For the last four years, Alon Eizenman has wowed the crowd at the Ice Pavilion with an array of moves that has left opposing defenders looking silly.
He did it one last time for the Icer faithful this past weekend against Seneca College.
With Penn State trailing 1-0 early in the second period in Friday's contest, Eizenman jumpstarted his team's struggling offense by making two assists and knocking home a goal of his own in the Icers' 6-1 win.
By adding two more assists in Saturday's 3-2 Icer victory, Eizenman etched his name in the Penn State record book.
For his career, Eizenman has scored 92 goals and notched 159 assists, making him the fourth Icer ever to reach the 250-point plateau.
The accolades didn't stop there though. Eizenman was also formally presented the 2000 Bob Johnson Award on Friday, which recognizes him as the last year's ACHA player of the year.
And since fellow seniors Greg Held and Mike Blevins have yet to return from the World University Games in Poland, Eizenman was the lone Icer senior to be honored for playing in his last home game.
Despite being in the limelight throughout the weekend, Eizenman remained modest and focused on the upcoming ACHA tournament.
"It's (his last home game) not what you think it would be with a culmination of fireworks or teary good-byes right now," Eizenman said. "We have nationals in two weeks. So if we win there, there'll be plenty of time for sentimentality."
While Eizenman isn't ready to reflect on his career yet, Icer coach Joe Battista praised the two-time ACHA All-American.
"I told him in an earlier meeting that he is going to leave quite a legacy here," Battista said. "But I also told him that now that some of these individual goals are out of the picture, let's go for the one that matters the most, and that's winning a third national championship."
If the Icers do win their third title in four years, Eizenman, Held and Blevins will become the first players in Penn State history to win three championships.
"It's just a matter of coming to play and staying focused," Eizenman said. "At this point you've worked pretty much all you can, so if you're prepared you'll win the national title and if you're not then you'll come home with something other than the cup."
Even when Eizenman isn't netting goals or dishing out assists, his mere presence on the ice makes players around him better.
"You get so many opportunities with a guy like that on the ice because he always knows where the open ice is," junior forward Kyle Jordan said. "You learn so much just by watching him play."
While he gets his notoriety because of his offensive skills, Battista said Eizenman's defense is what makes him such a great player.
"People see what Alon does offensively, but what they don't see is what he means to this team defensively," Battista said. "Not only his he the first guy you look at offensively, but he's also the first guy on the bench that I go to for defense. It's not to take anything away from the other guys, but it's rare to find somebody who is that good at both ends of the ice.
"In my mind, he's certainly placed himself among the top five players that have ever played here."



