Box Score  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich- Davenport won their third game of the season Friday night as they defeated Northwood 7-3.  Adam Lippert led the way for the Panthers as he registered a hat trick. The Panthers will be in action on Saturday as they face off against Northwood.

Davenport came out strong in the first period. Ben Duthler gave the Panthers an early lead, scoring 47 seconds into the game. The lead would disappear five minutes later as Northwood scored on a breakaway.  Northwood added a power play goal later in the period, and took a 2-1 lead into the second period

In the second period the momentum shifted towards the panthers. Adam Lippert tied the game 2-2 as he scored his first of three goals on the night.  After killing off a power play for Northwood, the Panthers offense caught fire. The panthers scored four goals in 3:47. In that span the Panthers scored two power play goals, one each for Lippert and Chad Ouellette.  Zachary Bodziak and Zack Feher were the other goal scorers for the Panthers. Northwood added a goal late in the second on a generous bounce off the boards and the period ended with Davenport leading 6-3.

In the third period Lippert completed his hat trick by sneaking a backhander by the Northwood goalie. After that Davenport clamped down on defense and held Northwood scoreless in the third period. Earning the victory in net for Davenport was Tim Davis. Tim finished the game with 11 saves.

Post Game Qoutes- Head Coach Chris Green

What sparked your teams performance in the second period?-“It all started with the penalty kill. We had great pressure on our penalty kill which earned us a power play and got our offense going. Once we took the lead with the first power play goal it gave our offense some momentum and we piled on some goals.”

Post Game Notes

Davenport is now 9-0 all-time against Northwood.