Box Score ROCHESTER, Mich. – The D1 Hockey team jumped out to a 5-0 lead en route to a 5-1 victory over rival Oakland to take a 2-0 lead in the “Good Luck DUck” series. Matt Ogden scored a pair of goals and Phil Graveline made 21 saves to lead the Panthers in the win. Davenport will look to close out the series tomorrow night at Patterson Ice Center in a 7:30 PM game.
 
Davenport got off to a fast start when Travis White scored 3:39 into the first period. Alex Ostrowski assisted on the goal to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Davenport was able to take advantage of the first of two Oakland major penalties late in the first when Matt Ogden knocked in a goal from Luke McCarthy and Stephen Flood .
 
The Panthers kept the pressure on in the second period but weren't able to capitalize until Ogden scored his second goal of the night with 21.0 seconds left in the period. Mason Bohlinger scored 24 seconds into the third period to increase the Davenport lead to four and when McCarthy scored less than a minute later it capped a three goal Davenport run in 1:39 of game time.
 
Phil Graveline picked up the win in net for the Panthers making 21 saves on 22 Oakland shots. His lone goal against came with 2:06 left to play when Oakland was short-handed.
 
With the win Davenport takes a 2-0 lead in the best of five season series between the Panthers and Golden Grizzlies for the “Good Luck DUck”. Davenport will have a chance to clinch the duck Saturday night when they host Oakland at 7:30 PM.
 
Post-Game Quotes – Head Coach Phil Sweeney
 
On the importance of Ogden's goal with 21 seconds left in second period – “Looking back that was a back breaker for their team.  It was a tight game, and they outplayed us a bit in the 2^nd period.  We were able to get Matt out with fresh legs, and we got a bounce and he was able to come in on a rush fresh.  The goal he scored was an absolute snipe too, we could tell they were deflated going into the locker room.  It was a HUGE goal by a clutch player.”
 
What does the team need to do to get a win tomorrow night and win the Duck in three games – “We have to win a lot of shifts tomorrow.  The last few weeks we have been talking about winning our shifts, the game will take care of itself.  Today we won a lot of shifts.  We also were very disciplined tonight.  We only allowed them one power play.  We also played solid defense.  We allowed 21 shots, not a lot were rebounds, and we took care of the front of our net.  That has been the recipe for success throughout the years here at DU, Win a lot of shifts, play tough defense, and stay out of the box.  These guys put themselves in position to win the DUck back tomorrow night.  Oakland will be ready, but so will we.  It is going to be a great game!”
 
Post-Game Notes
 
Davenport out shot Oakland 38-22…The Panthers committed just two penalties on the night, only one of which resulted in an Oakland power play…Davenport improves to 21-14-1 all-time against Oakland.

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