Irish Hockey Notebook Notre Dame Hockey by the Numbers 6,901
Career minutes played by goaltender Lance Madson (1986-90).
5,022
The largest crowd ever to watch college hockey in South Bend and the capacity of the new Compton Family Ice Arena. The Irish played in front of a sellout crowd in 11 of their 19 games played during their first season in the new facility. They were 12-7-0 in those 19 games and had 91,793 fans pass through the turnstiles during 2011-12 for an average of 4,793 per game.
2,557:46
The Notre Dame single-season record for minutes played by an Irish goaltender, set by Jordan Pearce during the 2007-08 season.
1968
First varsity hockey season of the modern era.
1912
First varsity hockey season.
342
Career coaching wins by current Irish head coach Jeff Jackson, between Notre Dame and Lake Superior State.
307
Career coaching wins by Lefty Smith, in 19 seasons at Notre Dame.
193:27
David Brown’s consecutive shutout minutes streak set from Oct. 17 through Nov. 8, 2003. Brown recorded the streak over a five-game span that included three consecutive shutouts (vs. Bowling Green, Boston College and Nebraska-Omaha). The three consecutive shutouts and the consecutive minutes are both Notre Dame records.
164
Notre Dame’s all-time record for games played in a career. That mark was set by Kevin Deeth who played from 2006-10. During his career, Deeth missed three games, two in ‘07-’08 and one in ‘09’10.
APR LEADERS – The Notre Dame hockey program was one of 12 University athletic programs to post perfect 1,000 scores - more perfect scores than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school registered -- in the eighth annual set of Academic Progress Rate statistics by the NCAA in June of 2012. All 26 Irish athletic programs again exceeded the NCAA’s APR standards. Notre Dame’s 12 perfect scores of 1,000 led all FBS programs. Boston College and Duke tied for second with nine each, followed by Northwestern (eight), Vanderbilt (eight), Stanford (seven), North Carolina (five), Rice (five) and Texas (five). The 2012 report released by the NCAA features a four-year compilation of APR data from the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years. The APR uses a series of formulas related to student-athlete retention and eligibility to measure the academic performances of all participants who receive grants-in-aid on every team at every NCAA Division I college and university. Eight Notre Dame’s men’s teams -- basketball, cross country, golf, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field -- registered perfect 1,000 scores. In addition, four Irish women’s teams -- cross country, golf, softball, and swimming and diving -- also earned perfect scores with 11 other Notre Dame teams producing scores of 991 or better. CAPTAIN LEE – Junior center/left wing Anders Lee (Edina, Minn.) has been selected as the captain of the 2012-13 Notre Dame hockey team and will be the only captain this season. The talented forward served as an alternate captain during the 2011-12 season. In his first two years with the Irish, Lee has played in 84 career games with 41 goals and 37 assists for 78 points.
163
The number of consecutive games played by Notre Dame’s all-time “Iron Man” Mark Van Guilder. Van Guilder graduated following the 2007-08 season and did not miss a game his entire career.
160
Jeff Jackson’s win total in his seven seasons behind the Notre Dame bench. The Irish bench boss is 16097-30 (.610) since taking over behind the bench prior to the 2005-06 season.
124:35
Junior goaltender Steven Summerhays recorded his first two career shutouts in back-to-back games for the Irish versus Michigan State (Feb. 24) and Ohio State (March 2) during the 2011-12 season. His shutout streak was a personal best of 124:35 as he surrendered a goal 4:35 into the first period of game two of the first-round playoff series against the Buckeyes.
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CONFERENCE CALL - Notre Dame begins its final season in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) in 2012-13. The Irish will begin play in the Hockey East Association beginning with the 2013-14 campaign. The change in conferences was announced on Oct. 5, 2011 with a press conference that was held at the Compton Family Ice Arena. In making the announcement, Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna said, “It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most significant days in the history of our conference. The addition of new institutions is always exciting but Notre Dame brings a unique set of qualities and circumstances to the continued growth of our league. We are proud to welcome
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Notre Dame into the fold and we look forward to getting to the many details that come with this announcement.” Notre Dame Vice President and Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick said, “We are excited to be joining Hockey East beginning in the 2013-14 season. Many factors played a role in our decision, but three were of special importance to us. The first two were the critical issues of the student-athlete experience and Notre Dame’s fit with the other schools in the conference. But of special importance in this instance, was our goal of giving our hockey program an unprecedented level of national exposure through our expanded partnership with the NBC Sports Group. Athletics at Notre Dame has always served as a platform for promoting the University.” Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson added, “We are honored and pleased to join Hockey East for the 2013-14 season. The conference is an established league with a great tradition and outstanding programs that share Notre Dame’s values. The exposure for our players and team in a major media and NHL market will be second to none. Hockey East’s commitment to playing a smaller league schedule will allow us to enhance our home and non-conference schedule with traditional western and Big Ten rivals. This will allow us to bring great games to the Compton Family Ice Arena and create a more diverse, nationally-televised schedule. We are grateful to Joe Bertagna and the Hockey East Association members for this tremendous opportunity.” Notre Dame has been a member of the CCHA twice during its 45 years of Division I hockey. The Irish first joined the conference from 1981-83 and then again in 1992 through the 2012-13 season. During that time, Notre Dame has won two CCHA regular-season and postseason tournament titles (2007 and 2009). EXTRA HOCKEY: When Notre Dame lost to Michigan, 2-1, in double overtime in the first game of the second-round CCHA playoff series on March 9, 2012, it snapped a 26-game unbeaten (7-0-19) streak for the Irish in overtime. The last overtime loss for Notre Dame came on March 21, 2008, to Miami (2-1) in the semifinals of the CCHA tournament. The Irish have not lost a CCHA regular-season game since Jan. 8, 2005, a 2-1 loss at Lake Superior State. Last season, Notre Dame was 2-1-3 in overtime. All three ties ended in CCHA shootouts with the Irish going 0-3 in those contests. The overtime victories came at home and against Alaska and Boston College in the space of one week, Nov. 12 and Nov. 18. FOREIGN EXCHANGE – Sophomore forward Peter Schneider (Vienna, Austria) is the third European to play at Notre Dame. As a freshman last season, Schneider played in 23 games with two goals and four assists for six points. He played