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Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2006-07 NOtre DAMe Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX 2006-07 Notre Dame Hockey Game Notes • the Western Michigan Series • January 19-20, 2007 2006-07 NOTRE DAME #3/#3 Notre Dame Travels To Western Michigan For Series With The HOCKEY (19-4-1/13-2-1) Broncos At Lawson Arena Irish take sole possession of first place in the CCHA after weekend OCTOBER 6 # Windsor (Exh.) W, 9-0 sweep at Lake Superior; CCHA win streak reaches eight straight with 14 Minnesota State W, 6-1 16 at Minnesota State L, 2-3 (ot) victories over the Lakers. 20 at #1/#1 Boston College W, 7-1 Ryan thang named ccHA rookie of the week for series versus the Lakers. 21 at Providence College W, 6-1 27 $ at Lightning college Hockey classic • The Series: #3/#3 Notre Dame (19-4-1/13-2-1) at Western Michigan Broncos (8-12-1/7-9-1) vs. Army W, 3-0 • Fri.,-Sat., Jan, 19-20 • 7:35 p.m./7:35 p.m. • Lawson Arena (3,667) 28 vs. Air Force W, 2-0 Date/Site/Time: • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1490 NOVEMBER South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert calls the action for the Irish. Television: Saturday’s 3 * at Ohio State W, 4-2 game will be televised live by Comcast Local. Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin will provide the 4 * at Ohio State T, 1-1 (ot) play-by-play and color commentary. The games will be carried in South Bend on Comcast’s local 10 * Bowling Green W, 5-2 11 * Bowling Green W, 4-0 access station. 17 * #4/#4 Michigan St. W, 4-1 • Internet: Irish hockey can be heard on the internet at the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. All 18 * at #4/#4 Michigan St. L, 0-2 Notre Dame home games and all CCHA games are available via gametracker. 24 * at Nebraska-Omaha W, 4-2 25 * at Nebraska-Omaha L, 2-3 ALL ALONE AT THE TOP: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish return to action this weekend with a pair of games at Western Michigan on Jan. 19-20. Game time both nights at Lawson Arena is 7:35 DECEMBER p.m. Saturday’s game will be televised live by Comcast Local with Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin 2 * #14/#14 Alaska W, 3-1 calling all the action. The games can be seen in 3 * #14/#14 Alaska W, 6-2 South Bend on Comcast’s local access channel. 8 * at #7/#7 Michigan W, 7-3 Notre Dame enters the weekend with a 19-4-1 SERIES INFORMATION 10 * #7/#7 Michigan W, 4-3 overall record and a 13-2-1 mark in the CCHA. vs. Western Michigan 30 %* vs. No. Michigan W, 4-3 The 27 points in league action puts Notre Dame 31 * No. Michigan W, 4-2 in first place in the conference, two points ahead All-time Series: Western Michigan leads, 33-24-5 JANUARY of the Miami RedHawks with two games in hand. At Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads, 16-12-1 5 + at Robert Morris W, 6-2 The Irish have a six-point lead on third-place At Kalamazoo: Western Michigan leads, 20-8-4 7 Robert Morris L, 2-4 Michigan State with one game in hand and a Neutral: Western Michigan leads, 1-0-0 12 * at #15/#15 Lake Superior W, 4-3 (ot) seven-point lead on fourth-place Michigan. Last 10 meetings: Notre Dame leads 5-4-1 13 * at #15/#15 Lake Superior W, 4-1 Notre Dame’s sweep at Lake Superior State gives 19 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. the Irish nine wins in their last 10 games going 2005-06 Meetings: 20 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. back to Dec. 2nd. Included in that streak are eight Dec. 2 at WMU 4, ND 3 26 * Miami 7:35 p.m. straight wins in CCHA play. Notre Dame moved Dec. 3 at ND 3, WMU 0 27 * Miami 7:05 p.m. up to third in both the USA Today/American VERSUS WESTERN MICHIGAN: FEBRUARY Hockey Magazine and the USCHO.com/CSTV Name GP G A PTS 2 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. polls. Western Michigan is coming off a split Wes O’Neill 9 2 6 8 3 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. last weekend with Miami as the Broncos lost the Jason Paige 9 4 1 5 9 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 p.m. series opener on Friday, 5-3, then defeated the Josh Sciba 9 3 1 4 10 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. RedHawks, 5-3 on Saturday. Western Michigan T.J. Jindra 9 2 2 4 16 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) is 