Sports Information Office University of Notre Dame 112 Joyce Center 2009-10 NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN 46556 www.und.com 574-631-7516 574-631-7941 FAX HOCKEY NOTES 2009-10 NOTRE DAME #9/#9 Notre Dame Travels To Alaska For Series With #14/#13 Nanooks HOCKEY (4-3-1/1-0-1-0) • Irish to face nation’s top defensive team as Nanooks have given up just seven goals in the first six games of the season. OCTOBER 9 Alabama-Huntsville (und.com) L, 2-3 • Notre Dame finishes month of October with a 4-3-1 overall record, 3-3-1 at home. 10 Alabama-Huntsville (und.com) W, 3-1 15 Providence College (und.com) L, 2-3 • Irish drop first shoot out in program’s history with 2-1 loss in penalty shots to Ohio State 16 Providence College W, 2-0 on Oct. 31. 20 at #3/#3 Boston University (ESPNU) W, 3-0 23 #15/#14 Boston College (und.com) L, 2-3 30 * Ohio State (und.com) W, 3-1 31 * Ohio State T, 2-2 • The Game: #9/#9 Notre Dame (4-3-1/1-0-1-0) at #14/#13 Alaska (5-0-1/2-0-0-0) (OSU wins shootout, 2-1) • Date/Site/Time: Friday-Saturday, November 6-7, 2009 • Carlson Center • 7:05 p.m. (AT)/11:05 p.m. (ET) NOVEMBER 6 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AT) • Broadcast Information: Radio: Notre Dame hockey can be heard live on Cat Country 7 * at Alaska 7:05 p.m. (AT) 14 * Northern Michigan 5:05 p.m. 99.9 FM, starting with the pregame show 20 minutes before the opening faceoff. Darin Pritchett 15 * Northern Michigan 4:05 p.m. will call the action for the Irish. 19 * at Michigan State (Comcast) 7:05 p.m. 22 * vs. Michigan State @ 4:05 p.m. • Internet: Both games of the Alaska series will have live audio streamed on Notre Dame’s website 27 * Bowling Green 7:35 p.m. 28 * Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. at und.com. Live Video: Will be available at http://www.b2livetv.com/upcoming_events. asp?q=v&value=ccha. There is a $7.50 charge to view each game at this site. Live Stats: At CCHA.com DECEMBER or the Alaska site http://www.sidearmstats.com/uaf/mhockey/ 4 * at Miami (Comcast) 7:35 p.m. 5 * at Miami (Comcast) 7:05 p.m. 11 * at Michigan (Comcast) 7:35 p.m. NORTH TO ALASKA: Notre Dame takes to the road for its first weekend road series of the season 13 * Michigan (Comcast) 4:05 p.m. when the Irish travel to Fairbanks, Alaska for a pair of games on Nov. 6-7 versus the Alaska Nanooks. Game times at the Carlson Center are 7:05 p.m. (AT) (11:05 p.m. in South Bend) both nights. Live JANUARY audio streaming can be found on the Notre Dame webiste at und.com. Live video is available at 2 # at Shillelagh Tournament www.b2livetv.com under the CCHA schedule. There is a fee of $7.50 per game. Notre Dame enters vs. Colgate 6:05 p.m. (CT) the weekend with a 4-3-1 overall record and is 1-0-1-0 in the CCHA, good for four points in the 3 vs. Niagara/No. Dakota 6:05 p.m. (CT) 9 * Ferris State 7:05 p.m. league standings. The Nanooks bring a 5-0-1 mark into the game and are 2-0-0-0 in the conference 10 * Ferris State 4:05 p.m. for six points. The Irish, ranked ninth in both 15 * Michigan State (CBSC) 8:05 p.m. the the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine SERIES INFORMATION 16 * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m. poll and the USCHO.com poll, are coming off vs. Alaska Nanooks 22 * at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m. a 1-0-1 weekend versus Ohio State. Notre 23 * at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m. 29 * Nebraska-Omaha (CBSC) 8:05 p.m. Dame won, 3-1, on Oct. 30 before tying the All-time Series: ND leads, 25-20-4 30 * Nebraska-Omaha (CBSC) 8:05 p.m. Buckeyes, 2-2, on Halloween. OSU won the At Notre Dame: ND leads, 15-8-1 shoot out in that game, 2-1. Notre Dame has At Fairbanks: Alaska leads, 12-9-3 FEBRUARY played seven of its first eight games on the road Neutral: ND leads, 1-0-0 5 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. this season with the lone road game coming on Last 10 meetings: Irish lead 9-0-1 6 * at Western Michigan 7:35 p.m. Oct. 20 at Boston University. Alaska, ranked 19 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. 