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Jackson Pierson Joins The Irish

SOUTH BEND, Ind.  – The University of Notre Dame hockey team has added forward Jackson Pierson as a graduate transfer for the 2022-23 season. 

Pierson joins the Irish after spending the past four seasons with the University of New Hampshire (Hockey East). Playing 115 career games for the Wildcats, he scored 31 goals and added 57 assists for 88 points. 

As a senior in 2021-22, Pierson had a career-high 12 goals and finished with 24 points while serving as an alternate captain. He won Hockey East’s Len Ceglarski Individual Sportsmanship Award, which is given to one player who has consistently demonstrated superior conduct and sportsmanship on the ice. 

As a junior during the abbreviated 2020-21 season, Pierson led New Hampshire with nine goals, 16 assists and 25 points en route to being named a Second Team Hockey East All-Star. He was also named a 2021 Krampade All-American Scholar by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) and earned 2021 Hockey East All-Academic Team honors.

Prior to joining the Wildcats, Pierson skated for Culver Academy in Culver, Indiana. He graduated as Culver’s all-time career leader in points with 150. His 92 career assists also was the top mark in program history and as a senior captain he totaled a single-season record 88 points on 30 goals and 58 assists. He was Culver’s Team MVP in his final three seasons.

A native of Zionsville, Indiana, Pierson’s father, Todd, played baseball at Purdue University. 

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