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2007-08 Notre Dame Irish Make First-Ever Appearance In NCAA Frozen Four Hockey (26-15-4/15-9-4) OctoBer • Fifth-ranked Irish to take on top-ranked Michigan in a CCHA showdown 12 $ at Lefty McFadden Invitational • Notre Dame advances to Frozen Four with wins over New Hampshire and vs. #14/#15 Wisconsin L, 1-4 13 vs. Mercyhurst W, 4-0 Michigan State in NCAA West Regional. 18 #5/#5 Denver W, 4-3 19 #5/#5 Denver L, 1-3 • Mark Van Guilder is Most Outstanding Player in West Regional; joined by 23 * at Bowling Green W, 4-2 26 * at Ferris State W, 3-2 Christian Hanson and Brock Sheahan on all-regional team. 27 * at Ferris State L, 0-3 NCAA Frozen Four • Pepsi Center • Denver, Colorado NOVEMber • The Games: #2 North Dakota (28-10-4) vs. #3 Boston College (23-11-8) 1 * Lake Superior W, 7-3 2 * Lake Superior W, 4-1 #5 Notre Dame (26-15-4) vs. #1 Michigan (33-5-4) 9 * at #1/#1 Miami W, 2-1 • Date/Site/Time: Semifinals -Thursday, April 10, 2008 • 4:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. (MDT) 10 * at #1/#1 Miami L, 1-3 Championship - Saturday, April 12, 2008 • 5:00 p.m. (MDT) 16 * Western Michigan W, 4-1 17 * at Western Michigan W, 5-1 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 20 * Bowling Green W, 2-1 1490 South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert will call the action for the Irish. 23 % at 57th Rensselaer Holiday Tournament • Internet: Irish hockey can be heard on the internet at the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. vs. Alabama-Huntsville W, 4-1 24 vs. nr/#16 Rensselaer W, 4-3 All Notre Dame home games and all CCHA games are available via gametracker. 30 * Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-4 • Television: Both of the April 10th semifinal games will be televised live by ESPN2. Gary Thorne will provide the play-by-play with Ray Ferraro handling the color commentary. DECEMber 1 * Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-0 Clay Matvick will be the rinkside reporter and Bob Norton will be the studio host. 7 at Princeton W, 4-2 Saturday’s championship game will be carried live by ESPN. 8 at Princeton W, 7-0 29 # at Lightning College Hockey Classic NEW HEIGHTS FOR THE IRISH: The Notre Dame hockey team makes its first ever appearance vs. #9/#9 Massachusetts L, 3-4 vs. nr/#17 Rensselaer W, 3-1 in the NCAA Frozen Four in the 40-year history of the program. This season’s NCAA Tournament appearance is just the third in the program’s history (2004, 2007, 2008) and the Irish own a 3-2 JANUArY all-time record. This season’s NCAA appearance marks the 4 * at Northern Michigan L, 1-2 second consecutive year that Notre Dame has advanced under 5 * at Northern Michigan W, 2-1 head coach Jeff Jackson ( was head coach during 11 * at #9/#10Michigan State L, 1-3 the 2004 appearance). The Irish bring a 26-15-4 record into 13 * #9/#10 Michigan State T, 1-1 ot the tournament and over the last two seasons are a combined 18 * at #1/#1 Michigan L, 2-3 58-22-7 (.699). Notre Dame’s 26 wins this season are the third- 19 *& vs. #1/#1 Michigan L, 1-5 highest win total in school history behind last year’s 32 and the 25 * Bowling Green W, 6-1 26 * at Bowling Green W, 4-1 27 in 1987-88. The Irish advanced to the Frozen Four after winning the West Regional in Colorado Springs, Colo. Notre FEBRUARY Dame will play in the second semifinal game on Thursday, April 1 USA Under-18 Team (exh.) W, 2-1 ot 10 at 7:00 p.m. (MT)/9:00 p.m. (ET) against the nation’s No. 1 8 * Ferris State L, 3-5 team - Michigan - for an all-CCHA semifinal on ESPN2. The 9 * Ferris State T, 2-2 ot Wolverines are 33-5-4 on the year and were regular-season and 15 * at Alaska (WHME - tape delay 2/16) W, 2-1 CCHA Tournament champions this season. They advanced by 16 * at Alaska T, 1-1 ot winning the East Regional in Albany, N.Y. The first semifinal 22 * Ohio State L, 1-3 23 * Ohio State T, 2-2 ot game at 4:00 p.m. (MT)/6:00 p.m. (ET) features second-ranked 29 * at Western Michigan L, 0-3 North Dakota and third-ranked Boston College. The Fighting Sioux bring a 28-10-4 record into Thursday’s game and won the Midwest Regional at Madison, Wis. The Eagles were 23-11-4 on the MArCH year and advanced by winning the Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass. 1 * Western Michigan W, 3-1 14 ! Ferris State L, 1-2 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT: While Notre Dame might be new to the Frozen Four, the other 15 ! Ferris State W, 6-3 three teams in the finals are not. This is Michigan’s 31st appearance in the tournament overall and 16 ! Ferris State W, 2-1 the Wolverines are making their 23rd trip to the finals. They have nine national championships, 21 ^ vs. #3/#3 Miami L, 1-2 ot 22 ^ vs. Northern Michigan L, 1-2 finished second twice and have 11 third-place finishes. North Dakota has been in the NCAAs 23 28 @ vs. #4/#5 New Hampshire W, 7-3 times with this being the 18th finals appearance. The Sioux have seven national titles, finished sec- 29 @ vs. #9/#9 Michigan State W, 3-1 ond five times, third four times and fourth once. Boston College is in its 28th NCAA Tournament and makes a 21st appearance in the finals. The Eagles own two titles, to go with six, second-place APRIL finishes, six thirds and six fourths. 10 + vs. #1/#1 Michigan 7:00 p.m. (MT) 12 + at NCAA Championship 5:00 p.m. (MT) IRISH VERSUS MICHIGAN: The Wolverines are Notre Dame’s oldest hockey rivals as the two Game teams began playing in 1921-22 and have met 114 times in the all-time series. Michigan owns a Home Games in bold 65-44-5 all-time record against the Irish and is 7-2-0 all-time on neutral ice. In the postseason, the Rankings - USA Today/USCHO Exhibition Game in bold italic teams have battled seven times in either the WCHA or CCHA playoffs with Michigan, holding an 8-6 $ Nutter Center (at Dayton, Ohio) edge. As members of the WCHA, the teams met in the opening round of the playoffs in 1975-76 and % Houston Field House (at Troy, N.Y.) 1979-80 with each team winning a total- series - the Wolverines in 1976 and the Irish in 1980. # St. Pete Times Forum (at Tampa, Fla.) In the CCHA, the teams met in 1981-82 with the Irish winning (2-0); in 1992-93 with Michigan ! Second Round CCHA Playoffs (Notre Dame, Ind.) winning (2-0); 1997-98 with the Wolverines taking the best-of-three series (2-1); in 2004-05 with ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) Michigan winning (2-0) and finally last season in the 2007 CCHA championship game with Notre @ World Arena (NCAA West Regional - Colorado Spr., Colo. Dame getting a 2-1 win in the title game. + Pepsi Center (NCAA Frozen Four - Denver, Colo.) 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON NOTRE DAME-MICHIGAN ‘07-’08: The Wolverines took the regular-season series, win- SERIES INFORMATION ning both games Jan. 18-19. On Jan. 19 at Yost vs. Michigan Wolverines Full Name Arena, Michigan scored with 21 seconds left for • Jeffery L. Jackson a 3-2 win. The following night, in Notre Dame’s All-time Series: Michigan leads, 65-44-5 home game played at the Palace of Auburn Hills, At Notre Dame: Series even, 21-21-2 Birthdate the Wolverines handed the Irish a 5-1 loss. Here At Ann Arbor: Michigan leads, 36-21-3 • June 22, 1955 are the recaps of those games: Neutral: Michigan leads, 8-2-0 Last 10 meetings: Michigan leads 7-3-0 Hometown Friday, January 18, 2008 – at Ann Arbor, Mich. 2007-08 Meetings: • Roseville, Michigan 1 2 3 - F #8/#8 Notre Dame 2 0 0 - 2 Jan. 18 at UM 3, ND 2 #1/#1 Michigan 0 2 1 - 3 Jan. 19 UM 5, vs. ND 1 (at the Palace) Education 1st Period • Bachelor’s Degree in ND – Kevin Deeth 6 (unassisted), 3:33; ND – Justin White 4 (Ryan VERSUS MICHIGAN: Communications Guentzel, Calle Ridderwall), 5:53. Name GP G A PTS Michigan State ‘78 2nd Period Erik Condra 7 3 6 9 • Bachelor’s Degree in Education UM – Kevin Porter 21 (Chad Langlais, Aaron Palushaj), PPG, 00:21; Garrett Regan 7 4 2 6 UM – Matt Rust 8 (Palushaj), 12:05. Mark Van Guilder 13 0 6 6 Michigan State ‘79 3rd Period Kevin Deeth 5 1 4 5 UM – Louie Caporusso 5 (Brandon Naurato, Travis Turnbull), Brett Blatchford 5 0 5 5 Collegiate Coaching Experience 19:39. Ryan Thang 5 2 1 3 • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) Saves Evan Rankin 12 2 0 2 • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) ND – (60:00) 9 - 9 - 7 – 25 Kyle Lawson 5 1 1 2 Record: 182-52-25 (.751); two NCAA titles, UM – Billy Sauer (60:00) 9 - 8 - 7 – 24 Christian Hanson 7 1 0 1 Power Play: ND: 0-5; UM: 1-4. Justin White 4 1 0 1 two CCHA regular-season titles, four CCHA Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; UM: 5 for 10 minutes Ben Ryan 2 1 0 1 tournament championships Attendance: 6,984 (sellout) Calle Ridderwall 2 0 1 1 • Head Coach, University of Notre Dame (2005-) Ryan Guentzel 2 0 1 1 Record: 71-41-11 (.622); one CCHA regular- Dan Kissel 2 0 1 1 season title; one CCHA tournament title, one Saturday, January 19, 2008 – at Auburn Hills, Mich. Brock Sheahan 13 0 0 0 Luke Lucyk 8 0 0 0 NCAA Frozen Four 1 2 3 - F #1/#1 Michigan 2 2 1 - 5 Dan VeNard 4 0 0 0 #8/#8 Notre Dame 1 0 0 - 1 Brian D’Arcy 2 0 0 0 International Coaching Experience 1st Period Christiaan Minella 2 0 0 0 • National Coach and Senior Director, UM – Chad Kolarik 18 (, Chris Summers), SHG, 6:41; Teddy Ruth 2 0 0 0 U.S. National Team Developmental Program ND – Ben Ryan 6 (Dan Kissel), 14:38; UM – Kevin Porter 22 Ian Cole 2 0 0 0 (Miller), 17:54. (1996-2000) MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG • Head Coach, U.S. Junior National Team (1996- 2nd Period UM – Louie Caporusso 6 (Kevin Quick, Travis Turnbull), 4:56; Jordan Pearce 143:29 0-2-0 7 60 .896 2.93 97) UM – Matt Rust 9 (Carl Hagelin), 15:16. Brad Phillips 35:16 0-1-0 4 15 .789 6.81 • Won silver medal at World Junior Championships 3rd Period • Assistant Coach, U.S. Olympic Team (1998) UM – Turnbull 9 (Brandon Naurato), ENG, 17:00. Saves THEY’VE BEEN THERE TOO: Two mem- Junior Hockey Experience UM – Billy Sauer (60:00) 10 - 10 - 12 – 32 ND – Brad Phillips (35:16) 8 - 7 - x – 15 bers of Notre Notre Dame’s current staff will also • Head Coach, Guelph Storm (2000-03) Jordan Pearce (23:49) x - 6 - 4 - 10 be making their fourth appearances in the NCAA Record: 87-67-24 (4) Power Play: UM: 0-3; ND: 0-4. Frozen Four. Associate head coach Paul Pooley Penalties: UM: 5 for 10 minutes; ND: 4 for 8 minutes was a member of Jeff Jackson’s staff at Lake Professional Experience Attendance: 10,831 Superior State from 1992-94 when the Lakers • Assistant Coach, (2003-05) advanced in all three seasons. Irish equipment IRISH NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY: specialist Dave Gilbert also was a member of Coaching Honors Notre Dame is now 3-2 all-time in the NCAA those three Lake Superior teams. In 1992, he was Tournament in three appearances. • CCHA Coach of the Year (1990-91) a with that team and in 1993 and 1994 he was one of the team’s equipment managers. • CCHA Coach of the Year (2006-07) 2004 - Midwest Regional, Grand Rapids, Mich. • Spencer Penrose Award (2006-07) #1 Minnesota 5, #4 Notre Dame 2 THE COACH AND THE PLAYOFFS: Irish Jackson’s Year-By-Year head coach Jeff Jackson has had his share of 2007 - Midwest Regional, Grand Rapids, Mich. success in the CCHA playoffs. His teams have Collegiate Record #1 Notre Dame 3, #4 Ala.-Huntsville 2 (2ot) Overall CCHA #3 Michigan St. 2, #1 Notre Dame 1 made nine CCHA playoff appearances (six at Year W - L - T .Pct W - L - T .Pct Lake Superior State and three with Notre Dame) 1990-91 36 - 5 - 4 .844 26 - 2 - 4 .875 2008 - West Regional, Colorado Springs, Colo. and Jackson is now 30-7 (.811) in conference 1991-92 30 - 9 - 4 .744 20 - 8 - 4 .688 #4 Notre Dame 7, #1 New Hampshire 3 postseason play. At Lake Superior, his teams 1992-93 32 - 8 - 5 .767 20 - 5 - 5 .750 #4 Notre Dame, 3, #3 Michigan State 1 were 24-2 while at Notre Dame, he is 6-5. His 1993-94 31 -10 -4 .733 18 - 8 - 4 .667 teams have advanced to the CCHA finals in eight 1994-95 23 -12 -6 .634 14 - 9 - 4 .593 JACKSON AND THE NCAAS: Irish head of nine seasons (six at LSSU and two at Notre 1995-96 30 - 8 - 2 .775 22 - 6 - 2 .767 Dame). Jackson has seen his teams win five 2005-06 13 -19- 4 .417 11-13 - 4 .464 coach Jeff Jackson makes his fourth appearance 2006-07 32 - 7- 3 .898 21 - 4 - 3 .804 in the Frozen Four, his first with Notre Dame CCHA Tournament Championships (four with 2007-08 26 -15- 4 .622 15 - 9 - 4 .607 after three visits with Lake Superior State from Lake Superior and one at Notre Dame). Totals 253-93-36 .709 167 -64-34 .694 1992-94. His Lakers won the NCAA title in 1992 and 1994 and finished second to Maine in 1993. FIRST TIMERS: By moving out of the West Jackson is 5-1 in Frozen Four appearances. As Regional as a No. 4 seed to the Frozen Four, a Division I head coach, Jackson has seen his Notre Dame became the first No. 4 seed since teams make it to the NCAA Tournament in eight the tournament went to four regionals in 2003 to advance to the Frozen Four. of nine seasons. With the two wins in the West Regional, Jackson is 16-6 all-time (.727), 13-5 at Lake State and 3-1 at Notre Dame. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 3 IRISH VERSUS NORTH DAKOTA: Notre Friday, March 28, 2008 – at Colorado Springs, Colo. defeated Air Force, 4-1 before losing to Denver, Dame is 16-15-1 all-time against the Fighting NCAA West Regionals - World Arena 6-1; the Icebreaker Tournament in 1999-2000, Sioux with most of those contests being played 1 2 3 - F where the Irish lost to Providence, 2-1, then beat while the Irish were members of the WCHA from #12/#12 Notre Dame 2 2 3 - 7 Union, 4-0 and the ‘99-’00 Denver Cup where 1971-81. The last time the two schools met was #4/#5 New Hampshire 2 1 0 - 3 they tied Denver, 3-3, losing in a shootout, and Jan. 2-3, 1999 at Grand Forks with North Dakota 1st Period then lost to Colorado College, 5-2. All-time in winning the first game, 8-1 and Notre Dame the UNH – Jerry Pollastrone 14 (James vanRiemsdyck), 1:04; ND – Ian Denver, Notre Dame is 4-23-2. second, 4-3. The Sioux were ranked No. 1 in the Cole 8 (Ben Ryan, Mark Van Guilder), PPG, 2:23; UNH – Pollastrone nation at the time. 15 (Brad Flaishans, vanRiemsdyck), 5:41; ND – Kyle Lawson 5 (Van Guilder, Ryan Thang), PPG, 17:25. CAREER POSTSEASON SCORING: 2nd Period NOTRE DAME AND BOSTON COLLEGE: ND – Christian Hanson 11 (Stewart Carlin, Brock Sheahan), 2:39; CCHA POSTSEASON SCORING: The Irish and the Eagles have met 26 times in the ND – Dan Kissel 9 (unassisted), 9:53; UNH – Phil DeSimone 3 Name GP G A PTS all-time series with Boston College owning a 14- (Flaishans, vanRiemsdyck), 13:09. Erik Condra 9 2 9 11 10-2 advantage. In recent years, the teams have 3rd Period Ryan Thang 9 1 6 7 met on the Friday night prior to the two schools ND – Thang 17 (Van Guilder), 00:23; ND – Kevin Deeth 9 (Thang), Kyle Lawson 9 2 5 7 Kevin Deeth 9 1 5 6 playing football. The last time the teams met was ENG, 16:54; ND – Hanson 12 (Garrett Regan, Brett Blatchford), Garrett Regan 11 2 3 5 on Oct. 20, 2006 with the Irish taking a 7-1 win 17:54. Saves Justin White 7 0 5 5 at Chestnut Hill. Notre Dame is 3-0-1 against the Ian Cole 5 3 1 4 ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 13 - 12 - 7 – 32 Eagles going back to the 2002-03 season. Ben Ryan 5 2 2 4 UNH – Kevin Regan (58:45) 4 - 15 - 8 – 27 Mark Van Guilder 13 1 2 3 Power Play: ND: 2-8; UNH: 0-4. NOTRE DAME TEAMS IN FINAL FOURS: Brock Sheahan 13 2 0 2 Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; UNH: 8 for 27 minutes Sixteen different Notre Dame teams have ad- Evan Rankin 11 2 1 3 Attendance: 6,634 vanced to NCAA Final Four appearances. That Christian Hanson 11 2 1 3 includes the College Cup in soccer, the Frozen Dan VeNard 11 1 2 3 Four in hockey and the College World Series in Brett Blatchford 7 0 2 2 baseball. Here’s the list: Saturday, March 29, 2008 – at Colorado Springs, Colo. Christiaan Minella 6 0 2 2 NCAA West Regional Championship - World Arena Calle Ridderwall 5 1 0 1 1978 -- Men’s Basketball 1 2 3 - F Dan Kissel 5 0 1 1 1994 -- Women’s Soccer (runner-up) #12/#12 Notre Dame 0 1 2 - 3 Brian D’Arcy 4 0 0 0 #9/#9 Michigan State 0 1 0 - 1 Luke Lucyk 2 0 0 0 1995 -- Women’s Soccer (champion) 1st Period Teddy Ruth 5 0 0 0 1996 -- Women’s Soccer (runner-up) No Scoring. Ryan Guentzel 3 0 0 0 1997 -- Women’s Basketball 2nd Period 1997 -- Women’s Soccer ND – Christian Hanson 13 (Garrett Regan), 2:43; MSU – Justin Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG 1999 -- Women’s Soccer (runner-up) Abdelkader 19 (Tim Kennedy, Tim Crowder), 9:05. Jordan Pearce 351:09 2-4-0 11 134 .924 1.88 2000 -- Women’s Soccer 3rd Period 2001 -- Women’s Basketball (champion) ND – Mark Van Guilder 12 (Ben Ryan), 14:06; ND – Teddy Ruth NCAA TOURNAMENT CAREER SCORING: 2001 -- Men’s Lacrosse 2 (Justin White, Hanson), 15:20. Name GP G A PTS 2002 -- Baseball Saves Ryan Thang 4 3 2 5 2004 -- Women’s Soccer (champion) ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 10 - 4 - 6 – 20 Christian Hanson 4 3 1 4 2006 -- Women’s Lacrosse MSU – (59:13) 7 - 7 - 9 – 23 Mark Van Guilder 4 1 3 4 2006 -- Women’s Soccer (runner-up) Power Play: ND: 0-4; MSU: 0-3. Brett Blatchford 4 0 3 3 2007 -- Women’s Soccer Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 minutes; MSU: 5 for 10 minutes Kyle Lawson 4 1 1 2 Attendance: 5,836 Ben Ryan 2 0 2 2 2008 -- Hockey Garrett Regan 4 0 2 2 BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: When Kevin Deeth 4 1 0 1 FOUND IT: During the second half of the Jeff Jackson took over the Notre Dame hockey Evan Rankin 4 1 0 1 season, Notre Dame struggled to score, netting program in 2005-06, his first games as head Ian Cole 2 1 0 1 just 43 goals from Jan. 4 - March 22, a span of coach of the Irish were at Colorado College and Dan Kissel 2 1 0 1 21 games for an average of 2.05 goals-per-game. Denver.The first game of the Jeff Jackson era Teddy Ruth 2 1 0 1 Brock Sheahan 4 0 1 1 Prior to the West Regional, the Irish had scored at Notre Dame was played at the World Arena four goals in the previous three games. In their Justin White 4 0 1 1 on Oct. 21, 2005 with the Irish dropping a 3-1 Erik Condra 2 0 1 1 win over New Hampshire, the Irish would score decision to Colorado College. The following seven goals on the way to a 7-3 win over New Stewart Carlin 1 0 1 1 night, Notre Dame played at Denver with then Christiaan Minella 2 0 0 0 Hampshire and then added three more in the 3-1 freshman goaltender, Jordan Pearce, making win over Michigan State for an average of 5.00 Calle Ridderwall 2 0 0 0 his first career start in a 6-3 loss to the Pioneers. Dan VeNard 2 0 0 0 over the last two games. Now, less than three years later, the Irish win an Ryan Guentzel 1 0 0 0 NCAA regional in Colorado Springs and have an NCAA WEST REGIONAL RECAP: Notre opportunity to play in the Frozen Four in Denver. Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Dame advance to the Frozen Four by winning Since those two opening losses, Jackson’s Irish Jordan Pearce 120:00 2-0-0 4 52 .929 2.00 the West Regional at Colorado Springs, Colo., have come a long way. The Irish are 71-39-11 on March 28-29. Notre Dame, the region’s No. 4 (.632) with one CCHA regular-season and tour- seed opened with top-seeded New Hampshire and nament championship, two trips to the NCAA handed the Wildcats a 7-3 loss. In the champion- tournament, an NCAA regional championship ship game, the Irish faced No. 3 seed Michigan and a trip to the Frozen Four. State, 3-1, winners over Colorado College in the second semifinal game. The Irish avenged their THE IRISH IN DENVER: Notre Dame has 2007 Midwest regional championship loss to played 29 games in Denver in the program’s 40- the Spartans with a 3-1 over MSU on March 29. year history with a majority of the games - 25 Three Notre Dame players - senior captain Mark - coming versus the Denver Pioneers. The Irish Van Guilder (Roseville, Minn.), junior Chris- played in Denver 20 times as a member of the tian Hanson (Venetia, Pa.) and senior Brock WCHA from 1971-81 and was 2-17-1 in those Sheahan (Lethbridge, Alb.) were named to the games. Notre Dame played twice in Denver regional’s all-tournament team. Van Guilder was prior to joining the WCHA (1970-71), losing named the Most Outstanding Player. Here are the both games and is 0-2-1 in three games there game summaries from those two games. since leaving that conference. The Irish have participated in three tournaments in Denver in the past - the 1992-93 Denver Cup where they 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 4 VERSUS NO. 1: When Notre Dame meets Michigan in the semifinal game on April 10, it Jordan Pearce In The Notre Dame Record Book will mark the fifth time this season that the Irish Career have faced the top-ranked team in the country. On Save Percentage 1. (2006-07) .931 Nov. 9-10, Notre Dame met No. 1 ranked Miami Goals-Against Average (Min. of 30 decisions) twice in Oxford, Ohio, defeating the RedHawks, 2. David Brown (2003-04) .925 1. Jordan Pearce (2005-) 2.14 3. Morgan Cey (2003-04) .924 2-1, on Nov. 9 befoe dropping a 3-1 decision at 2. David Brown (2003-) 2.34 4. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) .917 Miami on Nov. 10. The Nov. 9 win marked the 3. Morgan Cey (2001-2005) 2.77 5. David Brown (2005-06) .915 10th time in the program’s history that the Irish 3. Forrest Karr (1995-99) 2.92 6. Morgan Cey (2002-03) .912 knocked off a top-ranked team. Before losing Morgan Cey (2004-05) .912 on Nov. 10, Notre Dame had won four straight Save Percentage (Min. of 30 decisions) 8. Morgan Cey (2001-02) .910 versus top 10 teams. On Jan. 18-19, the Irish 1. David Brown (2003 - ) .915 9. Mark Kronholm (1970-71) .907 faced Michigan as the Wolverines were then No. 2. Morgan Cey (2001-2005) .912 10. Matt Eisler (1997-98) .905 1 in the country. Notre Dame dropped 3-2 and 3. Jordan Pearce (2005-) .910 5-1 decisions to Michigan that weekend. Here’s 4. Tony Zasowski (1999-03) .892 Wins a list of Irish wins over No. 1 ranked teams in the 1. David Brown (2006-07) 29 40-year history of the program. Winning Pct. (Min. of 30 decisions) 2. Lance Madson (1987-88) 24 1. Jordan Pearce (2005-) 28-19-4 .588 3. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) 22 11/9/07 - at Miami, 2-1 2. David Brown (2003-) 54-37-11 .583 4. Mark Kronholm (1972-73) 20 10/20/06 - at Boston College, 7-1 3. Dick Tomasoni (1968-72) 49-35-6 .578 10/22/04 - vs. Boston College, 3-2 4. Len Moher (1974-78) 41-33-6 .550 Shutouts 1. David Brown (2006-07) 6 10/23/03 - at Boston College, 1-0 Shutouts 1/3/99 - at North Dakota, 4-3 2. David Brown (2003-04) 4 1. David Brown (2003-) 12 3. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) 2 11/20/78 - at Minnesota, 3-2 2. Morgan Cey (2001-2005) 6 David Brown (2005-06) 2 1/13/78 - vs. Denver, 5-3 3. Jordan Pearce (2005-) 4 Morgan Cey (2003-04) 2 1/18/74 - vs. Michigan Tech, 7-1 Mark Kronholm (1970-74) 4 Morgan Cey (2002-03) 2 2/24/73 - vs. Wisconsin, 4-3 Morgan Cey (2001-02) 2 2/23/73 - vs. Wisconsin, 8-5 Season Records Minutes Played SPENCER PENROSE CANDIDATE: Notre Goals-Against Average 1. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) 2,433 Dame head coach Jeff Jackson is one of nine 1. David Brown (2006-07) 1.58 2. David Brown (2006-07) 2,236 candidates for the Spencer Penrose Award as the 2. Jordan Pearce (2007-08) 1.95 3. Lance Madson (1988-89) 2,213 Division I national coach of the year. Jackson 3. David Brown (2003-04) 2.32 4. Forrest Karr (1998-99) 2,161 won the award for the first time in 2007. He is 4. Morgan Cey (2003-04) 2.42 joined on the list by: 5. David Brown (2005-06) 2.47

