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Ice Hockey
Earned his third monogram at Notre Dame during the 2007-08 season as he became the go-to-guy in goal after serving as the back up to David Brown in his first two years with the Irish ... showed that he had all the tools to be a top collegiate goaltender ... has excellent size and quickness to fill the net ... strong on his skates ... has a quiet confidence in his ability ... solid, consistent player ... makes the big save when his team needs it ... will team with junior Tom O'Brien and sophomore Brad Phillips to give the Irish one of the top goaltending trios in the nation ... stepped into the lineup as a junior and set school records for games (43) and minutes played (2,557:46) ... was 23-15-4 on the year with a 2.04 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage ... picked up two shutouts ... won the CCHA's top goaltender award for lowest goals against (1.80) in conference games ... for his career, has played in 55 games with a 29-20-4 record to go with a 2.21 goals-against average, a .904 save mark and four shutouts ... winner of the Notre Dame Monogram Club's team most valuable player award ... took the Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley's Rockne Scholar-Athlete Award ... was an ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA second team Academic All-American on the at-Large team ... joined the Irish after playing one season in the USHL with the Lincolns Stars after two years with the U.S. National Team Developmental Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... teammate in Lincoln of former Irish forward Evan Rankin `08 and senior Erik Condra ... one of 15 Irish players to play in the USHL ... one of 21 Notre Dame players all-time to play for the U.S. National program and one of seven on the current roster along with junior Kyle Lawson, sophomores Ian Cole, Brad Phillips and Teddy Ruth and freshmen Patrick Gaul and Sean Lorenz ... signed national letter-of-intent in early-signing period (Nov. `04) along with Condra, Christian Hanson, Kevin Deeth, Kyle Lawson and Ryan Thang ... has been selected to the Dean's List in four of his first six semesters at Notre Dame (fall `05, spring `06, fall `07 and spring `08) ... had a 4.0 grade-point average in the spring of `06 ... owns a 3.816 grade-point average with a double major in anthropology and pre-med ... member of Notre Dame's Academic Honors Program. AS A JUNIOR: Played in a single-season record 43 games, making 42 starts for the Irish ... set a school mark by playing 2,557:46 minutes ... was 23-15-4 overall with a 2.04 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage ... recorded two shutouts on the year ... was 13-8-4 in CCHA action ... led the conference with a 1.80 goals-against average with a .922 save percentage ... won the CCHA's top goaltender award based on having the best goals-against average ... collected plenty of postseason hardware ... was the Notre Dame Monogram Club's team most valuable player ... received the Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley's Rockne Scholar-Athlete Award ... was an ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA second team Academic All-American on the at-Large team ... Notre Dame's Perani Cup winner for most points in the postgame three star selections ... was Notre Dame's choice for the CCHA Scholar-Athlete team ... opened the season, stopping 21 of 25 shots in a 4-1 loss to Wisconsin in the opening game of the Lefty McFadden Tournament in Dayton, Ohio ... bounced back with a 26-save, 4-0 win against Mercyhurst in the third-place game of the tourney ... shutout was the third of his career ... made 17 saves in 4-3 win against fifth-ranked Denver in home opener (Oct. 18) ... made fourth consecutive start, giving up two goals while making 25 saves in 3-1 loss to the Pioneers on Oct. 19 ... picked up third win of the season on Oct. 23 at Bowling Green, making 18 saves in 4-2 win ... turned in a 25-save performance as the Irish won a 3-2 decision at Ferris State (Oct. 26) ... made a season-high 32 saves, giving up two goals in a 3-0 loss to the Bulldogs in game two of the series ... made eighth consecutive start in a 7-3 home win against Lake Superior State (Nov. 1) ... made 12 saves in the victory that ran his record to 5-3 ... missed first start of the season in second game of Lake Superior series ... equaled a season-high with 32 saves