The Notre Dame Fighting Irish took to Ann Arbor ice Saturday an attempt to chalk up a 5-0 sweep of the Michigan Wolverines on the season for the B1G Semifinal. Despite holding their own on the penalty kill, the Irish failed to find their flow at crunch time.
First Period
Fans saw Notre Dame’s Hunter Strand, Trevor Janicke, and Jake Boltmann go on the attack in a mid-period burst, but Michigan goaltender Erik Portillo shut them down.
Penalties on Notre Dame’s Adam Karashik and Jake Pivonka later provided power play opportunities for the Wolverines, but the high stakes weren’t enough to shake the clean Irish penalty kill.