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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.

Ohio State men’s hockey downs Army in OT

The Ohio State men’s hockey team continued its winning ways by taking down Army in an overtime thriller in Vegas.

While some football and basketball shenanigans have been going on, very quietly the Ohio State men’s hockey team has been putting together a pretty good season. The team was 12-5-2 heading into a contest vs. Army in the Fortress Invitational in Las Vegas Saturday night, and hold a national No. 6/7 ranking.

So yeah, there’s more than football and basketball going on folks and it might be time to take notice.

The Buckeyes kept it going again last night in a thriller too. They fell behind early to Army in the first period, but then evened things up when Tanner Laczynski lit the lamp on a shorthanded goal in the second period. From there, it was a defensive struggle that went to overtime.

From there, just 1:17 in, senior Carson Meyer got one past the Black Knights goalie to win in dramatic fashion.

The win improves the Buckeyes’ record to 13-5-2. They are next in action against Wisconsin on the road Friday at 9:00 PM.