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Notre Dame’s Ryder Rolston was named the Big Ten’s Third Star of the Week for his performance last weekend against Boston College (photo: Notre Dame Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re looking for an example of growth from one season to another in college hockey, take a gander at Notre Dame\u2019s stat chart.<\/p>\n

The Irish, who hope to avenge the only time they\u2019ve been swept so far this season when Minnesota comes to town this weekend, have had a more consistent offense this season. That fact is driven home by the fact that, with 10 regular-season games remaining, eight of Notre Dame\u2019s top 10 scorers have already surpassed their point production from last season.<\/p>\n

Junior Max Ellis (14 goals, 10 assists, 24 points) and sophomore Ryder Rolston (9-12-21) are leading the charge. Both players combined for six goals and 16 assists last season and Ellis registered only one point his freshman year.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hope, as coaches, that kids get better each year,\u201d Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said of Ellis and Rolston on Wednesday. \u201cA big part of it, for me, is their physical development in the weight room in the offseason, I think that\u2019s where it starts. Then it evolves into confidence, once they have a little success, you know, success has a tendency to breed success. That\u2019s kind of what\u2019s happened with both of those two guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve both improved their game without the puck, that\u2019s part of it as well. They\u2019re not chasing and playing defense all the time and that means you\u2019re playing with the puck.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with a plethora of players from last season improving their game, Notre Dame has also been aided this season by graduate transfers Adam Karashik, Chase Blackmun, Jack Adams and Matthew Galajda.<\/p>\n

Galajda has been solid in net, but Jackson also gave a shoutout to junior Ryan Bischel for making his nightly decision of who to start a difficult one.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had more competition than maybe anybody thought out of Ryan Bischel,\u201d he said. \u201cI expected Ryan to challenge him, but maybe not as much as he has. He\u2019s had a really good year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt (Galajda) is really calm. He reminds me of some of the great guys we\u2019ve had here like Cale Morris that play a quiet game and don\u2019t give up a lot of rebounds. He\u2019s a real quite but confident kid and I think that calmness is a positive influence on our team when things get a little bit erratic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson added that he likes to physical aspect that Karashik, a captain at Connecticut last season, provides.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam Karashik has certainly made an impact on the back end of our defense,\u201d he said. \u201cThe physicality, the leadership, (he\u2019s) just an overall high-quality individual that can also defend well and add a physical aspect to our game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnesota swept Notre Dame in Minneapolis at the end of October, winning the first game 4-1 and second 3-2. Friday\u2019s game was closer than it looked, Minnesota scored a late goal to extend its 2-1 lead and added an empty netter with one second left in the contest. Both games were decided late and that shouldn\u2019t be a surprise. Since Notre Dame joined the Big Ten 16 of the 24 games between the two schools have been either a one-goal game or tie.<\/p>\n

Jackson said playing Minnesota requires a lot of patience because the Gophers aren\u2019t a team that tends to beat themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly knew when Bob (Motzko) went to Minnesota that they were going to play like St. Cloud, and they do now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s taken him a couple years to really get his guys to buy into playing his style and his system. They get underrated for their defensive game, they\u2019re very tight defensively without the puck.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey present a double-headed threat, they have a lot of skill and ability and when they play that well defensively then they become a real challenge on transition offensively.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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