Ben Ryan Class: Junior Hometown: Brighton, MI High School: Valley (West Des Moines, IA) Height / Weight: 5-11 / 192 Position: Center Birthdate: 10/18/1988 Last Team: Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Steady, consistent center iceman who will look to have a break out season in 2009-10 ... finished his sophomore year strong with a dominant performance in the CCHA Tournament, scoring the winning goal in both games, helping the Irish to their second CCHA title in the last three years ... earned second monogram in 2008-09 ... smart, intelligent player who plays with confidence ... strong at both ends of the ice ... tough forechecker who takes the body and finishes his checks ... creates offense with and without the puck ... gifted playmaker who can find the open man ... clutch scorer who comes up big in the biggest games ... was sixth on the team in scoring in `08-'09 with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27 points ... tied for the team lead with five game-winning goals ... was selected to the all-tournament team at the Shillelagh Tournament and in the CCHA championship ... in 86 career games has 22 goals with 31 assists for 53 points, including six game-winning goals ... joined the Irish after playing two seasons in the United States Hockey League with the Des Moines Buccaneers where he won a Clark Cup title in `05-'06 ... was ranked 37th in NHL Central Scoutings final rankings prior to the 2007 Entry Draft ... selected in the fourth round, 114th overall by the Nashville Predators ... attended the U.S. Junior National Evaluation Camp along with teammates Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth in August of 2007 ... one of 13 former USHL players playing at Notre Dame ... one of five Michigan natives on the Irish hockey roster along with seniors Brett Blatchford (Temperance) and Kyle Lawson (New Hudson) and fellow juniors Ian Cole (Ann Arbor) and Brad Phillips (Farmington Hills) ... signed in the early signing period (fall of `06) along with Cole, Billy Maday (deferred to `08), Phillips, Calle Ridderwall and Teddy Ruth.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 39 of team's 40 games, missing the season opener with an injury ... was sixth on the team in scoring with 12 goals and 15 assists for 27 points ... had three goals on the power play and tied for the team lead with five game winners ... had 15 penalties for 30 minutes ... was +6 on the season ... had five multiple-point games ... season started slow as he picked up just one assist in the first eight games ... had a two-point weekend versus Lake Superior (Nov. 14-15 ... scored first goal of the season in a 3-3 tie with the Lakers in series opener and added an assist in 5-2 victory ... second goal of the season came in 9-1 win at Bowling Green (Nov. 22) via the power play and was the game winner ... scored third goal of the year at Ferris State (Dec. 5) in 3-1 win versus the Bulldogs ... closed the first half of the season with three-point (1g, 2a) weekend versus Bowling Green (Dec. 12-13) ... picked up a goal (the game winner) and added an assist in 3-1 victory then added an assist in 4-3 win the following night to close out the first half of the season ... started January with a goal (gwg) and an assist in 3-1 win over Union in the opening game of the Shillelagh Tournament ... selected to the all-tournament team with his two-point weekend ... continued his consistent second-half play with a goal and an assist in the weekend series with Alaska (Jan. 9-10) ... seventh goal of the year came in 3-3 tie at Lake Superior (Jan. 17) ... turned in a five-point weekend (2g, 3a) versus North-ern Michigan (Feb. 13-14) ... equaled a career high with three points (1g, 2a) in 9-5 win over the Wildcats on Feb. 13 ... followed with a goal (ppg) and assist in 5-2 victory in series finale ... closed the regular season with assists in three consecutive games versus Nebraska-Omaha and Michigan State ... started the post season with two points (1g, 1a) in 5-0 win over Nebraska-Omaha in the first game of the second round playoff series ... scored game-winning goal with one minute left in 2-1 victory over Northern Michigan in CCHA semifinals ... picked up his second consecutive game-winning goal when his goal at 2:05 of the third period put Notre Dame ahead, 3-2, in CCHA championship game versus Michigan ... was selected to the CCHA all-tournament team ... in five postseason games, had three goals and one assist for four points.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 47 games for Notre Dame in 2007-08 ... was fourth in scoring with 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points ... had four power-play goals and one game winner ... whistled for 11 penalties, resulting in 22 penalty minutes ... was -4 on the year ... got his career off to a fast start with a three-game point streak (1g, 3a) ... assisted on lone goal in season-opening 4-1 loss to Wisconsin in Lefty McFadden Invitational (Oct. 12) ... picked up two assists in third-place game as Irish shutout Mercyhurst, 4-0 ... scored first collegiate goal via the power-play in 4-3 win over Denver (Oct. 18) ... goal was the game winner ... assisted on a pair of goals in 4-2 win at Bowling Green (Oct. 23) and scored his second goal of the year in 3-2 win at Ferris State (Oct. 26) ... third goal came in 2-1 win over Bowling Green (Nov. 20) ... recorded third multiple-point game of the year (1g, 1a) in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville in first game of Rensselaer Holiday Tournament (Nov. 23) ... had two-point weekend at Princeton, getting a goal in 4-2 win (Dec. 7) and an assist in 7-0 shutout (Dec. 8) ... went scoreless over a seven-game span before scoring lone Irish goal in 5-1 loss to Michigan (Jan. 19) ... had a four-point weekend in sweep of Bowling Green (Jan. 25-26) ... assisted on one goal in 6-1 home victory ... had career-high three-point game (2 ppg, 1a) in 4-1 road win ... was named CCHA rookie of the week for his play in the Bowling Green series ... had one assist in regular-season finale versus Western Michigan (March 1) ... that started him on a career-high five-game point streak (2g, 3a) ... scored goals in each of first two games of second-round series with Ferris State ... set up Ian Cole's game winner in 2-1, game three, win over the Bulldogs ... followed that by setting up Evan Rankin's goal in 2-1 overtime loss to Miami in CCHA semifinals ... recorded assists in each game of the NCAA West Regionals ... in nine postseason games had two goals and four assists for six points.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa ... also spent two years at Detroit Central Catholic High School in Detroit, Mich. ... played golf at Central Catholic for two seasons and was a member of the state championship team in his freshman year ... played two seasons for the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... in 2006-07 was third in scoring on the Bucs with 22 goals and 42 assists for 64 points with 10 power-play goals and two game winners ... was eighth in the league in scoring and 22nd in goals ... played in the USHL Prospects/All-Star game with Calle Ridderwall and Robin Bergman ... was fifth in scoring in 2005-06 with 14 goals and 23 assists for 37 points as he helped the Bucs to the 2006 Clark Cup championship ... had four goals and one assist in 11 playoff games with two game-winning goals, including the game winner in the championship game ... played on the USA Under-18 Select Team in August of 2005 ... came through the Detroit Victory Honda midget program where he was a teammate of sophomore Ian Cole ... had 31 goals and 36 assists for 67 points in 65 games with Victory Honda in `04-'05 ... full name is Benjamin Patrick Ryan ... son of John and Vicki Ryan ... has one brother and one sister ... born on October 16, 1988 in Detroit, Mich. ... psychology major in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.

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