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Day: Sunday, March 6
Faceoff: 1:00 PM
Location: Newark, Delaware
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The Opponent: #7 Rhode Island
The Series: First time meeting between two programs
Scouting Report: The Rams are led on offense up front by Shawn Tingley, David Macalino and Kyle Karnnich. Tingley leads the Rams with 45 points with 26 of those being assists. Macalino leads the Rams with 20 goals and has 31 points. Krannich is second on the Rams in overall scoring with 35 points. Rhode Island plays a very conservative dump and chase game. They like to keep the puck low and force teams to beat them the entire length of the ice. The Rams are not flashy but their style is an effective style of play.

The Rams feature one of the best Defensive cores in the country. They are led by Alan Dionne and Dan Lassik, both of whom attended the World University Games this past winter. Dionne is a very aggressive defenseman as he has 38 points for Rhode Island including 9 power play goals. Lassik is a very solid defenseman as well. The two d man will have one of their toughest tasks of the season in shutting down the high powered Panthers offense.

Rhode Island is a very disciplined team and they run their systems very good. They rely heavily on a stifling team defense. They make teams beat them all the way down the ice, and rarely turn the puck over and allow transition going the other way. #24 Devin Sheehan is a very aggressive forward that flies around the ice and will be something that the Panther D will have to look out after the puck has been dumped into their end. This will be a great contrast of styles as the physical Rams play a dump and chase system while the Panthers play a puck control style and look for all 5 players to touch the puck on the ice. Davenport will have to watch out for their defenseman rushing the play and supporting the Ram forwards. Davenport must stay out of the box against a very good Rhode Island team if they want to advance the National Championship SemiFinal game.

ACHA National Tournament History for DU:
First year in ACHA Division 1 National Tournament...Appeared in ACHA Division 2 National Tournament previous seven seasons...Won D2 tournament past three seasons (2009-10, 2008-09, 2007-08)...Runner-up to Michigan State in 2006-07 season, posting 4-5 OT loss to Spartans...2007-08 National Tournament defeated Siena 8-3 in semifinal game and Indiana 5-2 for first D2 National Championship...2008-09 National Tournament defeated semifinal opponent Colorado State 6-2 and Florida Gulf Coast 5-1 for second National Championship...Last season knocked off Colorado 3-1 in the semifinals and defeated Central Connecticut State 12-4 in the National Championship...Davenport was 24-6 all-time in D2 National Tournament

2011 Post-Season Quick Facts:
Davenport finished with an overall record of 33-10 (33-7-3) in their first season at the ACHA D1 level...DU picked up wins over Lindenwood, Ohio, Oklahoma, Adrian, Oakland that are all here at the National Tournament...Jonathon Juliano leads the team in points (75), assists (46) and goals (29)...Captain Brit Ouellette is second in all three categories with 71 points, 27 goals and 46 assists...Ouellette was named the GLCHL Regular Season MVP and was joined on the first team All-Conference by Juliano and Jeff Slusser...Phil Graveline led the Panthers with an 18-3 record in net and was named 2nd Team All-GLCHL...He was joined by Kevin Brojek and Bobby Collar...The longest winning streak for DU in 2010-11 was eight games from December 11 - January 22...Davenport finished second in the regular season standings in the GLCHL...