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Ice Hockey
Gritty newcomer who brings valuable experience to the Notre Dame forward lines, after spending two seasons at Alaska Anchorage and last season in junior hockey with the Twin City Vulcans of the United States Hockey League ... has a strong background, as his father Dennis Maruk played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (1975-89, with four teams, primarily the Detroit Red Wings), finishing as the NHL's fourth-leading scorer in 1982 (60G-76A) while compiling 878 career points (356G-522A) in nearly 900 games ... one of four current Notre Dame players whose fathers played in the NHL (see box below) ... helped the Vulcans capture the national junior-A title in 1999-2000 ... a solid all-around player who could fill a role in special team situations ... one of eight Minnesota natives on the 2000-01 Irish roster, with past connections to senior captain Ryan Dolder ... joins Notre Dame program that has produced 79 all-time letterwinners from the state of Minnesota ... inherits the No. 9 jersey work by Dunlop in 1999-2000 ... many other noteworthy Irish forwards have worn No. 9, including centers Pat Conroy ('71-'75, 38G-87A in 139 career games) and Don Fairholm ('74-'78, 50G-81A in 118 GP), wingers Steve Schneider ('75-'79, 35G-47A in 139 Gp), and Bill Rothstein ('78-'82, 69G-78A in 138 GP), center Curtis Janicke ('89-'93, 46G-98A in 125 GP) and left wing Aniket Dhadphale ('95-'99, 61G-44A in 143 GP) ... could face two former Vulcans teammates during Notre Dame's 2000-01 season: Bowling Green's Doug Schueller and Minnesota's Matt Koalska. 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 6-25-5 record ... totaled three assists as a freshman, with one penalty ... appeared in 29 games as a sophomore on team that posted 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. ... an economics major in the College of Arts and Letters. |
    
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