Hat tricks are pretty rare in hockey -- let alone two in one game.

But that was exactly the case Friday night when the No. 2 Penn State Div. I ACHA Icers outplayed then-No. 20 Drexel to a 13-1 score.

Junior transfer Greg Schwind tallied three goals -- all in the first period.

Not one to be outdone, senior Kevin Jaeger responded with a hat trick of his own -- scoring all of his goals in the second period.

"You go into a game trying to win, not thinking about a hat trick," Schwind said.

"But the opportunities came, and so did the puck."

Schwind, who transferred from Morrisville Junior College during the offseason, made an immediate impact on the game. With the score knotted 1-1, he lit up the lamp twice in 16 seconds to give the Icers a 3-1 advantage.

He later scored his final goal with 10 seconds remaining in the period, but his most impressive goal my have been his first.

Schwind lowered his shoulder to ward off one defender, as he somehow slipped the puck past the goalie -- and wound up knocking the net off its foundation.

"I had just gotten out of the penalty box," he said. "I saw some open ice, and I thought I could beat the defenders to the outside.

"I didn't even know I was going to shoot, but it worked out."

It was an effort that even impressed Penn State coach Joe Battista.

"He's a guy that plays with all his heart," Battista said.

"[Schwind's] a Tasmanian Devil on the ice."

While Schwind was pleased with his three-goal performance, Jaeger's most memorable goal came midway through the second period when he seemingly defied physics by slapping the puck on nearly a 90 degree angle, beating the goalie while skating parallel to the side of the net.

Somehow, it found the upper right hand corner of the net.

"I was thinking pass all the way, but then my guy went down," he said. "I was just able to slip it in."

The senior forward has done well to fill the shoes of prolific scorer Glenn Zuck.

Jaeger is currently fewer than 12 goals behind Zuck, who is the Icers No. 2 all-time leading scorer.