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 Nebraska-Omaha Series • November 24-25, 2006 2006-07 NOTRE DAME Irish Move To #5/#4 In College Hockey Polls After Splitting With HOCKEY (9-2-1/4-1-1) Michigan State. Notre Dame Travels To Nebraska-Omaha For Thanksgiving Weekend OCTOBER 6 # Windsor (Exh.) W, 9-0 Series Against the Mavericks Nov. 24-25. 14 Minnesota State W, 6-1 16 at Minnesota State L, 2-3 (ot) Michigan State loss (2-0) snaps Irish nine-game unbeaten streak (8-0-1). 20 at #1/#1 Boston College W, 7-1 21 at Providence College W, 6-1 • The Series: #5/#4 Notre Dame (9-2-1/4-1-1) at Nebraska-Omaha (3-6-4/2-5-1) 27 $ at Lightning college Hockey classic • Date/Site/Time: Fri.-Sat., Nov. 24-25 • 7:05/7:35 p.m. (CST) • Qwest Center (14,700) vs. Army W, 3-0 28 vs. Air Force W, 2-0 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1490 South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will bring you all the NOVEMBER play-by-play action. 3 * at Ohio State W, 4-2 4 * at Ohio State T, 1-1 (ot) • Internet: Irish hockey can be heard on the internet at the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. All 10 * Bowling Green W, 5-2 Notre Dame home games and all CCHA games are available on gametracker. 11 * Bowling Green W, 4-0 17 * #4/#4 Michigan St. W, 4-1 18 * at #4/#4 Michigan St. L, 0-2 ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Notre Dame hockey team takes to the road again this weekend when 24 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) 25 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 p.m. (CST) the Fighting Irish travel to Omaha, Neb., for the Thanksgiving weekend. The Irish, who saw their nine-game unbeaten (8-0-1) streak snapped at Michigan State last weekend, will face the Nebraska- DECEMBER Omaha Mavericks in a pair of games at the Qwest Center. The Friday, Nov. 24 contest will start at 2 * Alaska 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. (CST) with Saturday’s game (Nov. 3 * Alaska 7:05 p.m. 25) starting at 7:35 p.m. (CST). Notre Dame 8 * at Michigan 7:35 p.m. brings a 9-2-1 overall record into the game and SERIES INFORMATION 10 * Michigan 3:05 p.m. vs. Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 30 %* vs. No. Michigan 1:05 p.m. is 4-1-1 in the CCHA, good for a tie for fourth 31 * No. Michigan 4:05 p.m. place with nine points. The Irish moved to fifth in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine All-time Series: Series tied, 8-8-3 At Notre Dame: UNO leads, 4-3-1 JANUARY poll this week and to fourth in the USCHO. At Omaha: ND leads, 5-4-2 5 + at Robert Morris 8:05 p.m. com/CSTV poll this week, a one spot jump in Neutral: N/A 7 Robert Morris 4:05 p.m. each poll. Notre Dame is coming off a split 12 * at Lake Superior 7:35 p.m. Last 10 meetings: ND leads 6-2-2 13 * at Lake Superior 7:05 p.m. with fourth-ranked Michigan State as the Irish 19 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. won at home (4-1) on Nov. 17 before dropping 2005-06 Meetings: 20 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. a 2-0 decision in East Lansing, Mich., on Sat- Jan. 6 ND 4, at UNO 1 26 * Miami 7:35 p.m. urday night. Nebraska-Omaha is coming off Jan. 7 ND 2, at UNO 2 (ot) 27 * Miami 7:05 p.m. a 4-4 tie on Tuesday night at Minnesota State. The Mavericks are 3-6-4 overall and 2-5-1 in VERSUS NEBRASKA-OMAHA: FEBRUARY Name GP G A PTS 2 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. CCHA play. They dropped a pair of confer- ence games last weekend at Miami, losing 7-3 Mark Van Guilder 4 1 3 4 3 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. Josh Sciba 3 1 3 4 9 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 p.m. on Friday and 2-1 in the Saturday contest. Wes O’Neill 6 1 1 2 10 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. Mike Bartlett 5 1 1 2 16 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) IRISH VERSUS MAVERICKS: Notre Dame Evan Rankin 4 1 1 2 17 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) and Nebraska-Omaha have met 19 times with Erik Condra 2 0 2 2 23 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. the all-time series even at 8-8-3. In