The No. 2 Penn State men's ice hockey team made one of its goals to win the three tournaments it plays in this season.

The team now has one win in the bag.

The Icers (13-3-1) were the ultimate victors this weekend at the Two Nations Cup Tournament in Ontario as they rolled over host school Seneca College 5-1 Friday and Carleton 6-1 Saturday to seal the championship.

Prior to traveling to Ontario, the Icers skated to a 6-2 home win against Kent State back on Dec. 8 then fell to York 6-1 on the road last Wednesday.

"We definitely came out fired up and ready to play," Penn State forward Glenn Zuck said of the two tournament games. "Both teams had some skilled players and they each gave us a good game."

Fueled by the confidence of a win against Seneca, the Icers came out early in the championship game against Carleton and began to light up the scoreboard. Just six minutes into the game, forward Paul Crooker pounded in a rebound to give Penn State the 1-0 lead.

Later in the first period Justin DePretis, newcomer to the Icers, scored his first goal in a Penn State uniform to extend the team's lead to two.

Carleton hung tight with Penn State through the first two periods of the game, outshooting the Icers 15-14 in the first period and 16-10 in the second. But despite the shooting advantage, Carleton was only able to pull the game to within one in the second stanza, scoring to make the score 2-1.

Penn State coach Joe Battista said the special teams units were crucial in the weekend wins and they didn't come up any bigger than they did in the third period of Saturday's game.

DePretis slammed home a power play goal early in the period followed by an even-strength goal by Dustin Martin just 13 seconds later.

The Icers continued to pound away on the opposition as Mike Blevins scored the team's second power play goal backed up by a goal by Jack Weber with only 40 seconds left on the clock, capping off scoring at 6-1.

"We really came out with a purpose that night," defenseman Scott Curry said. "Halfway through the third period we got under their skin with all the goals we were scoring and from there it was easy to beat them."

To make it to the championship game, the Icers took out Seneca in a similar game.

Again, Penn State's special teams came up huge as forward Greg Held scored an early power play goal, giving the team a 1-0 advantage.

In addition to an early goal by Zuck, Held posted two short-handed goals in the second period, including one with nine-tenths of a second on the clock, to give the Icers a 3-0 lead after two.

The Sting repaid Penn State's late goal with one early in the third stanza, but Penn State answered back just minutes later as Brandon Cook landed Penn State's second power play goal of the game to give the Icers the 5-1 win.

Although on paper it looks like the Icers bowled over both teams with few problems, each game was closer than the score indicates. The shots on goal were tied at 37 apiece against Seneca and, in the championship game against Carleton, the shots were knotted at 40 each.

Battista said the key in each game was the play of Icers goaltender Scott Graham, who saved 73 of 75 shots throughout the weekend and was named tournament MVP.

The tournament win was huge following a devastating loss to York just days earlier.

"I don't know if it was bus legs or what, but it seemed to take us too long to get going," Battista said. "Their depth really showed up as the game wore on and they just kicked it into another gear."

After York jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first, Penn State could only come up with one goal in the middle stanza to slow down the Yeomen's offense.

They punched in another three goals in the third period to end the game, 6-1.

But in the team's mind, that loss is history and the players are focusing on building off their two most recent wins.

"Coach Battista has a saying that, 'Champions always find a way,' " Curry said. "We had a really good practice after the York game and we found a way to regroup and come out on top."