Notre Dame Upends Lake Superior State, 5-3
Junior forward Steven Fogarty has two goals and two assists for Fighting Irish

Junior forward Steven Fogarty had two goals and two assists for the Fighting Irish
Prd Time  Team Score Type Scored By Assists
1st 11:35  NDM1-0 EV Thomas DiPauli (1)Steven Fogarty/1, Anders Bjork/1
1st 18:37  NDM2-0 EV Mario Lucia (2)Robbie Russo/2, Justin Wade/1
1st 19:59  LSS1-2 EV Alex Globke (1)Ian Miller/2, Andrew Dommett/1
2nd 3:47  NDM3-1 EV Steven Fogarty (1)Anders Bjork/2, Thomas DiPauli/2
2nd 13:39  LSS2-3 EV Bryce Schmitt (1)James Roll/2
3rd 8:09  NDM4-2 EV GW Robbie Russo (1)Steven Fogarty/2, Thomas DiPauli/3
3rd 9:20  LSS3-4 EV Stephen Perfetto (1)Luke Sandler/1, Mitchell Nardi/1
3rd 19:29  NDM5-3 EV EN Steven Fogarty (2)Thomas DiPauli/4
Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final
Lake Superior State  1113
Notre Dame  2125
Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG
Lake Superior State  1281030
Notre Dame  15151141
Team Stats and Records  PP PIM SHGF
Lake Superior State (0-5-0)  0/1 6/12 0
Notre Dame (1-2-0)  0/4 3/6 0
Lake Superior State Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves
Gordon Defiel (L, 0-5-0)59:164 1314936
Empty Net0:441     
Notre Dame Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves
Chad Katunar (W, 1-1-0)59:263 117927
Empty Net0:340     

Junior forwards Steven Fogarty and Thomas DiPauli each had four-point nights and sophomore goaltender Chad Katunar made 27 saves as the University of Notre Dame hockey team won its first game of the season, taking a 5-3 win over Lake Superior State at the Compton Family Ice Arena.

Fogarty scored two goals and added two assists while DiPauli scored once with three helpers on the night. Mario Lucia and Robbie Russo also picked up goals in the win for the Irish.

The Lakers got goals from Alex Globke, Bryce Schmitt and Stephen Perfetto in the loss.

Notre Dame outshot Lake Superior State 40-31 on the night. Laker freshman goaltender Gordon Defiel made 36 saves in the loss.

The win moves Notre Dame to 1-2-0 on the year while Lake Superior State dropped its fifth straight game in the young season.

"I thought we did a much better job tonight getting through the neutral zone creating speed," said Irish head coach Jeff Jackson.

"Over time that's what we hope it will turn into, being able to use our speed effectively. I thought at times we were doing that. There also were times late in the second period and the third that we reverted back to making the big turns and not coming back to the puck enough.

Playing for the first time this season on a line together, the trio of DiPauli, Fogarty and freshman Anders Bjork combined for three goals and seven assists and a 10-point night.

"Coach changed things up a bit this week and I think it energized everyone," said Fogarty, the team captain.

"Tommy (DiPauli) and Anders (Bjork) are good players and they make stuff happen. If you get to open ice, they are going to find you and they did that all night. It wasn't just our line that was going. I thought everyone played well tonight."

The trio staked the Irish to a 1-0 lead at 11:35 of the first period when Bjork carried the puck down the right side and behind the Lake Superior goal before feeding it to Fogarty in the right circle. The captain slid a pass across the slot to DiPauli who redirected the puck past Defeil for his first goal of the season.

The Notre Dame lead would go to 2-0 at 18:37 of the first when Lucia jumped on the rebound of a Russo shot to the right of the Lakers' goal and flipped it inside the right post for his second goal of the season. Sophomore defenseman Justin Wade picked up his first career point with an assist on the play.

The Lakers were able to cut the lead in half at 2-1 when Globke picked up his first of the season just before the buzzer sounded at the end of the first period, scoring at 19:59. Linemate Ian Miller `s shot from the right side handcuffed Katunar who couldn't control the rebound and Globke batted it past the Irish netminder just before the end of the period.

Notre Dame made it a two-goal game again just 3:47 into the second period off hard work by DiPauli and a sweet pass from Bjork that set up Fogarty all alone in front to score his first of the season for a 3-1 lead.

DiPauli carried the puck into the left corner and moved it toward the point. He lost control and then won a battle on the boards to move it back to Bjork as he moved in. The freshman left wing threaded the needle with a nice pass to Fogarty in front and he made a quick move before sliding the puck between Defiel's pads for his first goal of the season.

"Coach has been really stressing for me to go to the net," said Steven Fogarty.

"On the goal, I did and Anders found me. I didn't know if there was any one behind me, but I just tried to get it off as quick as I could and it found the back of the net."

Again, the Lakers came back and cut the deficit to one with a goal at 13:39 to make it 2-1.

With a face off in the left circle, Bryce Schmitt won a draw back to defenseman James Roll. Roll's shot was blocked in front by a Notre Dame defender with the rebound going to Schmitt by the face-off dot. Schmitt turned and fired a shot that beat Katunar low to the ice inside the right post for Schmitt's first goal of the campaign.

"The momentum goals are really hurting us. Maybe that's a little bit of youth," said Jackson.

"We have to find some success on the power play. That would take some pressure off of us. I thought we played with good discipline and only had to kill one penalty and that was a big kill at the end of the game. For the most part, I was pleased with the game. Some of our young defensemen have to learn how to make simple plays instead of trying to force things."

The Irish nursed the lead into the second intermission before going up 4-2 at 8:09 as Fogarty and DiPauli set up Russo for a blast from the right circle that beat Defiel to give Notre Dame a third, two-goal lead. For Russo, it gave him his first goal of the season and a two-point game for the senior defenseman.

Just 1:11 later, the Lakers answered as Perfetto hammered a rocket past Katunar from the top of the left circle at 9:20 to make it a 4-3 contest.

With four minutes left in the game, Irish defenseman Andy Ryan was called for holding and Notre Dame was forced to kill its only penalty of the night and was successful.

The Lakers got Defiel off the ice with 44 seconds left in favor of a sixth attacker but the duo of DiPauli and Fogarty were not done. DiPauli stripped a LSSU defender of the puck and moved it into the slot where Fogarty threw it into an open net for the 5-3 final and his second goal of the game.

Notre Dame was zero for four on the power play while the Lakers were zero for one. The Irish are now zero for 15 with the man advantage over the first three games of the season.

Game two of the weekend series is set for 6:05 p.m. on Oct. 18, at the Compton Family Ice Arena. The game also will be televised by the NBC Sports Network.