2022–23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey season was the 63rd season of play for the program and 6th in the Big Ten Conference. The Fighting Irish represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. They were coached by Jeff Jackson, in his 17th season and played their home games at Compton Family Ice Arena.
==Season==
Entering the season, coach Jackson brought back a veteran lineup and augmented the roster with several graduate transfers. With Nick Leivermann leading the defensive corps and Ryan Bischel holding the crease, Notre Dame was well apportioned on the back end. Unfortunately, the team had a severe lack of offense. Over the course of the year, the Fighting Irish scored 42 fewer goals than they had in 2022. That dramatic drop-off had a chilling effect on a team that had national aspirations. The Irish hovered around .500 for most of the season and were only once able to string more than two wins together. Fortunately, for Notre Dame, the Big Ten was the strongest conference this season and enabled the team to be in position for a potential at-large bid despite having nearly as many wins as losses.
The Irish ended the regular season well, taking two consecutive weekends from high-ranked teams and raising themselves into the top-16. The good stretch also lifted the team up to 4th in the conference standings, giving Notre Dame a home site for the quarterfinals. With other teams still vying for a tournament appearance, the Irish needed a decent postseason run to remain above the cut line and they were faced with Michigan State in the first round. The Spartans, too, were competing for an at-large bid and whichever of the two lost the best-of-three series would be knocked out of contention. Ryan Bischel held off a strong MSU attack in the first game, earning a 1–0 victory for the Irish. The second game started much the same and Notre Dame had a 1-goal lead after the first period. In the second period, however, the wheels came off for the Irish as Michigan State scored 4 consecutive goals and evened the series at 1-all. In the deciding game, Notre Dame played as well as could be expected, outshooting MSU 39–28, going 2 for 4 on the power play and not taking a single penalty in the game. However, former Irish netminder, Dylan St. Cyr, came back to haunt his old team and stopped 37 shots to lead the Spartans to a 2–4 victory.
==Departures==
Cam Burke 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Boston College
Max Ellis 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Matthew Galajda 	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Djurgårdens IF Hockey)
Adam Karashik 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Lehigh Valley Phantoms)
Conor Klaers 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Jake Pivonka 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Omaha
Charlie Raith 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Graham Slaggert 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Toronto Marlies)
Spencer Stastney	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Nashville Predators)
==Recruiting==
Drew Bavaro 	Defenseman		22	Bradenton, FL; transfer from Bentley
Benjamin Brinkman 	Defenseman		21	Edina, MN; graduate transfer from Minnesota; selected 173rd overall in 2019
Niko Jovanovic 	Forward 		20	North Vancouver, BC
Michael Mastrodomenico	Defenseman		18	Kirkland, QC
Jackson Pierson 	Forward 		23	Zionsville, IN; graduate transfer from New Hampshire
Chayse Primeau 	Forward 		25	Margate, NJ; graduate transfer from Omaha
Finlay Williams 	Forward 		19	North Vancouver, BC
Jack Williams 	Goaltender		21	St. Louis, MO
==Roster==
As of August 25, 2022.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	C/W 	37	8 	15 	23 	18
 	C/RW	37	8 	14 	22 	12
 	C/W 	27	7 	13 	20 	4
 	D 	29	6 	14 	20 	18
 	D 	37	6 	13 	19 	31
 	F 	36	6 	9 	15 	64
 	C 	37	5 	10 	15 	21
 	F 	36	7 	7 	14 	32
 	C/RW	32	7 	6 	13 	10
 	C/LW	35	7 	6 	13 	14
 	D 	34	2 	9 	11 	10
 	RW 	33	3 	6 	9 	6
 	C 	31	1 	8 	9 	10
 	F 	35	3 	5 	8 	20
 	F 	30	3 	4 	7 	8
 	D 	31	1 	4 	5 	27
 	D 	37	1 	4 	5 	48
 	D 	35	2 	2 	4 	20
 	D 	31	1 	3 	4 	19
 	F 	22	1 	1 	2 	6
 	F 	8 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	D 	22	0 	1 	1 	12
 	G 	37	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	18
Total	 	 	85	157	242	424
==Goaltending statistics==
 	37	2182:51	16	16	4	87	1183	5	.931	2.39
 	2 	41:27 	0 	0 	1	2 	16 	0	.889	2.90
Empty Net	- 	24:38 	- 	- 	-	8 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2248:56	16	16	5	97	1199	5	.925	2.59
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	9 	- 	11 	14 	13 	12 	12 	18 	20 	19 	20 	19 	19 	- 	20 	NR 	NR 	NR 	20 	NR 	19 	20 	19 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	
USA Today	8 	8 	9 	13 	12 	12 	12 	18 	20 	19 	20 	19 	18 	17 	18 	NR 	NR 	20 	17 	NR 	18 	19 	17 	20 	20 	20 	19 	
USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13 and 26.
==References==
==External links==
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