2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season

2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
men's ice hockey season
2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish; men's ice hockey season
CCHA Tournament Champions; CCHA regular season champions; NCAA regional semifinal, L 1–5 vs. Bemidji State
Conference	1st CCHA
Home ice	Joyce Center
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	#4
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports	#2
Record
Overall	31–6–3
Home	13–3–2
Road	14–2–1
Neutral	4–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Jeff Jackson
Captain(s)	Erik Condra
Alternate captain(s)	Christian Hanson; Kyle Lawson; Ryan Thang
	Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey seasons; « 2007–08 2009–10 »

The 2008–09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. Their regular season began on October 11, 2008, against Denver and concluded on February 28, 2009, against Michigan State Spartans. Note Dame finished first in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and advanced to the 2009 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament where they defeated Michigan 5–2 in the championship game. Notre Dame was given the top seed in Midwest Region and second seed overall for the 2009 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament. In the opening game of the tournament, the Fighting Irish lost 5–1 to Bemidji State. They played their home games at the Edmund P. Joyce Center, and were coached by Jeff Jackson. Notre Dame's assistant coaches included Paul Pooley, Andy Slaggert, and Mike McNeill. Their athletic director was Jack Swarbrick. Games were broadcast over the radio on local ESPN Radio (AM1580), and were reported on by local newspaper the South Bend Tribune and Notre Dame's student newspaper The Observer.

Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Wk 20	Wk 21	Wk 22	Wk 23	Wk 24	Final
USA Today	3	4	8	8	13	12	9	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4
USCHO.com	–	4	8	8	13	12	9	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	–	–	2

Standings

2008–09 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Notre Dame†*	28	21	4	3	3	48	95	52	40	31	6	3	135	69
#5 Michigan	28	20	8	0	0	40	98	51	41	29	12	0	145	84
#2 Miami	28	17	7	4	2	40	89	57	41	23	13	5	128	89
Alaska	28	0^	28^	0^	0^	34	54	51	39	0^	39^	0^	74	68
Ohio State	28	13	11	4	3	33	87	85	42	23	15	4	143	119
Northern Michigan	28	11	12	5	3	30	72	73	41	19	17	5	111	103
Western Michigan	28	9	13	6	2	26	75	86	41	14	20	7	111	130
Nebraska–Omaha	28	8	13	7	3	26	62	76	40	15	17	8	98	103
Ferris State	28	9	14	5	2	25	58	68	38	12	19	7	90	105
Lake Superior State	28	7	15	6	1	21	73	86	39	11	20	8	110	115
Michigan State	28	7	17	4	3	21	43	85	38	10	23	5	62	118
Bowling Green	28	8	19	1	0	17	60	96	38	11	24	3	89	131
Championship: Notre Dame † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll ^ Alaska was retroactively required to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities.^[1]

Schedule and results

Green background indicates shootout/overtime win (conference only) or win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (conference only) or tie (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log

October: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	CCHA	Overall
1†*	October 11	Notre Dame	2–5	Denver		Pearce	6,066	0–0–0–0	0–1–0
2†	October 17	Sacred Heart	0–3	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,256	0–0–0–0	1–1–0
3†	October 18	Sacred Heart	0–7	Notre Dame		O'Brien	2,171	0–0–0–0	2–1–0
4	October 24	Miami (OH)	2–0	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,192	0–1–0–0	2–2–0
5	October 25	Miami (OH)	3–2	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,433	0–2–0–0	2–3–0
6	October 31	Notre Dame	3–2	Northern Michigan		Pearce	2,883	1–2–0–0	3–3–0

November: 7–0–2 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 4–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	CCHA	Overall
7	November 1	Notre Dame	4–2	Northern Michigan		Pearce	3,756	2–2–0–0	4–3–0
8†	November 7	Notre Dame	4–1	Boston College		Pearce	7,884	2–2–0–0	5–3–0
9†	November 8	Notre Dame	4–1	Providence		Pearce	2,003	2–2–0–0	6–3–0
10	November 14	Lake Superior State	3–3	Notre Dame	SOW	Pearce	2,733	2–2–1–1	6–3–1
11	November 15	Lake Superior State	2–5	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,732	3–2–1–1	7–3–1
12	November 21	Bowling Green	1–5	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	4–2–1–1	8–3–1
13	November 22	Notre Dame	9–1	Bowling Green		Pearce	3,422	5–2–1–1	9–3–1
14	November 28	Western Michigan	1–4	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	6–2–1–1	10–3–1
15	November 29	Western Michigan	3–3	Notre Dame	SOW	Pearce	2,571	6–2–2–2	10–3–2

December: 4–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 3–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	CCHA	Overall
16	December 5	Notre Dame	3–1	Ferris State		Pearce	1,396	7–2–2–2	11–3–2
17	December 6	Notre Dame	1–0	Ferris State		Pearce	1,543	8–2–2–2	12–3–2
18	December 12	Notre Dame	3–1	Bowling Green		Pearce	3,113	9–2–2–2	13–3–2
19	December 13	Bowling Green	3–4	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	10–2–2–2	14–3–2

