It may have been an unusual night for a Penn State ACHA Division I Icers game, but the results remained the same.

The No. 2 Icers (16-1-3, 12-0-0 ESCHL) took control of the action early, scoring four goals in the first period, leading to a 6-0 victory over Indiana University of Pennsylvania last night at S&T Bank Arena.

The Icers had to change practice routines to accommodate to the midweek game, but it didn't affect them on the ice.

"It was a little different playing on a Wednesday, but I think it helped break up the week a little bit," forward Mike McMullen said.

"Rest wasn't an issue, and we came out and played hard from the start."

Despite only having three days of rest, the Icers outshot IUP 44-20 and set the pace early.

Jumping out to a three-goal lead only five minutes into the game allowed the Icers to rest some of their players, coach Scott Balboni said.

Leading Penn State in goal was freshman John Jay, who got a shutout in his first ever collegiate start.

"I was a little nervous early on," Jay said.

"The freshmen really stepped up though, and the early lead helped me get comfortable."

The Icers got a solid performance from the whole team, as five different players scored a goal.

Defenseman Scott Dakan started the scoring early in the first period, and McMullen ended it by adding two goals in the second.

With the victory, Penn State moves to 12-0-1 in its last 13 games and has given up one goal or less in 11 of those affairs.

Despite having discipline problems in the past, the Icers took only three penalties and killed them all last night.

Goaltending strength has led to an increase in penalty-kill percentage.

"Jay had a great game and made seven or eight grade-A saves that kept [IUP] off the board," Balboni said.

"We have three goalies playing great right now, and that's a problem we like to have."

In the past the Icers have shown a tendency to come out slow against weaker opponents

Last night, however, they dictated play from the start.

"We played extremely hard right off the bat and did what we were suppose to do," Balboni said.

"A veteran team like ours needs to be able to do that, and we showed we were up to the challenge."