SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame's hockey season may have ended Saturday night after a 4-3 loss to the University of Michigan in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten postseason tournament. But for senior captain Landon Slaggert, there's still a lot of competitive hockey left this year.
The Chicago Blackhawks announced on their website Sunday that Slaggert, the 21-year-old South Bend native and son of Irish associate head coach Andy Slaggert and his wife Tara, has signed a two-year entry-level contract through 2024. Announced. In the 25th season, the salary cap hit $912,500. Slaggert, third round pick by Chicago (1979)th He was selected overall in the 2020 NHL Draft and is scheduled to join the Blackhawks later this week.
Attempts to reach Slaghat on Sunday afternoon were unsuccessful. The Blackhawks were playing the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday night at the United Center.
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The 6-foot, 190-pound left wing scored 20 points in his final game as captain of the Fighting Irish on Saturday night in Ann Arbor.th Scored season goals (career high) and added assists (11 points)th) The Irish finished with a record of 15 wins, 19 losses, and 2 draws, scoring 31 points this season. Slaggert also scored in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Wolverines. His 20 goals came on just 92 shots, a team-leading 21.7 percent.
“Landon has been a part of my life since an early age,” Irish coach Jeff Jackson said. “That's when I knew he had a warrior's mentality. Landon is one of the most complete players I've ever coached. That's what makes him special. is that his character matches his abilities.”
In four years with the Irish, Slaggert had 47 goals and 45 assists for 92 points in 136 games with a plus/minus rating of +11. In addition to playing on Notre Dame's top line alongside freshman center Cole Nable and graduate transfer right wing Patrick Moynihan, Slaggert is one of Notre Dame's top penalty-killing forwards and a key player on the Irish power play. He played an important role and scored the team's highest score in the 6th inning.
Prior to his career at Notre Dame, Slaggert played in 98 games for the U.S. National Team Development Program from 2018 to 2020, scoring 23 goals and 25 assists for 48 points. He also represented the United States in two IIHF World Championships (2021, 2022) and helped Team USA win a gold medal in 2021.
Slaggert played his first two seasons on the Irish national team alongside his older brother Graham, who plays for the Buffalo Sabres' AHL affiliate Rochester Americans, and spent his final season coaching his brother Carter, a freshman on the Irish national team. Like Landon, Graham and Carter also came through his USNTDP.
