2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season

2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
men's ice hockey season
2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish; men's ice hockey season
Conference	5th Big Ten
Home ice	Compton Family Ice Arena
Rankings
USCHO	NR
USA Today	NR
Record
Overall	15–15–7
Conference	9–9–6–4
Home	8–8–3
Road	7–7–4
Neutral	0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Jeff Jackson
Assistant coaches	Paul Pooley; Andy Slaggert; Kyle Lawson
Captain(s)	Cal Burke
Alternate captain(s)	Tory Dello; Cale Morris
	Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey seasons; « 2018–19 2020–21 »

The 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season was the 60th season of play for the program and the 3rd season in the Big Ten Conference. The Fighting Irish represented the University of Notre Dame and were coached by Jeff Jackson, in his 15th season.

Roster

As of September 12, 2019.^[1]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Dylan St. Cyr	Junior	G	5' 8" (1.73 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1999-05-23	Northville, Michigan	USNTDP (USHL)	—
2	Nate Clurman	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1998-05-08	Boulder, Colorado	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
3	Ryan Carmichael	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1999-03-03	Greenwich, Connecticut	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	—
4	Nick Leivermann	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1998-09-14	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	Penticton Vees (BCHL)	COL, 187th overall 2017
5	Matt Hellickson	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1998-03-21	Rogers, Minnesota	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)	NJD, 214th overall 2017
6	Tory Dello (A)	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	1997-02-14	Crystal Lake, Illinois	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	—
8	Matt Steeves	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1997-10-04	Bedford, New Hampshire	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	—
10	Cam Burke	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-01-08	Boxborough, Massachusetts	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	—
11	Cal Burke (C)	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1997-03-19	Boxborough, Massachusetts	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	—
13	Colin Theisen	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1997-04-24	Monroe, Michigan	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	—
14	Jesse Lansdell	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-08-05	Surrey, British Columbia	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)	—
15	Michael Graham	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1997-11-27	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	—
16	Alex Steeves	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1999-12-10	Bedford, New Hampshire	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	—
17	Pierce Crawford	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-06-23	Park Ridge, Illinois	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	—
18	Graham Slaggert	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1999-04-06	South Bend, Indiana	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	—
19	Mike O'Leary	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1998-01-01	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)	—
20	Jake Pivonka	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-02-28	Naperville, Illinois	USNTDP (USHL)	NYI, 103rd overall 2018
21	Max Ellis	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	151 lb (68 kg)	2000-01-18	Plymouth, Michigan	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)	—
22	Jack MacNab	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1998-07-03	Indianapolis, Indiana	Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)	—
24	Spencer Stastney	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	2000-01-04	Mequon, Wisconsin	USNTDP (USHL)	NSH, 131st overall 2018
25	Solag Bakich	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1998-01-08	Dallas, Texas	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)	—
26	Cam Morrison	Senior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	1998-08-27	Aurora, Ontario	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	COL, 40th overall 2016
27	Trevor Janicke	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	2000-12-25	Maple Grove, Minnesota	Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)	ANA, 132nd overall 2019
28	Christian DiCesare	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-03-28	Morristown, New Jersey	Omaha Lancers (USHL)	—
29	Charlie Raith	Sophomore	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	1997-04-30	Winnetka, Illinois	Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL)	—
30	Ryan Bischel	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	1999-07-05	Medina, Minnesota	Fargo Force (USHL)	—
32	Cale Morris (A)	Senior	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1996-05-22	Larkspur, Colorado	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)	—
33	Nick Sanford	Junior	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1996-12-15	Morristown, New Jersey	Boston Junior Bruins (USPHL)	—

