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Ice Hockey
Won first monogram during his freshmen year as he led all Irish rookies in scoring ... developed into an outstanding two-way center for Notre Dame during the 2007-08 campaign ... smart, intelligent player who can create offense with or without the puck ... excellent playmaker who finds the open man ... plays at both ends of the ice ... takes the body and finishes his checks ... has good hands and a nice touch around the net ... has shown a penchant for scoring big goals during his career ... was fourth in scoring as a freshman with 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points ... joined the Irish after playing two seasons in the USHL 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 current teammates Ian Cole and Teddy Ruth in August of 2007 ... one of 15 former USHL players playing at Notre Dame ... one of seven Michigan natives on the Irish hockey roster along with seniors Erik Condra (Livonia) and Justin White (Traverse City), juniors Brett Blatchford (Temperance) and Kyle Lawson (New Hudson) and sophomores Ian Cole (Ann Arbor) and Brad Phillips (Farmington Hills) ... signed in the early signing period (fall of `06) along with Robin Bergman, Cole, Billy Maday (deferred to `08), Phillips, Ridderwall and Teddy Ruth. 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. Ryan's Career Statistics
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