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

Plattsburgh State's Lila Nease (31) with the glove save as part of a 13-save night as she would have another shutout on the season. It would be the second game of a two-game series for the Buffalo State Bengals as they would travel to the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena to take on the #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals in SUNYAC Women's Hockey and celebrate the 43rd birthday of Burghy the Cardinals mascot. The game would be played very evenly through the first period as the Cardinals would have the lone goal of the period with just over two minutes left on the Emma McClean goal. However in the second period, the Cardinals would find their offense and they would go on a stretch of four goals in a span of 5:25 in the middle of the period with the goals coming from Mattie Norton, Emily Kasprzak, Mae Olshansky, and Taya Balfour and take the commanding 5-0 lead after the second period. From there defenses on both teams would stand tall as there was no scoring the rest of the game. However, that would not be for a lack of effort by the Cardinals as they would finish with a season-high 68 shots on net. The Cardinals go to 14-2-1 on the season and clinched the SUNYAC Women's Hockey first regular season title in conference history and Lila Nease would have another shutout. It will be a quick turnaround for the Lady Cardinals as they will be back in action Tuesday night in a non-conference tilt against long-time rival Middlebury in a game that was postponed a couple of weeks ago due to bad weather. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Ella Fessette (15) with the defensive face off win over Buffalo State's Bethany Horvait (17) and off out of the zone they were. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Aizah Thompson (4) puts it to the back of the net and beats the goalie for the score. The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would open up the 2024 home portion of their schedule against SUNYAC for the Morrisville State Mustangs in front of 250 loyal fans. The Cardinals wouldn't waste time getting on the scoreboard just 35 seconds in on the Bridget Orr goal. The game would stay there till the 9:07 mark of the period when Kendall Wasik would score and make it a 2-0 game. Then with just over two minutes left in the period the Cardinals would get a third tally this time from Mattie Norton to make it a 3-0 Cardinal game. The Cardinals would keep it going in the second period when Ciara Wal would score four minutes in and make it a 4-0 game. Then about three minutes later Ivy Boric would get on the scoring sheet for the Cardinals to make it a 5-0 Cardinal lead. The game would stay there till the 3:57 mark of the third period when Mattie Norton would get her second of the night and make it a 6-0 game. Then with about seven minutes left in the game, the Mustangs would break up the Nease shutout on the Allie Davidson goal and make it a 6-1 game. With just under five minutes left in the game, Aizah Thompson would score to secure the 7-1 victory. In the winning effort, Lilla Nease would make 14 saves as the Cardinals go to 11-2-1 on the season. The same two teams will be back in action tomorrow to finish the two-game series. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Lilla Nease (31) with the save while getting screened in front for one of her fourteen saves in the game. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Bennett Stockdale (15) with the close-up shot on Albertus Magnus Logan Bateman (30) as they crashed the net. It would be the finals of the 2024 Comfort Inn Winter Classic and it would see the host #5 Plattsburgh State Cardinals take on the Albertus Magnus Falcons for a shot at the title in front of 1,300 fans at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. The game would remain scoreless through most of the first period when Colin Callahan would score at the 13:09 mark to make it a 1-0 Cardinals game. The Falcons would answer right back about 84 seconds later on the Sam Anderson powerplay goal and tie the game at one. However, the tie would be short-lived as the Cardinals would regain the one-goal lead 1:07 later on Colin Callahan's second goal of the period. The Cardinals would extend their lead to 3-1 just 1:26 into the second period on the Luk Jirousek goal. The Cardinals would extend their lead to 4-1 on the Afam Tretowicz goal at the 14:16 mark of the second period. The game would stay there till the 6:31 mark of the third period on the Thomas Maia goal and make it a 5-1 game. The Falcons would keep fighting and they would make a 5-2 game at the 11:12 mark of the period on Sam Anderson's second goal of the game. The Raiders would get one more late in the game from JJ Berdal. However, the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would get the 5-3 win to be crowned the 2024 Winter Classic champion behind Eli Shiller's 16-save performance. Next up for the Cardinals is a home tilt on January 12th against Middlebury. Gallery

Albertus Magnus Sam Witt (7) with the hard hit behind the net on Plattsburgh State's Bennett Stockdale (15) sending him to the boards. Gallery

Rivier's Like Newell (29) with the stick save while sitting on the ice. It would be the second game of the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic and it would see the Rivier Raiders taking on the host #5 Plattsburgh State Cardinals in front of 1300 fans in Cardinal County. The Cardinals would waste no time as they would get the quick 1-0 lead just 18 seconds into the game on the Colin Callanan goal. The game would stay there till the 9:47 mark of the period when the Raiders would tie the game on the powerplay on their first shot of the game from Cormac Hayes. The Cardinals would have an answer though and retake the lead at 2-1 about 3:30 later Simon Singher's first NCAA goal made it 2-1 Cardinals. The game would stay there through the second period as there was no scoring. The Cardinals would fight and get the two-goal lead on the goal by Brannon Butler goal to take the 3-1 lead at the 8:04 mark. In the closing stages of the period the Cardinals would at the empty netter on the Ryan Butler goal to secure the 4-1 win. In the winning effort, Eli Shiller would make 18 saves as the Cardinals go to 11-2 on the season and will play the Albertus Magnus for the Cardinal Classic title tomorrow. The Rivier Raiders go to 6-6-2 on the season and will get the Nazareth Golden Flyers in the consolation game. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Ryan Butler (16) with the hard hit on the boards on Rivier's defender as they go after the loose puck. Gallery