Standings

2019–20 Big Ten ice hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#9 Penn State	24	12	8	4	1	41	79	70	34	20	10	4	121	88
#10 Ohio State	24	11	9	4	1	38	62	62	34	18	11	5	91	80
#17 Michigan	24	11	10	3	2	38	65	52	34	16	14	4	92	72
#18 Minnesota	24	9	8	7	4	38	66	62	34	14	13	7	95	94
Notre Dame	24	9	9	6	4	37	59	59	34	14	13	7	90	91
Michigan State	24	11	11	2	0	35	54	54	34	15	17	2	80	82
Wisconsin	24	7	15	2	2	25	63	89	34	14	18	2	110	124
Championship: March 21, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Schedule and Results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
October 6	4:00 PM	at USNTDP*	#9	USA Hockey Arena • Plymouth, Michigan (Exhibition)		Bischel	W 4–2	622
Regular Season
October 11	7:10 PM	vs. Air Force*	#8	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Bischel	W 4–3	4,977	1–0–0
October 13	3:05 PM	vs. Air Force*	#8	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NHL Network	Bischel	W 6–1	3,506	2–0–0
October 25	7:10 PM	vs. Lake Superior State*	#5	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Bischel	W 5–2	3,991	3–0–0
October 26	6:05 PM	vs. Lake Superior State*	#5	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NHL Network	Morris	W 6–4	4,178	4–0–0
November 1	8:33 PM	at Minnesota	#5	3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota	BTN	Morris	T 2–2 ^{3x3 OTL}	7,459	4–0–1 (0–0–1–0)
November 2	7:05 PM	at Minnesota	#5	3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota	FSN	Morris	W 5–3	8,008	5–0–1 (1–0–1–0)
November 8	8:10 PM	vs. #9 Ohio State	#5	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Morris	W 3–2 ^OT	4,740	6–0–1 (2–0–1–0)
November 9	7:05 PM	vs. #9 Ohio State	#5	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana		Morris	W 2–1	4,858	7–0–1 (3–0–1–0)
November 15	8:02 PM	at #15 Wisconsin	#4	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin	FSN	Morris	L 0–3	9,698	7–1–1 (3–1–1–0)
November 16	8:07 PM	at #15 Wisconsin	#4	Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin		Morris	W 5–4 ^OT	12,593	8–1–1 (4–1–1–0)
November 22	7:00 PM	at Michigan State	#3	Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan		Morris	T 1–1 ^SOW	4,898	8–1–2 (4–1–2–1)
November 23	7:00 PM	at Michigan State	#3	Munn Ice Arena • East Lansing, Michigan		Morris	L 2–3	5,902	8–2–2 (4–2–2–1)
November 29	7:05 PM	vs. #16 Bowling Green*	#5	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC Sports Chi+	Morris	L 2–5	5,271	8–3–2 (4–2–2–1)
November 30	7:07 PM	at #16 Bowling Green*	#5	Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio	NBC Sports Chi+	Bischel	L 2–5	3,382	8–4–2 (4–2–2–1)
December 6	7:01 PM	at #10 Boston College*	#9	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts		Morris	L 0–4	7,295	8–5–2 (4–2–2–1)
December 8	5:05 PM	vs. #10 Boston College*	#9	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC Sports Phi+	Morris	L 1–6	3,985	8–6–2 (4–2–2–1)
December 13	7:05 PM	vs. #7 Penn State	#15	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NHL Network	Morris	L 2–4	3,806	8–7–2 (4–3–2–1)
December 14	6:05 PM	vs. #7 Penn State	#15	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana		Morris	W 3–0	4,306	9–7–2 (5–3–2–1)
January 3	7:10 PM	vs. #19 Western Michigan*	#15	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Morris	T 1–1 ^OT	5,247	9–7–3 (5–3–2–1)
January 5	5:04 PM	at #19 Western Michigan*	#15	Lawson Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan		Morris	W 4–1	3,762	10–7–3 (5–3–2–1)
January 10	7:00 PM	vs. Michigan	#14	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Morris	L 0–3	4,896	10–8–3 (5–4–2–1)
January 11	6:00 PM	vs. Michigan	#14	Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana		Morris	L 1–3	4,971	10–9–3 (5–5–2–1)
January 17	6:00 PM	at #9 Ohio State	#18	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio	BTN	Morris	T 4–4 ^SOW	7,507	10–9–4 (5–5–3–2)
January 18	5:00 PM	at #9 Ohio State	#18	Value City Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Morris	L 1–2	9,835	10–10–4 (5–6–3–2)
January 24	7:00 PM	vs. Wisconsin		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC Sports Chi+	Morris	L 4–6	4,895	10–11–4 (5–7–3–2)
