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Notre Dame hockey at Wisconsin postponed

No games this weekend for the hockey team :/

Notre Dame hockey is coming off a weekend sweep of Penn State and was looking to stay hot this coming weekend as they were to travel to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers. Instead, that series has been postponed.

Notre Dame athletic department issued the following statement on Tuesday night:

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Due to COVID-19 protocols within the Wisconsin program, the 11th-ranked Notre Dame hockey team’s series against the Badgers scheduled for Feb. 10-11 in Madison, Wisconsin has been postponed.

Following review of the information presented by Wisconsin, and per the amended Big Ten Conference 2021-22 Forfeiture Guidelines approved by the Administrators Council, these games will be postponed and the Conference office will coordinate the rescheduling process.

Notre Dame is currently 20-8 overall on the year.

Notre Dame hockey sweeps Penn State

Irish obliterate the Nittany Lions over the weekend

The following is courtesy of Notre Dame athletics:

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Fighting Irish junior goaltender Ryan Bischel stopped all 35 shots he faced to lift 12th-ranked Notre Dame to a 3-0 victory and a weekend sweep of Penn State on Saturday night at Compton Family Ice Arena (4,678).

With the win, Notre Dame swept the regular-season series against the Nittany Lions 4-0-0 and notched its 20th victory of the season (20-8-0, 12-6-0-5-1-0 B1G). It marked Bischel’s second shutout of the season and of his career.

Freshman forward Tyler Carpenter scored his first career goal in the first period, which also proved to be the game winner. Junior forward Jesse Lansdell notched his sixth of the season in the second period and graduate student defenseman Adam Karashik sealed the win with his first goal in an Irish uniform, an empty netter at 17:36 of the third.

“They [Penn State] made it really hard on us and we were fortunate we had two guys score their first goals here,” head coach Jeff Jackson said after the win. “That was critical with the guys we have out of the lineup – the next man up scored the game-winning goal.”

Neither team had a power-play chance as the Irish and Nittany Lions were only whistles for a pair of matching minors.

Oskar Autio totaled 25 saves in net for Penn State (14-15-1, 5-14-1-1-1-1 B1G).

For the weekend sweep, 10 Irish players scored Notre Dame’s 10 goals and Bischel stopped 67 of the 69 shots he faced.

How It Happened

Four minutes into the first freshman forward Tyler Carpenter nearly had his first goal with a tip in front but Autio made the stop. Then at 10:20 of the first, Carpenter got another chance in front and buried the feed from Ryder Rolston for his first career goal, with the second assist going to Grant Silianoff as the Irish took a 1-0 lead.

That 1-0 lead would remain intact after the first 20 minutes of play, with Ryan Bischel making nine stops and Autio totaling 10 saves in the frame.

At 6:30 of the second, Graham Slaggert found Trevor Janicke from below the goal line for a one-timer that Autio was able to fight off, keeping it a 1-0 game.

Jesse Lansdell then doubled the Irish lead at 10:16 of the second, when he picked up a short pass from Max Ellis at the bottom of the faceoff circle and fired a shot low to the short side for his sixth goal of the season. Hunter Strand earned the second assist, winning a battle along the boards to get the puck to Ellis.

Just after taking the 2-0 lead, Bischel was called on to make a huge glove save on Ryan Kirwan to keep it a two-goal lead.

Notre Dame held that 2-0 lead after two periods of play.

In the third, the Irish limited the Nittany Lions’ chances and added an Adam Karashik empty net tally for the final 3-0 score. For Karashik, a graduate transfer, it marked his first goal in an Irish uniform.

Notes

Tyler Carpenter came into the lineup for an injured Solag Bakich and scored his first career goal, which was also his first career game winner.
Adam Karashik notched his first goal in an Irish uniform.
Ryan Bischel made 35 saves to post his second shutout of the season/of his career and he stopped 67 of the 69 shots he faced in the weekend series (.971).
Notre Dame’s 10 goals in the series were scored by 10 different players, including first career goals by Carpenter and Justin Janicke, as well as first goals with the Irish by Karashik and Chase Blackmun.
The Fighting Irish are now 13-5-0 at Compton Family Ice Arena this season and 14-1-0 when scoring first this season.
Paul Cartier, organist for the New York Yankees and New York Islanders, served his second of two nights as Compton Family Ice Arena’s guest organist.

Next Up

Notre Dame heads out on the road next week for a two-game series at Wisconsin on Thursday, Feb. 10 (BTN) and Friday, Feb. 11 (Bally Sports Wisconsin).

Notre Dame wins thriller over Minnesota

Got it!

