It would be the cremonial puckdrop before the game with the McLane and the newest recipient of the McLane Scholarship. It would be the 3rd annual Amy McLane Memorial Scholarship game at the AC North Arena, and it would once again feature the Plattsburgh Hornets and the Saranac Spartans in front of a packed house. The Hornets would get the opening goal of the game at the 13:05 mark of the first period when Owen Dubay would light the lamp, and that's where the first period would end. The Spartans would answer at the 1:39 mark of the second period, when Brady McComber scored to tie the game at 1. The game would stay there till the 7:39 mark of the second period when Ben Bezio would give the Hornets the 2-1 lead. The Spartans would come back again and tie the game at 2 on the Deacon Giroux goal at the 13:26 mark. The game would not be tied for very long, as the Hornets would regain the lead at 3-2 on the James Bayer goal, and that was where the period would end. Then at the 5:42 mark of the second period, the Hornets would take their first two-goal lead thanks to Ben Bezio at 4-2. The Spartans would answer back again at the 8:10 mark of the period when Gabe Moore would sink it by and make it a 4-3 game. The Hornets would answer back again and stretch their lead back to 2 at 5-3 when Sam Bezio scored. Then, in the closing time of the game, the Hornets would add the empty-netter for the 6-3 win. In the Hornets' inning effort, Owen Chapple wrecordedhis 22,000thcareer save and gimprovedto 5-4-1 while the Spartans ssufferedanother defeat and fell to 1-7. Gallery.

Hudson Valley's Juluis Reed (11) draws the contact as he drives the baseline and lays it off the window for the game-high 33-point night. The Clinton Community College would return home to start the 2026 portion of their season as they would take on the Hudson Valley Community College Vikings in NJCAA Region III action. It would be a game of runs, but the Vikings would always seem to have just a little more or just a little better run, and they would have the 43-33 lead after the first half. When the teams returned for the second half, it would be more of the same. Still, the Cougars would have their chances, getting within a couple of points at different times. Still, mental mistakes down the stretch would cost the Cougars, as they would win the half 44-39 but fall 82-7. In the losing effort for the Cougars, they were led by Jeffrey Collins Weeks III, who went to 3-8 on the season. As for the Hudson Valley Community College Vikings, Julius Reed led the way with 33 points as they improved to 6-8 in the season. The Cougars will be back in action on Wednesday, traveling to take on Vermont State. Gallery

Skidmore's Coleman Jenkins with the hip check on Plattsburgh State's Gabriel Filion (21) that sends him flying through the air. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would return to conference play after nearly two months away, traveling to Saratoga to take on the newest member of the SUNYAC, the Skidmore Thoroughbreds, at the Saratoga Springs Ice Arena in front of 500 fans. The Thoroughbreds would take the 1-0 lead at the 12:22 mark of the first on the Matthew Franzoi goal. The game would stay there until the 5:44 mark of the second period, when Matthew Franzoi would get his second of the night and make it 2-0. The Cardinals would answer back 2:08 later with the shorthanded goal by Vlad Pshenichnikov and make it a 2-1 game. The Cardinals would score again 31 seconds later and tie the game at two on Riley Sutherland's goal. The game would remain tied till the 15:58 mark of the third period when the Thoroughbreds' Coleman Jenkins would score to make it 3-2. Then, in the closing seconds of the game, Tyler Fogu would add the empty netter for the Thoroughbreds and secure the 4-2 victory. In the winning effort for the Thoroughbreds, Tommy Aitken would make 21 saves as they went to 6-6-2 on the season. As for the Cardinals, Brady Spry would make 33 saves as they fall to 7-7-1 on the season, as they both will play Potsdam and Canton next weekend. Gallery

