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Notre Dame falls at No. 5 Wisconsin

Wisconsin picked up a win over Notre Dame in Madison, WI on Friday night. Details here:

MADISON, Wis. — Alex Steeves and Graham Slaggert scored for the Irish but fifth-ranked Wisconsin came back to defeat Notre Dame, 4-2, on Friday night at La Bahn Arena in game one of the weekend series.

Steeves and Slaggert each had a goal and an assist, while Landon Slaggert had a pair of assists. Linus Weissbach led the Wisconsin offense with the game-winner and empty-net tallies in the third.

Dylan St. Cyr made 30 saves in the Notre Dame (10-12-1) goal, including 14 in the first period. Robbie Beydoun finished with 29 saves for Wisconsin (15-8-0).

The Irish were 0-for-2 on the power play, while Wisconsin finished 1-for-3 as Notre Dame’s penalty kill moved to 19-for-20 on the road this season.

How It Happened
The Irish took a 1-0 lead just 31 seconds into the game as Alex Steeves fired a wrist shot from the top of the circle that was deflected high past Robbie Beydoun with Landon Slaggert driving hard to the net. Both Landon and Graham Slaggert earned the assists on Steeves’ 11th goal of the season.

Graham Slaggert pushed the lead to 2-0 at 8:28 of the first when he slammed a one-timer past Beydoun for his sixth of the season, with Landon Slaggert and Alex Steeves providing the assists.

St. Cyr stopped all 14 shots he faced in the first as the Irish held the 2-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.

Wisconsin got on the board at 3:22 of the second period when Owen Lindmark finished an odd-man rush for his fourth goal of the season to make it a 2-1 game.

Cole Caufield then tied it up at 9:37 of the second while the Badgers were on the power play.

On the shift following the Caulfield goal, Ryder Rolston almost scored on a rebound but his backhander hit the post.

Chances later in the period by Jake Pivonka and Colin Theisen were turned aside by Beydoun as the second period ended tied at 2-2.

A back-and-forth start to the third saw chances at both ends. St. Cyr made a big stop on a Brock Caufield one-timer at 7:57 of the third. But then at 8:18 Linus Weissbach gave the Badgers their first lead of the game with his ninth goal of the season.

The Irish killed off another Wisconsin power play past the midway point of the third.

Searching for the tying goal, St. Cyr was pulled with 1:19 left in the third but Weissbach added an empty netter for the final 4-2 scoreline.

Notes

Senior Matt Hellickson skated in his 140th-consecutive game, dating back to the first game of his freshman season.
With a goal and an assist, Alex Steeves posted his fourth multi-point game of the season and the 11th of his career.
With a goal and an assist, Graham Slaggert posted his fifth multi-point game of the season and the sixth of his career.
With two assists, Landon Slaggert posted his fifth multi-point game of the season/his career.
With a penalty kill in the first period, Notre Dame improved to 18-for-18 on the road this season on the penalty kill before Cole Caufield snapped that streak on Wisconsin’s next power-play chance (now 19-for-20 on the road this season).

Next Up

Notre Dame and Wisconsin close out their regular-season series tomorrow at 5 p.m. ET in a game that will be broadcast on Fox Sports Wisconsin and streamed on BTN Plus.

Road Warrior Irish set to travel to No. 5 Wisconsin

Notre Dame hockey has been great away from home this season. A big series for the Irish comes this weekend in Wisconsin against No. 5.

