Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 FIGHTING IRISH HOCKEY 574-631-7941 FAX 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame vs. Bowling Green HOCKEY (5-1-1/3-0-1-1) BGSU Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, November 5, 2010 OCTOBER Saturday, November 6, 2010 3 Univ. of Guelph (preseason) W, 5-3 8 • at Warrior IceBreaker Tournament • Date/Site/Time: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 5-6, 2010 • 7:05 p.m. • BGSU Ice Arena (5,000) • Bowling Green, Ohio vs. Holy Cross W, 6-3 10 • vs. #14/#14 Boston University L, 4-5 14 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 • The Teams: #11/#11 Notre Dame (5-1-1/3-0-1-1) vs. Bowling Green (3-5-0/0-4-0-0) 15 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 23 #1/#1 Boston College W, 2-1 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Cat Country 29 * Western Michigan W, 3-2 30 * at Western Michigan T, 2-2 (ot) 99.9 FM in South Bend. Darin Pritchett, the voice of the Irish will call the action with the (ND wins shootout, 1-0) pregame show beginning 20 minutes before the opening face off. NOVEMBER 5 * at Bowling Green 7:05 pm • Internet Broadcast: Audio: Both games of the Notre Dame-Bowling Green series will have 6 * at Bowling Green 7:05 pm live audio streaming at the Notre Dame website - und.com. Video: Both games of the series 12 * at Michigan 7:35 pm will have live video streaming at the Bowling Green website -bgsufalcons.com at a charge of 13 * at Michigan (Comcast) 7:35 pm 19 * Michigan State 7:35 pm $7.00 per game. Statistics: Livestats are available on the Bowling Green website - 20 * Michigan State 5:05 pm bgsufalcons.com. 26 at North Dakota 7:37 pm (CT) 27 at North Dakota 7:07 pm (CT) ROAD WARRIORS: Notre Dame takes to the road this weekend for games two and three of five consecutive road games, traveling to Bowling Green, Ohio for a series with the Bowling Green Falcons DECEMBER on Nov. 5 and 6. Game time both nights at the BGSU Ice Arena is 7:05 p.m. The five-game road trip 3 * at Miami 7:35 pm 4 * at Miami 7:05 pm for the Irish is the longest this season. Notre Dame brings a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) into 11 * Northern Michigan 7:05 pm the series and is 5-1-1 overall to go with a 3-0-1-1 CCHA record, good for 11 points in the league 12 * Northern Michigan (Comcast) 4:05 pm standings and a first-place tie with the Miami 29 Canisius 7:05 pm RedHawks. Bowling Green is 3-5-0 overall and is still looking for its first CCHA win with an SERIES INFORMATION JANUARY 0-4-0-0 record and is in 11th place in conference vs. Bowling Green Falcons 1 # at Shillelagh Tournament play. Notre Dame is coming off a home-and- Boston Univ. vs. Brown 3:05 pm (CT) All-time Series: ND leads, 48-35-8 ND vs. Minn.-State 6:05 pm (CT) home series versus Western Michigan that saw At Notre Dame: ND leads, 27-12-5 2 MSU vs. BU/Brown 2:05 pm (CT) the Irish defeat the Broncos, 3-2, on Fri., Oct. 29 At Bowling Green: BGSU leads, 23-20-3 ND vs. BU/Brown 5:05 pm (CT) before battling to a 2-2 overtime tie on Oct. 30th Neutral: ND leads, 1-0-0 7 * at Northern Michigan 7:05 pm in Kalamazoo, Mich. Notre Dame picked up the 8 * at Northern Michigan 5:05 pm Last 10 meetings: ND leads 7-1-2 14 * Alaska 7:35 pm extra point in the standings, winning the shootout, 15 * Alaska 7:05 pm 1-0. The Falcons spent their weekend in Alaska, 2009-10 Meetings: 21 * at Ohio State 7:05 pm dropping a pair of 4-1 decisions to the Nanooks. Nov. 27 at ND 2, BG 1 (ot) 22 * at Ohio State 7:05 pm The Irish continue their road schedule next week, Nov. 28 at ND 4, BG 4 (ot); BG wins S/O, 1-0 28 * Miami (CBS College Sports) 7:35 pm Nov. 12-13, with a pair of games at Yost Arena Feb. 19 at BG 4, ND 3 29 * Miami (FSD) 5:05 pm against the Michigan Wolverines. Feb. 20 at BG 1, ND 1 (ot); BG wins S/O, 2-1 FEBRUARY 11 * Bowling Green 7:35 pm IRISH VERSUS FALCONS: Notre Dame and VERSUS BOWLING GREEN: 12 * Bowling Green 7:05 pm Bowling Green have met 91 times in the all-time Name GP G A PTS 18 * at Ferris State 7:05 pm Ben Ryan 10 5 8 13 series with the Irish holding