Before the start of this season, the members of the Penn State men's ice hockey team set three goals to achieve this season.

The first goal was reached when the No. 2 Icers waltzed into Toronto and cruised to the Two Nations Cup Tournament title by crushing opponents Seneca College and Carleton by a combined score of 11-2.

The Icers took care of their second goal this past weekend by winning their own tournament -- the Nittany Lion Invitational -- in dominating fashion. The Icers belted No. 19 Navy 8-0 in the first round and crushed No. 17 West Chester 9-0 in the championship game.

By blanking both the Midshipmen and the Golden Rams, the Icers (17-3-2) have now posted four straight shutouts and haven't allowed a goal in 264 minutes, a team record.

"We did what we had to do," head coach Joe Battista said.

"That's four games without giving up a goal. That's the first time we've ever done that and I don't care who you're playing against, getting a shutout is not that easy and to do it four times in row is just outstanding."

The Icers' first round game was pushed back an hour because Navy's bus broke down about 30 minutes outside of Annapolis.

After the first period, it seemed the Icers offense was more troubled by the delay than the Midshipmen (13-12).

But soon after the second started, it appeared the Icers made some repairs of their own during the intermission.

Jack Weber, Alon Eizenman and Greg Held all scored for the Icers in the first two periods of the second stanza.

Dave Tunon tacked on a fourth Icer goal with 14 minutes to go in the period and Eizenman followed up with his second just three minutes later.

Glenn Zuck added two goals in the third period, and Held drove home his second to cap off the scoring.

Battista said his speech during the first intermission might have jump-started his team's struggling offense.

"I didn't mince words," Battista said. "I told them I felt we had played our worst period of hockey this year. I told them we had to start playing more as a team instead of 20 individuals."

The Icers' championship round opponent was surprisingly West Chester, which defeated No. 6 Delaware 5-4 in the weekend's first game.

The Blue Hens (11-10) defeated Navy 7-3 in the consolation game.

The momentum from the previous night obviously carried over for the Icers as Zuck went top shelf to score on the Icers' first shot of the game.

Mike Blevins tickled the twine two minutes later to give the Icers a 2-0 lead before the Golden Rams (14-8-2) even took a shot.

The Icers coasted from there as Weber and Justin DePretis tacked on two goals a piece while Eizenman, Josh Mandel and Brandon Cook each netted a goal, making the final 9-0.

DePretis, who just joined the Icers this semester, said after being banged around by Navy, he needed to prove something in the championship game.

"The first game (against Navy) was not one of my best games this year," he said.

"I had to redeem myself from the game last night, not only to the team, but to myself as well."

DePretis, Cook, Zuck, Eizenman and goalie Scott Graham were named to the All-Tournament team with Zuck taking home MVP honors.

With two season goals down the defending national champions have one to go--winning a second consecutive ACHA national title.

"This was step No. 2 for us," Zuck said. "Hopefully we can carry some of this momentum into nationals."