Robert Fogarty opened the scoring on one of his trademark wrap-arounds. The Mountaineers responded with a goal off a deflection before Drew Evans notched his first career goal as a Blue Devil to put Duke ahead 2-1. Evans took a drop pass from linemate Dave Bradley and headed to the far post where he jammed the puck home past a surprised Ben Mitchell, West Virginia's goalie.

The teams headed to the dressing room after one period with Duke ahead 2-1. West Virginia tied the score 2-2 on a power play goal about five minutes into the second period. Duke then scored two goals in a row, including Evans' second of the game on a beautiful deflection in front of the net. The Blue Devils skated to the dressing room after two periods ahead 4-2.

West Virginia tried to keep it close by drawing within one goal about ten minutes into the final frame. However, Duke was too much on this night. Goals by Steve Lake and another by Fogarty put the Mountaineers away. The teams resume the two-game weekend series tomorrow at 6:00 PM at the SportsPlex with Duke hoping for a sweep of the two-game series.

GAME NOTES
Duke was 0-for-2 on the power play while West Virginia was 2-for-6...Ben Peterson had two assists in the game for the Devils. The versatile defenseman has five points (two goals, three assists) in his last two games.