Plattsburgh State's Pat Egan (16) with the quicker wrister on net as he breaks in on the net. It would be the championship of the Cardinal Classic featuring the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and #13 Neumann Knights. The game would not start off good for the Cardinals as they gave one first period goal and trail 1-0 after the first period. In the second period, it would get worse as they gave up three goals and trail 4-0 after two periods. The Cardinals would finally get on the board in the third period on Jesse Neher's goal to make it 4-1. Although the Knights would answer back with three goals of there own and secure the 7-1 victory. In the losing effort, Joshua Davies would make 20 saves as the Cardinals fall to 6-6 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belger (24) charges into the zone and blows by the defender on the way for the shot on net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belger (24) with the wrister on net. It would be the semi-finals of the Cardinal Classic featuring the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and Wesleyan Cardinals. Plattsburgh would take the l-0 lead at 9:36 of the first period on Matt Quilty. Plattsburgh would extend the lead to 2-0 on Phillip Middleton's goal at 4:34 of the second period. In the third period, the offense would explode for both teams as they would both score three goals scoring for Plattsburgh would be Jesse Neher, Phillip Middleton (2), Aryton Valente. As Plattsburgh would hold on for the 5-3 lead Joshua Davies would make 16 saves as the Cardinals go to 6-6 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Antonie Desnoyers (9) with the crunching hit on the defender in front of the bench. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Charles Barber (21) with the hard-hit along the end boards to gain control. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Brockport State Golden Eagles in SUNYAC play. The Eagles would get the first goal of the game with seven minutes left in the first thanks to Dylan Shaprio to make it 1-0. The game would remain there until the last minute of the game when the eagles would add an empty netter from Hunter Laslo to secure the 2-0 win for the Golden Eagles. In the losing effort, Joshua Davies would make 24 saves as the Cardinals fall to 5-5 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Noah Batis (17) with the shot on net from the slot area. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Joshua Davies (31) with the pad save on the low shot as part of a 27 save night. It would be a rematch of last year's SUNYAC championship as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Geneseo State Knights. The Knights would get two goals in the first period for the early 2-0 lead. In the early part of the second period, the Cardinals would get two quick goals from Aryton Valente Scuyker Seyfert to tie the game at two. The Knights would regain the lead at 3-2 n a Connor Anthonie goal. The Cardinals would come back and tie the game back up at three on Pat Egan's goal. Although the Knights would answer back 42 seconds later to regain the one-goal lead at 4-3. At the ten minute mark of the third period the Knights would extend there lead to 5-3. With just over six minutes left the Cardinals would make it a one-goal game at 5-4 on Gavin Yates's goal. The Cardinals would fight through the rest but it wouldn't be enough as they fall short 5-4. In the losing effort, Joshua Davies 27 saves as the Cardinals fall to 5-4 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Cam Owens (19) with the goal as he crashes the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Joshua Davies (31) with the pad save on the low shot as part of a 27 save night. It would be the battle of a couple of north country foes as the #14 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Potsdam State Bears in Sunyac play. In the opening period, the Bears would get on the board twice as they take a 2-0 lead after the first. In the second period, the Cardinals would fight back and tie the game in the second period with goals from Joe Drabin and Ross Sloan. In the third period the Cardinals offense with four goals from Matt Quality (twice)and Kyle Hall and Cam Owens to secure the 6-2 victory. In the winning effort, Joshua Davies would make 26 saves as the Cardinals go to 5-3.Gallery