Red Berenson - Michigan - Princeton FIRST TIME: For the first time all season, Condra leads the Irish in scoring with a career- Dave Hakstol - North Dakota Notre Dame lost a game that the Irish led in after high 15 goals to go with 23 assists for 38 points. Troy Jutting - Minnesota State two periods in the loss to Northern Michigan. The He also has career highs in power-play goals (6) Brian Riley - Army Irish were 22-0-0 in games that they led after two and short-handed goals (3) while equaling his Tom Serratore - Bemidji State periods. Christian Hanson’s (Jr., Venetia, Pa.) career best with four game-winning goals. Kevin Sneddon - Vermont goal at 7:32 of the second period gave the Irish - Boston College a 1-0 lead. The Wildcats would score twice in PUTTING IN THE TIME: Notre Dame goal- a 2:16 span early in the third period to take the tender Jordan Pearce (Jr. Anchorage, Alaska) IRISH AWARD WINNERS: Notre Dame held 2-1 victory. became the single-season minutes played leader its annual postseason awards program on Sunday, for the Irish during the CCHA Tournament. April 6. The award winners were: APRIL HOCKEY: For the first time in the Pearce has now seen action in a school-record program’s history, the Irish are playing hockey 41 games this season and has played a record Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP: in April. With 45 games already under its belt, 2,433:31 minutes in those games. That ranks him Jordan Pearce Notre Dame has played more games this season second in the CCHA and fourth in the nation. than in any previous year. The most the Irish ever Coming into this season, Pearce had played in Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne played prior to this year was 42 and did that twice just 12 games, making nine starts for a total of Scholar-Athlete Award in 2006-07 (32-7-3) and 1999-2000 (16-18-8). 621:56 minutes. Jordan Pearce VERSUS THE FIELD: Notre Dame owns a Goaltender GP Minutes Coaches Award 5-7-1 record against teams in the 2008 NCAA 1. John Muse - BC 42 2605:06 Dan VeNard Tournament. The Irish were 0-1 against Wiscon- 2. Jeff Lerg - MSU 41 2464:14 sin, 1-1 versus Denver, 1-2 against Miami, 2-0 3. J.P. Lamoureaux - UND 41 2447:38 William Donald Nyrop Defensive Player of against Princeton, 1-1-1 against Michigan State 4. Jordan Pearce - ND 41 2433:31 the Year and 0-2 versus Michigan. 5. Mark Dekanich - Colgate 41 2388:53 Brock Sheahan OVERTIME: Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime loss PERSONAL STREAK: Jordan Pearce has Offensive Player of the Year to Miami on March 21 was the fifth overtime made 17 consecutive starts, dating back to Jan. Erik Condra game for the Irish this season and the first one 25 at Bowling Green. He is 8-6-3 in those starts they lost. On the year, Notre Dame is 0-1-4 in with a 1.86 goals-against average and a .925 save Rookie of the Year overtime. percentage. In those 17 games, Pearce has given Teddy Ruth up 32 goals (with two ENG) while Notre Dame OUT FOR THE SEASON: Head coach Jeff has scored 45 goals in those same 17 games. Most Improved Player Jackson announced on Monday, March 17, Earlier this season, Pearce had a personal seven- Dan Kissel that Notre Dame would be without the services game winning streak between Nov. 16 and Dec. 8. of leading scorer, Erik Condra (Jr., Livonia, During the streak, Pearce was 7-0-0 with a 1.72 Mich.) who suffered an injury to his left knee in goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. the first period of game three versus Ferris State. For the season, Pearce is 22-14-4 with a 1.95 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage with two shutouts. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 5

2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Roster IRISH VERSUS TOP-RANKED TEAMS: When Notre Dame faces Michigan on Thursday, No. Name Pos. Year April 10, it will be the 14th game against a ranked team this season and the fifth for the Irish Hometown/Last Team against a No. 1 ranked team. They are now 4-8-1 that were ranked in the USA Today/American 1 Jordan Pearce G Jr. Hockey Magazine poll and 6-8-1 versus teams in the U.S. College Hockey Online/CSTV poll. Anchorage, Alaska/ (USHL) Against No. 1 teams, the Irish are 1-3-0 with the win coming in November at Miami. During 2 Kyle Lawson D So. 2007-08, the Irish were 10-2-1 against ranked teams, going 4-1 on the road, 5-0-0 at home and New Hudson, Mich./Tri-City Storm (USHL) 3 Brett Blatchford D So. 1-1 on neutral ice. Temperance, Mich./Texas Tornado (NAHL) 4 Dan VeNard (A) D Sr. USA Today/American Hockey Magazine U.S. College Hockey Online/CSTV Vernon Hills, Ill./ (USHL) Rank Team W-L-T Rank Team W-L-T 5 Teddy Ruth D Fr. 14 vs. Wisconsin L, 1-4 15 vs. Wisconsin L, 1-4 Naperville, Ill./USA Under-18 Team 5 Denver W, 4-3 5 Denver W, 4-3 9 Ryan Thang RW So. 5 Denver L, 1-3 5 Denver L, 1-3 Edina, Minn./Omaha Lancers (USHL) 1 at Miami W, 2-1 1 at Miami W, 2-1 10 Justin White LW Jr. 1 at Miami L, 1-3 1 at Miami L, 1-3 Traverse City, Mich./ (USHL) 16 at Rensselaer W, 4-3 11 Erik Condra (A) RW Jr. 9 vs. Massachusetts L, 3-4 9 vs. Massachusetts L, 3-4 Livonia, Mich./Lincoln Stars (USHL) 17 vs. Rensselaer W, 3-1 12 Stewart Carlin D So. 9 at Michigan State L, 1-3 10 at Michigan State L, 1-3 Jeannette, Pa./ Steel (USHL) 9 Michigan State T, 1-1 ot 10 Michigan State T, 1-1 ot 14 Brock Sheahan (A) D Sr. 1 at Michigan L, 2-3 1 at Michigan L, 2-3 Lethbridge, Alb./Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves (AJHL) 1 vs. Michigan L, 1-5 1 vs. Michigan L, 1-5 15 Christiaan Minella RW So. 3 vs. Miami L, 1-2 ot 3 vs. Miami L, 1-2 ot Aurora, Colo./Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 4 vs. New Hampshire W, 7-3 5 vs. New Hampshire W, 7-3 16 Dan Kissel LW/C So. 9 vs. Michigan State W, 3-1 9 vs. Michigan State W, 3-1 Crestwood, Ill./Chicago Steel (USHL) 1 vs. Michigan 1 vs. Michigan 18 Evan Rankin RW Sr. Portage, Mich./Lincoln Stars (USHL) 19 Ben Ryan C Fr. NAME THAT RINK: Notre Dame is in the years at Notre Dame. His .709 winning percent- Brighton, Mich./Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) midst of preparing to build a new hockey arena age is tops among active Division I coaches. In 20 Luke Lucyk D Jr. in the Joyce Center, the current home of the Irish. three seasons behind the Notre Dame bench, Fox Point, Wis./Tri-City Storm (USHL) At the team’s awards banquet on April 6, Notre Jackson’s teams own a 71-41-11 (.622) record. 21 Kevin Deeth C So. Dame director of athletics announced that when Gig Harbor, Wash./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) built, the new rink would be named the Charles A LEAGUE TITLE: Notre Dame goaltender 22 Calle Ridderwall LW Fr. W. “Lefty” Smith, Jr. Rink in honor of the first Jordan Pearce closed out the CCHA regular Stockholm, Swe./Tri-City Storm) coach of the program, Lefty Smith. Naming of season with the best goals-against average in 23 Mark Van Guilder (C) RW Sr. the rink was made possible by the genorosity of conference games, giving up 1.80 goals-per Roseville, Minn./Tri-City Storm (USHL) the John and Mary Boler family of Inverness, Ill. game. Miami’s Jeff Zatkoff was second with a 24 Brian D’Arcy RW Sr. and Sanibel Island, Fla.; their daughter, Jill Boler 1.83 mark. This marks the second season in a McCormack ‘84 and their son, Matthew Boler row that a Notre Dame goaltender has won the Western Springs, Ill./Tri-City Storm (USHL) ‘88 and his wife, Christine. They were joined by goals-against title as David Brown was first in 25 Christian Hanson C Jr. the family of Frank ‘57 and Mary Beth O’Brien 2006-07 with a 1.77 league mark. This marks Venetia, Pa./Tri-City Storm (USHL) of Albany, N.Y., whose six children attended the fourth time since the 1982-83 season that the 27 Ryan Guentzel RW/C Fr. Notre Dame, including their late son, Frankie ‘88 same school won back-to-back goaltending titles Woodbury, Minn./Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) who played hockey and lacrosse at Notre Dame. with different goaltenders. 28 Ian Cole D Fr. Lefty Smith came to Notre Dame in 1968 to start Ann Arbor, Mich./USA Under-18 Team the hockey program and in 19 seasons was 307- 1988-89 Bruce Hoffort - LSSU (2.67) 30 Brad Phillips G Fr. 320-30. He was the WCHA coach of the year in 1989-90 Darin Madeley - LSSU (2.37) Farmington Hills, Mich./USA Under-18 Team 1972-73 and was named a “Legend of Hockey,” 31 Tom O’Brien G So. by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Founda- 1997-98 Chad Alban - MSU (1.63) Mokena, Ill./Bridgewater Bandits (EJHL) tion in 2003. During his tenure as coach, all 1998-99 Joe Blackburn - MSU (1.34) 33 Garrett Regan LW Jr. 126 players who played for him completed their 1999-00 Ryan Miller - MSU (1.34) Hastings, Minn./ (USHL) college eligibility and earned collge degrees. He continues to work at Notre Dame as the director 2006-07 David Brown - ND (1.77) Coach: Jeff Jackson of the Loftus Sports Center and the Guglielmino 2007-08 Jordan Pearce - ND (1.80) Associate Head Coach: Paul Pooley Sports Complex. Assistant Coach: Andy Slaggert PLAYING SHORT-HANDED: Through the Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mike McNeill SELECT COMPANY: With his win on Sun- first 45 games of the season, Notre Dame is Coordinator of Hockey Ops: Brad Aldrich day, March 16 in game three versus Ferris State, second in the CCHA and second in the nation in Equipment Manager: Dave Gilbert Jordan Pearce, became the fourth goaltender in killing penalties. The Irish have killed 181-of- Athletic Trainer: Kevin Ricks Notre Dame history to record 20 wins in a season. 202 opponent power plays for an 89.6% success Senior Manager: Andrew Gathof He joins David Brown ‘07 (29 in 2006-07), rate. The Irish also are tied for seventh on the Junior Manager: Kyle Kron Lance Madson ‘90 (24 in 1987-88) and Mark national level with eight short-handed goals. In Kronholm ‘74 (20 in 1972-73). Pearce now has the two games at the NCAA West Regional, Notre 22 wins to rank third on the single-season list. Dame was 7-for-7 and in the last five postseason games (including three CCHA playoff games), MILESTONE: In Notre Dame’s 6-3 win over the Irish are 20-for-20 on the kill. Since Ferris State on Saturday, March 15 (Game Two), Jan. 19, Notre Dame has given up just seven Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson recorded power-play goals in 75 chances for an 90.7% the 250th win of his collegiate coaching career in success rate. this his ninth season. Jackson is now 253-93-36 in six seasons at Lake Superior State and three 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 6

TALE OF THE TAPE TALE OF THE TAPE TALE OF THE TAPE vs. Michigan vs. North Dakota vs. Boston College ND UM ND UND ND BC 2006-07 record 32-7-3 26-14-1 2006-07 record 32-7-3 24-14-5 2006-07 record 32-7-3 29-12-1 2006-07 Conference record 21-4-3/1st 18-9-1/2nd 2006-07 Conference record 21-4-3/1st 13-10-5/3rd 2006-07 Conference record 21-4-3/1st 18-8-1/2nd Letterwinners returning 16 of 24 13 of 24 Letterwinners returning 16 of 24 19 of 24 Letterwinners returning 16 of 24 18 of 22

Current overall record 26-15-4 33-5-4 Current overall record 26-15-4 28-10-4 Current overall record 26-15-4 23-11-4 Winning percentage .622 .833 Winning percentage .622 .714 Winning percentage .622 .643 Conference record 15-9-4 20-4-4 Conference record 15-9-4 18-7-3 Conference record 15-9-4 11-9-7

Home record 11-4-3 15-2-2 Home record 11-4-3 15-5-2 Home record 11-4-3 6-7-4 Road record 10-6-1 9-2-2 Road record 10-6-1 10-4-2 Road record 10-6-1 8-3-4 One-goal games record 9-6 9-4 One-goal games record 9-6 7-4 One-goal games record 9-6 6-6 Overtime record 0-1-4 2-1-4 Overtime record 0-1-4 3-1-4 Overtime record 0-1-4 4-3-8 Last weekend 2-0-0 2-0-0 Last weekend 2-0-0 2-0-0 Last weekend 2-0-0 2-0-0 Last 5 games 2-3-0 5-0-0 Last 5 games 2-3-0 4-1-0 Last 5 games 2-3-0 5-0-0

When scoring first ... 19-5-1 29-0-3 When scoring first ... 19-5-1 21-4-1 When scoring first ... 19-5-1 17-4-3 When ahead after 1st period 13-2-0 21-0-1 When ahead after 1st period 13-2-0 19-2-1 When ahead after 1st period 13-2-0 14-3-1 When ahead after 2nd period 23-1-0 26-1-2 When ahead after 2nd period 23-1-0 22-3-1 When ahead after 2nd period 23-1-0 18-0-3

Goals per game 2.89 3.95 Goals per game 2.89 3.05 Goals per game 2.89 3.57 Shots per game 30.4 32.1 Shots per game 30.4 29.6 Shots per game 30.4 32.3 Shooting percentage .095 .123 Shooting percentage .095 .103 Shooting percentage .095 .111 Opponent shots per game 23.4 26.4 Opponent shots per game 23.4 25.5 Opponent shots per game 23.4 29.1 Shot margin +7.0 +4.7 Shot margin +7.0 +4.1 Shot margin +7.0 +3.2

PPG percentage .154 .205 PPG percentage .154 .191 PPG percentage .154 .217 PP chances per game 5.62 5.33 PP chances per game 5.62 4.48 PP chances per game 5.62 5.05 PP goals per game 0.87 1.10 PP goals per game 0.87 0.86 PP goals per game 0.87 1.10 SH goals allowed 6 2 SH goals allowed 6 3 SH goals allowed 6 4

Penalties per game 6.13 7.26 Penalties per game 6.13 7.38 Penalties per game 6.13 7.07 Penalty-killing percentage .896 .869 Penalty-killing percentage .896 .874 Penalty-killing percentage .896 .839

Opponent PP chances per game 4.53 5.45 Opponent PP chances per game 4.53 4.33 Opponent PP chances per game 4.53 5.02 Opponent PPGs per game 0.47 0.71 Opponent PPGs per game 0.47 0.55 Opponent PPGs per game 0.47 0.81 Shorthanded goals for 8 8 Shorthanded goals for 8 4 Shorthanded goals for 8 5

Goals-against average 2.02 1.96 Goals-against average 2.02 1.76 Goals-against average 2.02 2.27 Save percentage .913 .924 Save percentage .913 .931 Save percentage .913 .919

Goal margin/game +38 +82 Goal margin/game +38 +54 Goal margin/game +38 +51 (+0.84) (+1.95) (+0.84) (+1.29) (+0.84) (+1.21)

1st period goals/game 0.80 1.17 1st period goals/game 0.80 1.05 1st period goals/game 0.80 1.07 1st period goal margin +6 +26 1st period goal margin +6 +32 1st period goal margin +6 +13 (36-30) (49-23) (36-30) (44-12) (36-30) (45-32)

2nd period goals/game 1.16 1.26 2nd period goals/game 1.16 0.86 2nd period goals/game 1.16 1.33 2nd period goal margin +23 +27 2nd period goal margin +23 +7 2nd period goal margin +23 +21 (52-29) (53-26) (52-29) (36-29) (52-29) (56-35)

3rd period goals/game 0.93 1.48 3rd period goals/game 0.93 1.07 3rd period goals/game 0.93 1.07 3rd period goal margin +10 +28 3rd period goal margin +10 +13 3rd period goal margin +10 +16 (42-32) (62-34) (42-32) (45-32) (42-32) (45-29)

