Notre Dame hockey set for final road series at Michigan State

Notre Dame will return to the road this weekend for a two-game series at Michigan State, marking the final regular-season road series for the Irish (7 p.m. on Feb. 18-19). The Fighting Irish are 8-4-0 on the road this season. Notre Dame is coming …

The Fighting Irish have seen several players step up and contribute to the offense throughout the 2021-22 season, with Notre Dame averaging 3.46 goals per game which ranks seventh in the country (third in the Big Ten).

An impressive 16 players have double-digit point totals, including four players with at least 20 points on the season.

Nineteen Notre Dame players have scored this season, while 22 have at least one point.

In Notre Dame’s sweep of Penn State on Feb. 4-5, 10 Irish skaters accounted for the 10 Fighting Irish goals as Notre Dame took game one 7-2 and followed with a 3-0 win in game two.

With Notre Dame facing several injuries in that series against the Nittany Lions, freshmen forwards Justin Janicke and Tyler Carpenter each scored their first career goals, while graduate transfer defensemen Adam Karashik and Chase Blackmun each netted their first goals with Notre Dame.

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