Payback!

This morning, I wrote that "(t)he Icers blitzed Delaware in the first five-plus minutes of the first period last night, scoring three goals in that span on their way to a well-earned 4-0 shutout of the Blue Hens."

This evening, I'll repeat what I said in the wrap up of this afternoon's game between the Blue Hens and Icers.  "Whatever momentum the Icers built on Friday was blown up this afternoon."  

The explosion came in the form of three goals in 35 seconds as the Blue Hens blitzed the Icers in the opening 2:10 of the second period on their way to a 7-2 rout of the Icers.

That was all for Matthew Madrazo, less than 24 hours after his brilliant performance in net led the Icers to the 4-0 shutout, Delaware's first regulation loss of the season.

Six unanswered goals by the Hens between the opening goal by Marek Polidor and George Saad's second of the weekend was indicative of how Delaware dominated the game and indicative of how the Icers had no answer for the Delaware game plan.

Nicholas Lepore, the younger brother of former Icer Chris Lepore, finished off the scoring with 12 seconds left in the second.  Lepore was named the first star, with the goal and two assists.

Joe Battista and I talked Friday night about the target that has always been on the back of the Icers. Since September 17th, that target has gotten bigger and will continue to grow for the next couple of years.