Goals by Bryan Rust, Jeff Costello and Peter Schneider and 25 saves by goaltender Steven Summerhays were just what Notre Dame needed as the Irish knocked off Boston University, 3-2, on Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Compton Family Ice Arena.
The first-round Hockey East win advances Notre Dame to the best-of-three quarterfinals next weekend, March 14-16 against top-seeded Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Boston University battled Notre Dame from start to finish and got goals from Evan Rodrigues and Robbie Baillargeon in the loss. Goaltender Matt O'Connor stopped 26-of-29 Irish shots in the game.
The win extended Notre Dame's winning streak to five straight games and unbeaten run to seven games (6-0-1) while the overall record improves to 21-12-2 for the year. The Irish entered the game ranked 12th in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll and 11th in the USCHO.com rankings.
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Irish Take Best-Of-Three Series Opener With 7-2 Win Over Boston College - UND.COM - University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site
It would be awesome to sweep them in their own building tomorrow.
The win improves 11th-ranked Notre Dame to 23-12-2 while second-ranked Boston College goes to 26-7-4. The Irish will play at TD Garden in Boston on Friday, March 21 against UMass-Lowell in the 5:00 p.m. game.
This marks just the second time in the 30-year history of Hockey East that either Boston College or Boston University has not been in the Hockey East finals. The only other year it happened was 1988.
The Notre Dame hockey team arrived in St. Paul on Friday afternoon after a one-hour flight from South Bend as they begin preparations for the NCAA Hockey West Regional on Saturday afternoon.
The Irish practiced at the Xcel Energy Center from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. in their final tune-up before facing St. Cloud State at 8:00 p.m. (CT) on Saturday night in the second game of the regional. The University of Minnesota will square off against Robert Morris University in the first game at 4:30 p.m. (CT).
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Saturday's Notre Dame-St. Cloud State will be televised live on ESPNU with Clay Matvick and Sean Ritchlin calling the action. The Minnesota-Robert Morris game will be shown on ESPN 2. Sunday's regional title game will be shown on ESPNU.
Where da hell is St Cloud State and why is this so stressful?