Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:53:11 EST

Two of the nation's top teams - Notre Dame and Michigan State - got together on Thursday night at Munn Arena and battled to a 1-1 overtime time. The Irish then picked up an extra point in the CCHA standings by winning the shoot out, 2-1, as Ben Ryan and Dan Kissel scored for Notre Dame.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:29:39 EST

As a psychology major, senior defenseman Brett Blatchford has studied some of the stranger aspects of human nature and behavior. Although he understands the motivation behind superstitions, Blatchford maintains that he has none of his own.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:46:21 EST

The Irish and the Spartans will face each other in the first of two home-and-home series this week. On Thur., Nov. 19, the two teams will meet in East Lansing, Mich., at Munn Arena in a 7:05 p.m. game. After a two-day break, the series resumes in Ft. Wayne, Ind., for a Notre Dame "home" game at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Sun., Nov. 22 at 4:05 p.m.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:24 EST

Patrick Gaul is a sophomore center on Notre Dame's hockey team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to coming to Notre Dame he spent two seasons with the US National Team Developmental Program. He has three sisters and one brother who played collegiate hockey at Dartmouth.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:14:51 EST

Members of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team, along with former Ft. Wayne Komet and current Irish associate head coach Paul Pooley, will offer a free youth hockey clinic at the Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne on Saturday, Nov. 21. The clinic will start at 12:00 noon.

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:43:30 EST

Notre Dame and Northern Michigan battled to a 2-2 overtime tie on Sunday afternoon at the Joyce Center with the Irish picking up the extra point in the CCHA standings by winning the shoot out, 2-1.Junior right wing Billy Maday keyed a Notre Dame comeback from a 2-0 second-period deficit, scoring twice in the game and then added one of two Irish goals in the shoot out. Linemate Calle Ridderwall scored the winning goal in the shoot out victory. The Wildcats got second-period goals from Ray Kaunisto and Jared Brown 42 seconds apart to build the 2-0 lead.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:30:17 EST

For the first 10 games of the 2009-10 season, scoring goals has been a struggle for Notre Dame as the Irish averaged just 2.30 goals-per-game. Despite out shooting Northern Michigan on Saturday night at the Joyce Center, 38-18, the Irish scored just twice to fall to the Wildcats, 3-2 in front of a sell out crowd of 2,721.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:21:05 EST

Notre Dame returns home from its trip to Alaska to face the Northern Michigan Wildcats in a Saturday-Sunday series on Nov. 14-15. Saturday's game will start at 5:05 p.m. (this is a time change from the original 7:05 p.m. start time) and then Sunday's game will drop the puck at 4:05 p.m. The Irish are coming off a weekend split in Fairbanks where they won the opening contest, 3-2, and then lost a 3-1 decision on Saturday night. Notre Dame brings a 5-4-1 mark into the series with Northern Michigan and is 2-1-1-0 in the CCHA, good for seven points in the standings.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:17:52 EST

For the first 40 minutes of Saturday night's game at the Carlson Center, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish controlled play against Alaska, out shooting the Nanooks by a 20-13 edge. The final 20 minutes were another matter as Alaska scored three times to wipe out a 1-0 Notre Dame lead to give the Nanooks a 3-1 win over the Irish.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:32:25 EST

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish got a stellar performance from freshman goaltender Mike Johnson and just enough offense to hand Alaska its first loss of the season Friday night at the Carlson Center.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:30 EST

Notre Dame takes to the road for its first weekend road series of the season when the Irish travel to Fairbanks, Alaska for a pair of games on Nov. 6-7 versus the Alaska Nanooks. Game times at the Carlson Center are 7:05 p.m. (AT) (11:05 p.m. in South Bend) both nights. Live audio streaming can be found on the Notre Dame webiste at und.com. Live video is available at www.b2livetv.com under the CCHA schedule. There is a fee of $7.50 per game. Notre Dame enters the weekend with a 4-3-1 overall record and is 1-0-1-0 in the CCHA, good for four points in the league standings.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:40:14 EST

The start time for the Notre Dame - Northern Michigan hockey game on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Joyce Center rink has been moved up to 5:05 p.m. (EST). The game originally was scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. (EST) and now avoids Notre Dame's 8:00 p.m. football kickoff at Pittsburgh on ABC Sports that was announced earlier this week.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:27:23 EST

otre Dame and Ohio State battled to a 2-2 tie after 65 minutes of play on Saturday night at the Joyce Center before the Buckeyes went on to pick up an extra point in the CCHA standings by beating the Irish, 2-1, in a shoot out.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:04:30 EST

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish got stellar goaltending from freshman netminder Mike Johnson and goals from Calle Ridderwall, Dan Kissel and Billy Maday as they opened the defense of their CCHA regular-season title with a 3-1 win over Ohio State in front of a sellout crowd at the Joyce Center on Friday night.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:35:07 EST

The Ohio State Buckeyes will invade the Joyce Center on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31, for a two-game series against the Irish. The two games signal the beginning of Notre Dame's defense of the 2008-09 CCHA regular season title captured last year. Friday's game has a 7:35 p.m. start while Saturday's Halloween start is 5:05 p.m.