Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2005-06 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 HOCKEY NOTES 574-631-7941 FAX University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Lake Superior State Series – Dec. 17-18, 2005 2005-06 NOTRE DAME Irish Return To CCHA Play For Final Weekend Of 2005 Portion Of HOCKEY (5-10-1/3-6-1) Schedule Versus Red-Hot Lake Superior State Lakers. OCTOBER Notre Dame coming off series split in home-and-home series with Minne- 14 # Waterloo (Exh.) W, 4-0 sota State; Erik Condra named CCHA rookie of the week. 21 at #4/#4 Colorado College L, 1-3 22 at #9/#9 Denver L, 3-6 28 Princeton L, 3-5 • The Series: Notre Dame (5-10-1/3-6-1) vs. Lake Superior State (9-5-4/5-5-2) 29 Princeton W, 2-0 • Date/Site/Times: Sat.-Sun., Dec. 17-18, 2005 - 7:05 p.m./2:05 p.m. - Joyce Center (2,713) • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1580, NOVEMBER 4*#3/#3 Michigan L, 5-8 South Bend’s SportsCenter. Mike Lockert, “the voice of Irish hockey” will bring you all the play- 5 * at #3/#3 Michigan L, 2-4 by-play action. 10 * Bowling Green W, 9-4 • Internet Broadcast: At the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. 11 * Bowling Green W, 4-2 • Television: Saturday night’s game will be televised live by Comcast Local with Ben Holden 18 * at #11/#12 Miami T, 2-2 ot 19 * at #11/#12 Miami L, 0-3 and Lyle Phair calling the action beginning at 7:05 p.m. (EST). 25 * Ohio State L, 1-4 26 * Ohio State L, 2-5 CLOSING OUT THE FIRST HALF: Notre Dame and Lake Superior State close out the first half of the 2005-06 season this weekend when the two teams face off at the Joyce Center in a Saturday-Sunday DECEMBER 2 * at Western Michigan L, 3-4 series, Dec. 17-18. Saturday night’s game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and will be televised by Comcast 3 * Western Michigan W, 3-0 Local. The game can be seen in the South Bend area on Comcast cable channel 3. Other areas should 6 at Minnesota State W, 3-2 check their local listings. Sunday’s game is a 10 Minnesota State L, 1-2 matinee contest with a 2:05 p.m. starting time. SERIES INFORMATION 17 * Lake Superior State 7:35 p.m. Notre Dame is coming off a non-conference split vs. Lake Superior State Lakers 18 * Lake Superior State 2:05 p.m. with the Minnesota State Mavericks. The Irish took a 3-2 decision on Tues., Dec. 6 at Mankato, All-Time Series: Lakers lead, 22-16-4 JANUARY At Notre Dame: Irish lead, 10-7-3 6 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) Minn., while the Mavericks won on Saturday 7 * at Nebraska-Omaha 7:05 p.m. (CST) (Dec. 10) in South Bend by a 2-1 margin. Notre At Sault Ste. Marie: Lakers lead, 13-6-1 13 * Miami 7:35 p.m. Dame is currently 5-10-1 overall and 3-6-1 in Neutral: Lakers lead, 2-0-0 14 * Miami 7:05 p.m. the CCHA. After starting the season with a 1-5- Last 10 Meetings: Irish lead, 6-2-2 20 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. 0 record, the Irish are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. 21 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. Lake Superior State also returns to CCHA play 2004-05 Meetings: 27 * at Ohio State 8:05 p.m. after a weekend series at Bemidji State where Jan. 7 ND 1, at LSSU 1 (ot) 28 * at Ohio State 7:05 p.m. the Lakers took a 2-1 decision on Dec. 9 and Jan. 8 at LSSU 2, ND 1 (ot) FEBRUARY then battled to a 2-2 tie on Dec. 10. Lake Supe- 3 * Michigan State 7:35 p.m. rior is in the midst of a six-game unbeaten streak IRISH VERSUS LAKE SUPERIOR: 4 * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. (5-0-1) and is 9-5-4 on the year and currently 10 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. tied for fourth in the CCHA with a 5-5-2 record, Player GP G A PTS 11 * at Ferris State 7:05 p.m. good for 12 points in league play. Both schools Matt Amado 6 1 4 5 17 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. are coming off finals week and will break for Jason Paige 6 2 1 3 18 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. the Christmas holidays following the series. T.J. Jindra 5 1 2 3 24 