"It's as it Should Be"

Those were the words of an Icers fan as he filed out of the Greenberg Ice Pavilion after Saturday's 15-3 thumping of the Towson Tigers.

With no disrespect to the Tigers, the fan pretty much hit the nail on the head.  Full credit to Towson for keeping it close through the first half of the game, with help from the Icers players.  

Once again on Saturday, the guys looked like they were squeezing sawdust out of those $200 composite sticks.  And once again, it was the veterans that were leading the way in the gaffe stats.

A 2-1 Icers lead after 20 minutes was negated just 55 seconds into the second when Towson's Ryan Larkin scored a gift shorthanded goal.  The Icers could have folded like a cheap suit, but just 22 seconds later Marek Polidor notched his first of the season, giving the fans some hope.

Matt Westcott brought the Tigers back into a tie at 4:18, but from there on it was all Icers.  It looked like the light bulb went on in their heads, because all of a sudden the passes were connecting and the goals kept coming.

Domenic Morrone scored two to open the floodgates, his 2nd and 3rd goals of the season.  Morrone played on an all-freshmen line with George Saad (the OT hero on Friday) and Eric Steinour, who scored his first two as an Icer. 

The trio looked like they'd been together for months, creating some nifty playmaking while thumping bodies with some big checks.

Morrone wears number 19, and on the ice he looks and plays like Brandon Rubeo.  For one game at least, the line of Saad, Steinour and Morrone reminded me of the BUZZ line of Rubeo, Paul Zodtner and Jaime Zimmel.



Steve Thurston scored a pair of power play goals, while Paul Daley and Nick Seravalli each counted a pair of tallies.  Tim O'Brien, Kurt Collins, Dave Herel, Matt Kirstein and Chris Pronchik all got on the score sheet with their first of the season.


At the other end, John Jay could have set up a beach chair as he faced just 15 shots while picking up the win and running his record as an Icer to 4-0.


There's little time to savor a weekend sweep that shouldn't have been after Towson was hosed by the officials on Friday night.  Ohio and the Bird Arena will be waiting next weekend.  

It will be interesting to see how the new guys deal with Gang Green and the small ice surface that over the years has been one of the toughest places to play for Penn State.