| Andy Jurkowski |
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Versatile fourth-year player who first joined the Irish program as a late walk-on defenseman/forward in ’96-’97 ... opened as a left wing in ’97-’98, playing final 12 games as a defenseman ... played most of ’98-’99 in the defense, where he is slated to play in 1999-2000 ... most of his pre-college experience came as a defenseman ... an Academic All-America candidate who carries a 3.83 cumulative GPA as a finance major ... could provide the Notre Dame hockey program with its fourth straight Academic All-American (center Steve Noble was a second team Academic All-American in 1997 and a first teamer in ’98 while goaltender Forrest Karr was named to the second team in ’99) ... one of eight current Irish players who are products of the United States Hockey League (see p. 24) ... third former Omaha Lancers player to play for the Irish during the Dave Poulin era, with the others being defenseman Justin Theel (1995-98) and current freshman goaltender Tony Zasowski ... has yet to record a multi-point game at Notre Dame, with a career-best four shots on goal versus Miami on Jan. 9, 1999 ... one of 11 Wisconsin natives who have lettered with the Irish hockey program, a group which includes winger Kevin Humphreys (Green Bay, ’77-’81, 126 points in 141 games) and two class of ’96 teammates: defenseman Garry Gruber (Madison, 136 games) and right wing Jay Matushak (Superior, 140 games) as well as recent record-setting goaltender Karr (DeForest) ... fifth Madison native to letter with the Irish ... could face several former Omaha Lancers teammates in 1999-2000: Miami forward Mark Shalawaylo, Ferris State center Kevin Swider and Michigan forward Scott Matzka ... six other former teammates play for teams that will play in this year’s IceBreaker Tournament or Denver Cup, including center Jerry Keefe and right wing Nick Lent (both from Providence), Denver’s Judd Staus and three Colorado College players: right wing K.J. Voorhees and defensemen Brent Voorhees and Dan Peters ... could play during 1999-2000 in city where he played junior hockey, as Nebraska-Omaha becomes Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s 12th team in 1999-2000 ... named to the Dean’s List during each of his first six semesters, including a 4.0 grade-point average in the fall of ’97 and a 3.93 in the spring of ’99.
AS A JUNIOR: Joined Karr, sophomore winger Chad Chipchase and freshmen centers David Inman and Brett Henning as only players to appear in all 38 games ... named to CCHA honorable mention all-academic team, with Karr and senior left wing Aniket Dhadphale named to six-player first team ... spent most of season on the blue line, with limited action as a winger ... finished with one goal, one assist, 29 shots and 10 penalties (31 minutes) ... helped Irish post team record for goals-against average (2.60) ... assisted on Ben Simon’s goal as Notre Dame jumped out to an early lead in 3-2 win over Michigan ... scored unassisted goal from the right point with two minutes left in third period of late-season 3-1 loss at Michigan State, ending Irish scoreless streak that had reached 204 minutes and 92 shots.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Appeared in 14 games, including final 13 ... did not play in first 20 games before playing Jan. 2 vs. Miami ... also played on Jan. 31 at Michigan and in final 12 games ... totaled six shots and four penalties ... helped Irish allow just 2.42 goals per game over that final five weeks.
AS A FRESHMAN: Appeared in 18 of final 21 games, on third and fourth lines ... had one goal, three assists and five penalties ... made debut in 15th game, 4-3 last-minute loss at Michigan State ... assisted on Craig Hagkull’s goal that put the Irish ahead of Alaska Fairbanks 3-0 (the Nanooks rallied for a 5-4 win) ... assisted a week later in 5-2 win over #8 St. Cloud State, feeding Neal Johnson for the go-ahead first-period goal (2-1) ... scored early in first period of late game with Ohio State, giving the Irish a 2-0 lead (the Buckeyes won 4-3) ... set up Tim Harberts’ late first-period goal against Western Michigan, for a 2-1 lead in eventual 5-4 overtime win.
PREP & PERSONAL: Led Omaha Lancers to second-place USHL finish in ’95, with a goal and nine assists as a defenseman ... played in ’94-’95 with the Wisconsin Capitols, with two goals and 14 assists as a defenseman ... teamed on Capitols with former Irish teammate Forrest Karr ... had six goals, 16 assists for Madison West High School in ’93-’94 ... netted the triple-overtime, game-winning goal versus rival high school as a senior ... captained Madison West to conference title as a senior, earning all-conference, all-city and all-state honors ... also played hockey at Madison West as a sophomore and junior ... selected team captain of Team Wisconsin and captain of the all-conference team ... played center field for Madison West baseball team as junior and senior, twice earning all-conference and all-city while playing on two regional title teams ... hit .485 as a junior, .450 as a senior ... received Roland “Spike” Annen Award for “most competitive player” in city and William Gillet II Award for athletic leadership ... his uncle Richard Schrippa played football at N.C. State ... born Sept. 13, 1975, in Appleton, Wis. ... son of Keith and Eleanor Jurkowski ... full name is Andrew Ross Jurkowski ... finance major in College of Business Administration.
Jurkowski's Career Statistics
| Year | GP | G | A | Pts | Shots | Sh Pct. | P/Min | PPG | SHG | GWG | +/- | |
| 1996-97 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | .053 | 5/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 1997-98 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| 1998-99 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | .034 | 10/31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Totals | 70 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 54 | .037 | 19/49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 |
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