8-12-1 overall and 7-9-1 in the CCHA. Notre Michael Bartlett 8 2 2 4 17 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) Dame has 12 regular-season CCHA games left Mark Van Guilder 4 0 4 4 23 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. with six at home and six on the road. Evan Rankin 4 1 1 2 24 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. Brock Sheahan 4 0 2 2 Noah Babin 8 1 0 1 MARCH IRISH VERSUS BRONCOS: The two teams have met 62 times in the all-time series with Dan VeNard 4 0 1 1 2-4 First Round CCHA Playoffs Erik Condra 2 0 1 1 (Best-of-three; campus sites) Western Michigan owning a 33-24-5 record. At Luke Lucyk 3 0 0 0 9-11 Second Round CCHA Playoffs Kalamazoo, the Broncos are 20-8-4 versus the Garrett Regan 2 0 0 0 (Best-of-three; campus sites) Irish. The two teams split a home-and-home Tom Sawatske 1 0 0 0 16-17 at CCHA Championships series last season with Western Michigan winning Justin White 1 0 0 0 (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) 4-3 at Lawson Arena and Notre Dame taking a 3-0 win at the Joyce Center. Three of the last Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Home Games in bold four meetings in the series have come at Lawson David Brown 315:42 2-1-1 17 144 .894 3.23 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO Arena with the Irish going 1-1-1 in those three Jordan Pearce 39:58 0-1-0 4 12 .750 6.01 Exhibition Game in bold italic games. Notre Dame’s last win at Lawson was $ Lightning College Hockey Classic (at Tampa, Fla.) on Nov. 13, 2004, a 3-2 victory. % Allen County Coliseum (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) + Pittsburgh College Hockey Showcase (at Pittsburgh, Pa.) THE REAL THANG: Freshman left wing Ryan Thang (Edina, Minn.) was named the CCHA All Times Local To Site rookie of the week for his play in the weekend series at Lake Superior. Thang scored two goals and added an assist for three points in the Irish sweep. The two goals, one in each game, extended Thang’s goal-scoring streak to four games, the longest for any Irish player this season. He is now fourth in scoring for the Irish with 13 goals and 10 assists for 23 points this season. Thang has been named rookie of the week twice (Nov. 13) this year. 2006-07 Notre Dame Hockey Game Notes • the Western Michigan Series • January 19-20, 2007 HOBEY WATCH: Two Notre Dame players HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON – goaltender David Brown (Sr., Stoney Creek, PERANI CUP STANDINGS Full Name Ont.) and right wing Mark Van Guilder (Jr., Perani’s Hockey World is the CCHA’s spon- • Jeffery L. Jackson Roseville, Minn.) – are among 40 players listed sor of the league’s “Three Stars of the Game.” by the Hobey Baker Award website as candidate’s Members of the media are asked to select the Birthdate for the prestigious honor. Phase one of – Vote game’s three stars for which points are ac- • June 22, 1955 For Hobey – is now underway. Fans now have cumulated – 1st Star gets five points, 2nd Star the opportunity to select their favorite candidate gets three and 3rd Star gets one. Here are the Hometown for the list of top ten finalists on the new Hobey standings for Notre Dame players in CCHA • Roseville, Michigan Baker Award website (www.hobeybaker.com). games only: Fans may vote for one candidate at a time, but Player 1st 2nd 3rd Pts. Education can vote multiple times per day. The standings Erik Condra 2 3 2 21 • Bachelor’s Degree in will run concurrently on the Hobey Baker web- Ryan Thang 2 2 2 18 Communications site. Voting in phase one will end on March 4. David Brown 2 2 0 16 Michigan State ‘78 Phase two will begin on March 15 after the top Mark Van Guilder 2 1 2 15 • Bachelor’s Degree in Education ten finalists have been announced. To vote, visit Garrett Regan 2 0 0 10 Michigan State ‘79 the Vote For Hobey link on the Hobey Baker Kevin Deeth 1 1 2 10 website, or just click on the Vote For Hobey but- Jason Paige 1 0 1 6 Collegiate Coaching Experience ton on the site’s homepage. Brown comes into the Kyle Lawson 0 1 0 3 • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) Western Michigan series with an 18-3-1 record to Brett Blatchford 0 0 2 2 • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) go with a 1.76 goals-against average and a .927 Josh Sciba 0 0 1 1 Record: 182-52-25 (.751); two NCAA titles, save percentage.