The Fighting Irish make their second trip to the Frozen Four.
Earned his second monogram with the Irish hockey team during the 2010-11 season ... continues to mature as a player and team leader ... should be ready for a breakout season in 2011-12 ... played some of his best hockey at Notre Dame during the last two months of his sophomore year ... started his Irish hockey career as a 17-year old freshman ... has outstanding instincts for the game and all the tools to be a dynamic player at the Division I level ... brings size, speed and skill to the Notre Dame lineup ... strong at both ends of the ice ... will be counted on in all situations - five-on-five, on the power play and short-handed ... strong on face offs ... played in 40 games as a sophomore, scoring five goals with career highs in assists (17) and points (22) ... added two power-play goals, one short-handed tally and a game winner ... has played in 77 career games with 11 goals and 28 assists for 39 points ... joined the Irish lineup after playing two years of junior B hockey for the St. Catharine's Falcons of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's Golden Horseshoe Division ... selected in the first round, 21st overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft ... went into the draft ranked 22nd in Central Scoutings final rankings for North American skaters ... one of four Irish players selected in the first round of the NHL draft, joining Ian Cole (St. Louis in 2007), Kyle Palmieri (Anaheim in 2009) and Jarred Tinordi (Montreal in 2010) ... only Cole at 18th was selected higher ... attended Canada's National Junior Team Developmental Camp ... was one of last players cut from Canada's 2011 Junior National Team ... selected in the 2007 OHL Entry Draft by the Erie Otters in the fourth round (76th overall) ... picked in the 2008 USHL Futures Draft by the Tri-City Storm ... one of three Canadians on the Notre Dame roster along with senior Rich Ryan (Toronto, Ont.) and sophomore Shayne Taker (Surrey, B.C.) ... joined the Irish in the early signing period (Nov. of `08) along with Sam Calabrese, Nick Larson and Kyle Palmieri.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 40 of Notre Dame's 44 games during 2010-11 ... was seventh on the team in scoring with five goals and a career-high 17 assists for 22 points ... scored twice on the power play, once short-handed and had one game-winning goal ... had 14 penalties for 28 minutes ... had four games with two or more points ... started the season with a three-game assist and point streak (0g, 3a) from Oct. 8-Oct. 14 ... had a career-high four-point game (1g, 3a) in 8-1 win at Northern Michigan (Jan. 7) ... goal was his first of the season and short-handed ... second multi-point game came on Jan. 28 with a goal and an assist in 5-5 tie versus Miami ... had a goal (ppg, gwg) and an assist in 3-2 win at Ferris State (Feb. 18) ... scored one goal in 4-2 win over Lake Superior (March 13) in game three of CCHA second-round playoff series ... added his fifth goal of the season in 4-2 loss to Michigan in CCHA third-place game ... assisted on two goals in 2-1 win over New Hampshire in NCAA Northeast Regional championship game ... played in eight postseason games, scoring two goals with three assists for five points.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 37 games as a freshman ... tied for fifth in scoring with six goals and 11 assists for 17 points ... had three power-play goals ... whistled for 11 minor penalties resulting in 22 minutes ... was -12 for the year ... was second on the team with 96 shots on goal for a .062 shooting percentage ... got his career off to a fast start as he scored his first career goal on his first shot on the power-play in a 3-2 loss to Alabama-Huntsville (Oct. 9) ... had career-high two-point game with a goal and an assist in 2-2 tie with Ohio State (Oct. 31) ... put together a five-game point streak (1g, 4a) between Nov. 14 and Nov. 27 ... scored a goal in 4-1 win over Michigan State (Nov. 22) and added assists in the other four games ... due to injuries played two games on defense for the Irish versus Michigan ... scored only Notre Dame goal in 4-1 loss to the Wolverines on Dec. 11 ... assisted on a goal in 2-0 shutout win against Michigan on Dec. 13 ... scored fifth goal of the season in 5-2 win over Colgate in the first round of the Shillelagh Tournament (Jan. 2) ... sixth goal of the year came at Western Michigan (Feb. 5) in a 7-2 loss ... held scoreless in two postseason games against Ohio State.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Denis Morris High School in St. Catharine's Ont. ... played two seasons of junior hockey for the St. Catharine's Falcons of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League's Golden Horseshoe Division ... led the team in scoring in both years ... in 2008-09, had 27 goals and 46 assists for 73 points with 11 power-play goals, seven short-handed tallies and three game winners ... followed with 13 points (8g, 5a) in 11 playoff games ... in 2007-08, led the team in scoring with 22 goals and 39 assists for 61 points ... had eight power-play goals, two short-handed and one game winner ... helped Falcons to conference finals where they fell to Thorold in seven games ... had five goals and 10 assists for 15 points ... two-time winner of the Rex Stimer most valuable player award ... in `07-'08 won the Ashton Morrison Trophy as team's rookie of the year ... won the Falcons' President's Award as the leading scorer in `07-'08 and `08-'09 ... following the `08-'09 campaign was awarded an Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) Junior B Top Prospects Award and received the honor during summer of `09 at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto ... full name is Riley Michael Sheahan ... son of Mike and Peggy Sheahan ... has one sister, Karli ... second cousin of former Irish standout defenseman Brock Sheahan `08 ... born Dec. 7, 1991 in St. Catharine's, Ont. ... sociology major in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.
