In the third period, the Irish were forced to open things up and take chances gambling to get back in the game. Any hopes of rallying were quickly stopped by Reynaert who faced 20 third period shots and made 18 stops. This is a tough way to go out. We are losing a very good senior class. I told them after the game, that the lesson to be learned here is don't leave until the last game.
Every point is important and means something.
Notre Dame fired 44 shots in the game while Western had 41. Kimento made 34 saves for the Irish. The Edina, Minn. native also ends his career ranked 20th on ND's all-time scoring list with 52 goals and 80 assists, good for 132 career points. With his goal, freshman Aaron Gill closes the season with 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points. This marks the first time since the 1978-79 season that Notre Dame has had three freshmen with 26 or more points in a season.