GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The men's ACHA Division I hockey team picked up a 5-3 win in their home opener on Sunday over Niagara. The win moves the Panthers to 3-0 overall.

The first period provided four goals and a 2-2 tie after 20 minutes. David Fish and Dalton Bew scored for Niagara while Wade Weisgerber and Joey Ogden scored for Davenport. Weisgerber scored at 9:26 from Jordan Simmonds and Alex Hulford. Ogden scored at 11:09 from Alyx Fonseca.

DU scored the only goal of the second period to take a 3-2 lead into the third. Jon Mencer scored at 10:07 from Ogden and Mike Lozicki. The Purple Eagles tie it up at 2:22 of the third as Tyler Stockwell scored with assists from Ryan Peters and Dallas Szustak.

The Panthers would add the final two goals as Aaron Beally scored the game-winner at 12:08 from Hulford and Hulford added an empty-netter at 19:32 from Everett Thompson.

Tanner Swift made 17 saves for Davenport while his counterpart Mike Parda made 43 saves for the Purple Eagles.