The Lindenwood men's ice hockey team (5-17-2) travels to South Bend to take on Notre Dame (8-15-1, 3-12-1 Big Ten). 

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

GAME 1 Date/Time: Friday, January 24 – 6:00 PM CT.

GAME 2 Date/Time: Saturday, January 25 – 5:00 PM CT.

Location: South Bend, Ind. – Compton Family Ice Arena
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LAST TIME OUT

The Lions went 0-1-1 at Augustana, picking up a 3-2 loss in game one and a 1-1 tie in game two. In game one, the Lions started the contest trailing after the first period. In the second period, the Lions tallied two goals, from Kristof Papp and Ty Hipkin, to take the 2-1 lead going into the third period. In the third, Augustana would tie the contest up at 2-2 with less than 9:17 to go. The Vikings would score the game-winning goal just three minutes later. 

In game two, both teams were scoreless after a period of play. In the second period, Augustana would break the scoreless tie, tallying their only goal of the game with 6:15 left in the frame. Lindenwood would tie the game up at 1-1 in the third period, scoring 2:42 into the period. The goal would be credited to Ty Hipkin. For the remainder of the period, both teams were held off the scoring column, forcing an overtime period to be played. In the overtime period, both teams would be scoreless, resulting in the contest ending in a 1-1 tie. 

Notes:

•Three Lions tallied two points during the series.

•Ty Hipkin scored two goals. 

•Noah Houle and Tyler Loughman both tallied two assists. 

•The Lions went 6 of 7 on the penalty kill. 

•Brody Mortensen and Noah both blocked four shots.

•Lindenwood went 63 of 122 (51.6%) at the faceoff dot. 

•Owen Bartoszkiewicz stopped 60 of 64 shots on the weekend, for a save percentage of .938.

•Augustana found six more shots on net than the Lions.  

STATISTICAL LEADERS 

Points – David Gagnon (21), Houle (11)

Goals – Gagnon (9), Jaeden Mercier (5)

Assists – Gagnon (12), Houle (10)

Powerplay Goals – Three Tied (2)

Short-Handed Goals – Gagnon (2)

Game Winning Goals – Five Tied (1)

Blocks – Aiden Yakimchuk (37), Jack Anderson (34)

Plus/Minus – Artyom Borshyov (+6), Houle (+4)

Saves – Bartoszkiewicz (619)

Save Percentage – Bartoszkiewicz (.921)

PREVIEW

Lindenwood are looking to find their sixth and seventh win of the season. Owen Bartoszkiewicz sits fifth in the country in saves with 619. 

This will be the first and the second time in program history, the Lions will take on the Fighting Irish. Against Big Ten teams this season, the Lions are 1-5-0. 

The Fighting Irish in their last series played, went 1-1 against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. In game one, Notre Dame fell 5-2, and in game two won 3-2 in overtime. 

Key Players to Watch for the Fighting Irish:

•Offensive Stat Leaders

    o Points – Cole Knuble (25), Justin Janicke (22)

    o Goals – Three Tied (9), Blake Biondi (8)

    o Assists – Cole Knuble (16), Justin Janicke (13)

•Defensive Stat Leaders

    o Plus/Minus – Cole Knuble (+13), Ryan Helliwell (+5)

    o Blocks – Zach Plucinski (36), Paul Fischer (32)

•Goaltender

    o – Owen Say has accumulated a record of 7-8-0 in between the pipes for the Fighting Irish. On the season, Say has registered 513 saves, a .923 save percentage, and a 2.78 goals against average.