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Notre Dame-Wisconsin hockey update

Go Irish, beat Badgers!

Notre Dame’s trip to Wisconsin was postponed this weekend due to COVID but ultimately the series against the Badgers will only have to be moved back one day.  Instead of forcing the series in later in the season, the games will now take place this Saturday and Sunday.

The following was the release from Notre Dame athletics on Wednesday night:

SOUTH BEND, Ind.  – Notre Dame’s hockey series at Wisconsin will now be played on Saturday, Feb. 12 and Sunday, Feb. 13 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Saturday’s game is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET, while Sunday’s series finale will begin at 9 p.m. ET.

Broadcast and/or streaming information will be announced at a later date. 

The series had been scheduled for Feb. 10-11 but was postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Wisconsin program.

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).

Beijing Olympics: A timeline of the United States and Canada’s women’s hockey rivalry

The rivalry between the American and Canadian women’s hockey teams can’t be beat.

There is no better rivalry in hockey than the one between the American and Canadian women’s teams.

Seriously, every time these two teams play one another — whether it be on the biggest stage in the world at the Olympics or in a friendly exhibition match — the games are always exciting, tense and fueled by pure hatred. The United States’ and Canada’s women’s hockey teams absolutely loathe each other on the ice and have made for some incredibly memorable games over the course of their history with one another.

As the competition in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing continues — where Team USA will look to defend its gold medal over Canada from Pyeongchang — why don’t we take a stroll down memory lane between these two teams?

Here’s a full timeline of all the major moments in the United States-Canada women’s hockey rivalry.

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Notre Dame wins thriller over Minnesota

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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.

Next – How It Happened 

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Gordle, the hockey version of Wordle, is a must-play for any NHL fan

Add Gordle to the list of fun Wordle knockoffs!

By now, you’re probably familiar with Wordle, the once-a-day word guessing game that has captured the hearts of many on social media.

There are also a whole bunch of really awesome and hilarious Wordle alternatives out there for anyone looking to get their fix before the next word drops. But did you know there’s a hockey version of Wordle, called Gordle, that’s perfect for any Wordle-loving NHL fan?

Instead of guessing words, Gordle is about guessing the last names of hockey players. Five-lettered last names, to be precise, much like Wordle with five-lettered words. First conceived on a podcast, Gordle has taken off in a big way in hockey circles for being a fun, but surprisingly challenging knockoff of Wordle.

Why is it so difficult? In Gordle, you can only guess five-letter last names of hockey players, meaning you can’t just enter random words to get you closer to the answer.

Sadly, that means no best starting words to help you here! Just you and your knowledge of hockey players past and present against the world. Now go forth and enjoy your newest obsession as you wait for the next Wordle to drop!

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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.

 

It’s past time for NHL, other hockey leagues to implement a zero-tolerance policy against racism

Hockey leagues have to start taking action against racism.

Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of racism. Please proceed with caution.

Hockey leagues have no excuses anymore; it’s well past time for a zero-tolerance policy against racism.

Late Saturday evening, yet another racist incident occurred in the hockey world. During an ECHL match, Jacksonville Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta was accused of making a racist gesture towards Jordan Subban of the South Carolina Stingrays. The incident went viral after Subban tweeted that Panetta had made “monkey gestures” at him after an overtime scrum, causing another fight on the ice.

Subban’s brother, New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban, also tweeted about the incident, calling Panetta out. The tweets linked below make mention of racist language — in text and video form — so proceed with caution.

As of Sunday, the Icemen have stated that Panetta has been released from the team, effective immediately, after the ECHL suspended the defenseman indefinitely with a league investigation pending.

Though it took two milquetoast statements from the Icemen — who have yet to apologize to Subban directly, only to “any one who was offended” — it seems Panetta’s time playing hockey in the ECHL is over. And he shouldn’t be the last to get this treatment either.

Hockey leagues must implement a zero-tolerance policy against racism and they must do it now. The racist taunts made against Subban come just one day after the AHL suspended San Jose Barracuda forward Krystof Hrabik 30 days for making a racist gesture against Boko Imama of the Tucson Roadrunners.

All this within the same week the Boston Bruins finally retired the number of Willie O’Ree, the NHL’s first black player.

Hockey culture is broken and has been for some time. We’ve been witness to far too many racist incidents over the years, and there are many more we’ll never know of at the lower and youth levels of the sport. The NHL and other hockey leagues continue to fester this toxic culture of racism, sexism, homophobia, and assault as long as the sport allows the culprits to skate away with no consequences.

Which is why the hockey world has to adopt zero-tolerance policies, especially in regards to racism. Nothing the hockey world has done so far, from meager punishments to inclusion seminars, has worked to curb racist words and acts. If the NHL and other hockey leagues want to stomp out racism as much as they claim to, throwing out the racists and locking the doors behind them is the best way to make an impact.

Hockey should not be a space for racists. Period. End of discussion. Second, third, and fourth chances shouldn’t exist for racism this blatant and overt that it was made in a packed stadium of thousands of people. Instituting zero-tolerance policies should be the least the NHL and hockey leagues can do to protect its marginalized players, fans, and staff.

It’s past time the hockey world stopped enabling this behavior and started taking concrete action.

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