Calle Ridderwall Class: Freshman Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Height / Weight: 5-11 / 172 Position: Forward Birthdate: 05/28/1988 Last Team: Tri-City Storm (USHL)

Joins the Notre Dame roster after spending the 2006-07 season with the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... joins current Irish teammate Robin Bergman as the first two Swedish natives on the Notre Dame hockey roster ... outstanding skater with tremendous speed ... blessed with great hands, an outstanding shot and excellent hockey instincts ... has all the tools to be a dynamic college hockey player ... has a great release and great instincts around the net ... helped lead Tri-City to second place in the USHL West Division with a 36-18-6 record ... led the team in scoring with 27 goals and 35 assists for 62 points, a total that tied him for 14th in the USHL ... among his 27 goals were 14 power-play tallies, three short-handed markers and seven game winners ... his 27 goals tied him for eighth in the league and his seven game winners were best in the league ... Storm downed Sioux City in seven games in first round of playoffs before falling to Sioux Falls in second round ... had three goals and three assists in seven games including game winners in games three and six ... selected to the USHL Prospects/All-Star game in January of 2007 ... named to the `06-'07 USHL all-rookie team ... was ranked 128th in the NHL Central Scouting's final rankings ... teammate of Luke Lucyk's with the Storm in `06-'07 ... one of six former Storm players on the Notre Dame roster along with Lucyk, Brian D'Arcy, Christian Hanson, Kyle Lawson and Mark Van Guilder ... one of 20 Irish players to play in the USHL ... spent 2005-06 season with the Chicago Chill (Midget AA) where he had 52 goals and 66 assists for 118 points while finishing second at USA Midget AA championships ... was a teammate of future Irish player, Billy Maday, who signed a national letter of intent in the early-signing period (Nov. `06) along with Bergman, Ian Cole, Brad Phillips, Teddy Ruth and Ben Ryan ... product of the Hammarby IF program in Stockholm ... had 34 goals and 24 assists in 37 games in the 2004-05 season with Hammarby IF.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., while playing for the Chicago Chill ... full name is Carl Erik Ridderwall ... son of Jan and Marie Ridderwall ... has one sister ... born on May 28, 1988 in Stockholm, Sweden ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... plans on majoring in finance at Notre Dame.