to lead the Irish to a 2-1 upset of top-ranked Miami, in Oxford, Ohio ... had his third 32-save game of the year in game two of the series with Miami, giving up two goals in a 3-1 loss ... started a personal seven-game winning streak between Nov. 16 and Dec. 7, going 7-0-0 with a 1.45 goals-against average (13 goals against) and a .894 save percentage ... started the streak on Nov. 16 with an 11-save, 4-1 win at home against Western Michigan ... won the second game of the series in Kalamazoo, Mich., with 10 saves in a 5-1 win over the Broncos ... followed the weekend sweep with a 27-save, 2-1 victory at home versus Bowling Green (Nov. 20) ... backstopped the Irish to a 4-3 win in the championship game of the Rensselaer Holiday Tournament in Troy, N.Y., by making 15 stops in a 4-3 win against R.P.I., for his fourth win in a row ... ran the streak to six straight with back-to-back home wins against Nebraska-Omaha ... opened the series by making 14 saves in a 5-4 win over the Mavericks on Nov. 30 ... made 16 saves the following night in a 5-0 win over UNO, his second shutout of the year and fourth of his career ... won final game of his streak with 17 saves in a 4-2 win at Princeton (Dec. 7) ... seven-game streak was part of Notre Dame's 9-0-0 streak through Dec. 8 ... saw the winning streak come to an end in opening game of the Lightning Hockey Classic in Tampa, Fla. ... had 21 stops as Massachusetts rallied for two goals in the third period for a 4-3 win in the first semifinal game ... bounced back the following night with 19 saves in a 3-1 victory over Rensselaer to end the 2007 portion of the schedule ... dropped his sixth decision of the year to open 2008 in a 2-1 loss at Northern Michigan (Jan. 4) ... made 19 saves in the game ... played both games of the home-and-home series against Michigan State ... on Jan. 11 at Munn Arena gave up two goals in a 3-1 loss to the Spartans, making 27 saves on the night ... two days later at Notre Dame, made 14 saves as the Irish and Spartans battled to a 1-1 tie ... saw his record go to 0-3-1 in January with a heartbreaking, 3-2, loss at Michigan (Jan. 18) ... made 25 saves only to see Wolverines score game winner with 20.3 seconds left on the clock ... played the final 23:49 in game two of the series at the Palace of Auburn Hills in relief of Brad Phillips ... gave up no goals with 10 saves in a 5-1 loss ... snapped out of his personal four-game winless skid on Jan. 25, giving up just one goal with 20 saves in a 6-1 home victory against Bowling Green ... made it two wins in a row in game two of the series with the Falcons, making 21 saves in a 4-1 victory at the BGSU Ice Arena ... BG series was the first of 19 consecutive starts for Pearce ... opened February with a 5-3 home loss to Ferris State, making 31 saves in the contest ... made 27 saves the following night in a 2-2 tie with the Bulldogs ... returned to his native Alaska (Feb. 15-16) taking a win and a tie against the Nanooks ... had his fourth 32-save game of the season in a 2-1 win in the series opener ... only had to make 13 saves in the second game of the series in a 1-1 tie ... returned home for two games with Ohio State ... made 20 saves in a 3-1 (two goals against) loss to the Buckeyes on Feb. 23 ... had 23 saves the following night as the teams battled to a 2-2 tie ... gave up two goals at Western Michigan on Feb. 29, making 20 saves in a 3-0 loss ... led the Irish to a 3-1 win in the regular-season finale on March 1, making 15 saves in the victory ... finished the season with a 1.80 goals-against average in CCHA play, taking the goals-against average award over Miami's Jeff Zatkoff (1.83) ... helped Notre Dame to a two games to one win over Ferris State in the second round of the CCHA playoffs ... dropped the series opener with 26 saves in a 2-1 loss on March 14 ... followed with a 22-save performance as the Irish found their offense in a 6-3 win to tie the series at 1-1 ... had 24 saves in game three as the Irish took a 2-1 decision to advance to Joe Louis Arena and the CCHA semifinals ... turned in a stellar effort versus Miami, making 28 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss ... shutout the Red Hawks for 59:56 only to see them tie the game with just four seconds left on the clock with a sixth attacker ... Miami got the game winner at 6:06 of overtime ... Notre Dame's scoring woes continued in the third-place game versus Northern Michigan ... Pearce made 19 saves in a 2-1 loss to the Wildcats ... the junior goaltender continued his strong play in the NCAA touranament ... in the West Regionals, he outdueled Hobey Baker candidates Kevin Regan (UNH) and Jeff Lerg (Michigan State) to lead Notre Dame to the West Regional title .... gave up two early goals to New Hampshire, then slammed the door on the Wildcats, finishing with 32 saves in a 7-3 win over the region's top-seeded team ... held Michigan State to one goal while making 20 saves in a 3-1 victory in the regional final to send the Irish to their first Frozen Four ... at the Frozen Four stopped 29 shots as Notre Dame knocked off their second No. 1 team of the year, Michigan, 5-4 in overtime to move on to the national championship game against Boston College ... made 19 saves in a 4-1 loss to end the season ... season-ending 19-game streak for Pearce saw him go 9-7-3 with a 2.07 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage ... in the postseason, he was 5-4 with a 2.42 goals against and a .909 save percentage. AS A SOPHOMORE: Saw action in just three games as he served as the back up to All-American David Brown ... was 2-1-0 in three starts with a 2.01 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage while turning in one shutout ... made first start of the season on Oct. 27 in opening game of the Lightning College Hockey Classic in Tampa, Fla., versus Army ... stopped all seven shots he faced in 3-0 shutout win ... returned between the pipes on Jan. 7 in a home contest against Robert Morris ... played 58:10 while stopping 11 of 15 shots in 4-2 loss to the Colonials ... two of four goals were power-play markers ... turned in best performance of the season on the road at Alaska on Feb. 17 ... played 61:22, stopping 33 of 35 shots in 3-2 overtime win for the Irish ... 33 saves were second best total of his career. AS A FRESHMAN: Made nine appearances as a freshman with six starts ... was 4-4-0 with a 3.25 goals-against average and a .882 save percentage ... recorded one shutout ... finished the year with 180 saves ... surrendered 24 goals in 442:24 minutes ... made first appearance of the year at Denver on Oct. 22, giving up six goals with 17 saves in a 6-3 loss to the Pioneers ... registered first career win and shutout on Oct. 29 with a 27-save, 2-0 win over Princeton at home ... tied David Brown for the earliest shutout in a career at Notre Dame by doing it in his second game ... selected CCHA rookie-of-the-week for shutout against Tigers ... lost a 4-2 decision at Michigan on Nov. 5, stopping 25 shots in the contest ... surrendered four goals (29 saves) in a 9-4 win over Bowling Green on Nov. 10 ... played the third period in relief of Brown in 5-2 loss to Ohio State on Nov. 26, giving up one goal on eight shots ... played the first 39:58 in 4-3 loss at Western Michigan, giving up four goals on 16 shots ... did not see action again until Jan. 21 when he replaced Brown with 6:47 gone in the second period at Northern Michigan and the Irish trailing, 3-1 ... stopped all 14 shots he faced as Notre Dame rallied for a 4-3 win ... had a career-high 34 saves in 7-4 win at Bowling Green on Feb. 17 ... final appearance came in the CCHA playoffs ... in game two, replaced Brown after he was injured just 10 minutes into the contest ... made 15 saves in tough, 1-0 loss to Alaska Fairbanks. WITH USA HOCKEY: As a member of the USA Under-18 team was 8-11-1 with a 3.57 goals-against average and a .874 save percentagge in `03-'04 ... the previous year, 2002-03, was 7-22-0 with a 3.97 goals against and a .891 save mark. PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from South Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska .... also attended Lincoln Southwest in Lincoln, Neb. during his senior year, Huron High School in Ann Arbor as a sophomore and junior and Service High School in Anchorage as a freshman ... was all-Conference and all-State as a freshman at Service High School ... while playing with the Lincoln Stars in `04-'05 was 22-10-4 with a 3.07 goals-against average and a .897 save percentage in helping Lincoln to a second-place tie in the USHL's Western Division ... full name is Jordan Paul Pearce ... son of David and Brenda Pearce ... has one brother and one sister ... born Oct. 10, 1986, in Anchorage, Alaska ... anthropology/pre-med major in the College of Arts and Letters.
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