#3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #4 Castleton State Spartans January 6 2012

NCAA Division III Mens Hockey
game saver
Photo By: 
Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Mathieu Cadieux (29) with the game-saving save with the leg on the breakaway. #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would defeat #4 Castleton State Spartans 3-2 in a rematch of the Cardinal Classic. The game would be scoreless until Matt McCleod scored 2 minutes into the second period and Castleton State would tie it up at 1 with 6 minutes left in the second to go into intermission tied at 1. Alex Jensen would give the Cardinals the lead back 2-1 5 minutes into the third. Then Alex Brenton would get the eventual game-winner 4 minutes later. The Spartans would keep fighting and get back within 1 in the last 5 minutes. In the winning effort the Cardinals improve to 9-2-3 and Mathieu Cadieux would stop 24 of 26. Gallery

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