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Day: Tuesday, March 8
Faceoff: 5:00 PM
Location: Newark, Delaware
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The Opponent: #3 Ohio
The Series: 2-0 this season, 3-1 all-time
Scouting Report: The Davenport Panthers move into the Semi-Finals to face-off against the #3 ranked Ohio Bobcats. Ohio is a very strong team and is one of the hottest teams in the country coming into this game. The week before nationals started, Ohio defeated Lindenwood 4-0 to win the CSCHL playoff season title. They have defeated SUNY-Canton 3-0, and Oakland University 6-2.

Ohio is led up front by All-American, and Team USA World University games representative, #10 Tyler Pilmore. Pilmore had 19 goals, 38 assists in just 31 games. Also strong up front, and Pilmores linemates, are #10 Micheal Shultz, 24g, 40a and #9 Nick Rostek 13g, 27a. Ohio plays very fast, and very physical. Unlike the previous teams the Panthers have played, Ohio will control the puck and will not always look to dump it in the zone. Ohio is well known for shooting from everywhere and crashing the net hard. Davenport's goalies will have to be on their toes to direct pucks into the corners and the defense will have to pick up sticks on the players crashing the net.

The Bobcats are led on defense by Zach Barbis. The junior defenseman has 32 points in 37 games and is very steady on the point. Ohio is known for having good size on their defense and for having players that can skate and move the puck up the ice. The Bobcats are solid all around on defense and the forwards are coached to help out in the zone as well.

This is going to be a very tough test for the Panthers. Ohio is very good and will be very good in the future as well as most of their top players are juniors or lower. Last season Ohio made a strong run at the national championships. Coming off their CSCHL victory, the Bobcats have a lot of momentum, the Panthers will look to slow down OU, with a strong offensive attack themselves. This will be a great game to play and coach in, and a great game for the fans to watch.

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...