| Jon Maruk |
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Two-year monogram winner at Notre Dame after transferring from Alaska
Anchorage ... Gritty, hard-working, two-way forward ... in two
seasons saw most of his action on Irish checking line ... saw playing
time on Notre Dame power-play unit during senior season ... strong on
faceoffs and on the penalty-killing unit ... played the first two
seasons of his collegiate career at Alaska Anchorage ('97-'99) and
then played one year of junior hockey for the Twin Cities Vulcans of
the United States Hockey League ('99-'00) before transferring to
Notre Dame ... has a strong hockey background, as his father Dennis
Maruk, played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (1975-89, with
four teams, primarily the Minnesota North Stars and the Washington
Capitals), finishing his career with 878 career points on 356 goals
and 522 assists in nearly 900 games ... was the NHL's fourth-leading
scorer in 1982 (60 goals, 76 assists) ... helped the Vulcans capture
the national junior-A title in 1999-2000 ... one of 82 Notre Dame
letterwinners from the state of Minnesota including fellow 2002
graduate Sam Cornelius ... first Eden Prairie, Minn., native to
letter with the Irish.
AS A SENIOR: Played in 34 of the team's 38 games ... collected three
goals and three assists for six points ... fired 35 shots on goal
(.086 shooting percentage) ... had one power-play goal ... was +1 on
the year with nine penalties for 18 minutes ... first career goal at
Notre Dame came versus Northeastern (Oct. 27) tying game 2-2 at 5:33
of second period ... had regular season assists at Princeton and
Michigan State ... second goal of the season came versus Bowling
Green, tying game at 2-2 on way to 4-2 Irish win ... had a goal and
an assist in playoff upset of Nebraska-Omaha ... in 2-1 overtime win
in game two, set up Evan Nielsen's first-period power-play goal ...
in deciding game three, scored game-tying goal with four seconds left
in first period as Irish went on to a 2-1 win.
AS A JUNIOR: Appeared in 37 of the team's 39 games in his first
season with the Irish ... recorded five assists while seeing most of
his action on Notre Dame's third and fourth lines ... had 27 shots on
goal ... solid two-way player who also saw duty on Notre Dame's
penalty-killing and power-play units (three of his five assists came
on the power play) ... recorded 12 penalties for 24 minutes ... got
his Notre Dame career off to a fast start with two assists in season
opener at Hall of Fame Classic versus Minnesota ... assisted on
Dunlop's first goal of the season midway through the second period
... also set up Rob Globke's first collegiate goal at 13:52 of the
third period ...suffered through a nine-game scoring drought before
setting up an Aaron Gill power-play tally at 14:34 of the second
period to cut Boston College lead to 4-2 in eventual 5-3 loss ...
picked up fourth assist of season setting up a David Inman power-play
goal in 5-2 loss at home to Miami ... final assist of the season came
at Nebraska-Omaha when he set up Jay Kopischke's second period
go-ahead power-play goal snapping a 1-1 tie on the way to Notre
Dame's 7-3 road win.
AT ALASKA ANCHORAGE: Appeared in 53 games during the 1997-98 and
'98-'99 seasons, totaling three goals, three assists and seven
penalties ... played in 24 games as a freshman on team that posted a
6-25-5 record ... had three assists as a frosh, with one penalty ...
appeared in 29 games as a sophomore on team that went 13-18-5 record
while registering two goals (one power play), one assist and six
penalties for 12 minutes.
PREP & PERSONAL: Ranked as one the top scorers on the Twin City
Vulcans team that won the 1999-2000 national junior-A title, totaling
32 goals and 42 assists in 71 total games played ...previously had
played for the Vulcans for 18 games after his senior season at Breck
High School, totaling five goals and 10 assists in 18 games ... ranks
as Breck's all-time leading scorer, with 74 goals and 137 assists ...
earned four letters as a winger, earning all-conference honors his
final three years while playing on three conference championship
teams ... two-year team captain ... team MVP and all-state as a
senior, after compiling 43 goals and 37 assists in 28 games ... was a
finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Hockey Award ... also lettered for three
seasons as a tailback on the football team and for two seasons as a
baseball centerfielder ... named all-conference in football as a
sophomore and junior ... played on the USA Hockey Select-17 team in
1996 ... an honor-roll student ... son of Dennis and Joni Maruk ...
full name is Jon D. Maruk ... born July 14, 1979, in Prince Georges,
Md. ... graduated with an economics degree from the College of Arts
and Letters.
Maruk's Career Statistics
| Year | GP | G | A | Pts | Shots | Sh Pct. | P/Min | PPG | SHG | GWG | +/- |
| 2000-01 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | .000 | 12/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| 2001-02 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 35 | .086 | 9/18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Totals | 71 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 62 | .048 | 21/42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
