Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
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| University | University of Notre Dame |
| Conference | Hockey East (until June 30, 2017); Big Ten (starting July 1, 2017) |
| Head coach |
Jeff Jackson 12th year, 248–158–48 (.599) |
| Captain(s) | Cal Petersen |
| Alternate captain(s) | Anders Bjork Jake Evans Luke Ripley |
| Arena |
Compton Family Center Capacity: 5,022 |
| Location | Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| NCAA Tournament Frozen Four | |
| 2008, 2011 | |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |
| 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 | |
| Conference Tournament Champions | |
| CCHA: 2007, 2009, 2013 | |
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |
| CCHA: 2006–07, 2008–09 | |
| Current uniform | |
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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team at the University of Notre Dame, competing at the NCAA Division I level. Prior to the 2013–14 season, the team competed in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and also won its last ever conference championship. In the 2013–2014 season, the team began play in the Hockey East conference. Beginning in the 2017–2018 season, the team will leave Hockey East and join the Big Ten Conference.
The head coach is Jeff Jackson; the assistant coaches are Paul Pooley, Andy Slaggert, Gordon Burnett, and Nick Siergiej.
Ice hockey has existed on and off as both a club and varsity sport at Notre Dame since 1912. In 1968, the Fighting Irish started playing again at the Division I level as an independent. In 1971, the team joined its first conference, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The team continued playing in the WCHA for a decade until moving to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) with the conference's three Michigan schools in 1981.
The Fighting Irish lasted only two years in the new CCHA, after designating Ice Hockey as a club sport for the 1983–1984 season the team played in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL). Notre Dame finished that season second in the CSCHL with a record of 13–2–0. In 1984–1985 Notre Dame Hockey was once again elevated to varsity status with the team playing as a Division I independent. In 1992 Notre Dame rejoined the CCHA. The Irish struggled to remain competitive in the CCHA, but began to improve under head coach Dave Poulin. In 2004, Poulin led the team to its first ever NCAA Tournament. However, the year after was drastically different. 2005 was the worst season in Notre Dame history. The five-win campaign resulted in the resignation of coach Poulin.
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