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THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 2004-05 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame Takes To The Road For Two Games At Western Michigan HOCKEY (1-5-3/0-4-2) Irish will look to get on winning track versus Broncos; first meeting between two teams since dramatic first-round playoff series last March. OCTOBER 7 #4/#4 Minnesota-Duluth T, 2-2 (ot) • The Series: Notre Dame (1-5-3/0-4-2) at Western Michigan Broncos (4-4-0/2-4-0) 8 #4/#4 Minnesota-Duluth L, 1-4 • Date/Site/Times: Fri-Sat., Nov. 12-13, 2004 - 7:35 p.m./8:05 p.m. - Lawson Arena (3,667) 15 * at #9/#10 Miami (OH) L, 2-4 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame games can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1580, South 16 * at #9/#10 Miami (OH) L, 0-5 22 #1/#1 Boston College (Com-Loc.) W, 3-2 Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” calls all the action with Tom Nevala 29 * #15/#15 No. Michigan T, 1-1 (ot) handling the color commentary. Irish hockey can also be heard live via the internet at www.und.com. 30 * #15/#15 No. Michigan L, 1-4 Television: Friday’s game will be televised by Comcast-Local with Ben Holden and Lyle Phair NOVEMBER handling the play-by-play and color commentary. The game can seen in the South Bend -Michiana area 4*at Bowling Green L, 1-3 on Comcast SportsNet Chicago which is available on Channel 37 for Comcast Cable subscribers. 5*Bowling Green T, 4-4 (ot)

12 * at Western Michigan (Com-Loc.)7:35 p.m. IRISH AND BRONCOS SET TO TANGLE: Notre Dame and Western Michigan get together for the 13 * at Western Michigan 8:05 p.m. only time during the 2004-05 regular season when 19 # U.S. Under-18 Team 7:35 p.m. the two teams square off on Friday-Saturday, No- SERIES INFORMATION 26 * at Alaska Fairbanks 7:05 p.m. vember 12-13 in Kalamazoo. Mich. Friday’s game vs. Western Michigan Broncos 27 * at Alaska Fairbanks 7:05 p.m. will begin at 7:35 p.m. and will be televised by DECEMBER Comcast-Live. Saturday’s tilt has an 8:05 p.m. All-time Series: Broncos lead, 32-22-4 3*at Michigan (FSN-Det.) 7:35 p.m. start due to Western Michigan hosting Miami in At Notre Dame: Irish lead, 15-12-1 4*Michigan (Com-Loc.) 7:05 p.m. football earlier in the afternoon. Notre Dame will At Kalamazoo: Broncos lead, 19-7-3 10 * Michigan State (CSTV) 8:05 p.m. again look to get on the winning track after drop- Neutral: WMU leads, 1-0-0 11 * at Michigan State (Com-Loc.) 7:05 p.m. ping a 3-1 decision at Bowling Green last Thurs- Last 10 games: ND leads 5-4-1 JANUARY day and then battling the Falcons to a 4-4 over- 1 Rensselaer 7:05 p.m. time tie on Friday night at Notre Dame. The Irish 2003-04 Meetings: 2 Rensselaer 5:05 p.m. are 1-5-3 on the season overall and own an 0-4-2 Dec. 5 at WMU 8, ND 6 7*at Lake Superior State 7:35 p.m. mark in the CCHA. Western Michigan is coming Dec. 6 at WWU 6, ND 4 8*at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m. off a sweep of Niagara at home last weekend, tak- Mar. 12 at ND 4, WMU 2 14 * Ohio State 7:35 p.m. ing 4-3 and 4-1 wins over the Purple Eagles. This Mar. 13 WMU 4, ND 0 15 * Ohio State 7:05 p.m. weekend’s series is a rematch of last March’s Mar. 14 at ND 5, WMU 4 (ot) 18 $ vs. Michigan Tech 6:35 p.m. 21 Wisconsin (CSTV) 8:05 p.m. CCHA first round playoff series that saw Notre 22 @ vs. Wisconsin 7:05 p.m. Dame win game three in overtime, 5-4, to advance IRISH VERSUS WESTERN MICHIGAN: 28 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. to the CCHA Super Six. Following this weekend’s 29 * Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. series, the Irish will play host to the U.S. Under- Player GP G A PTS Tim Wallace 9 3 3 6 18 Team on Friday, Nov. 19 at 7:35 p.m. in an ex- Cory McLean 11 2 3 5 FEBRUARY hibition game at the Joyce Center. 4*Nebraska-Omaha (Com-Loc.)7:35 p.m. Wes O’Neill 5 0 5 5 5*Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. Matt Amado 9 3 1 4 11 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. THE SERIES: Notre Dame and Western Michi- Michael Bartlett 5 2 2 4 12 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. gan have met 58 times in the all-time series with Mike Walsh 7 1 3 4 18 * %Michigan (CSTV) 8:05 p.m. Western owning a 32-22-4 advantage. The teams Jason Paige 5 2 0 2 19 * at Michigan (FSN-Det.) 7:35 p.m. Josh Sciba 5 2 0 2 met five times last year with the Broncos winning T.J. Jindra 5 1 1 2 MARCH two regular-season contests at Lawson Arena, 8-6 Joe Zurenko 10 0 0 0 4*at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. and 6-4 before the Irish won their opening round Matt Williams-Kovacs 2 0 0 0 5*Michigan State (Com.-Loc.) 7:05 p.m. playoff series at the Joyce Center. Notre Dame Noah Babin 4 0 0 0 11-13 First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA took game one, 4-2, lost the second, 4-0 and then Tony Gill 1 0 0 0 (Best two-of -three) won a dramatic overtime contest in game three, Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG 17 & CCHA Play-In Game TBA 5-4. Jason Paige (So., Saginaw, Mich.) was the 18 & CCHA Semifinals TBA Morgan Cey 424:24 3-3-1 24 201 .893 3.39 19 & CCHA Championship Game TBA hero in that game, scoring at 12:35 of overtime. David Brown 171:17 1-1-0 15 84 .848 5.26 At Lawson Arena, the Broncos have a 19-7-3 Rory Walsh 18:52 0-1-0 2 8 .800 6.32 Home Games in caps record versus the Irish and own a 16-3-2 mark Rankings - USA Today/USCHO against Notre Dame since the Irish returned to the # Exhibition Game IN ITALIC CCHA in 1992-93. The Irish have lost three in a row at Lawson Arena with the last win coming on Oct. All Times Local To Site 19, 2002, an 8-5 win. The two teams have split the last 10 overall meetings (5-5-0). $ at Resch Center (Green Bay, Wis.) @ at Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.) -SCORING STRUGGLES: Scoring goals has been a struggle for Notre Dame this season as % at Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum (Fort the Irish have scored just 15 times in nine games (1.67 per game). They showed signs of snapping out of Wayne, Ind.) their early season goal-scoring funk versus Bowling Green as the Irish scored a season-high four goals in & at Joe Louis Arena (Detroit, Mich.) the 4-4 tie with the Falcons. Notre Dame fired a season-high 54 shots on goal in that game, including 29 in the second period and scored a season-best two power-play goals. Sophomore defenseman Wes O’Neill (Essex, Ont.) had the first multiple-goal game for Notre Dame with a pair of goals and Cory McLean (Sr., Fargo, N.D.) and Mike Walsh (Jr., Northville, Mich.) each had three- nights. THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 A GAME NOTES - October 8, 2004 HEAD COACH DAVE POULIN BOWLING GREEN RECAP: Dana Hanson and Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. Alex Foster scored third-period goals to snap a 1- Former National Hockey 1 tie on Thursday night at the Bowling Green Ice 12 3 OT - F League star Dave Poulin is Arena to give the Falcons a 3-1 win over Notre Bowling Green 0 2 2 0 - 4 in his 10th season behind the Notre Dame 2 1 1 0 - 4 Dame. Derek Whitmore got the Falcons on the 1st Period Notre Dame bench. Going board first at 6:50 of the first period with a power- ND - Cory McLean 2 (Mike Walsh, Evan Rankin), PPG, 3:07; ND into this weekend’s series play goal. Mark Van Guilder (Fr., Roseville, - Wes O’Neill 2 (McLean, M. Walsh), PPG, 9:27. versus Western Michigan, Minn.) tied the game for the Irish at 8:54 of the 2nd Period the 1982 Notre Dame grad second period for his first collegiate goal. Cory ND Ð Rankin 2 (M. Walsh, McLean), 4:11; BGSU Ð James Unger owns a 135-175-46 (.444) McLean collected the lone assist on the goal. In 1 (Jonathan Matsumoto, Micheal Hodgson), PPG, 5:50; BGSU Ð career record and an 96- Ben Geelan 2 (Chris Pedota, Ryan Minnabarriet), 10:45. the third period, Hanson broke the tie with a power- 3rd Period 129-38 (.437) record in play goal at 8:10 and Foster added the insurance BGSU Ð John Mazzei 1 (Alex Foster, Rich Meloche), 8:17; BGSU CCHA play. Versus the goal at 16:21 for the 3-1 final. Bowling Green out Ð Derek Whitmore 2 (Unger, Mazzei), 11:32; ND – O’Neill 3 (Chris Broncos, Poulin is 14-12-3 in 29 previous meetings. shot Notre Dame, 37-31 in the game. Jordan Trick), EX, 19:57. A three-time NHL all-star, Poulin returned to his Sigalet made 30 saves in the Falcon goal while Saves alma mater in 1995 after 13 seasons in the NHL Morgan Cey (Sr., Wilkie, Sask.) had 34 stops for BGSU Ð Jordan Sigalet (65:00) 6 - 28 - 11- 5 Ð 50 with the , the and ND Ð Morgan Cey (63:33) 6 - 3 - 10 - 0 Ð 19 the Irish. Bowling Green was 2-for-8 on the power Power Play: BGSU: 1-6; ND: 2-7 the . The winner of the 1987 play while Notre Dame was 0-for-6. Penalties: BGSU: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes; Selke Trophy (league’s top defensive forward) and Friday’s game two saw the Irish offense click Attendance: 1,505 the 1993 King Clancy Trophy (for leadership on and early as Notre Dame took a 2-0 first-period lead off the ice), Poulin played in 724 NHL games with on power-play goals by Cory McLean and Wes SLOW START: Notre Dame’s 1-5-3 start is its 205 goals, 325 assists for 530 career points. In his O’Neill. The lead would go to 3-0 as freshman worst since opening the 1995-96 season with a 1- four seasons at Notre Dame (1978-82), Poulin Evan Rankin (Portage, Mich.) scored his second 8-0 record. The Irish won game 10 to improve to 2-8-0 that year. The 0-4-2 start in the CCHA is the scored 89 goals with 107 assists for 196 points in goal of the year at 4:11 of the middle period. Bowl- 135 games. He remains tied for first in game-win- worst start for Notre Dame in conference play since ing Green broke through on Morgan Cey at 5:50 starting the 1992-93 season (the year of Notre ning goals (13) and hat tricks (8) with the Irish. His as James Unger’s power-play goal cut the Notre Dame’s return to the CCHA) with an 0-8-1 record 89 goals rank him fifth on the all-time list, his as- Dame lead to 3-1. Ben Geelan made it 3-2 at 10:45 in the first nine league contests. sists rank him seventh and he is sixth on the all- of the second period as Jordan Sigalet held his team time points list. As coach of the Irish, Poulin re- in the game as Notre Dame poured 29 shots on HOMECOMING: Notre Dame freshman right corded his 100th career win in Notre Dame’s 8-5 goal. In the third period, the Falcons would tie the wing Evan Rankin will be making a homecom- win at Western Michigan on Oct. 19, 2002. On game at 8:17 on a John Mazzei goal and then go ing of sorts when the Irish play Western Michigan March 15, 2003, at Miami (OH), he moved into sec- ahead at 11:32 when Derek Whitmore scored at this weekend. A native of nearby Portage, Mich., ond on Notre Dame’s all-time win list. He now has the end of a Falcon power play. As time was run- a suburb of Kalamazoo, Rankin grew up in the 135 career wins with the Irish and trails only “Lefty” ning out, O’Neill came to Notre Dame’s rescue shadows of Lawson Arena and skated many times Smith, who is the all-time leader with 307. when he scored at 19:57 to tie the game in over- on the home ice of the Broncos. time. Junior defenseman Chris Trick (Troy, Poulin Year-By-Year Mich.) made the key play keeping the puck in at CAREER BESTS: Junior left wing Mike Walsh Overall CCHA the right point and getting a shot on goal that had the first three-point game and the first three- Year W - L - T .Pct W - L - T .Pct Sigalet stopped, but then couldn’t control the re- assist game of his career in the 4-4 tie with Bowl- 1995-96 9 -23- 4 .306 6 -20- 4 .267 bound as O’Neill fired it home. Notre Dame would ing Green. Defenseman Wes O’Neill recorded the 1996-97 9 -25- 1 .271 6 -20- 1 .241 out shoot Bowling Green, 54-23 in the game. 1997-98 18-19- 4 .488 12-14- 4 .467 first two-goal game of his career versus the Fal- Sigalet made 50 saves in the game while Cey had 1998-99 19-14- 5 .566 15-11- 4 .567 cons. Freshman right wing Evan Rankin recorded 19 for Notre Dame. The Irish were 2-for-7 on the 1999-00 16-18- 8 .476 11-10- 7 .518 the first multiple-point game of his career as he 2000-01 10-22- 7 .346 7 -15- 6 .357 power play while the Falcons were 1-for-6. scored a goal and added an assist versus Bowling 2001-02 16-17- 5 .487 12-12- 4 .500 Green. Cory McLean equalled his career-high 2002-03 17-17- 6 .500 13-12- 3 .518 Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. with three points versus the Falcons as he scored 2003-04 20-15- 4 .564 14-11- 3 .554 12 3 - F once and added two assists in the contest. 2004-05 1- 5 - 3 .278 0 - 4- 2 .167 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 Totals 135-175-47 .444 96-129-38 .437 Bowling Green 1 0 2 - 3 BLASTING THE BISCUIT: The Irish fired 54 1st Period shots at Bowling Green goaltender Jordan Sigalet BGSU - Derek Whitmore 2 (John Mazzei, Rich Meloche), PPG, on Nov. 5, including 29 in the second period. The 6:50. 2nd Period last time the Irish had more than 54 shots on goal PERANI CUP STANDINGS ND Ð Mark Van Guilder 1 (Cory McLean), 8:54. came on Oct. 17, 2003 when they fired 59 at - you Perani’s Hockey World is the CCHA’s sponsor of the 3rd Period guessed it, Jordan Sigalet of Bowling Green. He league’s “Three Stars of the Game.” Members of BGSU Ð Dana Hanson 1 (Alex Foster, Michael Hodgson), PPG, made 56 saves that night in a 5-3 Falcon win. the media are asked to select the game’s three stars 8:10; BGSU Ð Foster 1 (Mazzei, Ben Geelan), 16:21. for which points are accumulated – 1st Star gets five Saves ON THE SIDELINES: Notre Dame will be with- points, 2nd Star gets three and 3rd Star gets one. Here ND Ð Morgan Cey (58:28) 16 - 9 - 9 Ð 34 are the standings for Notre Dame players in CCHA BGSU Ð Jordan Sigalet (60:00) 9 - 10 - 11 Ð 30 out the services of sophomore center Matt Will- games only: (Regular season final point totals) Power Play: BGSU: 2-8; ND: 0-6 iams-Kovacs (So., Calgary, Alb.) who suffered a Penalties: ND: 9 for 18 minutes; BGSU: 7 for 14 minutes broken left ankle in the first period of the Oct. 16 Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Pts. Attendance: 3,168 game versus Miami. He had surgery on Monday, Morgan Cey 1 0 1 6 Oct. 18 and is out six to eight weeks. Wes O’Neill 1 0 0 5 Noah Babin 0 0 1 1 Cory McLean 0 0 1 1 SHOT MARGINS: The Irish have out shot teams in just two of their first nine games this season and are 0-0-2 in those games. On Nov. 5, the Irish out shot Bowling Green, 54-23 and on Oct. 29, Notre Dame out shot Northern Michigan by a 30-27 mar- gin. THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004

