Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 2005-06 NOTRE DAME 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Nebraska-Omaha Series – Jan. 6-7, 2006 2005-06 NOTRE DAME Irish Open Second Half Of Season On The Road At Nebraska-Omaha HOCKEY (6-11-1/4-7-1) Notre Dame plays six of next eight on the road; final 16 games of the year are all CCHA contests. Irish go 3-3-0 in December. OCTOBER 14 # Waterloo (Exh.) W, 4-0 21 at #4/#4 Colorado College L, 1-3 • The Series: Notre Dame (6-11-1/4-7-1) at Nebraska-Omaha (11-9-0/5-7-0) 22 at #9/#9 Denver L, 3-6 • Date/Site/Times: Fri.-Sat., Jan. 6-7, 2005 - 7:05 p.m. (CST) - Qwest Center (14,700) 28 Princeton L, 3-5 29 Princeton W, 2-0 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1580, South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will bring you all the play- NOVEMBER by-play action. 4 * #3/#3 Michigan L, 5-8 • Internet Broadcast: At the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. 5 * at #3/#3 Michigan L, 2-4 10 * Bowling Green W, 9-4 11 * Bowling Green W, 4-2 SECOND HALF STARTS: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish begin the second half of the 2005-06 sea- 18 * at #11/#12 Miami T, 2-2 ot son this weekend when they travel to Omaha, Neb., for a pair of CCHA games versus the Nebraska- 19 * at #11/#12 Miami L, 0-3 25 * Ohio State L, 1-4 Omaha Mavericks on Jan. 6-7 at the Qwest Center. The two-game series will be the first action for the 26 * Ohio State L, 2-5 Irish since a 4-3 win over Lake Superior State on Dec. 18 at the Joyce Center. That victory gave Notre Dame a 3-3-0 mark for the month of December, the first .500 month for the Irish since November of DECEMBER 2004. The Irish come into the series at Nebraska-Omaha with a 6-11-1 overall record and a 4-7-1 mark 2 * at Western Michigan L, 3-4 in CCHA play. Notre Dame has won three of its last five games, picking up series splits with Western 3 * Western Michigan W, 3-0 Michigan, Minnesota State and Lake Superior 6 at Minnesota State W, 3-2 in December. The Irish won their last outing 10 Minnesota State L, 1-2 SERIES INFORMATION 17 * Lake Superior State L, 0-4 before the Christmas break, a 4-3 victory at home 18 * Lake Superior State W, 4-3 versus Lake Superior State. The trip to Omaha vs. Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks begins a month that will see Notre Dame play JANUARY six of eight games away from the Joyce Center All-time Series: UNO leads, 8-7-2 6 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) as the Irish will play at Northern Michigan and At Notre Dame: UNO leads, 4-3-1 7 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) Ohio State during the month while playing host At Omaha: Series is tied at 4-4-1 13 * Miami 7:35 p.m. to Miami on Jan. 13-14. Nebraska-Omaha comes Last 10 meetings: ND leads 5-4-1 14 * Miami 7:05 p.m. into the series with an 11-9-0 record and a 5-7-0 20 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. 2004-05 Meetings: 21 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. ledger in the CCHA. The Mavericks have played 27 * at Ohio State 8:05 p.m. three times since the Christmas holidays, win- Feb. 4 at ND 1, UNO 1 (ot) 28 * at Ohio State 7:05 p.m. ning twice at home versus Alabama-Huntsville Feb. 5 UNO 6, at ND 3 (8-5) and Yale (3-2 in ot) on Dec. 29 and 31. FEBRUARY They also traveled to Minnesota State on Jan. 2 3 * Michigan State 7:35 p.m. where they dropped a 5-2 decision on Tuesday IRISH VERSUS NEBRASKA-OMAHA: 4 * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. night. Both teams will be in action next week- 10 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. Player GP G A PTS 11 * at Ferris State 7:05 p.m. end as the Irish host No. 2 ranked Miami at the Mike Walsh 6 1 2 3 17 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. Joyce Center and Nebraska-Omaha travels to Michael Bartlett 4 1 1 2 18 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. Ohio State on Jan. 13-14. Tony Gill 5 1 0 1 24 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:35 