Notre Dame hockey improved to 7-0-1 over the weekend after sweeping previously No. 8 Ohio State as Jake Pivonka and Cam Burke scored third period goals on Saturday to complete the sweep.
As a result the Irish moved to No. 3 in the USA Hockey/USA Today poll this week, trailing just No. 1 Denver and No. 2 Minnesota State in the rankings.
The Irish now sit alone atop the Big Ten standings with 10 conference points on the year. Penn State (9) and Minnesota (7) sit directly behind.
For the second week in a row the Irish found a player earning the Big Ten’s Third Star of the Week as senior net-minder Cale Morris did so. Morris earned two wins over the weekend, bringing his career total to 50, the fifth most in Notre Dame hockey history.
Jordan Pearce (2005-09) leads the way all-time with 59.
The award is the twelfth time Morris has been named one of the Big Ten’s Three Stars of the Week as he’s been named top-star six times, and second and third-star both three times now.
Senior forward Patrick Khodorenko of Michigan State top away this week’s first-star honors while freshman forward Alex Turcotte of Wisconsin took home the second-star.
Morris and the Irish will travel to Madison to take on Turcotte and the Badgers for a two-game series this weekend. Both games starting at 8 pm ET on Saturday and Sunday with the Badgers still looking for their first conference win.