IRISH SPECIAL TEAMS IRISH VERSUS RANKED TEAMS: Notre Dame opened the season with seven consecutive games Here’s a game-by-game look at Notre Dame’s versus ranked teams, going 1-4-2 in those contests. The Irish tied #15/#15 Northern Michigan, 1-1, on special teams this season: Oct. 29 before dropping a 4-1 decision on Oct. 30. In the first three weeks of the season, Notre Dame has faced #4/#4 Minnesota-Duluth, #9/#10 Miami and #1/#1 Boston College. Versus teams in the top five or POWER PLAY PEN. KILLING better, Notre Dame is 1-1-1. Last year, the Irish were 6-6-1 against ranked teams. More importantly, Notre Game G-Chances Kills-Opp Dame was 5-1-1 against teams ranked fifth or better on the year. UMD 1-11 11-12 UMD 1-12 7-8 USA Today/American Hockey Magazine US College Hockey Online at MIA 1-10 5-8 Rank Team W-L-T Rank Team W-L-T at MIA 0-9 5-8 4Minnesota-Duluth T, 2-2 (ot) 4 Minnesota-Duluth T, 2-2 (ot) BC 1-9 10-11 4Minnesota-Duluth L, 1-4 4 Minnesota-Duluth L, 1-4 NMU 0-6 5-5 9 at Miami L, 2-4 10 at Miami L, 2-4 NMU 1-5 3-5 9 at Miami L, 0-5 10 at Miami L, 0-5 at BGSU 0-6 6-8 1 Boston College W, 3-2 1 Boston College W, 3-2 BGSU 2-7 5-6 15 Northern Michigan T, 1-1 (ot) 15 Northern Michigan T, 1-1 (ot) Home 6-50 (12.0%) 41-47 (87.2%) 15 Northern Michigan L, 1-4 15 Northern Michigan L, 1-4 Away 1-25 (4.0%) 16-24 (66.7%) Neutral ------Totals 7-75 (9.3%) 57-71 (80.3%) THREE-GOAL LEADS: Notre Dame led Bowl- WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?: Sopho- ing Green by a 3-0 score before giving up four goals more goaltender David Brown (Stoney Creek, to trail, 4-3, before Wes O’Neill’s heroics with three Ont.) burst on the scene as a freshman, setting Irish CALL IT AFTER TWO: Wes O’Neill’s third- seconds left. The last time the Irish surrendered a records for single-season goals-against average period goal with just three seconds left versus three-goal lead was on Nov. 6, 1998. The Irish led (2.32), save percentage (.825) and shutouts (4). Bowling Green pulled out a 4-4 tie for the Irish on Boston College, 5-2 after two periods before set- This season, he has played in three games and has Nov. 5. On the year, O’Neill’s goal was just the tling for a 5-5 tie. an 0-3-0 record to go with a 4.33 goals-against second scored by the Irish in the third period average and a .887 save percentage. Six of the 13 through nine games. To make matters worse, the BEATING THE BEST: For the second year in a goals he’s surrendered this year have come on the Irish have been out scored by a 13-2 margin in the row, Notre Dame faced the Boston College Eagles power play. final period of play. when the Eagles were the top-ranked team in the nation. For the second year in a row, the Irish sent POWER-PLAY NUGGETS: Wes O’Neill’s sec- FATHER’S DAY GIFT: Notre Dame’s 4-4 tie with the Eagles home with a loss as they prevailed on ond period power-play goal versus Boston College Bowling Green was the third of the season for the Oct. 22 by a 3-2 score. The last time the Irish had came on a 5-on-3 Notre Dame power play. It Irish. Since the 1999-2000 season, Notre Dame has defeated a top-ranked team at the Joyce Center was marked the third time this season that the Irish been involved in 44 overtime games. In those Jan. 13, 1978 when they upset Denver, 5-3. A year scored 5-on-3 after scoring two in 39 games last games, the Irish are 6-5-33. During the 2003-04 ago, in Boston, the Irish downed the top-ranked season. Through nine games this year, Notre Dame season, Notre Dame had a total of eight overtime Eagles, 1-0. In the 37-year history of the program, and its opponents have been involved in six, 5-on- contests, going 1-3-4 in those games. The lone over- Notre Dame owns eight wins over top-ranked teams. 3 power-play goals (ND has three, opponents have time win came in game three of the first round of The list: three). Versus Bowling Green, the Irish recorded the CCHA playoffs versus Western Michigan. The their first multiple power-play goals, scoring twice Irish have not won a regular-season overtime game 10/22/04 - vs. Boston College, 3-2 with the man advantage. since Jan. 25, 2002 at Miami, a span of 15 overtime 10/23/03 - at Boston College, 1-0 games (0-2-13). 1/3/99 - at North Dakota, 4-3 BISCUIT BARRAGE: The 52 shots that Boston 11/20/78 - at Minnesota, 3-2 College fired at Morgan Cey on Oct. 22 was the THE PUCK STOPS HERE: Notre Dame senior 1/13/78 - vs. Denver, 5-3 most shots on goal the Irish have faced since Jan. goaltender Morgan Cey was named the CCHA’s 1/18/74 - vs. Michigan Tech, 7-1 23, 2001 when Michigan fired 51 on the Notre Dame goaltender of the week and USCHO.com’s defen- 2/24/73 - vs. Wisconsin, 4-3 goal in a 9-0 Wolverine win. sive player of the week for the week ending Oct. 2/23/73 - vs. Wisconsin, 8-5 24th. Cey recorded a career-high 50 saves in DOING IT THE HARD WAY: Sophomore right downing the top-ranked Boston College Eagles, 3- FRESHMAN FIRSTS: Freshman left wing wing T.J. Jindra (Faribault, Minn.) picked up the 2, at the Joyce Center on Oct. 22. Twenty-eight of Mark Van Guilder collected his first collegiate third short-handed goal of his Notre Dame career his saves came on 11 BC power-play chances. The goal on Nov. 4 at Bowling Green. He became the versus Boston College. In 44 career games, Jindra 6-3, 177-pound goaltender made 20 saves in the second Irish freshman to get his first goal, follow- now has scored five goals with three of them com- first period, 10 in the second and 20 in the third ing Evan Rankin who scored the first goal of his ing a man down. He also has three game winners in period. He has gone 0-1-2 in his last three games Notre Dame career with a second-period goal ver- his career with two of them coming short-handed. since his outstanding performance versus Boston sus Boston College (Oct.22). College. For the year, Cey is 1-2-3 with a 2.42 THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Notre goals-against average and a .931 save percentage. FIRST TIMER: Noah Babin (So., Palm Beach Dame’s loss to Minnesota-Duluth on Oct. 8 Of the 15 goals he’s given up this year, eight have Gardens, Fla.) scored his first career goal for the snapped a 15-game (12-0-3) regular-season home been on the power play. Irish in the 1-1 tie with Northern Michigan. The unbeaten at the Joyce Center. The last time the sophomore defenseman has played in 37 career Irish had lost a regular-season home game at the SEN-CEY-TIONAL: Morgan Cey’s 50-save per- games for Notre Dame. He is also the first Notre Joyce Center was on Oct. 17, 2003 versus Bowl- formance versus Boston College was the first 50- Dame hockey player from the state of Florida. ing Green. Notre Dame was 14-2-2 (.833) at the save game for a Notre Dame goaltender since Joyce Center last season. This year, the Irish are Lance Madson (‘86-’90) turned in 57 saves in a WES FOR THE DEFENSE: Sophomore 1-2-3 at home and 15-4-5 (.729) in their last 24 6-3 loss to Air Force on Nov. 12, 1988. For Cey, defenseman Wes O’Neill has become Notre home games. The 2003-04 home record of 14-2-2 the win was the 36th of his Notre Dame career, Dame’s offensive and defensive leader this season. was the best for the Irish since 1987-88 when that tying him for fifth on the all-time wins list with Through nine games, O’Neill leads the Irish in year’s Irish squad was 18-2-0 on home ice. Bob McNamara (1979-83). goals (3), assists (5) and points (8) while being second in shots on goal. Defensively he plays in every situation and is -1 for the season. THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 SPECIAL TEAMS: Through the first nine games TALE OF THE TAPE 2004-05 Notre Dame Hockey Roster of the 2004-05 season, the Irish have struggled on No. Name Pos. Year the power play, scoring just seven times in 75 ND WMU Hometown/Last Team chances for a 9.3% success rate. Last year, the 2 Joe Zurenko D Sr. 2003-04 record 20-15-4 17-18-4 Notre Dame power play clicked at a 17.8% rate, 2003-04 Conference record 14-11-3 12-13-3 Palatine, Ill./ (USHL) scoring 32 times in 180 chances. On the 4Dan VeNard D Fr. Letterwinners returning 17 of 25 16 of 23 kill, the Irish have given up 14 power-play goals Vernon Hills, Ill./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) in the first nine games (six of those came in two 5Chris Trick D Jr. Current overall record 1-5-3 4-4-0 games at Miami) and for the year are 57 of 71 kill- Troy, Mich./Chicago Freeze (NAHL) Winning percentage .278 .500 6Noah Babin D So. ing penalties (80.3%). Last season, Notre Dame Conference record 0-4-2/t10th 2-4-0/t8th Palm Bch. Gardens, Fla./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) was tops in the CCHA and fourth in the nation with 7Luke Lucyk D Fr. an 87.4% penalty killing ratio. Home record 1-2-3 4-2-0 Fox Point, Wis./Tri-City Storm (USHL) Road record 0-3-0 0-2-0 8 Josh Sciba LW So. BLUE-LINE SCORING: Sophomore defenseman One-goal games record 1-0 2-1 Westland, Mich./USA Under-18 Team Wes O’Neill leads the Irish in scoring after nine Overtime record 0-0-3 0-1-0 9Matt Williams-Kovacs RW So. games with three goals and five assists on the sea- Last weekend 0-1-1 2-0-0 Calgary, Alb./Calgary Royals (AJHL) son. He is followed by sophomore Noah Babin who Last 5 games 1-2-2 3-2-0 10 Cory McLean (C) C Sr. has a goal and an assist for two points on the year. Fargo, N.D./Chicago Steel (USHL) Junior Chris Trick (Troy, Mich.) has two assists When scoring first ... 1-1-3 1-1-0 13 Andrew Eggert LW Fr. and freshman Brock Sheahan (Lethbridge, Alb.) When ahead after 1st period 0-0-2 1-1-0 (Livonia, Mich./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) have the other assists for the Irish. Through nine When ahead after 2nd period 1-0-2 1-1-0 14 Brock Sheahan D Fr. games, the Irish defense has accounted for four of Lethbridge, Alb./Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves (AJHL) Notre Dame’s 15 goals and 13 of Notre Dame’s 40 Goals per game 1.67 3.75 16 Matt Amado C Jr. points. Shots per game 30.4 30.1 Surrey, B.C./Coquitlam Express (BCHL) Shooting percentage .055 .089 17 Mike Walsh (A) LW Jr. SCORING BY CLASS: Here’s how Notre Dame Opponent shots per game 35.9 32.0 Northville, Mich./Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL) scoring breaks down by classes this season. Shot margin -5.5 -1.9 18 Evan Rankin C Fr. Class (Skaters) Goals Assists Points Portage, Mich./Lincoln Stars (USHL) Seniors (2) 2 5 7 PPG percentage .093 .193 19 Wes O’Neill D So. Juniors (5) 2 10 12 PP chances per game 8.33 7.13 Essex. Ont./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Sophomores (7) 8 8 16 PP goals per game 0.78 1.38 20 Victor Oreskovich RW Fr. Freshmen (8) 3 2 5 SH goals allowed 1 2 Oakville, Ont./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Totals 15 25 40 21 Tony Gill C Jr. Penalties per game 9.7 10.5 Rochester, Minn./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) CAPTAINS: Senior Cory McLean (Fargo, N.D.) Penalty-killing percentage .803 .844 22 Jason Paige (A) C So. will serve as Notre Dame’s team captain this sea- Saginaw, Mich./Compuware Ambassadors (NAHL) son. The team’s two alternate captains will be jun- Opponent PP chances per game 7.9 8.00 24 Brian D’Arcy D Fr. ior Mike Walsh (Northville, Mich.) and sophomore Opponent PPGs per game 1.56 1.25 Western Springs, Ill./Tri-City Storm (USHL) Jason Paige (Saginaw, Mich.). Paige is just the Shorthanded goals for 1 4 26 T.J. Jindra RW So. second sophomore in Dave Poulin’s 10 seasons at Faribault, Minn./River City Lancers (USHL) Notre Dame to be selected as an alternate captain. Goals-against average 3.14 3.98 27 Michael Bartlett LW So. Save percentage .913 .875 Morton Grove, Ill./USA Under-18 Team The first was Steve Noble (‘98) who was selected 28 Tim Wallace RW Jr. an alternate for the 1995-96 season. He went on to Goal margin/game -1.56 -0.25 Anchorage, Alaska./USA Under-18 Team serve as captain in 1996-97 and 1997-98. (-14) (-2) 29 Morgan Cey G Sr. Wilkie, Sask./Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL) POWER-PLAY FIRST: Junior center Matt 1st period goals/game 0.67 0.63 30 David Brown G So. Amado (Surrey, B.C.) recorded his first career 1st period goal margin E -3 Stoney Creek, Ont./Hamilton Kilty Bees (OPJHL) power-play goal on Oct. 7 in the 2-2 with Minne- (6-6) (5-8) 31 Rory Walsh G Jr. sota-Duluth. The goal gave the Irish a 1-0 lead. Milton, Mass./Noble and Greenough Amado has played in 74 games in his career and has 11 goals and 14 assists for 25 points. 2nd period goals/game 0.78 2.00 Coach: Dave Poulin 2nd period goal margin -3 +7 Assistant Coach: Andy Slaggert SHUTOUT STREAKS: Notre Dame goaltenders (7-10) (16-9) Assistant Coach: Layne LeBel David Brown and Morgan Cey each turned in ca- Volunteer Assistant Coach: Craig Brown reer-best shutout streaks during the 2003-04 season. 3rd period goals/game 0.22 1.13 Student Assistant Coach: Derek Smith Brown set a Notre Dame record with his streak of 3rd period goal margin -11 -4 Video Coordinator: Kevin Anderson 193:27, set between Oct. 17 and Nov. 8. In his (2-13) (9-13) Equipment Manager: Dave Gilbert streak, Brown shutout Bowling Green (10/18), Bos- Athletic Trainer: Kevin Ricks ton College (10/24) and Nebraska-Omaha (10/31) Overtime goals 0 0 Student Manager: Chris Duve over three consecutive starts. Cey set his mark of Overtime goals against 0 1 158:53 between Dec. 29 and Jan. 9. Included in his back-to-back shutouts were 1-0 blankings of Maine (12/28) and Findlay (1/3). Cey previously held the Irish record with a run of 149:17 and set in the 2003 CCHA playoffs.