p.m. Luke Lucyk 2 1 0 1 25 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:05 p.m. IRISH VERSUS MAVERICKS: Notre Dame Tim Wallace 6 0 1 1 and Nebraska-Omaha meet for the 18th and 19th Chris Trick 5 0 1 1 MARCH times in the all-time series this weekend with the T.J. Jindra 4 0 1 1 Jason Paige 4 0 1 1 3-5 First Round CCHA Playoffs Mavericks holding an 8-7-2 record in the first (Best-of-three; campus sites) Wes O’Neill 4 0 1 1 10-12 Second Round CCHA Playoffs 17 meetings. In Omaha, the series is tied at 4-4- Evan Rankin 2 0 1 1 (Best-of-three; campus sites) 1 with the Irish making their first-ever appear- Matt Amado 6 0 0 0 17-18 at CCHA Championships ances at the Qwest Center. The two teams met Noah Babin 4 0 0 0 (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) twice last year in South Bend, Ind., with the Brock Sheahan 2 0 0 0 teams tying the opening game, 1-1 in overtime, Mark Van Guilder 2 0 0 0 Home Games in caps before Nebraska-Omaha won the second game, Josh Sciba 1 0 0 0 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO 6-3. Notre Dame’s last win in Omaha came on Brian D’Arcy 1 0 0 0 # Exhibition Game IN ITALIC Jan. 3, 2003, a 5-3 Irish win at the Auditorium. Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG All Times Local To Site David Brown 61:53 1-0-0 0 23 1.000 0.00 – ESPNU BETTER THAN A YEAR AGO: With the 4-3 win over Lake Superior State on Dec. 18, Notre – College Sports Televison Dame finished the first half of the season with more wins (6) and CCHA wins (4) than the Irish had all last season. After 18 games this season, the Irish are 6-11-1 after being 4-10-4 a year ago. After 12 – Comcast Local CCHA games this season, Notre Dame is 4-7-1 while last year, the Irish were 2-7-3 in league play. – Fox Sports Detroit ENDING ON A STRONG NOTE: Senior right wing Tim Wallace (Anchorage, Alaska) finished his first half with a three-point game (2g, 1a) in the 4-3 win over Lake Superior State to take CCHA offen- sive player of the week honors. Wallace now has career highs in goals (8), points (15) and power-play goals (3) this season. University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Lake Superior State Series – Jan. 6-7, 2006 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON LAST TIME OUT FOR THE IRISH: It will be 19 days since the Irish last played a game when PERANI CUP STANDINGS Full Name they take the ice versus Nebraska-Omaha on Jan. Perani’s Hockey World is the CCHA’s sponsor of the • Jeffery L. Jackson 6. They are coming off a split of a weekend series league’s “Three Stars of the Game.” Members of at home versus Lake Superior State. On Sunday, the media are asked to select the game’s three stars for which points are accumulated – 1st Star gets five Birthdate Dec. 18, Tim Wallace scored two goals and added points, 2nd Star gets three and 3rd Star gets one. Here • June 22, 1955 an assist and defenseman Noah Babin (Jr., Palm Beach Garden, Fla.) added a goal and two assists are the standings for Notre Dame players in CCHA games only: Hometown to lead the Irish to a 4-3 win over Lake Superior • Roseville, Michigan State. Senior left wing Mike Walsh (Northville, Mich.) picked up the game winner on a third-pe- Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Pts. Josh Sciba 2 0 0 10 riod power-play goal for the win. Junior goaltender Education Matt Amado 1 1 0 8 David Brown (Stoney Creek, Ont.) made 24 saves • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications David Brown 0 2 1 7 to pick up the win for the Irish. Wallace staked Michigan State ‘78 Tim Wallace 1 0 1 6 Notre Dame to a 2-0 lead in the first period with a • Bachelor’s Degree in Education Wes O’Neill 1 0 0 5 goal just 41 seconds into the game and a power- Michigan State ‘79 Noah Babin 0 1 0 3 play marker at 14:35. Babin’s second-period Erik Condra 0 0 1 1 power-play goal would give the Irish a 3-0 lead Michael Bartlett 0 0 1 1 Collegiate Coaching Experience before Trent Campbell cut the lead to 3-1 at 14:09 T.J.