Notre Dame Men's Hockey fell to Western Michigan 0 to 2 on February 26th.
Earned first monogram as a freshman during the 2010-11 season ... continues to develop all aspects of his game ... plays a strong, defensive style ... has good skills and instincts in his own zone ... strong on his skates ... uses his size and skating ability to make it tough for opposing forwards to get space around the goal ... will look to become more consistent and physical as a sophomore ... will battle for a spot among Notre Dame's top four defenders ... solid one-on-one defender who has seen his game improve rapidly over the last few seasons ... played in 32 games as a freshman, scoring a goal with 10 assists for 11 points and was +7 on the year ... joined the Irish late in the summer as he expected to spend his `10-'11 season with the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... became a member of the Notre Dame roster after Jarred Tinordi opted to play in the OHL ... spent the 2009-10 season with the USHL's Chicago Steel before his rights were traded ... selected in the sixth round, 177th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Ducks ... was ranked 139th by NHL Central Scouting in their final rankings before the draft ... one of 15 Notre Dame players to play in the USHL ... one of four sophomore defensemen, along with Jared Beers, Stephen Johns and Shayne Taker, on the Irish roster ... one of six Notre Dame players from Illinois, joining senior Billy Maday (Burr Ridge), junior Sam Calabrese (Park Ridge), sophomore T.J. Tynan (Orland Park) and freshmen Garrett Peterson (Manhattan) and Robbie Russo (Westmont) ... joined the Irish along with Tynan on Aug. 18, 2010.
AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in 32 games during his rookie season ... had one goal and 10 assists for 11 points ... picked up 12 penalties for 24 minutes ... was +7 on the year ... saw his first collegiate action in the season opener versus Holy Cross in the Warrior Ice Breaker Classic ... picked up his first career point on Notre Dame's first goal of the season by Anders Lee, just 1:58 into the game ... chipped in first two-point game (2a) of his career in his fourth game of the season, getting a pair of helpers in 4-2 win over Lake Superior (Oct. 15) ... had assists in each game of Western Michigan series (Oct. 29-30) ... scored first collegiate goal, the game winner, in 3-1 win at Michigan (Nov. 12) ... went 11 games without a point before having assists versus Miami (Jan. 29) and Bowling Green (Feb. 11) ... turned in second two-point night (2a) in 5-2 win at Ferris State (Feb. 19) ... recorded final assist of season in 4-2 playoff win in game three of CCHA series against Lake Superior (March 13) ... played in four postseason games with one assist.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Ill., while playing for the USHL's Chicago Steel ... played two seasons with the Steel .... in `09-'10 with Chicago, he played in 55 games, scoring six goals with 10 assists for 16 points with two power-play goals and a pair of game winners while picking up 76 penalty minutes ... saw his rights traded following that season to Tri-City for the first pick in the 2010-11 USHL Entry Draft ... began his career in Chicago in `08-'09, scoring two goals with three assists for five points ... has twice played for Team USA ... in Nov. of 2009 joined incoming freshmen Jeff Costello and David Gerths on gold-medal winning U.S. Junior Select Team that won World Jr. A Challenge in Summerside, P.E.I. ... in 2008, he teamed with fellow freshman T.J. Tynan with the USA Under-18 Select team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament at Piestany, Slovakia where the team finished fourth ...full name is Kevin Thomas Lind ... son of Thomas and Lesllie Lind .. has two older brothers, Matthew and Daniel ... brother, Matt, is a Notre Dame graduate `09 ... born March 31, 1992 in Palos, Ill. ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.
