Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX FIGHTING IRISH HOCKEY 2010-11 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame vs. Lake Superior State HOCKEY (21-10-5/18-7-3-2) Second Round - CCHA Playoffs Fri.-Sun., March 11-13, 2011 OCTOBER Joyce Center • Notre Dame, Ind. 3 Univ. of Guelph (preseason) W, 5-3 8 • at Warrior IceBreaker Tournament vs. Holy Cross W, 6-3 • Date/Site/Time: Fri., March 11, 2011 • 7:35 p.m. • Joyce Center (2,713) • Notre Dame, Ind. 10 • vs. #14/#14 Boston University L, 4-5 Sat., March 12, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. • Joyce Center (2,713) • Notre Dame, Ind. 14 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 Sun., March 13, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. • Joyce Center(2,713) • Notre Dame, Ind. (if nec.) 15 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 23 #1/#1 Boston College W, 2-1 29 * Western Michigan W, 3-2 • The Teams: #8/#8 Notre Dame (21-10-5) vs. Lake Superior State (12-15-9) 30 * at Western Michigan T, 2-2 (ot) (ND wins shootout, 1-0) • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Cat Country 99.9 FM in South Bend. Darin Pritchett, the voice of the Irish will call the action with the pregame show NOVEMBER 5 * at Bowling Green L, 2-3 beginning 20 minutes before the opening face off. 6 * at Bowling Green W, 6-3 12 * at #9/#8 Michigan W, 3-1 • Internet Broadcast: Audio/Video: The Notre Dame - Lake Superior series will have live video 13 * at #9/#8 Michigan (Comcast) L, 3-5 streaming at und.com. The video is available free of charge. Livestats: Gametracker is available 19 * rv/#17 Michigan State W, 6-2 on the Notre Dame website at und.com. 20 * rv/#17 Michigan State W, 4-2 26 at #10/#9 North Dakota L, 3-6 27 at #10/#9 North Dakota T, 2-2 (ot) THE SECOND SEASON IS UNDERWAY: Notre Dame will meet Lake Superior State in the second round of the CCHA playoffs in a best-of-three series beginning on Friday, March 11 with a 7:35 p.m. DECEMBER game at the Joyce Center. Game two is set for Saturday, March 12 at 7:05 p.m. and if necessary, a 3 * at #6/#6 Miami W, 5-4 third game will be played at 7:05 p.m. on Sunday, March 13. The winner of this series moves on to the 4 * at #6/#6 Miami L, 2-5 CCHA Championships held at Joe Louis Arena 11 * Northern Michigan L, 2-3 on Fri.-Sat., March 18-19. Notre Dame finished SERIES INFORMATION 12 * Northern Michigan (Comcast) W, 5-2 second in the CCHA regular-season standings 29 Canisius W, 10-2 vs. Lake Superior State with an 18-7-3-2 mark, good for 59 points, behind JANUARY first-place Michigan (61). The Irish come into All-time Series: Notre Dame leads, 27-23-7 1 # at Shillelagh Tournament this series with the Lakers with a 21-10-5 overall At Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads, 16-8-4 vs. Minnesota State L, 3-4 record. Lake Superior was 8-12-8-5 in the regular At Sault Ste. Marie: Lake Superior leads, 13-10-3 2 vs. #11/#10 Boston University T, 3-3 (ot) season and finished eighth in the conference with Neutral: Lake Superior leads, 2-1-0 7 * at Northern Michigan W, 8-1 37 points. The Lakers come into this weekend Last 10 meetings: Notre Dame leads 7-0-3 8 * at Northern Michigan W, 3-1 14 * --/#20 Alaska W, 2-1 after sweeping Ohio State in a first-round series 2010-11 Meetings: 15 * --/#20 Alaska L, 1-4 last weekend, winning 4-0 and 3-2, to improve Oct. 14 at ND 4, LSSU 2 21 * at Ohio State L, 1-6 to 12-15-9 on the season. Oct. 15 at ND 4, LSSU 2 22 * at Ohio State W, 4-1 28 * #13/#11 Miami (CBSC) T, 5-5 (ot) CCHA FIRST ROUND SERIES: Here are the VERSUS LAKE SUPERIOR: (Miami wins shootout, 3-2) four, second-round playoff series in the CCHA Name GP G A PTS 29 * #13/#11 Miami (FSN-Detroit) T, 2-2 (ot) Calle Ridderwall 9 7 3 10 (ND wins shootout, 1-0) this weekend. Ben Ryan 10 4 3 7 Ryan Guentzel 8 1 4 5 FEBRUARY #11 Bowling Green at #1 Michigan Billy Maday 6 2 2 4 11 * Bowling Green W, 2-1 #8 Lake Superior at #2 Notre Dame Anders Lee 2 1 1 2 12 * Bowling Green W, 5-1 #7 Alaska at #3 Miami Mike Voran 3 1 1 2 18 * at --/#20 Ferris State W, 3-2 #5 Ferris State at #4 Western Michigan Nick Larson 4 1 1 2 19 * at --/#20 Ferris State W, 5-2 Kevin Lind 2 0 2 2 25 * at rv/#17 Western Michigan W, 3-2 Sam Calabrese 2 0 2 2 26 * rv/#17 Western Michigan L, 0-2 Bowling Green