SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame hockey is set for its final home series of the calendar year when they host No. 4/4 Minnesota, Nov. 22-23. Last season the two teams split the season series 2-2-0, with the Irish taking four of six conference points (1-1-0, overtime loss) to close out the home slate on senior weekend.
SERIES OVERVIEW
Opponent: #4/4 Minnesota Golden Gophers | Nov. 22-23
Location: South Bend, Ind. | Compton Family Ice Arena
Schedule: Fri. 7pm | Sat. 6pm
TV: Peacock
Live Stats: FightingIrish.com
Radio: fightingirish.com/radioaffiliates/
Game Notes: Notre Dame | Minnesota
QUICK HITS
- The Irish return from a two-week road trip to host Minnesota this weekend.
- All-time, the Irish are 27-43-6 against the Golden Gophers and split the season series in 2023-24 with a 2-2-0 record, including one overtime contest.
- In their most recent outing, Blake Biondi recorded a goal and two assists for his career-best point total in an Irish sweater. The graduate forward now owns seven points on the season off three goals and four assists. The three points from the Hermantown, Minnesota native tied his previous best set twice at UMD.
- Jack Larrigan recorded an assist Friday night at Michigan State to notch his first collegiate point.
- Henry Nelson scored his second collegiate goal to open the scoring in game one against Wisconsin. His younger brother Danny notched the primary assist on the play, marking the first time brothers contributed to each other’s goals since Justin Janicke had the second assist on his older brother Trevor’s goal on February 2, 2024 vs. Michigan State.
- The last time one brother posted the primary assist on their brother’s goal was November 5, 2023 when Justin fed his brother Trevor a pass at Penn State in a 2-2 tie.
- The Irish team returned 19 student-athletes from the 2023-24 roster, including 11 forwards, six defensemen and two goaltenders. The forwards include graduate senior Grant Silianoff and seniors Justin Janicke, Hunter Strand and Tyler Carpenter. Returning defensemen include four who appeared in the final series of the 2023-24 season in Michael Mastrodomenico, Paul Fischer, Zach Plucinski and Henry Nelson.
- Notre Dame returned two 20+ point scorers from a season ago as Danny Nelson (9-14-23) and Cole Knuble (9-11-20) are now in their sophomore seasons with the Irish.
- In total, eight returners posted double-digit points last season. In addition to Nelson and Knuble, Hunter Strand (4-15-19), Justin Janicke (4-12-16), Paul…