Alumni weekend is supposed to be a time of friendships rekindled, memories and fun, but for the Div. I ACHA Penn State Icers and the No. 5 Delaware Blue Hens, someone must have forgotten to give them that memo.

In what were undoubtedly the two most physical games of the season for the No. 2 Icers (25-2-1), which saw three players ejected (two for fighting), cooler heads prevailed as the Icers skated away with a win on Friday night, 6-2, and another victory on Saturday, 5-2.

It was also a special weekend for forward Glenn Zuck and senior captain Josh Mandel, as both put their names in the record books.

Zuck scored his 200th career point and Mandel passed current Delaware coach Josh Brandwene and Mike Messner for third on the all-time points list for defensemen.

On Friday, the Icers found themselves down 2-1 early, but with less than two minutes to play in the first period, Icers defenseman Curtiss Patrick threw a shot on goal that Kevin Jaeger deflected past Delaware goalie Adam Barbour.

Icers coach Joe Battista must have woken his team up during the first intermission because the Icers came out of the gates on a mission, and they carried it out almost to perfection. Holding the Blue Hens to only two shots in the period, the Icers defense made a huge statement. Adding to the defense were Neal Price's and Bill Downey's goals that were less than two minutes apart, putting the Icers up for good.

And that's when things started to get crazy.

With penalties being given out like hot cakes, the Icers were forced to kill a five-on-three advantage, which was done with precision.

As the action started to heat up, so did the hitting as Patrick and several Blue Hens almost threw hands late in the second.

Freshman forward Brett Wilson added a goal in the third and Price netted his second of the game on what seemed to be a controversial call. The Blue Hens felt that Price kicked the puck into the net, but the referees ruled the shot clean.

Less than a minute after that goal, Delaware's Jake Skinner came into the game and hit Icer Dant Hirsch well after the whistle sounded to stop play. Patrick immediately started fighting with Skinner, the first fight of the season, and the two were ejected and suspended for the next game. Price was also given a 10-minute game misconduct and he left the game. After the smoke cleared, the Icers left the Ice Pavilion with a 6-2 win.

"What you saw out there were two teams with a lot at stake," Battista said. "When guys are playing with that much emotion they go hard."

On Saturday the Icers struck early and often as the Red Line of Zuck, Jaeger and Price were on the ice for all five of the Icers' goals.

Price started off the scoring three minutes into the first. Ten minutes later Zuck somehow found Jaeger streaking to the net and he beat senior goalie Lance Rosenberg to put the Icers up two after one period.

Jaeger finished the night with a hat trick and two assists.

"It's always fun to be a part of any point or any goal," Jaeger said. "I was surprised as anybody to be a part of all five."

Jaeger gave praise to his teammates, saying on that every goal he netted, someone else on the ice made a great play to get him the puck.

Battista praised freshman Matthew Wallace, who has seen a significant increase in minutes since the injury to Chris Rome and the suspension of Patrick.

When all was said and done, the Icers skated away with two wins and at the very least the No. 2 seed for the ACHA National Tournament in Athens, Ohio.