The Middlebury Union Tigers celebrate as they get their game-winner in overtime for the 6-5 victory. It would be an interstate contest, as the Saranac Spartans would host the Middlebury Union Tigers from Vermont at the American North Arena as part of the state 2026 portion of their schedule. The Tigers would answer the bell just 38 seconds into the game on Evan Northrup's goal. The game would stay there for the rest of the period. The Tigers would extend their lead to 2-0 on Ethan Mulcahy's goal at the 1:22 mark of the second period. The Spartans would answer back at the 2:52 mark of the second period on the Gabe Moore goal. The Tigers would regain their two-goal lead just 13 seconds later on the Asa Root Pratt to make it 3-1. The Spartans kept coming, and at the 6:05 mark of the second period, Robbie Squier scored to make it a 3-2 game. The Tigers would once again retake the two-goal lead at 4-2 at the 8:12 mark of the period, when Asa Root Pratt would get his second goal of the game. In the third period, the Spartans would come out shooting and, once again, make it a one-goal game at 4-3 just 1:26 in on the Zane Vaughn goal. Then at the 7:32 mark of the period, the Spartans would tie it for the first time in the afternoon on the Adrian Barnes goal. Aiddlebury would answer with 3:14 left in the game on the Tyler Munson goal. Although the Spartans wouldn't go quietly, they would once again tie the game at four on the Brady Macomber goal. The teams would head to overtime, and two minutes in, the Tigers would get the game-winner from Gabe Quesnel to secure the 5-4 win. In the winning effort, the Tigers would go to 5-3 on the season as TJ Baron made 39 saves. As for the Spartans, they combined for 18 saves as they fell to 1-6 on the season. Gallery

New York's Colton Warren (8) tries to stuff the pass to Sherbrooke's Noah Pelletier (70), who would add one later in the game as they would get the 6-2 victory. It would be a divisional matchup in the St. Lawrence Division of the United States Premier Hockey League, with the New York Dynamo hosting the Universel Sherbrooke at the AC North Arena. Both teams are making a playoff push in the final 2 months of the season. The Dynamo would get the opening goal of the game just 1:18 in, courtesy of Brandon Murphy, to give them the early 1-0 lead. The game would stay there until the 9:20 mark of the second period, when the Dynamo would score again, this time from John Duffy, to give them the 2-0 lead. Sherbrook would answer back at the 14:14 mark of the period on the Charles Eric Leger goal to cut the deficit to 2-1. However, the Dynamo would answer back just over a minute later, as Maddox Heise scored too, making it a 3-1 game. Then, with just under 30 seconds left in the period, the Dynamo would extend their lead to 4-1 on Elkhan Abibekov's 5th goal of the season. The game would stay there until the 9:24 mark of the third period, when Elkhan Abibekov would score again for his 6th of the season, making it a 5-1 game. Sherbrooke would have answered with 1:54 left in the game, as Ty Mulcahy would score to make it 5-2. However, the Dynamo would have one last one in them, as Colton Warren made it a 6-2 win on his 14th of the season. In the winning effort for the Dynamo, Landon Blaine would make 42 saves on the night as they go to 11-16-1. As for Sherbrooke Universel, they combined for 14 saves as they fell to 12-17-1. Gallery

Beekmantown's Jack Bell (31) with the stick save as he would have 23 saves on the night, en route to his 1,000th career save. It would be the first game of 2026 for both the Northeastern Clinton Cougars and the Beekmantown Eagles, and they would face off at the Plattsburgh State Field House in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference action. The game would remain scoreless until the final two seconds of the opening period, when Sullivan Loughan would light the lamp and make it a 1-0 game. The game would stay there until the 8:26 mark of the second period, when Jacoby Weeden would score on the power play and make it 2-0 Eagles. The Cougars kept coming and cut the deficit in half at 2-1 on the Josh Seymour goal with 1:41 left in the period. The Eagles would come out flying in the third, and they would regain the two-goal lead at 3-1 on the Ivan Roy goal at the 3:44 mark of the third. The Cougars would come back and make it a one-goal game again at the 8:12 mark of the period on the Scott Wyre goal. The Eagles would have one more answer and make it a two-goal game again at 4-2 on the Edward Sweenor goal at the 13:28 mark of the third. From there, the Eagles' defense would stand tall and get the 4-2 win, and in the winning effort, Jack Bell would have 23 saves on the night and arecordhis 1,000th career save as they go to 3-4-1. As for the Cougars, Greyson LaFountain made 21 saves on the night as they fell to 1-6 on the season. Gallery

