Ryan Thang Class: Junior Hometown: Edina, MN High School: Edina Height / Weight: 6-0 / 192 Position: Right Wing Birthdate: 05/11/1987 Last Team: Omaha Lancers (USHL)

Two-time monogram winner for the Irish ... one of Notre Dame's top goal-scoring threats ... ranks among the top goal scorers in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ... will serve as one of the team's alternate captains during the 2008-09 season ... strong, tough to knock off his feet ... has a quick release and an accurate shot ... prototypical power forward ... has the ability to create his own shot ... tireless worker who continues to improve all aspects of his game ... plays in all situations for the Irish ... good at both ends of the ice ... strong along the boards ... wins all the little battles ... sniper on the power play and a threat to score in short-handed situations ... has outstanding leadership skills ... played in all 47 games as a sophomore and led Notre Dame in goals (18) with 14 assists for 32 points ... has a knack for scoring in the clutch as he had five game winners last season and already has 11 for his two-year career ... was MVP of the Rensselaer Holiday Tournament in November ... has played in every game (89) in his first two seasons ... in 89 career games has 38 goals and 35 assists for 73 points ... righthanded shot who excels playing on the left side ... matriculated to Notre Dame after spending two seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Sioux Falls Stampede and the Omaha Lancers ... selected in third round, 81st overall in 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators ... one of four Minnesota natives on the Notre Dame roster, joining senior Garrett Regan (Hastings) and sophomores Brian Brooke (Eden Prairie) and Ryan Guentzel (Woodbury) ... becomes the 14th Edina High School hockey player to play at Notre Dame, joining former Irish standouts like Bill Nyrop `74, Kevin Nugent `78, Tim Kuehl `90 and Dan Carlson `01 ... one of 15 Notre Dame players to play in the USHL ... signed a national letter-of-intent in the early-signing period (Nov. `04) and deferred to the `06-'07 season along with Kevin Deeth and Kyle Lawson.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in all 47 games for the Irish, scoring 18 goals with 14 assists for 32 points ... led team in goals and was second in points ... tied for team lead with seven power-play goals, was second with two short-handed markers and led squad with five game winners ... had 24 penalties for 48 minutes ... was +7 for the year ... had eight games with two or more points and one multiple-goal game ... did not score in season opener versus Wisconsin then went on a three-game goal-scoring streak ... first goal of the season came on the power play in 4-0 win over Mercyhurst in third-place game of Lefty McFadden Invitational ... notched game-tying goal late in second period in home-opening win against Denver (Oct. 18) ... scored second power-play goal of the season (lone Irish goal) in 3-1 loss to Denver ... picked up first game winner of the year (fourth goal) in 3-2 win at Ferris State (Oct. 26) ... had a first-period power-play goal to spark 7-3 home win against Lake Superior (Nov. 1) ... held off the scoresheet until getting one goal in each game of Irish sweep of Western Michigan (Nov. 16-17) ... began a five-game point streak (4g, 2a) ... recorded first multiple-point game of the year with a goal (gwg) and an assist in 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville in opening game of Rensselaer Holiday Tournament ... capped Irish rally from three-goal deficit in championship game versus R.P.I., scoring game winner with just under four minutes remaining in the game ... selected tournament Most Valuable Player with two game-winning goals and an assist ... picked up first short-handed goal of the season and 10th goal of the year in 5-0 win against Nebraska-Omaha (Dec. 1) ... had three points (1g, 2a) in the Lightning College Hockey Classic ... assisted on one goal in 4-3 loss in opening game to Massachusetts ... had the game-winning goal and an assist in 3-1 win over R.P.I. in third-place game ... assisted on lone Notre Dame goal in 3-1 loss at Michigan State (Jan. 11) ... scored game-tying goal with 38 seconds remaining in 1-1 tie with the Spartans at the Joyce Center (Jan. 13) ... helped snap Notre Dame out of a January goal-scoring slump by equaling a career best with a three-point game (2g, 1a) in 6-1 home win against Bowling Green (Jan. 25) ... both goals were power-play tallies ... recorded two assists in 5-3 