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No. 18 Irish skaters hope to rekindle season as talented No. 3 Michigan visits

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SOUTH BEND — The No. 18 Notre Dame hockey team sure could use a little home cooking to get its hockey season back on track.

Currently mired in a three-game winless skid after 4-1 and 3-0 losses last weekend at currently No. 1 Minnesota, coach Jeff Jackson’s Fighting Irish are eager to play this weekend on the Lefty Smith Rink in the Compton Family Ice Arena, and it doesn’t matter that this week’s opponent is another Big Ten powerhouse.

No. 3 Michigan, the highest scoring team in the country, provides the opposition Friday at 7:30 p.