Plattsburgh State's Colin Callanan (17) and Middlebury's Ryan Pineault (37) battle for the puck as they drive the zone. The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would play their old crosstown rivals the Middlebury Panthers at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in front of 1800 loyal Cardinal fans. The Cardinals get on the board early in the game just 5:45 into the first on the Bennett Stockdale powerplay goal to make it a 1-0 game. The Cardinals would strike again on the powerplay at the 13:37 mark of the period on the Luk Jirousek as the Cardinals go up 2-0 Then just about 90 seconds later the Cardinals would keep the machine going as Josh Belgrave would make it a 3-0 game. Then to finish off the first period of scoring Trey Thomas would score just 53 seconds later to make it a 4-0 Cardinals game. The Cardinals would come out in the second period hot and score just 1:13 in on the Ryan Hogg goal to make it a 5-0 Cardinal game. That would be all the scoring on this night as the Panthers defense would button down the hatches from there on but the Cardinals would get the 5-0 win. In the winning effort, Jacob Hearne would make 26 saves as he would get his first shutout of the season the Cardinals go to 13-2 on the season and will be back in action tomorrow to take on Williams in Massuschetts. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Luk Jirousek (29) with the goal early in the game to give the Cardinals the 2-0 lead. Gallery

Middlebury's Thomas LaLonde (29) with the save on the Oles shot in close on the net. It would be the start of the second day of the Layer Eight Great Northern Shootout and it would start with the Consolation Game with the Middlebury Panthers and the St. Olaf Oles in front of 350 fans. It would take till the final 30 seconds of the third period before we had our first goal and it would give the Panthers the 1-0 lead thanks to Andrew Seaman. The Oles wouldn't waste long and tied the game up at one on the Michael Webster goal just 56 seconds into the second period. The game would stay there all the way to the 1:57 mark of the third period when the Panthers would regain the lead on the Paddy Mangan goal at 2-1. The Oles wouldn't let the Panthers get away and they would keep fighting and tie the game at two with about 6:30 left in the game on Ben Luscko's goal. The game would stay there through the rest of regulation and the five-minute overtime and the game would end in a 2-2 tie. Middlebury's Thomas Lalonde would make 22 saves as the Panthers went to 0-2-2 while the Oles went to 4-4-2 as Jake Horoho made 35 saves. Gallery.

St. Olaf's Jonathan Young (13) with the hard hit along the end boards to break up the attack.Gallery.

Norwich's Sami Molu (37) with the body save on the Panther's shot as part of a 17-save game. It would be the return of the Great Northern Shootout this time brought to you by Layer Eight and the opening game of the tournament would see the battle of Vermont as the #11 Norwich Cadets would take on instate rival the Middlebury Panthers at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. The game would start off well for the Cadets as they would get the early 1-0 lead just eight minutes into the game on Holden Doggett's goal. Then inside the final two minutes of the period, the Cadets would extend their lead to 2-0 on the Brady Harroun goal. The Cadets would start to take control of the game as they would extend the lead to 3-0 on the powerplay goal six minutes into the second period on the Cooper Bertrand goal. The Panthers would answer right back 17 seconds later on the goal from Andrej Hromic to get the game back to a two-goal game at 3-1. The Cadets would retake the three-goal lead with just over two minutes left in the period on the Patrick O'Neal powerplay goal to make it a 4-1 game. In the third period, the Cadets would seal the game away on three unanswered goals from Clark Kerner, Joe Nagle, and Devon Thibodeau as they would secure the 7-1 win. In the winning effort, Sami Molu would make 17 saves as they go to 5-2-1 on the season and will take on the winner of the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the St Olaf Oels in the championship of the Great Northern Shootout. Gallery.

Middlebury's Nolan Moore (5) with the body check on the Cadets attacker as they go after the puck along the boards. Gallery.

Plattsburgh State's Eli Shiller (33) with the pad save as part of a 26 save night for the shutout. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would have a single home game on the weekend as they would have Williams Ephs from NESCAC as a yearly non league match up come to the Ronald B Stafford ice Arena. It would be physical and evenly matched game throughout with both teams looking for the upper hand in the match. It would take all the way till there was 3:30 left in the second period before we would have are first goal on the night and it would come from Plattsburgh State's Bennett Stockdale to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. That is where the game would remain until the final minute of the game when Bennett Stockdale would seal the game away with the empty netter to give the Cardinals the 2-0 win in front of 1,100 fans. In the winning effort Eli Shiller would make 26 saves in the shutout victory as the Cardinals go to 11-4-2 on the season. The Cardinals will be back in action next weekend as they will head back into conference play as they will meet up with Oswego and Cortland. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Colin Callanan on the doorstep going for the rebound to get the games first goal. Gallery

The Plattsburgh State Cardinals celebrate as Bennett Stockdale gets the game-winner with a minute left in the game. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would finish off the home portion of their 2022 season with a SUNYAC game against the Morrisville State Mustangs on the 3rd annual teddy bear toss night with 1750 fans in attendance. The Cardinals would get the opening goal of the game from Carson Gallagher at the 11:24 mark of the first period and the throwing of the bears would insure. That is where the game would stay til the 3:54 mark of the second when the Cardinals would score again from Mitchell Hale to take the 2-0 lead. Then just three minutes later the Cardinals would extend the lead to 3-0 on the Jake Lanyi goal. Although just twenty seconds later the Mustangs would get on the board with a Trevor Neumann goal and make it a 3-1 game. That is where the game would stay till the first minute of the third period when Jestin Somero would score for the Mustangs to make it a 3-2 game for the third. The Mustangs wouldn't give up and would tie the game halfway through the period with Trevor Neumann on his second goal of the game. Although the home Cardinals would keep peppering the Mustang goalie and would break down the wall with 59 seconds left in the game to get the game-winner from Bennett Stockdale and give the Cardinals the 4-3 win. In the winning effort, Elli Shiller would make 16 saves as they go to 8-3-2 on the season. The Cardinals will be back in action on January 6th as they take part in the Winter Classic with Oswego, Potsdam, and Wentworth. Gallery

Morrisville State's Domenic Della Civita sends Plattsburgh State's Paul Bryer (25) into the bench with the hard hit that cleared the boards. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Paul Bryer (25) with the hard hit from behind on the Fredonia staker that sends him into the boards. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would contuine there homestand as they would host the Fredonia State Blue Devils in SUNYAC play. The Cardinals would get the opening goal of the game at the 7:14 mark of the first period when Jake Lanyi would find the back of the night for the 1-0 lead. That would be where the game would stay all the way til the 3:14 mark of the third period when Adam Tretowicz would find the net on a breakaway for the shorthanded goal and the 2-0 Cardinals lead. Then the Cardinals would add a third goal at the 12:09 mark of the period from Josh Belgrave for the 3-0 lead and that is where the game would finish. In the winning effort Eli Shiller would make 23 saves as they go to 4-1-2. They will be back in action tomorrow (November 19th) as they finish off the homestand against the Buffalo State Bengals on poster night at the Stafford Ice Arena. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Ryan Bonfiel (11) fights through the check as he carries the puck through the zone and gets the shot on net. Gallery