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 prevailed 4-3 in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Three-time monogram winner at Notre Dame who will see action at both right wing and center during the 2011-12 campaign ... will serve as team captain along with fellow senior Sean Lorenz ... one of the team's leaders both on and off the ice ... highly-skilled playmaking forward with excellent hockey instincts ... sees the ice well and makes players around him better ... smooth skater with a strong shot ... will be counted on in all situations - even strength, power play and short-handed ... smart player who will be looked to for his ability to finish the play this season ... fourth on the team in scoring last season with 10 goals and 17 assists (career high) for 27 points in 44 games ... has played in 113 career games with 33 goals and 45 assists for 78 points ... eleven goals have come on the power play with four being game winners ... was selected to the 2009 CCHA all-rookie team and was named Notre Dame's rookie-of-the-year ... played two seasons for the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks ... one of six Illinois natives on the Notre Dame roster joining junior Sam Calabrese (Park Ridge), sophomores Kevin Lind (Homer Glen) and T.J. Tynan (Orland Park) and freshmen Garrett Peterson (Manhattan) and Robbie Russo (Westmont) ... one of 15 Notre Dame players to play in the USHL ... signed national letter-of-intent in Nov. of 2006 along with Ian Cole, Brad Phillips, Ridderwall, Teddy Ruth and Ben Ryan but deferred until the fall of 2008.
AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 44 of Notre Dame's games in 2010-11 ... one of six players on the team with 10 or more goals (10) ... added a career-high 17 assists for 27 points ... scored two power-play goals, a short-handed tally and two game winners ... called for 10 penalties resulting in 31 penalty minutes ... was +2 for the season ... selected to the NCAA Northeast Regional all-tournament team ... had one multiple-goal game and seven multi-point games during the season ... first goal of the season was the first short-handed goal of his career and the game winner in 4-2 home win versus Lake Superior State (Oct. 14) ... held four games without a goal before scoring his second in a 3-2 loss at Bowling Green (Nov. 5) ... recorded first multiple-point contest with a goal and an assist in 5-2 loss at Miami (Dec. 4) ... followed that with three consecutive multi-point games versus Northern Michigan (2a, Dec. 12), Canisius (1g, 1a, Dec. 29) and a pair of assists versus Minnesota State on Jan. 1 ... had three assists in 8-1 game at Northern Michigan (Jan. 7) ... picked up fifth goal of the season in 5-5 tie with Miami (Jan. 28)... recorded fourth two-goal game of his career with a pair of lamplighters in 5-1 victory over Bowling Green (Feb. 12) ... did not score again until the postseason ... scored a goal in 6-2 loss to Miami in CCHA semifinals (March 18) ... had a goal (gwg) and an assist in 4-3 overtime win versus Merrimack in NCAA Northeast Regional ... picked up the game winner in 2-1 win versus New Hampshire in regional championship game ... selected to the Northeast Regional all-tournament team ... in eight postseason games had three goals and two assists for five points.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 30 of team's 38 games ... was fourth on team in scoring with seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points ... had two power-play goals and one game winner ... picked up six minor penalties for 12 minutes ... was +3 for the season to lead the Irish ... had 66 shots on goal for a .106 shooting percentage ... recorded five multiple-point games and two multiple-goal games on the season ... missed eight games due to a shoulder injury suffered on Jan. 10 versus Ferris State ... returned to the lineup on Feb. 19 against Bowling Green ... started the season with a three-game point streak (0g, 3a) ... first multiple-point game (1g, 1a) came in 3-0 win at Boston University with the goal being the game winner ... second goal of the year came in 3-1 win versus Ohio State (Oct. 30) ... scored both goals in 2-2 overtime tie with Northern Michigan (Nov. 15) ... third multiple-point game of the season came in 4-1 win over Michigan State (Nov. 22) ... had a career-high four-point game in 4-4 tie with Bowling Green (Nov. 28), setting up all four Irish goals in the game ... moved back to play defense due to injuries in Michigan series (Dec. 11-13) ... scored two goals (ppg, gwg) in 5-2 win over Colgate in the opening game of the Shillelagh Tournament ... followed with a goal in the 3-3 tie with North Dakota in the championship game ... selected most valuable player of the Shillelagh Tournament and to the all-tournament team ... injured in second game of weekend series versus Ferris State ... recorded an assist in return to the lineup at Bowling Green ... had just one more assist in 5-3 win over Michigan (Feb. 27) ... was held scoreless in two postseason contests versus Ohio State.