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Plattsburgh State's Joe Drabin (11) comes down on the breakaway and throws it over the goalie's shoulder for the score. It would be the third-place game of the Primelink Great Northern Shootout featuring the #11 Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the Middlebury Panthers. The Cardinals would jump out and take the 2-0 lead after the first on goals from Nick Belger and Brady Pfaff. In the second period, the Panthers would fight back and get two goals of there own to tie it at 2. In the third period, the Cardinals would ice the game away with three goals from Jesse Neher, Pat Egan, and Joe Drabin to secure the 5-2 victory. In the winning effort, Joshua Davies would make 26 saves as the Cardinals go to 4-3 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh's State's Joe Drabin (11) with the hard check along the end wall on the middlebury defender to gain control of the loose puck. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kyle Hall (10) slides in front of the goalie and takes the quick wrister on net. It would be the host Plattsburgh State Cardinals and Concordia Cobbers in the First Round of the Primelink Great Northern Shootout. It would not start off good for the host Cardinals as they would give up two goals in the first period and trail 2-0. In the second period, both offenses would come alive as the Cobbers would score twice and the Cardinals would get three goals two from Cole Stallard and another from Jesse Neher to make it 4-3 Cobbers after two. In the third period, both defenses would step and there would be no scoring as the Cardinals fall 4-3. In the losing effort, Brady Rouleau would stop 16 as the Cardinals fall to 3-3 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Gavin Yates (12) on the scramble for the loose puck off the face-off in the zone. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Ayrton Valente (15) with the in-zone faceoff win for the shot on net. It would be a top 10 matchup as rivals #8 Plattsburgh State Cardinals host the #4 Oswego State Lakers in SUYAC play. The Lakers would take the 1-0 lead 11 minutes into the first period on David Ferriera goal. The Cardinals would come back and tie the game at one Cole Stallard's goal at the 14-minute mark of the first. Then just over a minute later the Lakers would regain the lead at 2-1 on the powerplay goal from Andrew Barton. Then in the remaining two periods, the Lakers would get a single goal in each to secure the 4-1 victory. In the losing effort, Brady Rouleau would make 34 saves as the Cardinals fall to 3-2. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belger (24) fends off the defender as he works along the boards for the shot on net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Gavin Yates (12) with the toe drag around the down defender for the shot on net. The #8 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Cortland State Red Dragons in SUNYAC play. The Cardinals would get the 1-0 lead 6 minutes into the first with an Antoine Desyoners goal. The Red Dragons would tie the game on the Nico Gonazlez at the 12-minute mark. The Cardinals would regain there lead to 2-1 with 5 minutes left in the first on a power-play goal by Cole Stallard. The Red Dragons would tie the game up at 2 on Darren McCormick's goal at the 11-minute mark. In the final four minutes of the second period, Pat Egan gives the Cardinals the 3-2 lead on the power play. Then five minutes into the third period Kyle Hall scores for the Cardinals to give them a 4-2 lead. In the closing seconds of the game, the Red Dragons would get a goal as the Cardinals secure the 4-3 lead. In the winning effort, Brady Rouleau would make 24 saves on the night as the Cardinals go to 3-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Cam Owens (19) slides across in front of the goalie for the in a close shot on net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Michael Radisa (26) whacks away at the puck in front of the net looking for the goal. It would be the top two seeds in the SUNYAC Championships as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Geneseo State Knights. The Knights would take the early advantage and not look back as they would have a 2-0 lead after the first period. In the second period, the Knights would add four more goals to have a 6-0 lead headed to the third period. In the third period, the teams would trade goals getting the lone Cardinal goal would be Nick Belger as the Knights would secure the 7-1 victory. In the losing effort, the Cardinals goaltenders would combine for 23 saves as the Cardinals go to 20-4-3 on the season and wait to see if they get an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Dillan Fox (21) with the wide open quick wrister on net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Brady O'Quinn (27) crashes into the net hard and takes out the Oswego State goalie. It would be the classic rivalry this time in the SUNYAC Semi-Finals as the #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #4 Oswego State Lakers. It would take until the 8:15 mark of the second period until we would have a goal from Jesse Neher to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. The Lakers would get two goals in the remainder of the period to give the Lakers a 2-1 lead after two periods. The Cardinals Nick Belger would tie the game up at 2 at the 7:17 mark of the third period on a power play goal. Then the Cardinals would score again at the 10:09 mark from Dillan Fox to regain the lead at 3-2. Although the Lakers would get a late period goal to tie the game and send it to overtime. In that overtime Michael Radisa would score for the Cardinals at the 10:09 mark and give them the 4-3 win and send them to the SUNYAC Championship against Geneseo State. In the winning effort, Spencer Finney would make 26 saves on the night. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Jesse Neher (22) with the goal that he puts just above the glove for the score. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belger (24) fights through the in-zone face-off and gets to the net. It would be the last regular-season game of the season and a battle of the top 2 SUNYAC teams as the #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #12 Geneseo State Knights. The Knights would get the opening goal of the game on a powerplay goal from Matt Solomann at 11:10 of the first period. The Cardinals would answer right back and tie it 1 18 seconds later on a Jesse Neher goal. Then at 13:29 of the first period, Stephen Collins would give the Knights the one-goal lead back. The Cardinals would tie the game back up again this time at two on Conor Gorman's goal at the 16:45 mark of the first period. The game would stay there all the way till the last minute of the second period when Patrick Hermans would score for the Cardinals to give them the 3-2 lead. Although the Knights would tie it at 3 in the first minute of the third period on a Pat Condon goal. The game would end up staying tied at three and the Cardinals would earn there the second tie of the weekend. In the effort, Spencer Finney would make 22 saves as the Cardinals go to 19-3-3 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Cole Stallard (20) fights through the check along the end boards to get to the loose puck. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Connor Gorman (11) with the shot in tight on the goalie looking for the go-ahead goal. The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would play host to the Brockport State Golden Eagles. The game would remain scoreless until the 1:59 mark of the second period when Plattsburgh State's Kyle Hall would give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. The Eagles would soar back with two-goal in a three-minute span Adian Verbeke to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead. The Cardinals would come back and tie the game up at 17:09 on Chris Taff's goal to make it 2-2. The Cardinals would regain the lead at 3-2 on the Dillan Fox goal. The Eagles would come back again and tie it at three on a Zack Slichick goal. They would go to overtime but there would be no change and the game would end in a three-all tie. Brady Rouleau would make 27 saves in the tie as the Cardinals go to 19-3-2 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Dillan Fox (21) cuts in front of the goalie with the quick wrist shot on net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Brandon O'Quinn (27) comes in on the breakaway and shoots just high of the net. The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Cortland State Red Dragons in SUNYAC action. The Cardinals would take the 1-0 lead at the 5:08 mark of the first period on a goal Ryan Chaisson. The Red Dragons would come right back and tie the game up at one just about 90 seconds later. The game would stay there till the 8-minute mark of the second period when Pat Egan would score on the power play to make it 2-1 Cardinals. The Cardinals would extend the lead to 3-1 on Luke Baleshetea's goal at 9"58 of the second. Then at the 12:44 mark of the second period, the Cardinals would extend the lead to 5-1 on Mike Radisia's goal. Then at the 15:45 mark of the second period, the Cardinals would make it 6-1 on Nick Belger's goal. The game would stay there until the last second of the game when the Cardinals would score on Santino Ragone's power-play goal to secure the 7-1 victory. In the winning effort, Brady Rouleau would make 27 saves as the Cardinals go to 18-3-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State/s Brady Rouleau (34) with the glove save and covers up the loose puck for the face-off. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kevin Emmerling (25) drops to a knee as he takes the close shot on net. The #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host arch-rival Oswego State Lakers in SUNYAC action. The Cardinals take the lead early at 4:33 of the first period on Kyle Hall's goal to make it 1-0. Oswego would answer right back thirty seconds later to tie the game up at one. Then in the last five minutes of the first, the Cardinals would retake the lead at 2-1 on Conor Gorman's goal. Oswego would come back and tie the game up back up at 11:54 of the second. The game would remain there until the early minutes of the third when Oswego would take the 3-2 lead. The game would stay there till about two minutes left in the game when the Cardinals would tie it up