When the clock at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion hit all zeros Saturday evening, the result wasn't surprising.

The Penn State ACHA Division I Icers did what they were supposed to do: beat the Towson Tigers 15-3 to sweep both games during the weekend. Penn State (2-0) dominated Towson (1-3) Saturday, outshooting the Tigers 67-15 and scoring eight goals in the third period.

But for the Icers, this weekend was anything but the status quo.

Penn State arguably could've started the season 1-1. The Icers were taken to overtime by Towson Friday night and would've lost the game, if not for a controversial call that waved off a Towson tie-breaking goal with 12 seconds left in the third period.

"I'd rather have lost the game, because then people would play a little more with a chip on their shoulder," defenseman Steve Thurston said Friday night. "It doesn't matter who you're playing, you gotta come out and try hard and play every game, otherwise you're gonna lose."

After Friday's game, Penn State coach Scott Balboni said the team needed a spark. So the team met for more than an hour before the game, changed up all four forward lines and Balboni started John Jay in goal instead of Teddy Hume. But for the second straight night, the Icers were unable to hold a 2-0 lead and found themselves tied at three in the second period.

It was then that freshman Dominic Morrone capitalized on a lucky bounce. A shot from the point by defenseman Dan Petrick skipped wide of the net, but it bounced off the backboards and right to Morrone, who buried it in the open net to give Penn State a 4-3 lead.

"I thought we had a much better effort [Saturday]," Balboni said. "I thought we actually brought some intensity to the game."

Penn State scored three more times in the second period -- in a span of 1:22 -- to turn a slim one-goal margin into a comfortable four-goal cushion.

"I just felt like things started clicking our way," Morrone said. "We just started working hard, we got hungry, we got the bounces and we capitalized every chance we got."

The Icers scored eight more times in the third -- on 34 shots -- to turn what was a tie game into a rout. Four players, including Morrone, netted two goals each. The Icers' two best returning offensive players, Matt Kirstein and Tim O'Brien, each scored a goal.

"I thought we played well, solid throughout the whole lineup," forward Paul Daley said. "Forwards, we talked about our forecheck and breakout and everything like that."

Even though they're undefeated, the Icers acknowledge there is a lot of work to do before next weekend, when they take their first road trip of the season to No. 6 Ohio. Balboni said at this stage with the youth of the team,

they need to do all the little things right.

"We have to do all those little things right to make up for that, and [Friday night], we had zero of that, it was one of the worst games I've been a part of from that standpoint," Balboni said. "[Saturday], we had a good amount of that."