Omaha, Luke Lucyk 2 1 0 1 24 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. T.J. Jindra 6 0 1 1 Notre Dame is 5-4-2 all-time while at the Joyce Jason Paige 6 0 1 1 MARCH Center, the Mavericks have a 4-3-1 edge. The Noah Babin 6 0 1 1 2-4 First Round CCHA Playoffs two teams met twice last season at the Qwest Brock Sheahan 4 0 1 1 (Best-of-three; campus sites) Center with the Irish winning one (4-1) and get- Brian D’Arcy 2 0 0 0 9-11 Second Round CCHA Playoffs ting a 2-2 tie in the series finale. This season, Christian Hanson 2 0 0 0 (Best-of-three; campus sites) Tom Sawatske 2 0 0 0 16-17 at CCHA Championships the two teams are cluster partners and will meet Dan VeNard 1 0 0 0 (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) again in South Bend, Feb., 9-10. Garrett Regan 1 0 0 0 Home Games in bold STREAK BREAKERS: Notre Dame saw Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Rankings - USA Today/USCHO its’ nine-game unbeaten streak come to an end David Brown 186:53 2-0-1 3 85 .966 0.96 Exhibition Game in bold italic last Saturday night (Nov. 18) with a 2-0 loss $ Lightning College Hockey Classic (at Tampa, Fla.) at Michigan State. The Irish were 8-0-1 in the % Allen County Coliseum (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) unbeaten run which started on Oct. 20 and was the longest unbeaten streak for the Irish since a 14- All Times Local To Site game winning streak during the 1987-88 season. The loss at Munn Arena also snapped a six-game road unbeaten streak (5-0-1) that also started on Oct. 20 at Boston College. FIRST BLOOD: When Michigan State scored in the second period on Nov. 18, it marked just the second time this season that the Irish had given up the first goal of the game. Through 12 games, the Irish have only given up one first period goal, outscoring the opposition by a 12-1 margin. 2006-07 Notre Dame Hockey Game Notes • the Nebraska-Omaha Series • November 24-25, 2006 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON HOMECOMING: Notre Dame’s weekend visit to Omaha is a homecoming for two members PERANI CUP STANDINGS Full Name of the Irish hockey team. Senior captain T.J. Perani’s Hockey World is the CCHA’s spon- • Jeffery L. Jackson Jindra (Faribault, Minn.) played two years in sor of the league’s “Three Stars of the Game.” the United States Hockey League (USHL) for Members of the media are asked to select the Birthdate the River City/Omaha Lancers prior to coming game’s three stars for which points are ac- • June 22, 1955 to Notre Dame. Freshman Ryan Thang (Edina, cumulated – 1st Star gets five points, 2nd Star Minn.) played the second half of last season for gets three and 3rd Star gets one. Here are the Hometown the Lancers before joining the Irish. The Irish standings for Notre Dame players in CCHA • Roseville, Michigan also have four members of the roster who played games only: in Lincoln for the Stars. Senior defenseman Tom Player 1st 2nd 3rd Pts. Education Sawatske (Duluth, Minn.), junior forward Evan David Brown 1 1 0 8 • Bachelor’s Degree in Rankin (Portage, Mich.), sophomore forward Mark Van Guilder 1 1 0 7 Communications Erik Condra (Livonia, Mich.) and goaltender Erik Condra 0 2 1 7 Michigan State ‘78 Jordan Pearce (Anchorage, Alaska) all played Jason Paige 1 0 0 5 • Bachelor’s Degree in Education in Lincoln. Sawatske, Condra and Pearce were Ryan Thang 1 0 0 5 Michigan State ‘79 teammates with the Stars in 2004-05. Josh Sciba 0 0 1 1 Kevin Deeth 0 0 1 1 Collegiate Coaching Experience PLAYING WITH THE LEAD: Through the Justin White 0 0 1 1 • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) first 12 games of the season, Notre Dame has • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) played a total of 729:45 minutes. In those 12 Friday night at the Joyce Center, senior center Record: 182-52-25 (.751); two NCAA titles, games, the Irish have trailed for just 42:17 min- two CCHA regular-season titles, four CCHA Jason Paige (Saginaw, Mich.) scored two goals utes with a bulk of that time (36:21) coming in the and Justin White (So., Traverse City, Mich.) tournament championships 2-0 loss to Michigan State on Nov.