Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 2007-08 NOtre DAMe www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX HOCKEY NOTES 2007-08 NOTRE DAME 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 (Dave Poulin 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-goal 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 – Jordan Pearce (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.