athlete for a speaking • engagement. All speaking engagements must be approved in advance by the Compliance Office.allow a student-athlete, his/her relatives or friends to use your • telephone to make free calls.

NCAA COMPLIANCEREGULATIONS

Thank you for your tremendous support of our entire athletics program. Our 800+ student-athletes, our coaches and administrative staff are very appreciative of your spirit and affinity for Notre Dame, in particular intercollegiate athletics.

With that, your adherence to all applicable NCAA rules and regulations is essential as we strive to maintain and enhance our national athletic prominence while protecting the University’s tradition of integrity and values.

Our Compliance Office staff stands prepared to assist you with your

questions and concerns regarding NCAA regulations. Please contact us immediately should you have concern regarding any situation. Your attention to these matters will ensure that the eligibility of both prospective student-athletes (“recruits”) and enrolled student-athletes is protected and maintained. Again, many thanks for your cooperation in this matter and your ongoing support.

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provide free or reduced cost lodging in your home to a student-• athlete or a student-athlete’s family and friends.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETEA prospective student-athlete is any student who has started classes

for the ninth grade. Any student younger than ninth grade who receives any benefits from an institution or athletics representative would also become a prospective student-athlete. In addition, student-athletes enrolled in preparatory school or two-year colleges are considered prospective student-athletes.

* Note: An individual is considered a prospect (whether or not they have signed a National Letter-of-Intent) until the first day of initial collegiate enrollment or the first day they report for practice, whichever is earliest. Therefore, all NCAA regulations concerning contact with a prospective student-athlete are applicable until that time.

THE DOs AND DON’Ts FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN REGARDS TO A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE:(The following lists of examples are not all-inclusive. As always, ask before you act!)

DOforward • information about prospective student-athletes to the appropriate coaching staff.have telephone contact with a prospect regarding permissible pre-• enrollment activities such as summer employment, provided the prospect has graduated from high school and signed a National Letter of Intent. have a telephone conversation with a prospect only if the prospect • initiates the call. Such a call may not be prearranged by an institutional staff member and you are not permitted to have a recruiting conversation, but may exhibit normal civility. You must refer any questions about our athletics programs to an athletics department staff member/coach. view a prospect’s athletic contest at your own initiative provided • you do not contact the prospect or his/her parents. In addition, you may not contact a prospect’s coach, principal, or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect.

continue established family relationships with friends and neighbors. • Contacts with sons and daughters of these families are permitted so long as they are not made for recruiting purposes or encouraged by Notre Dame coaches.

DON’TYou may not:

write, e-mail or telephone a prospective student-athlete or his/her • parents in an effort to recruit them to Notre Dame.become involved in making arrangements to provide money, • financial aid or a benefit of any kind to a prospect or the prospect’s family and friends.make contact with a prospective student-athlete and his/her • parents when the prospect is on-campus for an official or unofficial recruiting visit.contact a prospect to congratulate him/her on signing a National • Letter of Intent to attend the University.transport, pay or arrange for payment of transportation costs for • a prospect and his/her relatives or friends to visit campus (or elsewhere). pay or arrange for payment of summer camp registration fees for • a prospect.provide ANYTHING to a prospect, the prospect’s family or friends • without prior approval from the Compliance Office.

The support of our alumni and friends is welcomed and appreciated. We ask, however, that you also help to keep Notre Dame’s tradition of athletics integrity intact by following the NCAA regulations. Your assistance will help ensure that the eligibility of both prospective and currently enrolled student-athletes is protected and preserved. Your efforts to know and follow the NCAA legislation are greatly appreciated because violations could affect the eligibility of involved prospects or student-athletes and/or result in NCAA penalties being imposed on the University.

To that end, it should be our goal, as the best alumni and fans in the country, to preserve and protect each and every student-athlete’s eligibility. All NCAA legislation cannot be covered in a limited space such as this program. Therefore, any additional questions should be forwarded to the Compliance Office in the Department of Athletics. Please remember to ask before you act!

Jill Bodensteiner, Associate Director of Athletics

(574) 631-9647 or [email protected]

Jen Vining-Smith, Assistant Director of Athletics


Brent Moberg, Director of Compliance


Tom Timmermans, Coordinator of Compliance Information


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Athleticsby the numbers

25National Championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis and one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball)

10Conference championships won by Irish teams in 2008-09 (BIG EAST, Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League)

101BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of conference play

210All-time Academic All-Americans, second most of any university

84Academic All-Americans since 2000, more than any other school

48NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients since 1964, including four in 2008-09

13Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 season nationally ranked

19Notre Dame teams (out of 22) with a gradua-tion rate of 100%

9Irish athletic teams that earned a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate report in 2008-09

14Programs honored by the NCAA for Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009

5,500Hours of community service completed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year

HistoryThe University of Notre Dame du Lac •was founded in 1842 by Father Edward Sorin. Adjacent to South Bend, Ind., and nestled next to Saint Mary’s and Saint Joseph’s Lakes, the University was started with $310 in cash and three log buildings in disrepair.

