2003-04 Notre Dame Hockey Notes
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Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2003-04 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX THE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE GAME NOTES - November 21-22, 2003 2003-04 NOTRE DAME Irish Open Four-Game Homestand With Lake Superior State HOCKEY (5-3-1/4-3-1) Improved Lakers are CCHA’s hottest team with 2-0-1 mark in last three games. • The Game: Notre Dame (5-3-1/4-3-1) vs. Lake Superior State Lakers (4-3-3/2-3-1) OCTOBER 3#WESTERN ONTARIO W, 5-3 • Date/Site/Times: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 21-22, 2003 - Joyce Center (2,713) - 7:35 p.m (Fri.)/7:05 p.m. (Sat.) 10 * at #15/#14 Ohio State (CSTV) W, 5-2 • Broadcast Information: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1620, South Bend’s 11 * at #15/#14 Ohio State L, 1-3 SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will call all the action. Irish hockey can also 17 * BOWLING GREEN L, 3-5 be heard live via the internet at www.und.com. 18 * at Bowling Green W, 3-0 24 at #1/#2 Boston College (CSTV) W, 1-0 30 * NEBRASKA-OMAHA W, 4-2 IRISH VERSUS LAKERS: Notre Dame returns to SERIES INFORMATION 31 * NEBRASKA-OMAHA W, 2-0 CCHA action this weekend versus the Lake Superior vs. Lake Superior State State Lakers. The series is the start of a four-game NOVEMBER homestand for the Irish that continues next weekend 7*at Michigan State L, 1-3 All-time Series: LSSU leads, 20-14-2 with Northern Michigan. The Lakers will bring a 8*at Michigan State T, 3-3 ot At Notre Dame: ND leads, 9-7-2 three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1), the longest ac- 14 # U.S. UNDER-18 TEAM W, 4-0 At Sault Ste. Marie: LSSU leads, 11-5-0 tive streak in the CCHA, to the Joyce Center on Nov. Neutral: LSSU leads, 2-0-0 21 and 22. Friday’s game starts at 7:35 p.m. while 21 * LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 7:35 p.m. Last 10 meetings: ND leads 7-3-1 22 * LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 7:05 p.m. Saturday’s game faces off at 7:05 p.m. The Irish are 28 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:35 p.m. coming off a 4-0 exhibition win over the U.S. Na- 2002-03 Meetings: 29 * NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:05 p.m. tional Under-18 team on Friday, Nov. 14. The Irish Feb. 21 at ND 3, LSSU 2 and Lakers met twice last season with Notre Dame DECEMBER Feb. 22 at ND 6, LSSU 3 5*at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. taking 3-2 and 6-3 wins from Lake Superior in late 6*at Western Michigan 7:05 p.m. February. The Lakers lead the all-time series with a 20-14-2 record while the Irish lead the series at the IRISH VERSUS LAKE SUPERIOR STATE: 27 % at Everblades Collegiate Hockey Classic Joyce Center with a 9-7-2 record. In the last 10 meet- Player GP G A PTS Ohio State vs. Maine (CSTV) 5:05 p.m. ings between the two schools, the Irish lead 7-3-1 and Brett Lebda 8 4 3 7 Notre Dame vs. Cornell (CSTV)7:05 p.m. bring a six-game winning streak over the last two sea- Rob Globke 8 3 3 6 28 Third-Place Game 1:05 p.m. sons into the series. At the Joyce Center, the Irish Tom Galvin 6 0 5 5 Championship Game (CSTV) 4:35 p.m. have an eight-game unbeaten streak (6-0-2) that dates Brad Wanchulak 4 1 3 4 Aaron Gill 8 0 4 4 JANUARY back to Nov. 28, 1997 when Lake Superior took a 4- Jake Wiegand 8 0 4 4 3 FINDLAY 7:05 p.m. 2 win. Goaltender Morgan Cey owns a 5-0-0 record Cory McLean 6 2 1 3 9*at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. versus Lake Superior with a 1.20 goals-against aver- Matt Amado 2 1 2 3 10 * BOWLING GREEN 7:05 p.m. age and a .933 save percentage. He has recorded two Neil Komadoski 8 0 3 3 17 at Wisconsin 7:05 p.m. of his four career shutouts versus the Lakers. Mike Walsh 2 1 0 1 18 at Wisconsin 7:05 p.m. Derek Smith 4 0 1 1 23 * at Northern Michigan 7:05 p.m. Tim Wallace 2 0 1 1 FAST START FOR THE IRISH: Notre Dame’s 5-3- Joe Zurenko 4 0 0 0 24 * at Northern Michigan 7:05 p.m. 1 overall record is the best for the Irish after nine games Chris