Jon Maruk Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minnesota High School: Breck Last College: Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) Height / Weight: 5-10 / 182 Position: Left Wing Birthdate: 07/14/1979 Previous Team: Twin City Vulcans (USHL)

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.

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