ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The home ice hunt continued Friday night as the University of Notre Dame hockey team secured the extra conference point in a shootout victory over the Michigan Wolverines Friday night inside Yost Ice Arena.
Although the Wolverines struck first with a powerplay goal at 4:19 of the opening frame, the Irish fought back to dominate possession throughout the remainder of the period.
Notre Dame found themselves up a man shortly after the opening Michigan tally as the Wolverines were whistled for a highsticking infraction just over five minutes into the contest. Like the home team, the Irish capitalized on the man-advantage to make it a 1-1 game off a deflection out front from Jesse Lansdell.
Landon Slaggert net his fifth goal in as many games less than one minute later to give ND the 2-1 lead at 7:58 of the first period.
Michigan evened the tally with just under nine minutes elapsed in the period off an odd-man rush for the final goal of the period.
The Irish closed out the first with a last second chance on net but were unable to light the lamp and skated to the locker room in a lock with the Wolverines, 2-2.
The two teams continued to battle through the second period but neither side could break the stalemate through the middle 20.
The Irish went back to the powerplay early in the third period of play, following an interference call against Michigan. Notre Dame peppered the Wolverine net with shots throughout the man-advantage, finally capitalizing off a Jack Adams goal with just 16 seconds left on the powerplay opportunity to make it 3-2.
A late Michigan goal, following a waved off penalty on the Wolverines, knotted the game at 3-3 with 1:57 left in regulation to force the overtime session.
Ryan Bischel stood tall in the extra frame, casting aside all four shots faced in the final five minutes of action to send Friday’s game to the shootout, Notre Dame’s second in as many games.
In the shootout, Nick Leivermann took the first shot, beating Portillo in the Wolverine net before Bischel stifled all three Michigan attempts for the 1-0 advantage and extra conference point.
GOALS
- Drew Bavaro fired a shot from the point which found the stick of Jesse Lansdell out front to tie things up just over seven minutes into the period. The powerplay goal was also assisted by Trevor Janicke.
- Chayse Primeau weathered a hit along the far boards in the offensive end before sending it back to Landon Slaggert at the goal line. Slaggert’s first shot bounced off the pads of Michigan’s Erik Portillo in net and back onto the Irish forward’s stick. He buried his second attempt to give ND the 2-1 lead, just 57 seconds after Lansdell’s opening tally.
- Jack Adams scored the third Irish goal of the night off a pass from Drew Bavaro. The graduate student skated along the goal line before tucking the puck behind Portillo in the Michigan net to make it 3-2 in the third period.
UP NEXT
The Irish and Wolverines close out the regular season Saturday night with an 8 p.m. puck drop set for the Big Ten Network.