Trick 2 0 0 0 30 * ALASKA FAIRBANKS 7:35 p.m. 31 * ALASKA FAIRBANKS 7:05 p.m. since starting the 1998-99 season with a 7-1-1 overall mark. The team’s 4-3-1 record in CCHA play is also Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Morgan Cey 300:00 5-0-0 6 103 .944 1.20 FEBRUARY the best since a 6-1-1 league start in the 1998-99 sea- 6 * at Miami (OH) 7:35 p.m. son. 7*at Miami (OH) 5:05 p.m. (at Cincinnati Gardens) QUIET NIGHTS: The officials for this weekend’s games should have a pretty easy go of it as they will be 13 * FERRIS STATE 7:35 p.m. officiating the two least penalized teams in the CCHA and two of the least penalized teams in the nation. Lake 14 * FERRIS STATE (Fox-Det.) 7:35 p.m. Superior State comes into the game averaging just 8.6 penalty minutes per game and 8.00 per CCHA game. Notre 27 * MICHIGAN 7:35 p.m. 28 * MICHIGAN (CSTV) 7:05 p.m. Dame is averaging 10.22 penalty minutes in its nine games and 10.50 in league play. The Lakers are the least penalized team in the league and the nation while the Irish are second in the CCHA and third in the nation. MARCH 5*at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m. THE PUCK STOPS HERE: Through nine games this season, the Irish have displayed the stingiest defense in 6*at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m. the history of the program. Notre Dame’s 1.98 goals-against average after the first nine games is the lowest the 12-14 ! CCHA First Round Series TBA Irish have ever had after nine games. Goaltenders David Brown (Fr., Stoney Creek, Ont.), Morgan Cey (Jr., 18 $ CCHA Play-In Games TBA Wilkie, Sask.) and Rory Walsh (So., Milton, Mass.) have combined to surrender just 18 goals in the first nine 19 $ CCHA Semifinals TBA games (545 minutes). 20 $ CCHA Championship TBA HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS HE’S AT IT AGAIN: Even though it won’t count in the statistics, Notre Dame freshman goaltender David RANKINGS USA TODAY/USCHO Brown continued his red-hot play last weekend as he made 28 saves in a 4-0 win over the U.S. National Under- # Exhibition Game IN ITALIC 18 team at the Joyce Center. For Brown, the shutout was his fourth of the season. Earlier this year, he recorded three consecutive shutouts that do count versus Bowling Green (10/18), Boston College (10/24) and Nebraska- % at Teco Arena (Estero, Fla.) Omaha (10/31). For the season he is 3-2-1 with a 1.48 goals-against average and a .952 save percentage. His * CCHA Conference Games three shutouts lead the nation. ! CCHA First Round Playoff Game (best-of-three) $ CCHA Super Six (Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.) ND-U.S. UNDER-18 RECAP: For the fourth time in 10 games this season (even though it doesn’t count in the stats), goaltender David Brown had all the answers as he stopped all 28 shots he faced in the 4-0 exhibition win over the U.S. National Under-18 team. He got all the offensive support he would need when Tom Galvin (Sr., THE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE GAME NOTES: November 21-22, 2003 HEAD COACH DAVE POULIN IRISH VERSUS RANKED TEAMS: Notre Dame improved to 2-1-0 this season versus nationally ranked teams with the 1-0 win on Oct. 24 at #1/#2 Boston College. The last time the Irish knocked off a top- Former National Hockey ranked team came on Jan. 3, 1999 when they won at number one North Dakota, 4-3. The Irish opened the League star Dave Poulin be- 2003-04 season with a split versus #15/#14 Ohio State, winning the opener, 5-2, before dropping the sec- gins his ninth season behind ond game, 3-1. Last season, Notre Dame was 2-5-3 in 10 games versus nationally ranked teams. The Irish the Notre Dame bench. Go- were 1-2-2 at home, 1-2-1 on the road and 0-1-0 on neutral ice. Notre Dame’s two wins over ranked teams ing into this week’s games came versus #14 Miami (2-1) and at #6 Michigan (4-3). versus Lake Superior State, the 1982 Notre Dame grad owns a 119-158-41 (.439) ca- USA Today/American Hockey Magazine US College Hockey Online reer record and an 86-117-34 Rank Team W-L-T Rank Team W-L-T (.432) record in CCHA play.