#18 Graham Slaggert 2020-21 Hockey Roster

MAJOR: Management Consulting

MINOR: Africana Studies

2021-22 AWARDS AND HONORS

• Named to the NCAA Albany All-Regional Team (March 29)
• Academic All-Big Ten (March 23)
• Senior Class Award Finalist (March 7)
• Big Ten Team Sportsmanship Honoree (March 15)
• Hockey Humanitarian Nominee (Jan. 25)
• Senior Class Award Candidate (Dec. 8)
• Preseason All-Big Ten Second Team (Sept. 24)

AS A SENIOR

• One of the team’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council Representatives.
• Named one of three team captains for the 2021-22 season.
• Scored his first goal of the 2021-22 campaign against RIT (Oct. 21).
• Tallied one goal at Minnesota to extend his point streak to three games (Oct. 21-29; 2-1-3).
• With two goals, recorded the first multi-goal game of his career in a home win over Holy Cross (Nov. 4).
• Tallied a first period goal en route to road overtime victory over Michigan (Nov. 20). 
• Notched an assist in each game of the home series against Ohio State to reach the three-game point streak mark for the second time this season (Nov. 20-Dec. 4; 1-2-3). 
• Record a second period goal in 3-2 overtime win at Ohio State (Jan. 14). 
• Earned third three-point game of his career with a goal and two assists in Notre Dame’s 8-2 win over Boston College (Jan. 19).
• Tallied two assists, including one on the overtime game-winner to knock off Minnesota (Jan. 29). 
• Notched the first goal in a 7-2 win over Penn State (Feb. 4). 
• Recorded an assist in the 2-1 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing (Feb. 18).
• Finished the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals series against Wisconsin with two goals and three assists (Mar. 4-6).
• Had the overtime game-winning goal in Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime win against North Dakota in the first round of the NCAA Tournament after assisting on Landon Slaggert’s game-tying goal in the second period (March 24).

2020-21 AWARDS AND HONORS

• Academic All-Big Ten (March 17)
• Big Ten First Star of the Week (Jan. 19)
  

AS A JUNIOR

• Played 27 games and was the team’s second-leading scorer with 25 points on seven goals and a team-best 18 assists.
• His 25 points were a season-best total after posting nine points as a freshman (40 games) and 10 points as a sophomore (37 games).
• Missed the first two games of the season and then posted at least one point in seven of his first eight games of the season. 
• Had a goal and an assist in Notre Dame’s 3-0 win over Ohio State (Dec. 12) for his first multipoint game of the season.
• Scored a goal and added two assists for a career-high three points to lead the Irish to a 3-2 win at then top-ranked Minnesota, scoring the game winner at 15:17 of the third period (Jan. 15).
• Had five points (1-4-5) in the sweep at Ohio State (Feb. 5-6). 
• Posted a pair of two-assist games at Wisconsin (Feb. 19-20).
• Registered two assists in Notre Dame’s 2-0 win at Michigan State (Feb. 27) as he finished the season with six multipoint games.

2019-20 AWARDS AND HONORS

• Academic All-Big Ten (May 11)

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AS A SOPHOMORE

• Scored five goals and recorded five assists in 37 games played as a sophomore.
• Scored a goal in the 5-2 victory over Lake Superior State (Oct. 25).
• Scored a goal in the 3-1 loss against Michigan (Jan. 11).
• Recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-4 tie at #9 Ohio State (Jan. 17) and then added  the winner in the shootout to secure the extra Big Ten point for the Irish.  
• Scored the game winning goal in the 4-2 road victory against #8 Penn State (Feb. 1), marking his first career game winner.

AS A FRESHMAN
• Collected nine points (3G-6A) while skating in all 40 games in his first season at Notre Dame. 
• Notched his first career point with the primary assist on Alex Steeves’ first goal in Notre Dame’s 6-2 win at Michigan (Nov. 10).
• Sealed Notre Dame’s 3-1 win at Michigan State with a late empty net tally for his first goal in an Irish uniform (Nov. 16).
• Scored the game’s opening goal in Notre Dame’s 6-4 win at Wisconsin – his first career even strength tally (Jan. 18).
• Had the primary assist on Bobby Nardellla’s game-tying goal late in the third period of Notre Dame’s 1-1 tie versus Michigan State (Jan. 26).
• Had the primary assist on Jake Pivonka’s game-winning goal in Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Michigan (Feb. 12).
• Scored a shorthanded goal in Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over Michigan State in game two of the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals (March 9) to help the Irish complete the series sweep.
• Had the lone assist on Spencer Stastney’s goal that opened the scoring against Penn State in Notre Dame’s 3-2 Big Ten Championship victory (March 23).

IN THE USHL

• Joins the Irish after three seasons in the USHL.
• Most recently skated for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, competing in 53 contests and recording 37 points (17-20-37).
• Ranked fourth in goals for the RoughRiders in 2017-18 with 17.
• Was named assistant captain of the RoughRiders prior to the season.

WITH USA HOCKEY

• Spent two seasons with the USNTDP (2015-17), tallying 19 points (7-12-19) in 61 games.
• Named to U.S. Junior Select Team for World Junior A Challenge.
• Captained Team USA at the WJAC, leading the squad to a silver medal, falling to Canada West in the finals.
• Scored the lone goal for the USA against Canada West.
• Recorded two goals and an assist over the five game tournament.

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Ranked #194 by NHL Central Scouting’s list of players eligible for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
• Spent three seasons in the Chicago Mission organization, competing on minor, major and U16 teams.
• Second on the Minor AAA team in points in 2012-13 with 37 (16-21-37).
• Recorded 18 points (9-9-18) in 26 games with the U16 team in 2014-15.
• Is the son of Tara and Andy Slaggert.
• Father, Andy, is the Associate Head Coach of Notre Dame Hockey.
• Originally from South Bend, Indiana.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1 (7x – at Penn State 2/1/2)
Assists: 1 (10x – vs. Michigan State 2/29/20)
Points: 2 (at Ohio State 1/17/20)
Multi-Point Games: 1
Point Streak: 2 games (Oct. 13-25; 1-1-2)
Most Recent Goal: at Penn State 2/1/2