Onward To Victory provides a look back at the history of Notre Dame Hockey and behind-the-scenes access to the Fighting Irish as they prepare for the Compton Family Ice Arena dedication game against rival Boston College.
Notre Dame earns its second trip to the Frozen Four.
Three-time monogram winner on the Notre Dame blue line ... will serve as a team captain as a senior along with Billy Maday ... one of the team's veteran leaders on a young Irish roster ... lone senior defenseman ... will look to contiinue to build on his strong 2010-11 season when he was named the CCHA's top defensive defenseman ... winner of Notre Dame's William Donald Nyrop Award as the team's top defenseman ...quiet, mature player who does things the right way ... will look to raise his level of play again this season ... strong, stay-at-home defenseman who makes good decisions with the puck ... has good size and brings a physical presence to the lineup ... strong on his skates ... continues to improve all aspects of his game ... saw his offfensive game blossom as a junior with career highs in goals, assists and points ... played in all 44 games with four goals, 11 assists and 15 points ... led the CCHA with a +33 ... in his first three seasons has played in 118 games with six goals and 15 assists for 21 points ... joined the Notre Dame roster after playing two seasons with the U.S. National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... one of seven former USNTDP alums on the roster along with fellow senior Patrick Gaul, junior Sam Calabrese, sophomores Stephen Johns and Bryan Rust and freshmen Robbie Russo and Austin Wuthrich ... one of 28 alums of the program to skate at Notre Dame ... was selected in the fourth round, 115th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2008 National Hockey League Entry Draft ... went into the draft ranked 203rd by NHL Central Scouting ... attended the 2008 and 2009 U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camps in Lake Placid, N.Y. ... seventh player to play at Notre Dame with ties to the state of Colorado ... former teammate Christiaan Minella `10 (Aurora) is the last Colorado resident to skate for the Irish ... signed national letter-of-intent in early-signing period (Nov. of `07) along with Gaul and Eric Ringel.
AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 44 games for the Irish, scoring four goals with 11 assists for 15 points, all career highs ... had first short-handed goal of career ... added a pair of game winners ... whistled for 14 penalties resulting in 36 penalty minutes ... led all Notre Dame players and all CCHA players with a +33 plus-minus ... selected as the 2011 CCHA defensive defenseman of the year ... winner of Notre Dame's William Donald Nyrop Award as the team's top defenseman in 2010-11 ... scored his first goal of the season in 6-3 win at Bowling Green (Nov. 6) ... notched first career short-handed goal (gwg) in 4-2 win versus Michigan State (Nov. 20) ... scored goals in back-to-back games at Northern Michigan (Jan. 7-8) ... had a goal and was a season-high +4 in the 8-1 Irish win over Wildcats (Jan. 7) ... recorded his second game-winning goal of the season with Notre Dame's second goal of the game in 3-1 win versus Northern Michigan (Jan. 8) ... closed the season with a career-best two-assist, two-point game in the Frozen Four versus Minnesota-Duluth (April 7) ... in eight postseason games, had two assists for two points.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played 34 of the team's 38 games in 2009-10 ... scored first two goals of his career with both goals being game winners ... added one assist for three points on the year ... picked up seven penalties for 14 minutes ... was -9 on the season ... had 25 shots on goal ... missed four games in December (Miami and Michigan series) with a leg injury ... lone assist for the year came on Billy Maday's first-period, game-winning goal at Boston University (Oct. 20) ... scored his first career goal on Jan. 2 in 5-2 win over Colgate in the Shillelagh Tournament ... goal came at 11:24 of the second period off an assist from Brett Blatchford and gave the Irish a 3-0 lead ... second goal of the year came on Jan. 30 in a 3-2 win at home versus Nebraska-Omaha ... goal came off a bad angle shot at 8:25 of the second period as he drilled a shot inside the right post and under the crossbar to make it 3-0 in favor of the Irish ... played in two postseason games at Ohio State and did not record a point.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played all 40 games for the Irish in `08-'09 ... recorded three assists for the year ... whistled for nine penalties and 18 minutes ... was +7 on the season ... first collegiate game came on Oct. 11 at Denver in the USA Hockey Hall of Fame game ... recorded first point when he set up a Christian Hanson goal in 3-2 loss to Miami on Oct. 25 ... second assist came on Nov. 22 as the Irish dumped Bowling Green, 9-1 ... final assist came came in championship game of the Shillelagh Tournament when he asssisted on Garrett Regan's first-period goal in a 3-1 win over Minnesota-Duluth ... played in five postseason games, recording no points.
WITH USA HOCKEY: Played two seasons with the U.S. National Development Team in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... was invited to the 2008 and 2009 U.S. National Junior evaluation camps to tryout for the U.S. team in the World Junior championships ... member of bronze-medal winning Team USA at 2008 Under-18 World Championships ... turned in a +5 rating in seven games ... with the Under-18 team in `07-'08 had four goals and five assists in 57 games while recording 24 minutes in penalties ... with the Under-17 team in `06-'07, scored two goals with nine assists for 11 points in 64 games.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... product of the Colorado Thunderbird Midget hockey program where he had nine goals and 27 assists for 36 points in 2005-06 ... full name is Sean Michael Lorenz ... son of Terry and Pam Lorenz ... has one sister ... born March 10, 1990 in Littleton, Colo. ... majoring in finance in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.
