Another close one — NOT!!

Once again, the No. 2 ranked Icers coasted through another weekend outscoring their opponents by over five times their score.

The Icers glazed the Terrapins 15-1 on Friday, and followed suit with the sinking of the Navy Midshipmen 8-3 on Saturday; this is ice hockey mind you.

The Icers have scored so many goals this season that they have earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to scoring. This came into play in the first period of the Navy matchup when the Icers scored the “Phantom Goal.”

“It never crossed the goal line,” Icers Coach Joe Battista said. “Sometimes you get those breaks.”

The “Phantom goal,” however, was enough to trigger a “real” Icer scoring flurry, and they blistered out three goals to make the score 4-0 at the end of the first period.

The only close call they’ve had this season came when the Midshipmen nailed a goal 20 seconds into the second period. That goal, in turn, triggered somewhat of a flurry of the Midshipmen variety, and they scored two follow up goals to make it a one point game.

“That was the first time this year that I sensed that we were in trouble,” Battista said. “They took it from a four goal lead to a one point game in less than six minutes.”

It had appeared Navy’s ship was steaming into dock, that was until Icer forward Don Lamison scored a goal that put up the glacier which pierced Navy’s bow thrusting the Midshipmen overboard.

Goalkeeper John Gray and forward Ross Cowan were credited with the assists on the goal giving the Icers the momentum needed to seal the match.

“It was obviously a big goal for us,” Battista said. “It stopped their momentum, and gave us the two point cushion.”

The Icers have been rather big on cushions this season, and exemplified this in their 15-1 spanking of the Maryland Terrapins Friday.

Battista, however, said the game was a lot closer than the score might imply, and said Maryland actually stunted the Icers in the first period.

“The score is not indicative of the pace of the game,” Battista said. “We pulled away at the end. They came out and stuck it to us in the first period.”

The Icers did not score until midway through the first period, which Battista felt was a scary moment for the Icers.

After that first goal, however, it was scoring as usual for the Icers. Seven of the 15 Icer goals were scored on power plays, which Battista blamed on the Terrapin penalty killing unit.

“They kept taking dumb penalties,” he said. “You cannot do that against a power play as strong as ours.”