Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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ND SPORTS coming forwards. The top prospect in Notre Dame's class, winger Mario Lucia, will miss at least the first month of the season. He needed surgery to fix a foot injury suffered just 30 min- utes into his first collegiate skate. Di- Pauli — whom Jackson compared to the pesky, energetic Tynan — Fogarty and fellow freshman center Sam Herr will all get a chance to earn a spot in the lineup this season. They will all get an abrupt intro- 10 games are against consensus top-15 teams. The most murderous stretch comes duction to the college game this fall with about as difficult of a schedule as possible. Seven of the team's first in mid-November when the Irish play No. 1 Boston College on the road, fol- lowed by two two-game series with No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 North Da- kota in the span of 15 days. What happened to No. 2? Well, they'll have to wait until January to travel to the second-ranked Minnesota Gophers' home ice. "If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best," Jackson said. "We'll have our hands full, but I'd rather Inside The Irish We polled eight members of this year's hockey team to find out more about the hardest workers and the biggest characters in the locker room. Here's what they had to say. Who is the biggest rink rat on the team? Junior forward Bryan Rust (5 of 8 votes) Others receiving votes: Junior defenseman Jared Beers, sophomore forward Peter Schnedier Who is the fastest skater on the team? Junior forward T.J. Tynan (6 of 8 votes) Tynan said: "On the ice? It's not me. It might be Stephen Johns." Who is a must-folloW on tWitter? Senior forward Kevin Nugent, @NugeTestament, (5 of 8 votes) Others receiving votes: Juniore defenseman Stephen Johns, @stjohns28 Who is most likely to Win one of the team's regular ping pong battles? Junior forward Jeff Costello (7 of 8 votes) Costello said: "Can I vote for myself? I would say me, but Nugent and I have good battles." Who is the last guy you Want to see bearing doWn on you for a big hit? Junior defenseman Stephen Johns (5 of 8 votes) Others receiving votes: Junior defenseman Jared Beers Who has the best Jeff Jackson impression? Senior goalie Mike Johnson and senior forward Kevin Nugent (4 votes each)