Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 2007-08 NOtre DAMe www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX HOCKEY NOTES 2007-08 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY (21-10-3/14-7-3) Irish Return Home To Face Ohio State In Two-Game Series At The OCTOBER Joyce Center 12 $ at Lefty McFadden Invitational vs. #14/#15 Wisconsin L, 1-4 • Notre Dame picks up three-of-four points on the road at Alaska and is 3-1-2 over 13 vs. Mercyhurst W, 4-0 18 #5/#5 Denver W, 4-3 the last six games. 19 #5/#5 Denver L, 1-3 • Mark Van Guilder named one of 10 finalists for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. 23 * at Bowling Green W, 4-2 26 * at Ferris State W, 3-2 • Irish now 10-5-1 on the road; just ninth time in program’s 40-year history that 27 * at Ferris State L, 0-3 team has won 10 or more away from home. NOVEMBER 1 * Lake Superior W, 7-3 • The Series: #9/#9 Notre Dame (21-10-3/14-7-3) vs. Ohio State (10-21-3/6-16-2) 2 * Lake Superior W, 4-1 • Date/Site/Time: Fri.-Sat., February 22-23, 2008 • Joyce Center (2,713) • 7:35 p.m./7:05 p.m. 9 * at #1/#1 Miami W, 2-1 10 * at #1/#1 Miami L, 1-3 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on WDND ESPN 16 * Western Michigan W, 4-1 Sportscenter 1490 with Mike Lockert calling all the action for the Irish. Television: Friday’s 17 * at Western Michigan W, 5-1 game will be televised by Comcast Local with Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin calling the 20 * Bowling Green W, 2-1 action. The game can be seen in South Bend on Comcast local access channel 3. 23 % at 57th rensselaer Holiday tournament vs. Alabama-Huntsville W, 4-1 • Internet: Irish hockey can be heard on the Internet at the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. 24 vs. nr/#16 Rensselaer W, 4-3 Saturday’s game will have live video streaming via und.com. All Notre Dame home games and 30 * Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-4 all CCHA games are available via gametracker. DECEMBER 1 * Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-0 IRISH LOOK TO CLINCH FIRST ROUND BYE: Notre Dame returns home from their weekend 7 at Princeton W, 4-2 in Alaska, looking to clinch fourth place in the CCHA and a first-round bye in the playoffs when they 8 at Princeton W, 7-0 play host to the Ohio State Buckeyes. The two teams will meet on Fri.-Sat., Feb. 22-23 at the Joyce 29 # at Lightning college Hockey classic Center. Friday’s game has a 7:35 p.m. starting time and Saturday’s contest will begin at 7:05 p.m. vs. #9/#9 Massachusetts L, 3-4 The opening game of the series will be televised live by Comcast Local with Ben Holden and Sean vs. nr/#17 Rensselaer W, 3-1 Ritchlin calling the action. That game can be seen in South Bend on Comcast Cable channel 3. SERIES INFORMATION JANUARY Saturday’s game will have live video streaming vs. Ohio State Buckeyes 4 * at Northern Michigan L, 1-2 that is free on the Notre Dame website at und. 5 * at Northern Michigan W, 2-1 com. The Irish enter the week with a 21-10-3 11 * at #9/#10Michigan State L, 1-3 All-time Series: OSU leads, 25-23-7 13 * #9/#10 Michigan State T, 1-1 ot overall record and are 14-7-3 in the CCHA, good At Notre Dame: Series tied, 11-11-2 for 31 points with four games left to play. They 18 * at #1/#1 Michigan L, 2-3 At Columbus: Series tied, 12-12-5 19 *& vs. #1/#1 Michigan L, 1-5 are four points behind Miami and Michigan State as both teams are tied for second with 35 points. Neutral: OSU leads, 2-0-0 25 * Bowling Green W, 6-1 Last 10 meetings: OSU leads 7-2-1 26 * at Bowling Green W, 4-1 First-place Michigan has 40 points. Notre Dame leads fifth-place Nebraska-Omaha (26) by five 2006-07 Meetings: FEBRUARY points and have two games in hand. The Irish 1 USA Under-18 team (exh.) W, 2-1 ot can not be caught by the Mavericks. They lead Nov. 3 ND 4, at OSU 2 8 * Ferris State L, 3-5 sixth-place Bowling Green and Ferris State Nov. 4 ND 1, at OSU 1 (ot) 9 * Ferris State T, 2-2 ot (24) by seven points. Any combination of