2010-11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON the RANKINGS: Notre Dame Enters the Series on the Power Play While BG Was 0-For-6
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Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX FIGHTING IRISH HOCKEY 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame vs. Ferris State HOCKEY (18-9-5/15-6-3-2) Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Mich. Friday, February 18, 2011 OCTOBER Saturday, February 19, 2011 3 Univ. of Guelph (preseason) W, 5-3 8 • at Warrior IceBreaker Tournament vs. Holy Cross W, 6-3 • Date/Site/Time: Fri., February 18, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. • Ewigleben Arena (2,493) • Big Rapids, Mich. 10 • vs. #14/#14 Boston University L, 4-5 Sat., February 19, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. • Ewigleben Arena (2.493 • Big Rapids, Mich. 14 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 15 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 23 #1/#1 Boston College W, 2-1 • The Teams: #8/#9 Notre Dame (18-9-5/15-6-3-2) at --/#20 Ferris State (16-12-4/11-10-3-2) 29 * Western Michigan W, 3-2 30 * at Western Michigan T, 2-2 (ot) • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Cat Country (ND wins shootout, 1-0) 99.9 FM in South Bend. Darin Pritchett, the voice of the Irish will call the action with the pregame show beginning 20 minutes before the opening face off. NOVEMBER 5 * at Bowling Green L, 2-3 6 * at Bowling Green W, 6-3 • Internet Broadcast: Audio/Video: The Notre Dame - Ferris State series will have live audio 12 * at #9/#8 Michigan W, 3-1 streaming at und.com. Video streaming is available at http://www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com/ 13 * at #9/#8 Michigan (Comcast) L, 3-5 information/b2webcasts via America One live video streaming. There is a charge for this service. 19 * rv/#17 Michigan State W, 6-2 Livestats: Available at the CCHA website at ccha.com. 20 * rv/#17 Michigan State W, 4-2 26 at #10/#9 North Dakota L, 3-6 27 at #10/#9 North Dakota T, 2-2 (ot) DOWN THE BACK STRETCH: Notre Dame and Ferris State will meet for the first time this season on Friday and Saturday, February 18-19 at Ewigleben Arena on the Ferris State campus in Big Rapids, DECEMBER Mich. Game time both nights is 7:05 p.m. Both teams enter the weekend with four games left on the 3 * at #6/#6 Miami W, 5-4 4 * at #6/#6 Miami L, 2-5 regular-season schedule. The Irish play two at Ferris State and then close the schedule with a home- 11 * Northern Michigan L, 2-3 and-home series with Western Michigan. The Bulldogs will play two next weekend at Ohio State. 12 * Northern Michigan (Comcast) W, 5-2 Notre Dame is coming off a weekend sweep of Bowling Green that gives them a five-game unbeaten 29 Canisius W, 10-2 streak (3-0-2) since Jan. 22. Overall the Irish are 18-9-5 and in the CCHA sit alone in first place with a 15-6-3-2 mark, good for 50 points in the standings. Notre Dame leads Michigan (49) and Miami JANUARY (49) by one point with the Wolverines and Irish 1 # at Shillelagh Tournament vs. Minnesota State L, 3-4 having two games in hand on the RedHawks. SERIES INFORMATION 2 vs. #11/#10 Boston University T, 3-3 (ot) Notre Dame leads fourth-place Western Michigan vs. Ferris State 7 * at Northern Michigan W, 8-1 by nine points and fifth-place Ferris State by 12. 8 * at Northern Michigan W, 3-1 The Bulldogs are coming off a non-league sweep All-time Series: Ferris State leads, 39-22-6 14 * Alaska W, 2-1 of Alabama-Huntsville and are 16-12-4 overall At Notre Dame: FSU leads, 23-12-4 15 * Alaska L, 1-4 and 11-10-3-2 in conference play. The Irish go At Big Rapids: FSU leads, 14-10-2 21 * at Ohio State L, 1-6 22 * at Ohio State W, 4-1 into this weekend having clinched a bye in the Neutral: FSU leads, 2-0-0 28 * Miami (CBS College Sports) T, 5-5 (ot) first week of the playoffs. They have not clinched Last 10 meetings: ND leads, 5-4-1 (Miami wins shootout, 3-2) home ice for the second round of the playoffs. 