Overtime goals 0 2 Overtime goals 0 3 Overtime goals 0 4 Overtime goals against 1 1 Overtime goals against 1 1 Overtime goals against 1 3 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 7 ALL-TIME LEADERS: Seniors Mark Van level. Former Irish goaltender David Brown ‘07 Guilder and Brock Sheahan now rank 1-2 on the won the Lowe’s Senior CLASS award following NOTRE DAME SCORING STREAKS: Point Streaks all-time games played list. Van Guilder owns the the 2006-07 season. Player Length Dates G-A-PTS all-time mark as he has now played 161 games at Kevin Deeth 6 11/23-12/29 3-4-7 Notre Dame without missing a game. Sheahan 20 WINS: Notre Dame comes into the Frozen Erik Condra 6 11/16-11/30 3-7-10 moved into second at the West Regional and has Four with 26 wins on the season. That total is Kyle Lawson 6 11/20-12/7 1-7-8 now played 159 career games, missing just two the third highest in the program’s 40-year history Ben Ryan 5 3/1-3/21 2-3-5 surpassed only by the 32 in 2006-07 and the 27 Ryan Thang 5 11/16-11/24 4-2-6 games in his career. Here’s the Top Five Notre Dan Kissel 4 12/8-1/5 3-4-7 Dame all-time games played list: in 1987-88. Combined with last year’s 32-win Erik Condra 4 12/7-12/30 3-2-5 year, Notre Dame now has back-to-back 20-win Mark Van Guilder 4 11/30-12/8 1-4-5 Games Played campaigns for the first time in the program’s Garrett Regan 4 11/30-12/8 3-2-5 Name (Seasons) Games 40-year history. Erik Condra 4 10/13-10/23 1-3-4 1. Mark Van Guilder (2004- ) 161 Christian Hanson 3 3/22- 4-1-5 DEADLINE DEALS: While no former Notre Kevin Deeth 3 1/26-2/15 2-1-3 3. Brock Sheahan (2004- ) 159 Brock Sheahan 3 1/25-2/8 1-3-4 2. Dan Carlson (1997-01) 158 Dame players were dealt during the NHL’s recent Ben Ryan 3 1/19-1/26 3-2-5 4. Evan Nielsen (1999-03) 156 trade deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 26, one current Dan Kissel 3 1/19-1/26 0-3-3 5. Wes O’Neill (2003-07) 154 Irish player saw his rights traded. Defenseman Christian Hanson 3 12/8-12/30 2-3-5 Jason Paige (2003-07) 154 Teddy Ruth (Naperville, Ill.), who was a sec- Evan Rankin 3 12/8-12/30 2-3-5 ond-round choice of the in Brett Blatchford 3 11/30-12/7 0-3-3 Ryan Thang 3 10/13 -10/19 3-0-3 SECOND HALF NUMBERS: After starting last June’s Entry Draft, saw his rights go to the Ben Ryan 3 10/12 -10/18 1-3-4 the 2007-08 season with a 16-4-0 record through in exchange for future Brett Blatchford 3 10/12-10/18 0-3-3 Dec. 8, the Irish are 10-11-4 during the second NHL Hall-of-Famer Sergei Federov. Robin Bergman 3 11/1-11/9 1-3-4 half. The wins at the West Regional gave the Evan Rankin 3 11/2-11/10 2-1-3 POSTSEASON HONORS: Sophomore de- Mark Van Guilder 2 3/28- 1-3-4 Irish back-to-back wins for the third time since Ben Ryan 2 3/28- 0-2-2 the beginning of January. During the second half fenseman Kyle Lawson (New Hudson, Mich.) Garrett Regan 2 3/28- 0-2-2 of the season that started on Dec. 29, the Irish was an honorable mention all-CCHA selection have scored 59 goals (2.36) while giving up 54 in voting done by the league’s coaches. Lawson Assist Streaks (2.16). In the first half of the year (20 games) ranked fifth among defensemen in points as he Player Length Dates Assists the Irish averaged 3.55 goals per game and were had one first-place vote and a total of 17 points. Erik Condra 6 11/16-11/30 3-7-10 Freshman defenseman Ian Cole (Ann Arbor, Kyle Lawson 5 11/23-12/7 0-7-7 ranked third in the country in scoring. They are Kevin Deeth 4 11/30-12/29 1-4-5 now 19th, averaging 2.89 goals-per-game. Mich.) was an honorable mention CCHA all- Brock Sheahan 3 1/25-2/8 1-3-4 rookie selection for his play this season. Junior Dan Kissel 3 1/19-1/26 0-3-3 THE GOOD AND THE BAD: Through the first goaltender Jordan Pearce was Notre Dame’s Christian Hanson 3 12/8-12/30 2-3-5 45 games of the season, when the Irish are good, Scholar-Athlete winner and is one of 11 candi- Erik Condra 3 10/13-10/19 0-3-3 they are very good. In the 26 wins, Notre Dame dates for the CCHA’s Scholar-Athlete Award. Brett Blatchford 3 10/12-10/18 0-3-3 Brett Blatchford 3 11/30-12/7 0-3-3 has scored 106 goals (4.08 per game). In the 15 Pearce is also Notre Dame’s winner as Ben Ryan 2 3/28- 0-2-2 losses and four ties, Notre Dame has scored just he had 24 points. Erik Condra (Livonia, Mich.) Garrett Regan 2 3/28- 0-2-2 24 goals for a 1.26 goals-per game mark. In the was second with 22. 26 wins, the Irish have given up just 39 goals (1.50 goals-against average) while in the 15 FLANAGAN AWARD WINNER: Senior Goal Streaks losses and four ties, they have given up 53 goals Player Length Dates Goals defenseman Dan VeNard (Vernon Hills, Ill.) Christian Hanson 3 3/22- 4-1-5 (2.79 goals against). was selected as the winner of the Terry Flanagan Kevin Deeth 3 11/23-11/30 3-1-4 Memorial Award at the CCHA Awards Show on Ryan Thang 3 10/13-10/19 3-0-3 NATIONAL RANKINGS: Notre Dame comes March 20 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Mich. Ian Cole 2 3/15-3/16 3-1-4 into the Frozen Four ranked fifth theUS A Today/ The award is named after former New Hampshire Kevin Deeth 2 1/26-2/8 2-0-2 American Hockey Magazine and finished the year player and Bowling Green assistant coach who Kevin Deeth 2 1/5-1/11 2-0-2 ranked 12th in the USCHO.com/CSTV polls. For Erik Condra 2 12/29-12/30 2-1-3 died from cancer in 1991. The award honors a Garrett Regan 2 12/7-12/8 2-0-2 the first time in the program’s 40-year history, player for perseverance, dedication and courage Ryan Thang 2 11/23-11/24 2-1-3 Notre Dame has been ranked in every week of while overcoming severe adversity. Prior to Erik Condra 2 11/1-11/2 3-3-6 the season (26 weeks). this season, VeNard had played in just 61 games Christian Hanson 2 11/2-11/9 2-0-2 during his career due to injuries that included Erik Condra 2 11/16-11/17 2-2-4 VAN GUILDER IN FINAL 10: Notre Dame Ryan Thang 2 11/16-11/17 2-0-2 shoulder separations to both shoulders, knee Christian Hanson 2 11/30-12/1 2-1-3 team captain Mark Van Guilder has been select- injuries, a quad injury, a stress fracture to one leg ed as one of the 10 finalists for the Lowe’s Senior and a 15-stich cut to his side after getting cut by a Bold are current streaks CLASS (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement skate during a game in 2006-07. Through all the for Staying in School) Award. Selected along injuries, VeNard continued to work hard to get in with Van Guilder are: Mark Dekanich (Colgate), the lineup while also becoming the team’s com- In 87 career games, the sophomore left wing has Bryce Hollweg (Army), Peter Mannino (Denver), munity service leader and this year as a senior, 37 goals with 16 coming on the power play and Marty Mjelleli (St. Cloud State), Justin Pesony the president of Notre Dame’s Student-Athlete 11 of them game winners. His 11 game winners (St. Lawrence), Kevin Porter (Michigan), Frank Advisory Committee. Earlier this season, the tie him for fifth all-time at Notre Dame in the Schiavone (Air Force), Topher Scott (Cornell) senior was a nominee for the prestigious College game-winning goals department for the Irish. and Landis Stankievech (Princeton). The 10 Hockey Humanitarian Award. In his final season players will go on a ballot for nationwide vot- at Notre Dame, VeNard has played in all 43 games Game-Winning Goals ing that will begin on Feb. 14 and conclude on while having career highs in goals (5), assists (7) Name (Seasons) GWG March 28. Fan balloting is available on the and points (12). He also was selected as one of 1. Rob Globke (2000-04) 13 award’s website at www.seniorclassaward.com. the team’s alternate captains. Brian Urick (1995-99) 13 The CLASS award was designed to honor the Dave Poulin (1978-82) 13 attributes of seniors who remain committed to CLUTCH SCORER: Ryan Thang’s (So., 4. Dave Bankoske (1988-93) 12 their university and elects to pursue the many Edina, Minn.) goal with 5:11 left in the Feb. 8 5. Ryan Thang (2006- ) 11 rewards that a senior season can bring. This win at Alaska proved to be the game-winning Paul Regan (1969-73) 11 award provides a fitting honor for a senior leader goal. On the season, Thang now has 17 goals 7. Tim Kuehl (1986-90) 10 that has stood up to the challenge. In the end, the with five coming as game winners and one as a Tom Mooney (1984-88) 10 award hopes to recognize the prestige and dignity game-tying goal. On Jan. 13, he scored with 38 (1976-80) 10 of being a senior hockey player at the college seconds left versus Michigan State for a 1-1 tie. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 8 BALANCED ATTACK: Notre Dame goes into MR. CONSISTENT: Sophomore defenseman the CCHA playoffs ranked 19th in the nation Kyle Lawson sparked Notre Dame’s comeback 2007-08 Irish Awards and Honors with 2.89 goals per game. With 130 goals in 45 versus Ferris State with the first four-point game Brett Blatchford games, the Irish have just five players with 10 or (1g, 3a) of his career in the 6-3 win over the Bull- All-Tournament Team - Rensselaer Holiday Tourney more goals this season - Ryan Thang with 16, dogs. He then had a hand in setting up his defen- Erik Condra with 15, Christian Hanson with 13, sive partner, Ian Cole, for the game-winning goal Ian Cole Mark Van Guilder with 12 and Ben Ryan with in game three. A two-time CCHA defenseman Honorable Mention CCHA all-rookie team 10. The Irish have accumulated their 130 goals of the week this season, Lawson leads all Notre All-Tournament Team - Rensselaer Holiday Tourney this year with 12 players on the roster having five Dame blueliners in scoring with five goals and Selected to 2008 U.S. World Junior Team goals or more. career highs in assists (20) and points (25). He is fourth on the team with a +12 on the year. Erik Condra ONE-GOAL GAMES: On the year, Notre Notre Dame Offensive Player of the Year Dame has played in 15 one-goal games, going, MR. POSTSEASON: Junior center Christian Second Team preseason all-CCHA 9-6 in those contests. Four of the last five games Hanson is playing the best hockey of his career All-Tournament Team - Rensselaer Holiday Tourney decided by one goal have been decided by 2-1 at this point of the season. Over his last three All-Tournament Team - Lightning College Classic scores. postseason games, Hanson has four goals and one assist for five points. His run started versus Christian Hanson THE CENTURY CLUB: Notre Dame’s “Cen- Northern Michigan in the CCHA third-place All-Tournament Team - NCAA West Regional tury Club” added its newest member on Nov. game when he had Notre Dame’s lone goal. In 24 when junior Erik Condra recorded an assist the West Regional, he scored twice in the win Dan Kissel Notre Dame Most Improved Player Award versus R.P.I. In 119 career games, Condra is now over New Hampshire and added a goal and an 33rd on the all-time points list with 120 career assist in the victory over Michigan State. Kyle Lawson points. His 85 assists tie him for 20th on the all- Honorable Mention all-CCHA time assist list with his uncle, All-American Kirt ON THE PLUS SIDE: Senior defenseman CCHA Defensive Player of the Week (11/18, 11/25) Bjork ‘83. For the third season in a row, Condra Brock Sheahan (Lethbridge, Alb.) is one of the First Team preseason all-CCHA leads the Irish in scoring as he now has 15 goals CCHA’s top defensive defensemen. As a junior, 2nd team all-College Hockey News preseason All- and 23 assists for 38 points in 41 games. His 15 he was a finalist for the conference’s top defen- American team goals are a career high and his six power-play sive defenseman award. This season, Sheahan 3rd team Inside College Hockey.com All-American goals and three short-handed goals are career continues to be a force on the Irish blue line. He team highs. Here’s who is ahead of Condra on the is currently +23 for the year to lead the team in all-time points list. that category. Luke Lucyk All-Tournament Team - Lightning College Classic “Century Club” HOT HANDS: Notre Dame’s trio of left wing Name (Seasons) G A Pts Dan Kissel (So., Crestwood, Ill.), center Chris- Jordan Pearce 1. (1973-77) 89 145 234 tian Hanson (Jr., Venetia, Pa.) and right wing Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP 2. John Noble (1969-73) 81 145 226 Evan Rankin (Sr., Portage, Mich.) all have Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne career highs offensively for the Irish this season. Student-Athlete Award 25. Brian Urick (1995-99) 57 70 127 Kissel is tied for seventh in scoring with nine Best Goals-Against In CCHA (1.80) 26. Kevin Humphreys (1977-81) 55 71 126 Notre Dame Scholar-Athlete Award 27. Pat Conroy (1971-75) 38 87 125 goals and 13 assists for 22 points, all career bests. Notre Dame Perani Cup Winner 28. Rob Globke (2000-04) 68 56 124 He is followed by Hanson who has career highs Phil Wittliff (1968-71) 72 52 124 in goals (13), assists (9) and points (22). Rankin Teddy Ruth 30. Alex Pirus (1973-76) 57 66 123 has eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points, also Notre Dame Rookie of the Year John Schmidt (1978-82) 28 95 123 his best numbers in each category. 32. Jeff Brownschidle (1977-81) 30 92 122 Ben Ryan 33. Erik Condra (2005-) 35 85 120 PACKING THE PLACE: Notre Dame finished 34. Ray DeLorenzi (1971-74) 55 59 114 CCHA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 28) 35. Aaron Gill (2000-04) 49 62 111 the 2007-08 regular season with sellout crowds Special Mention CCHA Rookie of the Month (Oct.) Connor Dunlop (1999-03) 25 86 111 in nine of its last 11 games (including the U.S. 36. Jack Brownschidle (1973-77) 31 78 109 Under-18 exhibition game). For the season, the Brock Sheahan 38. Tim Reilly (1981-86) 43 65 108 Irish played in front of sellouts in 12 of their 19 William Donald Nyrop Defensive Player of the Year 39. Aniket Dhadphale (1995-99) 61 44 105 home dates (including the exhibition game) and All-Tournament Team - NCAA West Regional 40. Bob Thebeau (1982-86) 40 63 103 averaged 2,693 fans per game. CCHA Defenseman of the Week (Jan. 28) 41. Kevin Hoene (1968-71) 50 51 101 Matt Hanzel (1985-89) 50 51 101 HOME SWEET HOME: After 18 home games Ryan Thang 43. Paul Clarke (1973-77) 38 62 100 this season, Notre Dame is 11-4-3 (.694) at the Second Team preseason all-CCHA Most Valuable Player - Rensselaer Holiday Tourney THE RIFLEMAN: Freshman defenseman Ian Joyce Center. A year ago, the Irish were 13-2-2 Cole (Ann Arbor, Mich.) has seen his offensive at home for an .824 winning percentage. That Mark Van Guilder game take off in the playoffs. Cole had a career- was the best mark since the 2003-04 season when Most Outstanding Player - NCAA West Regional high three-point game (2g, 1a) in the 6-3 win in the Irish were 14-2-2 at the Joyce Center for an All-Tournament Team - NCAA West Regional game two of the CCHA second round against .833 winning percentage. Only two other Irish One of 10 finalists for Lowes Senior CLASS Award Ferris State and then added the game winning teams have had better home records – 1987-88 Candidate for 2008 Hobey Baker Award goal in game three on March 16. In the West team was 18-2-0 (.900) and the 1969-70 team CCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 15) Regional, he had Notre Dame’s first goal of the was 12-1-1 (.893). game against UNH via the power play. In seven Dan VeNard TAKE THE HIGHWAY: With the 3-0 loss at Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches Award postseason games for Notre Dame, Cole now 2008 CCHA Terry Flanagan Memorial Award has four goals and one assist. On the year, he is Western Michigan on Feb. 29, Notre Dame is now Nominee for 2008 Hockey Humanitarian Award second among Irish defensemen with eight goals 10-6-1 (.618) on the road this season. A year ago, CCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Dec. 9) and 10 assists for 18 points. the Irish were 12-4-1 (.735) away from the Joyce Center. The 12 road wins equaled a school record (1979-80 and 1997-98) for road wins. Only the 1983-84 team’s 10-3-1 road mark (.750) is bet- ter. The 10 road wins mark the ninth time in the program’s history that the Irish have had 10 or more road wins in a season. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 9 MORE THAN FIVE: The five goals given fourth tie came on a Sunday afternoon (Jan. 13) ON A ROLL: Notre Dame’s two-game series up by Jordan Pearce in the 5-3 loss to Ferris with Michigan State. On the year, the Irish are sweep of Bowling Green on Jan. 25-26 gives the State on Feb. 8 marked the first time that an Irish 0-1-4 in overtime. Last season, they were 3-1-3 Irish a 12-game unbeaten streak (11-0-1) against goaltender had given up five goals or more in a in overtime. The three overtime wins were the the Falcons. That streak started with the 2005-06 game since Nov. 4, 2005 when David Brown ‘07, most for the Irish in a single season. In two-plus season. The Irish are also 8-0-0 versus Bowling surrendered seven in an 8-5 loss to Michigan at seasons under head coach Jeff Jackson, Notre Green over the last two campaigns. the Joyce Center. Dame is 3-2-11 in extra play. TWO SHORTIES: Mark Van Guilder and FIRING AWAY: The 36 shots on goal that Ferris RANKINGS UPDATE: Notre Dame opened Ryan Thang each scored short-handed goals in State recorded on Feb. 9 in the 5-3 loss for Notre the 2007-08 season ranked ninth in the nation by the 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha on Dec. 1. Dame were the most shots given up by the Irish both the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine That marked the first time the Irish had scored a in a game this season. The previous season high and USCHO.com/CSTV polls. The Irish finished pair of short-handed goals in a game since Dec. was 35 at Miami on Nov. 10. the 2006-07 season ranked fourth in the finalUS A 20, 2000 when Brett Lebda ‘04 and Dan Carl- Today/American Hockey Magazine poll that in- son ‘01 scored short-handed goals in a 7-3 win FIVE-GOAL NIGHTS: The five goals scored at Nebraska-Omaha. As a team, the Irish have cluded the NCAA tournament. The Irish finished by Ferris State on Feb. 8 marks just the third time seven short-handed goals, the most of any team in the last two seasons that Notre Dame has given the year first in the USCHO.com/CSTV polls that in the nation. up five goals in a game and the Bulldogs have ended with the end of the CCHA Tournament. In done it twice. On Feb. 23, 2007, Ferris State all, Notre Dame was ranked for 20 consecutive PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Two Irish play- defeated Notre Dame, 5-2. On Jan.19 of this weeks and was ranked No.1 for seven straight ers were honored by the CCHA as players of the season, Michigan downed the Irish, 5-1, for the weeks from Feb. 5 to March 25. The Irish have week for the week ending Jan. 27. Defenseman third time its happened. Under head coach Jeff been ranked every week so far this season. Week- Brock Sheahan (Sr., Lethbridge, Alb.) was Jackson, the Irish have given up five or more in by-week with the Irish this season: selected as the conference’s defenseman of the a game just eight times in his three seasons (121 week. Freshman right wing Ben Ryan (Brigh- games) behind the bench. 2007-08 Irish National Rankings ton, Mich.) was selected as the CCHA rookie of Date USA TODAY USCHO.com the week. In the Bowling Green series, Sheahan MARCH IS HERE: February was a month the 10/01 8th 8th had an assist in each game, blocked three shots Irish would love to forget. Notre Dame was 1-3-3 and was +3 while playing a key role in a 12-for-12 10/08 7th 8th penalty-killing weekend. Ryan had two goals and in the month, scoring just 11 goals while giving 10/15 11th 11th up 17. During the month, the Irish averaged 34.3 two assists for four points and was +2. He had 10/22 12th 12th an assist in the 6-1 win on Friday and then had a shots per game, but scored 11 times in 240 shots 10/29 13th 14th for a 4.6% scoring percentage. During the month, career-best three-point game (2 ppg, 1 assist) in 11/5 12th 12th the 4-1 win on Saturday night. Notre Dame was 5-for-40 on the power play (12.5%) while the penalty killers gave up three 11/12 11th 10th BAD BOYS: Notre Dame and Bowling Green goals on 29 chances (89.7%). Jordan Pearce 11/19 9th 9th combined for 51 penalties and 157 minutes in was 1-3-3 in the month with a 2.09 goals-against 11/26 7th 7th the two-game series on Jan. 25-26. On Friday average and a .917 save percentage. Notre 12/3 6th 6th night, the two teams had 23 penalties for 97 Dame’s top scorer was Erik Condra with two 12/10 6th 6th minutes with the Falcons getting 10-for-44 and goals and two assists for four points. No other 12/17 6th 6th the Irish a season-high 13-for-57. On Saturday, player had more than one goal. 12/31 6th (no poll) 6th 1/7 6th 6th Notre Dame had just seven for 14 minutes while the Falcons had an opponent’s season high of SHUTOUTS: Riley Gill’s 42-save shutout of the 1/14 8th 8th 11-for-46 minutes. Irish on Feb. 29 marked just the second time this 1/21 9th 9th season that Notre Dame failed to score a goal in 1/28 8th 8th SHINNY ANYONE?: On Monday, Jan. 21, a game. The previous time came on Nov. 27 at 2/4 8th 8th Notre Dame’s practice had a different look. The Ferris State when Mitch O’Keefe made 37 saves 2/11 9th 9th Irish went back to their hockey roots that day in a 3-0 shutout by the Bulldogs. Over the last 2/18 9th 9th as they ventured to nearby Merrifield Park in three seasons with Jeff Jackson as the coach, the 2/25 11th 11th Mishawaka, Ind., to play a little shinny on the Irish have been shutout seven times (four in ‘05- 3/3 12th 12th outdoor rink. Complete with temperatures in the ’06 and once in ‘06-’07). 3/10 12th 12th single digits, stocking caps, hot chocolate and a 3/17 11th 11th great deal of laughter, the Irish spent some time NANOOKS NUMBER: The win and the tie at 3/24 12th 12th (Final) having fun playing the game they love. Smiles Alaska improved Notre Dame to 7-0-1 in its last were the number one priority and practice was a eight meetings with the Nanooks. The Irish were 3/31 5th --- smashing success in that area. 6-0-0 in 2006-07, playing Alaska in four regular- season games and two CCHA playoff contests. BUCKEYE JINX: With a win and a tie at the Joyce Center on Feb. 23-24, Ohio State extended THE KISSEL EFFECT: Sophomore left wing BIG MAC GOAL: Brock Sheahan’s first its unbeaten streak at the Joyce Center to 10 Dan Kissel has career highs in goals (9), assists goal in 34 games on Friday, Feb. 8 versus Fer- games (7-0-3). The Buckeyes have not lost in (13) and points (22) this season. For his career, ris State not only brought a smile to the senior South Bend since a 3-0 Notre Dame win on Oct. Kissel has played in 63 games with 15 goals and defenseman’s face, but made 2,857 fans happy 23, 1998. 16 assists for 31 points. Of his 15 goals, he has also. Sheahan’s goal in the final minute of the two power-play goals, two shorthanded tallies second period earned each fan a free Big Mac GOING HOME: Irish goaltender Jordan and five game winners. courtesy of “McDonald’s Magic Minute,” pro- Pearce had a successful return to his home state, motion that is a regular in-game promotion at all picking up a win and a tie versus Alaska on Feb. HOCKEY HUMANITARIAN: Senior defense- Irish home games. 15-16. The Anchorage, Alaska native is now man Dan VeNard was one of 22 nominees for the 2-0-1 in his three games at the Carlson Center. College Hockey Humanitarian Award that goes to FATHER’S DAY IN FEBRUARY: The last He won his first game there last season, a 3-2 college hockey’s “top citizen”. The list was cut to three Saturday’s in February were like Father’s overtime game. 10 on Jan. 28 and VeNard did not advance. The Day for Notre Dame as all three games have Irish alternate captain has been heavily involved ended with ties. Last Saturday (Feb. 23) was a 2-2 in community service work in and around the tie with Ohio State. The previous Saturday (Feb. Notre Dame campus during his career. He also 16 was a 1-1 tie at Alaska and the month started serves as the president of Notre Dame’s Student- with a Saturday tie (Feb. 9) with Ferris State. The Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 10 BUMP IN THE ROAD: Freshman goaltender NO GOALS FOR YOU: Junior goaltender ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Notre Dame Brad Phillips (Farmington Hills, Mich.) saw Jordan Pearce recorded his second shutout of placed two players on the 2007 Lightning Col- his four-game winning streak snapped on Jan. 19 the season in the 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha lege Hockey Classic all-tournament team. Irish in the 5-1 loss to Michigan. The rookie netminder on Dec. 1. The shutout also was the fourth of forward Erik Condra and defenseman Luke played 35:16 of the game, giving up four goals his career and moved him into a tie for third with Lucyk were named to the all-tournament team on 19 shots. In the first four starts of his career, Mark Kronholm ‘74 on Notre Dame’s all-time after helping Notre Dame to a 1-1 record. Condra Phillips was 4-0-0 with a 0.75 goals-against aver- shutout list. He trails just Morgan Cey ‘05 (2nd had two goals and one assist in the tournament, age and a .958 with one shutout. His numbers are with 6) and David Brown ‘07 (first with 12). took nine shots and was +3 on the weekend. Lu- currently 4-1-0 with a 1.53 goals-against average Pearce’s first career shutout came in his second cyk had one goal in two games and was +2 in the and a .923 save percentage. career game, a 2-0, 27-save win over Princeton two games. They were joined by RPI goaltender on Oct. 28, 2005. Freshman goaltender Brad Mathias Lange, Colorado College defenseman SCORING BY CLASS: Here’s how Notre Phillips recorded his first career shutout on Nate Prosser and Colorado College forwards Dame scoring breaks down by classes this Dec. 8 with a 24-save, 7-0 whitewashing of the Chad Rau and Jimmy Kilpatrick. UMass forward season. Princeton Tigers. Matt Burto, who scored the game winner in the championship game was the tournament’s Most Class (Skaters) Goals Assists Points LETTERS OF INTENT: Irish head coach Jeff Valuable Player. Sophomores (7) 40 75 115 Jackson has announced that three players have Juniors (5) 40 48 88 signed national letters of intent in the early sign- CCHA DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK: Seniors (5) 26 46 72 ing period to attend Notre Dame beginning in the Senior defenseman Dan VeNard (Vernon Freshmen (6) 24 41 65 fall of 2008. The trio - defensemen Sean Lorenz Hills, Ill.) was named the CCHA defenseman Totals 130 210 340 (Littleton, Colo.) and Eric Ringel (Hinckley, of the week for the week ending Dec. 9. In the Ohio) and forward Patrick Gaul (Pittsburgh, weekend sweep at Princeton, VeNard had two SECOND-PERIOD PROWESS: The second Pa.) - will join Billy Maday (Burr Ridge, Ill.) goals and two assists for four points and was +2 period has been Notre Dame’s best period this who signed in Nov. of 2007 but deferred until on the weekend. His three-point game on Dec. season as the Irish have scored 52 goals while giv- next fall. Lorenz and Gaul are members of the 8 in Notre Dame’s 7-0 win was a career high for ing up just 29 for a +23 advantage in the middle U.S. National Team Development Program’s the blueliner. stanza. They are out scoring the opposition, 36- Under-18 team. Ringel plays in the North 30, in the first period and 42-32 in the third. for the Mahoning NIFTY NOVEMBER: Notre Dame finished Valley Phantoms and Maday is a member of November with a 9-1-0 record, including wins RECORD STREAK: Notre Dame’s nine-game the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States in the last six straight. Some other numbers for winning streak from Nov. 16 through Dec. 8 was Hockey League (USHL). Ringel was ranked the month: The Irish were 7-1-0 in the CCHA the longest for the Irish since a 14-game streak 163rd (sixth round) among North Americans in and 5-0-0 at home while going 3-1-0 on the road from Dec. 11, 1987 to Feb. 13, 1988. During that NHL Central Scouting’s mid-term rankings that and 1-0-0 at neutral sites ... the Irish out scored time, the Irish were a Division I Independent. The were released in January. the opposition by a 38-19 margin (3.8 gpg to 1.9 streak is the longest for the Irish as a member of gpg) ...Notre Dame out shot the opposition by the CCHA or the WCHA. USHL GP G A PTS PIM a 31.0 - 20.1 margin ... the Irish were 13-for-52 Billy Maday - Waterloo 58 21 33 54 72 on the power play (25.0%) and killed 41-of-46 THREE PPG AGAINST: In the 4-3 loss to opponent power plays for an 89.1% success rate Massachusetts on Dec. 29, the Irish gave up NAHL GP G A PTS PIM ... Erik Condra (Jr., Livonia, Mich.) led the three power-play goals to the Minutemen, the Eric Ringel - Mahoning Valley 50 7 20 27 48 team in scoring with six goals and 10 assists for first time that has happened since Dec. 17, 2005, 16 points and was followed by Kevin Deeth (So., in a 4-0 loss to Lake Superior. Ferris State du- USA UNDER-18 GP G A PTS PIM Gig Harbor, Wash.), Mark Van Guilder (Sr., plicated the feat on March 15 in game two of Patrick Gaul 48 8 18 26 42 Roseville, Minn.) and Kyle Lawson (So., New the CCHA playoff series when the Bulldogs had Sean Lorenz 49 4 5 9 24 Hudson, Mich.) with 10 points each ... Jordan three power-play goals on seven chances in the Pearce was 7-1-0 with a 2.13 goals-against aver- 6-3 Irish victory. TOURNAMENT VETS: The Lightning Col- age and a .900 save percentage ... Brad Phillips lege Hockey Classic was the third in-season (Fr., Farmington Hills, Mich.) was 2-0-0 with a BERGMAN RETURNS TO USHL: Freshman tournament for the Irish this season. They 1.00 goals-against and a .935 save percentage. left wing Robin Bergman (Stockholm, Sweden) opened the year at the Lefty McFadden Clas- has left the Notre Dame hockey team and returned sic in Dayton, Ohio, losing to Wisconsin, 4-1, TOURNAMENT HARDWARE: Three Notre to the United States Hockey League (USHL). He before defeating Mercyhurst, 4-0, to take third Dame players were named to the all-tournament will play for the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders, place. Over Thanksgiving, the Irish played in team at the Rensselaer Holiday Tournament. the team he played for last season. In 20 games the Rensselaer Holiday Tournament, taking the Junior right wing Erik Condra recorded three at Notre Dame, Bergman had one goal and six championship with wins over Alabama-Hunts- assists on the weekend and was the lone Irish assists for seven points and was +3 on the year. ville (4-1) and Rensselaer (4-3). At Tampa, Notre forward selected. Defensemen Brett Blatchford With Cedear Rapids last season, Bergman had 26 Dame dropped a 4-3 decision to Massachusetts (So., Temperance, Mich.) and Ian Cole joined goals and 17 assists for 43 points to finish fourth and then took third place with a 3-1 win over Condra on the team. Sophomore left wing Ryan on the team in scoring. Rensselaer. Thang was named the tournament MVP after scoring the game-winning goal in each of Notre WELCOME BACK: Freshman defenseman TOURNEY RESULTS: Notre Dame has now Dame’s victories. Ian Cole returned to the Notre Dame lineup at participated in 30 in-season tournaments in the Michigan State (Jan. 11) after participating in the program’s 40-year history, winning six times and HIGHS AND LOWS: Notre Dame’s 44 shots World Junior Championships with the U.S. Junior finishing second, six times. The Irish have been in the Nov. 16 win over Western Michigan are National Team. At the World Championships, third a total of seven times and there have been a season high for the Irish. The 11 shots given Cole played in all six games and had no points 11 fourth-place finishes. Notre Dame has now up by Notre Dame on Nov. 17 are the fewest the with six penalty minutes as the United States won two of the last four in-season tournaments Irish have given up this season. Notre Dame’s finished fourth in the tournament. He missed that the Irish have played in, winning the 2006 11 power-play chances against Western Michigan four games – the two games at the Lightning Lightning Collegiate Hockey Classic in Oct. of (Nov. 16) were also a season high. College Hockey Classic and the Northern Michi- 2006 in Tampa, Fla and the Rensselaer Holiday gan series. Also returning on Friday night was Tournament, Nov. 24-25, 2007 in Troy, N.Y. All fellow freshman defender Teddy Ruth (Naper- time, the Irish are 23-34-3 in tournament play. ville, Ill.). Ruth missed five games (Princeton, Lightning College Classic and two with Northern Michigan) due to an injury. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 11 LONG TIME COMING: Notre Dame’s 4-3 FAMILY MATTERS: Two members of the 2007-08 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY win over Denver on Oct. 18 snapped a 10-game Notre Dame hockey team – forwards Erik – BY STATE, COUNTRY OR PROVINCE: (0-9-1) winless streak for the Irish against the Condra and Garrett Regan (Hastings, Minn.) Pioneers. The last time they had beaten Denver – have family ties to the Irish hockey program. Michigan (8): Evan Rankin, Erik Condra, Justin was Nov. 3, 1978, a 3-2 win at the Joyce Center. Condra’s uncle is All-American forward Kirt White, Brett Blatchford, Kyle Lawson, Ian Cole, Notre Dame and Denver played in the WCHA Bjork (‘83) who played at Notre Dame from Brad Phillips, Ben Ryan for 10 years from 1971-81 before the Irish left 1979-83. He scored 76 goals with 85 assists (5): Brian D’Arcy, Dan VeNard, Dan for the CCHA. Prior to last weekend’s series, the for 161 career points in 141 career games. He Kissel, Tom O’Brien, Teddy Ruth two teams had met just three times with Denver took All-America honors in 1983 when he had Minnesota (4): Mark Van Guilder, Garrett Re- going 2-0-1. 29 goals and 34 assists for 63 points. Regan’s gan, Ryan Thang, Ryan Guentzel uncle - Sean Regan - was a defenseman for the Pennsylvania (2): Christian Hanson, Stewart CAPTAINS: Senior right wing Mark Van Guil- Irish from 1981-83 before finishing his career at Carlin der will serve as Notre Dame’s captain for the the University of Minnesota. Alaska (1): Jordan Pearce 2007-08 season. Joining Van Guilder as alternate Alberta (1): Brock Sheahan captains in ‘07-’08, are senior defensemen Brock MORE FAMILY MATTERS: Freshman goal- Colorado (1): Christiaan Minella Sheahan (Lethbridge, Alb.) and Dan VeNard tender Brad Phillips also has a family connection Sweden (1): Calle Ridderwall (Vernon Hills, Ill.). They will be joined by junior to Notre Dame. His uncle is former Irish quar- Washington (1): Kevin Deeth forward Erik Condra (Livonia, Mich.). This terback Terry Andrysiak who played at Notre Wisconsin (1): Luke Lucyk is the first season for all four players to serve as Dame from 1985 to 1988. captains at Notre Dame. PUTTING ON THE FOIL: Notre Dame junior MR PRESIDENT: Senior defenseman Dan Ve- Christian Hanson (Venetia, Pa.) is the sixth Nard has been named president of Notre Dame’s player to play for the Irish whose father played Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in the . His father, Dave for the 2007-08 school year. VeNard served as Hanson, played 10 years of professional hockey hockey’s representative to the group last season between 1974-75 and 1983-84, including stints and was selected president by the group in M. with the and the Minnesota The committee represents Notre Dame’s student- North Stars and the World Hockey Association’s athletes with the Irish athletic department. (WHA) Minnesota Fighting Saints and the New England Whalers. Fans might also be familiar NHL DRAFTEES: The Irish have seven players with Dave Hanson, as one of the famed Hanson on the 2007-08 roster who have been selected Brothers, made famous in the hockey movie in the National Hockey League’s Entry Draft. - Slapshot. Hanson currently is the director Last June, a total of five Notre Dame players of the Island Sports Center, home of Robert were selected. Leading the way was freshman Morris University’s hockey team, in suburban defenseman Ian Cole (Ann Arbor, Mich.) who Pittsburgh. was a first-round selection of the St. Louis Blues who took him with the 18th pick overall. Cole THE IRISH AND THE U.S. NATIONAL became the first Irish player ever selected in the TEAM DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM: first round and was selected earlier than any other Notre Dame’s current roster includes five players Notre Dame player (Rob Globke ‘04 was the who have past experience with USA Hockey, as previous highest selection when he was picked members of the National Team Development Pro- 40th overall by Florida in 2002). Cole was fol- gram (NTDP). Since the program began, the Irish lowed by fellow freshman defenseman Teddy have had a total of 19 NTDP alums grace their Ruth (Naperville, Ill.) who went in the second roster. The current contingent includes junior round, 46th overall to the Washington Capitals. goaltender Jordan Pearce, sophomore defense- Sophomore Ryan Thang (Edina, Minn.) was man Kyle Lawson (New Hudson, Mich.) and selected in the third round, 81st overall by the freshmen defensemen Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth . Incoming freshman Ben plus goaltender Brad Phillips. Other NTDP alums Ryan (Brighton, Mich.) joined Thang when the who played at Notre Dame include: Brett Hen- Predators made him the 114th pick (fourth round). ning (1997-98), Michael Chin (1997-98), Con- Freshman goaltender Brad Phillips (Farming- nor Dunlop (1997-99), Paul Harris (1997-99), ton Hills, Mich.) rounded out the Notre Dame John Wroblewski (1997-99), Neil Komadoski selections in the last draft when the Philadelphia (1998-2000), Brett Lebda (1998-2000), Rob Flyers selected him in the seventh round, 182nd Globke (1998-2000), Derek Smith (2000-01) overall. Those five join junior right wing Erik and Tim Wallace (2002-06), Noah Babin (2003- Condra (Livonia, Mich.) who was selected in 07), Michael Bartlett (2003-07), Tom Sawatske the seventh round, 211th overall by the Ottawa (2005-07) and Josh Sciba (2003-07). Senators in 2006 and sophomore defenseman Kyle Lawson (New Hudson, Mich.) who was HOMETOWNS: The 2007-08 Notre Dame selected in the 2005 NHL Draft by the Carolina hockey team features players from eight states, Hurricanes in the seventh round, 198th overall. one Canadian province and Sweden. Over the past 13 seasons, the Irish have had monogram winners from 21 different states and provinces – those listed below, plus: Delaware, Massachu- setts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 12

