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Notre Dame Hockey: Irish Complete Sweep of Wolverines

After a 2-1 road win over Michigan on Friday, Notre Dame came out even better Saturday and swept the weekend series with a 3-0 victory over the Wolverines. The game began with 2 1/2 scoreless periods before the Irish (14-12-6, 9-8-5-3) broke through …

After a 2-1 road win over Michigan on Friday, Notre Dame came out even better Saturday and swept the weekend series with a 3-0 victory over the Wolverines. The game began with 2 1/2 scoreless periods before the Irish (14-12-6, 9-8-5-3) broke through in the third. All the Wolverines (15-14-3, 10-10-2-1) could do was endure humiliation on their home ice and watch the Irish jump them in the Big Ten standings.

Midway through the third period, Spencer Statsney opened the scoring in what proved to be his first career game-winner on a wrist shot from the left side. Less than two minutes later, Cam Morrison added an insurance goal, finding the back of the net for the second consecutive night. The Irish’s final goal came on an empty-netter from Tory Dello with less than a minute-and-a-half to play.

Cale Morris recorded 19 saves for the shutout. It was his second of the season and the 10th for his career.

Notre Dame Hockey: Irish Battle Badgers, Lose War

Notre Dame showed more life Friday against Wisconsin than it has lately, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 6-4 loss. The Irish (10-11-4, 5-7-3-2) fell victim to Cole Caulfield’s hat trick, which, coupled with 29 saves for Jack Berry, made the …

Notre Dame showed more life Friday against Wisconsin than it has lately, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 6-4 loss. The Irish (10-11-4, 5-7-3-2) fell victim to Cole Caulfield’s hat trick, which, coupled with 29 saves for Jack Berry, made the difference for the Badgers (10-12-1, 5-9-1-1).

Seven players have multiple points in this game, including Colin Theisen (one goal, two assists), Mike O’Leary (one goal, one assist) and Spencer Stastney (two assists). And with three power-play goals between the teams, there was no shortage of opportunities for players to pad their stats.

Cale Morris made 19 saves but was pulled for Ryan Bischel after allowing what turned out to be the game-winning goal from Max Zimmer on a Wisconsin power play. Cal Burke got the Irish within one with his own power-play tally, but they never got closer. The closest they got after that was when Trevor Janicke hit the crossbar on yet another man advantage late in the third period. Ugh.

Notre Dame Hockey: Irish Begin 2020 With Home-and-Home vs. Western Michigan

After nearly three weeks away from game action, No. 15 Notre Dame (9-7-2) will return to the ice Friday and Sunday for a home-and-home series against No. 19 Western Michigan (7-7-2). Though the Irish won their last game Dec. 14 over Penn State, it …

After nearly three weeks away from game action, No. 15 Notre Dame (9-7-2) will return to the ice Friday and Sunday for a home-and-home series against No. 19 Western Michigan (7-7-2). Though the Irish won their last game Dec. 14 over Penn State, it came on the heels of a seven-game winless streak, including six consecutive losses. These next two games will be the final tuneups before finishing the regular season with the remainder of their Big Ten schedule.

Despite the long layoff, Michael Graham, Matt Hellickson and Alex Steeves will look to continue their point streaks of three, two and three games, respectively. They’ll have to do it in Notre Dame’s seventh consecutive game against a ranked opponent Friday, one it has a long history with. The Irish and Broncos used to be rivals in the CCHA, and Western Michigan leads the all-time series, 43-37-11.

The Irish will be without center Jake Pivonka and defenseman Spencer Stastney. Both sophomores are members of Team USA at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic.