SOUTH BEND, Ind. – University of Notre Dame graduate student defenseman Adam Karashik has signed a one-year contract for the 2022-23 season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers announced (April). Karashik will join the Phantoms on a PTO for the remainder of this season.
Karashik played the 2021-22 season with the Irish, serving as a team captain while helping to lead Notre Dame to the NCAA Albany Regional Final.
Karashik played all 40 games this past season while scoring a goal and notching career-high totals in assists (15) and points (16). He blocked 99 shots on the season, which ranked first in the Big Ten and third in the country and he served a key role on Notre Dame’s top-ranked penalty kill unit.
Enrolled in Notre Dame’s Master of Nonprofit Administration program, Karashik was named to the NCAA Albany All-Regional Team (March 29).
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT
- Joined the 2021-22 Notre Dame roster as a graduate transfer from the University of Connecticut.
- Named one of three team captains for the 2021-22 season.
- Tallied two three-game point streaks during the season
- Notched first multi-point game as a member of the Irish with two assists in a 6-0 win over RIT (Oct. 22).
- Recorded an assist in each home game versus Wisconsin (Nov. 12-13) to extend point streak to three games.
- Finished with two points in a road series at Penn State (Jan. 7-8) by collecting an assist in each game.
- Notched second multi-assist game of Notre Dame career with two in 7-2 home win over Penn State (Feb. 4).
- Tallied an empty-netter in the closing moments of a sweep against Penn State for the first goal of his Irish career (Feb. 5).
- Recorded an assist in the clinching game 3 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten quarterfinals (Mar. 6).
- Assisted on Jack Adams’ second period score at Michigan in the Big Ten Semifinal (Mar. 12).
- Named to the NCAA Albany All-Regional Team (March 29).
#IrishInTheNHL
- Fourteen former Fighting Irish players have played in the NHL this season: Anders Bjork (Buffalo Sabres), Ian Cole (Carolina Hurricanes), Jake Evans (Montreal Canadiens), Steven Fogarty (Boston Bruins), Jordan Gross (Colorado Avalanche) Vinnie Hinostroza (Buffalo Sabres), Anders Lee (New York Islanders), Kyle Palmieri (New York Islanders), Andrew Peeke (Columbus), Cal Petersen (Los Angeles Kings), Bryan Rust (Pittsburgh Penguins), Riley Sheahan (Seattle Kraken), Alex Steeves (Toronto Maple Leafs) and TJ Tynan (Los Angeles Kings).
- Steeves made his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Dec. 7 against Columbus (and former Notre Dame teammate Andrew Peeke) in a 5-4 Toronto win.
- Steeves, who earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors in 2020-21, became the 25th former Irish player under head coach Jeff Jackson to reach the NHL and the Notre Dame program’s 39th NHL player overall.
- Prior to Steeves, the most recent Notre Dame players to make their NHL debuts were Jordan Gross, Peeke, Jake Evans and Thomas DiPauli during the 2019-20 season.
- Former Fighting Irish All-American goaltender Cale Morris (Chicago) and former captain Cal Burke (Colorado) inked NHL deals around the first of the year and were recalled to their teams’ respective taxi squads.
- Morris, who played from 2016-20 and led the Irish to the 2018 NCAA Championship game, signed a one-year entry-level deal on Dec. 31.
- Burke, who also played from 2016-20 with the Irish, signed a one-year contract with Colorado on Dec. 16 and later was recalled to the taxi squad.
- Former Irish captain Steven Fogarty made his Boston debut late in January to become the 14th former Fighting Irish player to appear in the NHL this season.
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