Plattsburgh State's Shane Houppert (10) with the diving stop on the ball down line he would through over to first for the out to complete the play. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would open up the home portion of the season againist SUNYAC foe Cortland tate Red Dragons in double header action. The Cardinals wouldn't have much of a answer as they would lose both games by a score of 7-0. The downfall for the Cardinals would there errors and giving up the big inning. In game would they would just not be able to get hits as they were held to four hits. In game two there downfall would be four errors and allowing a five run 5th inning. We lose the Cardinals fall to 3-11 on the season, They will look to get back on track wenesday when they host Lyndon State. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Brett McClelland (23) shots and score on the top shelf for one of three goals on the night including the game winner in overtime. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would fellow north country foe the Clarkson Golden Knights in non conference action. The game would be stragertic match up as both were looking for the edge throughout the game. The Cardinals would take 1-0 lead at the 6 minute mark of the 1st quarter of Joey Kramer's goal. The Golden Knights would tie it up at the 10 minute mark of the first quarter on Mark Nortz's goal. Then just 30 seconds the Cardinals would regain h lead on Brendan Damm's goal to make it 2-1. The Golden Knights would tie the game back up with two minutes left in the first on Jeff Sceria's goal to make it 2-2 after one. Three minutes into the second the Cardinals take the lead back on Tom Duggan's goal at 3-2. The just a minute later the Golden Knights tie it back up at 3-3 on Jack Dowst's goal. The Golden Knights would take there first lead of the game at the 7:30 mark of the second quarter on Brendon Sherin's goal and take the 4-3 lead into halftime. The Cardinals would tie it back up just two minutes into the third period on Joey Lramer's second goal of the night. Then with under 5 minutes left in the third Brett McClelland would score to regain the Cardinals lead at 5-4. Then Brett McClelland would strike again just 1:30 for his on the day and make it 6-4 Cardinals. The Golden Knights Mark Notz would score his second of the night 2:30 into the fourth to make it 6-5. Then with just over 5 minutes left the Golden Knights would tie the game at 6 on Corey Herrington's goal. With just over three minutes left the Cardinals regain the lead on Tim Lawerence's goal at 7-6. The Golden Knights would tie it right back up on Brendon Sherin's second goal of the game to force overtime. In the overtime Brett McClelland would send the home team and crowd home happy with the game winner at 2:09 of overtime for the hat trick on the day. In the winning effort Cardinals goalie Gordie Gehring would make 11 saves as the Cardinals go to 8-1 on the season. The Cardinals return to conference play March 30th against #1 Cortland State. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Teal Gove (16) put the puck over the top of St. Norbert's Kelly Gibson for one of her two goals on the night as part of the a three point game. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #8 St. Norbert Knights in the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals would get the on the broad early when Teal Gove would score just 3 minutes into the game. Then with just three seconds left in the first Chelsea VanGlahn would score in the open night to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead after the first. Then with just over 5 minutes remaining in the second period Teal Gove would get her second goal of the game. The with just under two minutes left in the second period Shannon Stewart would score to give the Cardinals a 4-0 lead heading into the third. In the third period St. Norbert's would get on the broad two to make it 4-2 and make it a game down the stretch. Then with just over three minutes left in the game Emma Rutherford would score to put the icing on game and advance the Cardinals to the Frozen Four. In the winning effort Stdney Aveson would stop 13 of 15 shots. With the win the Cardinals go to 26-0-2 and advance to the Frozen Four next weekend in Minnesota where they will take on rival Middlebury. Gallery

The Plattsburgh State Cardinals pose for there team photo as they are crowned the 2012-2013 ECAC West Tournament Champions. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host rival Elimra Soaring Eagles in the ECAC West Tournament Championship at the Plattsburgh State Field House. The Soaring Eagles would get the early lead on Tannis Lamoureux goal at the 2:36 mark of the first period. The Cardinals would tie the game up at 13:36 of the first period when Jenny Kistner's power play goal. Elimra would take the lead back at 4:35 of the second period Olivia Nystrom's goal. The Cardinals would tie it up again with 10 seconds left in the second period on Ali Vakos goal. Then at 11:32 of the third period Teal Gove would give the Cardinals there first lead of the night. Then just two minutes later the Cardinals would ectend the lead to 4-2 on Chelsea VanGlahn goal. As the Cardinals would get the 4-2 win Sydney Aveson would stop 22 of 24 shots on the night. With the win the Cardinals go to 25-0-2 on the season. With the win the Cardinals get the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament and will wait and see who they play in the Quarterfinals. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Jared Docking (39) comes in with the Geneseo defender all over his back as he slides it under the goalie for the goal to give the Cardinals the 2-0 lead. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Geneseo State Knights in the SUNYAC Semi-Finals at the Ronald B Stafford Memorial Arena. The game would remain scoreless until just 27 seconds into the second period when Dillan Fox would light the lamp to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. Plattsburgh State's Jared Dockings would score at the 13:08 mark of second period to make it 2-0. Then with just under two minutes left in the second Kaz Iwanmotto would make it 2-1 at the end of the second period. Then just 53 seconds into the third Mark Constantine would score on the power play to make it 3-1. Then at 3:53 Alex Jensen would score on the same power play to make it 4-1 Cardinals. Then with 43 seconds left in third Connor Gorman would add the empty netter to give the Cardinals the 5-1 victory. In the winning effort, Mathieu Cadieux would stop 22 of 23 shots on the night as the Cardinals go to 19-6-1 on the season. The Cardinals will now head to Oswego next weekend for the SUNYAC Championship and the automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Connor Groman (11) with the crushing hit along the side broads on Cortland State's Jeff Vanzant (44). The #9 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Cortland State Red Dragons in SUNYAC hockey action. Plattsburgh State's Alex Brenton would give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead at the 10:37 mark of the first. That is where the game would remain until the 1:56 mark of the second period when the Red Dragons would tie it up on Adam Bevilacqua's goal. Plattsburgh State's Alex Brenton would light the lamp again at 10:56 mark of the second period to make it 2-1 Cardinals. The Cardinals would get two more goals in the third period from Connor Gorman and Kevin Emmerling to finish the game and get the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort, Mathieu Cardeiux would stop 20 of 21 as the Cardinals go to 17-6-1. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Giovanna Senese (20) slides in front of the Utica goalie trying to slide it under the goalie's pads. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Utica Pioneers in ECAC-West women's hockey. The Cardinals get off to a quick start when Teal Gove would score just 18 seconds in to make it 1-0 Cardinals. The Pioneers would answer back at 8:18 of the first when Brittany Dellechiaie scores to tie the game at 1. Then just 1:38 into the second period the Pioneers would take a 2-1 lead on Mary Fusco's power-play goal. The Pioneers would take a 3-1 lead at 3:58 of the second period when Louise Steele Norton scores. That is where the game would remain until the 7:58 of the third period when the Cardinals would cut the deficit to one on Chelsea VanGlahan's goal. Then with 4:30 left in the game, Shannon Stewart would tie the game up for the Cardinals at three. The teams would go to the overtime and nothing would be resolved and the times would get a draw. With the draw, Sydney Aveson would stop 13 of 16 shots as the Cardinals go to 19-0-2. Gallery