No. 18 Notre Dame (10-9-3, 5-5-2-1) will look to rebound from last weekend’s sweep against Michigan when it heads to Columbus to battle No. 9 Ohio State (14-6-2, 7-4-1-0) on Friday and Saturday.
The Buckeyes will be looking for revenge against the Irish, who swept two games in South Bend on Nov. 8 and 9. Both of those wins required third-period comebacks. And with four points separating the second- and fourth-place teams in the Big Ten standings, don’t expect either side to give an inch if they can help it. In Notre Dame’s case, that means upholding the second-lowest penalty average in the nation (7.5).
A couple of Notre Dame players have had quite a bit of success against Ohio State. Cam Morrison has seven points (four goals, three assists) in 11 career games in the series. Over the same number of games, Cale Morris has a 7-4-0 record and a 1.83 GAA to go with a .940 save percentage. Morris will try to continue a stretch in which he’s stopped 166 of his past 172 shots faced (.965).