Plattsburgh State's Connor Gorman (11) with the hip check on Middlebury's Ronald Fishman (14) along the broads. The #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would play #15 Middlebury in the Championship of the Primelink Great Northern Shootout. The game would start well for the Cardinals as Connor Gorman would light the lamp 3:29 into the game to give the Cardinals the early 1-0 lead. The Cardinals would extend there lead to 2-0 just over two minutes later on Dakota Mason's goal. Then with just under two minutes left in the period would add another one on Michael Radisa's goal to give the Cardinals the convincing 3-0 lead after the first period. That is where the game would stay until 11:12 of the third period when the Panthers would get their lone goal from Louis Belisle to make it 3-1. From there on the Cardinals would hold check to get the 3-1 victory and there 4th Primelink Great Northern Shootout Championship. In the winning effort Matthieu Cardieux would make 20 saves and be named the MVP of the tournament. With the win the Cardinals stay undefeated at 8-0-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Alex Jensen (15) with the wrister on net just outside the crease. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Mathieu Cadieux (34) with the body save that he traps for no chance at a rebound. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would meet the Wisconsin-Superior Yellow Jackets in the semi-finals of the 16th edition of the Primelink Great Northern Shootout in Plattsburgh. Plattsburgh's Michael Cassidy would get the home Cardinals on the broad first at 6:31 of the first period to make it 1-0. The Cardinals would extend there lead to 2-0 on Alex Benton's goal at the 9:43 mark. The Yellow Jackets would cut the lead in half at 12;57 of the first period when Anton Stevenson would light the lamp to make it 2-1. The Cardinals would extend the lead back to two just over a minute into the second when Dillan Fox would score to make it 3-1. The game would stay there until the last minute of the game when Alex Jensen would add an empty netter to secure the Cardinals 4-1 victory. In the winning effort Mathieu Cadieux would make 19 saves as the Cardinals would advance to the Great Northern Shootout championship game. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Mark Cassidy (26) with the wrister just outside the crease. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Michael Radisa (28) battles for the puck in traffic along the end wall. The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Brockport State Golden Eagles in SUNYAC action. The Cardinals would take the quick 1-0 lead five minutes in on Kevin Emmerling's goal. The Cardinals would extend the lead to 2-0 on Mark Constantines' goal at the ten-minute mark. That is where the game would stay until three minutes into the second period when Michael Radisa's goal to make it 3-0 Cardinals. That is where the game would stay until the third period when the Cardinals would get three goals coming from Mark Constantine, Dillon Fox and Kevin Emmerling to finish off the Golden Eagles for the 6-0 win. In the winning effort Mathieu Cadieux would stop all 31 shots for the shutout victory as the Cardinals go to 3-0 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kevin Emmerling (25) races to the corner to beat out the Brockport state skater to loose puck. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Connor Gorman (11) rides Geneseo's Jack Caradonna (7) into the broads on the check. The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Geneseo State Ice Knights in SUNYAC action. The game would start good for the Cardinals Barry Rotyman would light the lamp to make it 1-0 Cardinals just four minutes in on the power play. The Cardinals would add another special teams goal this time shorthanded as Michael Radisa would make it 2-0 Cardinals with 26 seconds left in the first. When the teams came out for 2nd period the Cardinals didn't let up as Kevin Emmerling would score two minutes in to make it 3-0. Then at the nine-minute mark the Knights would get on the broad with Stephen Collins goal to make it 3-1. Then with 4:30 left in the second period Barry Rotyman would get his second of the net to secure the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort Mathieu Cadieux would stop 23 of 24 shots as the Cardinals go to 2-0 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Anthony Calabrese with the hard check along the broads on the Knights skater. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Connor Gorman (11) flies over Potsdam State's Jon Hall (32) when he came out to play the puck on the breakaway attempt. The #5 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Potsdam State Bears in the season and SUNYAC opener. In the battle of fellow north country rivals there would be times the would get physical and chippy at times. The game would remain scoreless until the 41 seconds into the second period when Nick Jensen would score on the power play to make it 1-0 Cardinals. The Cardinals would extend there lead to 2-0 just three minutes later when Patrick Hermans would score his collegiate goal. Then 4:23 into the third period Dillon Fox would add one more to give the Cardinals the 3-0 victory. In the winning Mathieu Cadieux would have 14 saves for the shutout victory. With the win the Cardinals start of there seasons the right way at 1-0. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Dakota Mason (9) with the hit along the ends on Potsdam State's Kevin Carpenter (5). Gallery