Saves: ND: Steven Summerhays (40:00) Mike Johnson (20:00) MU: Connor Knapp (60:00) Power Play: ND: 1-9; MU: 0-3 Penalties: ND: 10 for 36 min.; MU: 14 for 50 min. Attendance: 3,291
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GAME 18 December 11, 2010 Northern Michigan 3 • Notre Dame 2 Notre Dame, Ind. – The Irish ran into a hot goaltender as Northern Michigan freshman Jared Coreau stopped 51-of-53 Notre Dame shots to lead the Wildcats to a 3-2 win over the Irish in front of 2,623 at the Joyce Center ... Northern Michigan got a pair of first-period power-play goals from Tyler Gron and Scott Macaulay and a second-period tally via Brian Nugent and Coreau made it stand up as the Irish poured a season-high 53 shots on goal, including a single-period high of 22 in the second stanza ... Notre Dame got third-period goals from David Gerths (his 6th) and T.J. Tynan (his 10th), but it wasn’t enough as Notre Dame lost at home for the first time in 2010, ending a six-game home winning streak and an eight-game streak going back to Jan. 30th of last season ... the loss, the second in a row for the 11thranked Irish, dropped them to 10-6-2 overall and 8-4-1-1 in the CCHA, good for 26 points ... the Irish finished with a 53-15 margin in shots on goal as sophomore Mike Johnson made 12 saves in the game ... the Wildcats took advantage of a pair of Irish penalties in the opening period for their two power-play goals ... Gron opened the scoring when he connected for his team-best 11th goal of the season at 10:21 ... the Wildcat power play would click again at 19:21 with Macaulay getting his first goal of the year for the 2-0 lead ... the Northern lead would go to 3-0 in the second period with Nugent getting his second of the season at 15:58 when he deflected Macaulay’s shot under the crossbar to give the Wildcats the three-goal lead ... the Irish finally broke through on Coreau at 10:17 of the third period when Gerths jammed a rebound past the big freshman for his sixth goal of the season to cut the lead to 3-1 ... Tynan continued his impressive rookie year when he made it a onegoal game at 14:21 as he poked a rebound past Coreau for his team-best 10th goal of the year for the 3-2 final score. 1 2 3 F Northern Michigan 2 1 0 – 3 #11/#11 Notre Dame 0 0 2 – 2 1st: NMU: Tyler Gron 11 (Greger Hanson, Kyle Follmer), PPG, 10:21; NMU: Scott Macaulay 1 (Phil Fox, Stephen Vigier), PPG, 19:21. 2nd: NMU: Brian Nugent 2 (Macaulay, Erik Higby), 15:18. 3rd: ND: David Gerths 6 (Nick Larson, Stephen Johns), 10:17; ND: T.J. Tynan 10 (Anders Lee), 14:21. Saves: NMU – Jared Coreau (60:00) ND– Mike Johnson (59:00) Power Play: NMU: 2-3; ND: 0-6 Penalties: NMU: 8 for 16 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min. Attendance: 2,623
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GAME 19 December 12, 2010 Notre Dame 5 • Northern Michigan 2 Notre Dame, Ind. – For the second consecutive game, Notre Dame out shot Northern Michigan by a large margin (43-17), but this time, the Irish found the back of the Wildcat net three times in the third period on the way to a 5-2 victory in front of 2,592 at the Joyce Center ... the trio of Anders Lee, Nick Larson and T.J. Tynan paced the Notre Dame attack with a goal and an assist while Calle Ridderwall and Stephen Johns added single goals in the victory ... Mike Maltese and Nicholas Kosinski each had a goal for Northern Michigan in the loss ... Wildcat goaltender Reid Ellingson made 38 saves in the game ... the win improved 11th-ranked Notre Dame to 11-6-2 overall and 9-4-1-1 in the CCHA and a one-point lead over Michigan in the CCHA race ... the Irish got on the scoreboard first with a power-play goal by Larson at 8:12 as his tally off a goalmouth scramble made it 1-0 ... the score would stay that way until the 12:34 mark of the second period when Tynan would make it 2-0 as he finished off a two-on-one with Mike Voran ... the Wildcats
Freshman defenseman Stephen Johns had a career-high four-assist, four-point game in the 10-2 win over Canisius. answered back at 18:37 of the second period with a power-play goal of their own as Maltese deflected a shot over Irish goaltender Mike Johnson’s left shoulder to cut the lead to 2-1 after two periods ... the Wildcats tied the game in the third period when Kosinski banged a rebound past Johnson at 6:23 to make it 2-2 ... the Irish continued to pour on the pressure and finally snapped the tie at 10:46 with Lee getting his 10th goal of the year as he drilled a shot past Ellingson for the 3-2 lead ... Ridderwall added insurance when he picked up his eighth of the year at 12:50 to make it 4-2 ... Johns closed the scoring with his first career goal at 17:29 as he fired the puck the length of the ice into and open net for the final of 5-2 ... Johnson finished with 15 saves in the game in picking up his ninth win of the year. 1 2 3 F Northern Michigan 0 1 1 – 2 #11/#11 Notre Dame 1 1 3 – 5 1st: ND: Nick Larson 6 (Ryan Guentzel, Anders Lee), PPG, 8:12. 2nd: ND: T.J. Tynan 11 (Mike Voran, Jared Beers), 12:34; NMU: Mike Maltese 1 (CJ Ludwig, Greger Hanson), PPG, 18:37. 3rd: NMU: Nicholas Kosinski 2 (Andrew Fernandez, Maltese), 6:23; ND: Lee 10 (Larson, Tynan), 10:46; ND: Calle Ridderwall 8 (Billy Maday, Bryan Rust), 12:50; ND: Stephen Johns 1 (Maday, Joe Lavin), ENG, 17:29. Saves: NMU: Reid Ellingson (59:45) ND: Mike Johnson (59:53) Power Play: NMU: 1-4; ND: 1-3. Penalties: NMU: 5 for 21 min.; ND: 5 for 10 min.
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