Notre Dame junior forward Max Ellis has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs. Ellis will join the AHL’s Toronto Marlies on a professional tryout for the remainder of the 2021-22 regular season and the Calder Cup playoffs before his contract begins with the 2022-23 season. In signing with the Maple … Read more
Notre Dame senior defenseman Nick Leivermann will return for a fifth season in 2022-23. “After looking at potential options, I felt returning to Notre Dame would be best for my career development,” Leivermann said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to continuing my education and becoming a Double Domer and I’m excited to hit the … Read more
“If you’re going to make it to the Frozen Four, you’re going to have to earn it,” Mavericks goalie Dryden McKay said after shutting out the Fighting Irish.
All 16 teams in the field were on the final line of at least one bracket in the contest.
An extended video review at the end of regulation overturned a Fighting Irish winning goal but Graham Slaggert scored in overtime.
After a roughly 12-minute review, referees came out of the scorer’s table with a no-goal call. That sent the game into overtime tied 1-1.
ALBANY REGIONAL When: Thursday, March 24 & Saturday, March 26 Where: MVP Arena, Albany, N.Y. Matchups: Minnesota State vs. Harvard, March 24, noon, ESPNU; North Dakota vs. Notre Dame, March 24, 6 p.m., ESPNU, championship, March 26, 4 p.m./6:30 p.m., ESPNU 1. MINNESOTA STATE How they got here: Won CCHA tournament championship Overall season record: … Read more
All 15 games will be on ESPNU, ESPNews or ESPN2 along with streaming availability. See the schedule here.
The Big Ten announced Tuesday the hockey all-Big Ten teams and individual award winners as selected by the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Minnesota’s Ben Meyers was named the Big Ten player of the year, while teammate Brock Faber was tabbed the defensive player of the year, which is awarded to a defenseman or … Read more
Michigan has lost nine times this season and this weekend it’ll get another crack at the team responsible for 44 percent of those losses. The Wolverines will host Notre Dame on Saturday in the first Big Ten Tournament semifinal. The Irish won consecutive overtime games at Yost Ice Arena in November and wrapped up the … Read more
Ten NCAA men’s hockey student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice were selected as finalists today for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior or graduate student and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character, … Read more
The Big Ten playoffs start this weekend, and here are reasons for and against each team winning the championship and getting the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Michigan Why the Wolverines will win the tournament: Michigan failed to take its name off the list of teams to never win a Big Ten regular season … Read more
The Notre Dame-Wisconsin series in Madison will now be played on Saturday, Feb. 12 and Sunday, Feb. 13 at the Kohl Center. Saturday’s game is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET, while Sunday’s series finale will begin at 9 p.m. ET. Broadcast and/or streaming information will be announced at a later date. The series had been … Read more
The Notre Dame-Wisconsin men’s hockey series, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Feb. 10-11 at the Kohl Center, is postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Badgers program. These games will be postponed and the Big Ten will coordinate the rescheduling process.
With first-place Michigan sitting idle this weekend, the Big Ten schedule is setup for some movement heading into the final month of the regular season. Though games in hand for Minnesota and Notre Dame don’t make it a perfect storm, the docket for this weekend could see some shuffling in the standings with three teams … Read more
If you’re looking for an example of growth from one season to another in college hockey, take a gander at Notre Dame’s stat chart. The Irish, who hope to avenge the only time they’ve been swept so far this season when Minnesota comes to town this weekend, have had a more consistent offense this season. … Read more
North Dakota sophomore defenseman Jake Sanderson has been named captain of the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team. In addition, Minnesota sophomore defenseman Brock Faber, Michigan sophomore forward Matty Beniers and Notre Dame sophomore forward Landon Slaggert were named alternate captains of the squad. All four players were members of the gold-medal winning 2021 U.S. National … Read more
After two Boston College games were postponed last month due to COVID-19 protocols, the makeup dates were announced Friday. Notre Dame will host Boston College at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 at the Compton Family Ice Arena. In addition, BC will host Harvard at Kelley Rink at Conte Forum at 7 p.m. on … Read more
Due to COVID-19 protocols and “out of an abundance of caution,” according to a news release, the Boston College men’s hockey team has postponed its games against Notre Dame this Friday, Nov. 26 and Harvard next Tuesday, Nov. 30. The schools are currently working to reschedule these two games to later dates. The Eagles are … Read more
A 6-4 victory over North Dakota in Nashville put a bow on the early portion of the Penn State’s nonconference schedule and gave the Nittany Lions a 6-1-0 record. The start of the Big Ten schedule hasn’t been as kind to the team from Hockey Valley. A trip to Minneapolis gives Penn State another chance … Read more