2020-21 Hockey Roster

#17 Pierce Crawford 2019-20 Hockey Roster

Forward


Height 5-9
Weight 175 lbs.
Class Junior
Hometown Park Ridge, Illinois
Last Team Youngstown (USHL)
Pierce Crawford - Hockey - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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2020-21 AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Academic All-Big Ten (March 17)
  • Notre Dame’s Charles “Lefty” Smith Coaches Award

AS A SENIOR

  • Served as an alternate captain.
  • Played 27 games while scoring a goal and adding three assists for four points.
  • Had a career-high three points on a goal and two assists in Notre Dame’s 8-1 win at Ohio State (Feb. 6). 
  • Also had an assist in Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Penn State (March 5).
  • Finished his Notre Dame career with four goals and eight assists in 106 games played.

2019-20 AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Academic All-Big Ten (May 11)

AS A JUNIOR 

  • Scored one goal and recorded two assists in 37 games played as a junior.
  • Scored the game winner with 1:01 left in overtime to secure the 3-2 victory against #8/9 Ohio State (Nov. 8).
  • Recorded an assist on the Matt Steeves’ goal in the 2-1 road loss against #9 Ohio State (Jan. 18).

2018-19 AWARDS AND HONORS
• Big Ten All-Academic Team
• Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award

AS A SOPHOMORE
• Netted a pair of goals to go with two assists in 34 contests.
• Scored his first career goal – a shorthanded, unassisted tally – to give Notre Dame a 2-1 lead in an eventual 5-2 victory over Michigan (Feb. 12).
• Notched his first career assist on Cam Burke’s game-tying goal in Notre Dame’s 3-2 comeback win at Minnesota (Feb. 22).
• Scored the game-winning goal early in the first period of Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over Michigan State in game two of the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 9) to help the Irish complete the series sweep.


AS A FRESHMAN

  • Injured in the exhibition game against the USNTDP (Oct. 1) and missed the first four series of the season (upper body).
  • Made his Notre Dame debut in the 4-1 win at #16 Ohio State (Nov. 3).


IN THE USHL

  • Joined the Irish after spending the 2016-2017 season with the Omaha Lancers and the Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League (USHL).
  • As an alternate captain for the Lancers, he played in 41 games, scored 14 goals and recorded 14 assists for a total of 28 points and was the Lancers’ leading scorer at the time of his trade to the Phantoms (finished third).
  • Skated in 17 games with the Phantoms, scoring four goals and tallying five assists for nine points.
  • For the 2016-17 season, totaled 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points in 58 regular-season USHL games.
  • Added an assist in five playoff games with the Phantoms.

IN THE NAHL

  • Spent the 2015-16 season with the Minnesota Magicians of the North American Hockey League (NAHL).
  • Played in 49 games, scored 18 goals and added 24 assists to finish the season with 42 points.
  • His 42 points ranked second in the league and he was named to the 2015-16 NAHL All-Central Division Rookie Team and to the NAHL All-Rookie Second Team.
  • Received an invitation to participate in the NAHL Top Prospects event in Plymouth, Michigan, where, while representing the Central Division, he registered two assists.

PREP & PERSONAL

  • Attended Shattuck St. Mary’s from 2011-15 and in his final season (Midget Prep/USHS), he scored 12 goals and added 22 assists in 54 games.
  • Son of Brian and Lynda Crawford and has younger sister, Haley, and a younger brother, Chase.
  • Majoring in Business Analytics.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1 (3x – vs. Ohio State 11/8/19)
Assists: 1 (5x – at Michigan 2/22/20)
Points: 1 (8x – at Michigan 2/22/20)
Multi-Point Games: n/a
Point Streak: 2 games (March 1-2; 0-2-2)
Most Recent Goal: vs. Ohio State 11/8/19