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Hockey Announces 2001-02 Schedule

June 1, 2001

Notre Dame, Ind. – University of Notre hockey coach Dave Poulin today announced the 2001-02 Notre Dame hockey schedule. The Irish have 36 games on the docket which includes the 34-game regular season slate along with a preseason game versus the University of Toronto and a pre-Christmas exhibition contest against the USA National Under 18 Developmental Team on December 21.

Notre Dame will play host to 16 home games at the Joyce Center and 18 road contests. Included in the 34-game schedule is the 28-game regular season CCHA schedule and six non-league games. The non-league schedule starts with the season opening two-game home series with Union College (Oct. 11-12). The Irish will face non-league foes Boston College (Oct. 26), Northeastern (Oct. 27) and Princeton (Dec. 28-29) on the road. The first game of the Princeton series will be played at Hobey Baker Rink on the Princeton campus, while the following night the Irish will face the Tigers at the Sovereign Center in Trenton, New Jersey.

The CCHA cluster schedule format has the Irish in the same group with Bowling Green, Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State. Notre Dame will play each of those teams four times, with two games at home and two on the road. The Irish will face the remaining eight CCHA teams just twice with Ferris State, Michigan, Nebraska-Omaha and Alaska-Fairbanks visiting the Joyce Center while Notre Dame will travel to Ohio State, Western Michigan, Miami (OH) and Michigan State.

The Irish open the season with a preseason game versus the University of Toronto on Friday, October 5th at the Joyce Center. The exhibition game in December with the USA Under-18 Team will pit the Irish against the top players in the United States under 18 years of age. Eight former members of the national developmental program will play for Notre Dame this season including juniors Michael Chin, Connor Dunlop, Paul Harris and John Wroblewski along with sophomores Rob Globke, Brett Lebda and Neil Komadoski and incoming freshman Derek Smith.

For Notre Dame hockey ticket information contact the Notre Dame ticket office at (219) 631-7356.

2001-02 NOTRE DAME HOCKEY SCHEDULE October 5 Friday UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (preseason) 7:05 p.m.

11 Thursday UNION COLLEGE 7:05 p.m.

12 Friday UNION COLLEGE 7:05 p.m.

20 Saturday * at Ohio State 4:05 p.m.

21 Sunday * at Ohio State 4:05 p.m.

26 Friday at Boston College TBA

27 Saturday at Northeastern TBA

November

2 Friday * at Northern Michigan 7:05 p.m.

3 Saturday * at Northern Michigan 7:05 p.m.

9 Friday * FERRIS STATE 7:05 p.m.

10 Saturday * FERRIS STATE 7:05 p.m.

16 Friday * at Western Michigan 7:05 p.m.

17 Saturday * at Western Michigan 7:05 p.m.

December

1 Saturday * LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 7:05 p.m.

2 Sunday * LAKE SUPERIOR STATE 5:05 p.m.

7 Friday * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m.

8 Saturday * at Bowling Green 7:05 p.m.

21 Friday USA UNDER-18 TEAM (exhibition) 7:05 p.m.

28 Friday at Princeton (Hobey Baker Rink) 7:05 p.m.

29 Saturday at Princeton (Sovereign Center) 7:05 p.m.

January

4 Friday * MICHIGAN 7:05 p.m.

5 Saturday * MICHIGAN 7:05 p.m.

11 Friday * NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:05 p.m.

12 Saturday * NORTHERN MICHIGAN 7:05 p.m.

18 Friday * NEBRASKA-OMAHA 7:05 p.m.

19 Saturday * NEBRASKA-OMAHA 7:05 p.m.

25 Friday * at Miami (OH) 7:35 p.m.

26 Saturday * at Miami (OH) 7:35 p.m.

February

1 Friday * ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 7:05 p.m.

2 Saturday * ALASKA-FAIRBANKS 7:05 p.m.

8 Friday * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m.

9 Saturday * at Michigan State 7:05 p.m.

22 Friday * at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m.

23 Saturday * at Lake Superior State 7:05 p.m.

March

1 Friday * BOWLING GREEN 7:05 p.m.

2 Saturday * BOWLING GREEN 7:05 p.m.

HOME GAMES IN CAPS

* CCHA Games

Dates and times subject to change