Sunday, October 14, 2012

Irish Claim Ice Breaker

Irish Claim Ice Breaker
College Hockey, Inc. Executive Director Mike Snee presents the Ice Breaker Tournament trophy to Notre Dame captain Anders Lee.

Notre Dame won a second one-goal game in as many days to capture the 2012 Ice Breaker Tournament championship with a 3-2 victory against Nebraska-Omaha at Kansas City’s Sprint Center.

It’s the first Ice Breaker championship in three appearances in the season-opening event for the Irish. Junior T.J. Tynan, who had an assist in the title game, earned tournament MVP honors, while all-tournament goaltender Steven Summerhays stopped 28 shots for his second consecutive win.

“This was a good weekend for us,” head coach Jeff Jackson said afterwards. “We faced two very good teams, won a couple of one-goal games, and it’s good to face those tests early in the season.”

Notre Dame jumped to an early lead 1:14 into the first period when Peter Schneider scored the first goal of his collegiate career, putting home a strange rebound off the back boards from an Anders Lee shot.

Lee added a goal of his own in the first period and another first-time scorer – Thomas DiPauli – scored the other Notre Dame goal.

Two defensemen skating on UNO’s first pairing accounted for the Mavericks’ two goals, as Michael Young and Andrej Sustr each scored.

Maine – which lost to Notre Dame in the semifinals – posted its first win of the season in the third-place game, holding off Army, 4-3.