GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – After playing three road games in three days last weekend the Davenport D1 hockey team will have another tough stretch of games this week as they play another three games in three days. The week will start on Thursday with a home game against Liberty to decide the Blue-Gray Cup, and Davenport will close out the week with a home-and-home series against Western Michigan on Friday and Saturday. The puck drop for Thursday's game against the Flames will be at 8:30 p.m. at Patterson Ice Center and Thomas Biondo will have the call live on the DAN.
 
Game 1
Vs. Liberty
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014
Puck Drop: 8:30 p.m.
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Patterson Ice Center)
Internet Coverage: Live Audio/Video
 
Game 2
At Western Michigan
Date: Friday, November 21, 2014
Puck Drop: 7 p.m.
Location: Kalamazoo, Mich. (Lawson Ice Arena)
 
Game 3
Vs. Western Michigan
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2014
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Patterson Ice Center)
Internet Coverage: Live Audio/Video
 
Scouting Liberty
 
The Flames enter the weekend with a 14-4-0-4 record on the season, and are coming off of a weekend split with Stony Brook. Both games took place at the LaHaye Ice Center and Liberty lost the first game 3-1, but followed up with an 8-4 win. Freshman Luke Hannon leads the way from the team with 24 goals and a total of 47 points on the season. Hannon leads the ACHA in points with 47 and is they only player in the country with 40 points or more. The Flames have had four goaltenders appear in at least three games so far this season.
 
Scouting Western Michigan
 
The Stallions are 12-5-1-2 on the year and are coming into the weekend after splitting a weekend series last weekend against Michigan-Dearborn. Michael Moroso leads Western Michigan in scoring 14 goals and 17 assists for season total of 31 points. In goal, Brandon Haase has played the majority of the minutes for Western Michigan playing a total of 863:30 to start the season. Haase has put together a goals against average of 2.99 to go along with a .918 save percentage.
 
GLCHL Outlook
 
Adrian still leads the pack in the GLCHL with a total of 33 points on the season, but Western Michigan is staying in striking distance with 27 points on the year. Michigan-Dearborn, Oakland, Kent State and Davenport are neck in neck with one another as they are separated by just three points. Eastern Michigan rounds out the GLCHL with eight points through 15 games this season.
 
ACHA Rankings
 
Both opponents the Panthers will be facing this weekend are currently ranked in the top 25 in the ACHA as Liberty sits at ten and Western Michigan is 22nd in the country. Davenport moved to 15th in the ACHA last week, but may fall a couple spots after going 1-2 last weekend. Central Oklahoma and Arizona State are still holding on to the top two spots in the national rankings, while Adrian and Lindenwood continue to flip flop between third and fourth in the nation. Stony Brook jumped up one spot last week to round out the top five.
 
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