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Irish hockey: Straight Inta the Off-Season

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Apparently nobody on the football team took a crap today, so the Tribune dug through its "In other news..." pile to find this dinosaur: Notre Dame (which surprisingly enough has a hockey team) might play outside.

In other real news, Calle Ridderwall is in town for a hockey visit and there are some games showing up on ND's schedule thus far: the Icebreaker tourney and UMD in October, NoDak for Thanksgiving, BG before Xmas break and to close out the regular season and at Minnesota for a game after the New Year. We are in a cluster with BG and Michigan and two of either FSU, MSU or WMU. Then, of course there's the game at Soldier Field. Yippee.
 
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For those of you interested in taking a break from self-loathing for a second (just teasing), I've got information on our new commit from yesterday.

His name is Jake Evans, he played AAA Bantam in Mississauga. He got called up by the St. Michael's Buzzers, the same team Rich Ryan played for, and played 5 games where he recorded 4 points (two goals and two assists). He's only 16, I believe, so we're going to have to wait for him to play college hockey.

This past April he was drafted by the Kitchener Rangers (my favorite OHL team) in the 8th round. His scouting report from Kitchener reads as follows: "JAKE EVANS, RW, Mississauga Rebels, 6'0, 150. Notes: A two-way forward with good defensive skills. Needs to work on skating but has offensive flare."
 
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NotreDameFan27 said:
For those of you interested in taking a break from self-loathing for a second (just teasing), I've got information on our new commit from yesterday.

His name is Jake Evans, he played AAA Bantam in Mississauga. He got called up by the St. Michael's Buzzers, the same team Rich Ryan played for, and played 5 games where he recorded 4 points (two goals and two assists). He's only 16, I believe, so we're going to have to wait for him to play college hockey.

This past April he was drafted by the Kitchener Rangers (my favorite OHL team) in the 8th round. His scouting report from Kitchener reads as follows: "JAKE EVANS, RW, Mississauga Rebels, 6'0, 150. Notes: A two-way forward with good defensive skills. Needs to work on skating but has offensive flare."
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Evans was snagged by the USHL Indy Ice in the futures draft on Tuesday also. Interesting proximity to South Bend. Just an observation.
 
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hoosierpuck said:
Evans was snagged by the USHL Indy Ice in the futures draft on Tuesday also. Interesting proximity to South Bend. Just an observation.
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I have since heard that Jake was originally a highly touted OHL prospect but made it clear he wanted to play in the NCAA, that's why he dropped to the 8th round. I think this one is looking good.
 
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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
Also interesting to note, given your signature, that the Ice will be playing many of their games where the Pacers play as they need the room for the crowd.
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I wish that was the case!! We're moving to the Fieldhouse because our usual home (Pepsi Coliseum at the State Fairgrounds) is being closed for 2 years for renovations and there aren't any other facilities around here that can seat more than a few hundred. :-)
 
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hoosierpuck said:
I wish that was the case!! We're moving to the Fieldhouse because our usual home (Pepsi Coliseum at the State Fairgrounds) is being closed for 2 years for renovations and there aren't any other facilities around here that can seat more than a few hundred. :-)
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I know of a good hockey facility in the Hoosier state that can seat a few thousand if Canseco is not available.
 
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Do any of you season ticket holders, who seem to be ahead of the crowd on scheduling news, know anything about potential games on 11/9 at Boston College and 11/10 at Northeastern. I'm, pretty confident about the NU game, but the BC game is a just an educated guess considering the football game on 11/10 in Chestnut Hill. Depending on kickoff, I hope to be at all three.
 
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ND Hockey said:
Do any of you season ticket holders, who seem to be ahead of the crowd on scheduling news, know anything about potential games on 11/9 at Boston College and 11/10 at Northeastern. I'm, pretty confident about the NU game, but the BC game is a just an educated guess considering the football game on 11/10 in Chestnut Hill. Depending on kickoff, I hope to be at all three.
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What makes you so confident about Northeastern? I had already assumed we were playing Boston College on November 9th because of the football game the next day, as you mentioned. If we're definitely playing NU on November 10 then I would be even more inclined to think it's true.
 
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Notre Dame seems to be one of the last teams to release an official schedule every year. Last year it was made public the last week of June, and that was as much as a month earlier than in other recent seasons. New and sustained interest in the program probably means the schedule release will be more in line with the timing of some of the other schools I would guess. In some seasons you could cobble the schedule together from the other schools who had released theirs weeks before Notre Dame bothered to issue theirs. But that's a lot of work.
 
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ND Hockey said:
I know of a good hockey facility in the Hoosier state that can seat a few thousand if Canseco is not available.
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Oh hush now! :eek: Roadtrips to CFIA 2 or 3 times a season could be fun, but I don't think most of us regulars could do it consistently, especially not at $4/gallon.
 