The following release is courtesy of the Notre Dame athletic department:

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 11 Notre Dame Hockey posted an exciting 3-2 overtime victory on Saturday night at Compton Family Ice Arena (4,632).

Landon Slaggert buried the game-winning goal just 32 seconds into the overtime with assists from Graham Slaggert and Spencer Stastney. Max Ellis and Trevor Janicke also scored for the Irish (18-8-0, 10-6-0-5-1-0 B1G).

Minnesota native Ryan Bischel made 24 saves in the win, while Justen Close posted 20 saves for Minnesota (15-11-0, 10-6-0-1-2-0 B1G).

The Gophers were 0-for-3 on the power play, while Notre Dame was 0-for-4. For the weekend series, Notre Dame held Minnesota to a 0-for-6 mark on the power play.

How It Happened

Skating four-on-four, the Irish struck first when Max Ellis netted his 15th goal of the season with a wrist shot from the top of the circle that beat Close low under his glove at 4:30 of the first period. Spencer Stastney had picked up a puck in the defensive zone from Cam Burke and skated it into the offensive zone before dropping it off for Ellis.

The teams traded another set of abbreviated power plays, with Trevor Janicke’s one-timer from the slot testing Close midway through the first but it remained a 1-0 game.

Trevor Janicke scored at 16:45 of the first when he finished off a feed in front from Landon Slaggert, beating Close high to the glove side. Graham Slaggert earned the second assist on the play, which was Janicke’s 10th goal of the season and his third in as many games.

With 1:23 left in the first Ryan Bischel made a big glove stop on Grant Cruikshank to send the Irish to the locker room with a 2-0 lead after the first 20 minutes of play.

Ben Meyers got Minnesota on the board at 1:27 of the second period to make it a 2-1 game.

With 9:03 left in the second period, the Irish went to work on the power play after Lansdell drew a penalty for the second time but the Irish couldn’t extend the lead.

Bischel made 11 stops in the second and the Irish held a 2-1 lead through two periods of play.

Minnesota’s Bryce Brodzinski tipped in a feed from Ryan Johnson just as a Gopher power-play opportunity expired to make it a 2-2 game at 1:23 of the third period.

Just 32 seconds into the overtime period, Stastney got the puck across the ice to Graham Slaggert, who found his brother Landon, who broke into the offensive zone and slammed home his own rebound for the game-winning goal.

Notes

With his goal, Trevor Janicke has a three-game point streak (3-1-4).
With two assists, Spencer Stastney has now tallied a point in eight of Notre Dame’s last nine contests (3-8-11) and has a three-game point streak (1-5-6).
Notre Dame’s penalty kill improved to 92-for-99 on the season (.929).
The Fighting Irish are now 11-5-0 at Compton Family Ice Arena this season and 12-1-0 when scoring first this season.

Next Up

Notre Dame will play host to Penn State next weekend in a two-game series on Feb. 4-5 at Compton Family Ice Arena

Notre Dame hockey gets routed by Minnesota

Notre Dame hockey fell against Minnesota, looks to split series vs. Gophers

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Tenth-ranked Minnesota jumped out to a 3-0 lead midway through the first period and went on to defeat 11th-ranked Notre Dame 5-1 on Friday night in game one of a weekend series at Compton Family Ice Arena (4,711).

Blake McLaughlin finished with a pair of goals to lead the Gophers, while Trevor Janicke scored on the power play for the Irish.

“Most of the problems we had were self-inflicted,” Head Coach Jeff Jackson said after the game. “We gave up way too many odd man rushes … that was a result of not doing a good job with the puck in certain areas of the ice and then in other areas we were overextending.”

Matthew Galajda and Ryan Bischel combined for 19 saves in the Notre Dame net, while Justen Close made 28 stops for Minnesota as Notre Dame outshot the Gophers 29-24.

The Irish finished 1-for-4 on the power play, while Minnesota was 0-for-3.

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Notre Dame hosts Minnesota in important series this weekend

Go Irish. Beat Gophers.

After an 8-2 midweek win over rival Boston College to close out non-conference play (Jan. 19) followed by a bye weekend, the No. 11/12 Fighting Irish open the stretch run of the Big Ten season by playing host to No. 10/10 Minnesota (Jan. 28-29).

Third place Minnesota (9-5-0-1-1-0 B1G/27 pts.) and fourth place Notre Dame (9-5-0-4-1-0 B1G/24 pts) enter the weekend separated by three points in the conference standings.