IRISH SPECIAL TEAMS IRISH IN CCHA/NATIONAL RANKINGS Here’s a game-by-game look at Notre Dame’s Scoring CCHA National special teams this season: Erik Condra (15-23-38) t12th 59th (0.93 ppg) Ryan Thang (17-13-30) t29th POWER PLAY PEN. KILLING Mark Van Guilder (12-17-29) t32nd Game G-Chances Kills-Opp vs. WIS 1-7 2-3 Ben Ryan (10-16-26) t40th vs. Mercy 2-8 5-5 Kyle Lawson (5-20-25) t43rd DU 2-4 5-5 DU 1-5 6-6 at BGSU 1-8 5-5 Goals at FSU 0-6 5-5 Ryan Thang (17) t14th t83rd (0.38 gpg) at FSU 0-10 5-5 Erik Condra (15) t18th LSSU 3-5 3-4 Christian Hanson (13) t26th LSSU 2-5 6-7 at MIA 0-3 5-5 Mark Van Guilder (12) t31st at MIA 0-4 3-4 Ben Ryan (10) t41st WMU 2-11 1-1 at WMU 1-6 6-6 BGSU 0-4 5-5 Assists vs. UAH 1-3 3-3 Erik Condra (23) t12th t65th (0.56 apg) at R.P.I. 2-7 6-7 Kyle Lawson (20) 24th UNO 2-4 3-4 Mark Van Guilder (17) t39th UNO 1-9 7-7 at Prince 0-3 3-4 Ben Ryan (16) t44th at Prince 1-4 5-5 vs. UMass 0-5 2-5 Power-Play Goals vs. R.P.I. 0-6 5-6 Ryan Thang (7) t13th t30th at NMU 0-5 2-3 at NMU 0-3 4-4 Mark Van Guilder (7) t13th t30th at MSU 0-5 3-3 Erik Condra (6) t17th MSU 0-5 2-3 at UM 0-5 3-4 vs. UM 0-4 3-3 Short-Handed Goals BGSU 2-3 6-6 Erik Condra (3) t3rd t9th at BGSU 2-8 6-6 FSU 1-4 5-6 Game-Winning Goals FSU 1-5 1-2 at Alaska 1-3 3-3 Ryan Thang (5) t4th t7th at Alaska 1-8 4-5 Erik Condra (4) t9th t21st OSU 0-6 4-4 Mark Van Guilder (4) t9th t21st OSU 1-6 7-7 at WMU 0-8 2-2 WMU 3-11 5-5 Defensemen Scoring FSU 0-2 0-1 Kyle Lawson (5-20-25) t5th 29th (0.58 ppg) FSU 2-10 4-7 Ian Cole (8-10-18) 16th FSU 1-4 3-3 vs. MIA 0-5 6-6 Dan VeNard (5-7-12) t28th vs. NMU 0-5 4-4 Brock Sheahan (1-11-12) t28th vs. UNH 2-8 4-4 Brett Blatchford (0-12-12) t28th vs. MSU 0-4 3-3 Home 24-103 (23.3%) 73-83 (88.0%) Away 9-96 (9.4%) 70-76 (92.1%) Rookie Scoring (Points per game) Neutral 6-55 (10.9%) 37-42 (88.1%) Ben Ryan (10-16-26) 9th 49th (0.58 ppg) Totals 39-254 (15.4%) 180-201 (89.6%) Ian Cole (8-10-18) t26th

Goals Against Avg. (33% of games) Last Time They Scored Jordan Pearce (1.95) 3rd 6th Save% (33% of games) Player Date Opponent GP Since Jordan Pearce (.917) 7th 24th Blatchford 1/20/07 Western Mich. 58 Carlin None ------9 Cole 3/28/08 New Hampshire 1 Winning Pct. (33% of games) Condra 3/1/08 Western Mich. 3 Jordan Pearce (.600) 4th 18th D’Arcy None ------19 Deeth 3/28/08 New Hampshire 1 Wins (33% of games) Guentzel None ------24 Jordan Pearce (22) 4th t10th Hanson 3/29/08 Michigan State -- Kissel 3/28/08 New Hampshire 1 Team Rankings Lawson 3/28/08 New Hampshire 1 Scoring Offense (2.89) 5th 19th Minella 11/11/06 Bowling Green 43 Scoring Defense (2.04) 3rd 5th Lucyk 12/29/07 Massachusetts 3 Scoring Margin (+0.85) 4th 9th Rankin 3/21/08 Miami 3 Fewest Penalty Minutes (13.3) 2nd 19th Regan 2/15/08 Alaska 12 Power Play (15.4%) 7th 33rd Ridderwall 3/15/08 Ferris State 5 Penalty Killing (89.6%) 2nd 2nd Ruth 3/29/08 Michigan State -- Ryan 3/15/08 Ferris State 5 Sheahan 2/8/08 Ferris State 14 Thang 3/28/08 New Hampshire 1 Van Guilder 3/28/08 Michigan State -- VeNard 12/8/07 Princeton 25 White 1/18/07 Michigan 15 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 13

NOTRE DAME’S RECORD WHEN.... 2007-08 Results NOTRE DAME GOALTENDING GAME-BY-GAME

When Notre Dame scores first...... 19-5-1 #1 Jordan Pearce Jr. 6-1, 207 Anchorage, Alaska/Lincoln Stars (USHL) When opponents score first...... 7-10-3 2007-08 Statistics When Notre Dame leads after one period ...... 13-2-0 Date Opponent GP/GS Minutes GA Avg. Saves Pct. W L T PP SH When Notre Dame trails after one period ...... 3-7-2 When score is tied after one period ...... 10-6-2 10/12 vs. Wisconsin 1/1 60:00 4 4.00 21 .840 0 1 0 1 0 When Notre Dame leads after two periods ..... 23-1-0 10/13 vs. Mercyhurst 1/1 60:00 0 2.00 25 .920 1 0 0 0 0 When Notre Dame trails after two periods ...... 2-7-2 10/18 Denver 1/1 60:00 3 2.33 17 .900 1 0 0 0 0 When score is tied after two periods ...... 1-7-2 When Notre Dame outshoots opponent ...... 20-6-4 10/19 Denver 1/1 58:58 2 2.26 25 .891 0 1 0 0 0 When opponent outshoots Notre Dame ...... 5-8-0 10/23 at Bowling Green 1/1 59:17 2 2.21 18 .906 1 0 0 0 0 When shots are even ...... 1-1-0 10/26 at Ferris State 1/1 59:56 2 2.20 25 .910 1 0 0 0 0 In Game 1 of CCHA weekend series...... 7-6-0 In Game 2 of CCHA weekend series...... 6-3-4 10/27 at Ferris State 1/1 58:22 2 2.16 32 .916 0 1 0 0 2 In one-goal games...... 9-6-0 11/1 Lake Superior 1/1 60:00 3 2.27 12 .907 1 0 0 1 0 In two-goal games...... 5-5-0 11/9 at Miami 1/1 60:00 1 2.12 32 .916 1 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame at home ...... 11-4-2 Notre Dame on the road ...... 10-6-1 11/10 at Miami 1/1 58:40 3 2.22 32 .916 0 1 0 1 0 Notre Dame on neutral ice ...... 5-5-0 11/16 West. Michigan 1/1 59:50 1 2.11 11 .916 1 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame in overtime ...... 0-1-4 11/17 at West. Michigan 1/1 60:00 1 2.01 10 .916 1 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame in October...... 4-3-0 Notre Dame in November...... 9-1-0 11/20 Bowling Green 1/1 59:57 1 1.94 27 .920 1 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame in December...... 4-1-0 11/24 at Rensselear 1/1 59:54 3 2.01 15 .915 1 0 0 1 0 Notre Dame in January...... 3-4-1 11/30 Nebraska-Omaha 1/1 60:00 4 2.15 14 .908 1 0 0 1 0 Notre Dame in February...... 1-3-3 Notre Dame in March ...... 5-3-0 12/1 Nebraska-Omaha 1/1 59:55 1 2.01 16 .912 1 0 0 0 0 12/7 at Princeton 1/1 59:54 2 2.01 17 .911 1 0 0 1 0 12/29 vs. Massachusetts 1/1 59:06 4 2.10 21 .905 0 1 0 3 0 12/30 vs. Rennselaer 1/1 60:00 1 2.06 17 .909 1 0 0 1 0 SPECIALTY GOALTENDING 1/4 at No. Michigan 1/1 58:39 2 2.06 19 .909 0 1 0 1 0 STATISTICS 1/11 at Michigan St. 1/1 59:22 2 2.06 27 .910 0 1 0 0 0 Here’s a game-by-game look at Notre Dame’s special teams this season: 1/12 Michigan State 1/1 64:20 1 2.01 14 .911 0 0 1 1 0 1/18 at Michigan 1/1 60:00 3 2.06 25 .910 0 1 0 1 0 POWER PLAY LAST 10 MINUTES 1/19 vs. Michigan 1/0 23:49 0 2.01 10 .911 0 0 0 0 0 SV% SV% 1/25 Bowling Green 1/1 60:00 1 1.97 20 .913 1 0 0 0 0 JORDAN PEARCE Game PP SH - Goals Shots - Goals 1/26 at Bowling Green 1/1 59:53 1 1.93 21 .915 1 0 0 0 1 vs. WIS 2 - 1 5 - 3 vs. Mercy 5 - 0 3 - 0 2/8 Ferris State 1/1 59:02 5 2.05 31 .911 0 1 0 1 0 DU 4 - 0 4 - 0 2/9 Ferris State 1/1 65:00 2 2.04 27 .912 0 0 1 1 1 DU 8 - 0 5 - 1 (ENG) at BGSU 7 - 0 6 - 0 2/15 at Alaska 1/1 59:52 1 2.01 32 .915 1 0 0 0 0 at FSU 3 - 0 6 - 2 2/16 at Alaska 1/1 65:00 1 1.97 13 .915 0 0 1 1 0 at FSU 13 - 0 10 - 0 (ENG) LSSU 2 - 0 4 - 0 2/22 Ohio State 1/1 59:01 2 1.97 20 .915 0 1 0 0 0 at MIA 6 - 0 6 - 0 at MIA 3 - 1 1 - 0 2/23 Ohio State 1/1 64:53 2 1.97 23 .915 0 0 1 0 0 WMU 2 - 0 2 - 0 2/29 at West. Michigan 1/1 58:41 2 1.97 20 .915 0 1 0 0 0 at WMU 1 - 0 0 - 0 BGSU 5 - 0 4 - 0 3/1 West. Michigan 1/1 60:00 1 1.94 15 .916 1 0 0 0 0 at RPI 3 - 1 2 - 0 3/14 Ferris State 1/1 58:22 2 1.94 26 .916 0 1 0 1 0 UNO 4 - 1 3 - 0 UNO 2 - 0 0 - 0 3/15 Ferris State 1/1 59:53 3 1.97 22 .915 1 0 0 3 0 at Prince 3 - 1 6 - 1 3/16 Ferris State 1/1 60:00 1 1.95 24 .916 1 0 0 0 0 vs. UMass 9 - 3 6 - 1 vs. RPI 12 - 1 1 - 0 3/21 vs. Miami 1/1 66:06 2 1.94 28 .917 0 1 0 0 0 at NMU 3 - 1 1 - 0 at MSU 2 - 0 10 - 1 (ENG) 3/22 vs. No. Michigan 1/1 57:49 2 1.95 19 .917 0 1 0 0 0 MSU 2 - 1 4 - 0 3/28 vs. UNH 1/1 60:00 3 1.98 32 .917 1 0 0 0 0 at UM 5 - 1 6 - 1 vs. UM 1 - 0 3 - 0 (ENG) 3/29 vs. Michigan St. 1/1 60:00 1 1.95 20 .917 1 0 0 0 0 BGSU 7 - 0 4 - 0 Totals 41/40 2433:31 79 1.95 877 .917 22 14 4 20 4 at BGSU 5 - 0 7 - 1 FSU 7 - 1 5 - 1 FSU 1 - 1 7 - 0 at Alaska 7 - 0 5 - 1 at Alaska 3 - 1 1 - 0 #30 Brad Phillips Fr. 6-2, 171 Farmington Hills, Mich./USA Under-18 Team OSU 3 - 0 4 - 0 (ENG) OSU 7 - 0 4 - 0 at WMU 4 - 0 3 - 0 (ENG) Date Opponent GP/GS Minutes GA Avg. Saves Pct. W L T PP SH WMU 4 - 0 8 - 1 FSU 3 - 1 2 - 0 11/1 Lake Superior 1/1 60:00 1 1.00 16 .941 1 0 0 1 0 FSU 7 - 3 4 - 1 FSU 2 - 0 2 - 0 11/23 vs. UAH 1/1 59:27 1 1.00 13 .935 1 0 0 0 0 vs. MIA 12 - 0 4 - 1 12/8 at Princeton 1/1 60:00 0 0.67 24 .964 1 0 0 0 0 vs. NMU 4 - 0 4 - 0 vs. UNH 5 - 0 4 - 0 1/5 at No. Michigan 1/1 59:57 1 0.75 16 .958 1 0 0 0 0 vs. MSU 2 - 0 3 - 0 1/19 vs. Michigan 1/1 35:16 4 1.53 15 .923 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 185 - 20 169 - 15 Save % (89.2%) (91.1%) Totals 5/5 274:40 7 1.53 84 .923 4 1 0 1 1 BRAD PHILLIPS Game PP SH - Goals Shots - Goals LSSU 6 - 1 2 - 0 vs. UAH 2 - 0 2 - 0 #31 Tom O’Brien So 5-11, 187 Mokena, Ill./Bridgewater Bandits (EJHL) at Prince 9 - 0 8 - 0 at NMU 4 - 0 5 - 0 Date Opponent GP/GS Minutes GA Avg. Saves Pct. W L T PP SH vs. UM 5 - 0 ------Totals 26 - 1 17 - 0 Save % (96.23%) (100.0%) 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 14 2007-08 Multi-Point Games Team Season Highs/Lows (2007-08) Player (# in 07-08) Stats Opp Date Most goals in a game ...... 7 vs. New Hampshire (3/28/08) Christian Hanson (5) 1-1-2 UNH 3/29/08 ...... 7 vs. Princeton (12/8/07) Mark Van Guilder (7) 0-3-3 UNH 3/28/08 ...... 7 vs. Lake Superior (11/1/07) Ryan Thang (5) 1-2-3 UNH 3/28/08 Fewest goals in a game ...... 0 vs. Western Michigan (2/29/08) Christian Hanson (4) 0-2-2 UNH 3/28/08 ...... 0 vs. Ferris State (10/27/07) Kyle Lawson (4) 1-3-4 Ferris St. 3/15/08 Most assists in a game ...... 13 vs. Princeton (12/8/07) Erik Condra (8) 1-2-3 Ferris St. 3/15/08 Fewest assists in a game ...... 0 vs. Western Michigan (2/29/08) Ian Cole (3) 2-1-3 Ferris St. 3/15/08 ...... 0 vs. Ferris State (10/27/07) Ryan Thang (5) 0-2-2 Ferris St. 3/15/08 Most goals against ...... 5 by Ferris State (2/8/08) Ian Cole (2) 0-2-2 WMU 3/1/08 Ian Cole 0-2-2 Ohio State 2/23/08 ...... 5 by Michigan (1/19/08) Erik Condra (8) 1-1-2 Ferris St. 2/8/08 Fewest goals against ...... 0 vs. Princeton (12/8/07) Brock Sheahan 1-1-2 Ferris St. 2/8/08 ...... 0 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (12/1/07) Ryan Thang (4) 0-2-2 Ferris St. 2/8/08 ...... 0 vs. Mercyhurst (10/13/07) Ben Ryan (4) 2-1-3 Bowling Green 1/26/08 Most assists against ...... 8 by Ferris State *2/8/08) Justin White (2) 0-2-2 Bowling Green 1/26/08 ...... 8 by Nebraska-Omaha (11/30/07) Ryan Thang (3) 2-1-3 Bowling Green 1/25/08 ...... 8 by Wisconsin (10/12/07) Erik Condra (7) 1-2-3 Bowling Green 1/25/08 Fewest assists against ...... 0 vs. Princeton (12/8/07) Mark Van Guilder (6) 1-1-2 Bowling Green 1/25/08 ...... 0 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (12/107) Ryan Thang (2) 1-1-2 Massachusetts 12/30/07 ...... 0 vs. Mercyhurst (10/13/07) Erik Condra (6) 1-1-2 Rensselaer 12/30/07 Most goals in a period ...... 4 vs. Princeton, 2nd period (12/8/07) Christian Hanson (3) 1-1-2 Massachusetts 12/29/07 Dan Kissel 2-2-4 Princeton 12/8/07 ...... 4 vs. Lake Superior, 2nd period (11/1/07) Dan VeNard 2-1-3 Princeton 12/8/07 Most goals against in a period ...... 3 by Ferris State, third period (2/8/08) Evan Rankin 1-2-3 Princeton 12/8/07 ...... 3 by Wisconsin, third period (10/12/07) Christian Hanson (2) 1-1-2 Princeton 12/8/07 Most shots for in a game ...... 44 vs. Western Michign (11/16/07) Mark Van Guilder (5) 0-2-2 Princeton 12/7/07 Most shots against in a game...... 36 by Ferris State (2/8/08) Teddy Ruth 1-1-2 UNO 12/1/07 Most shots in a period ...... 20 vs. Western Michigan, 1st period (3/1/08) Erik Condra (5) 1-1-2 UNO 11/30/07 ...... 20 vs. Alaska, 1st period (2/22/08) Kevin Deeth (2) 1-1-2 UNO 11/30/07 Most shots against in a period ...... 16 by Ferris State, first period (2/8/08) Christian Hanson 1-1-2 UNO 11/30/07 ...... 16 by Miami, 1st/2nd periods (11/10/07) Garrett Regan (2) 1-1-2 UNO 11/30/07 Fewest shots for in a game ...... 18 vs. Denver (10/18/07) Kyle Lawson (3) 0-2-2 UNO 11/30/07 Fewest shots against in a game ...... 11 by Western Michigan (11/17/07) Erik Condra (4) 0-2-2 RPI 11/24/07 Kyle Lawson (2) 0-2-2 RPI 11/24/07 Fewest shots in a period ...... 1 vs. Denver, 1st period (10/19/07) Ryan Thang 1-1-2 UAH 11/23/07 Fewest shots against in a period ...... 1 by Nebraska-Omaha, 3rd period (12/1/07) Ben Ryan (3) 1-1-2 UAH 11/23/07 Most PIM in a game ...... 13 for 53 minutes vs. Bowling Green (1/25/08) Mark Van Guilder (4) 0-2-2 UAH 11/23/07 Fewest PIM in a game...... 2 for 4 minutes vs. Western Michigan (11/16/07) Erik Condra (3) 1-1-2 WMU 11/17/07 Most opponent penalties in a game ...... 18 for 44 by Ferris State (3/15/08) Erik Condra (2) 1-1-2 WMU 11/16/07 Fewest opponent penalties in a game ...... 3 for 6 minutes, four times (last by Alaska - 2/15/08) Mark Van Guilder (3) 1-1-2 WMU 11/16/07 Most power-play chances ...... 11 vs. Western Michigan (3/1/08, 3-11) Kyle Lawson 0-2-2 WMU 11/16/07 ...... 11 vs. Western Michigan (11/16/07, 2-11) Erik Condra 2-3-5 LSSU 11/1/07 Most power play goals...... 3 vs. Lake Superior (11/1/07, 3-5) Mark Van Guilder (2) 2-2-4 LSSU 11/1/07 Most short-handed goals ...... 2 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (12/1/07) Kevin Deeth 0-3-3 LSSU 11/1/07 Most opponent power-play chances...... 7 - four times last by Ferris State (3/15/08, 3-7) Robin Bergman 1-1-2 LSSU 11/1/07 Ben Ryan (2) 0-2-2 BGSU 10/23/07 Most opponent power-play goals...... 3 by Ferris State (3/15/08, 3-7) Justin White 0-2-2 BGSU 10/23/07 ...... 3 by Massachusetts (11/29/07, 3-5 Garrett Regan 1-1-2 DU 10/18/07 Mark Van Guilder 2-0-2 MC 10/13/07 PERANI CUP STANDINGS Ben Ryan 0-2-2 MC 10/13/07

Perani’s Hockey World is the CCHA’s sponsor of the league’s “Three Stars of the Game.” Members of Career Multi-Point Games Career Multi-Goal Games the media are asked to select the game’s three stars Career Last Season for which points are accumulated – 1st Star gets five Career Last Year points, 2nd Star gets three and 3rd Star gets one. Erik Condra 27 10 Mark Van Guilder 6 3 Here are the standings for Notre Dame players in Mark Van Guilder 21 8 Ryan Thang 5 4 CCHA games only: Ryan Thang 15 9 Garrett Regan 4 4 Kevin Deeth 11 9 Kevin Deeth 3 3 Erik Condra 3 1 Player 1st 2nd 3rd Pts. Garrett Regan 7 4 Jordan Pearce 2 3 5 24 Christian Hanson 6 1 Dan Kissel 2 1 Erik Condra 3 2 1 22 Kyle Lawson 6 2 Christian Hanson 2 0 Ryan Thang 3 1 0 18 Justin White 5 3 Dan VeNard 1 0 Mark Van Guilder 2 2 2 18 Ben Ryan 4 -- Ian Cole 1 -- Evan Rankin 2 1 1 14 Ian Cole 3 0 Ben Ryan 1 -- Kyle Lawson 2 0 1 11 Brock Sheahan 2 0 Garrett Regan 1 0 1 6 Evan Rankin 2 0 Ian Cole 0 2 0 6 Brett Blatchford 2 2 Dan Kissel 0 2 0 6 Dan Kissel 2 1 Ben Ryan 1 0 0 5 Christiaan Minella 1 1 Kevin Deeth 0 1 2 5 Teddy Ruth 1 - Justin White 0 1 1 4 Robin Bergman 1 0 Brock Sheahan 0 1 0 3 Dan VeNard 1 0 Teddy Ruth 0 1 0 3 Brad Phillips 0 1 0 3 Christian Hanson 0 0 1 1 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 15

