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. Alask HOCKEY (14-7-3/11-4-1-1) Joyce Center • Notre Dame, Indiana Friday, January 14, 2011 OCTOBER Saturday, January 15, 2011 3 Univ. of Guelph (preseason) W, 5-3 8 • at Warrior IceBreaker Tournament vs. Holy Cross W, 6-3 • Date/Site/Time: Fri., January 14, 2011 • 7:35 p.m. • Joyce Center (2,713) • Notre Dame, Indiana 10 • vs. #14/#14 Boston University L, 4-5 Sat., January 15, 2011 • 7:05 p.m. • Joyce Center (2,713) • Notre Dame, Indiana 14 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 15 * Lake Superior State W, 4-2 23 #1/#1 Boston College W, 2-1 • The Teams: #8/#8 Notre Dame (14-7-3/11-4-1-1) vs. Alaska (9-7-4/6-6-4-2) 29 * Western Michigan W, 3-2 30 * at Western Michigan T, 2-2 (ot) • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Cat Country (ND wins shootout, 1-0) 99.9 FM in South Bend. Darin Pritchett, the voice of the Irish will call the action with the NOVEMBER pregame show beginning 20 minutes before the opening face off. 5 * at Bowling Green L, 2-3 6 * at Bowling Green W, 6-3 • Internet Broadcast: Audio: The Notre Dame - Alaska series will have live audio streaming 12 * at #9/#8 Michigan W, 3-1 at the Notre Dame website - und.com. Video: The Notre Dame - Alaska series will be streamed 13 * at #9/#8 Michigan (Comcast) L, 3-5 19 * rv/#17 Michigan State W, 6-2 live on the Notre Dame website - und.com. This is free of charge. Live Stats: Available on 20 * rv/#17 Michigan State W, 4-2 the Notre Dame website at und.com. 26 at #10/#9 North Dakota L, 3-6 27 at #10/#9 North Dakota T, 2-2 (ot) ALASKA INVADES THE JOYCE CENTER: Notre Dame and Alaska meet this weekend at the Joyce Center for the first and only meetings of the 2010-11 regular season. The two teams will meet DECEMBER in a 7:35 p.m. game on Friday, Jan. 14 and then again at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15. The Irish 3 * at #6/#6 Miami W, 5-4 bring a 14-7-3 overall record into the series and are 11-4-1-1 in the CCHA, good for 35 points and first 4 * at #6/#6 Miami L, 2-5 11 * Northern Michigan L, 2-3 place in the conference standings. Notre Dame has a four-point lead on second-place Michigan with 12 * Northern Michigan (Comcast) W, 5-2 the Wolverines having one game in hand. The Irish are six points ahead of third-place Ferris State and 29 Canisius W, 10-2 eight ahead of Miami in fourth. Alaska is in the midst of a two-week road trip that sees the Nanooks face Notre Dame this weekend before traveling to Michigan next week. Alaska is 9-7-4 overall and JANUARY currently in fifth place in the CCHA with a 6-6-4- 1 # at Shillelagh Tournament 2 record, good for 24 points. The Irish are coming SERIES INFORMATION vs. Minnesota State L, 3-4 vs. Alaska Nanooks 2 vs. #11/#10 Boston University T, 3-3 (ot) off a sweep at Northern Michigan last weekend in Marquette, Mich., where they took 8-1 and 3-1 7 * at Northern Michigan W, 8-1 All-time Series: ND leads, 26-21-4 8 * at Northern Michigan W, 3-1 decisions from the Wildcats. Alaska was at home At Notre Dame: ND leads, 15-8-1 14 * Alaska 7:35 pm in Fairbanks where the Nanooks tied Western At Fairbanks: Alaska leads, 13-10-3 15 * Alaska 7:05 pm Michigan, 2-2, before falling in the shootout, 1-0. Neutral: ND leads, 1-0-0 21 * at Ohio State 7:05 pm Last 10 meetings: Irish lead 8-1-1 22 * at Ohio State 7:05 pm They then dropped a 2-0 decision in the second 28 * Miami (CBS College Sports) 7:35 pm game of the series to the Broncos. Following this weekend’s home series, the Irish are back on the 2009-10 Meetings: 29 * Miami (FSD) 5:05 pm Nov. 6 ND 3, at UAF 2 road as they travel to Ohio State for a pair of Nov. 7 at UAF 3, ND 1 FEBRUARY games with the Buckeyes on Jan. 21-22. 