The teams kicked off Big Ten play against each other in Minneapolis on Oct. 29-20, with the Gophers earning a 4-1 game one win followed by a narrow 3-2 win in game two as the Irish were swept for the only time this season.

Since Notre Dame joined the Big Ten, 16 of 24 meetings between the two teams have been one goal games or ended in a tie (14 one-goal games and two ties).

In Notre Dame’s most recent game, the 8-2 win over Boston College, Ryder Rolston notched his first career hat trick, while Grant Silianoff had a career-high four points (1-3-4,) Spencer Stastney and Graham Slaggert each posted a goal and two assists and Matthew Galajda made a career-high 40 saves to earn the win in his 99th career game.

Rolston was named the Big Ten’s Third Star of the Week for his performance, which included his team-leading fourth game-winning goal of the season.

The four game winners rank tied for fourth in the country and tied for second in the Big Ten.

The Irish had three power-play goals against the Eagles, marking Notre Dame’s first game with three power-play goals since an 8-1 win at Ohio State on February 6, 2021.

Max Ellis leads the Irish with a career-best 24 points on a team-high 14 goals and 10 assists.

Ellis’ 14 goals rank tied for 11th in the country (tied for third in the Big Ten).

Rolston now ranks second on the Irish with nine goals (he had one goal in 28 games last season as a freshman).

Balanced attack: 15 Notre Dame players have scored this season, while 12 players have at least 10 points on the season.

The Fighting Irish are 10-4-0 at Compton Family Ice Arena this season.

The Irish are 11-1-0 when scoring first this season and 15-0-0 when scoring at least three goals.

Notre Dame’s penalty kill is 86-for-93 on the season (.9247), which ranks first in the NCAA.

The Irish also have five shorthanded goals this season (Ellis 2, Cam Burke 2, Spencer Stastney), which ranks tied for fourth in the country (first in the Big Ten).

Notre Dame is 5-2-0 in overtime this season, with the OT game-winning goals coming from Cam Burke (at Michigan Tech), Ryder Rolston (at Michigan), Max Ellis (at Michigan and at Penn State), and Spencer Stastney (at Ohio State).

Notre Dame has made each of the last five NCAA Tournaments, the longest streak in program history, and eight of the last 11 NCAA Tournaments overall.

The five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances is the second-longest active streak in the NCAA, trailing only Minnesota Duluth (6), with Minnesota State (3) and St Cloud State (3) tied for third.

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Notre Dame standout named in Big Ten stars of the week

Props to Ryder!

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Sophomore forward Ryder Rolston has been named Big Ten Hockey’s Third Star of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday (Jan. 25).

The Birmingham, Michigan native helped the Fighting Irish to an 8-2 win over rival Boston College (Jan. 19) in their only game last week. Rolston posted his first career hat trick in that victory, which included scoring the game winner. It marked his fourth game-winning goal this season, which leads the team and is tied for fourth nationally.

It marks Rolston’s second Big Ten weekly honor this season/of his career, having previously earned Second Star of the Week accolades on Dec. 8, 2021.

On the season, Rolston is Notre Dame’s second-leading scorer with 21 points on nine goals and 12 assists in 23 games played. His 12 assists are tied for the team lead and he has a team-high three power-play goals. The Irish are 12-3-0 this season when he notches at least one point.

Rolston’s goal, assist and point totals are each career-high marks after posting a goal five assists in 28 games last season as a freshman.

Originally a fifth round selection (139th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2020 NHL Draft, Rolston’s rights were traded to Chicago in April of 2021.

B1G Stars Of The Week — Jan. 25
First Star: Jakub Dobeš, Fr., G, Ohio State
Second Star: Ryan Kirwan, Fr., F, Penn State
Third Star: Ryder Rolston, So., F, Notre Dame

Notre Dame’s 2021-22 B1G Stars of the Week
First Star: Max Ellis (Nov. 23)
Second Star: Ryder Rolston (Dec. 8)
Third Star: Matthew Galajda (Oct. 26 & Nov. 16) and Ryder Rolston (Jan. 25)

Next Up

The 11th/12th-ranked Fighting Irish will play host to 10th-ranked Minnesota on Jan. 28-29 at Compton Family Ice Arena to open the stretch run (tickets).
Both the Friday (7:30 p.m. ET) and Saturday (6 p.m. ET) games against the Gophers will be on Peacock.

Bischel And Galajda Named To Richter Award Watch List

Notre Dame’s goaltenders have been key in the team’s success this year and were recognized nationally this week.

The following is courtesy of Notre Dame Athletics:

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) announced Fighting Irish goaltenders Ryan Bischel and Matthew Galajda have been named to the Watch List for the 2022 Mike Richter Award, which has been given annually to the top goalie in NCAA Division I men’s hockey since 2014.