Irish 15 * at Alaska (WHME - tape delay 2/16) W, 2-1 wins or ties or Falcon losses or ties equaling VERSUS OHIO STATE: 16 * at Alaska T, 1-1 ot one point will eliminate Bowling Green while 22 * Ohio State 7:35 p.m. Player GP G A PTS the Irish need any combination of two points Mark Van Guilder 8 1 1 2 23 * Ohio State 7:05 p.m. versus Ferris State to clinch the spot. Ohio State 29 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. Erik Condra 6 1 1 2 is currently 10-21-3 overall and 6-16-2 in the Justin White 3 0 2 2 conference. The Buckeyes have 14 points and MARCH Brett Blatchford 1 0 1 1 1 * Western Michigan 7:05 p.m. are in 10th place. Kevin Deeth 2 0 1 1 7-9 First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Christian Hanson 5 1 0 1 14-16 Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA IRISH VERSUS BUCKEYES: Notre Dame Brock Sheahan 8 0 1 1 21 ^ at CCHA Semifinals 4:30/8:05 p.m. and Ohio State have met 55 times in the all-time Dan VeNard 6 0 0 0 22 ^ at CCHA Championship 4:30/8:05 p.m. series with the Buckeyes holding a 25-23-7 Evan Rankin 7 0 0 0 28-30 at NCAA Regionals (Albany, N.Y./Madson, edge. In games played at the Joyce Center, the Luke Lucyk 4 0 0 0 Wis./Worcester, Mass./Colorado Springs, series is even at 11-11-2. The teams met twice Garrett Regan 5 0 0 0 Colo.) last season on Nov. 3-4, in Columbus with the Ryan Thang 2 0 0 0 APRIL Irish winning, 4-2, and then getting a 1-1 tie in Kyle Lawson 2 0 0 0 10-12 at NCAA Frozen Four (at Denver, Colo.) the second game. Over the last three meetings, Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Notre Dame is 2-0-1 vs. OSU. The three-game Jordan Pearce 20:00 0-0-0 1 7 .875 3.00 Home Games in bold unbeaten streak that started in 2005-06, ended Rankings - USA Today/USCHO a seven-game Ohio State winning streak and a Exhibition Game in bold italic span of 17 games from 2000-01 to ‘05-’06 that $ Nutter Center (at Dayton, Ohio) saw the Irish win just one game (1-13-3). Notre Dame has not won at the Joyce Center against the % Houston Field House (at Troy, N.Y.) Buckeyes since Oct. 23, 1998 (3-0), going 0-6-2 in the last eight games played in South Bend, Ind. # St. Pete Times Forum (at Tampa, Fla.) All Times Local To Site The last time Ohio State won at the Joyce Center was the last time the Buckeyes played there, Nov. 26, 2005, a 5-2 victory. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD cOACH JEFF JACKSON REMAINING SCHEDULE: Notre Dame plays NANOOKS NUMBER: The win and the tie at three of its final four games at home. The Irish Alaska improved Notre Dame to 7-0-1 in its last play host to Ohio State this weekend (Feb. 22-23) eight meetings with the Nanooks. The Irish were Full Name before closing out the season with a home-and- 6-0-0 in 2006-07, playing Alaska in four regular- • Jeffery L. Jackson home series with Western Michigan. On Feb. season games and two CCHA playoff contests. 29, the two teams will meet at Kalamazoo with Birthdate the regular-season finale set for March 1 at the GOING HOME: Irish goaltender Jordan • June 22, 1955 Joyce Center. Pearce had a successful return to his home state last weekend, picking up a win and a tie versus MAGIC NUMBERS: With four games left Alaska. The Anchorage, Alaska native is now Hometown to play on the 2007-08 schedule the Irish have • Roseville, Michigan 2-0-1 in his three games at the Carlson Center. their sights set on capturing one of the top four He won his first game there last season, a 3-2 spots in the CCHA to get a first-round playoff Education bye and home ice in the second round. Here’s overtime game. • Bachelor’s Degree in the magic numbers (total points needed via Irish THE LEADER: In CCHA conference games Communications wins or opponent losses) for the Irish to clinch the fourth spot. this season, Notre Dame goaltender Jordan Michigan State ‘78 Pearce leads the conference with a 1.81 goals- • Bachelor’s Degree in Education against average. In 22 CCHA games (1,290:54 Michigan State ‘79 Team (Pts) Games Magic No.