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Notre Dame Hockey: Morris is Week’s First Star

Cale Morris’ stellar play in Notre Dame’s two games against Western Michigan (one win and one tie) earned him Big Ten First Star of the Week honors. The senior goaltender and alternate captain made 42 and 40 saves, respectively, in the Irish’s …

Cale Morris’ stellar play in Notre Dame’s two games against Western Michigan (one win and one tie) earned him Big Ten First Star of the Week honors. The senior goaltender and alternate captain made 42 and 40 saves, respectively, in the Irish’s matchups with the Broncos.

Minnesota goaltender Jack LaFontaine was the conference’s Second Star of the Week, and Ohio State forward Tanner Laczynski was named the Third Star.

This is the third time this season Morris has been named a Big Ten Star of the Week and second time he’s been named the First Star. Other Notre Dame players who have been part of the conference’s weekly honor this season are Mike O’Leary, Cal Burke, Matt Hellickson and Cam Morrison.

Morris has been the First Star of the Week eight times in his career and the Second and Third Star of the Week three times apiece.

Morris and the Irish, ranked 14th in the latest poll, return to the ice Friday and Saturday against Michigan.

Notre Dame Hockey: Steeves, Irish Dominate Broncos

Looking for a spark after Friday’s tie with No. 19 Western Michigan, No. 15 Notre Dame got it with a big second period on the road Sunday and won the rematch with the Broncos, 4-1. Alex Steeves led the charge by having a hand in each Irish goal, all …

Looking for a spark after Friday’s tie with No. 19 Western Michigan, No. 15 Notre Dame got it with a big second period on the road Sunday and won the rematch with the Broncos, 4-1.

Alex Steeves led the charge by having a hand in each Irish goal, all of which were scored in the second period. Steeves’ four points, including two goals, were a career high. Cam Morrison was part of three of the goals for the Irish (10-7-3), one of which he scored himself. Matt Hellickson got the game’s first tally.

Cale Morris continued his hot streak in the net with 40 saves. In the two games against the Broncos (7-8-3), he stopped 82 of 84 shots. For the second straight contest, Morris stopped a penalty shot, this one from Ethen Frank. Morris has made 119 saves out of a possible 121 going back to Dec. 14 against Penn State.

From here, the Irish will stick to the Big Ten schedule, beginning with two home games against Michigan State on Jan. 10 and 11.

 

Notre Dame Hockey: Irish Play to Draw vs. Broncos

Highlights from Friday night’s 1-1 tie with Western Michigan. Recap: https://t.co/p3eCs6qgy2 #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/POIM11mjb3 – Notre Dame Hockey (@NDHockey) January 4, 2020 No. 15 Notre Dame needed each of Cale Morris’ season-high 42 saves to …

No. 15 Notre Dame needed each of Cale Morris’ season-high 42 saves to begin the 2020 part of its schedule with a 1-1 tie against No. 19 Western Michigan. That included a first-period penalty shot from Jason Polin with the Irish already on the penalty kill. The save halted the Broncos’ momentum and their best chance to hold a lead in regulation.

The Irish (9-7-3) got its lone tally midway through the second period when Cam Morrison had to fight traffic in front of the net to put the puck past Brandon Bussi off a rebound for his fifth goal of the season. The lead last last all of 53 seconds before Luke Bafia scored to pull the Broncos (7-7-3) back even, and that’s where the score would stay.

The Broncos nearly won it in overtime, but an apparent goal by Paul Washe was wiped out both in real time and by video review after he was ruled to have run into Morris during the play.

Hockey Sweeps No. 8 Ohio State/Earn Big Ten’s Third-Star of Week

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.

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.