Dan Kissel Class: Senior Hometown: Crestwood, IL High School: Shepard (Palos Hts., IL) Height / Weight: 5-9 / 178 Position: Left Wing Birthdate: 01/25/1987 Last Team: Chicago Steel (USHL)

Hard-working left wing who has earned three monograms at Notre Dame ... solid, all-around forward who continues to improve his game ... has tremendous speed and outstanding one-on-one ability ... strong skater with a nice touch around the net ... forces opponents into mistakes with his aggressive forechecking style ... strong player at both ends of the ice ... has become a key member of Notre Dame's penalty-killing unit ... saw action in 37 games during the 2008-09 season ... scored six goals with 11 assists for 17 points with two power-play goals and two game winners ... winner of the team's most improved player award for the 2007-08 season ... in three seasons at Notre Dame has played in 102 games, scoring 21 goals with 28 assists for 49 career points ... joined the Irish after spending two seasons with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... one of five Illinois natives on the Notre Dame roster joining fellow senior Tom O'Brien (Mokena), junior Teddy Ruth (Naperville), sophomore Billy Maday (Burr Ridge) and incoming freshman Sam Calabrese (Park Ridge) ... one of 13 players with the Irish to play in the USHL ... joined the Irish along with Brett Blatchford, Stewart Carlin and Tom O'Brien in the late-signing period (spring `06).

AS A JUNIOR: Played in 37 of the team's 40 games during the 2008-09 season ... scored six goals with 11 assists for 17 point ... chipped in a pair of power-play goals and had two game winners ... whistled down for seven penalties resulting in 14 penalty minutes ... was +8 on the year ... had three multiple-point games ... first multi-point game came in 7-0 win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 18) as he set up a Ryan Thang short-handed goal and an Erik Condra marker ... scored first goal of the season on Oct. 31, a power-play goal in a 3-2 win over the Wildcats ... had two assists over the next seven games (versus Boston College and Bowling Green) before getting second goal of the year, the game winner in a 1-0 win over Ferris State (Dec. 6) ... redirected a Patrick Gaul centering pass for the lone goal ... put together a two-goal game streak (2g, 1a) with a goal in 4-3 win over Bowling Green (Dec. 13) and followed with a goal and an assist in 3-1 win over Union in the opening game of the Shillelagh Tournament ... did not pick up a point again until Feb. 13, when he assisted on two Irish goals in a 9-5 win over the Wildcats ... had a career-best five-game point streak (1g, 4a) between Feb. 21 and Mar. 14 ... scored fifth goal of the season, the game winner in 1-0 win at Nebraska-Omaha ... picked up one assist in each game of Michigan State series to close regular season then added one assist in both games of CCHA second-round series with Nebraska-Omaha ... closed the season with Notre Dame's only goal in 5-1 loss to Bemidji State in opening round game of the NCAA Tournament ... in five postseason games, had a goal and two assists.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Turned in a break out season in 2007-08, playing in 43 games with nine goals and 14 assists for 23 points ... scored one short-handed goal and added two game winners ... had nine penalties for 18 minutes ... finished fourth on the team with a +11 ... key member of Irish penalty-killing unit that finished third in the nation in penalty killing ... winner of Notre Dame's most improved player award ... missed the first three games of the season with an injury but returned to the lineup in game two of the home series with Denver (Oct. 19) ... set up Ryan Thang's game-winning goal in 3-2 victory against Ferris State (Oct. 26) ... first goal of the season was a big one as it was the game-winning goal in Notre Dame's 2-1 win at top-ranked Miami (Nov. 9) ... had a goal and an assist in the Western Michigan sweep (Nov. 16-17) ... put the Irish ahead to stay at 2:21 of the third period, 4-3, in 5-4 victory against Nebraska-Omaha ... had a career-high four-point game (2g, 2a) in 7-0 shutout at Princeton (Dec. 8) ... second goal of the game was short-handed and gave Notre Dame a 3-0 lead ... game started him on a four-game point streak (3g, 4a) ... did not play in first game of the Lightning College Hockey Classic ... picked up an assist in 3-1 win over Rensselaer (Dec. 30) ... scored lone Notre Dame goal in 2-1 loss at Northern Michigan (Jan. 4) ... closed streak with an assist on Christian Hanson's game winner in 2-1 win over the Wildcats in the second game of series ... held off the scoresheet for three games before picking up assists in three consecutive games (Jan. 19 to Jan. 26) ... assisted on lone Irish goal in 5-1 loss to Michigan (Jan. 19) ... had assists in both games of Bowling Green sweep ... had a goal and an assist in series versus Ohio State ... went pointless in four straight games before scoring his eighth goal of the season against Ferris State in game three of CCHA second round ... goal came at 2:31 of first period and gave Notre Dame a 1-0 lead on the way to a 2-1 victory and a trip to the CCHA finals at Joe Louis Arena ... scored the game-winning goal in the first game of the West Regional versus New Hampshire with a brilliant individual effort goal that gave the Irish a 4-2 lead on the way to a 7-3 win ... with his teammates in a line change, he carried the puck deep into the Wildcat zone along the left wing boards ... from there he proceded to stickhandle through three defenders and fired a shot inside the left post at 9:53 for his ninth goal of the year ... assisted on Kevin Deeth goal that put Notre Dame ahead 4-3 in Frozen Four semifinal win against Michigan ... in nine postseason games had two goals and two assists.

AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in 22 games, scoring six goals with three assists for nine points ... two goals came on the power play, one was short-handed and three were game winners ... called for eight penalties resulting in 16 penalty minutes ... had 36 shots on goal and was +5 for the year ... recorded first collegiate point with an assist in season opener against Minnesota State on Oct. 12 ... scored first collegiate goal and hat trick in 6-1 win at Providence on Oct. 21 ... scored a first-period power-play goal (at 11:04) to open the scoring, added an even-strength goal at 1:15 of the second period for the game-winning goal and closed the night with a short-handed goal at 19:22 of the third for the 6-1 final ... picked up second game winner in 4-2 win at Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 24) ... had back-to-back assists in games versus Alaska (12/2) and Northern Michigan (12/31) ... third game-winning goal came in 4-1 win at home versus Miami as he scored second goal of the game at 4:54 of first period ... scored final goal of the season in 3-2 win at Bowling Green (Feb. 2) ... did not see action in the postseason.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights, Ill. ... played junior hockey on Team Illinois and for Mission AAA, playing on three Illinois state championship teams ... was an alternate captain on Team Illinois in `04-'05 ... played 18 games in his first season with Chicago Steel, getting a goal and four assists for five points ... finished third in team scoring in 2005-06 with the Steel as he scored 17 goals with 27 assists for 44 points ... goal totals include four power-play goals and one game winner ... ranked 22nd in the USHL with his 27 assists ... participated in the USHL Prospects/All-Star game ... full name is Daniel Thomas Kissel ... son of Dave Kissel and Joyce Renardo ... has one brother and two sisters ... born Jan. 25, 1987 in Oak Lawn, Ill. .. political science major in Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters.

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