GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Davenport D1 Hockey team will travel to take on Kent State this weekend. This is the first meeting all-time between the two programs. Davenport comes in with a 10-4-1 overall record and a 6-1-1 record in GLCHL play. The Panthers will look for a couple of wins this weekend to keep pace in the conference race with Adrian and Oakland.
The Panthers come into the match-up having won six of their last eight games, with one of their loses coming in a shootout. As it has been all season, offense has been a key to the Panthers success. Davenport is 9-0 when they score at least four goals and just 1-4-1 when they fail to score four goals. In their last game against Western, the line of
Tyler Quigley,
Matt Ogden, and
Mason Bohlinger were key for the Panthers. The three players combined for five goals and seven assists. Quigley finished with three goals for the Panthers while Bohlinger recorded the go ahead goal and three assists in the game. Ogden played a part in five of the Davenport six goals finishing with a goal and four assists.
Scouting Kent State
Kent State started the year in the preseason Top-25 coming in at No. 21 but have gotten off to a rough start and have since had a steady drop out of the rankings. In their first season in the GLCHL, Kent State comes in with a 2-12 overall record and a 2-10 conference record. Kent State has picked up wins over Western Michigan in overtime and against No. 20 Eastern Michigan last weekend.
Brandon McPhail is tied for the team lead in goals with five and leads the team with 10 assists to give him a team high 15 points. Darren Schlueter, who also has five goals, is second on the team in assists with seven. Kent State has used four different goalies this season but Justin Wisniewski has had the most starts. Wisniewski comes in with a 0-6 record with a 3.80 goal against average. He has made 218 saves on the season for a team high .85 save percentage.
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