When the No. 6 Arizona Icecats thought about what could possibly go wrong this weekend on their road trip to Colorado, they never imagined this.

From forgotten equipment and broken skates to food poisoning and a malfunctioning Zamboni machine, it would have been completely understandable if the team had succumbed to host Colorado State and left without a win.

But according to UA head coach Leo Golembiewski, that wouldn't happen to this team, at least not this late in the season.

The Icecats were able to pull out two more victories, 1-0 and 6-3, lengthening their season-long win streak to 12 games.

"We've had six straight weekends of tough games, and we have to get ready to play a few more pretty tough games in the tournament," Golembiewski said. "The tough schedule has been good for us though."

After the Zamboni machine was unable to resurface the ice following the first period on Friday night, the game was called with UA leading 1-0, giving the win to the visiting Icecats.

Before the game, it was realized that freshman forward Cole Dunlop's equipment never made it onto the bus for the 15-hour drive from Tucson to Fort Collins, forcing him to scramble to borrow equipment from teammates and local pro shops.

The team's equipment woes continued during the first period, as sophomore forward Mickey Meehan and senior defenseman Bill Pardue both had to deal with broken skates.

Though the Icecats and Rams were finally able to play a full game on Saturday, the problems seemed to just get worse for UA.

During the post-game meal on Friday night, a few players and members of the coaching staff, including sophomore goaltender Bryan Aronchick and associate coach Brian Meehan, became ill due to what was believed to be food poisoning.

Despite the continued distractions, the Icecats managed to pick up a convincing victory, led by a two-goal effort from senior forward Matt Naylor. The team also had help from Dunlop and sophomore forward Mike Smith, with each notching goals of their own. Meehan and Pardue also picked up goals of their own, despite their equipment issues of the night before.

The Icecats fell behind 2-1 in the second period, but came back with three unanswered goals in the second and third periods to go up for good.

Despite being ill, Aronchick tallied 27 saves.

Freshman defenseman Mike Pelletier had two assists on Saturday and scored the lone goal during Friday's shortened contest.

Golembiewski said he was happy with how the road trip turned out, despite all of the problems. Golembiewski said the trip, which included a 15-hour bus ride each way, brought the team even closer together.

"It was great, we've watched more movies than we can stand but it's been a great weekend altogether," Golembiewski said. "The team is going to get a well-deserved day off from practice (today)."

Tomorrow, the ACHA will announce its pairings for its 2003 National Tournament, to be hosted later this month by Ohio University. Currently the Icecats are ranked No. 6, but could move up after No. 4 Ohio and No. 5 Delaware each lost a pair of games this weekend.