NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The No. 12 University of Notre Dame hockey program heads North to the State of Hockey when they take on No. 3 Minnesota at 3M Arena at Mariucci, Nov. 4-5. The top-15 matchup in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be the first true road series of the season for the Irish, coming off an early home stretch that included five of their last six games.
The Irish opened their Big Ten slate with a pair of home tilts against Michigan State last weekend, posting a 1-0-1 record over the series and sitting third in the conference with four points.
Puck drop for both games at Minnesota is set for 8 p.m. ET and will be streamed on B1G+ and Bally Sports North Extra.
QUICK HITS
- The Irish held on to their No. 12/12 ranking in the polls following an undefeated opening weekend of conference play.
- After posting a 5-0 shutout victory Friday night, the Irish and Spartans skated to a 1-1 tie on Saturday evening, with the Irish claiming four of a possible six Big Ten points on the weekend. Notre Dame now sits third in the conference standings behind Ohio State (9 pts.) and Penn State (6 pts.).
- Five individuals scored for the Irish over the weekend series with MSU, led by Nick Leivermann with two goals over the two night series. Leivermann (2-1-3) joined Chayse Primeau (1-2-3) and Ryder Rolston (1-2-3) for a team-best three points.
- Hunter Strand tallied his first multi-point game, picking up a goal and an assist Friday night for his first points of the 2022-23 season.
- Ryan Bischel recorded his second shutout of the season, and fourth of his career, when he made 30 saves Friday night for the 5-0 final.
- His 41 save performance Saturday night was a career-high for the netminder and brought his weekend save percentage to .986, stopping 71 of 72 shots faced.
- For his performance between the pipes at the end of October, Bischel was named Big Ten Third Star of the Week, Nov. 1.
NOTRE DAME vs. MINNESOTA
- All-time, Notre Dame trails Minnesota in the series, 25-38-5. At Minnesota the Irish look to close the gap in their all-time meetings, trailing the Gophers 13-22-3 in games played in Minneapolis.
- Most recently, the Irish defeated the Golden Gophers in an overtime thriller to conclude the 2021-22 regular season series. Landon Slaggert scored the game-winning goal to earn the weekend split with Minnesota on home ice. Slaggert led the team in points against Minnesota last season, tallying a goal and two assists. Eight current Irish skaters highlighted the box scores in at least one of the meetings between the two teams last season.
- Trevor Janicke boasted a team-best two goals against the Gophers in 2021-22.
- Current Irish captain scored his first collegiate goal against Minnesota on January 11, 2019. The graduate student has now scored in three of his last four games this season and is second on the team in goals.
- Senior forward Jesse Lansdell tallied his first collegiate point against Minnesota, an assist on November 2, 2019.
- Irish defenseman Ben Brinkman spent the first four years of his career at Minnesota, appearing in 140 contests with Notre Dame’s Big Ten foe and boasted 23 points off two goals and 21 assists. The graduate student has appeared in six games for the Irish this season.