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 Princeton Series – Oct. 28-29, 2005 2005-06 NOTRE DAME Irish Open Home Schedule With A Visit By The Princeton Tigers HOCKEY (0-2-0/0-0-0) ECACHL team makes first visit to South Bend since December of 1999. OCTOBER • The Series: Notre Dame (0-2-0/0-0-0) vs. Princeton (8-20-3 in 2004-05) 14 # Waterloo (Exh.) W, 4-0 • Date/Site/Times: Fri.-Sat, Oct. 28-29, 2005 – 7:35/7:05 p.m. – Joyce Center (2,713) 21 at #4/#4 Colorado College L, 1-3 22 at #9/#9 Denver L, 3-6 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1580, 28 Princeton 7:35 p.m. South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will bring you all the 29 Princeton 7:05 p.m. action both nights. NOVEMBER • Internet Broadcast: At the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. 4 * Michigan 7:35 p.m. HOME OPENER: The Notre Dame hockey team returns home after its opening weekend in Colorado 5 * at Michigan 7:35 p.m. 10 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. to open the home schedule with a weekend series against the ECACHL’s Princeton Tigers. The games 11 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. will be played at the Joyce Center on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29. The series opener on Friday will 18 * at Miami 7:35 p.m. start at 7:35 p.m. with the puck dropped on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. The Irish come into the weekend 19 * at Miami 7:35 p.m. looking for their first win of the season after losing at No. 4 Colorado College, 3-1, on Oct. 21 and 6-3 to 25 * Ohio State 7:35 p.m. No. 9 Denver on Oct. 22. For Princeton, the weekend series is the season-opening weekend for the 26 * Ohio State 7:05 p.m. Tigers who were 8-20-3 overall last season and finished 10th in the ECAC Hockey League with a 6-14- DECEMBER 2 record. This will be the first visit for Princeton to the Joyce Center since a weekend series, Dec. 19-20, 2 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. 1999 when the Tigers took 4-3 and 4-2 wins. Princeton won its exhibition opener last weekend versus 3 * Western Michigan 7:05 p.m. the University of Waterloo by a 4-2 score. Following the Princeton series, the Irish open the CCHA 6 at Minnesota State 7:37 p.m. (CST) schedule on Nov. 4-5, when they play a home-and-home series with No. 1 ranked Michigan. The Nov. 4 10 Minnesota State 7:05 p.m. game begins at 7:35 p.m. at the Joyce Center and will be televised by College Sports Television (CSTV). 17 * Lake Superior State 7:35 p.m. Saturday’s game is in Ann Arbor, Mich., at Yost Arena and will also begin at 7:35 p.m. That game will 18 * Lake Superior State 2:05 p.m. be televised by Comcast Local. JANUARY 6 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) IRISH VERSUS TIGERS: For the second weekend in a row, Notre Dame faces a team with the Tigers 7 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) nickname after opening the season versus the Colorado College Tigers. This weekend’s opponent, the 13 * Miami 7:35 p.m. Princeton Tigers, make their first visit to the Joyce Center since Dec. 19-20, 1999. The two teams have met 14 * Miami 7:05 p.m. 11 times in the series that started during the 1984-85 campaign with Princeton holding a 9-2 edge in the 20 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. 21 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. series. At Notre Dame, the Tigers are 5-0 all-times while at Princeton, N.J., they are 3-1-0. The two teams 27 * at Ohio State 8:05 p.m. have split a pair of neutral site games. The last time the two teams met was Dec. 28-29, 2001 in New 28 * at Ohio State 7:05 p.m. Jersey. The Irish won both games - a 2-1 decision at Hobey Baker Rink and then a 4-2 win at the Sovereign Center in Trenton, N.J. Princeton head coach Guy Gadowsky is no stranger to Notre Dame hockey fans. FEBRUARY From 1999-2004 he was the head coach at Alaska Fairbanks where his teams were 4-5-3 versus the Irish. 3 * Michigan State 7:35 p.m. 4 * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. 