THE LAST TIME: Notre Dame won in overtime ...... March 23, 2007 vs. Alabama-Huntsville (3-2, 2 ot - NCAAs) IRISH CAREER STATS Notre Dame CCHA overtime win...... February 17, 2007 at Alaska (3-2) Player GP G A PTS PEN/MIN Notre Dame lost in overtime...... March 21, 2008 vs. Miami (2-1, ot) Erik Condra 119 35 85 120 38/76 Notre Dame lost in CCHA in overtime...... January 8, 2005 at Lake Superior State (2-1) Mark Van Guilder 161 41 56 97 38/76 Notre Dame scored 10 or more goals in a game...... October 14, 1994 vs. St. Francis Xavier (10-2) Notre Dame allowed 10 or more goals in a game...... March 12, 2005 at Michigan (10-1) Ryan Thang 87 37 34 71 35/70 Notre Dame had a home shutout ...... December 1, 2007 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (Jordan Pearce, 16 saves) Kevin Deeth 85 26 36 62 25/58 Notre Dame had a road shutout...... Dec. 8, 2007 at Princeton (Brad Phillips, 24 saves) Garrett Regan 112 24 22 46 33/66 Notre Dame had a neutral site shutout ...... Oct. 13, 2007 vs. Mercyhurst (Jordan Pearce, 25 saves) Kyle Lawson 81 9 35 44 24/48 Notre Dame had a shutout in a CCHA game ..... Dec. 1, 2007 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (Jordan Pearce, 16 saves) Evan Rankin 141 20 21 41 45/101 Notre Dame was shut out in a CCHA game...... Feb. 29, 2008 at Western Michigan (Riley Gill, 42 saves) Christian Hanson 101 20 13 33 42/95 Notre Dame was shut out at home ...... March 4, 2006 vs. Alaska (Wylie Rogers, 39 saves) Brock Sheahan 159 4 28 32 105/216 Notre Dame was shut out on road...... Feb. 29, 2008 at Western Michigan (Riley Gill, 42 saves) Notre Dame had 35 or more shots in a game...... March 15, 2008 vs. Ferris State (36 shots) Dan Kissel 63 15 16 31 16/32 Notre Dame had 40 or more shots in a game...... March 22, 2008 vs. Northern Michigan (40 shots) Brett Blatchford 73 2 27 29 15/30 Notre Dame had 50 or more shots in a game...... March 23, 2007 vs. Alabama-Huntsville (53 shots) Justin White 79 6 21 27 16/40 Notre Dame surrendered 35 or more shots in a game...... March 28, 2008 vs. New Hampshire (35 shots) Ben Ryan 45 10 16 26 11/22 Notre Dame surrendered 40 or more shots in a game...... February 4, 2006 at Michigan State (40 shots) Dan VeNard 116 7 13 20 39/78 Notre Dame surrendered 50 or more shots in a game...... October 22, 2004 vs. Boston College (52 shots) Ian Cole 41 8 10 18 20/40 Christiaan Minella 45 1 7 8 23/46 Notre Dame had four PP goals in a game...... November 10, 2005 vs. Bowling Green (9-4 win) Notre Dame had three PP goals in a game...... March 1, 2008 vs. Western Michigan (3-1 win) Robin Bergman 20 1 6 7 1/2 Notre Dame had two short-handed goals in a game ...... December 1, 2007 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (5-0 win) Calle Ridderwall 37 3 2 5 6/20 Notre Dame surrendered five PP goals...... December 4, 2004 vs. Michigan (8-0) Luke Lucyk 50 2 2 4 12/24 Notre Dame surrendered four PP goals...... March 11, 2005 at Michigan (10-1 loss) Teddy Ruth 40 1 3 4 14/36 Notre Dame surrendered three PP goals...... December 29, 2007 vs. Massachusetts (4-3 loss) Ryan Guentzel 24 0 4 4 5/10 Notre Dame surrendered two short-handed goals/game ...... December 2, 2000 vs. Miami (5-2 loss) Jordan Pearce 53 0 1 1 1/2 Notre Dame player scored a hat trick...... January 5, 2007 - Kevin Deeth (vs. Robert Morris) Stewart Carlin 9 0 1 1 2/4 ...... October 21, 2006 - Dan Kissel (vs. Providence College) ...... October 20, 2006 - Mark Van Guilder (vs. Boston College) Brian D’Arcy 19 0 0 0 3/6 Notre Dame player scored four goals...... October 19, 1995 - Brian Urick (at Alaska-Fairbanks) Brad Phillips 5 0 0 0 1/2 Notre Dame player scored five goals...... December 29, 1971 - Ian Williams (at Dartmouth) Goaltender GP W-L-T GAvg. Sv% Notre Dame player had three assists...... March 28, 2008 - Mark Van Guilder (vs. New Hampshire, 0g, 3a) Brad Phillips 5 4-1-0 1.53 .923 Notre Dame player had four assists...... March 9, 2007 - Erik Condra (Alaska - 0g, 4a) Jordan Pearce 53 28-19-4 2.14 .910 ...... January 5, 2007 - Erik Condra (at Robert Morris - 1g, 4a) Notre Dame player had five assists...... October 21, 1994 - Jamie Ling (vs. Waterloo - 2g, 5a) WHERE ARE THEY NOW?? Notre Dame player had three points ...... March 28, 2008 - Mark Van Guilder (New Hampshire - 0g, 3a) Eighteen former Notre Dame players are currently on professional hockey rosters as of March 24...... March 28, 2008 - Ryan Thang (New Hampshire - 1g, 2a) NHL GP G A PTS PIM Notre Dame player had four points...... March 15, 2008 - Kyle Lawson (Ferris State - 1g, 3a) Brett Lebda - Detroit 76 3 10 13 42 Notre Dame player had five points...... November 1, 2007 - Erik Condra (Lake Superior - 2g, 3a) Mark Eaton - Pittsburgh + 36 0 3 3 4 Notre Dame player had six points...... October 21, 1994 - Jamie Ling (vs. Waterloo - 2g, 5a) Yan Stastny - St. Louis% 12 1 1 2 9 Notre Dame player had seven points...... October 21, 1994 - Jamie Ling (vs. Waterloo - 2g, 5a) Rob Globke - Florida * 9 0 0 0 2

Notre Dame goalie made 35+ saves ...... Oct. 12, 2006 - David Brown (vs, Minnesota State, 6-1 win, 36 saves) AHL GP G A PTS PIM Notre Dame goalie made 40+ saves ...... March 12, 2005 - Morgan Cey (vs. Michigan, 1-0 ot loss, 43 saves) Tim Wallace - W.B./Scranton 70 11 14 25 78 Notre Dame goalie made 50+ saves...... Oct. 22, 2004 - Morgan Cey (vs. Boston College, 3-2 win, 50 saves) Ben Simon - Springfield 74 12 10 22 84 Yan Stastny - Peoria 40 13 11 24 67 Rob Globke - Rochester 62 9 12 21 38 Opposing player scored a hat trick...... January 20, 2006 - Darin Olver (Northern Michigan) Tom Galvin - Grand Rapids 70 1 15 16 30 Opposing player scored four goals...... March 12, 1994 - Colin Ward (Western Michigan) Wes O’Neill - Lake Erie 51 2 4 6 50 Opposing player scored five goals...... November 10, 1973 - Tom Ross (Michigan State) Noah Babin - Albany 46 0 4 4 20 Mike Walsh - Gr. Rapids ! 9 1 0 1 2 Opposing player had three assists...... March 28, 2008 - James vanRiemsdyck (New Hampshire, 0g, 3a) Neil Komadoski - Peoria + 3 0 1 1 2 Opposing player had four assists...... January 18, 2005 - Colin Murphy (Michigan Tech - 0g, 4a) David Brown - W.B./Scr. @ 18 8-7-1, 2.31, .915 Opposing player had five assists...... January 20, 1996 - Kevin Hilton (Michigan - 0g, 5a) Morgan Cey - Norfolk 1 0-1-0, 3.91, .889

Opposing player had three points...... March 28, 2008 - James vanRiemsdyck (New Hampshire, 0g, 3a) ECHL GP G A PTS PIM Mike Walsh - Dayton 52 11 12 23 53 Opposing player had four points...... January 20, 2006 - Darin Olver (Northern Michigan - 3g, 1a) Jason Paige - Trenton 65 7 13 20 90 Opposing player had five points...... January 27, 2001 - Jeff Hamilton (Yale - 2g, 3a) Josh Sciba - Bakersfield 5 2 0 2 2 Opposing player had six points...... January 11, 1994 - John Gruden (Ferris State - 4g, 3a) - Las Vegas 22 6 1 7 8 Opposing player had seven points...... January 11, 1994 - John Gruden (Ferris State - 4g, 3a) - Dayton < 5 2 0 2 2 Totals 32 10 1 11 12 Opposing goalie made 35+ saves...... March 1, 2008- Riley Gill (Western Michigan, 36 saves, 3-1 win) Tom Sawatske - Dayton ? 39 2 3 5 39 Opposing goalie made 40+ saves...... February 29, 2008 - Riley Gill (Western Michigan, 42 saves, 3-0 loss) - Phoenix 18 1 4 5 8 Opposing goalie made 50+ saves...... November 5, 2004 - Jordan Sigalet (BGSU, 50 saves, 4-4 tie) Totals 57 3 7 10 47 Neil Komadoski - Alaska ^ 5 0 1 1 8 Wes O’Neill - Johnstown $ 4 0 1 1 2 Notre Dame had a penalty shot...... Oct. 27, 2006 - Kevin Deeth (stopped by Army, ND wins, 3-0) David Brown - Wheeling 11 5-5-1, 3.07, .920 ...... Oct. 12, 2001 - Rob Globke (scored vs. Union College, ND loses, 7-4) Morgan Cey - Mississippi $ 38 8-23-3, 4.24, .886 Opp. had a penalty shot...... Feb. 28, 2003 - Vince Bellisimo - WMU (stopped by Morgan Cey, ND loses, 4-2) CHL GP G A PTS PIM Notre Dame swept a two-game series ...... Jan. 25-26, 2008 (vs. Bowling Green, 6-1, 4-1) Michael Bartlett-Arizona 9 2 4 6 2 Notre Dame swept a CCHA series ...... Jan. 25-26, 2008 (vs. Bowling Green, 6-1, 4-1) - Austin # 42 17 26 43 34 Notre Dame swept a road two-game series...... December 7-8, 2007 (at Princeton, 4-2, 7-0) Totals 51 19 30 46 36 Notre Dame swept a CCHA road two-game series ...... February 16-17 (at Alaska, 1-0, 3-2 in ot) England GP G A PTS PIM ...... February 2-3, 20007 (at Bowling Green, 3-2, 2-1) Dan Carlson - Coventry 43 17 44 61 83 Events in bold occurred in 2007-08 season $ loaned to Johnstown - 3/28 % returned to Peoria - 3/21 < acquired from Las Vegas 3/6 * returned to Rochester 2/27 + injured out for season ? traded to Phoenix - 2/6 # acquired on waivers from Arizona - 12/12 @ recalled to W.B./Scranton - 12/5 ^ assigned to Alaska (ECHL) on 11/26 ! recalled to Grand Rapids (AHL) - 11/18 $ loaned to Mississippi (ECHL) - 10/14

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NATIONAL POLLS: 2007-08 Central Collegiate Hockey Assoc. Standings CCHA OVERALL USA TODAY/Amer. Hockey Mag. (March 30) TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA Last 1. Michigan 28 20 4 4 44 108 62 42 33 5 4 166 85 School Record Pts Week 2. Miami 28 21 6 1 43 114 56 42 33 8 1 170 78 1. Michigan (34) 33-5-4 510 1 3. Michigan State 28 19 6 3 41 92 58 42 25 12 5 135 98 2. North Dakota 28-10-4 473 3 4. Notre Dame 28 15 9 4 34 74 57 45 26 15 4 130 92 3. Boston College 23-11-8 439 7 4. Miami 33-8-1 386 2 5. Ferris State 28 12 12 4 28 77 73 39 18 16 5 109 98 5. Notre Dame 26-15-4 372 12 6. Northern Michigan 28 12 13 3 27 76 78 44 20 20 4 116 120 6. New Hampshire 25-10-3 295 4 7. Bowling Green 28 13 15 0 26 73 84 39 18 21 0 105 120 7. Colorado College 28-12-1 289 6 8. Nebraska-Omaha 28 11 13 4 26 87 99 40 17 19 4 125 142 8. Michigan State 25-12-5 283 9 9. Alaska 28 8 16 4 20 60 80 35 9 21 5 80 104 9. Clarkson 22-13-4 252 10 10. Lake Superior 28 7 15 6 20 65 100 37 10 20 7 91 125 10. Denver 26-14-1 244 5 11. Ohio State 28 7 18 3 17 61 93 41 12 25 4 98 136 11. St. Cloud State 19-16-5 124 8 12. Western Michigan 28 4 22 2 10 53 100 38 8 27 3 82 126 12. Princeton 21-14-0 112 13 13. Minnesota 19-17-9 102 11 14. Wisconsin 16-17-7 87 NR LAST WEEK IN THE CCHA 15. Minnesota State 19-16-4 40 14 THIS WEEK IN THE CCHA Receiving votes: Air Force, 24; Boston University, Thursday, April 10 - Frozen Four Friday, March 28 15; Niagara, 12; Ferris State, 9; Harvard, 9; Vermont, (at Denver, Colo.) At East Regional (at Albany, N.Y.) 3. #3 Boston College vs. #2 North Dakota, 4:00 p.m. (CDT) No. 1 Michigan 5, vs. No. 4 Niagara 1 #5 Notre Dame vs. #1 Michigan, 7:00 p.m. (CDT). FINAL USCHO.com /CSTV (March 24) At West Regional (at Colorado Springs, Colo.) Last Saturday, April 12 - Frozen Four No. 4 Notre Dame 7, No. 1 New Hampshire 3 School Record Pts Week No. 3 Michigan State 3, No. 2 Colorado College 1 1. Michigan (50) 31-5-4 1000 1 (at Denver, Colo.) NCAA Championship Game, 5:00 p.m. (CDT) 2. Miami 32-7-1 926 3 Saturday, March 29 3. North Dakota 26-10-4 861 4 At Northeast Regional (at Worcester, Mass.) 4. Denver 26-13-1 818 6 5. New Hampshire 25-9-3 813 5 No. 1 Miami 3, vs. No. 4 Air Force 2 (ot) 6. Colorado College 28-11-1 795 2 7. Boston College 21-11-8 722 8 At East Regional (at Albany, N.Y.) 8. St. Cloud State 19-15-5 601 7 No. 1 Michigan 2, vs. No. 3 Clarkson 0 9. Michigan State 24-11-5 575 9 10. Minnesota 19-16-9 512 12 At West Regional (at Colorado Springs, Colo.) 11. Clarkson 21-12-4 511 10 No. 4 Notre Dame 3, vs. No. 3 Michigan State 1 12. Notre Dame 24-15-4 435 11 13. Princeton 21-13-0 406 15 Sunday, March 30 14. Minnesota State 19-16-4 316 14 At Northeast Regional (at Worcester, Mass.) 15. Boston University 19-17-4 256 13 No. 2 Boston College 4, vs. No. 1 Miami 3 (ot) 16 . Harvard 17-13-4 225 16 17. Wisconsin 15-16-7 205 17 18. Vermont 17-15-7 185 18 19. Niagara 22-10-4 143 19 20. Air Force 21-11-6 71 NR Receiving Votes: Cornell, 39; Northern Michigan, 35; Minnesota-Duluth, 17; Ferris State, 8; Michigan Tech, 8; Massachusetts, 7; Colgate, 5; Quinnipiac, 4; Army, 1.

Inside College Hockey.com (March 30) Last School Record Week 2007-08 Notre Dame Television Schedule 1. Michigan 33-5-4 1 2. North Dakota 28-10-4 2 The Notre Dame hockey team is scheduled to appear on television 14 times during the 2007-08 season. 3. Boston College 23-11-8 7 The Irish will appear 11 times on Comcast Local, twice on CSTV and once on Fox Sports Net - Detroit. 4. Miami 33-8-1 3 Hockey fans should check their local cable and satellite systems for the location of the various networks. 5. Colorado College 28-12-1 4 The entire television schedule for the Irish: 6. Notre Dame 26-15-4 14 7. Michigan State 25-12-5 8 Thursday, October 18 Denver Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 8. New Hampshire 25-10-3 6 Tuesday, October 23 at Bowling Green Comcast Local 7:05 p.m. 9. Denver 26-14-1 5 Thursday, November 1 Lake Superior Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 10. Clarkson 22-13-4 13 Friday, November 2 Lake Superior Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 11. Princeton 21-14-0 11 Saturday, November 17 at Western Michigan Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 12. Minnesota State 19-16-4 10 Saturday, January 5 at Northern Michigan Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 13. St. Cloud State 19-16-5 9 Friday, January 11 at Michigan State FSN-Detroit 7:35 p.m. 14. Minnesota 19-17-9 12 Sunday, January 13 Michigan State CSTV 4:05 p.m. 15. Wisconsin 16-17-7 NR Friday, January 18 at Michigan CSTV 8:05 p.m. 16. Air Force 21-12-6 19 Saturday, January 19 vs. Michigan Comcast Local 7:05 p.m. 17. Harvard 17-13-4 15 (at Auburn Hills, Mich.) 18. Niagara 22-10-4 t17 Friday, January 25 Bowling Green Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 19. Boston University 19-17-4 t17 Friday, February 8 Ferris State Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. 20. Cornell 19-14-3 18 Friday, February 22 Ohio State Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. Friday, February 29 at Western Michigan Comcast Local 7:35 p.m. Bubble-licious: None 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 17 Notre Dame Player Notes 1 Jordan Pearce, Jr., Goaltender 2 Kyle Lawson, So., D • Selected Notre Dame’s Monogram Club Team Most Valuable Player • Selected honorable mention all-CCHA for 2007-08 season. • Winner of Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley’s Rockne Student-Athlete • Scored power-play goal in 7-3 win over New Hampshire; has career highs in Award. goals (5), assists (20) and points (25) this season. • Notre Dame’s CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. • Assisted on Ian Cole’s game-winning goal in 2-1 win in game three of CCHA • Goes into Frozen Four having made 17 consecutive starts since Jan. 25 and is second round playoffs. 8-6-3 with a 1.86 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage. • Scored one goal and added three assists in 6-3 win over Ferris State in game • Won CCHA Top Goaltender Award for lowest goals-against average (1.80) in two of CCHA playoff series; assists (3) and points (4) were career highs. 2007-08. • Returned to the lineup versus Western Michigan (2/29); assisted on Ryan Thang • Set Notre Dame single-season records for games (41) and minutes (2,433:31) power-play goal in 3-1 win versus Broncos (3/1).. played in 2007-08. • Missed both games of the Ohio State series with an upper body injury. • Guided Irish to NCAA West Regional title with 32 saves in 7-3 win over New • Set up Mark Van Guilder’s game-tying goal in 1-1 tie at Alaska (2/16); leads Hampshire and 20 saves in 3-1 win over Michigan State. Irish blueliners in scoring with 3-15-18 and is +10 on the season. • Made 28 saves in 2-1 loss to Miami in CCHA semifinal game; followed with 19 • Set up Ryan Thang game-winning goal in 2-1 win at Alaska (2/15). saves in 2-1 loss in third-place game to Northern Michigan. has made 15 con • Saw scoring streak snapped after six games (1-7-8); had one assist and was +5 secutive starts since Jan. 25 and is 6-6-3 with a 1.82 goals-against average and a in series sweep of Princeton. .925 save percentage. • Ran scoring streak go to five games (1g, 6a) with three assists in weekend series • Made 24 saves in game three of CCHA second round playoff series to lead with Nebraska-Omaha; set up two power-play goals including game winner in Notre Dame to a 2-1 win over Ferris State and a trip to the CCHA Tournament 5-4 win and then assisted on Mark Van Guilder’s game-winning short-handed in Detroit. goal in 5-0 win over the Mavericks. • Won first career playoff game with 22 saves in 6-3 win over Ferris State to even • Named CCHA defenseman of the week for second consecutive week (11/26) series at one game apiece. after scoring a goal and adding three assists in three Irish wins on week. • Made 26 saves in 2-1 loss to Ferris State in game one of second round of CCHA • Recorded three assists in two games of the RPI Tournament; set up game-win playoffs. ning goal in 4-3 championship game win over Rensselaer. • Made 15 saves in 3-1 win against Western Michigan (3/1). • Scored game-winning goal in 2-1 win over Bowling Green (11/20); goal was • Made 20 saves in 3-0 loss at Western Michigan (2/29). his third of the year. • Had 23 saves in the 2-2 tie with Ohio State (2/23). • Named CCHA defensive player of the week after weekend sweep of Western • Had 20 stops in 3-1 loss versus Ohio State (2/22). Michigan; was +2 as Irish limited Broncos to 23 shots in two games. • Made just 13 saves in 1-1 tie with Alaska (2/16). • Had two assists in 4-1 win over Western Michigan (11/16). • Equaled season best with 32 saves in 2-1 win at Alaska (2/15). • Scored game-winning goal via the power play in 4-1 win over Lake Superior • Had 27 saves in 2-2 overtime tie with Ferris State (2/9). (11/2). • Made 31 saves in a 5-3 loss to Ferris State (2/8). • Set up Mark Van Guilder power-play goal in second period of 7-3 win over • Snapped four-game winless streak with a pair of wins versus Bowling Green Lake Superior (11/1). - made 20 saves in 6-1 win on Jan. 25; followed up with 21 saves in 4-1 win at • Scored first goal of the season in 4-3 win over Denver (10/18). Added first Bowling Green (Jan. 26). assist in 3-1 loss on (10/19). • Saw action in both games of Michigan series; took loss on Jan. 18, making 25 • Third team preseason all-American selection by Inside College Hockey.com. saves in 3-2 loss; came on in relief on Jan. 19, making 10 saves in final 23:49 • First team preseason all-CCHA selection by the league’s coaches. of 5-1 loss at The Palace. • Selected second team preseason all-American by College Hockey News.com. • Made 14 saves in 1-1 tie with Michigan State (1/13); lone goal was a ppg. • Lost second consecutive start, making 27 saves in 3-1 loss (eng) at Michigan 3 Brett Blatchford, So., D State (1/11). • Assisted on Ben Ryan goal in 6-3 win over Ferris State (3/15). • Made19 saves in 2-1 loss at Northern Michigan (1/4); one goal came on power • Set up Ryan Thang’s game-tying goal with 38 seconds left in 1-1 tie with play and one with a sixth attacker on delayed penalty. Michgan State (1/13). • Saw seven-game win streak snapped in 4-3 loss to Massachusetts (21 saves) in • Had one assist and was +4 in series sweep at Princeton (12/7-8). first game of Lightning College Hockey Classic (12/29); picked up 14th win of • Set up Ian Cole power-play goal in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha (12/1). the season with 19 saves in 3-1 win over Rensselaer. • Snapped seven-game point drought with an assist in 5-4 win over Nebraska- • Picked up seventh straight win by making 17 saves in 4-2 win at Princeton Omaha (11/30). (12/7). • Named to all-tournament team at 57th annual RPI Holiday Tournament. • Won sixth straight game with 16-save shutout in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha • Picked up fifth assist of the season on Evan Rankin power-play goal in 4-1 win (12/1); shutout is second of season and fourth of career. over Lake Superior (11/2). • Recorded 14 saves in picking up 11th win of the year, a 5-4 victory over • Assisted on Evan Rankin goal in 3-2 win at Ferris State (10/26). Nebraska-Omaha (11/30). • Recorded assists on Mark Van Guilder power-play goals in loss to Wisconsin • Came up with 15 saves in 4-3 won over Rensselaer in RPI Tournament (10/12) and win over Mercyhurst (10/13). Championship game. • Made 27 saves to record third straight win and ninth of the season in 2-1 vic tory 4 Dan VeNard, Sr., D over Bowling Green (11/20). • Winner of Notre Dame’s Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches Award • Won eighth game of the year at Western Michigan, making 10 saves in the 5-1 • Selected as the winner of the CCHAs Terry Flanagan Memorial Award for win over the Broncos. perseverance, dedication and courage. • Had 11 saves in his seventh win of the season, a 4-1 victory over Western • Has career highs in goals (5), assists (7) and points (12). Michigan. • Helped set up Christian Hanson goal in 2-1 loss to Northern Michigan. • Made 32 saves in 3-1 loss at Miami (11/10). • Had one assist in 6-3 win over Ferris State in game two of CCHA playoffs. • Made 32 saves in knocking off No. 1 ranked Miami, 2-1 (11/9) for career-best • Helped set up Mark Van Guilder’s game-tying power-play goal in 1-1 tie with sixth win of the season. Alaska. • Won fifth game with 12 saves in 7-3 win over Lake Superior (11/1). • One of 22 nominees for the 2008 College Hockey Humanitarian Award. • Made season-high 32 saves in 3-0 loss to Ferris State (10/27); two goals were • Selected CCHA defenseman of the week for two-goal, two-assist weekend at SHG and one was ENG. Princeton; had a career-best, three-point game (2g, 1a) in 7-0 win on Dec. 8. • Won second consecutive game and tied a career-high with fourth win of the • Third goal of the season came on power play at RPI Tournament and tied season, making 25 saves in a 3-2 victory at Ferris State (10/26). championship game, 3-3 in third period. • Won third game of the season at Bowling Green (10/23), making 18 saves. • Scored second goal of the season, the game winner in 4-1 victory over Western • Made fourth consecutive start in 3-1 loss to Denver (10/19). Made 25 saves to Michigan (11/16). follow 17-save game in 4-3 win over Pioneers on Oct. 18. • Snapped a 25-game goal less streak with first goal of the season in 7-3 win over • Recorded third career shutout, making 25 saves in a 4-0 win over Mercyhurst Lake Superior (11/1). Goal was first since 3/3/06. (10/13); shutout was his third in 11 career starts. • Will serve as one of team’s alternate captains in 2007-08. • Made first start of the season versus Wisconsin (10/12), giving up four goals on • Serves as president of Notre Dame’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 25 shots in 4-1 loss. (SAAC). 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 18 Notre Dame Player Notes 5 Teddy Ruth, Fr., D 11 Erik Condra, Jr., RW • Winner of Notre Dame’s Rookie of the Year Award. • Winner of Notre Dame’s offensive player of the year award. • Scored the third-period insurance goal in Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Michigan • Injured left knee in first period of game three versus Ferris State and is out for State in NCAA West Regional. the remainder of the season. • Second on the team with a +15 through 45 games this season. • Had a goal and two assists for three points in 6-3 win over Ferris State in game • Saw his NHL rights traded at the deadline (2/26) by the Washington Capitals to two of CCHA playoffs; goal was career-best 15th and equaled his career best the Columbus Blue Jackets for Sergei Federov. with fourth game winner; eighth multiple-point game of the season. • Picked up second assist of the season on a Brock Sheahan goal in 5-3 loss to • Matched career high with 14th goal in 3-1 win over Western Michigan (3/1); Ferris State (2/8). goal was his third game winner of the season. • Returned to the lineup at Michigan State (1/11) after missing five games due to • Scored 13th goal of the season in the 2-2 tie with Ohio State (2/23); goal an injury. equaled his career high for power-play goals (4). • Scored first goal, first assist and first multiple-point game in 5-0 win over • Recorded eighth multiple-point game of the season with a goal and an assist Nebraska-Omaha (12/1). versus Ferris State (2/8); leads Irish in scoring with 12g, 21a, 33 pts. • Had three points (1 goal, 2 assists) in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (1/25); leads 9 Ryan Thang, So., LW Irish in scoring with 11 goals and 19 assists for 30 points. • Had a goal and two assists in 7-3 win over New Hampshire in the NCAA West • Assisted on lone goal in 3-1 loss at Michigan State. Regional. • Selected to all-tournament team at Lightning College Hockey Classic with two • Assisted on two goals in 6-3 win over Ferris State in game two of CCHA play goals and one assist for three points; had a goal and an assist in 3-1 win over offs for fifth multiple-point game of season. Rensselaer (12/30). • Scored first Irish goal of the weekend with a first-period power-play goal in 3-1 • Scored a short-handed goal (third of season) and eventual game winner in 4-2 win over Western Michigan (3-1); goal was team-high 16th of the year. win at Princeton on Dec. 7; added an assist in 7-0 win on Dec. 8. • Scored 15th goal of the season and fifth game winner at 14:49 of third period in • Saw point streak stopped after six games (3-7-10) in 5-0 win over Nebraska- 2-1 win at Alaska (2/15). Omaha (12/1). • Assisted on a pair of goals in 5-3 loss to Ferris State; first multiple-assist game • Has now scored in five straight games (2-6-8) after recording three assists in of the year. two games at R.P.I. Tournament; named to all-tournament team. • Had first three-point game of the season with two power-play goals and an as- • Ran scoring streak to three straight games (2-3-5) with assist on Kyle Lawson’s sist in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (Jan. 25). game winner versus Bowling Green (11/20). • Scored game-tying goal with 38 seconds left in 1-1 tie with Michigan State • Had second consecutive two-point game (1g, 1a) in 5-1 win over Western (1/13). Michigan; goal was second short-handed goal of season. • Assisted on lone goal in 3-1 loss at Michigan State (1/11). • Snapped two-game scoreless streak with a goal and an assist in 4-1 win over • Had a goal (11th) and two assists in Lightning College Hockey Classic; goal Western Michigan; 20th multiple-point game of career. was game winner in 3-1 win over Rensselaer, his team-best 4th of the year. • Scored once in 4-1 win over Lake Superior (11/2); had six-point weekend • Rang up 10th goal of the season with a short-handed goal in 5-0 win over Ne (3g,3a) in Irish sweep. braska-Omaha (12/1); first short-handed goal of the year and second of career. • Had second career five-point game (2g, 3a) in 7-3 win over Lake Superior • Named tournament MVP at the 57th Annual RPI Holiday Tournament; had two (11/1); 19th multiple-point game and third multiple-goal game of career. goals and one assist in two Notre Dame wins; scored game-winning goals in • Scored unassisted, short-handed goal in 4-2 win over Bowling Green; goal was both games over Alabama-Huntsville and R.P.I. second short-handed tally of his career. • Notched first assist of the season on game-winning goal versus Bowling Green • Assisted on goals by Ryan Thang in both games of Denver series (10/18-19) (11/20). • Serves as alternate team captain on 2007-08 team. • Scored in second consecutive game against Western Michigan (a ppg) to tie him • Second team preseason all-CCHA selection by league’s coaches. for team lead with seven goals. • Opened the scoring with his sixth goal of the season in 4-1 win over Western 12 Stewart Carlin, So., RW/D Michigan (11/16). • First career point was a big one as he set up Christian Hanson’s goal, the • Picked up fifth goal of the season (ppg) in 7-3 win over Lake Superior (11/1). go-ahead goal that gave the Irish a 3-2 lead on the way to the 7-3 win over New • Scored his fourth goal of the season (GWG) at Ferris State; seventh GWG of Hampshire in the NCAA West Regional. his career. • Assisted on Garrett Regan goal in 2-1 overtime exhibition win over U.S. • Had three-game point and goal streak stopped at Bowling Green (10/23). Under-18 Team (2/1). • Ran point and goal-scoring streak to three games (3g, 0a) with goals in each • Has played in five consecutive games since Dec. 29 with no points and an even game of Denver series. Second goal of season gave Irish a 3-2 lead in 4-3 win plus/minus. on Oct. 18. Scored on the power play in 3-1 loss to Pioneers (10/19). • Played in first collegiate game on Oct. 19 versus Denver. Picked up one • Scored first goal of the season on the power play in 4-0 win versus Mercyhurst. penalty for two minutes. • Second team preseason all-CCHA selection by the league’s coaches. 14 Brock Sheahan, Sr., D 10 Justin White, Jr., C • Winner of Notre Dame’s William Donald Nyrop Defensive Player of the Year • Set up Teddy Ruth’s insurance goal in West Regional championship game, a Award; leads team with a +23 this season. 3-1 win over Michigan State. • Selected to all-tournament team at NCAA West Regional. • Missed first two games of second round playoff series with Ferris State due to • Scored first goal of the season and first multi-point game (1g, 1a) versus Ferris illness but returned for game three to set up Dan Kissel goal. State (2/8). • Set up two Ben Ryan power-play goals in 4-1 win over Bowling Green (1/26). • Selected CCHA defenseman of the week versus Bowling Green; had one assist • Fourth goal of the season gave Irish a 2-0 lead at Michigan on 1/18. in each game, was +3 in the series and had three blocked shots in series. • Scored third goal of the season in 4-2 win at Princeton (12/7); goal came at • Had one assist and was +4 in weekend series with Princeton; set up Dan Kissel 18:29 of second period and snapped a 1-1 tie. short-handed goal in 7-0 win on Dec. 8. • Second goal of the year came versus R.P.I. (11/24) and helped Irish rally from a • Assisted on Christian Hanson goal in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha (12/1). 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 win. • Has six assists in team’s first 18 games of the season. • Scored first goal of the season (the game winner) in 5-1 win atWestern Michi • Serves as alternate captain for 2007-08 Notre Dame hockey team. gan (11/17). • Set up Ryan Thang goal in 4-1 win over Western Michigan (11/16). • Recorded two assists in the 4-2 win over Bowling Green (10/23); fourth muti- 15 Christiaan Minella, So., RW point game of his career. • Helped set up Christian Hanson goal in 2-1 loss to Northern Michigan in third place game at CCHA Tournament. • Picked up first point of the season when he assisted on JustinWhite goal on Nov. 24 in 4-3 win over R.P.I. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 19 Notre Dame Player Notes 16 Dan Kissel, So., LW • Scored 10th goal of the season and fourth on the power-play in 6-3 win over • Winner of Notre Dame’s Most Improved Player Award. Ferris State in game two of CCHA playoffs; extended scoring streak to three • Had highlight-reel, unassisted, game-winning goal in 7-3 win over New Hamp games (2g, 1a). shire; has career highs in goals (9), assists (13) and points (22). • Scored Notre Dame’s only goal in 2-1 loss to Ferris State in game one of • Set up Evan Rankin goal in CCHA semifinal game with Miami. second round CCHA playoff series; snapped an eight-game goal-less drought • Scored first goal of the game in 2-1win over Ferris State in game three of with first goal since 1/26. CCHA playoffs. • Snapped seven-game pointless skid with an assist in 3-1 win over Western • Scored game-tying goal in 2-2 tie with Ohio State (2/23). Michigan (3/1). • Assisted on Evan Rankin goal in 3-1 loss to Ohio State. • Named CCHA rookie of the week after four-point weekend after sweep of • Recorded one assist in each game of weekend series against Bowling Green. Bowling Green; had one assist in 6-1 win on Jan. 25; followed with career- • Set up lone Irish goal in 5-1 loss to Michigan on Jan. 19. high three-point game (2 ppg, 1 assist) in 4-1 win on Jan. 26. • Had a goal and an assist in Northern Michigan series; set up Christian Hanson • Snapped an eight-game goal-less drought with lone goal in 5-1 loss to Michigan game winner in 2-1 win on Jan. 5; has three goals and four assists in last six on Jan. 19. games. • Scored fifth goal of the season in 4-2 win over Princeton, assisted onVeNard’s • Assisted on Evan Rankin goal in 3-1 win over Rensselaer (12/30). game-winning goal in 7-0 win; was +2 on the weekend. • Turned in career-best four-point weekend (2g, 2a) in 7-0 win over Princeton • Had a goal (4th) and an assist in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 23. (12/8); scored first short-handed goal of year and second of career in that game. • Picked up third goal of the year in 2-1 win over Bowling Green (11/20). • Third goal of the year gave Irish a 4-3 lead in 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha • Assisted on Ryan Thang goal in 4-1 win over Western Michigan (11/16). on Nov. 30. • Scored second goal of the season to give Irish a 2-0 lead in 3-2 win at Ferris • Had one assist in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville (11/23) at R.P.I. Tourna State (10/26). ment. • Picked up a pair of assists in 4-2 win at Bowling Green (10/23) for second • Picked up second goal of the season in 5-1 win over Western Michigan (11/17). multiple-point game of carreer. • Assisted on Dan VeNard game-winning goal versus Western Michigan (11/16). • Scored first career goal in 4-3 win over Denver (10/18). Goal came on the • Scored first goal of the season and game winner in 2-1 win over No. 1 ranked power play and was the game winner. Miami (11/9). • Had first multiple-point game of his career with two assists in 4-0 win over • Set up Ryan Thang game-winning goal in 3-2 victory at Ferris State (10/26). Mercyhurst (10/13). • Saw first action of the season in 3-1 loss to Denver (10/19) after sitting out first • Recorded first collegiate point with an assist on Mark Van Guilder power-play three games of season with an injury. goal in 4-1 loss to Wisconsin (10/12).