loss to Ferris State (Feb. 8) ... had fifth game-winning goal of the year in a 2-1 win at Alaska (Feb. 15) ... closed the regular season with a goal and an assist in 3-1 win against Western Michigan (March 1) ... had second two-assist game versus Ferris State in game two of CCHA second round game ... Irish won 6-3 and tied series at 1-1 ... helped Notre Dame upset New Hampshire in opening game of West Regional with a goal and two assists for second three-point game of the year ... scored 23 seconds into third period to give Irish a 5-3 win on the way to a 7-3 victory ... had a goal and an assist in 5-4 overtime win in Frozen Four semifinal win over Michigan ... set up a Mark Van Guilder goal that made it 2-0 and followed that with a short-handed goal that gave Notre Dame a 3-0 lead ... in nine postseason games had two goals and five assists for seven points.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 42 games, scoring 20 goals and 21 assists for 42 points ... led the Irish with 10 power-play goals and six game winners ... also had one short-handed tally ... equaled Dave Poulin's (`82) mark for 10 power-play goals by a freshman (set in `78-'79) ... had nine multiple-point games and four games with two or more goals ... selected to CCHA all-rookie team and was a finalist for CCHA rookie-of-the-year honors ... was named Notre Dame's rookie-of-the-year ... tied for eighth on all-time points list for freshmen with Ian Williams who had 41 points in 1970-71 ... one of six Irish freshmen to score 20 or more goals as a freshman ... had team's longest point streak of 11 games (4g, 9a) ... got career off to a fast start with a goal and an assist in season-opening win versus Minnesota State (Oct. 12) ... had first two-goal (ppg, gwg) game of the year in 7-1 win over No. 1 Boston College (Oct. 20) ... scored once in 3-0 win over Army ... had career-high three-point game with two goals and an assist in 5-2 win over Bowling Green, collecting second game-winning goal ... had goals in back-to-back games in sweep of Alaska (Dec. 2-3) ... scored short-handed in first game of series and picked up game winner in second ... had a four-game goal streak from Jan. 5-Jan. 13 scoring once in each game of series versus Robert Morris and Lake Superior State ... both goals against the Colonials came on the power play ... picked up third two-goal game of the year on Jan. 25 in 4-1 win over Miami with both goals coming on the power play ... had a season-high 11-game point streak (4g, 9a) from Feb. 9 through March 23 ... scored the game-winning goal in 1-0 win at Alaska on Feb. 16 in game that clinched the CCHA regular-season title ... had one goal against Alaska in second game of CCHA quarterfinal series ... final two-goal game of the season came on March 23 in NCAA tournament against Alabama-Huntsville ... scored goal that gave Irish a 2-0 first-period lead ... got game-winning power-play goal at 15:18 of second overtime to give Notre Dame a 3-2 win, the progam's first ever NCAA tournament win ... finished the postseason with three goals and four assists in six games ... selected to the NCAA all-Midwest Regional team.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Edina High School in Edina, Minn. ... earned two letters in hockey, playing for former NHL defenseman Curt Giles ... helped Edina to Classic Lakes Conference title as a sophomore with 20 goals and 19 assists for 39 points ... was team MVP as a junior after leading conference in scoring with 20 goals and 23 assists ... was named all-Classic Lakes Conference and all-state following his junior year ... earned Edina Scholar-Athlete honors following his senior year ... a member of Team Minnesota's Under-16 and 17 teams ... served as captain of 2003 U.S. Select-17 team that won the gold medal at the Five Nations Tournament in Slovakia during August of 2003 ... selected by Sioux Falls Stampede with the second pick of the USHL Futures Draft (2003) ... played first season in USHL with the Stampede, collecting nine goals and 22 assists for 31 points ... split the 2005-06 season between Sioux Falls (8g-14a, in 32 games) and Omaha (15g-15a in 25 games), finishing the year with 23 goals and 29 assists for 52 points ... had four power-play goals, three short-handed tallies and two game winners among his 23 goals ... was +34 on the year between the two teams to lead the USHL in that category ... full name is Ryan William Thang ... son of Mark and Wendy Thang ... born May 11, 1987 in Chicago, Ill. ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business.

Thang's Career Statistics