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Hockey Prepares For B1G Home-Opener Against Buckeyes – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website

Hockey Prepares For B1G Home-Opener Against Buckeyes – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame hockey team returns to Compton Family Ice Arena to host Big Ten Conference foe the Ohio State Buckeyes for a Friday and Saturday series, Nov. 10-11.

Puck drop for game one is set for 7:35 p.m. before a 6:05 p.m. start to close out the weekend series Saturday.

Saturday will serve as the team’s annual Military Appreciation Night, aligning with Veteran’s Day. Prior to puck drop, members of the Notre Dame Army ROTC program will rappel from the rafters to deliver the ceremonial game puck before a crowd sung national anthem begins.

New this season, fans can view line charts for home games online at fightingirish.com/HKYLineCharts. Lines will be posted online approximately 90 minutes before puck drop (timing subject to change).

SERIES OVERVIEW
Opponent: Ohio State Buckeyes
Location: South Bend, Ind.| Compton Family Ice Arena
Schedule: 7:35 p.m. (Fri.) | 6:05 p.m. (Sat.)
TV: Peacock
Live Stats: FightingIrish.com
Radio: fightingirish.com/radioaffiliates/
Game Notes: Notre Dame | Ohio State

QUICK HITS

  • Notre Dame opened Big Ten Conference play at Penn State last weekend, earning three points on the weekend between a pair of shootouts inside Pegula Ice Arena.

  • Maddox Fleming net his first career goal against the Nittany Lions, scoring the equalizer late in the third period night one to force overtime and the eventual shootout.

  • Trevor Janicke led the team in goals over the two-game series, scoring once each night. Drew Bavaro, Danny Nelson and Michael Mastrodomenico also had two points a piece over the weekend series.

  • The Irish came back from a 3-2 deficit Saturday night to win the shootout before scoring the first two goals of the night Sunday before heading to a second consecutive shootout.

  • Ryan Bischel stopped 76 of 81 shots faced over the two-game stretch for a .938 save percentage, including a season-best 48 stops in Sunday’s 2-2 tie. Over the course of two shootouts, the graduate netminder stopped five of six attempts by the Nittany Lions.

  • The Irish closed out their first month of contests with a weekend sweep over Mercyhurst, Oct. 26-27. 

  • Despite trailing to start the third period against the Lakers, the Irish came back to notch the overtime game winner off the stick of Landon Slaggert night one before storming off to a 5-0 win the following night.

  • Ryan Bischel made 33 saves between the pipes in his ninth career shutout in game two against the Lakers, and second of the 2023-24…

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