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WHO: Notre Dame (10-11-1, 8-9-1-1-2-1 B1G) at #5 Wisconsin (14-8-0, 12-6-0-0-0-1 B1G)
WHEN: Friday, February 19 – 8 p.m. ET | Saturday, February 20 – 5 p.m. ET
WHERE: Labahn Arena, Madison, Wisconsin
WATCH: Friday & Saturday – Fox Sports Wisconsin & BTNPlus.com
LISTEN: 94.3 FM | UND.com
NOTES (PDF)

FOR STARTERS

Notre Dame heads to Wisconsin for another road series, beginning on Friday, Feb. 19. The teams, who opened the season against each other at the Compton Family Ice Arena on Nov. 13-14, will meet at LaBahn Arena for the first time in series history.
Notre Dame is 7-1-0 on the road this season, including series sweeps at then third-ranked Michigan (Nov. 27-28) and at then first-ranked Minnesota (Jan. 15-16) and the Irish penalty kill is 17-for-17 away from home.
Notre Dame’s power play is also 7-for-20 on the road and that.350% leads the country in road games.
Dating back to Notre Dame’s game two, 2-1 win at Minnesota on Jan. 16, senior goaltender Dylan St. Cyr has started eight of nine games and posted a .931 save percentage to go along with a 2.12 goals against average and a 4-4-0 record.
With 526 career wins, Head Coach Jeff Jackson (Lake Superior State and Notre Dame) enters the weekend tied with George Gwozdecky (Miami and Denver 1989-2013) for 11th all-time in wins, while John MacInnes of Michigan Tech (1956-81) ranks 10th with 555.

THE NOTRE DAME-WISCONSIN SERIES

Former opponents in the WCHA, Notre Dame and Wisconsin have met 78 times in program history with Wisconsin leading the all-time series 45-25-8.
The first meeting between the two teams came during the 1921-22 season when the Irish skated away with a 3-0 victory at Badin Rink (outdoors at Notre Dame).
The teams met once more, in 1925-26, before taking a 40-year hiatus and returning to the competition when Notre Dame earned varsity status.
The teams have never met at LaBahn Arena.
As a head coach, Jeff Jackson is 8-7-1 all-time against the Badgers (1-1-0 at Lake Superior State). The one win Jackson had over the Badgers at Lake Superior State came on April 4, 1992, in Albany, New York, as the Lakers defeated Wisconsin 5-3 to win the NCAA Championship (the first of Jackson’s two NCAA Championships at Lake State).

VS. THE BADGERS IN THE B1G

Since joining the Big Ten, Notre Dame leads the series 7-6-1. The teams opened the 2020-21 season back on Nov. 13-14 at the Compton Family Ice Arena, with the Badgers posting a 2-0 win and a 5-3 victory.
Colin Theisen had a hat trick in that game two loss.
The teams split last season’s series 2-2-0, including a split at the Kohl Center on Nov. 15-16. Wisconsin took game one, 3-0, and Notre Dame took a back-and-forth game two, 5-4 in overtime.
Alex Steeves had the OT game-winner (just moments after Nate Clurman cleared a puck off the Notre Dame goal line) and Trevor Janicke, Cam Burke and Colin Theisen also scored for the Irish.
Later in the season at home (Jan. 24-25), Notre Dame dropped game one, 6-4, before bouncing back to take game two, 5-2.
With a career-high four points on a goal and three assists, Alex Steeves helped the Irish to that 5-2 win.
During the 2017-18 season, then-freshman forward Michael Graham had a breakout weekend against the Badgers during their January series as he posted five points on four goals and an assist.
Eight of Graham’s 18 career goals have come against the Badgers in just eight games played (8-3-11 points).

Release: Notre Dame preps to host No. 5 Minnesota

Steeves had a goal and three assists in game one of that series and added three assists in game two and he has now recorded at least one point in 15 of Notre Dame’s 20 games and has a five-game point streak (4-6-10).

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The following is courtesy of the Notre Dame Athletics Department:

The Fighting Irish carry a season-long, three-game winning streak into this weekend’s series against fifth-ranked Minnesota.

Last weekend, Notre Dame swept Ohio State by scores of 6-1 (Feb. 5) and 8-1 (Feb. 6) marking Notre Dame’s first game with at least eight goals since an 8-2 win at Omaha on Oct. 20, 2018.

Junior forward Alex Steeves had a goal and six assists for a seven-point weekend against the Buckeyes en route to being named the Big Ten’s Second Star of the Week (Feb. 9).

