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Ice Hockey
Joins the Notre Dame roster after spending the 2008-09 season with the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... highly competitive goaltender with good quickness around the crease ... technically sound netminder who continues to improve in all areas ... will battle senior Tom O'Brien and junior Brad Phillips for playing time with the Irish ... helped lead Cedar Rapids to a second-place finish in the USHL North Division with a 25-12-1 record, a 2.39 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage with three shutouts ... was 2-3 in the playoffs as Rough Riders fell to eventual USHL champions, Indiana, in the first round of the playoffs ... selected as the USHL goaltender of the week four times during `08-'09 season ... tied for second in the league in shutouts (3) ... was third in wins (25), fifth in minutes played (2,263:41) and sixth in save percentage (.909) ... played for the North squad in the 2009 USHL Prospects/All-Star game ... started his junior career in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) with the St. Louis Bandits in 2007-08 where he was a teammate of Irish sophomore defenseman Nick Condon ... helped the Bandits to the Robertson Cup title where he was 3-0-1 with a 2.62 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage in four starts ... for the `07-'08 campaign, was 21-3-1 with a 2.56 goals against and a .909 save percentage ... A member of the North squad, he played in the 2009 USHL Prospects/All-Star Game. In 2007-08, he was a member of the St. Louis Bandits of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) where he helped that team to the Robertson Cup title. Johnson was 21-3-1 in 26 games for the Bandits with a 2.56 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage ... also saw playing time in `07-'08 with Cedar Rapids, playing in two games with a 1-1-0 record, a 2.01 goals-against average and a .932 save percentage ... one of 13 players on the Notre Dame roster to have played in the USHL and one of four to see action in the NAHL ... along with sophomore Nick Condon (Wausau) is one of two Wisconsin natives on the roster ... joined Notre Dame in the late signing period (spring `09) along with Kevin Nugent. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from James Madison Memorial High School in Madison, Wis., in June of 2007 ... played hockey while in high school for the Madison Capitols AAA ... full name is Michael A. Johnson ... son of Bobbi Johnson ... has one brother, Eric, and one sister, Lauren ... born Feb. 1, 1989 ... enrolled in First Year of Studies at Notre Dame. |
    
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