17 Robin Bergman, Fr., LW 20 Luke Lucyk, Jr., D • Left the team on Jan. 14 to return to Cedar Rapids in the USHL. • Selected to the all-tournament team at the Lightning College Hockey Classic; • Picked up an assist on Christian Hanson goal in 4-3 loss to Massachusetts scored first goal of the season and first since Feb. 4, 2005 in 4-3 loss to (12/29). Massachusetts (12/29). • Had one assist in series sweep of Princeton (12/7-8). • Picked up first assist of the season in 7-0 win over Princeton (12/8). • Set up Christian Hanson goal in 2-1 win over No. 1 Miami (11/9). • Saw first action of the year and first since returning to the Irish in the 4-2 win at • Assisted on Erik Condra goal in 4-1 win over Lake Superior (11/2). Bowling Green. • Scored first collegiate goal and first multiple-point game of career with two points (1g, 1a) in 7-3 win over Lake Superior (11/1). 21 Kevin Deeth, So., C • Picked up first collegiate point with an assist on Evan Rankin’s game-winning • Scored empty-net goal in 7-3 win over New Hampshire in NCAA West Re goal at Bowling Green. gional. • Along with teammate Calle Ridderwall was one of the first two Swedish players • Assisted on Ben Ryan goal in 2-1 loss to Ferris State in game one of second to play at Notre Dame. round CCHA playoff series. • Scored on the power play for eighth goal (4th ppg) of the season vs. Ferris State 18 Evan Rankin, Sr., RW (2/8). • Scored career-best eighth goal of the season to give Irish a 1-0 lead with 4:30 • Scored short-handed, empty-net goal (7th of year) in 4-1 win at Bowling Green left in the game in overtime loss to Miami in CCHA semifinals; also has caree\\\ (1/26). highs in assists (11) and points (19). • Scored unassisted goal (6th of the season) in 3-2 loss at Michigan. • Assisted on Ben Ryan’s goal in 2-1 loss to Ferris State in game one of second • Picked up fifth goal of the season in 3-1 loss at Michigan State (1/11); goal was round playoff series. his second in as many games. • Snapped a 12-game goal-less drought with lone Notre Dame goal in a 3-1 loss • Scored fourth goal of the season in 2-1 win at Northern Michigan (1/5). to Ohio State (2/22); • Saw three-game goal streak snapped in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha (12/1) • Had one goal and one assist in the Lightning College Hockey Classic; goal but ran point streak to four (3-2-5) with an assist on Van Guilder short-handed came in 3-1 win over Rensselaer (12/30); now has career highs in goals (6), goal. assists (6) and points (12). • Had third consecutive game with a power-play goal in 5-4 win over Nebraska- • Had career-best three-point game (1g, 2a) in 7-0 win over Princeton (12/7). Omaha; for second straight game, goal started Irish comeback after trailing 3-0. • Assisted on Dan Kissel goal in 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha (11/30). • Scored power-play goals in back-to-back wins over Alabama-Huntsville (4-1) • Had a goal and an assist in the weekend series with Miami; scored lone goal and R.P.I. (4-3) at the R.P.I. Tournament; goals were first two of the year. (fourth of season) in 3-1 loss on Nov. 10. • Had assists in back-to-back games versus Western Michigan (11/17). • Third goal of the season came on the power play in 4-1 win over Lake Superior • Set up Dan VeNard game-winning goal versus Western Michigan (11/16). (11/2). • Recorded first three-assist game of his career in 7-3 win over Lake Superior • Scored in second consecutive game at Ferris State (10/26); was the Perani Cup (11/1). first star of the game for second game in a row. • First goal of the season was the game winner in 4-2 win at Bowling Green 22 Calle Ridderwall, Fr., LW (10/23) and was the Perani Cup first star of the game. • Picked up third goal of the season when he opened the scoring with a first-pe riod goal in 6-3 win over Ferris State in game two of CCHA second round 19 Ben Ryan, Fr., C series. • Had one assist in each game of NCAA regionals; set up Ian Cole power-play • Scored second goal of the season in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (1/25). marker in 7-3 win over New Hampshire; set up Mark Van Guilder’s game win- • Assisted on Justin White goal in 3-2 loss at Michigan (Jan. 18). ner in 3-1 win over Michigan State. • Scored first career goal in 5-1 win over Western Michigan (11/17); goal tied • Recorded 14th assist of the season on Evan Rankin goal in 2-1 overtime loss to game at 1-1 in first period. Miami in CCHA third-place game. • First player from Sweden to play at Notre Dame. • Set up Ian Cole’s game-winning goal in 2-1 win over Ferris State in game three of second round series. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 20 Notre Dame Player Notes 23 Mark Van Guilder, Sr., C 27 Ryan Guentzel, Fr., RW • One of 10 finalists for the 2008 Lowes Senior Class Award. • Set up Dan Kissel’s game-tying goal in 2-2 tie with Ohio State (2/23). • All-Tournament Team selection and Most Outstanding Player of NCAA West • Assisted on Brock Sheahan goal in 5-3 loss to Ferris State (2/8). Regional; had one goal and three assists in two games; scored game winner • Assisted on Calle Ridderwall goal in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (1/25) for versus Michigan State (3/29) to send Irish to Frozen Four; collected three assists second assist of season. in win over New Hampshire. • Recorded first collegiate point with an assist on Justin White goal in 3-2 loss at • Owns Notre Dame record for consecutive games and games played (161); has Michigan. never missed a game in his career. • Became Notre Dame’s all-time “Iron Man” by playing in his 154th consecutive game in 3-1 win over Western Michigan (3/1); scored his 11th goal of the year, 28 Ian Cole, Fr., D and career-best seventh on the power play in win. • Honorable mention CCHA all-rookie team for 2007-08. • Snapped 12-game goal-less drought with game-tying power-play goal in 1-1 tie • Got the Irish on the scoreboard versus New Hampshire with a first-period at Alaska. power-play goal; goal was his fourth of the postseason. • Had three-point game (1 goal, 2 assists ) in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (1/25); • Scored third goal of the weekend, getting the game-winning goal in 2-1 win goal snapped 10-game goal-less drought. over Ferris State in game three of second round series; was named first star of • Had three assists in series sweep of Princeton; had two assists and seven shots game two and three in the series. on goal in 4-2 win on Dec. 7; added one assist in 7-0 win on Dec. 8. • Had career-high two-goal, three-point game in 6-3 win over Ferris State in • Scored game-winning goal with first short-handed goal of the season in 5-0 win game two of CCHA playoff series; third multiple-point game in last six games. over Nebraska-Omaha (12/1); short-handed tally was second of career. • Picked up second two-point game in as many weeks with two assists in 3-1 win • Set up Garrett Regan’s game-winning goal with 2:06 left in contest in 5-4 win over Western Michigan (3-1). over Nebraska-Omaha. • Recorded first multiple-point game of his career (two assists) in 2-2 overtime tie • Had two assists in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 23. with Ohio State (2/23). • Snapped two-game point-less drought with a goal and an assist in 4-1 win over • Scored fourth goal of the season and second on the power play in the 2-2 tie Western Michigan (11/16). against Ferris State (2/9). • Assisted on one goal in 4-1 win over Lake Superior (11/2); finished series with • Scored first goal since Dec. 1 and third of the season plus game winner in 4-1 five points (2g, 3a). win over Bowling Green (1/26). • Had second four-point game (2g, 2a) of career in 7-3 win over Lake Superior • Returned to the Notre Dame lineup against Michigan State (1/11) after playing (11/1); one goal came on power play and one was game winner (second of for the U.S. Junior National Team for 2008 World Junior Championships in the year). Czech Republic from Dec. 26-Jan. 5; played in all six games with five shots on • Scored fourth goal of the season (3rd on power play) in 4-2 win at Bowling goal and six PIM. Green (10/23) • Picked up one assist in 7-0 win over Princeton (12/8). • Named CCHA offensive player of the week for week ending Oct. 14 after scor • Scored third-period power-play goal in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha (12/1). ing three goals in the Lefty McFadden Invitational. • Scored first goal of the season in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville (11/23); • Scored a pair of goals (one ppg, one game winner) in 4-0 win over Mercyhurst named to all-tournament team at 57th Annual R.P.I. Holiday Tournament. (10/13). • Assisted on Evan Rankin goal in 3-1 loss at Miami for third assist of year. • Opened the 2007-08 season with a power-play goal in 4-1 loss to Wisconsin • Picked up second assist of the season in 7-3 win over Lake Superior (11/1). (10/12). • Recorded first collegiate point, picking up first assist on Garrett Regan power- • Selected team captain of the 2007-08 Notre Dame hockey team. play goal in 4-3 win over Denver (10/19).