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 39 of the team's 40 games in `08-'09 ... tied for second on the squad with 16 goals and added 14 assists to finish fifth in scoring with 30 points ... was second on team with seven power-play goals while chipping in one game winner ... had 13 penalties for 26 minutes and was +5 on the season ... had seven multiple-point games and one two-goal contest ... selected to the CCHA all-rookie team ... was Notre Dame's rookie-of-the-year award winner ... got his season off to a fast start, scoring in his first collegiate game just 3:30 into the opening period at Denver ... first Irish player to score on first collegiate shot since Tim Wallace `06 did it at the start of the 2001-02 season at Minnesota-Duluth ... scored his second goal of the year a week later in 7-0 home win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 18) ... started a five-game point streak (2g, 3a) on Oct. 25 ... picked up assists in games versus Miami and Northern Michigan ... had first multiple-point game (1g, 1a) in 4-2 win on Nov. 1 ... selected CCHA rookie of the week for Nov. 2 after three-point weekend ... picked up fourth goal of the year in 4-1 win at Boston College (Nov. 7) ... closed streak with an assist in win at Providence the following night ... streak was stopped versus Lake Superior on Nov. 14, but he started a career-best five-game goal streak (5g, 2a) and six-game point streak the following night with a goal in the 5-1 win over the Lakers ... turned in a three-point weekend (2g, 1a) versus Bowling Green ... scored a power-play goal in 5-1 home win on Nov. 21 and then had a power-play goal and an assist in 9-1 win at BG ... had second three-point weekend (2g, 1a) in a win and tie with Western Michigan ... three-point weekend earned him CCHA rookie of the week honors ... streak helped him to CCHA rookie of the month honors for November ... point streak ended with one assist in 3-1 win at Ferris State (Dec. 5) ... held off the scoresheet for six games before assists in back-to-back games at Lake Superior (Jan. 16-17) ... fourth, two-point game came in 3-2 win at Michigan (Jan. 30) ... had assists in back-to-back games at Ohio State ... scored on the power-play and added an assist in 5-2 win over Northern Michigan (Feb. 14) ... recorded first two-goal game at Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 20) ... second goal of the game came at 3:39 of overtime and was the game winner ... had one goal in game one of second round CCHA playoffs in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha ... had a goal and an assist in CCHA Championship game versus Michigan ... in five postseason games had two goals and one assist for three points.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill., in May of 2006 ... played junior hockey with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the USHL ... led Waterloo in scoring in 2007-08 with 24 goals and 35 assists for 59 points ... had 10 power-play goals, one short-handed tally and five game winners in 60 games as Waterloo finished second in the USHL's East Division with a 38-17-5 record ... added three goals and five assists in 11 playoff games as the Black Hawks finished second to Omaha for the Clark Cup championship ... spent 2006-07 season in Waterloo where he had 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points in 33 games ... missed half of the season due to a broken wrist ... Waterloo was first in the East Division in `06-'07 with a 39-17-4 mark and won the Anderson Cup for top regular-season record ... lost in title game to Sioux Falls ... product of the Chicago Chill AAA program from 2003-06 ... teamed with former Irish standout Calle Ridderwall `11 in `05-'06 to give the Chill a dynamic one-two scoring punch ... racked up 38 goals with 87 assists for 125 points in 74 games and led the Chill to the Midget Major championship game, finishing second at the USA Midget Major championship ... full name is William T. Maday ... son of Jim and Terry Maday ... has three brothers and one sister ... born on February 25,1988 in Hinsdale, Ill. ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.