29 * Miami (FSN-Detroit) T, 2-2 (ot) 2009-10 Meetings: (ND wins shootout, 1-0) CCHA PLAYOFFS: With 11 teams in the con- Jan. 9 FSU 5, at ND 2 ference this season, the CCHA playoffs have a Jan. 10 FSU 4, at ND 2 FEBRUARY 11 * Bowling Green W, 2-1 different look as the top five finishers will have a bye in the first round. In the opening round, VERSUS FERRIS STATE: 12 * Bowling Green W, 5-1 Name GP G A PTS 18 * at Ferris State 7:05 pm No. 6 plays No. 11, No. 7 faces No. 10, with No. Ben Ryan 11 4 1 5 19 * at Ferris State 7:05 pm 8 playing No. 9. In the second round, No. 4 will Calle Ridderwall 11 2 2 4 25 * at Western Michigan 7:35 pm host No. 5 with the top three teams hosting the Patrick Gaul 3 0 1 1 26 * Western Michigan 7:05 pm the three remaining first round teams. Billy Maday 4 0 1 1 Ryan Guentzel 8 0 1 1 MARCH Sean Lorenz 4 0 0 0 4-6 at First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA MAGIC NUMBERS: While having clinched Riley Sheahan 3 0 1 1 11-13 at Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA a first round bye, Notre Dame is still in search Kevin Nugent 1 0 0 0 18 ^ at CCHA Semifinals TBA of locking up home ice. Here are the “magic Nick Larson 2 0 0 0 19 ^ at CCHA Championship TBA numbers” for the Irish to clinch a spot ahead of Joe Lavin 2 0 0 0 Home Games in bold the four teams behind them: Vs. Ferris State - one point; with four games left Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Rankings - USA Today/USCHO.com Mike Johnson 60:00 0-1-0 5 26 .839 5.00 * CCHA Conference game the most the Bulldogs can finish with is 50 points. • Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Mo.) Vs. Western Michigan - four points; with four # Sears Centre Arena (at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) games left, the most points the Broncos can finish with is 53. ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) Vs. Miami - six points; with two games left, the most the RedHawks can finish with is 55. Vs. Michigan - 12 points; with two games left the most the Wolverines can finish with is 61. CBSC - CBS College Sports FSD - Fox Sports Detroit IRISH VERSUS BULLDOGS: Notre Dame and Ferris State have met 67 times in the all-time series with the Bulldogs holding a 39-22-6 advantage. At Big Rapids, Ferris State is 14-10-2 versus the Irish. All Times Local To Site The last time Notre Dame won at Big Rapids was the last time the Irish played there, Dec., 5-6, 2008, taking 3-1 and 1-0 decisions. They are 4-1-1 against the Bulldogs at Ewigleben Arena, dating back to the 2002-03 season. In the last 20 meetings between the two, just six have been in Big Rapids. 2010-11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON THE RANKINGS: Notre Dame enters the series on the power play while BG was 0-for-6. with Ferris State ranked 8th in the USA Today/ HOME SWEET HOME: Notre Dame’s American Hockey Magazine poll and 9th in the weekend sweep of Bowling Green at the Joyce Full Name USCHO.com poll. The Bulldogs are ranked 20th Center extended the Irish unbeaten streak versus • Jeffery L. Jackson in the USCHO.com poll this week. the Falcons to 12 games (11-0-1) at home. The last time Notre Dame lost to Bowling Green at Birthdate CCHA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Freshman the Joyce Center was during the 2005-06 season. • June 22, 1955 left wing Anders Lee (Edina, Minn.) was named The Irish are 11-2-2 at home this year. CCHA rookie of the week for the third time Hometown this season following Notre Dame’s series with 40 AND OVER: With his assist on Bryan Rust’s • Roseville, Michigan Bowling Green. For the weekend, Lee had one goal on Feb. 11 versus Bowling Green, freshman goal (a game winner) and three assists for four center T.J. Tynan reached the 40-point mark this Education points with 13 shots on goal and was +3 in the two season. He added three points in the Feb. 12 • Bachelor’s Degree in games. In the Feb. 11, 2-1 win, Lee helped set game and now has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points. He is the first Irish freshman to get over Communications up Bryan Rust’s (Fr., Novi, Mich.) first-period goal and then scored the game winner with 3:14 40 points in his rookie year since the 2006-07 Michigan State ‘78 left in the game. He was +2 with seven shots on season when Ryan Thang ‘10 finished that year • Bachelor’s Degree in Education goal. In the Feb. 12, 5-1 win, the big left wing set with 41 points on 20 goals and 21 assists in 42 Michigan State ‘79 up goals by Billy Maday (Jr., Burr Ridge, Ill.) games.