January: 6–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–1; Neutral: 2–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	CCHA	Overall
20†^	January 2	Union	1–3	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,428	10–2–2–2	15–3–2
21†^	January 3	Minnesota-Duluth	1–3	Notre Dame		Pearce	3,229	10–2–2–2	16–3–2
22	January 9	Alaska	0–2	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	11–2–2–2	17–3–2
23	January 10	Alaska	0–3	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	12–2–2–2	18–3–2
24	January 16	Notre Dame	3–2	Lake Superior State		Pearce	2,598	13–2–2–2	19–3–2
25	January 17	Notre Dame	3–3	Lake Superior State	SOW	Pearce	2,468	13–2–3–3	19–3–3
26	January 30	Michigan	2–1	Notre Dame		Pearce	3,007	13–3–3–3	19–4–3
27	January 31	Notre Dame	3–2	Michigan		Pearce	6,983	14–3–3–3	20–4–3

February: 7–1–0 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 4–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	CCHA	Overall
28	February 6	Notre Dame	4–3	Ohio State	OT	Pearce	6,571	15–3–3–3	21–4–3
29	February 8	Notre Dame	1–4	Ohio State		Pearce	6,031	15–4–3–3	21–5–3
30	February 13	Northern Michigan	5–9	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,882	16–4–3–3	22–5–3
31	February 14	Northern Michigan	2–5	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	17–4–3–3	23–5–3
32	February 20	Notre Dame	4–3	Nebraska-Omaha	OT	Pearce	7,367	18–4–3–3	24–5–3
33	February 21	Notre Dame	1–0	Nebraska-Omaha		Pearce	7,991	19–4–3–3	25–5–3
34	February 27	Michigan State	0–5	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	20–4–3–3	26–5–3
35	February 28	Notre Dame	2–1	Michigan State		Pearce	6,759	21–4–3–3	27–5–3

March: 4–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–0–0; Neutral: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	CCHA	Overall
36†°	March 13	Nebraska-Omaha	0–5	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,819	21–4–3–3	28–5–3
37†°	March 14	Nebraska-Omaha	0–1	Notre Dame		Pearce	2,857	21–4–3–3	29–5–3
38†"	March 20	Northern Michigan	1–2	Notre Dame		Pearce	11,043	21–4–3–3	30–5–3
39†×	March 21	Michigan	2–5	Notre Dame		Pearce	19,126	21–4–3–3	31–5–3
40†±	March 21	Bemidji State	5–1	Notre Dame		Pearce	4,052	21–4–3–3	31–6–3

† Denotes a non-conference game

* Denotes US Hockey Hall of Fame Game

^ Denotes Shillelagh Tournament (neutral site: Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Illinois)

° Denotes 2009 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament quarterfinals

" Denotes 2009 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament semifinals (neutral site: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan)

× Denotes 2009 CCHA men's ice hockey tournament final (neutral site: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan)

± Denotes 2009 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament regional semifinal (neutral site: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan)

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Erik Condra	40	13	25	38	0
Calle Ridderwall	40	17	15	32	20
Christian Hanson	37	16	15	31	0
Kevin Deeth	40	4	27	31	0
Billy Maday	39	16	14	30	28
Ben Ryan	39	12	15	27	34
Ian Cole	38	6	20	26	62
Brett Blatchford	40	0	25	25	30
Kyle Lawson	40	4	19	23	0
Ryan Thang	33	10	9	19	0
Garrett Regan	40	7	11	18	0
Dan Kissel	37	6	11	17	14
Christiaan Minella	38	9	7	16	32
Justin White	38	9	6	15	14
Ryan Guentzel	40	4	7	11	20
Ted Ruth	36	2	5	7	48
Sean Lorenz	40	0	3	3	18
Patrick Gaul	15	0	2	2	6
Luke Lucyk	38	0	2	2	0
Richard Ryan	3	0	0	0	0
Nick Condon	3	0	0	0	2
Eric Ringel	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	G	A	PIM
Jordan Pearce	39	2326	30	6	3	65	8	.931	1.68	0	2	0
Tom O'Brien	2	81	1	0	0	2	1	.920	1.47	0	0	0

References

General

Schedule and results: "Notre Dame Fighting Irish: 2008–2009 Men's Hockey Schedule/Results". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved March 29, 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
Player statistics: "Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Hockey 2008–2009 Statistics: Overall". U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved March 29, 2009.

Specific

^ "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

External links

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[1] "NCAA bans Nanooks from postseason, takes away victories". Anchorage Daily News. November 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Joyce Center (1968–2011) Compton Family Ice Arena (2011–present)
Head coaches	G.R. Walsh (1912–1913) Paul Castner (1919–1923) Tom Lieb (1923–1926) Benjamin Dubois (1926–1927) Lefty Smith (1968–1987) Ric Schafer (1987–1995) Dave Poulin (1995–2005) Jeff Jackson (2005–present)
Seasons	1911–12 1912–13 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1971–1981) CCHA (1981–1983, 1992–2013) Hockey East (2013–2017) Big Ten (2017–present)
Rivalries	Boston College Holy War on Ice Michigan
Culture & lore	Shillelagh Tournament
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Brian Walsh (234 Points) Greg Meredith (104 Goals) Jordan Pearce (59 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	2008 2011 2017 2018
NCAA Tournament appearances	2004 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 2007 2009 2013 Big Ten: 2018 2019
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