On the Forecheck · Jun 4, 2019
Spencer Stastney: Skating into a Top-Pair Role
Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesShortly before a 6:30 PM puck drop in Manchester, NH, defender Spencer Stastney was announced as a late scratch in what would be the University of Notre Dame’s last game of the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
24 hours before that 4-0 loss to the UMass Minutemen, Notre Dame took down Clarkson University in overtime, and Stastney (despite not being recorded on the score sheet) was a big factor, playing critical minutes late in the game and in overtime.
One week before that, Stastney scored the (technically) lone goal of his freshman campaign in South Bend: the game-opener as the Fighting Irish took down the Penn State Nittany Lions for the 2019 Big Ten Championship title.