Dating back to Notre Dame’s game two, 2-1 win at Minnesota on Jan. 16, senior goaltender Dylan St. Cyr has started all seven games and posted a .930 save percentage to go along with a 2.13 goals against average and a 4-3-0 record.

Graham Slaggert has a career-long, five-game point streak (1-7-8).

Landon Slaggert (1-4-5) and Spencer Stastney (3-1-4) have three-game point streaks.

Nick Leivermann has a two-game goal scoring streak (3-1-4).

With 526 career wins, Head Coach Jeff Jackson (Lake Superior State and Notre Dame) enters the weekend tied with George Gwozdecky (Miami and Denver 1989-2013) for 11th all-time in wins, while John MacInnes of Michigan Tech (1956-81) ranks 10th with 555.

Notre Dame is 7-1-0 on the road this season, including series sweeps at then third- ranked Michigan (Nov. 27-28) and at then first-ranked Minnesota (Jan. 15-16) and the Irish penalty kill is 17-for-17 away from home.

THE NOTRE DAME-MINNESOTA SERIES

Minnesota leads the all-time series 33-24-5 dating back to 1924-25 when the Irish lost 2-1 in overtime in the first meeting.
Notre Dame recognizes its first win over Minnesota in 1926-27 when the Irish shutout their opponent, 2-0, in Minneapolis.
Twenty-nine contests between the two teams have been decided by a single goal, with the Irish narrowly leading that category 16-13.
The teams are playing for a ninth consecutive season.
Before the Irish joined the Big Ten, those meetings largely overlapped with Mario Lucia’s time at Notre Dame from 2012-16 (Mario is the son of former Minnesota head coach Don Lucia – a 1981 Notre Dame graduate/former defenseman).
Earlier this season, the Irish swept then top-ranked Minnesota at 3M Arena by scores of 3-2 and 2-1 on Jan. 15-16.
Graham Slaggert had a goal and assist in the game one win, while Dylan St. Cyr stopped 25 of the 26 shots he faced in the game two victory.

Notre Dame dominates Ohio State for weekend sweep

Stastney then made it 2-0, netting his third goal in as many games at 18:21 of the first on a quick one-timer from the point, with the assists going to Trevor Janicke and Jesse Lansdell.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A day after scoring six goals, the Notre Dame offense erupted for eight more tallies on Saturday afternoon to post an 8-1 win over Ohio State and complete the Big Ten weekend sweep at Value City Arena.

“It was a great weekend for us, coming off two straight road trips and having success in all aspects of our game is rewards,” head coach Jeff Jackson said. “Last night was more about our penalty kill even though we did score a power-play goal, and tonight it was about our power play. So that’s very positive moving into the final stretch of the season.”

The Fighting Irish power play was 4-for-6 in the game, including a pair of power-play goals by junior defenseman Nick Leivermann.

Senior Pierce Crawford and junior Cam Burke each had a goal and two assists, while Alex Steeves totaled three assists for his fifth consecutive game with a point. Steeves collected a total of seven points (G, 6A) in the pair of weekend victories.

Dylan St. Cyr made 24 saves in 55 minutes of work before giving way to senior Nick Sanford, who made his first career appearance and stopped the only shot on goal he faced.

“He exemplifies what our program is all about, works hard every day,” Jackson added about Sanford. “He keeps a great attitude and is one of the guys’ favorites on the team and i was just glad to get him in there.”

How It Happened
The Fighting Irish built a 3-0 lead in the first period by scoring three times on a five-minute power play chance after Ohio State took a major penalty.

Colin Theisen’s fifth goal of the season, scored at 15:03 of the first, got things started. Landon Slaggert took a pass from his brother, Graham, at the near post and one-touched it in the low slot for Theisen, who beat Snowden high to the glove side.

Stastney then made it 2-0, netting his third goal in as many games at 18:21 of the first on a quick one-timer from the point, with the assists going to Trevor Janicke and Jesse Lansdell.