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Here's some speculation about the upcoming schedule (educated guesses are in italics):

10/12-13 IB tourney (ND, Army, Maine, UNO)
10/18-19 UMD (note: this is a Th-F series due to FB)
10/26-27 @ NMU
11/2-3 WMU (could be home-home given there is a FB game this weekend)
11/9-10 @ BC or NU (I have heard that both are going to happen, although the source for NU is more reliable. Both cannot happen given the limit of games allowed)
11/16-17 Michigan (both have home football games, so if this is the opponent, they could play Th-F or F-Su)
11/23-24 NoDak
11/30-12/1 @ LSSU (this is likely a definite since LSSU is the only available league opponent this weekend for ND to play and the open weekends are very few and far between now)
12/7-8 MSU
12/14-15 @ BG
1/5 @ Minnesota
1/11-12 @ MSU
1/18-19 UA(F)
1/25-26 FSU
2/1-2 @ OSU (again, like the LSSU weekend, Ohio State is the only league opponent available this weekend and the season is nearly over now, so they have to fit in here)
2/8-9 WMU (could be home-home--but the opponent could also be Michigan)
2/15-2/17 Miami (the Sunday game is the Soldier Field game, so am guessing the other game will be Friday, although they could schedule a single game during the week--God I hope not...)
2/22-23 Michigan (the opponent could also be Western Michigan)
3/1-2 BG

The earliest they can take the ice for an official practice is October 6th, so if they play an exhibition game against a Canadian college, it could be Sunday, October 7th or during the week before they leave for Kansas City. ND is in a cluster with BG, Michigan, MSU and WMU. They can play 36 games since they are in the Ice Breaker.

20 weeks.
 
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Jeff_Jackson_for_Pres. said:
2/15-2/17 Miami (the Sunday game is the Soldier Field game, so am guessing the other game will be Friday, although they could schedule a single game during the week--God I hope not...)
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I recall seeing an article that mentioned a Friday-Sunday setup for all four games that weekend.
 
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I altered the schedule speculations below because being on break apparently means my brain was left in the classroom. Classes start back up June 4th, so my brain is slowly engaging again.

Also INCH released their pre-season top 10 and Notre Dame made the list. Here's to 20 weeks of keeping fingers crossed.
 
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I keep hearing that both the NU and BC games are happening on the weekend of November 9th and 10th. I hear we play BC on the 9th and NU on the 10th. I hear the IceBreaker Tournament doesn't count towards our overall count, could that be the problem?

After all, last year, we played 8 non-conference games: 2 @ Duluth, 1 vs. RPI, 2 vs. NorthEastern, 1 vs. BC, 1 vs. BU, 1 @ Minnesota. Not counting the IceBreaker, or the weekend we're in Boston, we have only 5 games scheduled according to your list. We have UMD at home for 2, North Dakota at home for 2, @ Minnesota for 1. Therefore, if the IceBreaker isn't counted, we have room for THREE more non-conference games: @BC on Nov. 9th, @NU on November 10th and another one.
 
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NotreDameFan27 said:
I keep hearing that both the NU and BC games are happening on the weekend of November 9th and 10th. I hear we play BC on the 9th and NU on the 10th. I hear the IceBreaker Tournament doesn't count towards our overall count, could that be the problem?

After all, last year, we played 8 non-conference games: 2 @ Duluth, 1 vs. RPI, 2 vs. NorthEastern, 1 vs. BC, 1 vs. BU, 1 @ Minnesota. Not counting the IceBreaker, or the weekend we're in Boston, we have only 5 games scheduled according to your list. We have UMD at home for 2, North Dakota at home for 2, @ Minnesota for 1. Therefore, if the IceBreaker isn't counted, we have room for THREE more non-conference games: @BC on Nov. 9th, @NU on November 10th and another one.
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Exempt games (such as the HOF, the Ice Breaker tourney, single game against a foreign opponent and games in Alaska) are like freebies. They don't count towards your 34 allowed. So last season ND was in the HOF game and played the young Russians, both exempt, so we got to play a total of 36 games instead of the normal NCAA-allowed 34. Teams can only play 34 games that "count." The exempt games are the free ones.

This season ND plays in the IB tourney (2 freebies), so like last season, can schedule 36 games TOTAL; 34 that "count" and 2 that "don't." There are 28 conference games + 2 UMD + 2 NoDak + 1 Minnesota = 33 we know about. That leaves one more they can schedule to reach the 34. Is it BC or is it NU? The 2 IB tourney games are the "freebies."

There will be a quiz over this at the end of the week. :D
 
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