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 (17-5-0/10-2-0) Irish Open Second Half Of Season On The Road At Northern Michigan • Final 16 games of regular season to come versus CCHA foes. OCTOBER 12 $ at Lefty McFadden Invitational • Irish coming off third-place finish at Lightning College Hockey Classic, losing to vs. #14/#15 Wisconsin L, 1-4 13 vs. Mercyhurst W, 4-0 No. 9 Massachusetts before defeating No. 17 Rensselaer. 18 #5/#5 Denver W, 4-3 • Erik Condra and Luke Lucyk named to all-tournament team. 19 #5/#5 Denver L, 1-3 23 * at Bowling Green W, 4-2 • Loss to UMass snaps nation’s longest winning streak at nine games. 26 * at Ferris State W, 3-2 27 * at Ferris State L, 0-3 • The Series: #6/#6 Notre Dame (17-5-0/10-2-0) at Northern Michigan (8-11-1/5-9-0) • Date/Site/Time: Fri.-Sat., January 4-5 • Berry Events Center (3,902) • 7:35 p.m. NOVEMBER • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on WDND ESPN 1 * Lake Superior W, 7-3 Sportscenter 1490 with Mike Lockert calling all the action for the Irish. 2 * Lake Superior W, 4-1 9 * at #1/#1 Miami W, 2-1 • Television: Saturday’s game will be televised live by Comcast Local with Ben Holden and Lyle 10 * at #1/#1 Miami L, 1-3 Phair providing the play-by-play and color commentary. The game is available in South Bend on 16 * Western Michigan W, 4-1 Comcast Local access channel 3. 17 * at Western Michigan W, 5-1 • Internet: Irish hockey can be heard on the Internet at the Notre Dame website - www.und.com. 20 * Bowling Green W, 2-1 23 % at 57th rensselaer Holiday tournament Tuesday’s game with Bowling Green can be seen live on www.und.com. All Notre Dame home vs. Alabama-Huntsville W, 4-1 games and all CCHA games are available via gametracker. Northern Michigan will stream the 24 vs. nr/#16 Rensselaer W, 4-3 game live via the B2 Networks pay-per view site each night at a cost of $6.00 per game at <https:// 30 * Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-4 www.b2livetv.com/liveevents/Hockey/NCAA/CCHA/NorthernMichigan/billnow.asp> DECEMBER BACK TO CCHA ACTION: The Irish return to action in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association 1 * Nebraska-Omaha W, 5-0 (CCHA) for the first time since Dec. 1 when they travel to Marquette, Michigan to face the Northern 7 at Princeton W, 4-2 8 at Princeton W, 7-0 Michigan Wildcats on Fri.-Sat., Jan. 4-5. Both games at the Berry Events Center will be played at 29 # at Lightning college Hockey classic 7:35 p.m. Saturday’s game will be televised live by Comcast Local with Ben Holden and Lyle Phair vs. #9/#9 Massachusetts L, 3-4 handling the play-by-play duties. The game can be seen in South Bend on Comcast Cable Channel vs. nr/#17 Rensselaer W, 3-1 3, the local access channel. The Irish open the second half of the CCHA schedule currently SERIES INFORMATION JANUARY tied for second in the conference with Miami as vs. Northern Michigan Wildcats 4 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. each team has 20 points. That trails first-place 5 * at Northern Michigan 7:35 p.m. Michigan by two points as the Wolverines are All-time Series: No. Michigan leads, 18-13-5 11 * at Michigan State 7:35 p.m. No. Michigan leads, 9-8-3 13 * Michigan State 4:05 p.m. first with 22 points. Overall, Notre Dame is At Notre Dame: 18 * at Michigan 8:05 p.m. 17-5-0 and currently ranked sixth in both the At Marquette: No. Michigan leads, 8-4-2 19 *& vs. Michigan 7:05 p.m. USA Today/American Hockey Magazine and Neutral: Series tied, 1-1-0 25 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. USCHO.com/CSTV polls. The Irish have won Last 10 meetings: Notre Dame leads 5-4-1 26 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. 