Christiaan Minella Class: Sophomore Hometown: Aurora, CO High School: Peters Township (McMurray, PA) Height / Weight: 6-1 / 216 Position: Right Wing Birthdate: 07/05/1985 Last Team: Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)

Joins the Irish after playing three seasons with the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... big, physical forward who brings size, speed and toughness to the lineup ... character player who has strong leadership skills ... continues to develop his offensive skills ... strong in front of the net and good in the corners ... served as team captain of the 2005-06 Sioux City team ... posted best numbers of his career with 24 goals (13th best in the USHL) and 14 assists for 38 points ... had eight power-play goals and four game winner ... team finished the year 28-26-6 and missed the playoffs ... closed out his career with four goals and one assist in his last two games with two of the goals being game winners ... in `04-'05, helped the Musketeers to second place in the Western Division, scoring seven goals with 15 assists in 58 games ... had seven goals and 11 assists in 53 games during his rookie year with Sioux City ... one of three Pittsburgh natives on the Irish roster, joining Christian Hanson (Venetia) and fellow freshman Stewart Carlin (Jeannette) ... played junior hockey for the Pittsburgh Amateur Penguins and the Pittsburgh Hornets ... teammate of Hanson's with the Hornets in 2002-03 ... one of eight players from Pittsburgh area to play hockey at Notre Dame, joining Carlin, Hanson, Mike Leherr (`86-90), Tom Mooney (`84-'88), Tom Myers (`68-'69), Tom Parent (`84-'85) and John Roselli (`68-'71) ...one of 19 former USHL players on the Notre Dame roster ... signed with the Irish in Nov. of `05.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Peters Township High School in McMurray, Pa. ... played both baseball and hockey at Peters ... member of two Pennsylvania State hockey championship teams (`02 and `03) ... teammate of Christian Hanson at Peters in `01-'02 ... was all-conference and all-city in `02-'03 ... member of Team Pittsburgh in his junior and senior year ... selected to play on high school all-star team (`02-'03) ... full name is Michel Christiaan Minella ... son of Daniel and Melissa Minella ... born July 5, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... plans on majoring in finance at Notre Dame.

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