IRON MAN: Sophomore right wing Tim Wallace (Anchorage, Alaska) has now played in all 88 games in his first two-plus seasons at Notre Dame. The Irish record for consecutive games played be- longs to former defenseman Evan Nielsen (‘03) who played in 114 consecutive games between his sopho- THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 more and senior seasons. Nielsen missed just two games in his career, playing in 156 of 158 games. THE LAST TIME: Wallace played in all 40 games as a freshman and Notre Dame won in overtime ...... March 14, 2004 vs. Western Michigan (5-4, CCHA playoff game) all 39 Irish games in 2003-04. The big left wing Notre Dame CCHA overtime win ...... January 25, 2002 vs. Miami (4-3) has a goal and three assists for four points in the Notre Dame lost in overtime...... March 18, 2004 vs. Ohio State (6-5) - CCHA Super Six first nine games of 2004-05. Notre Dame lost in CCHA in overtime...... January 23, 2004 at Northern Michigan (4-3) 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...... January 20, 1996 at Michigan (11-1) TERRIFIC TRIO: Notre Dame’s outstanding Notre Dame had a home shutout ...... January 10, 2004 vs. Bowling Green (David Brown, 32 saves) goaltending duo of senior Morgan Cey and sopho- Notre Dame had a road shutout...... Dec. 28 vs. Maine (1-0, Morgan Cey, 32 saves) more David Brown combined to set Notre Dame Notre Dame had a shutout in a CCHA game ...... Jan. 10, 2004 vs. Bowling Green (David Brown, 32 saves) records for the lowest goals-against average and save Notre Dame was shut out in a CCHA game...... Oct. 16, 2004 at Miami (5-0, Brandon Crawford-West) percentage in a season during the 2003-04 season. Notre Dame was shut out at home...... March 13, 2004 vs. Western Michigan (4-0, Eric Marvin) Along with junior Rory Walsh, the trio combined Notre Dame was shut out on road ...... Oct. 16, 2004 at Miami (5-0, Brandon Crawford-West) to turn in school record 2.48 goals-against average and .922 save percentages over 39 games. The pre- Notre Dame had 35 or more shots in a game...... December 5, 2003 at Western Michigan (37 shots) vious Notre Dame record for goals- against aver- Notre Dame had 40 or more shots in a game...... February 13, 2004 vs. Alaska Fairbanks (44 shots) age (2.60) came in the 1999-00 season and the pre- Notre Dame had 50 or more shots in a game...... November 5, 2004 vs. Bowling Green (54 shots) vious best save percentage (.910) came in the 2002- Notre Dame surrendered 35 or more shots in a game...... November 4, 2004 at Bowling Green (37 shots) 03 campaign. Cey was 5-7-1 on the year with a Notre Dame surrendered 40 or more shots in a game ...... October 16, 2004 at Miami (43 shots) career-best goals against (2.42) and save percent- Notre Dame surrendered 50 or more shots in a game...... October 22, 2004 vs. Boston College (52 shots) age (.924). Brown was 14-7-3 overall and set Irish Notre Dame had four PP goals in a game...... December 7, 2002 vs. Bowling Green (6-3 win) records with a 2.32 goals-against average and a .925 Notre Dame had three PP goals in a game...... February 22, 2003 vs. Lake Superior (6-3 win) save percentage. The freshman puck stopper also Notre Dame surrendered four PP goals...... November 30, 2002 at Alaska Fairbanks (5-4 loss) set a Notre Dame record with four shutouts on the Notre Dame surrendered three PP goals...... March 18, 2004 vs. Ohio State (6-5 loss in ot) year. Cey added a pair of whitewashings on the year to give him a school record six shutouts for his Notre Dame player scored a hat trick...... March 18 , 2004 - Aaron Gill (vs. Ohio State- CCHA Super Six) career. Walsh was 1-1-0 on the year with a 3.53 Notre Dame player scored four goals...... October 19, 1995 - Brian Urick (at Alaska-Fairbanks) goals-against average and a .881 save percentage. Notre Dame player scored five goals...... December 29, 1971 - Ian Williams (at Dartmouth)