10 of their last 11 games overall and own a five-game CCHA winning streak. Notre Dame 2006-07 Meetings: FEBRUARY finished third at the recent Lightning College Dec. 30 ND 4, vs. NMU 3 (at Ft. Wayne, Ind.) 1 USA Under-18 team (exh.) 7:35 p.m. Hockey Classic, losing to Massachusetts, 4-3, Dec. 31 at ND 4, NMU 2 8 * Ferris State 7:35 p.m. before defeating Rensselaer, 3-1. Northern 9 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. Michigan opens the 2008 portion of the sched- VERSUS NORTHERN MICHIGAN: 15 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) Name GP G A PTS 16 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AST) ule with an 8-11-1 overall record and a 5-9-0 Erik Condra 4 2 3 5 22 * Ohio State 7:35 p.m. mark in the CCHA. The Wildcats are tied with Mark Van Guilder 6 3 1 4 23 * Ohio State 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green for seventh in the conference Christian Hanson 4 1 2 3 29 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. with 10 points in league play. They finished Garrett Regan 4 1 1 2 third at last weekend’s Denver Cup Tourna- Dan Kissel 1 0 1 1 MARCH ment, losing to Dartmouth, 4-1, before defeating Kevin Deeth 2 0 1 1 1 * Western Michigan 7:05 p.m. Sacred Heart, 5-2. Evan Rankin 5 0 1 1 7-9 First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Brock Sheahan 6 0 1 1 14-16 Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA IRISH VS. WILDCATS: The two teams Dan VeNard 6 0 0 0 21 ^ at CCHA Semifinals 4:30/8:05 p.m. Luke Lucyk 2 0 0 0 22 ^ at CCHA Championship 4:30/8:05 p.m. have met 36 times in the all-time series with Northern Michigan holding an 18-13-5 lead. At Brian D’Arcy 1 0 0 0 28-30 at NCAA Regionals (Albany, N.Y./Madson, Brett Blatchford 2 0 0 0 Wis./Worcester, Mass./Colorado Springs, Marquette, Mich., Northern is 8-4-2 against the Ryan Thang 2 0 0 0 Colo.) Irish in 14 meetings. Last season, Notre Dame Christiaan Minella 1 0 0 0 APRIL took a pair of wins from the Wildcats, winning 10-12 at NCAA Frozen Four (at Denver, Colo.) 4-3 at Ft. Wayne, Ind., and then 4-2 at the Joyce Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG Center. The Irish have won three straight in the Jordan Pearce 33:13 1-0-0 0 14 1.000 0.00 Home Games in bold series with the last win at Northern Michigan Rankings - USA Today/USCHO Exhibition Game in bold italic coming on Jan. 21, 2006, a 4-3 win. $ Nutter Center (at Dayton, Ohio) % Houston Field House (at Troy, N.Y.) WHAT A DIFFERENCE: On Wednesday afternoon, the Irish hockey team left Tampa, Fla., where # St. Pete Times Forum (at Tampa, Fla.) the weather was 72 and cloudy. They arrived in South Bend where it was 12 degrees and snowing with a foot of snow on the ground. The Irish travel to Marquette, Mich., on Thursday where it is expected to be in the 30s this weekend. 2007-08 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 HEAD cOACH JEFF JACKSON LIGHTNING COLLEGE HOCKEY CLAS- TOURNAMENT VETS: The Lightning Col- SIC WRAP UP: Notre Dame finished third at the lege Hockey Classic was the third in-season Lightning College Hockey Classic after dropping tournament for the Irish this season. They opened Full Name a 4-3 decision to ninth-ranked Massachusetts the year at the Lefty McFadden Classic in Dayton, • Jeffery L. Jackson in the opener and then defeating Rensselaer in Ohio, losing to Wisconsin, 4-1, before defeat- the third-place game on Sunday afternoon, 3-1. ing Mercyhurst, 4-0, to take third place. Over Birthdate Colorado College downed Rensselaer, 3-2, in Thanksgiving, the Irish played in the Rensselaer • June 22, 1955 that first round game with the Tigers then lost Holiday Tournament, taking the championship a 5-4 overtime decision to Massachusetts in the with wins over Alabama-Huntsville (4-1) and Hometown title game. Versus UMass, the Irish surrendered Rensselaer (4-3). • Roseville, Michigan three power-play goals in the loss that snapped a nine-game Irish winning streak, the longest in TOURNEY RESULTS: Notre Dame has now Education the country. Erik Condra (Jr., Livonia, Mich.), participated in 30 in-season tournaments in the • Bachelor’s Degree in Christian Hanson (Jr., Venetia, Pa.) and Luke program’s 40-year history, winning six times and Lucyk (Jr., Fox Point, Wis.) scored for the Irish. finishing second, six times. The Irish have been Communications UMass took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal third a total of seven times and there have been Michigan State ‘78 by Michael Kostka at 16:12 of the first period. 11 fourth-place finishes. Notre Dame has now • Bachelor’s Degree in Education Condra evened the score with his ninth of the won two of the last four in-season tournaments Michigan State ‘79 year at 19:07 of the first.