The Fighting Irish make their second trip to the Frozen Four.
Earned first monogram with the Irish in 2010-11 ... had outstanding comeback season after missing most of his freshman year due to a broken leg ... has all the tools to be an outstanding Division I collegiate defenseman ... strong skater who makes good decisions with the puck ... knows how to use his speed and skating ability to contain bigger players in the defensive zone ... continues to work to improve all aspects of his game ... will look to be more physical this season ... can be an impact player for the Irish on the blue line ... was an honorable mention all-CCHA selection as a sophomore ... won Notre Dame's most improved player award for his play in `10-'11 ... was the top scoring defenseman on the Irish roster, playing in 42 games with six goals and 12 assists for 18 points ... has played in 45 career games with six goals and 12 assists for 18 points ... joined the Irish after spending two seasons with USA Hockey's National Team Developmental Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... one of seven players on the Notre Dame roster to play for the National Program along with seniors Patrick Gaul and Sean Lorenz, sophomores Stephen Johns and Bryan Rust and freshmen Robbie Russo and Austin Wuthrich ... one of 28 alums of the USNTDP to play hockey at Notre Dame ... one of six Illinois natives on the Notre Dame roster joining Billy Maday (Burr Ridge), Kevin Lind (Homer Glen), T.J. Tynan (Orland Park), Garrett Peterson (Manhattan) and Robbie Russo (Westmont) ... signed a national letter-of-intent in the early-signing period (Nov. `08) along with Nick Larson, Kyle Palmieri and Riley Sheahan.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 42 of Notre Dame's 44 games in 2010-11 ... led Irish defensemen in scoring with six goals and 12 assists for 18 points, all career highs ... scored one power-play goal and had two short-handed tallies ... second on the team with a +23 ... picked up seven penalties for 14 minutes ... winner of Notre Dame's most improved player award ... honorable mention all-CCHA ... had a pair of two-point games during the season and a career-best, five-game point streak (4g, 3a) ... recorded first collegiate point (an assist) in 4-2 win at home versus Lake Superior (Oct. 14) ... first career goal was a big one as he scored the game-tying goal in the 2-2 tie at North Dakota (Nov. 27) ... started his five-game point streak with a goal in 10-2 win over Canisius (Dec. 29) ... added an assist in 4-3 loss to Minnesota State in the opening game of the Shillelagh Tournament ... started a three-game goal streak with a short-handed goal in 3-3 tie with Boston University (Jan. 2) ... recorded first career multiple-point game with a goal (shg) and an assist in 8-1 win over Northern Michigan (Jan. 7) ... closed the goal streak with a power-play marker in 3-1 victory at Northern Michigan (Jan. 8) ... assisted on an Irish goal in final game of point streak ... second two-point game (1g, 1a) came in 3-2 win over Ferris State (Feb. 18) ... recorded assists in each of Notre Dame's wins versus Lake Superior in second round of CCHA playoffs ... played in eight postseason games and had two assists.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in three games during his rookie year and did not record a point ... was even for the season with no penalties and one shot on goal ... first action came in the second game of the year versus Alabama-Huntsville (Oct. 10) ... played the following week versus Providence College (Oct. 16) ... did not play again until first game of the Miami series (Oct. 4) ... suffered a broken left leg early in the game and missed the next 18 contests.
WITH USA HOCKEY: Spent two seasons with the USA Hockey National Team Developmental Program were he was a teammate of Kyle Palmieri ... split time between the Under-17 and Under-18 teams in 2008-09 ... saw action in 35 games with the Under-18 team, recording five assists and eight minutes in penalties ... in nine games with the Under-17 team scored one goal with four assists and five points ... with the Under-17 team in 2007-08, played in 47 games with four goals and eight assists for 12 points.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., while playing for the USA National Team Developmental Program ... product of the Midwest Elite Hockey League where he played the 2006-07 season for Team Illinois in the Midget Major AAA division ... had 10 goals and 62 assists for 72 points in 70 games that season ... full name is Samuel Carmen Calabrese ... son of Carmen and Jane Calabrese ... has one sister, Nicole, and one brother, Matt ... born March 18, 1991 in Park Ridge, Ill. ... double major in finance in the Mendoza College of Business and sociology in the College of Arts and Letters.
