After the grind of the regular season where the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (25-9-2) won their conference, and a Big Ten Tournament that saw the Irish win two thrillers against the Penn State Nittany Lions and Ohio State Buckeyes, the time has finally come for head coach Jeff Jackson and his squad to return to the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. They’ll kick things off this Friday afternoon as they take on the Michigan Tech Huskies (22-16-5) in Bridgeport, CT.
The Irish are coming off of two very emotional 3-2 victories. In the conference semifinal against Penn State, it took a Jack Jenkins goal with 31 seconds remaining to send the Irish to the Big Ten Tournament final on St.