Four freshmen will join Notre Dame for the 2020-21 season, said coach Jeff Jackson. The newest players to lace up for the Irish are forwards Grant Silianoff, Landon Slaggert, Ryder Rolston and defenseman Zach Plucinski. Jackson said the following about his new players:
“This year’s freshman class may be small in number but it is talented and diverse in ability. I fully expect each player will contribute to our team this year; they each bring different strengths that will combine to make us a better team.”
All four players come from the USHL. Rolston hails from Birmingham, Michigan, and played last season with the Waterloo Black Hawks. Silianoff, an Edina, Minnesota, native comes from the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Plucinski is from Eagle River, Alaska, and the Omaha Lancers. Slaggert, the brother of current Irish forward Graham and associate head coach Andy, naturally comes from South Bend and is fresh off a tenure with the U.S. National Team Development Program.