January 25	6:00 PM	vs. Wisconsin		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC Sports Chi+	Morris	W 5–2	5,453	11–11–4 (6–7–3–2)
January 31	6:00 PM	at #8 Penn State		Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania	BTN	Morris	T 3–3 ^SOW	6,226	11–11–5 (6–7–4–3)
February 1	6:00 PM	at #8 Penn State		Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania		Morris	W 4–2	6,475	12–11–5 (7–7–4–3)
February 14	7:00 PM	vs. Minnesota		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Morris	T 3-3 ^OTL	4,854	12-12-6 (7-7-4-4)
February 15	7:30 PM	vs. Minnesota		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC Sports Chi	Morris	L 1-2	5,804	12-13-6 (7-8-4-4)
February 21	4:00 PM	at Michigan		Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan		Morris	W 2-1	5,800	13-12-6 (8-8-4-4)
February 22	7:00 PM	at Michigan		Yost Ice Arena • Ann Arbor, Michigan	BTN	Morris	W 3-0	5,800	14-12-6 (9-8-4-4)
February 28	7:00 PM	vs. Michigan State		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBCSN	Morris	L 1-3	5,265	14-13-6 (9-9-4-4)
February 29	6:00 PM	vs. Michigan State		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	NBC Sports Phi+	Morris	T 2-2 ^SOW	5,355	14-13-7 (9-9-5-4)
Big Ten Tournament
March 6	8:00 PM	at #19 Minnesota*		3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota (Quarterfinal Game 1)		Morris	W 1-0	2,012	15-13-7
March 7	8:00 PM	at #19 Minnesota*		3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota (Quarterfinal Game 2)	FSN	Morris	L 1-2	2,281	15-14-7
March 8	7:00 PM	at #19 Minnesota*		3M Arena at Mariucci • Minneapolis, Minnesota (Quarterfinal Game 3)		Morris	L 2-3	2,039	15-15-7
Notre Dame Lost Series 1–2
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring Statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Alex Steeves	F	36	11	17	28	10
Cam Morrison	LW	37	13	14	27	8
Mike O'Leary	LW	37	9	14	23	20
Cal Burke	C/RW	37	7	14	21	2
Colin Theisen	LW	37	8	12	20	24
Michael Graham	F	30	4	16	20	6
Spencer Stastney	D	36	3	17	20	17
Matt Hellickson	D	37	5	11	16	16
Trevor Janicke	C	37	8	5	13	6
Tory Dello	D	37	3	10	13	24
Nick Leivermann	D	32	5	7	12	10
Jake Pivonka	C	35	4	7	11	14
Graham Slaggert	C	37	5	5	10	8
Nate Clurman	D	37	0	9	9	10
Jesse Lansdell	F	37	1	6	7	37
Matt Steeves	F	29	1	3	4	6
Cam Burke	C	36	2	1	3	23
Charlie Raith	D	36	2	1	3	19
Pierce Crawford	F	37	1	2	3	16
Max Ellis	RW	8	1	0	1	4
Solag Bakich	F	10	1	0	1	2
Ryan Bischel	G	7	0	1	1	0
Ryan Carmichael	D/F	8	0	0	0	2
Cale Morris	G	33	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	37	-	-	-	12
Total

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Cale Morris	33	1958	12	14	7	79	861	3	.916	2.42
Ryan Bischel	7	285	3	1	0	12	130	0	.915	2.52
Empty Net	-	17	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Total	37	2260	15	15	7	96	991	3	.912	2.55

Rankings

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

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Players drafted into the NHL

2020 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NHL team
3	79	Landon Slaggert†	Chicago Blackhawks
5	139	Ryder Rolston†	Colorado Avalanche

† incoming freshman

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References

^ "2019–20 Hockey Roster". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
^ "Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ "Univ. of Notre Dame 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^ "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

External links

[1] "2019–20 Hockey Roster". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved December 21, 2019.

[2] "Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[3] "Univ. of Notre Dame 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

[4] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[5] "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

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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
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN