Stephen Johns

Classroom

Stephen Johns is a marketing major in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.  He enters his senior year with a 2.911 grade-point average. While his main goal is to play professional hockey, he is looking towards the future as he would like to open his own company to develop his own line of hockey and sporting apparel.

Character

Stephen Johns will serve as one of Notre Dame’s three alternate captains this season and is a two-year member of the team’s leadership committee.  He is well respected by his teammates and the Irish coaching staff for his leadership skills.  Johns is a second-round draft choice of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 and had the opportunity to sign with the NHL team following the 2012-13 season, but decided to return to Notre Dame for his senior year to finish his collegiate career. Following last season, he was named the co-winner of Notre Dame hockey’s Cameron Compton Leadership Award for organizing his teammates in the M is for Movember fundraising effort for men’s health issues.

For the second consecutive year, Stephen Johns oversaw Notre Dame’s M is for Movember fund-raising efforts.  The event, in which the players grow mustaches during November, raises awareness and funding for men¹s health issues.  After raising over $4,500 in its first year, this year’s efforts raised over $5,100 for the cause.  Throughout his career at Notre Dame, Stephen has been active in the Irish Youth Hockey League (IYHL), working with local youth hockey groups, teaching and helping grow the game in the local area.  He has participated in team activities like the Junior Diabetes Walk, the Buddy Walk for kids with Downs Syndrome and has participated in Habitat for Humanity.  He also volunteers with his hometown fire department (Ellwood City, Pa.) doing maintenance work on the town¹s fire equipment.

Community

For the second consecutive year, Stephen Johns will oversee Notre Dame’s M is for Movember fund-raising efforts.  The event, in which the players grow mustaches during November, raises awareness and funding for men’s health issues.  Last season, Johns and his teammates raised over $4,500 for this cause.  Throughout his career at Notre Dame, Stephen has been active in the Irish Youth Hockey League (IYHL), working with local youth hockey groups, teaching and helping grow the game in the local area.  He has participated in team activities like the Junior Diabetes Walk, the Buddy Walk for kids with Downs Syndrome and has participated in Habitat for Humanity.  He also volunteers with his hometown fire department (Ellwood City, Pa.) doing maintenance work on the town’s fire equipment.

Competition

Stephen Johns is a three-time monogram winner for the Irish and is the leader of the team¹s defensive unit.  At 6-4, 233 pounds he is an imposing defenseman who does not shy away from the physical games.  He has missed just one game in his Notre Dame career and that came when he played in the World Junior Championships his sophomore year.  This season, as a senior, Johns has tied his career high with four goals and has eight assists for 12 points in 25 games (as of Jan. 30).  As a junior (2012-13), he had a goal and 13 assists for 14 points and was named to the all-tournament team at the final CCHA Championship won by Notre Dame.  As a sophomore (2011-12), he had four goals and six assists for 10 points and was the winner of the William Donald Nyrop Award as the team¹s top defenseman. He also was selected to play for the 2012 United States Junior National Team at the World Junior Championships in Calgary/Edmonton, Alta.  In his freshman year (2010-11), he had two goals and 11 assists for 13 points as Notre Dame advanced to the NCAA Tournament. He was selected to the all-tournament team at the NCAA Northeast Regional helping Notre Dame to a berth in the 2011 Frozen Four with wins over Merrimack and New Hampshire.
As of Jan. 30, he has played in 149 games with 11 goals and 38 assists for
49 points.