Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2006-07 NOtre DAMe Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX 2006-07 Notre Dame Hockey Game Notes • the Bowling Green Series • November 10-11, 2006 2006-07 NOTRE DAME Home Sweet Home - The 9th-Ranked Irish Return Home For First HOCKEY (6-1-1/1-0-1) Time Since Oct. 10 to Face Bowling Green In Weekend Series Notre Dame closes seven-game road swing with 5-1-1 mark after a win and tie at OCTOBER 6 # Windsor (Exh.) W, 9-0 Ohio State; David Brown is named CCHA goaltender of the week for second time 14 Minnesota State W, 6-1 this season. 16 at Minnesota State L, 2-3 (ot) 20 at #1/#1 Boston College W, 7-1 21 at Providence College W, 6-1 27 $ at Lightning college Hockey classic • The Series: #9/#9 Notre Dame (6-1-1/1-0-1) vs. Bowling Green (3-4-1/1-3-0) vs. Army W, 3-0 • Date/Site/Time: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 10-11 • 7:35/7:05 p.m. • Joyce Center (2,713) 28 vs. Air Force W, 2-0 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1490, NOVEMBER South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will bring you all the play- 3 * at Ohio State W, 4-2 by-play action. 4 * at Ohio State T, 1-1 (ot) • Internet Broadcast: At the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. All games available on 10 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. gametracker. Video Streaming: Friday night’s game will be available via Fighting Irish All-Ac- 11 * Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. 17 * Michigan State 8:05 p.m. cess on the Notre Dame website at und.com. To view the game, the viewer will need to be using 18 * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. Internet explorer 6 with Windows Media Player 9 or higher. 24 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) 25 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 p.m. (CST) HOME SWEET HOME: The Notre Dame hockey team returns home this weekend after playing its last seven games on the road. The Irish play host to the Bowling Green Falcons at the Joyce DECEMBER Center on Nov. 10-11. The Friday night contest will start at 7:35 p.m. with Saturday’s game set to 2 * Alaska 7:05 p.m. 3 * Alaska 7:05 p.m. drop the puck at 7:05 p.m. The ninth-ranked 8 * at Michigan 7:35 p.m. Irish closed their seven-game journey with a 10 * Michigan 3:05 p.m. win (4-2) and a tie (1-1) at Ohio State in their SERIES INFORMATION 30 %* vs. No. Michigan 1:05 p.m. CCHA opening weekend. In the seven games vs. Bowling Green Falcons 31 * No. Michigan 4:05 p.m. away from home, the Irish, 6-1-1 overall, All-time Series: ND leads, 35-34-6 JANUARY went 5-1-1 and are currently on a six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1) that started on Oct. 20. At Notre Dame: ND leads, 20-12-4 5 + at Robert Morris 8:05 p.m. At Bowling Green: BGSU leads, 22-14-2 7 Robert Morris 4:05 p.m. Bowling Green, Notre Dame’s CCHA cluster Neutral: ND leads, 1-0-0 12 * at Lake Superior 7:35 p.m. partner, comes into the game with a 3-4-1 Last 10 meetings: Series even 4-4-2 13 * at Lake Superior 7:05 p.m. overall record and a 1-3-0 mark in conference 19 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. play. The Falcons split last weekend at home 20 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. 2005-06 Meetings: 26 * Miami 7:35 p.m. against Lake Superior, dropping a 3-1 decision Nov. 10 at ND 9, BG 4 27 * Miami 7:05 p.m. on Friday before winning 4-2 in Saturday’s Nov. 11 at ND 4, BG 2 contest. On Friday, Nov. 10, the video of the Feb. 17 ND 7, at BG 4 FEBRUARY Notre Dame-Bowling Green game will be Feb. 18 ND 1, at BG 1 (ot) 2 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. streamed live at the Irish website - und.com 3 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. - on Fighting Irish All-Access. Remember, VERSUS BOWLING GREEN: 9 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 p.m. Name GP G A PTS 10 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. that you will need an IBM format computer with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows Media Josh Sciba 11 10 2 12 16 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) Wes