Notre Dame would establish many •firsts for Catholic institutions of higher learning, including the first Catholic law school, the first Catholic engineering school and the first student residence with private rooms, Sorin Hall.

AcademicsThe University is organized into four •colleges - Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering and the Mendoza College of Business - the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, six major research institutes, more than 40 centers and special programs and the University library system.

Notre Dame is rated among the nation’s •top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s, and Kaplan/Newsweek.

Notre Dame ranks fifth in a listing of •“dream schools” in a survey of parents by the Princeton Review. The top five are Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, New York University and Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is among a select group of •schools that ranks in the top 25 on the U.S. News & World Report survey of the nation’s top colleges and in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors’ Cup for overall success in athletics.

StudentsGraduate and undergraduate students •at the University come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries worldwide.

Notre Dame’s graduation rate of 95 •percent is exceeded by only Harvard and Princeton.

Notre Dame’s 98 percent retention rate •between the freshman and sophomore years is among the highest in the country, thanks in large part to the University’s unique First Year of Studies Program.

Notre Dame has one of the highest •undergraduate residential concentrations of any national university, with 80 percent of its students living in 27 residence halls.

The medical school acceptance rate of •the University’s preprofessional studies graduates is 80 percent, almost twice the national average.

Notre Dame ranks first among Catholic •universities in the number of doctorates earned by its undergraduate alumni - a record compiled over some 85 years.

ServiceCommunity service is a hallmark of •Notre Dame. About 80 percent of Notre Dame students engage in some form of voluntary community service during their years at the University, and at least 10 percent devote a year or more after graduation to service in the United States and around the world.

The University’s • Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) annually sends 180 recent graduates to teach in some 100 understaffed Catholic schools in the southern, southeastern and southwestern United States and in South Bend. A national model, ACE has received the Higher Education Award from the Corporation for National Service for leadership in using national service resources through AmeriCorps.

AlumniThe University’s network of 270 alumni •clubs -- including 60 international clubs -- is the most extensive in higher education.

With graduates renowned for their •loyalty and generosity, Notre Dame annually ranks among the top five in percentage of alumni who contribute to the University.

In recent years, Notre Dame alumni have •won a Nobel Prize in medicine, a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and an Emmy Award for contributions to television technology.

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October 9 Fri. Alabama-Huntsville 7:35 p.m. 10 Sat. Alabama-Huntsville 7:05 p.m. 15 Thur. Providence College 7:35 p.m. 16 Fri. Providence College 7:35 p.m. 20 Tues. at Boston University 7:05 p.m. 23 Fri. Boston College 7:35 p.m. 30 Fri. Ohio State * 7:35 p.m. 31 Sat. Ohio State * 5:05 p.m.

November 6 Fri. at Alaska * 7:05 p.m. (AT) 7 Sat. at Alaska * 7:05 p.m. (AT) 14 Sat. Northern Michigan * 7:05 p.m. 15 Sun. Northern Michigan * 4:05 p.m. 19 Thur. at Michigan State * 7:05 p.m. 22 Sun. Michigan State * (at Fort Wayne, Ind.) 4:05 p.m. 27 Fri. Bowling Green * 7:35 p.m. 28 Sat. Bowling Green * 7:05 p.m.

December 4 Fri. at Miami * 7:35 p.m. 5 Sat. at Miami * 7:05 p.m. 11 Fri. at Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 13 Sun. Michigan * 4:05 p.m.

January at Shillelagh Tournament (Sears Centre - at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) 2 Sat. Niagara vs. North Dakota 3:05 p.m. (CT) Notre Dame vs. Colgate 6:05 p.m. (CT) 3 Sun. Colgate vs. Niagara or North Dakota 2:05 p.m. (CT) Notre Dame vs. Niagara or North Dakota 5:05 p.m. (CT) 9 Sat. Ferris State * 7:05 p.m. 10 Sun. Ferris State * 4:05 p.m. 15 Fri. Michigan State * 8:05 p.m. 16 Sat. at Michigan State * 7:05 p.m. 22 Fri. at Lake Superior State * 7:05 p.m. 23 Sat. at Lake Superior State * 7:05 p.m. 29 Fri. Nebraska-Omaha * 8:05 p.m. 30 Sat. Nebraska-Omaha * 8:05 p.m.

February 5 Fri. at Western Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 6 Sat. at Western Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 19 Fri. at Bowling Green * 7:05 p.m. 20 Sat. at Bowling Green * 5:05 p.m. 25 Thur. at Michigan * 7:35 p.m. 27 Sat. Michigan * 7:05 p.m.

March 5-7 Fri.-Sun. First Round CCHA Playoffs (at Campus Sites) TBA 12-14 Fri.-Sun. Second Round CCHA Playoffs (at Campus Sites) TBA 19-20 Fri.-Sat. at CCHA Championships (at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.) TBA 27-28 Sat.-Sun. at NCAA Midwest Regional (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) TBA

April 8 & 10 Thur./Sat. at NCAA Frozen Four (Ford Field - Detroit, Mich.) TBA

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