Luke Lucyk Class: Junior Hometown: Fox Point, WI High School: Kearney (Kearney, NE) Height / Weight: 6-0 / 203 Position: Defenseman Birthdate: 05/05/1986 Previous Team: Tri-City Storm (USHL)

Returns to the Notre Dame roster after playing the 2006-07 season with the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... spent 2004-06 campaigns at Notre Dame ... returned to the USHL to get more playing time and continue to develop his game ... made great strides last season, learning to adapt to the speed of the game while becoming a leader on the ice ... quick, mobile skater who improved his shot and skating ... solid defensive defenseman who makes good decisions with the puck ... will look to work his way into the regular rotation on defense ... was second among Tri-City defensemen in scoring with nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points in 59 games ... had five power-play goals and two game winners in helping Storm to second place in the USHL Western Division with a 36-18-6 record ... added a goal and an assist in nine playoff games as the Storm took a 4-3 series from Sioux City before falling to Sioux Falls in the second round ... was a teammate of incoming freshman Calle Ridderwall at Tri-City .... has played in 44 career games at Notre Dame wih one goal and one assist ... played first two seasons at Tri-City from 2002-04 where he was a teammate of seniors Brian D'Arcy and Mark Van Guilder and junior Christian Hanson ... one of six Tri-City alums on the roster with D'Arcy, Van Guilder, Hanson, Ridderwall and sophomore defenseman Kyle Lawson ... one of 20 players with USHL experience on the Notre Dame roster ... joins 11 other Wisconsin natives to win a monogram at Notre Dame ... notables include: goaltender Forrest Karr `99 (DeForest), Andy Jurkowski `00 (Madison), Garry Gruber `96 (Madison) and John Wroblewski (Neenah, `99-'03) ... has won one monogram with the Irish ... previously wore number seven with Notre Dame but will now wear number 20.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2005-06): Played in 11 games for Notre Dame with no points ... recorded three penalties for six minutes ... took three shots on goal and was -1 for the season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 33 of team's 38 games during the season ... scored one goal and added an assist for two points ... whistled for eight penalties resulting in 16 minutes ... recorded his first collegiate point in Notre Dame's game versus Michigan Tech at Green Bay, Wis., when he helped set up a first-period goal by Chris Trick ... first collegiate goal came on Feb. 4 versus Nebraska-Omaha ... fired a long wrist shot from the right point that beat goaltender Chris Holt to give the Irish a 1-1 tie versus the Mavericks.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Kearney High School in Kearney, Neb., while playing for the USHL's Tri-City Storm ... helped the Storm to USHL regular-season title (Anderson Cup) and was runner-up in Clark Cup playoff finals versus Waterloo and current Irish teammate Garrett Regan ... had one goal and nine assists for 10 points and added 60 penalty minutes in 60 games in 2003-04 ... in his first year with the Storm (2002-03), had a goal and an assist for two points ... member of USA Under-18 Select team that won the gold medal at the Under-18 World Cup in August of 2003 in the Czech Republic ... scored the game-winning goal in U.S. win over Canada ... one of his coaches with Team USA was Irish assistant coach Andy Slaggert ... played midget hockey in Wisconsin for Team Wisconsin, helping that team to regional, state and the National Midget Championship before moving to the Storm ... attended ninth and tenth grade at University School in Milwaukee, Wis., where he played hockey and golf ... all-Conference selection in hockey as a sophomore ... helped both teams to conference and regional championships ... recorded a WSGA hole-in-one in June of 2002 ... full name is Luke George Lucyk ... son of Kelly and Nicole Lucyk ... born May 5, 1986, in Milwaukee, Wis. ... finance major in the Mendoza College of Business.

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