{"id":29850,"date":"2008-03-29T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T19:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2008\/03\/29\/no-goal-call-doesnt-faze-irish\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:14","slug":"no-goal-call-doesnt-faze-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2008\/03\/29\/no-goal-call-doesnt-faze-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"No Goal Call Doesn’t Faze Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"
Against Michigan State goaltender Jeff Lerg, teams have found goals hard to come by. In fact, before the Colorado College Tigers scored late in the third period of Friday’s game, Lerg had an 87-minute shutout streak in NCAA tournament play, and had looked like an impenetrable wall for much of the weekend.<\/p>\n
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have struggled to score goals in the second half. Since losing to Ferris State 5-3 on February 8, the Irish have scored more than two goals in only two games coming into this weekend. In 10 of those 13 games, the Irish scored two or fewer goals, and in six of those games they scored one or less. The Irish went 4-6-3 in those games.<\/p>\n
Playing a tight defensive game Saturday night against the Spartans, the Irish were tied 1-1 late in the second. With the Irish on the attack, a wild flurry resulted in a goal scored by Evan Rankin, and the Irish went into a crazed celebration on the ice. The referees called it a goal, and the goal was announced over the PA in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n