Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 2005-06 NOTRE DAME 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Michigan Series – Nov. 4-5, 2005 2005-06 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame Opens CCHA Play With Home-And-Home Series Versus HOCKEY (1-3-0/0-0-0) #3/#3 Michigan; Irish coming off shutout win over Princeton that ended 22-game winless skid. OCTOBER 14 # Waterloo (Exh.) W, 4-0 Jordan Pearce named CCHA rookie of the week after blanking Tigers. 21 at #4/#4 Colorado College L, 1-3 22 at #9/#9 Denver L, 3-6 • The Series: Notre Dame (1-3-0/0-0-0) vs. #3/#3 Michigan (5-1-1/1-1-1) 28 Princeton L, 3-5 29 Princeton W, 2-0 • Date/Site/Times: Fri., Nov. 4, 2005 – 7:38 p.m. – Joyce Center (2,713) Sat., Nov. 5, 2005 – 7:35 p.m. – Yost Arena (6,637) NOVEMBER • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1580, 4 * Michigan 7:35 p.m. 5 * at Michigan 7:35 p.m. South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will bring you all the 10 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. action both nights for Chris Duve providing the color commentary. 11 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. • Television: Friday night’s game will be carried on tape-delay by College Sports Television 18 * at Miami 7:35 p.m. (CSTV) beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST. Matt McConnell and Dave Starman will call the action. 19 * at Miami 7:35 p.m. 25 * Ohio State 7:35 p.m. CSTV is available via DirecTv on Channel 610. 26 * Ohio State 7:05 p.m. Saturday’s game at Michigan will be televised live by Comcast Local. Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin will handle the play-by-play and color commentary. Comcast Local is available in South DECEMBER 2 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. Bend on Comcast Cable TV at Channel 3. 3 * Western Michigan 7:05 p.m. • Internet Broadcast: At the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. 6 at Minnesota State 7:37 p.m. (CST) 10 Minnesota State 7:05 p.m. THE RETURN TO CCHA PLAY: Notre Dame 17 * Lake Superior State 7:35 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION 18 * Lake Superior State 2:05 p.m. becomes the final CCHA team to open its league schedule when the Irish battle No. 3 Michigan in vs. Michigan Wolverines JANUARY a home-and-home series this weekend, Nov. 4-5. All-time Series: Michigan leads, 61-41-5 6 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) On Friday night, Notre Dame plays host to the At Notre Dame: Series is even, 20-20-2 7 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) Wolverines at the Joyce Center with faceoff set 13 * Miami 7:35 p.m. At Ann Arbor: Michigan leads, 34-20-3 14 * Miami 7:05 p.m. for 7:38 p.m. That game will be televised on Neutral: Michigan leads 7-1-0 20 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. CSTV via tape delay at 9:00 p.m. CSTV is avail- Last 10 meetings: Michigan leads 7-3-0 21 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. able on DirecTV Channel 610. On Saturday, the 27 * at Ohio State 8:05 p.m. two teams travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a 7:35 2004-05 Meetings: 28 * at Ohio State 7:05 p.m. p.m. start. That game will also be televised by Dec. 4 at Michigan 6, ND 1 Comcast Local and can be seen in South Bend via FEBRUARY Dec. 5 Michigan 8, at ND 0 3 * Michigan State 7:35 p.m. Comcast Cable on Channel 3. Notre Dame comes Feb. 18 Michigan 9, ND 2 4 * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. into the game with a 1-3-0 record after a weekend (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) 10 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. split at home with Princeton. The Irish dropped a Feb. 19 at Michigan 6, ND 3 11 * at Ferris State 7:05 p.m. 5-3 decision on Oct. 28 to the Tigers and then won March 11 at Michigan 10, ND 1 (1st Round CCHA) 17 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. a 2-0 verdict on Oct. 29. Freshman goaltender March 11 at Michigan 1, ND 0 (ot) (1st Round CCHA) 18 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. 