24 Brian D’Arcy, Sr., RW 30 Brad Phillips, Fr., Goaltender • Has played in two postseason games for the Irish, one in Ferris State series and • Made fifth start of career versus Michigan (1/19); gave up four goals in 35:16 (15 in CCHA semifinal game against Miami. saves) in 5-1 loss to Wolverines; first loss of collegiate career. • Made second start of the season in 3-1 win over Western Michigan (3/1) on • Recorded fourth consecutive win with 16 saves in 4-1 win at Northern Michigan (1/5). Senior Night. • Recorded fourth consecutive win with 16 saves in 4-1 win at Northern Michigan (1/5). • Played in first game of the season versus Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 23. • Made 24 saves in 7-0 shutout of Princeton on Dec. 8; shutout was first of career and win was third of the season. • Recorded second win of the season, making 13 saves in 4-1 win over Alabama 25 Christian Hanson, Jr., C Huntsville on Nov. 23. • Selected to all-tournament team at NCAA West Regional; tied for team lead in • Made first collegiate start versus Lake Superior State (11/2); made 16 saves in scoring with three goals and one assist; scored once and added an assist in 3-1 picking up first career win, a 4-1 victory. win over Michigan State; had two goals in 7-3 win over New Hampshire; has career highs in goals (13), assists (9) and points (22). • Scored his 10th goal of the season in 2-1 loss to Northern Michigan (3/22). 31 Tom O’Brien, So., Goaltender • Set up lone goal in 3-1 loss to Ohio State (2/22). • Made first appearance of career in exhibition game against U.S. Under-18 Team; • Picked up ninth goal, unassisted, in 2-2 tie with Ferris State (2/9). played final 22:05, making seven saves and got the win in 2-1 overtime victory. • Scored eighth goal of the season in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (1/25). • Scored game-winning goal in 2-1 win over Northern Michigan (1/5). 33 Garrett Regan, Jr., LW • Had a goal and two assists for three points at Lightning College Hockey Clas • Recorded assists in each game of the NCAA West Regional with both coming sic; had a goal and an assist in 4-3 loss to Massachusetts (12/29); followed with on Christian Hanson goals. an assist in 3-1 win over Rensselaer (12/30); has career highs in assists (6) and • Snapped 12-game goal less drought with a power-play goal in 2-1 win at Alaska points (12). (2/15). • Had a goal and an assist in 7-0 win over Princeton (12/8); third multiple-point • Had a goal and an assist in 2-1 overtime win against U.S. Under-18 Team in game of his career. exhibition action on February 1. • Scored second goal of he weekend and fourth of season in 5-0 win versus • Picked up an assist in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (1/25). Nebraska-Omaha (12/1). • Scored once in each game of the Princeton series sweep; scored game-tying • Had second multiple-point game (1g, 1a) of career in 5-4 win over Nebraska- goal in first period of 4-2 win on Dec. 7; scored fifth goal of the game in 7-0 win Omaha (11/30). on Dec. 8. • Scored in second consecutive game, getting first goal of night in 2-1 win over • Had game-winning goal and an assist in 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha (11/30). No. 1 Miami (11/9). • Returned to Notre Dame lineup on 11/24 after missing four games with an • Scored first goal of the season short-handed in 4-1 win over Lake Superior State injury suffered on 11/10 at Miami. (11/2); first short-handed goal of his career. • Recorded third goal of the season in 4-2 win at Bowling Green (10/23). • Collected first point of the season on Ben Ryan goal at Ferris State (10/26). • Had a goal and an assist in 4-3 win over Denver (10/18). Goal came on the power play and was first of the game. Set-up Ben Ryan’s game winner in the third. • Scored first goal of the season in 4-0 win over Mercyhurst (10/13). 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 21 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Box Scores Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 – at Dayton, Ohio Friday, Oct. 19, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Lefty McFadden Invitational 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 - F #5/#5 Denver 1 0 2 - 3 Lake Superior 1 1 1 - 3 #14/#15 Wisconsin 1 0 3 - 4 #11/#11 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 #13/#14 Notre Dame 2 4 1 - 7 #7/#8 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 1st Period 1st Period 1st Period DU – Chris Nutini 1 (Rhett Rakhshani), 15:55. ND – Ryan Thang 5 (Mark Van Guilder, Erik Condra), PPG, 10:43; UW - Josh Engel 1 (Matt Ford, Davis Drewiske), 15:05. 2nd Period LSSU – Nathan Perkovich 4 (Zac MacVoy), PPG, 12:20; ND – Dan 2nd Period ND – Ryan Thang 3 (Erik Condra, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 10:55. VeNard 1 (Ian Cole, Kevin Deeth), 18:22. ND – Mark Van Guilder 1 (Ben Ryan, Brett Blatchford), PPG, 3rd Period 2nd Period 2:20. DU– Anthony Maiani 2 (Rakhshani, Patrick Mullen), 12:24; DU ND – Robin Bergman 1 (Condra), 00:17; ND – Van Guilder 5 3rd Period – Tom May 1 (Brock Trotter, Andrew Thomas), ENG, 19:43. (Condra), 4:20; LSSU – Rick Schofield 1 (Steven Oleksy), 8:08; UW – Aaron Bendickson 1 (Drewiske, Cody Goloubef), 10:32; UW Saves: ND – Condra 2 (Van Guilder, Kevin Deeth), PPG, 14:47; ND – Tom Gorowsky 1 (Drewiske, John Mitchell), 13:31; UW – Kyle DU – Peter Mannino (60:00) 1 - 8 - 10 - 19 – Van Guilder 6 (Kyle Lawson, Deeth), PPG, 16:19. Turris 1 (Michael Davies, Ben Street), PPG, 19:35. ND – Jordan Pearce (58:58) 10 - 8 - 7 - 25 3rd Period Saves Power Play: DU: 0-6; ND: 1-5. ND– Condra 3 (Bergman), 00:40; LSSU – Josh Sim 1 (Troy UW – Shane Connelly (60:00) 3 - 11 - 9 – 23 Penalties: DU: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 8 for 16 minutes. Schwab), 8:28. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 12 - 4 - 5 – 21 Attendance: 2,763 (sellout) Saves: Power Play: UW: 1-3; ND: 1-7. LSSU – Pat Inglis (60:00) 9 - 12 - 6 - 27 Penalties: UW: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 3 for 6 minutes ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 3 - 2 - 7 - 12 Attendance: 2,100 Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007 – at Bowling Green, Ohio Power Play: LSSU: 1-4; ND: 3-5. 1 2 3 - F Penalties: LSSU: 5 for 21 minutes; ND: 5 for 10 minutes. Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007 – at Dayton, Ohio #12/#12 Notre Dame 1 2 1 - 4 Attendance: 2,117 Lefty McFadden Invitational - 3rd-Place Game Bowling Green 1 1 0 - 2 1 2 3 - F 1st Period Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Mercyhurst 0 0 0 - 0 BGSU – Dan Sexton 1 (Derek Whitmore, Todd McIlrath), 14:51; ND 1 2 3 - F #7/#8 Notre Dame 0 3 1 - 4 – Mark Van Guilder 4 (Brock Sheahan, Ben Ryan), PPG, 17:43. Lake Superior 0 1 0 - 1 1st Period 2nd Period #13/#14 Notre Dame 1 1 2 - 4 No Scoring. BGSU – Whitmore 3 (Sexton, Kevin Schmidt), 1:50; ND – Gar- 1st Period 2nd Period rett Regan 3 (Ryan, Justin White), 2:51; ND – Evan Rankin 1 ND – Christian Hanson 1 (Dan Kissel), SHG, 19:19. ND – Mark Van Guilder 2 (Ben Ryan, Brett Blatchford), PPG, (White, Robin Bergman), 18:46. 2nd Period 2:46; ND – Ryan Thang 1 (Erik Condra, Kevin Deeth), PPG, 3rd Period ND – Kyle Lawson 2 (Kevin Deeth, Mark Van Guilder), PPG, 5:48; ND –Garrett Regan 1 (Ryan), 16:56. ND– Erik Condra 1 (unassisted), SHG, 4:35. 4:54; LSSU – Nathan Perkovich 5 (Matt Cowie, Troy Schwab), 3rd Period Saves: PPG, 16:24. ND– Van Guilder 3 (Brock Sheahan), 00:20. ND – Jordan Pearce (59:17) 6 - 2 - 10 - 18 3rd Period Saves: DU – Peter Mannino (60:00) 7 - 16 - 4 - 27 ND– Erik Condra 4 (Robin Bergman), 9:35; ND – Evan Rankin 3 MC – Ryan Zapolski (60:00) 17 - 8 - 8 - 33 Power Play: ND: 1-8; BGSU: 0-5. (Brett Blatchford, Ben Ryan), PPG, 12:22. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 10 - 12 - 3 - 25 Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 minutes; BGSU: 9 for 29 minutes. Saves: Power Play: MC: 0-5; ND: 2-8. Attendance: 2,424 LSSU – Brian Mahoney-Wilson (60:00) 7 - 9 - 16 - 32 Penalties: MC: 9 for 18 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes. ND – Brad Phillips (60:00) 4 - 8 - 4 - 16 Attendance: 2,237 Power Play: LSSU: 1-7; ND: 2-5. Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 – at Big Rapids, Michigan Penalties: LSSU: 6 for 12 minutes; ND: 8 for 27 minutes. 1 2 3 - F Attendance: 2,857 (sellout) Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. #12/#12 Notre Dame 1 0 2 - 3 1 2 3 - F Ferris State 0 0 2 - 2 #5/#5 Denver 2 0 1 - 3 1st Period Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 – at Oxford, Ohio #11/#11 Notre Dame 1 2 1 - 4 ND – Evan Rankin 2 (Brett Blatchford), 7:23. 1 2 3 - F 1st Period 2nd Period #12/#12 Notre Dame 2 0 0 - 2 DU – Kyle Ostrow 2 (Tom May), 1:43; ND – Garrett Regan 2 (Ian No Scoring. #1/#1 Miami 0 1 0 - 1 Cole, Brett Blatchford), PPG, 18:10; DU – Tyler Bozak 1 (Brock 3rd Period 1st Period Trotter, Chris Butler), 19:15. ND– Ben Ryan 2 (Brock Sheahan, Christian Hanson), 1:41; ND ND – Christian Hanson 2 (Robin Bergman, Brock Sheahan), 9:50; 2nd Period – Ryan Thang 4 (Dan Kissel), 2:55; FSU – Corey Couturier 1 ND – Dan Kissel 1 (Evan Rankin), 16:11. ND – Kyle Lawson 1 (Kevin Deeth), 12:27; ND – Ryan Thang 2 (Aaron Lewicki, Scott Wietcha), 10:31; FSU – Couturier 2 (Evan 2nd Period (Erik Condra, Brock Sheahan), PPG, 17:48. Case, Matt Case), EX, 19:04. MU – Nathan Davis 1 (Justin Vaive, Alexandre Lacombe), 2:25. 3rd Period Saves: 3rd Period ND– Ben Ryan 1 (Regan), 7:23; DU – Trotter 2 (unassisted), ND – Jordan Pearce (59:56) 7 - 8 - 10 - 25 No Scoring. 7:55. FSU – Pat Nagle (58:45) 14 - 11 - 6 - 31 Saves: Saves: Power Play: ND: 0-6; FSU: 0-5. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 11 - 11 - 10 - 32 DU – Peter Mannino (58:11) 5 - 7 - 2 - 14 Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 minutes; FSU: 7 for 22 minutes. MU – Jeff Zatkoff (59:06) 10 - 3 - 5 - 18 ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 9 - 3 - 5 - 17 Attendance: 1,279 Power Play: ND: 0-3; MU: 0-5. Power Play: DU: 0-5; ND: 2-4. Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; MU: 3 for 6 minutes. Penalties: DU: 6 for 12 minutes; ND: 7 for 14 minutes. Attendance: 3,642 (sellout) Attendance: 2,413 Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 – at Big Rapids, Michigan 1 2 3 - F #12/#12 Notre Dame 0 0 0 - 0 Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 – at Oxford, Ohio Ferris State 1 0 2 - 3 1 2 3 - F 1st Period #12/#12 Notre Dame 0 0 1 - 1 FSU – Matt Frank 1 (Matt Case), SHG, 16:07. #1/#1 Miami 2 1 0 - 3 2nd Period 1st Period No Scoring. MU – Ninu Musitelli 5 (Mitch Ganzak, Nathan Davis), PPG, 6:26; 3rd Period MU – 5 (Justin Mercier, Carter Camper), 17:44. FSU– Justin Menke 1 (M. Case), SHG, 6:56; FSU – Adam Miller 2nd Period 1 (Aaron Lewicki), ENG, 17:46. MU – Pat Cannone 1 (Alec Martinez, Brian Kaufman), 4:47. Saves: 3rd Period ND – Jordan Pearce (58:22) 6 - 14 - 12 - 32 ND – Evan Rankin 4 (Ian Cole), 2:13. FSU – Mitch O’Keefe (59:57) 9 - 10 - 18 - 37 Saves: Power Play: ND: 0-10; FSU: 0-5. ND – Jordan Pearce (58:40) 14 - 15 - 3 - 32 Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; FSU: 11 for 22 minutes. MU – Jeff Zatkoff (60:00) 4- 14 - 9 - 27 Attendance: 1,458 Power Play: ND: 0-4; MU: 1-4. Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; MU: 5 for 10 minutes. Attendance: 3,642 (sellout) 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 22 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Box Scores Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 – at Troy, New York Friday, Dec. 7, 2007 – at Princeton, N.J. 1 2 3 - F 57th Annual Rensselaer Holiday Tournament 1 2 3 - F Western Michigan 1 0 0 - 1 1 2 3 - F #6/#6 Notre Dame 1 1 2 - 4 #11/#10 Notre Dame 1 3 0 - 4 #9/#9 Notre Dame 0 2 2 - 4 Princeton 1 0 1 - 2 1st Period nr/#16 Rensselaer 2 1 0 - 3 1st Period ND – Ryan Thang 6 (Ben Ryan, Justin White), 10:41; WMU – Mike 1st Period PR – Erik Pridham 1 (Kevin Kaiser, Cam Ritchie), PPG, 11:28; ND Lesperance 1 (Tyler Ludwig), 19:02. RPI – Chase Polacek 3 (Andrei Uryadov, Jake Morissette), 5:34; RPI – Garrett Regan 5 (Mark Van Guilder, Dan VeNard), 14:41. 2nd Period – Tyler Helfrich 3 (Matt Angers-Goulet, Polachek), 8:00. 2nd Period ND – Dan VeNard 2 (Kevin Deeth, Dan Kissel), 2:16; ND – Erik 2nd Period ND – Justin White 3 (Calle Ridderwall, Brett Blatchford), 18:29. Condra 5 (Mark Van Guilder, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 16:48; ND RPI – Jonathan Ornelas 4 (Helfrich, Polachek), 5:30; ND – Kevin 3rd Period – Van Guilder 7 (Lawson, Condra), PPG, 18:52. Deeth 2 (Erik Condra, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 8:16; ND – Justin White ND – Erik Condra 8 (Kyle Lawson, Kevin Deeth), SHG, 4:32; PR 3rd Period (Christiaan Minella), 9:20. – Taylor Fedun 1 (Lee Jubinville, Kevin Lohry), 12:36; ND – Ben No Scoring. 3rd Period Ryan 5 (Van Guilder), 18:17. Saves: ND – Dan VeNard 3 (Jordan Pearce), PPG, 5:59; ND – Ryan Thang Saves WMU – Riley Gill (60:00) 10 - 12 - 18 - 40 9 (Lawson, Condra), 16:04. ND – Jordan Pearce (59:54) 9 - 3 - 5 – 17 ND – Jordan Pearce (59:50) 5 - 3 - 3 - 11 Saves PR – (59:06) 12 - 13 - 3 – 28 Power Play: WMU: 0-1; ND: 2-11. ND – Jordan Pearce (59:54) 9 - 4 - 2 – 15 Power Play: ND: 0-2; PR: 1-4. Penalties: WMU: 12 for 24 minutes; ND: 2 for 4 minutes. RPI – Jordan Alford (58:44) 5 - 14 - 10 – 29 Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 minutes; PR: 3 for 6 minutes Attendance: 2,857 (sellout) Power Play: ND: 2-7; RPI: 1-7. Attendance: 2,157 Penalties: ND: 7 for 14 minutes; RPI: 7 for 14 minutes Attendance: 2,957 Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 – at Kalamazoo, Mich. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 – at Princeton, N.J. 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 - F #11/#10 Notre Dame 2 2 1 - 5 Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. #6/#6 Notre Dame 2 4 1 - 7 Western Michigan 1 0 0 - 1 1 2 3 - F Princeton 0 0 0 - 0 1st Period Nebraska-Omaha 1 2 1 - 4 1st Period WMU – Max Campbell 3 (Steve Silver, Patrick Galivan), 1:32; #7/#7 Notre Dame 0 2 3 - 5 ND – Dan VeNard 4 (Ian Cole, Ben Ryan), PPG, 10:05; ND – Dan ND – Calle Ridderwall 1 (Ian Cole), 12:10; ND – Justin White 1 1st Period Kissel 4 (Evan Rankin, Christian Hanson), 13:18. (Christian Hanson), 17:31. UNO – Joey Martin 1 (Tomas Klempa, Dan Charleston), PPG, 2nd Period 2nd Period 4:46. ND – Kissel 5 (Brock Sheahan), SHG, 7:08; ND – Hanson 5 ND – Dan Kissel 2 (Evan Rankin), 8:11; ND – Ryan Thang 7 2nd Period (Rankin, Kissel), 11:18; ND – Garrett Regan 6 (Robin Bergman, (Kevin Deeth, Erik Condra), PPG, 19:49. UNO – J. Martin 2 (J.P. Plastisha, Klempa), 10:47; UNO – JJ Mark Van Guilder), 12:48; ND – VeNard 5 (Erik Condra, Luke 3rd Period Koehler 2 (Dan Swanson, Bryan Marshall), 12:28; ND – Kevin Lucyk), 14:04. ND – Condra 6 (unassisted), SHG, 7:55. Deeth 3 (Erik Condra, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 17:18; ND – Chris- 3rd Period Saves: tian Hanson 3 (Dan VeNard, Garrett Regan), 18:32. ND – Rankin 5 (Kissel, VeNard), 16:30. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 3 - 5 - 2 - 10 3rd Period Saves WMU – Riley Gill (60:00) 12 - 6 - 9 - 27 ND – Condra 7 (Brett Blatchford, Deeth), PPG, 00:48; ND – Dan ND – Brad Phillips (60:00) 8 - 4 - 12 – 24 Power Play: ND: 1-6; WMU: 0-6. Kissel 3 (Hanson, Evan Rankin), 2:21; UNO – Mick Lawrence PR – Alan Reynolds (32:48) 6 - 5 - x – 11 Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 minutes; WMU: 7 for 14 minutes. 8 (Nick Von Bokern, Marshall), 7:57; ND – Regan 4 (Mark Van Thomas Sychterz (27:12) x - 6 - 4 - 10 Attendance: 4,224 (sellout) Guilder, Lawson), 17:54. Power Play: ND: 1-4; PR: 0-5. Saves: Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 minutes; PR: 5 for 10 minutes UNO – Jeremie Dupont (59:50) 9 - 8 - 3 - 20 Attendance: 2,218 Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 5 - 2 - 7 - 14 1 2 3 - F Power Play: UNO: 1-4; ND: 2-4. Bowling Green 1 0 0 - 1 Penalties: UNO: 5 for 10 minutes; ND: 5 for 10 minutes. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007 – at Tampa, Fla. #9/#9 Notre Dame 1 1 0 - 2 Attendance: 2,626 Lightning College Hockey Classic 1st Period 1 2 3 - F ND – Ben Ryan 3 (unassisted), 6:29; BGSU – Derek Whitmore 12 #9/#9 Massachusetts 1 2 1 - 4 (Kevin Schmidt, Brandon Svendsen), 9:15. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 – at Notre Dame, Ind. #6/#6 Notre Dame 1 2 0 - 3 2nd Period 1 2 3 - F 1st Period ND – Kyle Lawson 3 (Erik Condra, Ryan Thang), 2:05. Nebraska-Omaha 0 0 0 - 0 UMASS – Michael Kostka 3 (Cory Quirk, P.J. Fenton), PPG, 16:12; 3rd Period #7/#7 Notre Dame 1 1 3 - 5 ND – Erik Condra 9 (Kevin Deeth, Ryan Thang), 19:07. No Scoring. 1st Period 2nd Period Saves: ND – Mark Van Guilder 8 (Kevin Deeth, Kyle Lawson), SHG, UMASS – Quirk 5 (Chris Davis, Fenton), 00:30; ND – Christian BGSU – Nick Eno (58:41) 4 - 9 - 9 - 22 3:31. Hanson 6 (Robin Bergman, Evan Rankin), 1:41; ND – Luke Lu- ND – Jordan Pearce (59:57) 13 - 4 - 10 - 27 2nd Period cyk 1 (Hanson), 8:54; UMASS – Justin Braun 4 (James Marcou, Power Play: BGSU: 0-5; ND: 0-4. ND – Christian Hanson 4 (Teddy Ruth, Brock Sheahan), 17:35. Fenton), PPG, 17:48. Penalties: BGSU: 4 for 8 minutes; ND: 5 for 10 minutes. 3rd Period 3rd Period Attendance: 2,711 ND – Ruth 1 (Garrett Regan), 00:49; ND – Ryan Thang 10 UMASS – Marcou 4 (Quirk, Braun), PPG, 14:26. (unassisted), SHG, 14:30; ND – Ian Cole 2 (Brett Blatchford), Saves PPG, 19:00. UMASS – Paul Dainton (60:00) 5 - 11 - 13 – 29 Friday, Nov. 23, 2007 – at Troy, New York UNO – Eric Aarnio (60:00) 11 - 4 - 4 - 19 ND – Jordan Pearce (59:06) 5 - 11 - 5 – 21 57th Annual Rensselaer Holiday Tournament ND – Jordan Pearce (59:55) 4 - 11 - 1 - 16 Power Play: UMASS: 3-5; ND: 0-5. 1 2 3 - F Power Play: UNO: 0-7; ND: 1-9. Penalties: UMASS: 5 for 13 minutes; ND: 5 for 10 minutes Alabama-Huntsville 0 0 1 - 1 Penalties: UNO: 13 for 34 minutes; ND: 10 for 20 minutes. Attendance: 8,004 #9/#9 Notre Dame 0 1 3 - 4 Attendance: 2,625 1st Period No Scoring. 2nd Period ND – Ian Cole 1 (Mark Van Guilder, Ben Ryan), 17:36. 3rd Period ND – Ryan Thang 8 (Erik Condra), 2:13; ND – Ryan 4 (Van Guilder, Dan Kissel), 4:19; UAH – Joe Federoff 3 (Andrew Co- burn, Brandon Roshko), 4:50; ND – Kevin Deeth 1 (Thang, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 14:47. Saves UAH – Cameron Talbot (60:00) 16 - 10 - 11 – 37 ND – Brad Phillips (59:27) 3 - 7 - 3 – 13 Power Play: UAH: 0-3; ND: 1-3. Penalties: UAH: 3 for 6 minutes; ND: 3 for 6 minutes Attendance: 2,626 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 23 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Box Scores Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 – at Tampa, Fla. Sunday, January 13, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Friday, January 25, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Lightning College Hockey Classic 1 2 3 OT - F 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 - F #9/#10 Michigan State 0 1 0 0 - 1 Bowling Green 0 1 0 - 1 nr/#17 Rensselaer 1 0 0 - 1 #6/#6 Notre Dame 0 0 1 0 - 1 #9/#9 Notre Dame 3 2 1 - 6 #6/#6 Notre Dame 2 0 1 - 3 1st Period 1st Period 1st Period No Scoring. ND – Ryan Thang 13 (Erik Condra, Dan Kissel), PPG, 8:23; ND ND – Erik Condra 10 (Ryan Thang), 1:04; ND – Thang 11 (Condra), 2nd Period – Condra 11 (Dan VeNard), 17:42; ND – Thang 14 (Condra, Mark 10:30; RPI – Kurt Colling 1 (Ben Contini), 14:01. MSU – Nick Sucharski 6 (, Tim Kennedy), Van Guilder), PPG, 18:58. 2nd Period PPG, 8:27. 2nd Period No Scoring. 3rd Period ND – Van Guilder 9 (Thang, Ben Ryan), 6:00; ND – Calle Rid- 3rd Period ND – Ryan Thang 12 (Brett Blatchford), EX, 19:22. derwall 2 (Ryan Guentzel, Brock Sheahan), 8:36; BGSU – John ND – Evan Rankin 6 (Christian Hanson, Dan Kissel), ENG, Saves Mazzei 2 (Tommy Dee), 17:49. 19:31. MSU – Jeff Lerg (65:00) 7 - 12 - 7 - 8 – 34 3rd Period Saves ND – Jordan Pearce (64:20) 5 - 4 - 4 - 1 – 14 ND – Christian Hanson 8 (Evan Rankin, Garrett Regan), 2:04. RPI – Mathias Lange (59:45) 6 - 6 - 5 – 17 Power Play: MSU: 1-3; ND: 0-5. Saves ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 4 - 11 - 4 – 19 Penalties: MSU: 11 for 22 minutes; ND: 9 for 18 minutes BGSU – Nick Eno (40:00) 13 - 6 - x – 19 Power Play: RPI: 1-7; ND: 0-6. Attendance: 2,763 (sellout) Jimmy Spratt (20:00) x - x - 7 - 7 Penalties: RPI: 9 for 18 minutes; ND: 8 for 16 minutes ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 2 - 13 - 5 - 20 Attendance: 8,125 Power Play: BGSU: 0-6; ND: 2-3. Friday, January 18, 2008 – at Ann Arbor, Mich. Penalties: BGSU: 10 for 44 minutes; ND: 13 for 53 minutes 1 2 3 - F Attendance: 2,857 (sellout) Friday, January 4, 2008 – at Marquette, Mich. #8/#8 Notre Dame 2 0 0 - 2 1 2 3 - F #1/#1 Michigan 0 2 1 - 3 #6/#6 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 1st Period Saturday, January 26, 2008 – at Bowling Green, Ohio Northern Michigan 1 1 0 - 2 ND – Kevin Deeth 6 (unassisted), 3:33; ND – Justin White 4 (Ryan 1 2 3 - F 1st Period Guentzel, Calle Ridderwall), 5:53. #9/#9 Notre Dame 1 1 2 - 4 NMU – Matt Butcher 3 (Blake Cosgrove, Billy Smith), EX, 2nd Period Bowling Green 0 0 1 - 1 10:31. UM – Kevin Porter 21 (Chad Langlais, Aaron Palushaj), PPG, 00:21; 1st Period 2nd Period UM – Matt Rust 8 (Palushaj), 12:05. ND – Ben Ryan 7 (Justin White, Kyle Lawson), PPG, 4:33. NMU – Mark Olver 6 (Jared Brown, Matt Siddall), PPG, 6:30; ND 3rd Period 2nd Period – Dan Kissel 6 (Kyle Lawson, Justin White), 10:34. UM – Louie Caporusso 5 (Brandon Naurato, Travis Turnbull), ND – Ian Cole 3 (Mark Van Guilder, Ryan), 16:01. 3rd Period 19:39. 3rd Period No Scoring. Saves BGSU – Dan Sexton 6 (Andrew Krelove, Jimmy Spratt), SHG, Saves ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 9 - 9 - 7 – 25 11:58; ND – Ryan 8 (White, Dan Kissel), PPG, 16:31; ND – Kevin ND – Jordan Pearce (58:39) 8 - 7 - 4 - 19 UM – Billy Sauer (60:00) 9 - 8 - 7 – 24 Deeth 7 (Brock Sheahan), SHG, ENG, 18:41. NMU – Brian Stewart (59:54) 5 - 6 - 7 – 18 Power Play: ND: 0-5; UM: 1-4. Saves Power Play: ND: 0-5; NMU: 1-3. Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; UM: 5 for 10 minutes ND – Jordan Pearce (59:53) 5 - 8 - 8 – 21 Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 minutes; NMU: 8 for 16 minutes Attendance: 6,984 (sellout) BGSU – Jimmy Spratt (59:37) 5 - 11 - 6 – 22 Attendance: 1,894 Power Play: ND: 2-8; BGSU: 0-6. Penalties: ND: 7 for 14 minutes; BGSU: 11 for 46 minutes Saturday, January 19, 2008 – at Auburn Hills, Mich. Attendance: 3,911 Saturday, January 5, 2008 – at Marquette, Mich. 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 - F #1/#1 Michigan 2 2 1 - 5 #6/#6 Notre Dame 0 2 0 - 2 #8/#8 Notre Dame 1 0 0 - 1 Friday, February 1, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Northern Michigan 0 0 1 - 1 1st Period Exhibition Game 1st Period UM – Chad Kolarik 18 (Tim Miller, Chris Summers), SHG, 6:41; 1 2 3 OT - F No Scoring. ND – Ben Ryan 6 (Dan Kissel), 14:38; UM – Kevin Porter 22 U.S. Under-18 Team 1 0 0 0 - 1 2nd Period (Miller), 17:54. #8/#8 Notre Dame 1 0 0 1 - 2 ND – Kevin Deeth 4 (Erik Condra), 11:59; ND – Christian Hanson 2nd Period 1st Period 7 (Dan Kissel, Evan Rankin), 15:34. UM – Louie Caporusso 6 (Kevin Quick, Travis Turnbull), 4:56; USA – Vinny Saponari 9 (Ryan Bourque, Jordan Schroeder), 15:00; 3rd Period UM – Matt Rust 9 (Carl Hagelin), 15:16. ND – Garrett Regan (Stewart Carlin, Ian Cole), 18:51. NMU – Jared Brown 4 (Erik Gustafsson, Matt Siddall), 1:00. 3rd Period 2nd Period Saves UM – Turnbull 9 (Brandon Naurato), ENG, 17:00. No Scoring. ND – Brad Phillips (59:57) 3 - 5 - 8 - 16 Saves 3rd Period NMU – Brian Stewart (58:40) 13 - 7 - 10 – 30 UM – Billy Sauer (60:00) 10 - 10 - 12 – 32 No Scoring. Power Play: ND: 0-3; NMU: 0-4. ND – Brad Phillips (35:16) 8 - 7 - x – 15 Overtime Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; NMU: 4 for 8 minutes Jordan Pearce (23:49) x - 6 - 4 - 10 ND – Evan Rankin (Christian Hanson, Regan), 2:24. Attendance: 2,253 Power Play: UM: 0-3; ND: 0-4. Saves Penalties: UM: 5 for 10 minutes; ND: 4 for 8 minutes USA – Joe Cannata (62:24) 8 - 9 - 11 - 0 – 28 Attendance: 10,831 ND – Brad Phillips (40:00) 5 - 5 - x - x – 10 Friday, January 11, 2008 – at East Lansing, Mich. Tom O’Brien (22:05) x - x - 7 - 0 – 4 1 2 3 - F Power Play: USA: 0-6; ND: 0-5. #6/#6 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 Penalties: USA: 5 for 10 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes #9/#10 Michigan State 0 1 2 - 3 Attendance: 2,764 (sellout) 1st Period No Scoring. 2nd Period MSU – Matt Schepke 9 (Tim Crowder, Brandon Gentile), 3:54; evin ND – Kevin Deeth 5 (Erik Condra, Ryan Thang), 11:44. 3rd Period MSU – Justin Abdelkader 8 (Michael Ratchuk, Tim Kennedy), 18:03; MSU – Nich Sucharski 5 (unassisted), ENG, 19:38. Saves ND – Jordan Pearce (59:22) 8 - 7 - 12 - 27 MSU – Jeff Lerg (60:00) 14 - 5 - 11 – 30 Power Play: ND: 0-5; MSU: 0-3. Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 minutes; MSU: 6 for 12 minutes Attendance: 6,767 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 24 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Box Scores Friday, February 8, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Saturday, February 16, 2008 – at Fairbanks, Alaska Friday, February 29, 2008 – at Kalamazoo, Michigan 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 OT - F 1 2 3 - F Ferris State 1 1 3 - 5 #9/#9 Notre Dame 0 0 1 0 - 1 #11/#11 Notre Dame 0 0 0 - 0 #8/#8 Notre Dame 1 1 1 - 3 Alaska 1 0 0 0 - 1 Western Michigan 0 2 1 - 3 1st Period 1st Period 1st Period ND – Kevin Deeth 8 (Ryan Thang, Erik Condra), PPG, 11:56; FSU UAF – Landon Novotney 14 (Tyler Eckford, Adam Naglich), No Scoring. – Blair Riley 9 (Cody Chupp, Justin Menke), 16:12. PPG, 8:24. 2nd Period 2nd Period 2nd Period WMU – Cam Watson 9 (Chris Clackson, Jeff Pierce), 8:34; WMU FSU – Mike Fillinger 5 (Jim Jorgensen), PPG, 1:17; ND – Brock No Scoring. – Patrick Nagorsen 1 (C. Watson), SHG, 19:03. Sheahan 1 (Ryan Guentzel, Teddy Ruth), 19:27. 3rd Period 3rd Period 3rd Period ND – Mark Van Guilder 10 (Kyle Lawson, Dan VeNard), WMU – Jeff LoVecchio 9 (Patrick Galivan), ENG, 19:44. FSU – Casey Haines 3 (Chris Zarb, Mitch O’Keefe), 6:01; FSU PPG, 9:55. Saves – Todd Pococke 1 (Aaron Lewicki), 7:56; ND – Condra 12 (Sheahan, Overtime ND – Jordan Pearce (58:41) 6 - 8 - 6 – 20 Thang), 9:30; FSU – Justin Lewandowski 6 (Brendan Connolly, No Scoring. WMU – Riley Gill (60:00) 11 - 16 - 15 – 42 Adam Miller), 18:06. Saves Power Play: ND: 0-8; WMU: 0-2. Saves ND – Jordan Pearce (65:00) 7 - 2 - 3 - 1 – 13 Penalties: ND: 8 for 16 minutes; WMU: 15 for 38 minutes FSU – Mitch O’Keefe (60:00) 6 - 12 - 10 – 28 UAF – Wylie Rogers (65:00) 20 - 7 - 12 - 1 – 40 Attendance: 2,456 ND – Jordan Pearce (59:02) 15 - 9 - 7 - 31 Power Play: ND: 1-8; UAF: 1-5. Power Play: FSU: 1-6; ND: 1-4. Penalties: ND: 6 for 12 minutes; UAF: 11 for 30 minutes Penalties: FSU: 5 for 10 minutes; ND: 8 for 24 minutes Attendance: 3,573 Saturday, March 1, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Attendance: 2,857 (sellout) 1 2 3 - F Western Michigan 0 0 1 - 1 Friday, February 22, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. #11/#11 Notre Dame 1 1 1 - 3 Saturday, February 9, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. 1 2 3 - F 1st Period 1 2 3 OT - F Ohio State 0 2 1 - 3 ND – Ryan Thang 16 (Kyle Lawson, Ian Cole), PPG, 11:43. Ferris State 1 1 0 0 - 2 #9/#9 Notre Dame 1 0 0 - 1 2nd Period #8/#8 Notre Dame 1 1 0 0 - 2 1st Period ND – Erik Condra 14 (Cole, Thang), PPG, 17:57. 1st Period ND – Evan Rankin 7 (Christian Hanson, Dan Kissel), 19:41. 3rd Period ND – Ian Cole 4 (Erik Condra, Mark Van Guilder), PPG, 3:15; FSU 2nd Period ND – Mark Van Guilder 11 (Evan Rankin, Ben Ryan), PPG, 16:49; – Zach Redmond 5 (unassisted), SHG, 11:32. OSU – Tommy Goebel 20 (John Albert), 16:37; OSU – Patrick WMU – Adam Flink 1 (Tyler Ludwig), 19:53. 2nd Period Schafer 3 (Tom Fritsche), 19:53. Saves ND – Christian Hanson 9 (unassisted), 6:34; FSU – Blair Riley 10 3rd Period WMU – Riley Gill (60:00) 19 - 12 - 5 – 36 (Cody Chupp, Scott Wietecha), 9:20. OSU – Matt McIlvane 5 (Goebel), ENG, 19:52. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 6 - 2 - 7 - 15 3rd Period Saves Power Play: WMU: 0-5; ND: 3-11. No Scoring. OSU – Joseph Palmer (59:55) 9 - 3 - 10 – 22 Penalties: WMU: 13 for 42 minutes; ND: 5 for 10 minutes Overtime ND – Jordan Pearce (59:01) 8 - 7 - 5 - 20 Attendance: 2,770 (sellout) No Scoring. Power Play: OSU: 0-4; ND: 0-6. Saves Penalties: OSU: 6 for 12 minutes; ND: 4 for 8 minutes FSU – Mitch O’Keefe (65:00) 13 - 8 - 8 - 4 – 33 Attendance: 2,857 (sellout) Friday, March 14, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. ND – Jordan Pearce (65:00) 7 - 7 -11 - 2 – 27 Game 1 - Second Round CCHA Playoffs FSU: 1-2; ND: 1-5. Power Play: 1 2 3 - F FSU: 6 for 12 minutes; ND: 3 for 6 minutes Penalties: Saturday, February 23, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Ferris State 2 0 0 - 2 2,857 (sellout) Attendance: 1 2 3 OT - F #12/#12 Notre Dame 1 0 0 - 1 Ohio State 1 1 0 0 - 2 1st Period #9/#9 Notre Dame 0 2 0 0 - 2 FSU – Cody Chupp 11 (unassisted), 4:08; FSU – Justin Menke 8 Friday, February 15, 2008 – at Fairbanks, Alaska 1st Period (Blair Riley), PPG, 8:32; ND – Ben Ryan 9 (Kevin Deeth, Evan 1 2 3 - F OSU – Todd Rudasill 3 (C.J. Severyn), 16:23. Rankin), EX, 19:49. #9/#9 Notre Dame 1 0 1 - 2 2nd Period 2nd Period Alaska 0 0 1 - 1 ND – Erik Condra 13 (Ian Cole, Brett Blatchford), PPG, 00:12; OSU No Scoring. 1st Period – Sergio Somma 8 (Matt McIlvane, Kyle Hood), 4:04; ND – Dan 3rd Period ND – Garrett Regan 7 (Evan Rankin, Christian Hanson), PPG, Kissel 7 (Ryan Guentzel, Cole), 14:56. No Scoring. 2nd Period 3rd Period Saves No Scoring. No Scoring. FSU – Mitch O’Keefe (60:00) 4 - 11 - 10 – 25 3rd Period Overtime ND – Jordan Pearce (58:22) 9 - 10 - 7 - 26 UAF – Nathan Lawrence 6 (Braden Walls, Steve Vanoosten), 10:19; No Scoring. Power Play: FSU: 1-1; ND: 0-2. ND – Ryan Thang 15 (Kyle Lawson, Kevin Deeth), 14:49. Saves Penalties: FSU: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes Saves OSU – Joseph Palmer (65:00) 8 - 9 - 15 - 4 – 36 Attendance: 2,504 ND – Jordan Pearce (59:52) 11 - 8 - 13 – 32 ND – Jordan Pearce (64:53) 7 - 7 - 7 - 2 – 23 UAF – Wylie Rogers (59:23) 6 - 14 - 8 – 28 Power Play: OSU: 0-7; ND: 1-6. Power Play: ND: 1-3; UAF: 0-3. Penalties: OSU: 13 for 36 minutes; ND: 14 for 28 minutes Penalties: ND: 3 for 6 minutes; UAF: 3 for 6 minutes Attendance: 2,857 (sellout) Attendance: 3,104 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 25 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Box Scores Saturday, March 15, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. Saturday, March 22, 2008 – at Detroit, Mich. Game 2 - Second Round CCHA Playoffs CCHA Third-Place Game - Joe Louis Arena 1 2 3 - F 1 2 3 - F Ferris State 0 2 1 - 3 Northern Michigan 0 0 2 - 2 #12/#12 Notre Dame 1 2 3 - 6 #11/#11 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 1st Period 1st Period ND – Calle Ridderwall 3 (Kyle Lawson, Mark Van Guilder), No Scoring. 9:53. 2nd Period 2nd Period ND – Christian Hanson 10 (Christiaan Minella, Dan VeNard), ND – Ian Cole 5 (Lawson, Erik Condra), 7:15; FSU – Mike Fill- 7:32. inger 9 (Adam Miller, Mitch O’Keefe), PPG, 11:11; FSU – Corey 3rd Period Couturier 5 (Scott Wietecha, Zach Redmond), 13:29; ND – Cole 6 NMU – Tim Hartung 3 (Matt Siddall), 1:15; NMU – Siddall 18 (Condra, Lawson), 16:54. (Jared Brown), 3:31. 3rd Period Saves ND – Condra 15 (Ryan Thang, Cole), PPG, 4:50; ND – Ben Ryan 10 NMU – Reid Ellingson (30:12) 13 - 1 - x – 14 (Brett Blatchford, Dan VeNard), PPG, 13:28; FSU – Zach Redmond Derek Janzen (29:48) x - 6 - 19 – 25 6 (unassisted), 16:45; ND – Lawson 4 (Thang), ENG, 18:24. ND – Jordan Pearce (57:49) 6 - 5 - 8 - 19 Saves Power Play: NMU: 0-4; ND: 0-5. FSU – Mitch O’Keefe (58:22) 11 - 12 - 7 – 30 Penalties: NMU: 5 for 10 minutes; ND: 4 for 8 minutes ND – Jordan Pearce (59:53) 7 - 6 - 9 - 22 Attendance: 13,238 Power Play: FSU: 3-7; ND: 2-10. Penalties: FSU: 18 for 44 minutes; ND: 15 for 30 minutes Attendance: 2,754 (sellout) Friday, March 28, 2008 – at Colorado Springs, Colo. NCAA West Regionals - World Arena 1 2 3 - F Sunday, March 16, 2008 – at Notre Dame, Ind. #12/#12 Notre Dame 2 2 3 - 7 Game 3 - Second Round CCHA Playoffs #4/#5 New Hampshire 2 1 0 - 3 1 2 3 - F 1st Period Ferris State 1 0 0 - 1 UNH – Jerry Pollastrone 14 (James vanRiemsdyck), 1:04; ND – Ian #12/#12 Notre Dame 1 1 0 - 2 Cole 8 (Ben Ryan, Mark Van Guilder), PPG, 2:23; UNH – Pollastrone 1st Period 15 (Brad Flaishans, vanRiemsdyck), 5:41; ND – Kyle Lawson 5 ND – Dan Kissel 8 (Teddy Ruth, Justin White), 2:31. (Van Guilder, Ryan Thang), PPG, 17:25. 2nd Period 2nd Period FSU – Adam Miller 9 (Justin Lewandowski), 4:16; ND – Ian Cole ND – Christian Hanson 11 (Stewart Carlin, Brock Sheahan), 2:39; 7 (Ben Ryan, Kyle Lawson), 00:52. ND – Dan Kissel 9 (unassisted), 9:53; UNH – Phil DeSimone 3 3rd Period (Flaishans, vanRiemsdyck), 13:09. No Scoring. 3rd Period Saves ND – Thang 17 (Van Guilder), 00:23; ND – Kevin Deeth 9 (Thang), FSU – Mitch O’Keefe (58:54) 13 - 6 - 6 – 25 ENG, 16:54; ND – Hanson 12 (Garrett Regan, Brett Blatchford), ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 10 - 9 - 5 - 24 17:54. Power Play: FSU: 0-3; ND: 1-4. Saves Penalties: FSU: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 13 - 12 - 7 – 32 Attendance: 2,257 UNH – Kevin Regan (58:45) 4 - 15 - 8 – 27 Power Play: ND: 2-8; UNH: 0-4. Penalties: ND: 5 for 10 minutes; UNH: 8 for 27 minutes Friday, March 21, 2008 – at Detroit, Mich. Attendance: 6,634 CCHA Semifinals - Joe Louis Arena 1 2 3 OT - F Saturday, March 29, 2008 – at Colorado Springs, Colo. #11/#11 Notre Dame 0 0 1 0 - 1 #3/#3 Miami 0 0 1 1 - 2 NCAA West Regional Championship - World Arena 1st Period 1 2 3 - F No Scoring. #12/#12 Notre Dame 0 1 2 - 3 2nd Period #9/#9 Michigan State 0 1 0 - 1 No Scoring. 1st Period 3rd Period No Scoring. ND – Evan Rankin 8 (Ben Ryan, Dan Kissel), 15:30; MU – Mitch 2nd Period Ganzak 2 (Carter Camper, Jarod Palmer), EX, 19:56. ND – Christian Hanson 13 (Garrett Regan), 2:43; MSU – Justin Overtime Abdelkader 19 (Tim Kennedy, Tim Crowder), 9:05. MU – Alex Martinez 8 (Brian Kaufman, Ryan Jones), 6:06. 3rd Period Saves ND – Mark Van Guilder 12 (Ben Ryan), 14:06; ND – Teddy Ruth ND – Jordan Pearce (66:06) 11 - 8 - 7 - 2 – 28 2 (Justin White, Hanson), 15:20. MU – Jeff Zatkoff (65:52) 3 - 8 - 9 - 0 – 20 Saves Power Play: ND: 0-5; MU: 0-6. ND – Jordan Pearce (60:00) 10 - 4 - 6 – 20 Penalties: ND: 7 for 14 minutes; MU: 6 for 12 minutes MSU – Jeff Lerg (59:13) 7 - 7 - 9 – 23 Attendance: 9,741 Power Play: ND: 0-4; MSU: 0-3. Penalties: ND: 4 for 8 minutes; MSU: 5 for 10 minutes Attendance: 5,836 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Overall Individual Statistics (as of Apr 07, 2008) All games

