Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 2007-08 NOTRE DAME www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX HOCKEY NOTES 2007-08 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY (7-4-0/5-2-0) No. 11/10 Notre Dame To Face Western Michigan In Home-And- OCtoBER Home Series Nov. 16-17 12 $ at Lefty McFadden Invitational • Irish begin busy schedule with five games over a nine-day period. vs. #14/#15 Wisconsin L, 1-4 13 vs. Mercyhurst W, 4-0 • Notre Dame coming off a weekend split with No. 1 Miami; Irish win first game 18 #5/#5 Denver W, 4-3 2-1 before falling 3-1 in game two. 19 #5/#5 Denver L, 1-3 23 * at Bowling Green W, 4-2 • Goaltender Jordan Pearce stops 64-of-68 shots versus RedHawks. 26 * at Ferris State W, 3-2 27 * at Ferris State L, 0-3 • The Series: #11/#10 Notre Dame (7-4-0/5-2-0) vs. Western Michigan (3-5-0/1-3-0) • Date/Site/Time: Friday, November 16 • Joyce Center (2,713) • 7:35 p.m. NOVEMBER Saturday, November 17 • Lawson Arena (3,667) • 7:36 p.m. 1 * Lake Superior W, 7-3 2 * Lake Superior W, 4-1 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Friday night on 9 * at #1/#1 Miami W, 2-1 1620 WWLV with Saturday’s game on ESPN Radio 1490 - South Bend’s SportsCenter with 10 * at #1/#1 Miami L, 1-3 Mike Lockert calling all the action for the Irish. Television: Saturday night’s game from 16 * Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. Kalamazoo, Mich., will be televised live by Comcast Local and can be seen on Channel 3 on 17 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. 20 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. Comcast Cablevision in South Bend. Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin will call all the action. 23 % at 57th Rensselaer Holiday Tournament • Internet: Irish hockey can be heard on the Internet at the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. vs. Alabama-Huntsville 4:00 p.m. Home Irish hockey games not being televised will be streamed live at www.und.com. All Notre 24 vs. RPI/A.I.C. 4:00/7:15 p.m. Dame home games and all CCHA games are available via gametracker. 30 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:35 p.m. The Notre Dame DECEMBER IRISH MEET WESTERN MICHIGAN IN HOME-AND-HOME SERIES: 1 * Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. hockey team returns home after splitting a two-game series with No. 1 Miami last weekend. The 7 at Princeton 7:05 p.m. Irish will face the Western Michigan Broncos in a home-and-home series on Nov. 16-17. On Friday 8 at Princeton 7:05 p.m. night, Nov. 16, the Irish will play host to the Broncos at the Joyce Center in a 7:35 p.m. games. On 29 # at Lightning College Hockey Classic Saturday, Nov. 17, the two teams will meet in vs. Massachusetts 5:05 p.m. Kalamazoo, Mich., at Lawson Arena at 7:36 p.m. vs. RPI/Colorado College 5:05/8:05 p.m. Saturday’s game will be televised live by Comcast SERIES INFORMATION Local with Ben Holden and Sean Ritchlin calling vs. Western Michigan JANUARY the action. The game can be seen in South Bend 4 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. 5 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. on Comcast Cable Channel 3. Notre Dame comes All-time Series: Western Michigan leads, 34-25-5 11 * at Michigan State 7:35 p.m. into the game ranked 11th in the USA Today Poll At Notre Dame: Notre Dame leads, 16-12-1 13 * Michigan State 4:05 p.m. and 10th in the USCHO.com poll after knock- At Kalamazoo: Western Michigan leads, 21-9-4 18 * at Michigan 8:05 p.m. ing off top-ranked Miami last Friday, 2-1. The Neutral: Western Michigan leads, 1-0-0 19 *& vs. Michigan 7:05 p.m. RedHawks returned the favor the following night Last 10 meetings: Notre Dame leads 5-4-1 25 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. with a 3-1 win. The Irish are 7-4-0 overall and 26 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. 5-2-0 in the CCHA. Western Michigan comes 2006-07 Meetings: into the series with a 3-5-0 record and the Bron- FEBRUARY Jan. 19 at WMU 3, ND 2 cos are 1-3-0 in conference play. WMU has lost Jan. 20 ND 3, at WMU 0 1 USA Under-18 Team (exh.) 7:35 p.m. three of its five games this season in overtime. 