SOUTH BEND – Two Notre Dame graduate hockey players have signed one-year contracts to play professionally.
Goaltender Ryan Bichel, who will earn West All-American honors after the 2022-23 season and is aiming for his second consecutive Big Ten Goaltender of the Year award, and right wing Patrick Moynihan, a graduate transfer from Providence College, are three He became the first and fourth Notre player to do so. Dame signed a professional contract after the Irish (15-19-2) were swept by the University of Michigan in the opening game of the Big Ten postseason tournament held March 8-9.
“Thank you, Notre Dame, for the past five years,” Bichel, 24, said Monday after the Boston Bruins announced he had signed a one-year contract to play with the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League. Told. “Thank you for showing me a version of myself I didn't know existed. Thank you for pushing me every day to become that person.”
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The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Bichel played all but 62 1/2 minutes of Notre Dame's season, averaged 2.59 points, posted a .924 save percentage and three shutouts thanks to a nation-best 1,112 saves. I finished with my grades. The Medina, Minn., native joined the Irish in 2019 and has appeared in 105 games with a 47-44-7 record, 10 career shutouts (5th all-time for the Irish) and a 2.46 points per game average. (6th place) and save percentage of .924 (2nd place). In addition to All-America and Big Ten goaltending honors, Bichel was a two-time Mike Richter Award semifinalist.
Bichel's contract comes after the Bruins signed Irish senior defenseman Drew Bavaro to a contract for the 2024-25 season, with the remainder of the season on an amateur tryout agreement (ATO) with the team's AHL franchise in Providence, Rhode Island. ), just days after he announced that he would be playing at This season. Bavaro has already appeared in two games with Providence, recording one minor penalty and two shots.
Irish captain and senior left wing Landon Slaggert (South Bend native, 20 goals, 11 assists, 31 points this season) signed a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks last week. He made his debut at the United Center on Friday night in a 5-0 home loss to the Los Angeles Kings. Slaggert also played in Sunday's 5-2 home win against the San Jose Sharks. He hasn't scored in the last two games.
The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Moynihan is a transfer from Providence College where he was second in points (10 goals, 14 assists) to Irish captain Landon Slaggert, a player who joined the AHL's Chicago Wolves and ATO. Signed a contract. . The Millis, Massachusetts, native made his debut Sunday with the Wolves in a 3-2 home loss to the Iowa Wild at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
One of Moynihan's teammates with the Wolves is former Irish national team defenseman Tory Dero (2016-20). The Wolves are coached by former Wolves standout Bob Nardella, the father of former Irish defenseman Bobby Nardella (2015-19).
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