24 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:35 p.m. Jordan Pearce (Anchorage, Alaska) made 27 25 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:05 p.m. saves in recording his first career shutout. The IRISH VERSUS MICHIGAN: Wolverines, ranked No. 1 the last two weeks, come MARCH into the game ranked third on the year after a split Player GP G A PTS T.J. Jindra 8 2 3 5 3-5 First Round CCHA Playoffs at Alaska Fairbanks last weekend. Michigan (Best-of-three; campus sites) Jason Paige 8 3 1 4 dropped a 4-2 decision in the opening game of Matt Amado 6 3 1 4 10-12 Second Round CCHA Playoffs Wes O’Neill 8 0 3 3 (Best-of-three; campus sites) the series and then rebounded for a 4-0 whitewash- Michael Bartlett 8 1 1 2 17-18 at CCHA Championships ing of the Nanooks on Saturday. Mike Walsh 9 1 0 1 (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) Evan Rankin 6 1 0 1 CCHA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Freshman Victor Oreskovich 6 1 0 1 Home Games in caps goaltender Jordan Pearce was selected as the Josh Sciba 8 0 1 1 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO CCHA rookie of the week for the week ending Oct. Mark Van Guilder 6 0 1 1 # Exhibition Game IN ITALIC 30. Pearce made 27 saves in Notre Dame’s 2-0 Tim Wallace 10 0 0 0 All Times Local To Site win over Princeton on Oct. 29 for his first career Chris Trick 9 0 0 0 Noah Babin 8 0 0 0 – ESPNU win and shutout in an Irish uniform. The win also Tony Gill 6 0 0 0 snapped Notre Dame’s 22-game winless skid that – College Sports Televison Luke Lucyk 6 0 0 0 started on Jan. 8 of last season. For Pearce, the Brock Sheahan 6 0 0 0 Brian D’Arcy 2 0 0 0 – Comcast Local shutout ties him with teammate David Brown (Jr., Stoney Creek, Ont.) for the earliest shutout in a Andrew Eggert 1 0 0 0 – Fox Sports Detroit career. Both goaltenders got their first career shut- Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG outs in the second starts of their Notre Dame ca- David Brown 269:59 2-2-0 22 136 .861 4.94 reers. Rory Walsh 22:13 0-0-0 2 6 .750 5.39 University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Michigan Series – Nov. 4-5, 2005 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON IRISH VERSUS WOLVERINES: The two teams FLUSHING AWAY THE LOSSES: When new have met 107 times in the all-time series (by the Irish head hockey coach Jeff Jackson met with his Full Name Notre Dame record books) with Michigan holding team for the first time in the 2005-06 school year, • Jeffery L. Jackson a 61-41-5 edge in the all-time series. At Notre they went over team rules, regulations, set up Dame, the series is tied, 20-20-2. At Ann Arbor, schedules and met with other administrators. At Birthdate Michigan has a 34-20-3 edge. On neutral ice, the the end of the meeting, he gave the team’s return- • June 22, 1955 Wolverines are 7-1-0 against the Irish. Since re- ing players an index card to write down everything turning to the CCHA in 1992-93, Michigan owns that they hated from the previous season (a 5-26-6 Hometown a 35-6-3 record versus Notre Dame. In the last 20 year that ended in a 19-game winless skid - 0-17- • Roseville, Michigan regular-season games at Yost Arena, the Irish are 2). just 1-16-1 with the last win coming on Nov. 23, After doing that, the team went to where center Education 2002, a 4-3 victory. Notre Dame’s last win at the ice would be at the Joyce Center rink and threw • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications Joyce Center came as part of a weekend sweep on the cards into a waste basket to burn them, sym- Michigan State ‘78 Feb. 27-28, 2004, the first Irish sweep of Michi- bolizing that the previous year was done and it was • Bachelor’s Degree in Education gan since March 5-6, 1982. Last season, the Wol- time to move on. Jackson had the ashes placed in Michigan State ‘79 verines had their way with Notre Dame, winning a jar that was kept in the locker room to remind all six meetings by a combined 40-7 margin. everyone about the previous season. Collegiate Coaching Experience Michigan won all four regular season games and “I thought that it was would be good to keep • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) then took two in the first round of the CCHA play- them as a reminder of what happens when you’re • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) offs with a 10-1 win in Game 1 and a 1-0 overtime not committed,” said Jackson.