advanced by knocking off North- Joe Lavin 4 0 2 2 ern Michigan, two games to one. Riley Sheahan 4 0 2 2 MARCH Lake Superior swept Ohio State in the opening T.J. Tynan 2 1 0 1 11 $ Lake Superior State 7:35 p.m. round. David Gerths 2 1 0 1 12 $ Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m. Alaska took a pair from Michigan State to win Patrick Gaul 3 1 0 1 13 $ Lake Superior State (if necessary) 7:05 p.m. that series. Shayne Taker 2 0 1 1 18 ^ at CCHA Semifinals TBA Jeff Costello 2 0 1 1 19 ^ at CCHA Championship TBA Kevin Nugent 2 0 1 1 IRISH VERSUS LAKERS: Notre Dame and Sean Lorenz 8 0 1 1 Home Games in bold Lake Superior State have met 57 times in the Rich Ryan 2 0 0 0 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO.com all-time series with the Irish holding a 27-23-7 Nick Condon 2 0 0 0 * CCHA Conference game lead. At the Joyce Center, the Irish are 14-8-4 Bryan Rust 2 0 0 0 • Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Mo.) versus the Lakers all-time. The two teams opened Stephen Johns 2 0 0 0 # Sears Centre Arena (at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) the CCHA regular season back in October with $ 2nd Round CCHA Playoffs (at Notre Dame, Ind.) Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) Notre Dame taking a pair of 4-2 decisions on Oct. Mike Johnson 244:44 3-0-1 6 123 .953 1.47 14-15 at the Joyce Center. The Irish are 4-0-1 CBSC - CBS College Sports in the last five meetings between the two teams FSD - Fox Sports Detroit at Notre Dame. The last time the Lakers won at the Joyce Center was Dec. 17, 2005, a 4-0 win. The two teams have met just once in CCHA postseason action. That was in the 2006-07 semifinals at Joe Louis Arena where the Irish won 3-0 on the way to their first CCHA championship. 2010-11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON THE RANKINGS: Notre Dame enters the 2007-08 second round of the CCHA playoffs with Lake Ferris State L, 1-2 Ferris State W, 6-3 Superior ranked eighth in both the USA Today/ Ferris State W, 2-1 Full Name American Hockey Magazine poll and the US- vs. Miami L, 1-2 (ot) • Jeffery L. Jackson CHO.com poll. vs. Northern Michigan L, 1-2 Birthdate IRISH CCHA PLAYOFF HISTORY: The Irish 2008-09 Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-0 • June 22, 1955 have played 53 games in CCHA playoff history Nebraska-Omaha W, 1-0 and are 23-30 in those games. Notre Dame vs. Northern Michigan W, 2-1 Hometown was swept in the opening round last season at vs. Michigan W, 5-2 • Roseville, Michigan Ohio State. Under coach Jeff Jackson, the Irish are 10-7 in the CCHA postseason, winning the 2009-10 championship in 2007 and 2009. at Ohio State L, 1-3 Education at Ohio State L, 2-8 • Bachelor’s Degree in 1981-82 Communications Michigan W, 6-5 CCHA POST-SEASON SCORING: Eleven Michigan State ‘78 Michigan W, 5-3 members of the 2010-11 Notre Dame hockey • Bachelor’s Degree in Education vs. Bowling Green (@JLA) W, 8-5 team have seen CCHA playoff action. Those Michigan State ‘79 vs. Michigan State (@JLA) L, 1-4 players have played a total of 50 games, scoring 14 goals with seven assists for 21 points. 1982-83 Collegiate Coaching Experience at Bowling Green L, 3-8 at Bowling Green L, 2-7 CCHA CAREER POST-SEASON SCORING: • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) Name GP G A PTS • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) 1992-93 Ben Ryan 9 5 3 8 Record: 182-52-25 (.751); two NCAA titles, at Michigan L, 2-13 Calle Ridderwall 11 5 0 5 two CCHA regular-season titles, four CCHA at Michigan L, 1-8 Billy Maday 6 2 1 3 tournament championships Ryan Guentzel 9 1 1 2 Rich Ryan 2 1 0 1 • Head Coach, University of Notre Dame (2005-) 1993-94 at Western Michigan L, 3-6 Joe Lavin 2 0 1 1 Record: 136-75-29 (.627); two CCHA regular- at Western Michigan L, 1-7 Nick Larson 1 0 1 1 season titles (‘06-’07, ‘08-’09); two CCHA Sean Lorenz 6 0 0 0 tournament titles, three NCAA appearances, 1994-95 Riley Sheahan 2 0 0 0 at Bowling Green L, 2-7 Patrick Gaul 2 0 0 0 one NCAA Frozen Four appearance at Bowling Green L, 4-5 Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG International Coaching Experience 1997-98 Mike Johnson 78:34 0-2-0 7 30 .811 5.34 • National Coach and Senior Director, at Michigan W, 4-2 at Michigan L, 1-2 (ot) U.S.