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The number of wins achieved by the Notre Dame hockey team during its record-setting season in 2006-07. The Irish were 32-7-3 for the year.
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Players from the U.S. National Team Developmental Program to play at Notre Dame since the U.S. National program started in 1997-98.
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The Notre Dame record for wins in a season by a goaltender set by Jordan Pearce during the 2008-09 season. Pearce led the nation with a 30-6-3 overall record, was second with a 1.68 goals-against average and fifth in the country with a .931 save percentage.
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The number of points scored by T.J. Tynan in 28 CCHA games in 2011-12. His nine goals and 20 assists tied him with Michigan State’s Torey Krug for the CCHA-scoring title. He became the first Notre Dame player to win or tie a CCHA scoring championship in the 22 years the Irish have been in the conference. He is the second Notre Dame player to win a league-scoring title as he follows Eddie Bumbacco ‘74, who won the WCHA scoring championship in 1972-73.’
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The number of former Notre Dame players to see action with a National Hockey League team. During the ‘11-’12 season, forwards Riley Sheahan (Detroit) and Ryan Thang ‘10 (Nashville) saw their first NHL action.
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The spot in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft where the St. Louis Blues selected Irish defenseman Ian Cole. That made him the first Notre Dame player ever selected in the first round of the NHL Draft and the earliest any Irish player has ever been selected in the draft.
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The number of career game-winning goals that senior Ryan Thang ‘10 finished his Notre Dame career with. That left him as Notre Dame’s all-time gamewinning goal leader.
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Notre Dame’s career mark for shutouts that is held by both Jordan Pearce (2005-09) and David Brown (2003-07), two of the top goaltenders in the program’s 45-year history.
Dame. In 13 seasons, Jackson has seen his teams advance to the CCHA finals 10 times, winning six tournament championships (four at Lake Superior and two at Notre Dame). NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM – Four current members of the Notre Dame hockey team were invited to the 2012 Junior National Evaluation Camp last summer with the goal of being selected for the 2012 United States Junior National team that will participate in the World Junior Championships. Sophomore defenseman Robbie Russo (Westmont, Ill.) was joined by freshmen Thomas DiPauli (Woodridge, Ill.) Steven Fogarty (Edina, Minn.) and Mario Lucia (Plymouth, Minn.). Last season, defenseman Stephen Johns (Jr., Wampum, Pa.) and center T.J. Tynan (Orland Park, Ill.) played for the United States in the World Juniors held in Calgary and Edmonton, Alta., helping the U.S. to a 3-3-0 record. They became the 14th and 15th Notre Dame players to participate in the World Junior Championships. They joined Jack Brownschidle (`76-’77, `78-’79), Ben Simon (`96’97, `97-’98), Joe Dusbabek (`97-’98), Dan Carlson (`98-’99), Connor Dunlop (`99-’00, `00-’01), Brett Henning (`99-’00), David Inman (`99-’00), Rob Globke (`00-’01, `01-’02), Brett Lebda (‘01-’02), Kyle Lawson (‘06-’07), Ian Cole (‘07-’08, ‘08-’09), Teddy Ruth (‘08-’09) and Kyle Palmieri (‘09-’10, ‘10-’11) as former Irish players to play in the World Junior Championships. NEW HOME – Notre Dame moved into its new home - The Compton Family Ice Arena - on October 18, 2011 and played the first game there on October 21, 2011, defeating Rensselaer, 5-2, in front of a sell-out crowd of 5,022. Anders Lee scored the first goal at 9:21 of the first period and finished with a hat trick in the game.The Irish won their first five games at the Compton and finished the year with a 12-7-0 record, including a 2-0 mark in the first round of the CCHA playoffs. In 19 games, Notre Dame played in front of 11 sellout crowds, drawing 91,793 fans through the turnstiels for an average of 4,793 per game.
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The number of brother combinations to play hockey at Notre Dame. The 2012-13 team has two sets of brothers that are represented - Mike and Eric Johnson and freshman Andy Ryan whose older brother, Ben ‘11, played from 2007-11. The Johnson brothers are the first set of brothers to play at the same time since Aaron ‘04 and Tony Gill ‘06 played together from 2002-04.
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The first goal scored at the Compton Family Ice Arena was scored by Anders Lee at 9:21 of the first period on Oct. 21, 2011. The goal was one of three scored by Lee in Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Rensselaer to christen the new building.
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Freshman Thomas DiPauli (left) and sophomore Austin Wuthrich were selected seven picks apart by the Washington Capitals in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. DiPauli was chosen in the fourth round, 100th overall and Wuthrich went with the 107th overall pick. They are just two of 12 Notre Dame players that have been draft.
NHL DRAFTEES – The Irish have 12 players on the 2012-13 roster that have been selected in the National Hockey League’s Entry Draft. Three
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Irish players were selected in the 2012 Entry Draft. Freshman Thomas DiPauli (Woodridge, Ill.) led the Notre Dame contingent as he was selected in the fourth round, 100th overall by the Washington Capitals. Seven picks later, Irish sophomore Austin Wuthrich (Anchorage, Alaska) also was selected in the fourth round, 107th overall by the Capitals. The third player, Vince Hinostroza (Bartlett, Ill.), who signed a national letter-ofintent in Nov. of 2011, was selected by his hometown, Chicago Blackhawks in the sixth round with the 169th pick. He will play junior hockey this season and join the Irish lineup in 2013-14. The previous year, freshman Mario Lucia (Plymouth, Minn.) was a second-round choice, 60th overall of the Minnesota Wild. He was followed by junior center T.J. Tynan (Orland Park, Ill.) who was a third-round pick, 66th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Freshman Steven Fogarty (Edina, Minn.) went in the third round, 72nd overall to the New York Rangers and Robbie Russo (Westmont, Ill.) was the fourth Notre Dame player selected as the New York Islanders chose him in the fourth round, 95th overall. In 2010, three Notre Dame players were chosen. Junior defenseman Stephen Johns (Wampum, Pa.), who went in the second round of the 2010 draft, 60th overall to the Chicago Blackhawks. One round later in the third round, with the 80th overall pick, junior forward Bryan Rust (Novi, Mich.)was chosen by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Notre Dame’s final player selected in 2010 was junior defenseman Kevin Lind (Homer Glen, Ill.) who was picked in the sixth round, 177th overall by the Anaheim Ducks. Selected in the 2009 NHL Entry draft were left wing Jeff Costello, (Milwaukee, Wis.) chosen by the Ottawa Senators in the fifth round, 146th overall and six picks later, left wing Anders Lee (Edina, Minn.) was a New York Islanders’ choice in the sixth round, 152nd overall. That group joins senior left wing Nick Larson (Apple Valley, Minn.) a 2008 selection of the Calgary Flames in the fourth round, 108th overall. OH BROTHER – Freshman defenseman Andy Ryan (Brighton, Mich.) joins the Irish hockey roster this season to join his brother, Ben Ryan ‘11, as the 11th set of brothers to play hockey at Notre Dame. Ryan will be joined on the 2012-13 roster by brothers Mike (Sr.) and Eric (So.) Johnson (Verona, Wis.) who became the 10th set of brothers to play at for the Irish. They are the first set of brothers to play on the team at the same time since Aaron ‘04 and Tony Gill ‘06 who played together from 2002-04. The list of brothers: Robert ‘89 and David Bankoske ‘93 Joe ‘72 and Mike Bonk ‘79 Jack ‘77 and Jeff Brownschidle ‘81