A Notre Dame Football Blog
Prelude to a National Championship Game Good Afternoon, Irish Fans! There will be a lot of pre-game articles that will talk about stats, and keys to a National Championship, but there are aspects of the game that go beyond statistics. That aspect is character. How Did They Show Character? After a season long journey with this team, I see a group of transformed men. Freshmen are essentially sophomores, sophomores are juniors, and seniors are about to graduate. During the mid-season 16-game ...
Championship hockey! There is nothing better than putting it all on the line for a chance to play in a championship game. Saturday night was no different. The #4 seed Ohio State Buckeyes were back at Notre Dame to take on the #1 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the B1G Conference Championship title. The inaugural season for the Fighting Irish in the B1G had come to a climax. All that was missing was the whistle and a puck drop to get the evening underway. The capacity crowd of 5,515 ...
Everyone says, there is nothing better than championship events. Phrases like: win or go home, survive and move on, or play like it's your last game. These are all motivational words that you hear before a single elimination game. Last Saturday night at Compton Family Ice Center was no different. The Notre Dame Men's Hockey team, the regular season B1G Champions, had just such moments to capture. Ahead of them was the Penn State Nittany Lions who were just as hungry. PSU got to this game by ...
After the Irish won their first B1G regular season championship this past Friday night, Ohio State Buckeyes entered Saturday evening looking to play the role of spoiler. The Buckeyes wanted to make sure the Irish knew that the season wasn't over yet and did so with a 5-1 victory over Notre Dame. First Period Both teams came into the first period with a very physical style of play. Both teams took a total of 21 shots in the period. The Irish had 10 shots on the Buckeyes net-minder Romeo who ...
After a week off for the Notre Dame Men's Hockey team, it was time to welcome in the Wisconsin Badgers. Coming into this past weekend's games, the Irish had won a resounding 15 games in a row. They had also set the standard for coming into the B1G, with a twelve game winning streak. The previous record, set by Minnesota in 2013-2014, was 8-0-2. The Fighting Irish have definitely made their presence known in the new conference. Let's drop the puck and review this weekend's ...
Notre Dame and Michigan shake hands after the Irish 2-1 victory.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Hockey team has come home for the first time since November 25, 43 days since the Irish last appeared their home ice. In December, the Irish played road warriors and won all four games. To start the second half of the season, the Fighting Irish continued their road trip with an away game at Michigan, winning that game as well. Coming into Sunday's game, the Fighting Irish continued to build on their current win streak. The Fighting Irish overall record is ...
The Minnesota Golden Gophers have made it to Notre Dame! This is not their first trip ND, but it is their first time coming to Compton Family Ice Arena to play the Irish in a B1G Conference game. The last time these two teams met was on March 25, 2017. The Irish defeated the Gophers 3-2. The Irish come into the weekend with a 4-0-0 record, the first time in the conference that a team opened league play with a 4-0-0 record. What will this weekend have in store for the Irish? Will it be a sweet ...
Welcome to the B1G, Notre Dame Hockey Fans!!! Yes, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame are no longer in Hockey East. Now in the B1G, the Fighting Irish will play Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigan State as conference foes, filtering through Compton Family Ice Arena by the end of February. Further, as announced on Monday, one of these conference matchups will be played at the United Center in Chicago January 21, 2018. Let's jump into this past weekend’s two game ...
The way to start a game...together
Pioneers Part Two or Pioneers Deja Vu What are the chances of playing the Pioneers not for one weekend series but two weekend series? Yes, the Irish played the Pioneers from Denver the weekend of October 13 and 14 and, this past weekend, the Irish played the Pioneers of Sacred Heart University from my home state of Connecticut. The Pioneers hail from the AHA Conference with nothing to lose, but play their hearts out and see what happens. To quote Digger Phelps on something Ara Parseghian ...
Moments before the start of #4 ND vs #1 Denver
The stage was set for a BIG weekend series against the defending National Champions, the Denver Pioneers. The Irish and Pioneers had faced off previously on April 6 in the semifinals of last year's Frozen Four. A series of this magnitude gave Notre Dame a gut check as to where they are this early in the season. The question that needs to be answered is as follows: will the Fighting Irish be able to keep up with the National Champions in the series? Let's get into it and see how the Notre Dame ...