It might have happened more than two months ago, but the loss is still fresh in the minds of the No. 2 Penn State ACHA Division I Icers. After dominating Michigan-Dearborn by the tune of seven goals in November, Penn State had its 23-game win streak at home snapped after the Wolves came away with a 4-2 upset -- one day after the 9-2 romp.

"We better have revenge on our minds, or I'll be disappointed," coach Joe Battista said. "It's all about seedings at this point."

The Icers (17-5-2) will have their chance for revenge this weekend, when they take on No. 8 Michigan-Dearborn (16-11-1) on the road at 7:30 p.m. today and at the same time tomorrow. While Penn State returns three of its top players -- Kevin Jaeger, Joe Maglaque and Eric Harbaugh -- who were competing at the World University Games, don't expect the lineup to return exactly the way it was prior to the trio's departure.

"We're going to experiment," Battista said. "I could plug Kevin [Jaeger] right back in there. But now that the guys have a little bit of chemistry going, we have some depth to our offensive attack."

Battista said he's seeking a balanced offense moreso than one particularly dominant line. But if the Wolves' goalie, Jason Ryan, plays like he did before -- it won't matter what lineup the Icers use.

Ryan collected 44 saves in the teams' last meeting, and he's been instrumental in each of the Wolves' last couple upsets. Michigan-Dearborn has already boasted wins over three top-five teams -- Illinois, Rhode Island and Penn State.

"In all the upsets, they've gotten outshot handily, but Ryan's kept them in the game," Battista said. "So, what they lack in depth, they make up with a goaltender who's maybe as underrated a goalie in the ACHA."

Penn State's goaltending, on the other hand, has been inconsistent lately.

According to Battista, goalie Chris Matteo has allowed nine goals in four periods of play. Paul Mammola has played pretty consistently the last two weeks -- and might be pretty underrated himself. Mammola has quietly become the sixth-ranked goalie in the ACHA, in terms of goals against average (with a minimum of 600 minutes played). He's allowing 2.29 goals per game.

The main problem in the last meeting wasn't goaltending, however. It was simply the Icers taking the opposition for granted.

"I think we took them lightly after Friday night," defenseman Brendan Martin said. "I think now we got the attitude that we owe them one."

Battista later said the loss was his fault because he "got cocky, plain and simple."

Battista took a lot of guys out of the lineup and believed it may have sent the wrong message. It was still early in the season, and he was trying to give some players some game-time experience.