20 * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m. 14th in the the USA Today/American Hockey 2008-09 Meetings: 25 * at Michigan (FSD) 7:35 p.m. Magazine poll and 13th in the USCHO.com Jan. 9 at ND 2, UAF 0 26 * Michigan (Big 10 Network) 7:05 p.m. poll, is coming off a weekend sweep of Ferris Jan. 10 at ND 3, UAF 0 State at home, winning, 3-1, on Oct. 30 before MARCH taking a 3-2 overtime decision on Oct. 31. The VERSUS ALASKA: 5-7 at First Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Name GP G A PTS 12-14 at Second Round CCHA Playoffs TBA Nanooks are 3-0-1 at home while their other Ryan Thang 10 7 2 9 19 ^ at CCHA Semifinals TBA two games were played in Anchorage, Alaska 20 ^ at CCHA Championship TBA in the season-opening Kendall Hockey Classic. Kyle Lawson 10 2 7 9 Alaska’s first trip out of the state will come next Kevin Deeth 10 1 7 8 Home Games in bold weekend when the Nanooks travel to Bowling Brett Blatchford 8 1 1 2 Rankings - USA Today/USCHO Christiaan Minella 6 0 2 2 @ Allen Co. War Memorial Coliseum (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) Green. Notre Dame will next be in action on Dan Kissel 7 0 1 1 # Sears Centre (at Hoffman Estates, Ill.) Nov. 14-15 when the Irish host the Northern Teddy Ruth 4 0 1 1 ^ Joe Louis Arena (CCHA Tourn. - at Detroit, Mich.) Michigan Wildcats. Ben Ryan 4 0 1 1 CBSC - CBS College Sports Calle Ridderwall 4 0 0 0 FSD - Fox Sports Detroit TIME CHANGE: Notre Dame’s game with Ryan Guentzel 4 0 0 0 Northern Michigan on Nov. 14 has had its Ian Cole 4 0 0 0 starting time changed. Originally scheduled for Sean Lorenz 2 0 0 0 All Times Local To Site Billy Maday 2 0 0 0 7:05 p.m., the game will now start at 5:05 p.m. to avoid a conflict with the Notre Dame-Pitt Goaltenders MIN W-L-T GA SVS SV% GAVG football game that will be televised at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. The starting time at Pittsburgh was announced by ABC on Monday, Nov. 2 2009-10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hockey Game Notes • Page 2 IRISH AND THE NANOOKS: Notre Dame and HEAD COACH JEFF JACKSON SHOOTING IT OUT:The 2008-09 season Alaska have met 49 times in the all-time series was the first year that the CCHA used the shoot with the Irish holding a 25-20-4 record in those out to determine the winner of games that re- Full Name games. At Fairbanks, Alaska leads the series, mained tied after 60 minutes of regulation and • Jeffery L. Jackson 12-9-3. A year ago, the teams met twice at Notre a five-minute overtime period. During that Dame where former Irish goaltender Jordan season, the Irish were involved in three shoot Pearce ‘09 pitched a pair of shutouts, winning Birthdate outs, going 3-0 in all three games. In 2009-10, back-to-back nights, 2-0 and 3-0, on Jan. 9-10 at • June 22, 1955 the Irish have been in one shoot out, dropping a the Joyce Center. Since the start of the 2006-07 2-1 decision to Ohio State on Oct. 31. Here’s a season, the Irish are 9-0-1 against Alaska. The Hometown look at Notre Dame’s career shoot out stats. • Roseville, Michigan last Notre Dame loss came in the 2006 CCHA playoffs when the Nanooks swept the Irish, two All-time Record: 3-1 games to none. Since Jeff Jackson took over as Education This Season: 0-1 coach at Notre Dame in 2005-06, the Irish are • Bachelor’s Degree in 10/31/09 - Loss, 2-1, vs. OSU (three rounds) 10-3-1 versus the Nanooks. Communications Player Goals Shots Pct. Michigan State ‘78 NANOOK NOTES: Alaska has gotten off to Ryan Thang 1 1 1.000 • Bachelor’s Degree in Education a fast start in 2009-10, going 5-0-1 through its Billy Maday 3 4 .750 Michigan State ‘79 first six games. Defense and goaltending have Calle Ridderwall 2 4 .500 been the name of the game in Fairbanks as the Ben Ryan 0 3 .000 Collegiate Coaching Experience Nanooks have given up just seven goals in their Dan Kissel 0 1 .000 • Assistant Coach, Lake Superior State (1986-90) first six games and have the stingiest defense in • Head Coach, Lake Superior State (1990-96) the country, giving up just 1.14 goals per game. Goaltender Goals Saves Sv.