NCAA Division III Men's Hockey #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs #4 Castleton State Spartans January 6 2012

redirect goal
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Alex Brenton (19) scores eventual game-winner on a redirect in front of the net. #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

over the shoulder
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Kyle Taylor (8) shoots for the top corner of the net.Gallery

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs Skidmore Thoroughbreeds January 7 2012

quick wrister
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Kyle Kudroch (20) puts the puck over the left pad for one of his two goals on the night. #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would get a scare from Skidmore Thoroughbreds and get the 6-3 win. The Skidmore Yjoroughbreeds would get the 2-0 lead before Vick Shuelter would answer back to make it 2-1 at the break. Then in the second period Nick Jensen would tie it up at 2. Then in the last 2 minutes of the period the thoroughbreds would score again to take a 3-2 lead to the intermission. Then in the third period the flood gates would open as the Cardinals would get 4 unanswered goals. It would start with Kyle Kudroch getting two goals to tie it up and game-winner. Then Ryan Craig would score along with Michael Cassidy getting his first career goal. With the win the Cardinals improve to 10-2-3 on the season. Gallery

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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Brandon Beadow (16) tries at the rebound past the outstetched goalie glove. Gallery

#3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals Vs Skidmore Thoroughbreeds January 7 2012

NCAA Division III Mens Hockey
scramble goal
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Vick Shleuter (7) stuffs the puck in the net on the scramble in front of the net. #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would get a scare from Skidmore Thoroughbreds and get the 6-3 win. The Skidmore thoroughbreds would get the 2-0 lead before Vick Shuelter would answer back to make it 2-1 at the break. Then in the second period Nick Jensen would tie it up at 2. Then in the last 2 minutes of the period the thoroughbreds would score again to take a 3-2 lead to the intermission. Then in the third period the flood gates would open as the Cardinals would get 4 unanswered goals. It would start with Kyle Kudroch getting two goals to tie it up and game-winner. Then Ryan Craig would score along with Michael Cassidy getting his first career goal. The win improves the Cardinals to 10-2-3 on the season. Gallery

#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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