Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2008-09 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX HOCKEY NOTES 2008-09 NOTRE DAME Top-Ranked Notre Dame Returns From Bye Week To Face #7/#8 Michi- HOCKEY (19-3-3/13-2-3-3) gan In Home-And-Home Series OCTOBER 11 $ at Hall of Fame Game • Weekend series is first meeting between the two teams since last April’s NCAA semifinals. at #6/#6 Denver L, 2-5 17 Sacred Heart (und.com) W, 3-0 • Irish return to action with 20-game unbeaten streak (17-0-3) on the line. 18 Sacred Heart (und.com) W, 7-0 24 * #10/#10 Miami (und.com) L, 0-2 • Notre Dame coming off a win and tie (shootout win) at Lake Superior (Jan. 16-17). 25 * #10/#10 Miami (und.com) L, 2-3 31 * at Northern Michigan W, 3-2 • The Games: #1/#1 Notre Dame (19-3-3/13-2-3-3) vs. #7/#8 Michigan (18-8-0/12-6-0-0) • Date/Site/Time: Friday, January 30, 2009 • Joyce Center (2,713) • 8:05 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 * at Northern Michigan W, 4-2 Saturday, January 31, 2009 • Yost Arena (6,637) • 7:35 p.m. 7 at #2/#2 Boston College (ESPN Classic) W, 4-1 • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Cat Country 8 at Providence College W, 4-1 99.9 FM in South Bend. Mike Lockert, now in his seventh season, will call all the action for 14 * Lake Superior State (und.com) T, 3-3 ot the Irish. Television: Friday’s game will be televised live on CBS College Sports Television (ND wins shootout, 2-1) 15 * Lake Superior State (und.com) W, 5-2 while Saturday’s contest can be seen on FSN-Detroit. 21 * Bowling Green (und.com) W, 5-1 • Internet: All Notre Dame hockey games can be heard live on the internet via the Notre Dame 22 * at Bowling Green W, 9-1 website at www.und.com. All home games that are not televised will be streamed live on und. 28 * Western Michigan (und.com) W, 4-1 29 * Western Michigan (Comcast) T, 3-3 ot com. All Notre Dame home games and all CCHA games are available via gametracker. (ND wins shootout, 2-1) DECEMBER THE STRETCH RUN: Notre Dame returns to action this weekend after a bye week as the Irish 5 * at Ferris State W, 3-1 face the Michigan Wolverines in a home-and-home series. On Friday night, Jan. 30, the two teams 6 * at Ferris State W, 1-0 meet at Notre Dame’s Joyce Center in an 8:05 p.m. game. That contest will be televised by CBS 12 * at Bowling Green W, 3-1 College Sports with Matt McConnell and Dave Starman providing the play-by-play and analysis. 13 * Bowling Green (Comcast) W, 4-3 Saturday night, Jan. 31, the series moves to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a 7:35 p.m. game that will be SERIES INFORMATION JANUARY 2 # at Shillelagh Tournament televised on FSN Detroit. Dan Dickerson and vs. Michigan Wolverines vs. Union W, 3-1 Fred Pletsch will call the action from Yost Arena. 3 vs. Minnesota-Duluth W,3-1 The Fighting Irish enter the series ranked No. 1 All-time Series: Michigan leads, 65-45-5 9 * rv/#19 Alaska (und.com) W, 2-0 in the nation with a 19-3-3 overall record and a At Notre Dame: Series even, 21-21-2 10 * rv/#19 Alaska (und.com) W, 3-0 13-2-3-3 mark in the CCHA, good for 32 points At Ann Arbor: Michigan leads, 36-21-3 16 * at Lake Superior State W, 3-2 17 * at Lake Superior State T, 3-3 ot and first place in the conference. Notre Dame is Neutral: Michigan leads, 8-3-0 (ND wins shootout, 2-1) four points ahead of second-place Miami with Last 10 meetings: Michigan leads 6-4-0 30 * Michigan (CBSC) 8:05 p.m. two games in hand. The Irish are six ahead of 31 * at Michigan (FSD) 7:35 p.m. third-place Alaska and have four games in hand 2007-08 Meetings: on the Nanooks. The lead is eight points over Jan. 18 at UM 3, ND 2 FEBRUARY Ohio State, Nebraska-Omaha (2 games in hand) 6 * at Ohio State (CBSC) 8:05 p.m. Jan. 19 UM 5, vs. ND 1 (at the Palace) 8 * at Ohio State 2:05 p.m. and Michigan as all three of those teams are tied Apr. 12 ND 5, vs. UM 4 (ot) - Frozen Four 13 * Northern Michigan (CBSC) 8:05 p.m. for fourth with 24 points. Michigan enters the 14 * Northern Michigan (und.com) 7:05 p.m. series ranked seventh