8 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. 9 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. The two teams have met 64 times in the all-time VERSUS WESTERN MICHIGAN: 15 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) series with Western holding a 34-25-5 edge. At Name GP G A PTS 16 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) the Joyce Center, Notre Dame leads, 16-12-1 Mark Van Guilder 6 0 5 5 22 * Ohio State 7:35 p.m. while at Lawson Arena, the Broncos have a 21- Evan Rankin 6 1 1 2 23 * Ohio State 7:05 p.m. 9-4 advantage. Last season, the two teams met Erik Condra 4 1 1 2 29 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. twice at Lawson Arena with Western Michigan Brock Sheahan 6 0 2 2 Justin White 3 0 2 2 winning the first game, 3-2, and the Irish taking Ryan Thang 2 0 2 2 MARCH the second game, 3-0. The last time the Broncos 1 * Western Michigan 7:05 p.m. Kyle Lawson 2 1 0 1 7-9 First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA won at the Joyce Center was March 13, 2004, a Garrett Regan 4 1 0 1 14-16 Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA 4-0 win in the CCHA playoffs. Since then WMU Brett Blatchford 2 1 0 1 21 ^ at CCHA Semifinals 4:30/8:05 p.m. is 0-2-0 in South Bend. Tom Sawatske 3 1 0 1 22 ^ at CCHA Championship 4:30/8:05 p.m. Dan VeNard 4 0 1 1 28-30 at NCAA Regionals (Albany, N.Y./Madson, BUSY SCHEDULE: The series with Western Kevin Deeth 2 0 0 0 Wis./Worcester, Mass./Colorado Springs, Michigan begins a busy nine-day period that will Luke Lucyk 3 0 0 0 Colo.) Dan Kissel 1 0 0 0 see Notre Dame play five games. On Tues., Nov. Christiaan Minella 1 0 0 0 APRIL 20, Notre Dame will play host to the Bowling 10-12 at NCAA Frozen Four (at Denver, Colo.) Green Falcons in a 7:35 p.m. game at the Joyce Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Home Games in bold Center. The Irish will then spend Thanksgiving Rankings - USA Today/USCHO in Troy, N.Y., on Nov. 23-24 as they participate in Exhibition Game in bold italic the 57th Annual Rensselaer Holiday Tournament. $ Nutter Center (at Dayton, Ohio) Notre Dame will face Alabama-Huntsville in the opening game at Houston Field House at 4:00 p.m. % Houston Field House (at Troy, N.Y.) on Nov. 23 while R.P.I. faces American International in the second game. The third-place and cham- # St. Pete Times Forum (at Tampa, Fla.) pionship games will be played at 4:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. on Nov. 24. This is the second time this season that the Irish will play five games in a nine-day span as they did so between Oct. 18-27. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON VERSUS THE BEST: Notre Dame’s 2-1 win and losing, 3-1. Last weekend, Notre Dame split over Miami on Nov. 9 marked the 10th time in with #1/#1 Miami with a 2-1 win on Friday and a the program’s history that the Irish knocked off 3-1 loss on Saturday. The Irish are 2-3-0 against Full Name a top-ranked team. In fact, the last four times ranked teams this season. • Jeffery L. Jackson that Notre Dame has faced a No.1 team, the Irish have come away with the victory. Here’s a list of TOUGH AS NAILS: Senior right wing Evan Birthdate Irish wins over No. 1 ranked teams in the 40-year Rankin showed his toughness in the 3-1 loss to • June 22, 1955 history of the program. Miami on Saturday night at Steve Cady Arena. After taking a high hit in the second period that Hometown 11/9/07 - at Miami, 2-1 sent him to the locker room for stitches, Rankin • Roseville, Michigan 10/20/06 - at Boston College, 7-1 returned to action in the third period to record his 10/22/04 - vs. Boston College, 3-2 fourth goal of the season. The Portage, Mich., Education 10/23/03 - at Boston College, 1-0 native has already equaled his goal output from • Bachelor’s Degree in 1/3/99 - at North Dakota, 4-3 last season when he had four goals and is one off 11/20/78 - at Minnesota, 3-2 his career high of five goals that he set during his Communications 1/13/78 - vs.