HOUGHTON — The numbers are staggering: A 24-7 record, 1.92 goals against average, a 94.6 save percentage and 1,089 saves on the season.

That is what Michigan Tech is up against with Notre Dame’s Cale Morris, who leads the nation in record, save percentage and total saves.

Morris, a sophomore, needs no introduction. His stats speak for themselves.

Of course, he has a few accolades to add to the intrigue, including being named Big 10 player of the year, goaltender of the year, a top 10 Hobey Baker finalist, and a finalist for the Mike Ritcher award (given annually to the top goaltender).

If that’s not enough to explain his dominance, consider this, Ryan Bednard of Bowling Green leads the WCHA in save percentage at 92.0 — a full 2.6 percent less than Morris.

“Most college goalies these days are very good, but obviously his numbers are outstanding, so we have to try and get pucks through and get traffic,” Brent Baltus said. “Any time you play a good goalie that is kind of the key is to take his eyes away and get second-chance opportunities. He might stop you on the first one, but if you get the second or third chance, it kind of helps out.”

Despite Morris’ dominant numbers, the Huskies have played quality goalies this year. In fact, Minnesota State’s Connor LaCouvee has a better goals against average (1.69) than Morris.

Tech scored seven goals on LaCouvee in the second round of the WCHA playoffs to win a best-of-three series.

In other words, it’s not impossible for Tech to score on a high-caliber goaltender.

“I think you just have to get in front of his face, make sure he can’t see the puck as much as our goalie can, you could say,” Jake Lucchini said. “We just got to get a lot of shots on him and capitalize on opportunities. I think that is really important.”

Coach Joe Shawhan cited Arizona State’s Joey Accord (3.20 goals against average, 91.3 save percentage), Northern’s Atte Tolvanen (2.22 goals against, 90.4 save percentage) Bemidji State’s Mike Bitzer (2.24 goals against, 90.9 save percentage) and LaCouvee as top-tier goaltenders the Huskies have already faced this season.

Plus, according to Shawhan — a former goalie himself — in college hockey today, most goaltenders follow the same blueprint. So the Huskies won’t need to adjust to a particular style of play.

“All goaltenders are similar now, they are all about the same size, they all play very similar,” he said. “Everybody we play against is a star goaltender. It is the same, so you just have to, someway, somehow get one more goal than they have when the final buzzer goes.”

But Notre Dame has a history of good play between the pipes, and the Fighting Irish have good players in front of Morris. The team also made it to the Frozen Four last season with Morris in the net.

“They always have a good goaltender, and a lot of that is the work they do with their goaltender, and a lot of that is the work they do in front of their goaltender and allowing him to make saves he can handle,” Shawhan said.

With his kind of numbers, it’s hard to imagine what kind of save Morris can’t handle. The Huskies will find out today at 3 p.m. when they take on Notre Dame in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.