Tom O'Brien Class: Junior Hometown: Mokena, IL High School: Marian Catholic Height / Weight: 5-11 / 187 Position: Goaltender Birthdate: 04/28/1987 Last Team: Bridgewater Bandits (EJHL)

Comes to Notre Dame after spending the 2005-06 season with the Bridgewater Bandits of the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) ... joins senior David Brown and sophomore Jordan Pearce to give the Irish a solid trio in goal ... experienced goaltender who continues to improve ... has a solid, all-around game ... technically sound netminder with excellent instincts ... does a good job controlling rebounds ... was 13-8-2 overall with a 2.93 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage in helping Bridgewater to a third-place finish ... selected as the starting goaltender for the EJHL all-star game ... was seventh in the league in goals-against average, sixth in wins and third in save percentage ... member of the EJHL Junior Select team that won the Hockey Night In Boston All-Scholastic championship ... selected all-Scholastic tournament MVP ... played his first season of junior hockey with the Youngstown/Mahoning Valley Phantoms of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) ... was 7-7-1 with a 3.35 goals against and a .898 save percentage in 18 games ... won the NAHL's Academic Achievement Award while with the Phantoms ... one of five Illinois natives on the Notre Dame roster joining senior Michael Bartlett (Morton Grove), juniors Brian D'Arcy (Western Springs) and Dan VeNard (Vernon Hills) and fellow freshman Dan Kissel (Crestwood) ... first Notre Dame player to play his junior hockey in the EJHL ... joined the Irish in the late-signing period (spring `06) with Brett Blatchford, Stewart Carlin and Dan Kissel.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Ill. ... played lacrosse and club hockey ... was team captain and played midget hockey for the Chicago Young Americans in `03-'04 ... was 21-20-10 with a 1.90 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage ... has Notre Dame in his blood as 10 members of his family are graduates, including his father, Thomas, Sr., (`72) and grandfather, Michael McCaughey (`41) ... full name is Thomas Robert O'Brien ... son of Thomas and Gael O'Brien ... born Apr. 28, 1987 in Chicago, Ill. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... plans on majoring in engineernig.

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