GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Davenport D3 hockey team will start their 2014-15 campaign with a home-and-home series with Adrian College – Black. This season, Jeremy Bultema takes over the reins of the D3 team after former head coach Chris Green has made the jump up to coach the D2 team at Davenport. The series with Adrian starts on starts on Thursday in Adrian, Mich. at 6:50 p.m., before both teams faceoff at the Patterson Ice Center on Saturday at 5:20 p.m.
 
Game 1
At Adrian College – Black
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2014
Puck Drop: 6:50 p.m.
Location: Adrian, Mich. (Arrington Ice Arena)
 
Game 2
Vs. Adrian College – Black
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014
Puck Drop: 5:20 p.m.
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Patterson Ice Center)
Internet Coverage: Live Video
 
Scouting Adrian – Black
 
Adrian – Black enters the weekend with a 1-3-0-0 record after being swept by Indiana Tech to start the season and then rebound with a win against Indiana – Purdue Fort Wayne. Last weekend, the Bulldogs traveled to Ann Arbor to face Michigan and lost the game 10-4. Adrian has had a balanced attack to start the year with only three players to have multiple goals, and eight different players scoring a goal so far this season.
 
The Panthers
 
First year head coach, Jeremy Bultema, will have a very young squad this season with having 12 freshman on the roster to start the season. Bultema also has four sophomores, and only one senior in Brent Smith. The only returning players from last year's team are Smith and defensemen Max Biggings. The young team will have a tough schedule this year with a small roster and an improving MCHC. 
 
The Panthers will kick off their 2014-15 campaign with a home-and-home series against Adrian College – Black starting in Adrian on Thursday at 6:50 p.m., before concluding the weekend series at Patterson Ice Center on Saturday at 5:20 p.m.
 
D3 Ice Hockey Contact: David Gerhart | 616-554-5045 | dgerhart@davenport.edu
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