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Tobias Hoonhout | Friday, March 22, 2019
After three-straight victories in the Big Ten tournament, Notre Dame finds itself in a familiar position as the Irish aim to defend their conference championship against Penn State on home ice Saturday night. Notre Dame swept Michigan State in a best-of-three series to move on to the semifinals, where an overtime goal from freshman forward
Charlie Ortega Guifarro | Monday, March 18, 2019
Fifty-three seconds. For 53 seconds, a shallow fear filled Compton Family Ice Arena as the home team was just one goal away from advancing to the Big Ten final or one goal from virtually the end of their season. For 53 seconds, there was panic. For 53 seconds, there was doubt. But after 53 seconds
Tobias Hoonhout | Thursday, March 7, 2019
After clinching the second seed in the Big Ten tournament and home ice last weekend against Penn State, No. 16 Notre Dame will open the playoffs against seventh-seeded Michigan State in the quarterfinals. In four games against the Spartans (12-17-5, 8-12-4-2 Big Ten) this season, the Irish (18-13-3, 11-11-2) and head coach Jeff Jackson are
Charlie Ortega Guifarro and Dominic Gibson | Monday, March 4, 2019
Notre Dame finished its regular season this past weekend after splitting games with Penn State in a 5-4 overtime victory Friday and a 3-2 defeat Saturday. Friday night’s hockey action provided plenty of scoring. From the start of the first frame, both the Irish (18-13-3, 11-11-2 Big Ten) and Nittany Lions (19-13-2, 11-12-1 Big Ten)
Tobias Hoonhout | Thursday, February 28, 2019
As the race for home-ice advantage comes down to the wire, No. 17 Notre Dame is set to host No. 18 Penn State in the Big Ten regular-season finale. While conference-rival Ohio State has clinched the regular-season title, a regulation win for the Irish (17-12-3, 10-10-2 Big Ten) over the Nittany Lions (18-12-2, 10-11-1 Big
Charlie Ortega Guifarro | Monday, February 25, 2019
No. 16 Notre Dame split this weekend’s pair of games against Minnesota as the Irish triumphed with a 3-2 win on Friday but fell in a 2-1 outing the following evening. The Irish capped off their regular-season series against the Gophers and have two games remaining before the Big Ten tournament. The Irish (17-12-3, 10-10-2-2
Tobias Hoonhout | Wednesday, February 13, 2019
On a snowy Tuesday night in South Bend, No. 15 Notre Dame seized its opportunity to right a recent slump with a convincing 5-2 win over rival Michigan to move just two points behind the Wolverines (12-13-6, 8-9-4 Big Ten) and into third place in the Big Ten with six games left in the regular
Jack Concannon | Friday, February 1, 2019
Before the Irish took on Michigan State last weekend the team was nine points out of first place in the Big Ten and only three points out of last. The Irish needed points and got them, taking five points from the Spartans with a win and a shootout win. Now the Irish find themselves in
Tobias Hoonhout | Friday, January 25, 2019
After dropping four of its first five games to start the second half of the season, No. 11 Notre Dame will look to continue a recent turnaround this coming weekend, as the Irish welcome conference rival Michigan State to South Bend. A sweep for Jeff Jackson’s team over the Spartans would push the Irish unbeaten
Tobias Hoonhout | Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Well, it’s getting close to that time of year for Notre Dame. Jeff Jackson’s squad got back on the right track this past weekend with four points against rival Wisconsin following a win and an overtime draw that pushed Notre Dame (13-8-2, 6-6-1 Big Ten) to third place in the conference standings with just six