Just 29 seconds later, Nick Leivermann buried his fourth of the year, also on the same power play, with a wrist shot from the faceoff dot that beat Snowden high to the blocker side. Thesien made the cross-ice pass to create the chance, with Alex Steeves also assisting on the play.

Two goals in a 15 second span by Cam Burke’s line extended the Irish lead to 5-0 midway through the second period. Burke got the first one, at 9:42, on a wrist shot from the slot, finishing off a feed from Pierce Crawford with Ryder Rolston also earning an assist on the play.

Then it was Burke who set Crawford up in the low slot, who calmly finished on the backhand to chase Snowden from the Buckeye goal. Rolston had the second assist on that goal as well.

For Crawford and Burke it marked their first points of the season and for Crawford, Burke and Rolston it marked their first career multi-point games.

Leivermann scored his second of the game, also on the power play, at 1:41 of the third with a wrist shot from the slot. Alex Steeves and Graham Slaggert had the helpers on Leivermann’s fifth of the season.

At 4:04 of the third Kamil Sadlocha got the Buckeyes on the board, moving it to a 7-1 game.

Solag Bakich finished the scoring for the Irish just past the halfway point of the third period. Bakich one timed a centering pass from Crawford in the slot for his third of the season.

Nick Sanford entered in relief of St. Cyr with less than five minutes to play in what marked the first game action in an Irish uniform for the senior from Morristown, New Jersey.

Notes follow…

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Notre Dame Hockey Earns 3-2 OT Win at Penn State

Notre Dame hockey picked up a win Friday night as they were able to split the weekend series at Penn State. Details here

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the second consecutive night, Notre Dame and Penn State needed overtime to decide it but on Saturday the Fighting Irish came out on top when Spencer Stastney found the back of the net with 54 seconds remaining to lift the Irish to a 3-2 win and weekend split at the Pegula Ice Arena.

Alex Steeves and Colin Theisen, who tied the game in the third period, also scored for the Irish, while Dylan St. Cyr made 33 saves to earn the win.

In the Penn State net, Oskar Autio had 24 stops. There was just one penalty in the game, with Notre Dame finishing 0-for-1 on the power play.

How It Happened
St. Cyr was tested early, denying Sam Sternschein with a blocker stop just over four minutes into the contest for one of his best saves of the night.

After Jake Pivonka’s sharp angle chance was saved by the mask of Autio, the Nittany Lions got on the board first at the other end when Tyler Gratton took advantage of an Irish turnover down low and scored his first of the season at 14:28 of the first.

Penn State held the 1-0 lead after the first period, with St. Cyr finishing the frame with eight stops.

Alex Steeves tied things up, 1-1, at 4:06 of the second when he tipped in his own rebound down low after the Slaggert brothers combined to set Steeves up on the doorstep.

St. Cyr flashed his right pad to deny Kevin Wall’s chance from the slot with seven minutes left in the second, keeping the game tied.

Janicke tested Autio high but the junior made a glove stop with 3:21 left in the second before St. Cyr made a few more saves to close out the period.

Penn State retook the lead, 2-1, at 1:42 of the third when Sternschein got the puck alone in front and scored his second of the season.

After good looks by Janicke and Charlie Raith forced Autio into two more saves, Colin Theisen tied things up again, 2-2, at 11:34 of the third when he took the puck down the near boards and went hard to the net and beat Autio to the far post from in tight. It marked his fourth goal of the season and first since scoring a hat trick against Wisconsin on November 14.

With under a minute left in overtime, Spencer Stastney picked up the puck in the defensive zone after a St. Cyr save on Connor MacEachern and skated end-to-end to score the game winner with a deke down low on Autio.

Notes

Tonight’s game was the second game of an eight road games out of 10 swing for the Irish.
Senior Matt Hellickson skated in his 135th-consecutive game, dating back to the first game of his freshman season.
With a goal, Alex Steeves has now recorded at least one point in 13 of Notre Dame’s 18 games and he has a three-game goal scoring streak (3-0-3).
With an assist, Graham Slaggert now has a three-game point streak (0-3-3).
Colin Theisen scored his fourth goal of the season and first since scoring a hat trick against Wisconsin on November 14.
Spencer Stastney scored his first game-winning goal of the season and the second of his career.

