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

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
	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.

Schedule and results

1. REDIRECT Template:Legend inline Green background indicates shootout/overtime win (conference only) or win (2 points).

1. REDIRECT Template:Legend inline Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).

1. REDIRECT Template:Legend inline White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (conference only) or tie (1 point).

colspan=12 style="Template:CollegePrimaryStyle"| 2008–09 Game Log
colspan=12 style="Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|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
colspan=12 style="Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|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
colspan=12 style="Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|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
colspan=12 style="Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|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
colspan=12 style="Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|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
colspan=12 style="Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle"|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 Template:Asterisk 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
	40	13	25	38	0
	40	17	15	32	20
	37	16	15	31	0
	40	4	27	31	0
	39	16	14	30	28
	39	12	15	27	34
	38	6	20	26	62
	40	0	25	25	30
	40	4	19	23	0
	33	10	9	19	0
	40	7	11	18	0
	37	6	11	17	14
	38	9	7	16	32
	38	9	6	15	14
	40	4	7	11	20
	36	2	5	7	48
	40	0	3	3	18
	15	0	2	2	6
	38	0	2	2	0
	3	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	2
	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
	39	2326	30	6	3	65	8	.931	1.68	0	2	0
	2	81	1	0	0	2	1	.920	1.47	0	0	0

References

General

• Schedule and results:
• Player statistics:

Specific

External links

• Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey Template:Webarchive