Box Score GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Davenport defeated the University of Michigan-Dearborn Saturday night 9-4 behind a seven goal second period for the Panthers. Josh Munford, Dan Zawacki, and Alex Ostrowski each netted a pair of goals for Davenport while four other Panthers put a goal on the board. It will be a quick turnaround for the Panthers who host No. 2 Adrian Tuesday night.
 
Davenport controlled the puck at the start of the first period and the Panthers were able to capitalize on a 4-on-4 opportunity when Zack Blumke netted a goal off a pass from Phil Wendecker 5:35 into the period. Midway through the first period Davenport caught a break when a UM-Dearborn shot went off the post but the Wolves kept pressing and snuck a shot past Phil Graveline thirsty seconds later to tie the game at one. The Wolves added another goal with 6:20 remaining in the period to take a 2-1 lead. In the final minutes of the opening period, Davenport had a few chances to pull the game even but weren't able to capitalize on a couple of odd-man breaks.
 
After what turned out to be a slow first-period, Davenport and UM-Dearborn combined for nine second period goals with the Panthers coming out with a 8-4 lead. Winston Hofer got the Panthers started with a goal a few minutes. Josh Munford put Davenport in the lead when he ricocheted a shot off the goalie from behind the net for the score. UM-Dearborn responded quickly to tie the game at three.
 
The pace quickened in the last ten minutes of the second period. Alex Ostrowski put a wrist shot in the top corner of the net to retake the lead for the Panthers but the Wolves again had a quick answer scoring 47 seconds later to tie the game. The back-and-forth play continued when Dan Zawacki answered the Wolves goal less than a minute later. The Panthers started to pile it on the Wolves with 6:28 left in the period, when Travis White scored followed by another Zawacki goal to extend the Davenport lead to 7-4. Late in the period, Munford was able to knock in a rebound off a Wendecker shot to put the Panthers up 8-4.
 
Alex Ostrowski added his second goal of the game less than a minute into the third period to make in 9-4 in favor of the Panthers. Phil Graveline picked up the win in net for Davenport making 31 saves on 35 UMD shots.
 
Davenport will return to action Tuesday night when they host No. 2 Adrian at 8:30 PM.
 
Post-Game Quotes – Head Coach Phil Sweeney
 
Talk about the second period (7 DU goals and 9 total) – “Phil Wendecker had a good talk with the boys and they focused in at the task at hand. The guys did a great job in responding and played more physical. We dominated them in all three zones, especially down low in the offensive zone and we responded with seven goals.”
               
Talk about the physical game tonight and the quick turnaround with Adrian on Tuesday – “We don't expect our guys to be overly physical with big hits but we expect our guys to be tough to play against and that's what we were in the second and third periods tonight. We took away their time and space and we were dominant just like I expected us to be.”
 
Post-Game Notes
 
Davenport out shot UM-Dearborn 40-35…There were a total of 91 penalty minutes in the game…Davenport improves to 12-3 all-time against UM-Dearborn.
 
 
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