NHL DRAFTEES: In June of 2004, the Irish had Notre Dame player had three assists...... November 5, 2004 - Mike Walsh (vs. Bowling Green - 0g, 3a) three players selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Notre Dame player had four assists...... November 2, 2001 - Connor Dunlop (at Northern Michigan - 0g, 4a) Freshman right wing Victor Oreskovich (Oakville, Notre Dame player had five assists...... October 21, 1994 - Jamie Ling (vs. Waterloo - 2g, 5a) Ont.) was a second-round selection, 55th overall Notre Dame player had three points ...... November 5, 2004 - Cory McLean (vs. Bowling Green -1g, 2a) by the Colorado Avalanche. Sophomore ...... November 5, 2004 - Mike Walsh (vs. Bowling Green - 0g, 3a) defenseman Wes O’Neill was chosen in the fourth Notre Dame player had four points...... March 18, 2004 - Aaron Gill (vs. Ohio State, 3g, 1a) round, 115th overall by the ...... March 18, 2004 - Rob Globke (vs. Ohio State, 1g, 3a) Sophomore goaltender David Brown was selected Notre Dame player had five points...... December 20, 2000 - Brett Lebda (at Nebraska-Omaha - 1g, 4a) in the eighth round, 228th overall by the Pittsburgh Notre Dame player had six points...... October 21, 1994 - Jamie Ling (vs. Waterloo - 2g, 5a) Penguins. Those three join junior Mike Walsh as Notre Dame player had seven points...... October 21, 1994 - Jamie Ling (vs. Waterloo - 2g, 5a) Notre Dame players selected by in the draft. Walsh was picked in the fifth round of the 2002 draft by Notre Dame goalie made 35+ saves ...... Oct. 16, 2004 - David Brown (at Miami, 5-0 loss, 38 saves) the New York Rangers. Notre Dame goalie made 40+ saves ...... March 27, 2004 - Morgan Cey (vs. Minn., 5-2 loss, 40 saves) Notre Dame goalie made 50+ saves... . Oct. 22, 2004 - Morgan Cey (vs. Boston College, 3-2 win, 50 saves) OH CANADA: Sophomore defenseman Wes O’Neill was one of 44 players invited to Canada’s Opposing player scored a hat trick...... March 14, 2003 - Greg Hogeboom (Miami) National Junior Team Development Camp that was Opposing player scored four goals...... March 12, 1994 - Colin Ward (Western Michigan) Opposing player scored five goals...... November 10, 1973 - Tom Ross (Michigan State) held in Calgary, Alberta from August 12-19. O’Neill is the lone collegiate player invited to the camp in Opposing player had three assists...... March 18, 2004 - Doug Andress (Ohio State - 0g, 3a) hopes of being selected to Canada’s World Junior Opposing player had four assists...... January 23, 2001 - Andy Hilbert (Michigan - 0g, 4a) team this December. The 6-4, 217-pound blueliner Opposing player had five assists...... January 20, 1996 - Kevin Hilton (Michigan - 0g, 5a) was a member of Canada’s Under-18 team last April at the Under-18 World Championships in Belarus. Opposing player had three points...... October 16, 2004 - Marty Guerin (Miami, 1g, 2a) He also played for Team Ontario at the Under-17 Opposing player had four points...... March 18, 2004 - Matt Beaudoin (Ohio State - 2g, 2a) World Championships in February of 2003. As a Opposing player had five points...... January 27, 2001 - Jeff Hamilton (Yale - 2g, 3a) freshman at Notre Dame, O’Neill played in all 39 Opposing player had six points...... January 11, 1994 - John Gruden (Ferris State - 4g, 3a) games with two goals and 10 assists for 12 points. Opposing player had seven points...... January 11, 1994 - John Gruden (Ferris State - 4g, 3a) His +7 plus/minus rating was tops among Irish defensemen. Opposing goalie made 35+ saves ...... Jan. 10, 2004 - Jordan Sigalet (BGSU, 37 saves, ND wins, 3-0) Opposing goalie made 40+ saves ...... Feb. 13, 2004 - Mike Brown (FSU, 40 saves, 4-2 loss) Opposing goalie made 50+ saves...... November 5, 2004 - Jordan Sigalet (BGSU, 50 saves, 4-4 tie) FAMILY MATTERS: Two Irish junior hockey players - Rory Walsh and Mike Walsh - have fa- Notre Dame had a penalty shot ...... Oct. 12, 2001 - Rob Globke (scored vs. Union College, ND loses, 7-4) thers who played sports at Notre Dame while at- Opp. had a penalty shot ...... Feb. 28, 2003 - Vince Bellisimo - WMU (stopped by Morgan Cey, ND loses, 4-2) tending the University during the 1970’s. Rory Walsh’s father, Brian (‘77), was an all-American Notre Dame swept a two-game series ...... February, 27-28, 2004 (vs. Michigan, 4-1, 5-2) hockey player for the Irish. A center iceman, the Notre Dame swept a CCHA series ...... February, 27-28, 2004 (vs. Michigan, 4-1, 5-2) elder Walsh is Notre Dame’s all-time leading scorer Notre Dame swept a road two-game series ...... Feb. 14-15, 2003 (at Bowling Green, 3-2, 3-2) after recording 234 career points on 89 goals and Notre Dame swept a CCHA road two-game series ...... Feb. 14-15, 2003 (at Bowling Green, 3-2, 3-2) 145 assists. Mike Walsh’s father, Max (‘74), was an offensive lineman on the Notre Dame football Events in bold occurred in 2004-05 season team and a member of the 1973 national champion- ship team. Rory Walsh is one of Notre Dame’s goaltenders and Walsh plays left wing for the Irish. THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 Multiple-Point Games For: Team Season Highs/Lows (2004-05) Four Points: Most goals in a game ...... 4 vs. Bowling Green (11/5/04) Player (#games) Last Time (totals) Fewest goals in a game ...... 0 vs. Miami (10/16/04) Most assists in a game ...... 7 vs.Bowling Green (11/5/04) Three Points: Fewest assists in a game ...... 0 vs. Miami (10/16/04) Player (#games) Last Time (totals) Most goals against ...... 5 by Miami (10/16/04) Cory McLean (1) 11-05-04 vs. Bowling Fewest goals against ...... 1 by Northern Michigan (10/29/04) Green (1-2-3) Most assists against ...... 8 by Bowling Green (11/5/04) Mike Walsh (1) 11-05-04 vs. Bowling Green (0-3-3) ...... 8 by Miami (10/16/04) ...... 8 by Miami (10/15/04) Two Points: Fewest assists against ...... 2 by Northern Michigan (10/29/04) Player (#games) Last Time (totals) Most goals in a period ...... 2 vs. Bowling Green, 1st period, (11/5/04) Wes O’Neill (2) 11-05-04 vs. Bowling ...... 2 vs. Boston College, 2nd period, (10/22/04) Green (2-0-2) Most goals against in a period ...... 3 by Miami, 2nd period (10/16/04) Evan Rankin (1) 11-05-04 vs. Bowling Most shots for in a game ...... 54 vs. Bowling Green (11/5/04) Green (1-1-2) Most shots against in a game ...... 52 by Boston College (10/22/04) Multiple Point Games Against Most shots in a period ...... 29 vs. Bowling Green, 2nd period (11/5/04) Most shots against in a period ...... 22 by Boston College, 3rd period (10/22/04) Four Points: Fewest shots for in a game ...... 17 vs. Boston College (10/22/04) Player (#games) Last Time (totals) Fewest shots against in a game ...... 23 by Bowling Green (11/5/04) Fewest shots in a period ...... 4 vs. Boston College, 1st and 3rd period (10/22/04) Three Points: Fewest shots against in a period ...... 5 by Bowling Green, 2nd period (11/5/04) Player (#games) Last Time (totals) Most PIM in a game ...... 13 for 37 vs. Minnesota-Duluth (10/7/04) Marty Guerin (MIA) 10-16-04 (1-2-3) Fewest PIM in a game ...... 6 for 12 minutes vs. Northern Michigan (10/29/04) Marty Guerin (MIA) 10-15-04 (1-2-3) Matt Christie (MIA) 10-15-04 (1-2-3) Most opponent penalties in a game ...... 18 for 36 (by Miami, 10/15/04) Fewest opponent penalties in a game ...... 7 for 14 minutes (by Northern Michigan, 10/29/04) Most power play chances ...... 12 vs. Minnesota-Duluth (10/8/04, 1-12) Two Points Player (#games) Last Time (totals) Most power play goals ...... 2 vs Bowling Green (11/5/04, 2-7) James Unger (BGSU) 11-05-04 (1-1-2) Most opponent power play chances ...... 12 by Minnesota-Duluth (10/17/04, 1-12) John Mazzei (BGSU) 11-05-04 (1-1-2) Most opponent power play goals ...... 3 - by Miami (10/16/04, 3-8) Alex Foster (BGSU) 11-04-04 (1-1-2) ...... 3 - by Miami (10/15/04, 3-8) John Mazzei (BGSU) 11-04-04 (0-2-2) Mike Santorelli (NMU) 10-30-04 (2-0-2) Dirk Southern (NMU) 10-30-04 (0-2-2) Chris Michael (MIA) 10-16-04 (1-1-2) YOUNG D: Notre Dame’s defensive corps will go (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Michael Bartlett Matt Christie (MIA) 10-16-04 (1-1-2) from one of the most experienced in the league to (Morton Grove, Ill.) and Josh Sciba (Westland, Andy Greene (MIA) 10-15-04 (0-2-2) one of the youngest as the Irish graduated four se- Mich.) Chris Michael (MIA) 10-15-04 (1-1-2) nior defensemen. Between them, Tom Galvin Mike Curry (UMD) 10-08-04 (2-0-2) (142), Neil Komadoski (146), Brett Lebda (152) FROZEN TUNDRA: Notre Dame has had a steady and T.J. Mathieson (46) combined to play 486 ca- flow of players in recent years that played their jun- reer games. The four returning defensemen Ð se- ior hockey with the Green Bay Gamblers of the nior Joe Zurenko (73), junior Chris Trick (58), United State’s Hockey League. Six members of the and sophomores Wes O’Neill (39) and Noah Babin current Notre Dame team have played in the Land (31) Ð played just 201 career games prior to the start of Lombardi. Senior defenseman Joe Zurenko of 2004-05. with 17 goals and 22 assists for 39 points in 60 (Palatine, Ill.) played there during the ‘00-’01 sea- games. In 11 playoff games, Van Guilder added son and sophomore blueliners Noah Babin (Palm FOUR OF FIVE: Notre Dame has advanced to three goals and two assists for five points. D’Arcy Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Wes O’Neill were team- Joe Louis Arena and the CCHA finals in four of the saw his season cut short due to injuries, playing in last five seasons (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004). Only mates there in ‘02-’03. Second-year assistant coach 32 games with no goals and two assists to go with two other CCHA teams - Michigan and Michigan Layne LeBel also spent two seasons (‘01-’03) with 36 penalty minutes. Lucyk was a regular on the State - have been there all four years since the 1999- the Gamblers. Joining the Irish this season is right defense with a goal and nine assists for 10 points in 2000 campaign. The Irish also are one of five teams, wing Victor Oreskovich and defenseman Dan 60 games. joining Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and VeNard (Vernon Hills, Ill). In 58 games with the Northern Michigan, to make it to the CCHA Super Gamblers, Oreskovich had 11 goals and 26 assists HOMETOWNS: The 2003-04 Notre Dame Six in each of the last three seasons. for 37 points and played in the league’s Top Pros- hockey team features players from nine states and pects all-star game. VeNard spent three seasons in four Canadian provinces - Alberta, British NCAA ACTION: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Green Bay. His 2003-04 campaign was cut short Columbia,Ontario and Saskatchewan. In the nine- hockey team had a season to remember in 2003-04. by injuries as he had two goals and two assists for year tenure of head coach Dave Poulin, the Notre The Irish advanced to the NCAA Tournament for four points in 22 games. During the 2004-05 sea- Dame hockey letter winners have hailed from 20 the first time in the program’s 36-year history with son, the Irish will play a game in Green Bay as they different states and provinces Ð those listed below, a 20-15-4 overall record. In their first trip to the will face Michigan Tech on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at the plus: Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, tournament, the Irish dropped a 5-2 decision to two- Resch Center. New York, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. time NCAA defending champion Minnesota in the Grand Rapids Regional. STORM WARNINGS: Three members of the 2004-05 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY Notre Dame freshman class saw action with the Ð BY STATE OR PROVINCE: PATRIOTIC GROUP: Notre Dame’s current ros- USHL’s Tri-City Storm during the ‘03-’04 season. ter includes four players who have past experience Defensemen Brian D’Arcy (Western Springs, Ill.) Michigan (6): Chris Trick, Mike Walsh, Jason with USA Hockey, as members of the National and Luke Lucyk (Fox Point, Wis.) were members Paige, Josh Sciba, Evan Rankin, Andrew Eggert Team Development Program (NTDP) and/or the of the Storm’s highly ranked defense. Forward (4): Joe Zurenko, Michael Bartlett, Brian National Junior Team. Since the program began, D’Arcy, Dan VeNard Mark Van Guilder (Roseville, Minn.) was a key the Irish have had a total of 13 NTDP alums grace Minnesota (3): Tony Gill, T.J. Jindra, Mark Van contributor to the USHL’s regular-season champi- their roster. The current contingent includes jun- Guilder ior Tim Wallace and sophomores Noah Babin ons. Van Guilder was fifth on the team in scoring Alberta (2): Matt Williams-Kovacs, Brock Sheahan THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 Ontario (3): David Brown, Wes O’Neill, Victor (first team) and Ben Simon (second Oreskovich team) were named to the team and in IRISH IN CCHA/NATIONAL RANKINGS Alaska (1): Tim Wallace 1981-82, Dave Poulin and John Schmidt Scoring CCHA National British Columbia (1): Matt Amado were second team selections. Wes O’Neill (3-5-8) t26th Florida (1): Noah Babin Cory McLean (2-5-7) t37th Massachusetts (1): Rory Walsh CCHA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM: North Dakota (1): Cory McLean Notre Dame has had at least one player Power-Play Goals Saskatchewan (1): Morgan Cey named to the CCHA all-Academic Team Wes O’Neill (2) t10th t50th Wisconsin (1): Luke Lucyk in eight of the last nine seasons. Gradu- Cory McLean (2) t10th t50th ated senior Rob Globke (West INTERNATIONAL LEADER: Notre Dame as- Bloomfield, Mich.) joined the list fol- Short-handed Goals sistant coach, Andy Slaggert, served as the head lowing the 2003-04 season as he was T.J. Jindra (1) t3rd t10th coach of the U.S. Under-17 Select Team that fin- selected to the team after turning in a ished second at the Five Nation’s Tournament from 3.339 grade-point average in Marketing Game-Winning Goals Aug. 24-28 in Halle, Germany. The U.S. Team’s and leading the Irish in scoring with 19 T.J. Jindra (1) t3th t17th lone loss came to the Czech Republic (the eventual goals and 21 assists. Fellow senior, winners). This was Slaggert’s second international defenseman T.J. Mathieson Defenseman Scoring appearance with USA Hockey as he served as as- (Clarksville, Md.) was an honorable Wes O’Neill (3-5-8) t3rd t17th (0.89) sistant coach on the 2003 gold-medal winning team mention selection to the team after turn- at the World Under-18 Select Tournament held in ing in a 3.835 grade point in Aerospace Goals Against Avg. (30% of games) the Czech Republic. The 12-year assistant at Notre Engineering. The lone year the Irish Morgan Cey (2.42) 7th 32nd Dame has been involved in coaching with USA failed to place anyone on the 10-man Hockey since the 1996-97 season. team was 2002-03. Notre Dame’s other Save% eight first-team CCHA all-Academic Morgan Cey (.931) 4th 13th MOVING ON: Following the 2003-04 season, five team selections since rejoining the members of the Notre Dame hockey team saw their CCHA in ‘92-’93 are: Curtis Janicke Team Rankings careers continue on the professional level. and Carl Picconatto (’92-’93), Garry Scoring Offense (1.67) 12th 54th Defenseman Neil Komadoski (Chesterfield, Mo.), Gruber ('95-'96), Steve Noble ('96-'97, Scoring Defense (3.22) 9th 36th a third round draft choice of the in '97-'98), Forrest Karr and Aniket Scoring Margin (-1.55) 12th 49th 2001, signed with Ottawa and finished the season Dhadphale ('98-'99), Andy Jurkowski Fewest Penalty Minutes (21.8) 6th 34th with the Senators’ AHL affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y. (99’-’00), Dan Carlson (2000-01) and Power Play (9.3%) 12th 54th Defenseman Brett Lebda (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) David Inman (2001-02). During that Penalty Killing (80.3%) 10th 43rd signed as a free agent with the 12-year span, only Western Michigan and finished the year with the AHL’s Grand Rapids (14) has produced more CCHA All- Griffins. Team captain Aaron Gill (Rochester, Academic selections than Notre Dame's Minn.), signed as a free agent with the AHL’s Cleve- 11. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?? land Barons and was then signed by the San Jose Several former Notre Dame hockey players have Sharks following the season. Defenseman Tom PRESEASON CCHA POLLS: The Central Col- continued on the professional level. Here’s where Galvin (Miller Place, N.Y.) inked his first pro con- legiate Hockey Association (CCHA) announced the they are playing now (stats as of November 9). tract with the East Coast Hockey League’s (ECHL) results of it’s coaches and media preseason polls at Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies and finished the Media Day in Detroit on Sept. 28. In the annual year there. Right wing Rob Globke, a second round NHL GP G A PTS PIM polls, Notre Dame was picked to finish sixth by the Mark Eaton - Nashville choice of the Florida Panthers in 2002 signed with coaches and fifth by the media. the Panthers following the season and will begin his pro career during the 2004-05 campaign. AHL GP G A PTS PIM CCHA Coaches Poll (1st-place votes) Points Rob Globke - San Antonio 10 1 1 2 11 1. Michigan (10) ...... 120 RIVALRY CLUSTERS: The CCHA begins its Aaron Gill - Cleveland 11 1 0 1 2 2. Michigan State (2) ...... 112 third season with the 12 teams grouped in “rivalry Neil Komadoski - Binghamton 810 121 pairings.” In the pairings, Notre Dame is paired 3. Northern Michigan ...... 99 Brett Lebda - Grand Rapids 9 0 1 1 6 with Bowling Green. The league’s other pairings 4. Miami ...... 86 Ben Simon - Chicago 7 0 0 0 8 include Michigan-Michigan State, Miami-Ohio 5. Ohio State ...... 82 State, Lake Superior State-Northern Michigan, 6. Notre Dame ...... 66 ECHL GP G A PTS PIM Ferris State-Western Michigan and Alaska 7. Western Michigan ...... 54 Michael Chin - Pee Dee 8 2 5 7 15 Fairbanks-Nebraska-Omaha. 8. Ferris State ...... 50 John Wroblewski - Fresno 8 1 1 2 4 Each season the teams are divided into three, 9. Bowling Green ...... 49 Evan Nielsen - Trenton 5 0 1 1 2 four-team clusters and play a 28-game conference 10. Lake Superior State ...... 27 Tom Galvin - Reading 6 0 1 1 2 schedule. Cluster teams will face each other four 11.Alaska Fairbanks ...... 25 Jake Wiegand - Pee Dee 7 0 0 0 9 times during the season with two games against each 12. Nebraska-Omaha ...... 23 of the remaining eight teams. UHL GP G A PTS PIM In 2004-05, Notre Dame will play Bowling CCHA Media Poll (1st-place votes) .... Points Joe Dusbabek - Quad City 10 1 0 1 6 Green, Michigan and Michigan State four times with 1. Michigan (48) ...... 662 Germany GP G A PTS PIM two games at home and two away. The Irish will 2. Michigan State (6) ...... 589 Yan Stastny - Nurnberg 17 10 8 18 22 also host two-game series with Ferris State, Ne- 3. Miami (1) ...... 518 braska-Omaha, Northern Michigan and Ohio State 4. Ohio State (1) ...... 517 while traveling for two games to Alaska Fairbanks, 5. Notre Dame ...... 423 Lake Superior State, Miami and Western Michigan. 6. Northern Michigan ...... 410 7. Western Michigan ...... 266 ALL-CCHA: For the first time since as a member of the CCHA, Notre Dame placed three players on 8. Bowling Green ...... 245 the all-CCHA postseason team. Defenseman Brett 9. Alaska Fairbanks ...... 391 Lebda and forwards Aaron Gill and Rob Globke 10. Ferris State ...... 762 were selected second team all-CCHA for the 2003- 11. Lake Superior State ...... 142 04 season. Prior to this season, the Irish have had 12. Nebraska-Omaha ...... 126 two players named twice. In 1998-99 Benoit Cotnoir THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 NOTRE DAME’S RECORD WHEN.... When Notre Dame scores first ...... 1-1-3 NOTRE DAME GOALTENDING GAME-BY GAME When opponents score first ...... 0-4-0 When Notre Dame leads after one period ...... 0-0-2 #29 Morgan Cey Sr. 6-3, 177 Wilkie, Sask./Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL) When Notre Dame trails after one period ...... 0-3-0 When score is tied after one period ...... 1-2-1 Date Opponent GP/GS Minutes GA Avg. Saves Pct. W L T PP SH When Notre Dame leads after two periods ..... 1-0-2 When Notre Dame trails after two periods ..... 0-3-0 10/7 Minn.-Duluth 1/1 65:00 2 1.85 38 .950 0 0 1 1 0 When score is tied after two periods ...... 0-2-1 10/15 at Miami 1/1 59:26 3 2.41 34 .935 0 1 0 3 0 When Notre Dame outshoots opponent ...... 0-0-2 10/22 Boston College 1/1 60:00 2 2.28 50 .948 1 0 0 1 0 When opponent outshoots Notre Dame ...... 1-5-1 10/29 No. Michigan 1/1 65:00 1 1.92 26 .949 0 0 1 0 0 When shots are even ...... 1-0-0 11/4 at Bowling Green 1/1 58:28 3 2.14 34 .943 0 1 0 2 0 In Game 1 of CCHA weekend series ...... 0-2-1 11/5 Bowling Green 1/1 63:33 4 2.42 19 .931 0 0 1 1 0 In Game 2 of CCHA weekend series ...... 0-2-1 Totals 6/6 371:27 15 2.42 201 .931 1 2 3 8 0 In one-goal games ...... 1-0-0 In two-goal games ...... 0-1-0 Notre Dame at home ...... 1-2-3 Notre Dame on the road ...... 0-3-0 #30 David Brown So. 5-11, 181 Stoney Creek, Ont./Hamilton Kilty Bees (OPJHL) Notre Dame on neutral ice ...... 0-0-0 Notre Dame in overtime ...... 0-0-3 Date Opponent GP/GS Minutes GA Avg. Saves Pct. W L T PP SH Notre Dame in October...... 1-4-2 10/8 Minn.-Duluth 1/1 60:00 4 4.00 28 .875 0 1 0 1 0 Notre Dame in November ...... 0-1-1 10/16 at Miami 1/1 60:00 5 4.50 38 .881 0 1 0 3 0 Notre Dame in December ...... 0-0-0 10/30 No. Michigan 1/1 60:00 4 4.33 27 .887 0 1 0 1 0 Notre Dame in January ...... 0-0-0 Totals 3/3 180:00 13 4.33 95 .887 0 3 0 5 0 Notre Dame in February ...... 0-0-0 Notre Dame in March ...... 0-0-0 #31 Rory Walsh So. 5-9, 170 Newton, Mass./Noble and Greenough IRISH CAREER STATS Date Opponent GP/GS Minutes GA Avg. Saves Pct. W L T PP SH Player GP G A PTS PEN/MIN Totals 0/0 0:00 0 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Cory McLean 122 23 30 53 21/50 Mike Walsh 69 13 14 27 35/70 Matt Amado 74 11 15 26 34/68 NOTRE DAME SCORING STREAKS: Tim Wallace 88 10 16 26 17/42 Point Streaks Player Length Dates G-A-PTS Wes O’Neill 48 5 15 20 18/36 Wes O’Neill 3 10/7-10/15 0-3-3 Jason Paige 48 11 6 17 21/42 Cory McLean 2 11/4-11/5 1-3-4 Josh Sciba 47 9 7 16 12/24 Mike Bartlett 2 10/28-10/29 0-2-2 Michael Bartlett 48 6 8 14 19/38 Tim Wallace 2 10/22-10/29 0-2-2 T.J. Jindra 48 5 6 11 10/20 Chris Trick 67 1 6 7 17/34 Assist Streaks Matt Williams-Kovacs 32 0 5 5 6/12 Player Length Dates Assists Noah Babin 40 1 2 3 12/24 Wes O’Neill 3 10/7-10/15 0-3-3 Joe Zurenko 82 0 3 3 60/137 Cory McLean 2 11/4-11/5 1-3-4 Mike Bartlett 2 10/28-10/29 0-2-2 Morgan Cey 90 0 3 3 2/4 Tim Wallace 2 10/22-10/29 0-2-2 Evan Rankin 8 2 1 3 5/21 David Brown 29 0 1 1 0/0 Goal Streaks Tony Gill 30 0 1 1 5/10 Player Length Dates Goals Brock Sheahan 9 0 1 1 3/6 Rory Walsh 3 0 0 0 0/0 Bold - Current Streaks Victor Oreskovich 9 0 0 0 8/27 Mark Van Guilder 9 1 0 1 2/4 Dan VeNard 9 0 0 0 3/6 Luke Lucyk 5 0 0 0 0/0 Brian D’Arcy 0 0 0 0 0/0 Andrew Eggert 0 0 0 0 0/0

