NOTRE DAME HOCKEY

2023-11-17 -

SOUTH BEND — Setting the table for Notre Dame hockey series this weekend at Minnestoa:

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6-3-2) vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-3-2)

●

When/Where: Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., 3M Arena at Mariucci (10,000), Minneapolis, Minn.

Radio: WZOC-FM (94.3) and UND.com. TV/Streaming: B1G+.

Coaches: Notre Dame, Jeff Jackson (398-249-73 in 19th season). … Minnesota, Bob Motzko (118-63-14 in sixth season).

B1G standings: 1. Wisconsin 4-0-0, 12 points (9-1-0 overall); 2. Michigan State 3-0-1, 10 points (8-3-1 overall); 3. Notre Dame 2-0-2, 9 points (6-3-2 overall); 4. Michigan 1-3-2, 6 points (5-5-2 overall); 5. Penn State 0-1-3, 5 points (5-3-3 overall); 6. Minnesota 1-2-1, 4 points (5-3-2 overall); 7. Ohio State 0-5-1, 2 points (3-5-3 overall). Friday-Saturday series: Notre Dame at Minnesota; Penn State at Michigan; Wisconsin at Michigan State.

Recaps: In front of pair of sellout crowds at the Lefty Smith Rink in the Compton Family Ice Arena, Irish swept Ohio State last weekend. … On Friday,

● ● ● ●

Notre Dame got goals from Tyler Carpenter, Justin Janicke, Slaggert and Grant Silianoff in 4-1 victory. … Saturday, Bischel stopped 26 shots and Notre Dame got goals from Patrick Moynihan (two) and Cole Knuble. … Minnesota earned four points in weekend series at Michigan’s Yost Ice Arena. … Freshman center Jimmy Clark scored two goals, Lamb had three points, including the game-winning goal with 3:28 left in regulation, and grad goalie Justen Close made 37 saves as Minnesota rallied from two-goal deficit for 4-3 victory. … Saturday, sophomore right wing Jimmy Snuggerud sent game into overtime with goal at 15:34 of third period and teams skated to 2-2 overtime tie behind 37 saves by Close but Gophers won shootout 1-0.

Rankings: Notre Dame is No. 17 in USCHO.com media poll and No. 18 in USA Hockey/The Rink Live coaches’ poll. … Minnesota is No. 6 in both.

● Notre Dame players honored

Notre Dame goaltender Ryan Bischel and left wing Landon Slaggert were honored by the Big Ten Conference for their play last weekend. … Bischel, a graduate student from Medina, Minn., received the Big Ten’s First Star of the Week after recording a 3-0 shutout of Ohio State last Saturday and stopping 60 of 61 shots (.984 saves percentage) for the weekend. … It was Bischel’s third shutout of the season, the 10th of his career and the sixth time he has been honored by the league in four seasons. … Slaggert, the senior captain from South Bend, had one goal in Friday’s 4-1 victory and added a career-high three assists in Saturday’s victory to earn Third Star of the Week honors for the second time this season. … Second Star of the Week honors went to Minnesota sophomore right wing Brody Lamb, who had two goals and two assists as the Gophers won 4-3 and tied 2-2 at Michigan.

Scouting Notre Dame hockey

Scouting Fighting Irish: Eight players have Minnesota hometowns – Medina (Bischel), Edina (Jake Boltmann, Silianoff), Rochester (Maddox Fleming) and Maple Grove (Justin and Trevor Janicke; Danny and Henry Nelson). … Landon Slaggert (8-3-11) leads Irish in scoring ahead of freshman center Danny Nelson (2-6-8), defensemen Drew Bavaro (35-8) and Ryan Siedem (1-7-8) and freshman right wing Fleming (1-6-7). … Bischel has 1.90 goals-against average and .941 saves percentage. … NCAA statistics: Scoring offense, 2.82 goals per game (36th); scoring defense, 2.18 goals per game (7th); scoring margin, 0.64 goals per game (19th); power-play percentage, 0.209 (9 of 43) (24th); penaltykill percentage, 0.895 (34 of 38) (7th); faceoff win percentage, 0.528 (371-331) (17th); penalty minutes per game, 9.36 (43rd).

Scouting Minnesota Golden Gophers

Nineteen of the 21 Gophers listed in last Saturday’s line chart at Michigan hail from Minnesota (goalies Close, a native of Saskatchewan, and Matt Bryant, of La Crosse, Wis, are not). … Lamb (6-4-10) leads team in scoring followed by Snuggerud (7-2-9), grad center Jaxon Nelson (4-4-8) and freshman center Oliver Moore (2-6-8). … Close has 2.37 goalsagainst average, .919 saves percentage and two shutouts. … NCAA statistics: Scoring offense, 3.20 goals per game (21st); scoring defense, 2.40 goals per game (12th); scoring margin, 0.80 goals per game (14th); power-play percentage, 0.185 (5 of 27) (34th); penalty-kill percentage, 0.781 (25 of 32) (41st); faceoff win percentage, 0.496 (302-307) (42nd); penalty minutes per game, 8.30 (51st).