#10 Notre Dame Hockey defeated USA U18 in overtime in a shootout on (Oct 07, 2012 at Notre Dame, Ind.)
Hard-working forward who elevated his game in his final year of juniors ... last name pronounced Hair ... "honest" hockey player with outstanding character ... mature player both physically and emotionally, which will help him adapt to Division I college hockey quickly ... talented and smart with excellent hockey skills ... does the little things well ... has the ability to play a variety of roles and excel in all of them ... excellent leadership skills ... joins the Notre Dame lineup after playing two seasons in the USHL with Green Bay ... helped the Gamblers to the 2011-12 USHL Clark Cup title ... was named the most valuable player of the `11-'12 USHL playoffs ... finished 12th in the regular-season scoring race, scoring 30 goals with 26 assists for 56 points in 55 games ... tied for the USHL lead with a +35 plus-minus ... scored eight power-play goals and had four game winners while recording 43 penalty minutes ... helped Green Bay to a 47-9-4 record, good for 98 points and first place in the USHL's Eastern Division ... in the playoffs, helped the Gamblers to playoff series wins over Youngstown, Indiana and then Waterloo, by a 3-2 margin, for the USHL title ... had seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in 12 games ... was +13 for the playoffs with one power-play goal and two game winners on the way to MVP honors ... in his first season in the USHL, played in 57 games with 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points and was +12 ... picked up 52 penalty minutes and three game winners while Green Bay finished second in the USHL Eastern Conference with a 41-15-4 record .. team lost to Dubuque in the Clark Cup finals ... in Nov. of 2011, he teamed with Vince Hinostroza and Mario Lucia on the 2011 U.S. Junior National Select team that won a bronze medal at the World Junior A Challenge ... one of six Illinois natives on the Notre Dame roster, joining Sam Calabrese (Park Ridge), Kevin Lind (Homer Glen), T.J. Tynan (Orland Park), Robbie Russo (Westmont) and Thomas DiPauli (Woodridge) ... one of 17 Notre Dame players to have spent time in the USHL and one of five, including Anders Lee, David Gerths, Steven Summerhays and Andy Ryan, to play for Green Bay ... signed a national letter-of-intent to attend Notre Dame in the fall of 2011 along with Thomas DiPauli, Vince Hinostroza, Mario Lucia and Justin Wade.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in Hinsdale, Ill. in 2011 ... played two seasons for the Chicago Mission Midget Major program ... scored 18 goals with 13 assists for 31 points in 47 games in helping Mission to the 2009 AAA national championship ... full name is Samuel Michael Herr ... son of Jeff and Tracy Herr ... has two brothers, Charlie and Joe ... born in Hinsdale, Ill. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.