Malone's Blake Hanna (12) with the recieve lay in as he gets around Saranac's Carson Duffield (40) for the score. It would be the last game of the two-day Clinton Community College Holiday Classic, featuring the Saranac Spartans from Section VII and the Malone Huskies of Section X, in what has the potential to be the best game of the tournament, as both teams were coming off impressive wins on Tuesday. The game would go back and forth for the whole first half as the Huskies would hit a buzzer beater and send the game into the intermission at 32-31 Spartans When the teams return for the second half it would be more of the same out of the start but the Huskies would pull late with a 34-23 half and secure the 66-55 victory. In the winning effort, the Huskies would win the tournament and stay undefeated on the season. As for the Spartans, they would come up short and finish 500 on the season. Gallery

The Amherst Mammoth celebrate as they are crowned the 2026 Comfort Inn Cardinal Classic champions with the 3-2 win over the Plattsburgh State Cardinals. It would be the championship of the 2026 Comfort Inn Cardinal Classic, featuring the host Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the Amherst Mammoths at the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena, in front of 1,200 fans. The game would not look good for the home crowd, as the Mammoth would get the opening goal oatthe g1:01 mark of the first period on ta power-playgoal from Ray Hou, givingthem the 1-0 lead The game would stay there till the 3:39 mark of the second period when the Cardinals would answer back with their own powerplay goal coming from Quinn Tavares to tie the game at one. The Mammoth would answer right back two minutes later on their second power-play goal of the game from Josh Burke, making it a 2-1 game. The Cardinals would come back again, though, and tie the game back up at the 13:28 mark of the period, once again scoring on the power play this time from Gabriel Filion to make it 2-2. The game would stay until the last 5, when the Mammoth would strike their power-play goal of the game, this thing from John Sm, all to secure the 3-2 victory and the championship of the Comfort Inn Cardinal Classic. In the winning effort for the Mammoth, Vincent Lamberti would make 16 saves as they go to 5-4-1 on the season. As for the Cardinals, Rady Spry would make 28 on the night as they extended their 4-game winning streak, and they go into the end of the season. Gallery

It would be the battle of 12's from the top of the key as Saranac's Lily Brown (12) goes over Maloe Sadie Varin (12) for the score as the Spartans get the 44-41 victory. It would be the start of the second day of the 6th annual Clinton Community College Holiday Classic, and it would begin with a matchup between Section X and Section VII, pitting the Malone Huskies against the Saranac Spartans. The game started well for the Huskies, who jumped out to a 13-5 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter, though, the Spartans would start to find their shot, scoring 12 points and trailing by a slim 18-16 at the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, the Spartans kept their hot hand going, scoring 15 points and taking a 31-22 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Huskies mounted a great comeback attempt and even had a chance to tie the game and force overtime in the final 2 seconds with a three-point attempt, but it came up short, and they would fall 44-41. In the winning effort for the Spartans M, Addison Graigner would lead the way with 13 points as they gowent-0 in the tournament. As for the Hus, Raegan McArddle would have me high, high 20 points, but they would finish the tournament 0-2 with competitive games. Gallery

Beekmantown's Santino Debella (15) along the baseline and goes over Willsboro's Gavin Hathaway (22) for the score as the Eagles get the 56-27 victory. It would be the second game of the day at the Clinton Community College Holiday Classic, and it would be the consolation game on the boys' side, featuring the Beekmantown Eagles and Willsboro Wolves. The game would start well for the Eagles, as they would outscore the Wolves in the first quarter,0-0. In the second quarter, the Wolves would start to warm up and hold their own with a 13-8 quarter for the Eagles, and had a 33-8 lead at the break. When the teams return for the third quarter, it would be a close defensive quarter, as the Eagles would win 9-6 and take a 42-14 lead into the fourth. In the fourth quarter, the Wolves would do their best to keep it tight, as the Eagles led 14-13 and secured the 56-27 victory. In the Eagles' effort, Garrett Pelkey wledthe way with 19 points as they gwent1-1 at the tournament and finished third. As for the Wolves, Connor Crowningshields would lead the way with 7 points as they went 0-2 on the week and both head into the section streaking after the break. Gallery