Next Up

Notre Dame will be back on the road next weekend when it plays a two-game series at Ohio State on Friday, Feb. 5 (4:30 p.m.) and Saturday, Feb. 6 (1:30 p.m.).
Both games against the Buckeyes will be televised on Big Ten Network (BTN).

—ND—

Notre Dame hockey falls at Penn State

Notre Dame hockey dropped their series opener at Penn State on Thursday in overtime. Details on the tough loss here.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Despite 34 saves from Dylan St. Cyr, Notre Dame dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to Penn State on Thursday night at the Pegula Ice Arena.

The Irish had taken a 1-0 lead on Alex Steeves’ team-leading eighth goal of the season midway through the second period but Penn State tied it up in the third and then won in 3-on-3 overtime on an Alex Limoges tally.

“They are hard to play against and I thought we did a good job for the most part,” Fighting Irish head coach Jeff Jackson said. “I thought both goalies played well. I thought Dylan did a good job for us, I don’t know if he saw the first one and the second one was just a great shot.”

Nittany Lions goaltender Oskar Autio totaled 31 saves, including all 16 shots he faced in the first period, to earn the win. St. Cyr’s 34 saves marked a season-high total.

Both teams finished 0-for-1 on the power play.

How It Happened
The Fighting Irish put together a strong first period, outshooting Penn State 16-8, but Oskar Autio kept it scoreless through the first 20 minutes.

Notre Dame’s chances included Colin Theisen’s pair of backhanded looks, while Alex Steeves was denied on the doorstep and Grant Silianoff’s wrister from the slot was stopped with seven minutes left in the first.

Just over two minutes into the second, St. Cyr made a glove stop on Tyler Gratton for one of his best saves of the period.

Chances came at both ends as the period wore on, including back-to-back chances by Ryder Rolston and Solag Bakich from the top of the goal crease at 7:27.

Alex Steeves broke the deadlock at 12:01 of the second period when he knocked home a rebound in front after Nate Clurman’s shot from the point was saved by Autio. Graham Slaggert had the other assist on the goal, which was Steeves’ team-leading eighth of the season.

The Irish took that 1-0 lead to the locker room after two periods of play.

The Nittany Lions went on their first power play of the game early in the third but the Notre Dame penalty kill held Penn State without a shot on goal during the two minute man advantage.

Penn State was able to tie it up at 1-1 when Clayton Phillips’ shot from the point deflected through a screen in front at 6:10 of the third.

With time winding down in the third, Landon Slaggert had a chance at the far post after a quick passing sequence from Clurman and Graham Slaggert, but his stick snapped and the teams headed to overtime tied at 1-1.

In the 3-on-3 overtime, Theisen had Notre Dame’s best chance when he beat the Penn State defense but didn’t have quite enough room to get a shot off before Autio smothered it.

Then with 1:52 left, Penn State won it on an Alex Limoges goal from the low slot as he redirected a pass from Phillips.

Notes

Tonight’s game kicked off a swing of eight of Notre Dame’s next 10 games coming on the road.
Senior Matt Hellickson skated in his 134th-consecutive game, dating back to the first game of his freshman season.
With a goal, Alex Steeves has now recorded at least one point in 12 of Notre Dame’s 17 games and he has a two-game goal scoring streak (2-0-2).
With an assist, Graham Slaggert now has a two-game point streak (0-2-2).

Next Up

Notre Dame and Penn State close out their two-game series Friday.

Notre Dame knocks off No. 1

The Notre Dame men’s hockey team knocked off the top-ranked Minnesota Goldepn Gophers on Friday night in Minneapolis. Details all here:

MINNEAPOLIS — The Fighting Irish twice erased one-goal deficits and then Graham Slaggert scored the only goal of the third period to lift Notre Dame to a 3-2 win at top-ranked Minnesota on Friday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci.

