Box Score

ROCHESTER, Mich. – Davenport fell to Oakland 5-0 in the first of five games this season to decide the “good luck duck” series. Oakland got two goals in the first, two goals in the second, and one in the third to put away the Panthers. Davenport will host Oakland on Saturday at 7:30 PM.

Alexander Hoffman got Oakland on the board first with a goal 2:37 into the first period. Several minutes later Anthony Colizza got one past Phil Graveline to push the Grizzlies lead to 2-0.

Oakland got another quick goal to start the second period when Adam Novack scored less than three minutes into the period. After over 16 minutes of scoreless play, Hoffman scored his second goal of the game for Oakland with 45 seconds left in the second period to increase the Panthers deficit to 4-0 through two periods.

Oakland's Brian Jacobs scored the only goal of the third period as the Grizzlies defeated the Panthers 5-0.

Phil Graveline got the start for Davenport allowing four goals on 28 shots in the loss. Matt Sekosan came in for the third period for Davenport giving up one goal and making seven saves. In goal for Oakland was Matt Toter who stopped all 25 shots he faced.

With the loss, Davenport drops to 7-9 on the season and 5-1 in conference play. Davenport and Oakland will be in action again tomorrow night at 7:30 PM at Patterson Ice Center.

Post-Game Quotes – Sophomore Forward Phil Wendecker

Thoughts on Game – “We came out flat, its' as simple as that. The effort wasn't there and we didn't play smart and we paid for it. We lost a big game that we really didn't even show up to play. It was embarrassing.”

Post-Game Notes

This was the first time Davenport has been shut out since February 4^th, 2010 when the Panthers lost 3-0 at Oakland…This is only the second time Davenport has been shut out in this series (30 games)…Davenport is now 17-12-1 all-time against Oakland and 7-6 all-time at Oakland.