Bischel, a junior, and Galajda, a graduate student, are two of 28 goalies who have been named to the Watch List and are the only set of teammates to make the list. They also represent two of the six Big Ten players up for the award.

Bischel has started 11 games this season, posting a 7-4-0 record to go along with a .923 save percentage and a 2.05 goals against average. He posted his first career shutout in Notre Dame’s 5-0 win over Niagara, stopping all 19 shots he faced (Jan. 2). He then made a career-high 38 saves in Notre Dame’s 4-2 win at Penn State (Jan. 7).

Galajda has gone 10-3-0 in 13 starts this season while posting a .929 save percentage and 1.93 goals against average. He posted shutouts against RIT (Oct. 22) and Wisconsin (Nov. 13) to move into a tie for third in NCAA Division I men’s hockey history with 21. He posted a career high 40 saves in Notre Dame’s recent 8-2 victory over Boston College (Jan. 19).

Former Notre Dame goaltender Cale Morris was the 2018 recipient of the Mike Richter award, while Galajda, playing for Cornell, was a finalist in both 2018 and 2020.

A committee of voters — made up of a cross section of coaches, administrators, scouts and media — will pare this list down to approximately 15 names within the next two weeks and then ultimately choose the winner who will be announced in April during the NCAA Frozen Four.

Next Up For Notre Dame

Notre Dame has the Big Ten bye this weekend and will then play host to 11th-ranked Minnesota on Jan. 28-29 at Compton Family Ice Arena to open the stretch run (tickets).
Both the Friday (7:30 p.m. ET) and Saturday (6 p.m. ET) games against the Gophers will be on Peacock.

Notre Dame to renew rivalry with Boston College

Go Irish, beat Eagles

Notre Dame will close out the non conference portion of its schedule by playing host to Boston College at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at Compton Family Ice Arena in a makeup game after the teams’ first semester meeting was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the BC program.

The Fighting Irish are 7-2-0 in non conference play this season and 9-4-0 at Compton Family Ice Arena.

Notre Dame is coming off a two-game road series at Ohio State (Jan. 14-15), where it took game one in overtime, 3-2, before falling in game two, 4-1.

Spencer Stastney had that overtime game winner for his fourth goal of the season, while Landon Slaggert figured in all the scoring with a goal and two assists for a career-high three points.

The Eagles were most recently swept in a home-and-home series with New Hampshire (Jan. 14-15), losing game one on the road, 3-2, before dropping game two at home, 5-2.

The game against the Eagles will close out a busy start to the second half for Notre Dame, including seven games in the first 19 games of January.

Max Ellis leads the Irish with a career-best 24 points on a team-high 14 goals and 10 assists. Ellis’ 14 goals rank tied for seventh in the country (tied for second in the Big Ten).

Ellis and Cam Burke are tied for the NCAA lead with two shorthanded goals this season.

Burke and Ryder Rolston lead the Irish with three game-winning goal apiece.

Burke now ranks second on the Irish with eight goals (he had seven goals in his previous three seasons combined ).

Balanced attack: all told, 15 Notre Dame players have scored this season, while 12 players have at least 10 points on the season.

The Irish are 11-1-0 when scoring first this season.

Notre Dame’s penalty kill is 81-for-88 on the season (.9205), which ranks second in the NCAA and trails only Quinnipiac (.9310).

The Irish also have five shorthanded goals this season (Ellis 2, Cam Burke 2, Spencer Stastney), which ranks tied for second in the country (first in the Big Ten).

Notre Dame has made each of the last five NCAA Tournaments, the longest streak in program history, and eight of the last 11 NCAA Tournaments overall.

The five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances is the second-longest active streak in the NCAA, trailing only Minnesota Duluth (6), with Minnesota State (3) and St Cloud State (3) tied for third.

As the No. 4 seed, Notre Dame had been set to face top-seeded Boston College in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament in the Albany Regional, but the Irish were removed from the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols..

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Notre Dame beats Ohio State in overtime thriller

Notre Dame wins a thriller over Ohio State!

The following is courtesy of UND.com:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Landon Slaggert had a three-point night and Spencer Stastney scored the overtime winner as Notre Dame posted a 3-2 win at Ohio State in game one of a weekend series at Value City Arena (8,350).

With the overtime win, the Fighting Irish (16-6-0, 9-4-0-4-1-0 B1G) pulled even in the Big Ten standings with the Buckeyes (15-7-1, 7-5-1-0-1-1 B1G) with 24 points apiece.

