Kevin Deeth Class: Sophomore Hometown: Gig Harbor, WA High School: Shattuck St. Mary's (Faribault, MN) Height / Weight: 5-7 / 172 Position: Center Birthdate: 05/26/1987 Last Team: Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

Stepped into the Notre Dame lineup as a freshman and had an outstanding rookie year ... highly skilled playmaker with outstanding speed and hockey skills ... fiery player with a passion for the game ... has a quick, darting style that emphasizes his speed and playmaking ability ... dangerous around the net ... sees the ice well and makes plays for his teammates ... effective on both the power-play and penalty-killing units ... tenacious forechecker who disrupts opposing defenses with his speed ... finished third in scoring as a freshman with 17 goals and 22 assists for 39 points ... selected to the CCHA all-rookie team ... came to the Irish after playing one season with the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... one of 20 Notre Dame players to spend time in the USHL ... signed a national letter-of-intent in November of 2004 and deferred entry to Notre Dame until the fall of 2006 ... played for the United States on the 2004 Under-18 World Cup team along with fellow Irish teammate Kyle Lawson ... played two seasons for the U.S. Select Under-16 and 17 teams from the Pacific District ... first Notre Dame hockey player from the state of Washington.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in all 42 games as a rookie, finishing third in scoring with 17 goals and 22 assists for 39 points ... scored six goals on the power play, one short-handed and three were game winners ... picked up 12 penalties for 24 minutes ... was fifth on the team with 89 shots on goal ... second on the team with a +28 ... had nine games with two or more points and three games with two or more goals ... opened the season with a four-game point streak (4g, 3a) ... picked up an opening-night assist in 6-2 win at home against Minnesota State ... first collegiate goal came short-handed in 3-2 road loss to the Mavericks ... second goal of game was on the power play and tied the game at 2-2 ... had three points (1g, 2a) in 7-1 win versus No. 1 Boston College on Oct. 20 ... closed streak with a power-play goal at Providence in a 6-1 win ... fifth goal of the season was a power-play goal in a 5-2 win versus Bowling Green ... added two assists in 4-0 shutout of Falcons on Nov. 11 ... after being held off the scoresheet against Michigan State (Nov. 17-18) went on a career-best seven-game point streak (3g, 6a) ... had a goal and an assist in 4-2 win at Nebraska-Omaha (Nov. 24) ... added a power-play goal in 3-2 loss on Nov. 25 ... had assists in each game of series sweep against Alaska (Dec. 2-3) ... scored once in 7-3 win at Michigan and had two assists in 4-3 win in game two of series sweep ... closed streak with one assist in 4-3 win over Northern Michigan ... recorded first career hat trick with three goals (including game winner) in 6-2 win over Robert Morris in Pittsburgh (Jan. 5) ... had one assist in each of next three games (one vs. Robert Morris and two at Lake Superior) ... had two-point weekend versus Miami (Jan. 26-27) ... scored game-tying goal with 2:17 left in 2-2 tie versus RedHawks ... scored game-winning goals in back-to-back games at Bowling Green (Feb. 3) and at home versus Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 9) ... game winner versus Mavericks was second goal of the night and came with :10 left on the clock ... had a goal and an assist in weekend series with Ferris State to end the regular season ... set up two goals in 7-1 win over Alaska in first game of CCHA quarterfinals ... added a goal and an assist in game-two, 3-1 win, over Nanooks ... assisted on Erik Condra goal that tied CCHA championship game, 1-1, versus Michigan ... in six postseason games had one goal and four assists for five points.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Shattuck St. Mary's High School in Faribault, Minn., where he attended school for five years beginning in eighth grade ... played both hockey and lacrosse ... two-year letter winner in hockey and four years in lacrosse ... two-time scoring leader in lacrosse ... served as team captain and selected all-state as a senior ... in hockey played two seasons with the midget major squad ... in 2003-04, had 35 goals and 62 assists for 97 points in helping Shattuck St. Mary's to the AAA national title game ... in his final season, helped Shattuck to a 53-7-2 record and the AAA national championship ... had 17 goals and 48 assists for 65 points in 62 games ... selected in the first round of the USHL futures draft by Green Bay in August of 2004 ... spent 2005-06 season with the Gamblers, finishing second in scoring with 20 goals and 34 assists for 54 points ... collected six power-play goals, two short-handed tallies and two game winners ... served as one of the Gamblers assistant captains ... was named to the USHL all-rookie team and played in the USHL all-star game ... full name is Kevin Douglas Deeth ... son of Douglas and Deborah Deeth ... has one brother, Brian, who plays hockey at Northeastern ... born May 26, 1987 in Rochester, N.Y. ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

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