Re: Notre Dame @ RPI (11/17/17 & 11/18/17)
Despite a USCHO thread calling them a Gawdawful Hockey East Team, the Irish are members of the Big Ten now and are currently in first place there, having swept Ohio State on the road and Penn State at home for a perfect 4-0 league record. Overall, they are 8-3-1, with their losses having come to Denver, Omaha, and somewhat surprisingly, Sacred Heart. They were ranked sixth in the USCHO poll going into last weekend.
Notre Dame’s goal-scoring has been from a variety of players. The leading goal-scorer has five goals, while there are four guys with four apiece and another four with three apiece through their first twelve games. The guy to watch is anybody who happens to be on the ice at the same time as senior forward Jake Evans, who leads the team by a wide margin with 15 assists.
Sophomore Cale Morris has carried the bulk of the goaltending load, with a 7-1-0 record, 2.05 GAA, and .935 save percentage. Freshman Dylan St. Cyr (whom the Engineers might see in one of the weekend’s games) has a 1-2-1 record and 3.22 GAA, though his save percentage of .914 isn't all that bad.