a 48-35-8 advantage Calle Ridderwall 12 7 5 12 19 * at Ferris State 7:05 pm to date. At the BGSU Ice Arena, the Falcons 25 * at Western Michigan 7:35 pm Billy Maday 7 2 6 8 26 * Western Michigan 7:05 pm are 23-20-3 in the 46 games played there. The Ryan Guentzel 11 1 3 4 two teams met four times last season with each Riley Sheahan 4 0 2 2 MARCH team winning once and tying once at home. The Joe Lavin 2 1 0 1 4-6 at First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Falcons picked up the two extra CCHA points Sean Lorenz 8 0 1 1 11-13 at Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Patrick Gaul 5 0 0 0 as they won both shootouts. Notre Dame’s lone Nick Larson 3 0 0 0 18 ^ at CCHA Semifinals TBA win in the series was a 4-3 overtime victory as 19 ^ at CCHA Championship TBA Rich Ryan 3 0 0 0 three of the four games needed extra time to Home Games in bold decide a winner. At the Joyce Center, the Irish Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Rankings - USA Today/USCHO.com were 1-0-1 and at BGSU Ice Arena, the Falcons Mike Johnson 203:24 1-1-2 6 79 .929 1.77 * CCHA Conference game were 1-0-1. Bowling Green’s 4-3 win on Feb. 19, • Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Mo.) # Sears Centre Arena (at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) 2010, snapped a Notre Dame 18-game unbeaten ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) streak (16-0-2) that started in the 2005-06 season. The two teams will meet again on Feb. 11-12, 2011 at Notre Dame. CBSC - CBS College Sports FSD - Fox Sports Detroit CCHA ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Notre Dame freshman left wing Anders Lee (Edina, Minn.) was named the CCHA rookie of the month for October. Lee scored six goals and added two assists All Times Local To Site for eight points in his first seven collegiate games. He is tied for seventh in the CCHA in points and third in goals while leading all freshmen in the conference with the eight points. Lee currently has a two-game goal streak after getting goals in each of the Irish games versus Western Michigan last weekend. 2010-11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON THE RANKINGS: Notre Dame enters the week ANOTHER MILESTONE: Notre Dame’s Oct. ranked 11th in both the USA Today/American 30, 3-2 win over Western Michigan was the 200th Hockey Magazine poll and the USCHO.com CCHA win for Irish coach Jeff Jackson. Now Full Name poll. in his 12th season at the Division I level, Jackson • Jeffery L. Jackson is 200-80-45 in his career in CCHA play in six IRISH UNBEATEN STREAK: Notre Dame seasons at Lake Superior State (1990-96) and Birthdate enters the series with Bowling Green on a five- six seasons at Notre Dame. Earlier this month, • June 22, 1955 game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) that started on Oct. Jackson won his 300th career game as a Division 14 against Lake Superior State. The five-game I coach. His all-time record stands at 303-118-48 Hometown unbeaten streak is the longest for the Irish since for a .697 winning percentage. • Roseville, Michigan the team won five straight from Feb. 28 to March 21, 2009. That five-game winning streak was part TOUGH ROAD AHEAD: Saturday’s game at Education of a 10-game Notre Dame winning streak that was Western Michigan was the start of five straight road games for the Irish and a stretch of nine of • Bachelor’s Degree in the third longest in the school’s history. the next 11 games away from the Joyce Center Communications WESTERN MICHIGAN RECAP: for the Irish. Between Oct. 30 and Dec. 4, Notre Michigan State ‘78 Friday, Oct. 29th - Notre Dame’s freshman class Dame will have played at Western Michigan • Bachelor’s Degree in Education accounted for seven of the team’s eight points (3g, (Oct. 30) and will be at Bowling Green (Nov. Michigan State ‘79 4a) and rookie goaltender Steven Summerhays 5-6); at Michigan (Nov. 12-13); at North Dakota (Anchorage, Alaska) stopped 19-of-21 Western (Nov. 26-27) and at Miami (Dec. 3-4). The lone Collegiate Coaching Experience Michigan shots in a 3-2 win at the Joyce Center.