Goaltender GP W-L-T GAvg. Sv% David Brown 29 14-10-3 2.55 .919 Morgan Cey 91 36-38-13 2.71 .914 Rory Walsh 3 1-1-0 3.53 .881 THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 NATIONAL POLLS: 2004-05 CENTRAL COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOC. STANDINGS CCHA OVERALL USA TODAY/Amer. Hockey Mag. (Nov. 8) TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA Last 1. Ohio State 6 5 1 0 10 27 17 10 7 3 0 41 27 School Record Pts Week Michigan 6 5 1 0 10 22 11 10 7 2 1 40 23 1. Boston College (33) 4-1-0 509 1 3. Northern Michigan 4 3 0 1 7 12 5 9 5 1 2 29 18 2. Michigan 7-2-1 459 3 4. Alaska Fairbanks 4 3 1 0 6 15 11 6 4 2 0 23 16 3. Minnesota (1) 7-2-0 457 4 Michigan State 6 3 3 0 6 19 17 8 4 4 0 25 21 4. North Dakota 5-3-2 384 6 5. Colorado College 5-1-0 381 8 Nebraska-Omaha 6 3 3 0 6 21 19 8 5 3 0 29 23 6. Wisconsin 5-3-0 314 5 7. Bowling Green 4 2 1 1 5 10 11 6 4 1 1 16 12 7. New Hampshire 4-2-1 283 7 8. Miami 6 2 4 0 4 18 23 10 4 6 0 36 36 8. Cornell 4-0-0 248 12 Western Michigan 6 2 4 0 4 22 28 8 4 4 0 30 32 9. Maine 6-5-0 207 9 10. Lake Superior 4 1 3 0 2 11 12 6 1 5 0 14 17 10. Minnesota-Duluth 5-3-2 204 2 Ferris State 6 1 5 0 2 9 20 10 2 8 0 24 36 11.Northern Michigan 5-1-2 191 11 Notre Dame 6 0 4 2 2 9 21 9 1 5 3 15 29 12. Denver 4-3-0 190 10 13. Ohio State 7-3-0 112 14 14. Colgate 7-2-0 69 NR THIS WEEK IN THE CCHA LAST WEEK IN THE CCHA 15. St. Lawrence 5-4-1 25 13 Friday, November 12 Thursday, November 4 Receiving votes: Alaska Anchorage, 12; Michigan Bowling Green at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:05 p.m. at Bowling Green 3, Notre Dame 1 State, 7; Boston University, 6; Massachusetts, 6; UMass-Lowell, 6; Nebraska-Omaha, 3; Mercyhurst, Alaska Fairbanks at Lake Superior, 7:35 p.m. Northern Michigan 6, at Michigan Tech 6 (ot) 2; Miami, 2; Alaska Fairbanks, 1; Rensselaer, 1; St. Notre Dame at Western Michigan, 7:35 p.m. Cloud State, 1. Connecticut at Ferris State, 7:35 p.m. Friday, November 5 Cornell at Michigan State, 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green 4, at Notre Dame 4 (ot) USCHO.com /College Sports Online (Nov. 8) at Michigan State 4, Ferris State 2 Last Saturday, November 13 at Michigan 5, Miami 2 School Record Pts Week Bowling Green at Nebraska-Omaha, 7:05 p.m. at Alaska Fairbanks 3, Nebraska-Omaha 1 1. Boston College (38) 4-1-0 598 1 Alaska Fairbanks at Lake Superior, 7:05 p.m. at Ohio State 5, Sacred Heart 1 2. Michigan (1) 7-2-1 539 2 Northern Michigan at Ohio State, 7:05 p.m. at Western Michigan 4, Niagara 3 3. Minnesota 7-2-0 527 4 Notre Dame at Western Michigan, 8:05 p.m. 4. Colorado College 5-1-0 457 7 Connecticut at Ferris State, 7:05 p.m. Saturday, November 6 5. North Dakota 5-3-2 402 6 Michigan State 5, at Ferris State 1 6. Wisconsin 5-3-0 318 5 7. New Hampshire 4-2-1 309 8 Sunday, November 14 at Michigan 5, Miami 3 8. Cornell (1) 4-0-0 299 12 Northern Michigan at Ohio State, 2:05 p.m. at Alaska Fairbanks 3, Nebraska-Omaha 2 9. Minnesota-Duluth 5-3-2 254 3 Cornell at Michigan State, 2:05 p.m. at Northern Michigan 6, Michigan Tech 3 10. Maine 6-5-0 230 9 at Ohio State 7, Sacred Heart 1 11. Denver 4-3-0 228 10 at Western Michigan 4, Niagara 1 12. Northern Michigan 5-1-2 225 11 13. Ohio State 7-3-0 167 14 14. Colgate 7-2-0 85 NR 15. Alaska Anchorage 5-2-1 51 NR Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence, 50; UMass-Lowell, 17; Michigan State, 15; Bowling Green, 9; Nebraska- Omaha, 6; Dartmouth, 4; Boston University, 2; Mi- ami, 2; Rensselaer, 2; Alabama-Huntsville, 1; Alaska Fairbanks, 1; St. Cloud State, 1; Vermont, 1.