Landon Slaggert had the primary assist on Stastney’s overtime winner and added another goal and assist to post the career-high three points, while Graham Slaggert had Notre Dame’s other goal.

In net, Ryan Bischel stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced to earn the win, his seventh of the season. Jakub Dobes totaled 34 saves for Ohio State as the Irish outshot the Buckeyes 37-29.

Both Notre Dame and Ohio State went 0-for-2 on the power play,

How It Happened

Midway through the first, Ohio State took a 1-0 lead on a Kamil Sadlocha backhander from the bottom of the circle to Bischel’s right. There was a lengthy offsides review after the goal, but the call on the ice stood.

With 7:09 to play in the first, Landon Slaggert had a good look in the low slot following a centering pass from Graham Slaggert but Jakub Dobes smothered the attempt.

With 4:22 left in the first, Trevor Janicke had the next good Irish chance, following up his own rebound but Dobes made back-to-back stops.

Then Solag Bakich had a breakaway that was stopped with 1:30 left in the first as he attempted a low deke. Ohio State took the 1-0 lead to the locker room, with shots on goal even at 9-9.

Graham Slaggert tied things up early in the second period with his sixth goal of the season, scored at the 3:20 mark. The senior worked a give-and-go with his brother Landon, kicking the pass to himself and beating Dobes five-hole to tie it at 1-1. Chase Blackmun also had an assist on the play, his eighth of the season. .

With 4:13 left in second, Cam Burke had a tip in front off a Bakich pass, but it flashed just wide.

Hunter Strand, Nick Leivermann and Max Ellis all had chances in the final four minutes, but the score remained 1-1 after 40 minutes of play.

In the third, Leivermann had an important block around the seven minute mark on a Quinn Preston wraparound to keep it a 1-1 game.

Two minutes later, the Slaggert-Slaggert-Janicke line tried to do some damage down low but the Buckeyes held the net front and came out of it with a power-play chance. On that ensuing power play, Ryder Rolston had the best look by either team but his shot was kicked aside.

Landon Slaggert then put back a rebound in for his seventh of the year after a Rolston shot on goal to give the Irish a 2-1 lead at 13:36 of the third period. Cam Burke picked up the puck along the boards and found Rolston in the slot for the initial shot that Dobes was able to get a pad on, but Slaggert was there.

Ohio State was able to tie it 2-2 at 17:10 of the third on a delayed penalty when Jake Wise notched his seventh goal of the season. Then the Buckeyes went on that ensuing power play with 2:50 left in the third, but again the best looks were from the Irish as Jake Pivonka and Bakich applied pressure in front.

Trevor Janicke had a partial breakaway as time expired but Dobes turned it aside for his 34th save of the night and to send the game to overtime.

The Irish ran a quick breakout in the overtime, with Pivonka finding Landon Slaggert in the neutral zone. Slaggert then set up Stastney in front on a two-on-one and the senior notched the game winner to hand the Irish the win and an extra Big Ten standings point.

Notes

With a goal, Spencer Stastney extended his point streak to a career-long five games (2-3-5).
It was Stastney’s first game winner of the season and the fourth of his career.
With a goal and two assists, Landon Slaggert had a career-high three points.
It marked Slaggert’s second multipoint game of the season and the ninth of his career while also extending his point streak to three games (2-3-5).
With an assist, Jake Pivonka extended his point streak to three games (0-3-3).
Notre Dame is now 7-2-0 on the road this season.
The Fighting Irish are 4-2-0 in overtime this season.

Next Up

The Irish and Buckeyes close out their weekend series at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 15 at Value City Arena and on Big Ten Network
After the Ohio State series, Notre Dame will play host to Boston College in a midweek makeup game set for 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at the Compton Family Ice Arena (tickets) and on Peacock.

No. 13 Notre Dame hockey gets win at Penn State

Notre Dame hockey gets win at Penn State

Release from Notre Dame Athletics:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Max Ellis had a pair of goals and Landon Slaggert added the game winner with seven minutes left in the third period as Notre Dame skated to a 4-2 win at Penn State on Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena (5,639).

Grant Silianoff also scored for the Irish, while Jesse Lansdell added two assists and Ryan Bischel made a career-high 38 saves to post the win.

Notre Dame was 1-for-2 on the power play and held the Nittany Lions to an 0-for-3 mark on the power play.

With the win, the Irish improved to 14-6-0 (7-4-0-2-1-0 B1G) on the season.

Oskar Autio finished with 30 saves for Penn State (12-9-0, 3-8-0-0-0-0).

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