in the USA Today/American 20 * $ at Nebraska-Omaha (CBSC) 7:05 p.m. (CT) Hockey Magazine poll and eighth by USCHO. VERSUS MICHIGAN: 21 * $ at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CT) com/CBS College Sports poll. The Wolverines Name GP G A PTS 27 * Michigan State (CBSC) 7:05 p.m. are 18-8-0 overall and 12-6-0-0 in the CCHA Erik Condra 7 3 6 9 28 * at Michigan State (FSD) 5:05 p.m. Garrett Regan 8 4 2 6 with 24 points. Michigan is coming off a series sweep of Michigan State last weekend, winning Kevin Deeth 6 2 4 6 MARCH Brett Blatchford 6 0 5 5 6-8 First Round CCHA (campus sites) TBA 6-2, at Joe Louis Arena on Friday and 5-3 versus Ryan Thang 6 3 2 5 13-15 Second Round CCHA (campus sites) TBA the Spartans on Saturday at home. 20-21 ^ at CCHA Championships TBA Calle Ridderwall 3 2 1 3 Justin White 5 1 2 3 Home Games in bold IRISH VERSUS WOLVERINES: The Notre Kyle Lawson 6 1 1 2 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO Dame-Michigan series is the oldest series on the Dan Kissel 3 0 2 2 $ USA Hockey Hall of Fame Game (at Denver, Colo.) books for the Irish as the two teams have met 115 Christian Hanson 8 1 0 1 # Sears Centre (at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) times in the series and the Wolverines own a 65- Ben Ryan 3 1 0 1 $ Omaha Civic Auditorium (at Omaha, Neb.) 45-5 edge in those games. The series started in Ryan Guentzel 3 0 1 1 ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) Ian Cole 3 0 1 1 1921-22 with a home-and-home series between Luke Lucyk 8 0 0 0 CBSC - CBS College Sports the two schools. At the Joyce Center, the series Christiaan Minella 3 0 0 0 FSD - Fox Sports Detroit is tied at 21-21-2. At Yost Arena, Michigan has Teddy Ruth 3 0 0 0 a 36-21-3 advantage. On neutral ice, Michigan has an 8-3-0 edge. The two teams met three times Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG All Times Local To Site in 2007-08 with Michigan winning the regular Jordan Pearce 209:13 1-2-0 11 89 .890 3.15 season series via a 3-2 win at Yost Arena and then Brad Phillips 35:16 0-1-0 4 15 .789 6.81 a 5-1 victory in a game played at the Palace of Auburn Hills as a Notre Dame home game. In the postseason, the Irish won one of the biggest games in the program’s history, knocking off the Wolverines, 5-4, in overtime in the Frozen Four semifinal game on April 10. That win sent Notre Dame to its first-ever NCAA championship game. 2008-09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 NCAA SEMIFINAL RECAP: HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON SHOOTOUT STATS: April 10, 2008 Team Record: 2-0 Full Name Notre Dame 5 • Michigan 4 (ot) • Jeffery L. Jackson Semifinals - Frozen Four 11/14/08 - Win, 2-1, vs. LSSU (four rounds) 11/29/08 - Win, 2-1, vs. WMU (five rounds) Birthdate Freshman left wing Calle Ridderwall scored his 1/17/09 - Win, 2-1, at LSSU (three rounds • June 22, 1955 second goal of the game at 5:44 of overtime, lift- ing fifth-ranked Notre Dame to a 5-4 victory over Player Goals Shots Pct. Hometown top-ranked Michigan in the NCAA Frozen Four Ryan Thang 1 1 1.000 • Roseville, Michigan semifinals at Denver’s Pepsi Center ... with the Erik Condra 1 1 1.000 win, the Irish moved on to face Boston College Billy Maday 2 3 .667 Calle Ridderwall 2 3 .667 Education in their first-ever national championship game Ben Ryan 0 2 .000 • Bachelor’s Degree in ... Ridderwall, who came into the game with just three goals on the season, drilled the rebound of a Dan Kissel 0 1 .000 Communications Dan VeNard shot over goaltender Brian Hogan’s Totals 6 11 .545 Michigan State ‘78 right shoulder to set off a wild on-ice celebration • Bachelor’s Degree in Education ... Ridderwall led the Irish attack with two goals Goaltender Goals Saves Pct. Michigan State ‘79 while Mark Van Guilder, Ryan Thang and Jordan Pearce 3 9 .750 Kevin Deeth added solo goals ... Chad Kolarik Collegiate Coaching Experience scored twice for the Wolverines while Matt Rust • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) and Carl Hagelin added single goals ..