This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
Notre Dame beat Bowling Green 2 to 1 on February 3rd, in the Compton Family Ice Arena.
Had a season to remember in his rookie year at Notre Dame in 2010-11 ... dynamic, playmaking center who is the ultimate competitor ... makes great decisions with the puck ... talented player who makes up for his size with skill and determination ... has tremendous on-ice vision ... finds the open man and makes plays ... makes his teammates better ... strong passer who can also finish ... has a good, accurate wrist shot ... led the Irish in scoring his rookie year with 23 goals and 31 assists for 54 points in 44 games ... had five power-play goals, two short-handed tallies and two game winners and was +20 ... selected as the Hockey Commissioner's Association (HCA) Division I rookie of the year ... was the CCHA rookie of the year and shared Notre Dame's rookie of the year award with Anders Lee ... was selected to the CCHA all-rookie team and was a second team all-CCHA selection ... named the Notre Dame Monogram Club's team most valuable player and the team's offensive player of the year .... joined the Irish lineup after one season with the USHL's Des Moines Buccaneers ... planned on returning to Des Moines in `10-'11 but was asked to join the Irish after Kyle Palmieri signed with Anaheim ... joined the Irish on August 18 along with defenseman Kevin Lind ... one of 15 Notre Dame players with ties to the USHL ... one of six Illinois natives on the Irish roster along with senior Billy Maday (Burr Ridge), junior Sam Calabrese (Park Ridge) fellow sophomore Kevin Lind (Homer Glen) and freshmen Garrett Peterson (Manhattan) and Robbie Russo (Westmont) ... signed in the early-signing period (Nov. of `09) along with forwards Jeff Costello, David Gerths, Anders Lee, Garrett Peterson and Bryan Rust plus defensemen Stephen Johns and Jarred Tinordi.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 44 games, leading the Irish in scoring with 54 points on 23 goals and 31 assists (was second on squad in goals and assists) ... added five power-play goals, two short-handed markers and two game winners ... had 18 penalties for 36 minutes ... led all forwards with a +20 rating ... had two multiple-goal games and 16 games with two or more points ... was fourth among CCHA players in scoring and eighth nationally ... four-time CCHA rookie of the week ... became just the third freshman in Notre Dame history to score 50 or more points in his rookie year, joining Dave Poulin `82 and John Noble `73, who had 59 in their freshmen seasons ... became the first Notre Dame player to have more than 50 points in a season since 1991-92 and the most points since David Bankoske `93 had 56 in 1989-90 ... along with Anders Lee (24) became the first Notre Dame freshman to score 20 or more goals in a year since Ryan Thang `10 did it in 2006-07 when he had 20 ... scored his first career goal in season-opening win over Holy Cross (Oct. 8) at Warrior Ice Breaker Classic ... had two assists in the championship game loss to Boston University for first multi-point game of the year ... picked up second goal of the year in 4-2 win over Lake Superior (Oct. 15) ... scored first power-play goal in 3-2 loss at Bowling Green (Nov. 5) ... followed that with his first three-point game (1g, 2a) in 6-3 win at BG ... his goal was the game winner ... that started a six-game point streak (5g, 5a) ... picked up an assist in 3-1 win at Michigan (Nov. 12) and had a goal and an assist in 5-3 loss ... had two goals and an assist in weekend sweep of Michigan State ... closed the month of November with a goal (shg) and an assist in 2-2 tie at North Dakota ... selected the CCHA and HCA rookie of the month for November ... had a goal (gwg) and an assist in 5-4 win at Miami (Dec. 3) ... had two goals and an assist in series split with Northern Michigan (Dec. 11-12) ... ended December with career-high four-point (2g, 2a) game in 10-2 win over Canisius ... named the RBC Financial CCHA player of the month for December ... was honorable mention HCA national player of the month for Dec. ... opened January with three consecutive two-point games ... had a goal and an assist in 3-3 tie with Boston University (Jan. 2) ... had two assists in 8-1 win at Northern Michigan and closed out that series with a goal and an assist in 3-1 win (Jan. 8) ... held scoreless in two games versus Alaska for only back-to-back scoreless games of the season ... had a goal and an assist in a split at Ohio State ... that started him on career-best seven-game point streak (4g, 7a) ... had two goals and an assist in 5-5 tie with Miami (Jan. 28) ... added an assist in 2-2 tie the following night ... also scored shootout winning goal in that game ... after one assist in 2-1 win over Bowling Green, followed with a goal and two assists in 5-1 win over Falcons on Feb. 12 ... had one assist in final game of streak versus Ferris State (Feb. 18) ... recorded a pair of assists in 3-2 win at Western Michigan (Feb. 25) ... had two goals and an assist in 2-1 series win over Lake Superior in the second round of the CCHA playoffs ... assisted on both goals in 6-2 loss to Miami in CCHA semifinals ... scored one goal in 4-2 loss to Michigan in third-place game ... assisted on one goal against Merrimack in NCAA Northeast Regional ... final goal of the season came versus Minnesota-Duluth in the NCAA Frozen Four ... goal gave Irish a 2-1 first-period lead.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa while playing for the Des Moines Buccaneers ... came up through the Chicago Mission AAA program ... in his final year, `08-'09, played in 80 games with 47 goals and 82 assists for 129 points with 90 penalty minutes ... a first round selection by Des Moines in the 2008 USHL Futures Draft, Tynan did not disappoint ... he led the Buccaneers in scoring with 17 goals and 55 assists for 72 points in 60 games ... seven of his 17 goals came on the power play while he picked up 26 power-play assists ... his 55 assists were tops in the USHL while his 72 points were fifth overall ... selected to the 2010 USHL all-rookie team along with fellow Notre Dame freshman Anders Lee ... member of USA Select 18 Team with Kevin Lind that finished fourth at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Aug. of 2009 ... recorded one assist in three games ... full name is Thomas Joseph Tynan ... son of Tim and Brigid Tynan ... has one sister, Katie and one brother, Timmy ... born Feb. 25, 1992 in Palos, Ill. ... enrolled in Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame.
