Box Score GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Trailing 4-2 after two periods of play, Davenport scored four goals in the third including Kevin Noble's goal with nine seconds remaining to defeat cross-town rival Grand Valley State 6-5 Saturday night. Six different players scored for the Panthers as Davenport earned a weekend split with the Lakers. After the Winter break, Davenport will return to action at Patterson Ice Arena when they take on Western Michigan on January 6^th.
 
Davenport was first to get on the board when Dan Zawacki found Matt Ogden who was able to put a shot in the back of the net to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead with 5:06 left in the first period. That lead increased to two just 17 seconds later when Alex Ostrowski knocked in a pass from Stephen Flood and Mason Bohlinger.
 
The momentum shifted late in the first period and Grand Valley State was able to take advantage in the second scoring four unanswered goals in the period to have the Panthers trailing 4-2 entering the third.
 
Mason Bohlinger started the Panthers comeback early in the third period when a Davenport shot was sent wide of the net and Bohlinger was able to collect the rebound off the boards and send it past the GVSU goalie to pull Davenport within one. Still trailing 4-3 with 4:39 remaining in the game, Phil Wendecker scored his third goal of the weekend to pull the Panthers even with the Lakers at four. Eleven seconds later, Travis White knocked in a loose puck from in front of the net to give Davenport the lead.
 
After a Davenport penalty with 1:44 remaining in the game, GVSU pulled their goalie for a 6-on-4 advantage. The two extra men prooved beneficial to the Lakers as they were able to score the equalizer with 49 seconds left in the third period. In what seemed to be a game destined for overtime, Kevin Noble was able to end things in regulation by knocking in a loose puck from in front of the GVSU net with nine seconds remaining to win it for the Panthers.
 
Phil Graveline picked up the win for the Panthers making 36 saves on 41 GVSU shots. The Panthers improve to 19-9 on the season while Grand Valley State drops to 17-2-1 on the year. Davenport will have a couple of weeks off for Winter break before returning to Patterson Ice Center on January 6^th to take on Western Michigan.
 
Post-Game Quotes – Head Coach Phil Sweeney
 
Thoughts on third period comeback – “The whole time we were just saying that we were going to win, we were going to win even though we had a bad stretch there in the second. We just stayed really positive and Mason Bohlinger did a great job of motivating the guys and he got that big third goal. We just had a we're going to win attitude and never gave up.”
                                                                      
Thoughts on going into Winter break on positive note – “Well it makes the guys hungry to come back, you don't want to go into a break on a losing streak. And what a fun win against our cross-town rival and in such an exciting fashion with nine seconds left, I kind of wish we had practice tomorrow but we'll enjoy the break.”
                                                
Post-Game Notes
 
Davenport improves to 21-7-2 all-time against Grand Valley State and evens the series at 3-3 against the Lakers since moving up to ACHA D1…After neither team was able to protect home ice in the first four meetings since the Panthers moved to ACHA D1, both Davenport and Grand Valley State were able to win at home this weekend.
 
 
 
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