Inside College Hockey.com (Nov. 7) Last 2004-05 Notre Dame Television Schedule School Record Week 1. Boston College 4-1-0 1 Notre Dame hockey can be seen on television 11 times during the 2004-05 season. The Irish will 2. Michigan 7-2-1 5 appear six times on Comcast-Detroit, three times on College Sports Television (CSTV) and twice on 3. Minnesota 7-2-0 7 Fox Sports Net-Detroit. The Irish television schedule begins on Friday, October 22, when Notre 4. Colorado College 5-1-0 4 Dame hosts Boston College in a 7:35 p.m. game on Comcast-Detroit. The entire television schedule 5. North Dakota 5-3-2 6 for Fighting Irish hockey: 6. Wisconsin 5-3-0 3 7. New Hampshire 4-2-1 8 8. Cornell 4-0-0 14 Friday, October 3 Boston College Comcast-Local 7:35 p.m. 9. Minnesota-Duluth 5-3-2 2 Friday, November 12 at Western Michigan Comcast-Local 7:35 p.m. 10. Northern Michigan 5-1-2 9 Friday, December 3 at Michigan FSN-Detroit 7:35 p.m. 11. Denver 4-3-0 10 12. Colgate 7-2-0 15 Saturday, December 4 Michigan Comcast-Local 7:05 p.m. 13. Maine 6-5-0 13 Friday, December 10 Michigan State CSTV 8:05 p.m. 14. Ohio State 7-3-0 17 Saturday, December 11 at Michigan State Comcast-Local 7:05 p.m. 15. St. Lawrence 5-4-1 12 Friday, January 21 Wisconsin CSTV 8:05 p.m. 16. Alaska Anchorage 5-2-1 NR Friday, February 4 Nebraska-Omaha Comcast-Local 7:35 p.m. 17. Dartmouth 2-2-0 11 Friday, February 18 Michigan CSTV 8:05 p.m. 18. Bowling Green 4-1-1 NR (at Fort Wayne, Ind.) 19. UMass-Lowell 3-2-0 19 Saturday, February 19 at Michigan FSN-Detroit 7:35 p.m. 20. Alaska Fairbanks 4-2-0 NR Saturday, March 5 Michigan State Comcast-Local 7:05 p.m. Bubble-licious: Rensselaer, Michigan State, Ne- braska-Omaha, Boston University, Vermont THE WESTERN MICHIGAN SERIES GAME NOTES - November 12-13, 2004 2004-05 Notre Dame Hockey Box Scores