“I thought we played a good 60 minute hockey game,” head coach Jeff Jackson said after the win. “Pretty much in every aspect of the game I thought we did a nice job. It was good to see us put together a power-play goal. We did a good job managing the puck, so for us it was a big step in being able to string together a full 60.”

It was the first time the Irish defeated a top ranked team since knocking off Boston College, 2-1 in overtime, on March 1, 2014.

Graham Slaggert’s game winner was his career-best third point of the night, having also assisted on goals by Landon Slaggert and Alex Steeves. Landon Slaggert finished with two points as he assisted on Graham’s game winner.

Ryan Bischel stopped 17 of the 19 shots he faced to earn the win, which was his third road win of the season. In the Minnesota net, Jack LaFontaine totaled 24 saves as the Irish outshot the Gophers 27-19 for the game, including an 11-4 mark in the third period.

Notre Dame’s power play went 1-1 on Landon Slaggert’s power-play strike and the Irish penalty kill held Minnesota’s power play to a 0-for-2 mark.

How It Happened
Notre Dame killed off the game’s first power play midway through the first period with Bischel turning aside the only Gopher shot on goal he faced on the penalty kill.

Jackson Lacombe scored at 16:50 of the first period when his wrist shot from the top of the near circle beat Bischel high to put Minnesota on top, 1-0.

The Irish answered to tie it at 1-1 with 32 seconds remaining in the first period. Following a Gopher icing, Graham Slaggert won an offensive zone faceoff by sliding the puck to his right wing, where Alex Steeves slammed home his sixth goal of the season.

The Gophers scored off a faceoff win of their own at 1:48 of the second period to take a 2-1 lead on Sampo Ranta’s ninth goal of the season.

After killing off a Minnesota power play, the Irish went to work on their first power-play chance of the night, with Landon Slaggert capitalizing from in close as he finished off a feed from Graham Slaggert at 6:23. Nick Leivermann got the chance started as he moved in from the point and found Graham Slaggert cutting in down the near boards to earn the second assist. It marked Landon’s third goal in the last three games since returning from the World Junior Championship.

Leivermann had a nice rush near the end of the period but his shot rang off the post with 1:21 left in the middle frame and the teams headed to the locker room tied at 2-2.

The Irish dominated possession in the first half of the third period, outshooting the Gophers 9-1 in the first 10 minutes, but Lafontaine kept the game tied.

Notre Dame took the lead with 4:43 to play when Landon Slaggert forced a turnover on the forecheck behind the Gopher net and put the puck in front for Graham Slaggert, who buried it past LaFontaine for his third point of the night.

The Gophers pulled LaFontaine for the extra attacker in the closing moments, but Bischel and the Irish held on for the 3-2 victory.

Notes

Senior Matt Hellickson skated in his 130th-consecutive game, dating back to the first game of his freshman season.
With a goal and two assists, Graham Slaggert posted his second multi-point game of the season and the third of his career while his three points were a career-best.
With the three points, Slaggert has 11 points on the season (3-7-10), which is a career-best total.
The game-winner was Slaggert’s first of the season and third of his career.
Six Irish players have now accounted for Notre Dame’s six game-winning goals this season.
Following his first period goal, Alex Steeves has a point in seven of the last eight games and he has only been held off the scoresheet in three of Notre Dame’s 13 games this season.
With a goal and an assist, Landon Slaggert posted his second multi-point game of the season/his career.

Next Up

Notre Dame and Minnesota close out their weekend series on Saturday evening at 6 p.m. ET (Jan. 16).
The game will be televised on Fox Sports North and streamed via BTN Plus.

Notre Dame splits weekend series with Arizona State

Notre Dame and Arizona State played to a weekend split on the ice. Details here.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Max Ellis scored twice, but #18 Notre Dame (5-6-1, 3-4-1-0-1-1 B1G) fell to Arizona State (4-9-2), 5-3, on Sunday night inside Compton Family Ice Arena.

Spencer Stastney also scored for the Irish.