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:35 p.m. Mike Walsh 8 2 0 2 25 * Alaska Fairbanks 7:05 p.m. Notre Dame is off until Jan. 6-7 when the Irish Noah Babin 6 1 1 2 travel to Nebraska-Omaha. The Lakers next ac- Michael Bartlett 6 1 1 2 MARCH tion is on Dec. 29-30 when they play exhibition Josh Sciba 6 0 2 2 3-5 First Round CCHA Playoffs games versus Lakehead University and the Uni- Wes O’Neill 6 1 0 1 (Best-of-three; campus sites) versity of Calgary. Chris Trick 7 1 0 1 10-12 Second Round CCHA Playoffs Mark Van Guilder 2 0 1 1 Tim Wallace 8 0 1 1 (Best-of-three; campus sites) IRISH VERSUS LAKERS: Notre Dame and 17-18 at CCHA Championships Tony Gill 2 0 0 0 (at Joe Louis Arena; Detroit, Mich.) Lake Superior have met 42 times in the all-time Dan VeNard 2 0 0 0 series with the Lakers holding a 22-16-4 lead. Luke Lucyk 2 0 0 0 Home Games in caps At the Joyce Center, Notre Dame is 10-7-3 Brock Sheahan 2 0 0 0 Evan Rankin 2 0 0 0 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO against Lake Superior. Last season, the two # Exhibition Game IN ITALIC teams met twice in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., with the two teams playing to a 1-1 tie and the Lakers Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG All Times Local To Site David Brown 155:42 1-1-1 8 69 .896 3.08 – ESPNU taking a 2-1 overtime win. In the last 12 meet- ings between the two teams, the Irish own an 8- – College Sports Televison 2-2 record. Lake Superior’s last win at the Joyce Center came on Nov. 28, 1997. Since then, the Irish are 7-0-3 in their last 10 home games versus the Lakers. – Comcast Local – Fox Sports Detroit ERIK CONDRA NAMED CCHA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Notre Dame freshman right wing Erik Condra (Livonia, Mich.) has been named the CCHA rookie of the week for the week ending Dec. 11. The speedy right wing collected two goals and two assists in two games versus Minnesota State. On Dec. 6, Condra had two goals and an assist versus the Mavericks, scoring the game-winning goal with nine seconds left in the 3-2 win. On Dec. 10, he helped set up Notre Dame’s only goal in the 2-1 loss. University of Notre Dame Hockey Notes – The Lake Superior State Series – Dec. 17-18, 2005 HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON FIRST MEETING: Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson faces his former team, Lake Superior State, PERANI CUP STANDINGS Perani’s Hockey World is the CCHA’s sponsor of the Full Name for the first time this weekend since he left the Lak- league’s “Three Stars of the Game.” Members of • Jeffery L. Jackson ers bench following the 1995-96 season. During the media are asked to select the game’s three stars his six seasons at Lake Superior, Jackson’s teams for which points are accumulated – 1st Star gets five Birthdate were 182-52-25, went to the NCAA Frozen Four points, 2nd Star gets three and 3rd Star gets one. Here are the standings for Notre Dame players in CCHA • June 22, 1955 three consecutive years - winning in 1992 and 1994 games only: - took two CCHA regular-season titles and four Hometown CCHA tournament championships. In those six sea- Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Pts. • Roseville, Michigan sons, the Lakers were 36-7 (.837) in the postseason, Josh Sciba 2 0 0 10 including 24-2 (.923) in the CCHA Tournament. Matt Amado 1 1 0 8 David Brown 0 2 1 7 Education Jackson got his coaching start at Lake Superior as Wes O’Neill 1 0 0 5 • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications an assistant to Frank Anzalone from 1986-90, help- Erik Condra 0 0 1 1 Michigan State ‘78 ing the Lakers to the 1988 NCAA title. He also Michael Bartlett 0 0 1 1 • Bachelor’s Degree in Education served as Director of Athletics at Lake Superior from Tim Wallace 0 0 1 1 Michigan State ‘79 1993-96 while serving as hockey head coach. He T.J. Jindra 0 0 1 1 left Lake Superior following the 1995-96 season to Jason Paige 0 0 1 1 Mike Walsh 0 0 1 1 Collegiate Coaching Experience become the head coach and senior director of the • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) U.S.