Before Friday night's game, Penn State Icers coach Joe Battista walked into the locker room planning on giving a rousing speech to fire up his team. Instead, he walked out after giving only a few words of wisdom.

"I came by [sports psychologist Dave Yukelson] and I said, 'I don't need to get them up. I think we need to calm them down.' They were ready to play."

Battista couldn't have been more right.

Thirteen different players combined for 23 goals this weekend as the No. 1 Penn State ACHA Div. I Icers (28-2) routed No. 14 Delaware (11-15-2) 11-0 Friday night and again 12-1 Saturday afternoon at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion.

The wins helped Penn State avenge the 7-1 loss they suffered at the hands of the Blue Hens in mid-November, even though it was later ruled a forfeit by Delaware due to the use of an ineligible player.

"We played physical, we played tenacious and we scored some nice goals," Battista said. "So many different guys played well. I think there's some chemistry coming along now with the lines."

Penn State forward Bill Downey started the scoring midway through the first period Friday night when he took a pass from Brendan Roache and put it past Delaware goalie Mike Verdi. That goal seemed to open the flood gates, as the Icers went on to add four more in the period, putting the Blue Hens back on their skates.

The Icers gave Delaware several chances to get back into the game in the second period as they sent a parade of players to the penalty box. But time and again Penn State's penalty kill stepped up and kept Delaware off the scoreboard.

"Our penalty killing has been outstanding," Battista said. "Not only are we not giving up any power play goals but we're scoring shorthanded goals in droves. When you're putting the other team back on their heels when they're on the power play, that says a lot about your team."

Despite Penn State's frequent visits to the penalty box, the Icers managed to come out of the period with three more goals and added four more in the third to cruise to an 11-0 win.

The Blue Hens biggest problem over the weekend was figuring out how to beat Penn State goalie Scott Blackman.

Blackman had shut out Delaware in the second game of their weekend series in November and was coming off a 6-0 blanking of Michigan-Dearborn last weekend. His solid play carried over into this weekend series as well.

Delaware finally managed to beat Blackman with just over a minute left in the second period of Saturday's game. However, Penn State had already built up a six-goal lead from its balanced offense and went on to win the game 12-1.

As part of the offensive explosion, forward Glenn Zuck moved past former Icers' forward Rob Keegan for second place on the all-time scoring list. Zuck now has 276 career points and is just three goals shy of tying Ross Cowan for second-most career goals by an Icers' player, with 115.

The Icers have shown depth throughout the entire season with it standing out even more so this weekend. This depth allows Penn State's top scorers to breathe a little easier.

"When the other lines score, it takes a lot of pressure off of us," Downey said. "We know we can put them out there in key situations because they're already playing well defensively, and if they score too, it's just another bonus."