It shouldn't be this easy.

On paper, what could have been this season's Ali-Frazier match-up for the No. 1 Penn State Div. I ACHA Icers this past weekend against the No. 3 Ohio Bobcats turned out to be more like Tyson-McNeely.

The Icers (6-0) beat up on the injured Bobcats (5-3-2), not just once, but twice. On Friday night, the Icers dominated Ohio at every position and left the Greenberg Ice Pavilion with a 7-1 victory.

Things didn't get much better for the Bobcats on Saturday as Penn State opened up its offense and, led by a hat trick by Neal Price, won 9-3.

"We did a good job on finishing our scoring," said Penn State Icers head coach Joe Battista.

Friday night's game was extremely physical, with both teams trying to one-up each other in the hit department all night long.

The refs had their hands full with both teams taking a half dozen penalties throughout.

The theme of the night for Penn State was teamwork as last season's championship banner was raised before the game. That showed on both sides of the puck, but especially on offense -- six different players scored goals.

The Icers started off the scoring around 10 minutes into the first when Curtiss Patrick's wrist shot from just inside the blue line found the back of the net.

Ohio struck back just one minute later, when Tony Arkeilpane found the puck right in front of Icers goalie Scott Graham and flipped the open shot past the senior keeper.

But that would be the only goal the Bobcats could muster as Graham at times seemed unbeatable, standing on his head between the pipes, making several highlight-reel saves.

The Icers made Ohio pay for its mistakes as their power play unit shined once again, scoring three goals on six chances. The kill unit also did its job, stopping all five of Ohio's power-play opportunities and even scored a goal shorthanded.

Senior captain Josh Mandel not only quarterbacked the power play unit to near perfection, but he also put up some big numbers, scoring one goal and assisting on three others on Friday.

"Our penalty killing was terrific [Friday]," Battista said. "Special teams really made a difference."

Penn State continued its offensive explosion Saturday by pouring it on with nine goals. Three different Icers had multiple goals, including Price (3), Kevin Jaeger (2) and Garrett Divins (2).

Penn State forward Glenn Zuck continued his pursuit of every Penn State scoring record by scoring one goal and five assists this weekend.

The Icers were also motivated this weekend by Battista for personal reasons. He came into the weekend with 398 career wins as the Icers' head coach. The two wins pushed Battista to the 400-win mark, which is by far the most in Penn State hockey history.

Jon Shellington's 125 wins rank him second.

The players were well aware of their coach's achievements.

"He does a lot for us," Zuck said. "We wanted to get it for him."

So as the Icers continue to roll through the season unbeaten and untested, it seems that the only people that can knock them off course are themselves.