Overall: 26-15-4 Conf: 15-9-4 Home: 11-4-3 Away: 10-6-1 Neut: 5-5-0

|------SHOTS------| |-----PENALTIES-----| |------GOALS------| ## Name GP G A Pts Shots Pct +/- No-Min Min Maj Oth PP SH FG GW GTG OT HT PN UA Blk ------11 Erik Condra 41 15 23 38 115 .130 +6 13-26 13 0 0 6 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 9 9 Ryan Thang 45 17 13 30 137 .124 +7 23-46 23 0 0 7 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 14 23 Mark Van Guilder 45 12 17 29 113 .106 +2 14-28 14 0 0 7 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 15 19 Ben Ryan 45 10 16 26 71 .141 -2 11-22 11 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2 Kyle Lawson 43 5 20 25 80 .062 +12 17-34 17 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 21 Kevin Deeth 43 9 14 23 85 .106 +7 13-34 12 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 25 Christian Hanson 45 13 9 22 87 .149 +6 23-57 21 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 16 Dan Kissel 41 9 13 22 81 .111 +13 8-16 8 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 14 18 Evan Rankin 45 8 11 19 101 .079 +5 14-28 14 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 28 Ian Cole 41 8 10 18 67 .119 -8 20-40 20 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 33 Garrett Regan 40 7 6 13 81 .086 -7 12-24 12 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 Dan VeNard 45 5 7 12 50 .100 0 14-28 14 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 10 Justin White 41 4 8 12 44 .091 +6 7-22 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 Brock Sheahan 45 1 11 12 48 .021 +23 30-63 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 3 Brett Blatchford 43 0 12 12 64 .000 -4 7-14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 17 Robin Bergman 20 1 6 7 16 .062 +3 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 Calle Ridderwall 37 3 2 5 48 .062 -1 6-20 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 Teddy Ruth 40 2 3 5 34 .059 +15 14-36 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 27 Ryan Guentzel 24 0 4 4 21 .000 +1 5-10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 Luke Lucyk 6 1 1 2 1 1.000 +3 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 Christiaan Minella 24 0 2 2 13 .000 +2 14-28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 Stewart Carlin 9 0 1 1 10 .000 -3 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Jordan Pearce 41 0 1 1 0 .000 0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Brian D'Arcy 4 0 0 0 2 .000 -1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 Brad Phillips 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TM TEAM 26 0 0 0 0 .000 0 5-10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 Total...... 45 130 210 340 1369 .095 +85 276-598 269 2 5 39 8 25 26 3 0 0 0 7 415 Opponents...... 45 92 147 239 1053 .087 - 338-827 316 5 17 21 6 20 15 1 1 0 0 5 562

|---GOAL AVERAGE---| |--SAVES--| |----RECORD----| |-----GOALS------| ## Name GP-GS Minutes GA Avg Saves Pct W L T Sho PP SH EN PEN SOG ------30 Brad Phillips 5-5 274:40 7 1.53 84 .923 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Jordan Pearce 41-40 2433:31 79 1.95 877 .917 22 14 4 2 20 5 0 0 0 TM EMPTY NET 26-0 17:55 6 - 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 Total...... 45-0 2726:06 92 2.02 961 .913 26 15 4 3 21 6 6 0 0 Opponents...... 45-0 2726:06 130 2.86 1239 .905 15 26 4 2 39 8 4 0 0 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Overall Team Statistics (as of Apr 07, 2008) All games

Overall: 26-15-4 Conf: 15-9-4 Home: 11-4-3 Away: 10-6-1 Neut: 5-5-0

TEAM STATISTICS ND OPP ------SHOT STATISTICS...... Goals-Shot attempts...... 130-1369 92-1053 Shot pct...... 095 .087 Goals/Game...... 2.9 2.0 Shots/Game...... 30.4 23.4 Assists...... 210 147 POWER PLAYS...... Goals-Power Plays...... 39-254 21-201 Conversion Percent...... 154 .104 Shot Attempts...... 310 214 Shot Percent...... 126 .098 SHORT-HANDED...... Goals-Shot attempts...... 8-64 6-55 Shot Percent...... 125 .109 GOAL BREAKDOWN...... Total Goals...... 130 92 Power Play...... 39 21 Short-handed...... 8 6 Empty net...... 4 6 Penalty...... 0 0 Unassisted...... 7 5 Overtime...... 0 1 Shootout...... 0 0 Delayed Penalty...... 1 2 PENALTIES...... Number...... 276 338 Minutes...... 598 827 Penalties/Game...... 6.1 7.5 Pen minutes/Game...... 13.3 18.4 Minor...... 269 316 Major...... 2 5 10-minute Misconduct...... 4 10 Game Misconduct...... 1 6 Gross Misconduct...... 0 0 Match...... 0 1 FACEOFFS (W-L)...... 1645-1299 1299-1645 Faceoff W-L Pct...... 559 .441 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)...... 0-0 0-0 ATTENDANCE...... Total...... 48302 54943 Dates/Avg Per Date...... 18/2683 17/3232 Neutral Site #/Avg...... 10/6910

GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------Notre Dame...... 36 52 42 0 - 130 Opponents...... 30 29 32 1 - 92

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------Notre Dame...... 439 473 440 17 - 1369 Opponents...... 371 351 322 9 - 1053 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Apr 07, 2008) All games

1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 Opponent Date Score WL PEARCE,JO LAWSON,KY BLATCHFOR VENARD,DA RUTH,TEDD THANG,RYA WHITE,JUS CONDRA,ER CARLIN,ST SHEAHAN,B MINELLA,C KISSEL,DA BERGMAN,R RANKIN,EV ------vs UW Oct 12 1-4 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 vs MCM Oct 13 4-0 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DU Oct 18 4-3 W 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DU Oct 19 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 at BGSU Oct 23 4-2 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 1- 0- 1 at FSU Oct 26 3-2 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 at FSU Oct 27 0-3 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 LSSU Nov 1 7-3 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 2- 3- 5 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 LSSU Nov 02 4-1 W DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 1- 0- 1 at MIA Nov 09 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 at MIA Nov 10 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 WMU Nov 16 4-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 1- 1- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at WMU Nov 17 5-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 1- 0- 1 1- 1- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 BGSU Nov 20 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 vs UAH Nov 23 4-1 W DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 at RPI Nov 24 4-3 W 0- 1- 1 0- 2- 2 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 1- 0- 1 0- 2- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 UNO Nov 30 5-4 W 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 UNO Dec 01 5-0 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at PRIN Dec 07 4-2 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at PRIN Dec 08 7-0 W DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2- 1- 3 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 2- 2- 4 0- 1- 1 1- 2- 3 vs UMASS Dec 29 3-4 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 vs RPI Dec 30 3-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 at NMU Jan 04 1-2 L 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at NMU Jan 05 2-1 W DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 at MSU Jan 11 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 MSU Jan 13 1-1 t 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at UM Jan 18 2-3 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs UM Jan 19 1-5 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 BGSU Jan 25 6-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 2- 1- 3 0- 0- 0 1- 2- 3 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 at BGSU Jan 26 4-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Feb 08 3-5 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 2- 2 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 DNP 1- 1- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Feb 09 2-2 t 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 at UAF Feb 15 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 at UAF Feb 16 1-1 t 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 OSU Feb 22 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 OSU Feb 23 2-2 t 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 at WMU Feb 29 0-3 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 WMU Mar 01 3-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 FSU Mar 14 1-2 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 FSU Mar 15 6-3 W 0- 0- 0 1- 3- 4 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 DNP 1- 2- 3 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Mar 16 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs MIAMI Mar 21 1-2 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 vs NMU Mar 22 1-2 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs UNH Mar 28 7-3 W 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 2- 3 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs MSU Mar 29 3-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Game-by-Game Goals-Assists-Points (as of Apr 07, 2008) All games

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 30 33 Opponent Date Score WL RYAN,BEN LUCYK,LUK DEETH,KEV RIDDERWAL VAN GUILD D'ARCY,BR HANSON,CH GUENTZEL, COLE,IAN PHILLIPS, REGAN,GAR ------vs UW Oct 12 1-4 L 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs MCM Oct 13 4-0 W 0- 2- 2 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 2- 0- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 DU Oct 18 4-3 W 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 1- 2 DU Oct 19 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 at BGSU Oct 23 4-2 W 0- 2- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 at FSU Oct 26 3-2 W 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 at FSU Oct 27 0-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 LSSU Nov 1 7-3 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 3- 3 0- 0- 0 2- 2- 4 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 LSSU Nov 02 4-1 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at MIA Nov 09 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 at MIA Nov 10 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 WMU Nov 16 4-1 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 1- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP at WMU Nov 17 5-1 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP DNP BGSU Nov 20 2-1 W 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP vs UAH Nov 23 4-1 W 1- 1- 2 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP at RPI Nov 24 4-3 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 UNO Nov 30 5-4 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 1- 2 UNO Dec 01 5-0 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 at PRIN Dec 07 4-2 W 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 2- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 at PRIN Dec 08 7-0 W 0- 1- 1 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 1- 2 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 vs UMASS Dec 29 3-4 L 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 vs RPI Dec 30 3-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 DNP DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 at NMU Jan 04 1-2 L 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 at NMU Jan 05 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at MSU Jan 11 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 MSU Jan 13 1-1 t 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 at UM Jan 18 2-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs UM Jan 19 1-5 L 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 BGSU Jan 25 6-1 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 1- 1- 2 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 at BGSU Jan 26 4-1 W 2- 1- 3 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Feb 08 3-5 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Feb 09 2-2 t 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 at UAF Feb 15 2-1 W 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 at UAF Feb 16 1-1 t 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 OSU Feb 22 1-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 OSU Feb 23 2-2 t 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 2- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 at WMU Feb 29 0-3 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 WMU Mar 01 3-1 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 2 DNP DNP FSU Mar 14 1-2 L 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Mar 15 6-3 W 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2- 1- 3 DNP 0- 0- 0 FSU Mar 16 2-1 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs MIAMI Mar 21 1-2 L 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs NMU Mar 22 1-2 L 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs UNH Mar 28 7-3 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 1- 0- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 3- 3 DNP 2- 0- 2 DNP 1- 0- 1 DNP 0- 1- 1 vs MSU Mar 29 3-1 W 0- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 1- 0- 1 DNP 1- 1- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 2007-08 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Game Results (as of Apr 07, 2008) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Shots Record Record Time Attend Goalie of record ------@ Oct 12, 2007 vs #14 Wisconsin 1-4 L 24/25 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:15 2100 Jordan Pearce @ Oct 13, 2007 vs Mercyhurst W 4-0 37/25 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:17 2237 Jordan Pearce Oct 18, 2007 #5 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER W 4-3 18/20 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:40 2413 Jordan Pearce Oct 19, 2007 #5 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 1-3 L 20/28 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 2:15 2763 Jordan Pearce * Oct 23, 2007 at Bowling Green W 4-2 30/20 3- 2- 0 1- 0- 0 2:30 2424 Jordan Pearce * Oct 26, 2007 at Ferris State W 3-2 34/27 4- 2- 0 2- 0- 0 2:11 1279 Jordan Pearce * Oct 27, 2007 at Ferris State 0-3 L 37/35 4- 3- 0 2- 1- 0 2:11 1458 Jordan Pearce * Nov 1, 2007 LAKE SUPERIOR W 7-3 27/15 5- 3- 0 3- 1- 0 2:15 2117 Jordan Pearce * Nov 02, 2007 LAKE SUPERIOR W 4-1 36/17 6- 3- 0 4- 1- 0 2:24 2857 Brad Phillips * Nov 09, 2007 at #1 Miami University W 2-1 20/33 7- 3- 0 5- 1- 0 2:05 3642 Jordan Pearce * Nov 10, 2007 at #1 Miami University 1-3 L 28/35 7- 4- 0 5- 2- 0 2:10 3642 Jordan Pearce * Nov 16, 2007 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 4-1 44/12 8- 4- 0 6- 2- 0 2:15 2857 Jordan Pearce * Nov 17, 2007 at Western Michigan W 5-1 32/11 9- 4- 0 7- 2- 0 2:21 4224 Jordan Pearce * Nov 20, 2007 BOWLING GREEN W 2-1 24/28 10- 4- 0 8- 2- 0 2:01 2711 Jordan Pearce # Nov 23, 2007 vs Alabama-Huntsville W 4-1 41/14 11- 4- 0 8- 2- 0 2:01 2626 Brad Phillips # Nov 24, 2007 at #16 Rensselaer W 4-3 33/18 12- 4- 0 8- 2- 0 2:11 2957 Jordan Pearce * Nov 30, 2007 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 5-4 25/18 13- 4- 0 9- 2- 0 2:05 2626 Jordan Pearce * Dec 01, 2007 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 5-0 24/16 14- 4- 0 10- 2- 0 2:21 2625 Jordan Pearce Dec 07, 2007 at Princeton W 4-2 32/19 15- 4- 0 10- 2- 0 2:09 2157 Jordan Pearce Dec 08, 2007 at Princeton W 7-0 28/24 16- 4- 0 10- 2- 0 2:06 2218 Brad Phillips ! Dec 29, 2007 vs #9 Massachusetts 3-4 L 32/25 16- 5- 0 10- 2- 0 2:13 8004 Jordan Pearce ! Dec 30, 2007 vs #17 Rensselaer W 3-1 20/20 17- 5- 0 10- 2- 0 2:10 8125 Jordan Pearce * Jan 04, 2008 at Northern Michigan 1-2 L 19/21 17- 6- 0 10- 3- 0 2:15 1894 Jordan Pearce * Jan 05, 2008 at Northern Michigan W 2-1 32/17 18- 6- 0 11- 3- 0 2:12 2253 Brad Phillips * Jan 11, 2008 at #9 Michigan State 1-3 L 31/30 18- 7- 0 11- 4- 0 2:16 6767 Jordan Pearce * Jan 13, 2008 #9 MICHIGAN STATE 1-1 T OT 35/15 18- 7- 1 11- 4- 1 2:33 2763 Jordan Pearce * Jan 18, 2008 at #1 MICHIGAN 2-3 L 26/28 18- 8- 1 11- 5- 1 2:16 6984 Jordan Pearce * Jan 19, 2008 vs #1 MICHIGAN 1-5 L 33/30 18- 9- 1 11- 6- 1 2:15 10831 Brad Phillips * Jan 25, 2008 BOWLING GREEN W 6-1 32/21 19- 9- 1 12- 6- 1 2:25 2857 Jordan Pearce * Jan 26, 2008 at Bowling Green W 4-1 26/22 20- 9- 1 13- 6- 1 2:10 3911 Jordan Pearce * Feb 08, 2008 FERRIS STATE 3-5 L 31/36 20-10- 1 13- 7- 1 2:24 2857 Jordan Pearce * Feb 09, 2008 FERRIS STATE 2-2 T OT 35/29 20-10- 2 13- 7- 2 2:25 2857 Jordan Pearce * Feb 15, 2008 at Alaska W 2-1 30/33 21-10- 2 14- 7- 2 2:10 3104 Jordan Pearce * Feb 16, 2008 at Alaska 1-1 T OT 41/14 21-10- 3 14- 7- 3 2:25 3573 Jordan Pearce * Feb 22, 2008 OHIO STATE 1-3 L 23/23 21-11- 3 14- 8- 3 2:24 2857 Jordan Pearce * Feb 23, 2008 OHIO STATE 2-2 T OT 38/25 21-11- 4 14- 8- 4 2:35 2857 Jordan Pearce * Feb 29, 2008 at Western Michigan 0-3 L 42/23 21-12- 4 14- 9- 4 2:35 2456 Jordan Pearce * Mar 01, 2008 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 3-1 39/16 22-12- 4 15- 9- 4 2:23 2770 Jordan Pearce Mar 14, 2008 FERRIS STATE 1-2 L 26/28 22-13- 4 15- 9- 4 2:20 2504 Jordan Pearce Mar 15, 2008 FERRIS STATE W 6-3 36/25 23-13- 4 15- 9- 4 2:35 2754 Jordan Pearce Mar 16, 2008 FERRIS STATE W 2-1 27/25 24-13- 4 15- 9- 4 2:15 2257 Jordan Pearce Mar 21, 2008 vs #3 MIAMI 1-2 L OT 21/30 24-14- 4 15- 9- 4 3:00 9471 Jordan Pearce Mar 22, 2008 vs Northern Michigan 1-2 L 40/21 24-15- 4 15- 9- 4 2:12 13238 Jordan Pearce Mar 28, 2008 vs New Hampshire W 7-3 34/35 25-15- 4 15- 9- 4 2:34 6634 Jordan Pearce Mar 29, 2008 vs Michigan State W 3-1 26/21 26-15- 4 15- 9- 4 2:28 5836 Jordan Pearce

@ Lefty McFadden Invitational (Dayton, Ohio) # Rensselaer Holiday Tournament (Troy, N.Y.) ! Lightning College Hockey Classic (Tampa, Fla.)

TEAM RECORD W-L-T ATTEND Dates Total Average ------Overall: 26-15- 4 Total: 45 172347 3830 Conference: 15- 9- 4 Home: 18 48302 2683 Home: 11- 4- 3 Away: 17 54943 3232 Away: 10- 6- 1 Neutral: 10 69102 6910 Neutral: 5- 5- 0 Overtime: 0- 1- 4