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. Friday, Nov. 5, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. 12 3 OT - F 12 3 - F 12 3 OT - F #4/#4 Minnesota-Duluth 1 0 1 0 - 2 #1/#1 Boston College 0 0 2 - 2 Bowling Green 0 2 2 0 - 4 Notre Dame 1 1 0 0 - 2 Notre Dame 0 2 1 - 3 Notre Dame 2 1 1 0 - 4 1st Period 1st Period 1st Period ND - Josh Sciba 1 (Tim Wallace), 7:05; UMD - Josh Miskovich 1 No Scoring ND - Cory McLean 2 (Mike Walsh, Evan Rankin), PPG, 3:07; ND (Brett Hammond), 10:47. 2nd Period - Wes O’Neill 2 (McLean, M. Walsh), PPG, 9:27. 2nd Period ND – Wes O’Neill 1 (Cory McLean), PPG, 5:32; ND Ð Evan Rankin 2nd Period ND – Cory McLean 1 (Wes O’Neill, Brock Sheahan), PPG, 14:00. 1 (Matt Amado, Tim Wallace), 8:05. ND Ð Rankin 2 (M. Walsh, McLean), 4:11; BGSU Ð James Unger 3rd Period 3rd Period 1 (Jonathan Matsumoto, Micheal Hodgson), PPG, 5:50; BGSU Ð UMD Ð Tim Stapleton 1 (Evan Schwabe, Marco Peluso), PPG, BC Ð Brian Boyle 2 (Stephen Gionta, Patrick Eaves), PPG, 12:16; Ben Geelan 2 (Chris Pedota, Ryan Minnabarriet), 10:45. 12:27. BC Ð Dave Spina 2 (Ned Havern, John Adams), 12:31. ND Ð T.J. 3rd Period Overtime Jindra 1 (Wes O’Neill), SHG, 19:45. BGSU Ð John Mazzei 1 (Alex Foster, Rich Meloche), 8:17; BGSU No Scoring Saves Ð Derek Whitmore 2 (Unger, Mazzei), 11:32; ND – O’Neill 3 (Chris Saves BC Ð Matti Kaltiainen (60:00) 4 - 7 - 3 Ð 14 Trick), EX, 19:57. UMD Ð Isaac Reichmuth (65:00) 7 - 9 - 8 - 1 Ð 25 ND Ð Morgan Cey (65:00) 20 -10 - 20 Ð 50 Saves ND Ð Morgan Cey (65:00) 8 - 7 - 20 - 4 Ð 38 Power Play: BC: 1-11; ND: 1-9 BGSU Ð Jordan Sigalet (65:00) 6 - 28 - 11- 5 Ð 50 Power Play: UMD: 1-12; ND: 1-11 Penalties: BC: 9 for 18 minutes; ND: 11 for 22 minutes ND Ð Morgan Cey (63:33) 6 - 3 - 10 - 0 Ð 19 Penalties: UMD: 12 for 27 minutes; ND: 13 for 37 minutes Attendance: 2,763 (sellout) Power Play: BGSU: 1-6; ND: 2-7 Attendance: 1,325 Penalties: BGSU: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes; Attendance: 1,505 Friday, Oct. 8, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. 12 3 - F 12 3 OT - F #4/#4 Minnesota-Duluth 1 1 2 - 4 #15/#15 No. Michigan 0 1 0 0 - 1 Notre Dame 1 0 0 - 1 Notre Dame 1 0 0 0 - 1 1st Period 1st Period ND - Matt Amado 1 (Wes O’Neill, Noah Babin), PPG, 3:40; ND - Noah Babin 1 (Michael Bartlett, Tim Wallace), 16:09. UMD - Mike Curry 1 (Neil Petruic), PPG, 17:39. 2nd Period 2nd Period NMU Ð Mike Santorelli 3 (Dirk Southern, Andrew Contois), 5:59. UMD Ð Tim Stapleton 2 (Justin Williams, Steve Czech), 12:20. 3rd Period 3rd Period No Scoring UMD Ð Brett Hammond 1 (T.J. Caig, Luke Stauffacher), 5:37; Overtime UMD Ð Curry 2 (Marco Peluso, Jay Rosehill), 16:18. No Scoring Saves Saves UMD Ð Josh Johnson (60:00) 5 - 8 - 14 Ð 27 NMU Ð Bill Zaniboni (64:16) 11 - 10 - 7 - 1 Ð 29 ND Ð David Brown (60:00) 7 - 14 - 7 Ð 28 ND Ð Morgan Cey (65:00) 7 - 10 - 8 - 1 Ð 26 Power Play: UMD: 1-8; ND: 1-12 Power Play: NMU: 0-5; ND: 0-6 Penalties: UMD: 14 for 28 minutes; ND: 9 for 18 minutes Penalties: NMU: 7 for 14 minutes; ND: 6 for 12 minutes Attendance: 2,555 Attendance: 1,736