11 * Bowling Green 7:35 pm VERSUS ALASKA: 12 * Bowling Green 7:05 pm IRISH AND THE NANOOKS: Notre Dame Name GP G A PTS 18 * at Ferris State 7:05 pm Ben Ryan 6 1 2 3 19 * at Ferris State 7:05 pm and Alaska have met 51 times in the all-time series with the Irish holding a 26-21-4 lead. At Billy Maday 4 0 1 1 25 * at Western Michigan 7:35 pm Riley Sheahan 2 0 1 1 26 * Western Michigan 7:05 pm the Joyce Center, Notre Dame is 15-8-1 in 24 Calle Ridderwall 6 0 0 0 games. The two teams met last season twice at Ryan Guentzel 6 0 0 0 MARCH the Carlson Center in Fairbanks where they split Sean Lorenz 4 0 0 0 4-6 at First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Patrick Gaul 1 0 0 0 11-13 at Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA two games. The Irish won the series opener, 3-2, before Alaska won the second game, 3-1. Nick Condon 2 0 0 0 18 ^ at CCHA Semifinals TBA Nick Larson 2 0 0 0 19 ^ at CCHA Championship TBA The Nanooks win on Nov. 7, 2009, snapped an 11-game Notre Dame unbeaten streak (10-0-1) Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Home Games in bold in the series that started in the 2006-07 season. Mike Johnson 119:21 1-1-0 4 56 .933 2.01 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO.com The Irish have won six straight at home against * CCHA Conference game • Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Mo.) Alaska. The last Nanook win at the Joyce Center # Sears Centre Arena (at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) came on March 4, 2006, a 1-0 win in the second ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) game of the first round of the CCHA playoffs. CBSC - CBS College Sports FOURTH TIME FOR TYNAN: Notre Dame freshman center T.J. Tynan (Orland Park, Ill.) was FSD - Fox Sports Detroit named the CCHA rookie of the week for his play in the Northern Michigan series on Jan. 7-8. That marked the second consecutive week that Tynan was named rookie of the week and fourth time this All Times Local To Site season. The 5-8, 156-pound center had a goal and three assists for four points and was +3 in the 8-1 and 3-1 wins over the Wildcats. Tynan is the top scoring freshman in the country with 15 goals and 18 assists for 33 points. He is third in the CCHA in scoring and leads the league in goals. 2010-11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON ROAD SWEEP: Notre Dame’s back-to-back this season as the Wildcats had a 25-20 edge in the road wins at Northern Michigan (Jan. 7-8) game. Jared Coreau made seven saves in 26:25 of marked the first sweep for the Irish this season playing time and Reid Ellingson stopped 10 shots Full Name since Nov. 19-20, 2010 against Michigan State. in 32:55. The Irish were 1-for-7 on the power • Jeffery L. Jackson The CCHA road sweep was the first for the Irish play while the Wildcats were 1-for-6. since winning twice at Nebraska-Omaha on Feb. Birthdate 20-21, 2009, taking a 4-3 overtime win and a 1-0 SPECIAL TEAMS CLINIC: Notre Dame’s • June 22, 1955 victory over the Mavericks. Since then, the Irish 8-1 win over Northern Michigan on Jan. 7 saw have gone 10 road series overall and nine CCHA the Irish special teams have one of their best Hometown road series, covering a year-and-a-half, without games of the season. Notre Dame scored two • Roseville, Michigan winning consecutive games on the road. short-handed goals in the game and added three power-play goals in the victory. The two short- Education THE RANKINGS: Notre Dame enters the se- handed goals marked the second time this season • Bachelor’s Degree in ries with Alaska ranked eightth in both the USA that the Irish scored a pair of shorties in one game as they turned the trick for the first time on Nov. Communications Today/American Hockey Magazine poll and the USCHO.com poll. Alaska is not ranked in the 20 versus Michigan State. The three power-play Michigan State ‘78 USA Today poll but is 20th in the USCHO.com goals were a season high for Notre Dame. • Bachelor’s Degree in Education rankings. Michigan State ‘79 SHORT-HAND SUCCESS: Notre Dame’s NORTHERN MICHIGAN RECAP: penalty killing unit has scored 11 short-handed Collegiate Coaching Experience Friday, Jan. 7 - Notre Dame’s special teams had goals this season, a mark that is tops in the nation • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) a big night on Friday night as they scored two and four more than Boston College as the Eagles • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) short-handed goals and three power-play tallies are second in the nation with seven.