Ryan Bischel made 23 saves in goal for Notre Dame, while Justin Robbins stopped 26 shots for Arizona State as Notre Dame outshot the Sun Devils 29-28.

The Irish went 0-for-1 on the power play and the Sun Devils finished 2-for-6 on the man advantage.

How It Happened
Arizona State got on the board when James Sanchez scored at 11:43 of the first, four seconds after a Sun Devils power-play chance had expired.

The period ended with the Sun Devils in front 1-0 with the Notre Dame penalty kill unit forced to kill off three ASU power play chances. Bischel finished the first 20 minutes with 11 saves.

Stastney got the Irish on the board with a wrist shot from the point that beat Robbins high with Michael Graham providing the screen in front. Silianoff, who had dropped the puck off to Stastney, and Graham assisted on the play.

Notre Dame had the game’s next power play, but Robbins was up for the task denying Graham Slaggert, Alex Steeves and Nick Leivermann with the Irish on the man advantage.

Arizona State retook the lead, 2-1, when Jarrod Courley put home a rebound after an off-pad shot by Ryan O’Reilly at 15:27 of the second.

Still trailing 2-1 to start the third, Ellis and Stasney each had good chances early in the frame but couldn’t tie things up.

Then Chris Grando intercepted an Irish clearing attempt and moved the puck to Johnny Walker, who beat Bischel down low to make it a 3-1 game at 8:19 of the third.

Ellis got the Irish back within one with a turnaround shot in front of goal that beat Robbins glove-side. Jake Pivonka, who got the puck in front to Ellis, and Leivermann each earned assists on the play.

Colin Theisen was whistled for a five-minute major less than a minute after Ellis’ goal, and Matthew Kopperud converted twice on the extended power play to put Arizona State up 5-2.

On the ensuing faceoff after Kopperud’s second goal, Ellis notched his second marker of the night while Arizona State was still on the man advantage to get the Irish back within a pair. Solag Bakich won the draw to earn an assist on the tally.

Still trailing by two goals late, the Irish pulled Bischel for an extra attacker but were unable to convert.

Notes

Seniors Matt Hellickson and Colin Theisen skated in their 129th consecutive games, dating back to the first game of their freshman season.
With an assist, Grant Silianoff extended his point streak to three games (3-1-4).
With an assist, Michael Graham extended his point streak to three games (1-2-3).
Max Ellis had his first career two-goal game a night after posting his first career two-assist game (Sunday’s game marked his third multi-point game of the season/his career).
With Ellis finding the back of the net, Notre Dame has had 14 goal scorers this season.

Next Up

Next weekend, Notre Dame hits the road for the second time this season when it heads to top-ranked Minnesota for a two-game series (Jan. 15-16).
Game one (8 p.m. ET) will be televised by Fox Sports North Plus, while game two (6 p.m. ET) will be on Fox Sports North.

NHL to Play 56-Game Season in 2021

NHL to Play, 56-Game Season, in 2021.
The NHL and its players have finally come
to an agreement over the 2021 season. .
The NHL’s Board of Governors voted to
approve the NHL Players’ Association-backed
agreement on Sunday. .
The NHL will hold a 56-game season
beginning January 13. .
The regular season is scheduled
to run until May 8.
A 16-team playoff will follow and last into
July with a Stanley Cup finale. .
In order to minimize travel and potential
COVID-19 transmission, the league will operate in
four divisions: North, South, East and West. .
Teams will play within their divisions through
the first two rounds of playoffs. .
It is the current plan to play games
in the home arenas of participating teams
while understanding that most arenas will
not, at least in the initial part of the season,
be able to host fans. , NHL, via statement.
Most NHL teams will open training camps
starting January 3. There will not be any
exhibition games before the season. .
The players are pleased to have finalized
agreements for the upcoming season, which
will be unique but also very exciting … During
these troubled times, we hope that NHL
games will provide fans with some
much-needed entertainment as the
players return to the ice, NHLPA Executive Director Don Fehr, via AP News