Box Score Site: Kent, Ohio (Kent State Ice Arena)
Score: Davenport 3, Kent State 1
Records: DU (7-5-0-2), KSU (9-8-0-0)
Next DU event: Thursday, Nov. 20 – vs. Liberty – 8:30 p.m.
 
KENT, Ohio – After dropping the first two games of their three game week, the Davenport D1 hockey team closed out their weekend with a win over a Kent State. The Panthers used three different goal scorers in the 3-1 win over the Golden Flashes. Davenport will have another three game week next week starting on Thursday against Liberty on the final game of the Blue-Gray Cup at Patterson Ice Center at 8:30 p.m.
 
Kent State used the momentum from the series-opening win after they scored the first goal of the game to take the early 1-0 lead. The Panthers then turned tables in the game as Everett Thompson tied the game up off a feed from Zack Blumke.
 
Travis White then put Davenport ahead on a goal as Thompson picked up his second point of the night as he and Andrew Frank picked up the assists on the second goal of the game. Kody Polin increased his point streak to seven games as he closed out the scoring in the game to secure the 3-1 win for the Panthers. Thompson picked up his third point of the game with an assist and Chris Eckler was awarded the secondary assist on the goal.
 
After the game head coach Phil Sweeney recapped his team performance, "Tonight was another tough game, but we really stepped our game up in the second period. They did a great job of blocking shots so we had to find other ways to get the puck to the net. Everett had a big game and Matt played good in net again. We are all looking forward to Thursday now and it was a great to get the win and build the momentum toward our series finale against Liberty."
 
Davenport will have another busy week next week playing three games in three day starting Thursday at Patterson Ice Center against Liberty at 8:30 p.m.  
 
DI Ice Hockey Contact: David Gerhart | 616-554-5045 | dgerhart@davenport.edu
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