O’Neill 12 4 6 10 17 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) Player 9 or higher to view the game beginning Mark Van Guilder 8 5 3 8 23 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. at 7:35 p.m. Erik Condra 4 0 7 7 24 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. Michael Bartlett 12 2 2 4 IRISH VERSUS FALCONS: Notre Dame Jason Paige 12 2 1 3 MARCH and Bowling Green have faced off 75 times Evan Rankin 6 1 2 3 2-4 First Round CCHA Playoffs Noah Babin 10 0 3 3 (Best-of-three; campus sites) in the two programs histories with the Irish Brock Sheahan 8 0 3 3 9-11 Second Round CCHA Playoffs holding a 35-34-6 edge in the series. The T.J. Jindra 12 1 1 2 (Best-of-three; campus sites) two teams met four times last season with Christian Hanson 2 1 0 1 16-17 at CCHA Championships Notre Dame going 3-0-1 while outscoring Garrett Regan 4 0 1 1 (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) the Falcons, 21-11. The Irish won twice at Tom Sawatske 4 0 1 1 Dan VeNard 4 0 0 0 Home Games in bold the Joyce Center (9-4, 4-2) in November and Luke Lucyk 3 0 0 0 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO then took a 7-4 verdict and a 1-1 tie at Bowl- Brian D’Arcy 1 0 0 0 Exhibition Game in bold italic ing Green in February. At the Joyce Center, Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG $ Lightning College Hockey Classic (at Tampa, Fla.) Notre Dame holds a 20-12-4 edge with the last Bowling Green win coming on Jan. 29, 2005, David Brown 276:48 3-2-1 8 154 .951 1.73 % Allen County Coliseum (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) Jordan Pearce 120:00 2-0-0 8 63 .887 4.00 All Times Local To Site by a 6-2 score. FAST START: Notre Dame’s 6-1-1 start this season is the best for the Irish since starting the 1998- 99 season with an identical 6-1-1 record. The 5-1-1 mark in seven consecutive games away from the Joyce Center is the best since the Irish were 6-0-1 over a seven-game span in the 1987-88 season. 2006-07 Notre Dame Hockey Game Notes • the Bowling Green Series • November 10-11, 2006 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON OHIO STATE RECAP: Notre Dame became following back-to-back shutouts the previous the final team in the CCHA to open league play week versus Army and Air Force. The goal also Full Name last weekend as the Irish traveled to Ohio State snapped David Brown’s shutout streak of at • Jeffery L. Jackson for a pair of games with the Buckeyes. On Friday 120:14, the second longest streak of his career. night, the Irish built a 3-0 lead early in the second Sophomore Jordan Pearce has a shutout string Birthdate period and took a 4-2 decision. Erik Condra of 80:56 that dates back to the final game of the • June 22, 1955 (So., Livonia, Mich.) opened the scoring at 8:54 2005-06 season when he surrendered a goal at for Notre Dame and Christian Hanson (So., the 19:04 mark of the second period in the final Hometown Venetia, Pa.) closed the period with his third playoff game against Alaska. Pearce recorded a • Roseville, Michigan goal in as many games for a 2-0 lead. Hanson’s 3-0 shutout on Oct. 27 versus Army in his lone goal chased OSU starting goaltender Nick Fil- appearance this season. Education ion. Mark Van Guilder (Jr., Roseville, Minn.) • Bachelor’s Degree in welcomed new goaltender Joseph Palmer with SLAMMING THE DOOR: Through the first Communications his sixth goal of the season at 1:52 of the second eight games of the season, Notre Dame leads the Michigan State ‘78 period for the 3-0 lead. Ohio State battled back nation in defense, surrendering just nine goals in • Bachelor’s Degree in Education to cut the lead to 3-2 at the end of two periods on the first eight games for an average of just 1.12 Michigan State ‘79 goals by Tommy Goebel and Andrew Schembri. goals-per-game. Senior goaltender David Brown In the third period, the Irish got a big insurance is tops in the nation in goals-against average Collegiate Coaching Experience goal off the stick of Jason Paige (Sr., Saginaw, (1.26) and save percentage (.950). • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) Mich.) to seal the 4-2 win.