10 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. OPENING WEEK WRAP UP: The Irish visited Colorado last weekend to open the season with a pair 11 * at Ferris State 7:05 p.m. of games versus nationally ranked teams. On Friday night, Notre Dame faced off against No. 4 ranked 17 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. Colorado College, dropping a 3-1 decision to the Tigers. After a scoreless first period, Colorado College 18 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. got a pair of goals in the second period by Trevor Frischmon and 2005 Hobey Baker winner Marty 24 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:35 p.m. Sertich to build a 2-0 lead. The lead would go to 3-0 just 32 seconds into the third period when Joey 25 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:05 p.m. Crabb scored on the power play for the Tigers. Notre Dame broke goaltender Matt Zaba’s shutout bid at MARCH 13:38 of the third period when Victor Oreskovich (So., Oakville, Ont.) tucked the rebound of a Tim 3-5 First Round CCHA Playoffs Wallace (Sr., Anchorage, Alaska) shot behind Zaba for the final of 3-1. Colorado College out shot the (Best-of-three; campus sites) Irish 40-13 in the game. David Brown (Jr., Stoney Creek, Ont.) made 37 saves for Notre Dame. On 10-12 Second Round CCHA Playoffs Saturday, the Irish moved north to Denver to take on the defending national champion Denver Pioneers (Best-of-three; campus sites) at Magness Arena. In front of a sellout crowd of 6,063, the University of Denver took a 6-3 verdict. All- 17-18 at CCHA Championships (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) American defenseman Matt Carle led the scoring for the Pioneers as he had a goal and three assists in the game. Fellow All-American Gabe Gauthier had a goal and two assists and Brock Trotter scored a pair of Home Games in caps goals in the win. Of Denver’s six goals, two came on the power play and two came short-handed. After Rankings - USA Today/USCHO DU took a 2-0 lead, Wes O’Neill (Jr., Essex, Ont.) cut the lead to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 10:46. A # Exhibition Game IN ITALIC Paul Stastny power-play goal gave Denver a 3-1 lead before Josh Sciba (Jr., Westland, Mich.) stuffed a All Times Local To Site shot behind goaltender Peter Mannino to make it 3-2. A Trotter power-play goal closed the second period – ESPNU with Denver on top, 4-2. The lead would go to 6-2 before the Irish closed the scoring with a Noah Babin (Jr., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) power-play goal at 15:09. Freshman right wing Erik Condra (Livonia, – College Sports Televison Mich.) recorded three assists in the game. Freshman goaltender Jordan Pearce (Anchorage, Alaska) made 17 saves in his first career start as the Irish were outshot 23-19 in the game. – Comcast Local – Fox Sports Detroit FAST START: Freshman Erik Condra’s three-point game (0g, 3a) versus Denver was the first three- point game by an Irish rookie since Brett Lebda ‘04 had five points (1g, 4a) versus Nebraska-Omaha on Dec. 20, 2000. His three-point game was the first for the Irish since Nov. 5, 2004 when both Mike Walsh (Sr., Northville, Mich.) and Cory McLean ‘05 had three points versus Bowling Green in a 4-4 tie. Walsh had three assists while McLean had a goal and two assists in the game. University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Princeton Series – Oct. 28-29, 2005 2005-06 Notre Dame Personnel Breakdown Top Returnees (yr., pos., ... 2004-05 stats) Matt Amado (Sr., C, 31 GP, 5-7-12 ...................................... Speedy center with excellent playmaking skills Tony Gill (Sr., LW, 26 GP, 2-0-2) ......................................... Energy player who is one of team’s hardest-working players Chris Trick (Sr., D, 37 GP, 3-6-9) ......................................... Steady, stay-at-home defenseman with good size Tim Wallace (Sr., RW, 38 GP, 5-9-14) .................................. Hard-working RW who enters the season having played in 117 consecutive games Mike Walsh (Sr., LW, 36 GP, 2-8-10) ................................... Will look to regain his 2003-04 scoring touch; one of CCHA’s top power forwards Noah Babin (Jr., D, 38 GP, 5-6-11) ...................................... Set career highs in goals (5), assists (6) and points (11) as a sophomore Michael Bartlett (Jr., LW, 38 GP, 2-6-8) ............................... Strong two-way player; one of Notre Dame’s top defensive forwards David Brown (Jr., G, 15 GP, 2-10-1, 4.30, .870 sv%) .........