Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2004-05 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX 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.) GOAL-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-point 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 – 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 – Rankin 2 (M. Walsh, McLean), 4:11; BGSU – 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 – 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 – John Mazzei 1 (Alex Foster, Rich Meloche), 8:17; BGSU CCHA play.