Calle Ridderwall Class: Junior Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden High School: Victor J. Andrew (Tinley Park, IL) Height / Weight: 6-0 / 188 Position: Left Wing Birthdate: 05/28/1988 Last Team: Tri-City Storm (USHL)

Had a break out season as a sophomore, becoming one of the top goal scorers in the CCHA ... earned second monogram in 2008-09 after leading the Irish with 17 goals and finishing second on the team with 32 points ... scored 11 power-play goals to finish second in the CCHA and fifth in the nation ... added weight and strength from freshman to sophomore years to become a more dominant player ... outstanding skater with tremendous speed and great hands ... blessed with a quick, accurate shot ... great release with a nice touch around the net ... has all the tools to be an outstanding collegiate player ... was selected as an honorable mention all-CCHA choice following the `08-'09 campaign ... winner of Notre Dame's most improved player award ... hero of Notre Dame's dramatic overtime win in the 2008 Frozen Four when he scored twice, including the game winner at 6:06 of overtime to beat Michigan, 5-4 in the semifinals before moving on to the championship game ... came to Notre Dame after one season in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Tri-City Storm ... one of three former Storm players on the Notre Dame roster along with senior Kyle Lawson and freshman Kevin Nugent ... one of 13 Irish players to play in the USHL ... signed a national letter-of-intent in the early-signing period (Nov. `06) along with Ian Cole, Brad Phillips, Teddy Ruth and Ben Ryan ... was a midget teammate of current Irish sophomore, Billy Maday ... first Notre Dame player from Sweden.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Has developed into one of the top goal scorers in the CCHA ... played in all 40 games in 2008-09, leading the Irish in goals with 17 while adding 15 assists for 32 points .... 11 power-play goals were tops on the team and he tied for the team lead with five game-winning goals ... had 10 penalties for 20 points and was +2 on the season ... shoot-out specialist for the Irish, scoring on two-of-three chances ... had eight games with two or more points and three games with two or more goals ... started the season slowly, picking up just two assists in the first six games before being reunited with Billy Maday, his teammate from midget hockey in Chicago ... picked up first goal of the year on Nov. 1 in 4-2 win at Northern Michigan ... second goal of the campaign came a week later as he scored in a 4-1 win at Providence (Nov. 8) ... after not scoring in Nov. 14 game, rolled off a six-game point streak (6g, 10a) from Nov. 15 through Dec. 5 ... scored first power-play goal of the year and had two assists for three points in 5-2 home win with Lake Superior ... assisted on a pair of goals in 5-1 home win over Bowling Green (Nov. 21) ... had a career-best four-point game (2g, 2a) in 9-1 victory at Bowling Green with both goals on the power play ... ran streak to four games with second consecutive four-point night (2g, 2a), having a hand in all four Notre Dame goals in a 4-1 win over Western Michigan (Nov. 28) ... both goals came on the power play and included the game winner ... closed that series with an assist and a five-point weekend as the teams battled to a 3-3 tie ... named CCHA offensive player of the week for Nov. 30 ... wrapped up six-game streak with a goal (power play and game winner) in 3-1 win at Ferris State on Dec. 5 ... closed the first half of the season on Dec. 13 with a power-play goal (his seventh) in a 4-3 win over Bowling Green ... held off the scoresheet for first four games of January before finding the goal scoring touch at Lake Superior ... had a goal (ppg) in 3-1 win on Jan. 16 and an assist in 3-3 tie the following night ... had back-to-back two-point games (1g, 1a) with game winners in both at Michigan (3-2, on Jan. 31) and at Ohio State (4-3 in ot, Feb. 6) ... game winner versus Buckeyes came 49 seconds into overtime ... opened the scoring in the first game of the CCHA playoffs, scoring 2:01 into the game for game winner in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha ... scored a pair of goals in the CCHA championship game against Michigan, helping Irish to second CCHA title in three years ... was selected to the CCHA all-tournament team ... in five postseason games had three goals and no assists.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 39 games during the 2007-08 campaign, scoring five goals with two assists for seven points ... scored one game-winning goal ... had six penalties for 20 minutes ... was +1 on the season ... first collegiate goal came in 10th game of the year as his first-period goal tied the game at 1-1 on the way to a 5-1 win at Western Michigan (Nov. 17) ... recorded first career assist in 4-2 win at Princeton (Dec. 7) ... assisted on a Justin White goal in 3-2 loss at Michigan (Jan. 18) ... second goal of the season gave Notre Dame a 5-0 lead in 6-1 win over Bowling Green (Jan. 25) ... did not score again until the postseason ... opened the scoring in game two of the CCHA second round against Ferris State as he staked the Irish to a 1-0 lead on the way to a 6-3 win that tied the series at 1-1 ... had his first multiple-goal and point game in the Frozen Four semifinal game with Michigan, scoring a pair of goals ... whipped a shot from the slot past Billy Sauer five minutes into the game to give Notre Dame a 1-0 lead ... in overtime, scooped up a Dan VeNard rebound in the slot, moved the puck from backhand to forehand and tucked a shot under the crossbar over Bryan Hogan at 6:06 of the extra stanza to give the Irish a 5-4 win and move them on to the national championship game against Boston College ... in nine postseason games had three goals.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., while playing for the Chicago Chill ... first native of Sweden to play at Notre Dame ... is a product of the Hammarby IF program in Stockholm ... came to the United States in 2005-06 and played for the Chicago Chill (Midget AA) where he had 52 goals and 66 assists for 118 points while finishing second at USA Midget AA championships ... was a teammate of current Irish freshman Billy Maday with the Chill ... spent one season in the USHL with the Tri-City Storm ... led the Storm in scoring in 2006-07 with 27 goals and 35 assists for 62 points to tie for 14th in the league in scoring ... had 14 power-play goals, three short-handed tallies and seven game winners ... played in the USHL Prospects/All-Star game in January of 2007 and was named to the `06-'07 USHL all-rookie team ... full name is Carl Erik Ridderwall ... son of Jan and Marie Ridderwall ... has one sister ... born on May 28, 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.

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