on a 4x4 goal by Anthony Calabrese. The game would go to overtime where Connor Gorman would get the game-winner with 2 seconds left to secure the 4-3 victory. In the winning effort, Spencer Finney would make 27 saves on the night as the Cardinals go to 17-3-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Luke Balesheta (23) with the toe drag as he weaves by the defender on his rush to the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Giovanna Sense (20) rings the puck off the post on the shot she had beat the goalie on. It would be a non-conference affair between top ten teams as the #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #7 Middlebury Panthers. The game would remain scoreless until the first minute of the second period when Mellisa Sheeran would light the lamp to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. The Cardinals would extend the lead to 2-0 at the eight-minute mark Kayla Meneghain. The game would stay there till the last minute of the game when Kayla Meneghain would get her second goal of the night on the empty net. As the Cardinals would secure the 3-0 victory. In the winning effort, Cammie Leonard would make 16 saves for the shutout as the Cardinals would go to 12-0 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Bridget Bailsey (21) along with a Middlebury defender battle for puck along the boards in front of the blue line. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belgner (24) with the shot he puts over the goalie's shoulder for the goal. The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Canton Kangaroos in non-conference. The Cardinals would leave no stretch to the imagination that they were in control of the game scoring five times in the first period for a 5-0 lead. The goal scores in the period would be Nick Belanger (2), Luke Baleshetea, Ross Sloan and Brandon O'Quinn. In the second period, they would pick up where they left off as Brandon O'Quinn would get second of the night on a power-play goal to make it 6-0. Then the Kangaroos would finally get on the period with two-goal in a two-minute span in the second period to make it 6-2 at the end of the second period. Then a 1:20 into the third period Pat Egan would strike to extend the Cardinals lead to 7-2. Then in the closing minutes of the game, the Cardinals would strike with Luke Baleshetea's second goal of the night to finish off the game and give the Cardinals the 8-2 victory. In the winning effort Spencer Finney would make 23 saves as the Cardinals go to 11-2-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Brandon O'Quinn (27) put the puck in the top of the net for the goal and the puck actually becomes stuck in the top of the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belgner (24) with the shot he puts over the goalie's shoulder for the goal. The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Canton Kangaroos in non-conference. The Cardinals would leave no stretch to the imagination that they were in control of the game scoring five times in the first period for a 5-0 lead. The goal scores in the period would be Nick Belanger (2), Luke Baleshetea, Ross Sloan and Brandon O'Quinn. In the second period, they would pick up where they left off as Brandon O'Quinn would get second of the night on a power-play goal to make it 6-0. Then the Kangaroos would finally get on the period with two-goal in a two-minute span in the second period to make it 6-2 at the end of the second period. Then a 1:20 into the third period Pat Egan would strike to extend the Cardinals lead to 7-2. Then in the closing minutes of the game, the Cardinals would strike with Luke Baleshetea's second goal of the night to finish off the game and give the Cardinals the 8-2 victory. In the winning effort, Spencer Finney would make 23 saves as the Cardinals go to 11-2-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Belger (24) with the toe drag on the puck that he takes from behind the defender. Gallery

The Cardinals would take the 1-0 lead on Pat Egan's goal at 9:54 of the first period. Then just over three minutes later Pat Egan would strike again to make it 2-0. Then to end the six-minute stretch in the first the Cardinals Cole Stallard would score to make it 3-0 Cardinals after the first period. In the second period, the Cardinals would continue there dominance scoring twice more from Cam Owens and Brandon O'Quinn to make it 5-0 after two periods. In the third period, the Cardinals would put the final touches on the game scoring twice more this time Luke Balesheta and Kyle Hall for the 7-0 victory. In the winning effort, Brady Rouleau would stop all 18 shots in the shutout victory as the Cardinals go to 9-1-1 on the season. With the win, the Cardinals play for the W.B. Mason Winter Classic Championship against Colby. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Luke Balesheta (23) smacks home the puck on the doorstep on the loose puck in front of the net. Gallery