Friday, Oct. 15, 2004 Ð at Oxford, Ohio Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004 Ð at Notre Dame, Ind. 12 3 - F 12 3 - F Notre Dame 1 1 0 - 2 #15/#15 No. Michigan 1 2 1 - 4 #9/#10 Miami 1 1 2 - 4 Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 1st Period 1st Period MIA - Chris Michael 1 (Andy Greene, Marty Guerin), 10:41; ND - NMU - Matt Siddal 2 (Geoff Waugh, Tuomas Tarkki), 16:57. Tim Wallace 1 (Chris Trick, Matt Amado), 12:10. 2nd Period 2nd Period NMU Ð Zach Tarkir 1 (Darin Olver, Andrew Sarauer), PPG, 9:10; MIA Ð Todd Grant 2 (Matt Christie, Guerin), PPG, 15:15; ND - Josh ND – Jason Paige 1 (Michael Bartlett, Wes O’Neill), PPG, 12:06; Sciba 2 (Wes O’Neill, Cory McLean), PPG, 17:09. NMU Ð Mike Santorelli 4 (Andrew Contois, Dirk Southerrn), 18:11. 3rd Period 3rd Period MIA Ð Christie 2 (Michael, Greene), PPG, 11:15; MIA - Guerin 4 NMU Ð Santorelli 5 (Pat Bateman, Dirk Southern), PPG, 8:50. (Christie, Chris Busby), SHG, ENG, 19:13. Saves Saves NMU Ð Tuomas Tarkki (60:00) 8 - 11 - 10 Ð 29 ND Ð Morgan Cey (59:26) 13 - 7 - 14 Ð 34 ND Ð David Brown (60:00) 13 - 4 - 10 Ð 27 MIA Ð B. Crawford-West (60:00) 8 -15 - 9 Ð 32 Power Play: NMU: 2-5; ND: 1-5 Power Play: ND: 1-9; MIA:3-8 Penalties: NMU: 8 for 16 minutes; ND: 8 for 27 minutes Penalties: ND: 16 for 32 minutes; MIA: 18 for 36 minutes Attendance: 1,734 Attendance: 2,003 Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 Ð at Bowling Green, Ohio Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004 Ð at Oxford, Ohio 12 3 - F 12 3 - F Notre Dame 0 1 0 - 1 Notre Dame 0 0 0 - 0 Bowling Green 1 0 2 - 3 #9/#10 Miami 1 3 1 - 5 1st Period 1st Period BGSU - Derek Whitmore 2 (John Mazzei, Rich Meloche), PPG, MIA - Matt Christie 3 (Marty Guerin, Todd Grant), PPG, 2:57. 6:50. 2nd Period 2nd Period MIA Ð Chris Michael 2 (Nathan Davis, Guerin), PPG, 7:09; MIA- ND Ð Mark Van Guilder 1 (Cory McLean), 8:54. Guerin 2 (Christie), 12:11; MIA - Taylor Hustead 2 (Geoff Smith, 3rd Period Mitch Ganzak), 13:41. BGSU Ð Dana Hanson 1 (Alex Foster, Michael Hodgson), PPG, 3rd Period 8:10; BGSU Ð Foster 1 (Mazzei, Ben Geelan), 16:21. MIA Ð Stephen Dennis 1 (Michael), 7:09. Saves Saves ND Ð Morgan Cey (58:28) 16 - 9 - 9 Ð 34 ND Ð David Brown (60:00) 14 - 17 - 7 Ð 38 BGSU Ð Jordan Sigalet (60:00) 9 - 10 - 11 Ð 30 MIA Ð B. Crawford-West (60:00) 9 - 7 - 7 Ð 23 Power Play: BGSU: 2-8; ND: 0-6 Power Play: ND: 0-9; MIA:3-8 Penalties: ND: 9 for 18 minutes; BGSU: 7 for 14 minutes Penalties: ND: 9 for 18 minutes; MIA: 10 for 23 minutes Attendance: 3,168 Attendance: 2,112 2004-05 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Hockey Statistics (as of Nov 05, 2004) All games

Overall: 1-5-3 Conf: 0-4-2 Home: 1-2-3 Away: 0-3-0 Neut: 0-0-0

OVERALL CONFERENCE ———SHOTS—— PENALTY —GOALS— ———SHOTS—— PENALTY —GOALS—- ## Name GP G A Pts Sh +/- No-Min PP SH GW GP G A Pts Sh +/- No-Min PP SH GW 19 Wes O’Neill 9 3 5 8 22 -1 4-8 2 0 0 6 2 2 4 14 -3 3-6 1 0 0 10 Cory McLean 9 2 5 7 20 -2 6-12 2 0 0 6 1 4 5 14 -1 4-8 1 0 0 28 Tim Wallace 9 1 3 4 14 -2 2-4 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 11 -1 1-2 0 0 0 18 Evan Rankin 8 2 1 3 16 +1 5-21 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 15 +2 5-21 0 0 0 16 Matt Amado 8 1 2 3 13 +1 9-18 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 9 +2 7-14 0 0 0 17 Mike Walsh 7 0 3 3 22 -1 5-10 0 0 0 5 0 3 3 12 -1 2-4 0 0 0 8 Josh Sciba 9 2 0 2 23 -5 2-4 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 14 -3 1-2 1 0 0 6 Noah Babin 9 1 1 2 15 0 2-4 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 10 -1 1-2 0 0 0 27 Michael Bartlett 9 0 2 2 12 -3 7-14 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 9 -3 4-8 0 0 0 5 Chris Trick 9 0 2 2 16 +2 6-12 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 14 +1 3-6 0 0 0 26 T.J. Jindra 9 1 0 1 16 0 2-4 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 11 0 1-2 0 0 0 22 Jason Paige 9 1 0 1 21 -2 5-10 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 16 -2 4-8 1 0 0 23 Mark Van Guilder 9 1 0 1 10 -1 2-4 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 9 -1 2-4 0 0 0 14 Brock Sheahan 9 0 1 1 4 -5 3-6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 -3 1-2 0 0 0 21 Tony Gill 3 0 0 0 9 -1 1-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 -1 0-0 0 0 0 7 Luke Lucyk 5 0 0 0 5 -1 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 -1 0-0 0 0 0 20 Victor Oreskovich 9 0 0 0 20 -5 8-27 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 -4 5-10 0 0 0 4 Dan VeNard 9 0 0 0 8 -3 3-6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 -1 2-4 0 0 0 15 Brad Wanchulak 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 - 9 Matt Williams-Kovacs 4 0 0 0 1 -2 1-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Joe Zurenko 9 0 0 0 7 -5 11-22 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 -3 7-14 0 0 0 TM TEAM 1 0 0 0 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0 0 0 Total...... 9 15 25 40 274 -35 87-196 7 1 1 6 9 16 25 202 -24 54-119 4 0 0 Opponents...... 9 29 54 83 323 +34 92-190 14 1 5 6 21 40 61 199 +24 57-117 11 1 4

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## Name GP Minutes GA EN Avg Saves Pct W L T GP Minutes GA EN Avg Saves Pct W L T 29 Morgan Cey 6 371:27 15 0 2.42 201 .931 1 2 3 4 246:27 11 0 2.68 113 .911 0 2 2 30 David Brown 3 180:00 13 0 4.33 93 .877 0 3 0 2 120:00 9 0 4.50 65 .878 0 2 0 TM EMPTY NET 1 3:33 0 1 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 0 3:33 0 1 0.00 0 .000 0 0 0 Total...... 9 555:00 29 1 3.14 294 .913 1 5 3 6 370:00 21 1 3.41 178 .899 0 4 2 Opponents...... 9 555:00 15 0 1.62 259 .945 5 1 3 6 370:00 9 0 1.46 193 .955 4 0 2

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SHOTS ON GOAL Shots Avg/G Pct SHOTS ON GOAL Shots Avg/G Pct Notre Dame 274 30.44 .055 Notre Dame 202 33.67 .045 Opponents 323 35.89 .090 Opponents 199 33.17 .106

POWER PLAYS Goals Chances Pct POWER PLAYS Goals Chances Pct Notre Dame 7 75 .093 Notre Dame 4 43 .093 Opponents 14 71 .197 Opponents 11 40 .275

GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total Notre Dame...... 6 7 2 0 - 15 Notre Dame...... 4 4 1 0 - 9 Opponents...... 6 10 13 0 - 29 Opponents...... 4 9 8 0 - 21 2004-05 Notre Dame Hockey Stats Notre Dame Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 05, 2004) All games

Overall: 1-5-3 Conf: 0-4-2 Home: 1-2-3 Away: 0-3-0 Neut: 0-0-0

TEAM STATISTICS ND OPP SHOT STATISTICS...... Goals-Shot attempts...... 15-274 29-323 Shot pct...... 055 .090 Goals/Game...... 1.7 3.2 Shots/Game...... 30.4 35.9 Assists...... 25 54 POWER PLAYS...... Goals-Power Plays...... 7-75 14-71 Conversion Percent...... 093 .197 Shot Attempts...... 76 123 Shot Percent...... 092 .114 SHORT-HANDED...... Goals-Shot attempts...... 1-14 1-13 Shot Percent...... 071 .077 GOAL BREAKDOWN...... Total Goals...... 15 29 Power Play...... 7 14 Short-handed...... 1 1 Empty net...... 0 1 Penalty...... 0 0 Unassisted...... 0 0 Overtime...... 0 0 PENALTIES...... Number...... 87 92 Minutes...... 196 190 Penalties/Game...... 9.7 10.2 Pen minutes/Game...... 21.8 21.1 Minor...... 83 90 Major...... 2 2 10-minute Misconduct...... 0 0 Game Misconduct...... 2 0 Gross Misconduct...... 0 0 Match...... 0 0 FACEOFFS (W-L)...... 352-384 384-352 Faceoff W-L Pct...... 478 .522 ATTENDANCE...... Total...... 11618 7301 Dates/Avg Per Date...... 6/1936 3/2434 Neutral Site #/Avg...... 0/0

GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total Notre Dame...... 6 7 2 0 - 15 Opponents...... 6 10 13 0 - 29

SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total Notre Dame...... 104 81 104 5 - 294 Opponents...... 67 105 80 7 - 259