Plattsburgh State's Michael Cassidy (26) with the quick wrister into the body of the goalie. The #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Castleton State Spartans in a nonconference game as they would welcome back former assistant Steve Moffit. The game would remain scoreless until the last two minutes of the first when Castleton's Charles Bando would give the Spartans the 1-0 lead. The Cardinals would answer back at 3:42 of the second period and tie the game at one on Michael Radisa's goal. The Cardinals would then take the 2-1 lead at 7:35 of the second the short-handed goal. The Cardinals would extend the lead to 3-1 on Graham Yeo's first college goal at 11:35. Then two minutes later Alex Jensen would get his second goal of the night for the 4-1 lead. Then at 6:26 of the third Michael Cassidy would get into the scoring act as the Cardinals take the 5-1 lead. Then in the final 30 seconds of game Alex Jensen would finish off the hat trick as the Cardinals cruised to the 6-1 win. In the winning effort, Matthieu Cardieux would 23 saves as the Cardinals go to 12-1-2. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Nick Jensen (14) leaps over the goal as he comes racing in for the shot. Gallery

Chateaugay's Taylor Winch (22) goes in for the layup that she lays off the window. The Chateaugay Bulldogs would host the Norwood-Norfolk Flyers in Section X East Division action. The Flyers would try and slow down the Bulldogs with the full-court press in the first quarter to no help as the Bulldogs would have the 23-2 lead after one. In the second quarter it would be more of the same as the Bulldogs would take a 41-12 lead into the break. In the second half, it would be more of the same as the Bulldogs would cruise to the 77-30 win. Gallery

Chateaugay's Danielle Charland (1) goes in for the layup on the breakaway. Gallery

Malone's Joey Brown (31) pokes the puck to the corner and keep it out of the net. The Malone Huskies would host the Salmon River Shamrock in the rivalry game of section X at the Malone Civic Center. The Shamrocks would break the ice and get the opening goal from Tye Terrance at 2:12 mark for the early lead. The Huskies would answer back at the 6:03 mark of first to tie the game at one Trevor Cooley's goal. That is where the game would stay all the way until 4:40 mark of the third when the Shamrocks would take the 2-1 lead on Sean David's goal. The Shamrocks would extend the lead to 3-1 on Sean David's second goal of the night. Then to finish it off for good measure Salmon River's Chad George would score with under three minutes left to secure the 4-1 win. In the losing effort Huskies, Joey Brown would make 30 saves as the Huskies fall to 3-5-1 on the season. Gallery

Malone's Jake Schraf (26) with the hip check along the end broads on Salmon River's Ronnie Boots (15). Gallery

Chateaugay's Morgan Johnston (10) bumps off Beekmantown Alyssa Waters (1) and drives to the basket. The Chateaugay Bulldogs would travel to the Beekmantown and taken on the Eagles in a non-league JV game. It would be a game that very physical underneath points would come at a premium as the Eagles would hold the slight 11-9 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Bulldogs would outscore the Eagles 12-10 to tie the game 21-21 at the half. The third quarter would be the deciding quarter of the game as the Eagles would win the quarter 21-8 and take a 42-29 lead. In the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs just had no answer as they would lose the game 51-38. In the losing effort, Danielle and Alicia Cook would lead the way with 11 points as the Bulldogs suffer there first loss of the season. Gallery

Chateaugay's Alicia Cook (11) drives it the hoop for the layup as part of a 11 point night. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Bridget Bailsy (21) comes in on the breakaway and fires a shot just high of the net. It would be a battle of top three times in the country as the #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #3 Norwich at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. It wouldn't take the Cardinals long to get in the scoring action as Giovanna Sense would score at the 3:10 mark of the first period for the 1-0 Cardinals lead. The Cardinals would double the lead to 2-0 at the 7:45 mark on Shannon Stewart's goal. Then at 12:48 mark of the first period, the Cardinals would end the first period scoring with Ali Vako's goal to make it 3-0 Cardinals. That is where the game would remain until the third period when Jordan Caldwel would score at the 12:40 mark for the 4-0 Cardinals lead. Then just 44 seconds later the Cardinals would score again to make it 5-0 on Giovanna Sense's second goal of the night. Then just to finish off the Cardinals would get one more in the closing seconds from Caitlin Gilligan to secure the 6-0 win. In the winning effort, Sydney Averson would stop all 27 shots for the shutout as the Cardinals go to 10-0-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Giovanna Sense (20) stretches out and gets the loose puck and skates in for her second goal of the night. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Rich Botting (18) pins his opponent along the end broads to free the puck. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Hobart Statesmen in the finals of the Buck's Supply Winter Classic. The Statesmen would get the opening goal of the game at the 7:58 mark of the first on Mitch Beyer's goal for the 1-0 Statesmen lead. Then just 19 seconds later the Statesmen would extend the lead to 2-0 on Bo Webster's goal. The score would stay there all the way to the third period when the Statesmen would get an empty netter from Mac Olson at 17:34 of the third period. Inside the last minute of the game, Rich Botting would score for the Cardinals to avoid the shutout as the Cardinals fall 3-1. In the losing effort, Mathieu Cadieux would have 25 saves as the Cardinals 12 game unbeaten streak is snapped and they fall to 10-1-2 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Michael Radisa (28) with a crunching body check behind the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kyle Hall (10) comes and slides it by the goalie for the goal. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Hamilton Continentals in the Buck's Supply Winter Classic Semi-Finals. It would take just half of the first period for the Cardinals' to get on the broad when Alex Brenton would get the goal at 10:52 of the first period for the 1-0 lead. Hamilton's Michael Dimare would tie the game up 27 seconds left in the first period at 1-1. Hamilton would take the 2-1 lead on the power-play goal by Pat Curtis at 1:52 of the second period. The Cardinals would tie the game up at 2 at 7:24 on Kyle Hall's breakaway goal. Then at 10:43 of the second the Cardinals would take the 3-2 lead thanks to Alex Brenton's second goal of the night. The Cardinals would extend the lead to 4-2 on Dillan Fox's goal at 7:49 of the third period. Then to finish off the game Alex Brenton would score on the empty net to finish off the hat trick and the 5-2 win. In the winning effort, Mathieu Cadieux would have 29 saves as the Cardinals go to 10-0-2 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Dillan Fox skates right in front of the goalie looking to stuff it in on the skate by. Gallery

Beekmantown's Justin Stevens (22) lays up off the window for two on the breakaway. It would be the first game of the 2013 edition of the Section 7/10 Challenge with the Beekmantown Eagles and the Brushton-Moria Panthers facing off at Plattsburgh. It would be a tight game for most of other than a run that the Eagles went on in the second half extending it to a 17 point lead. The Panthers would do there best to come back although it would fall short. As the Eagles would get the 56-49 victory with the win the Eagles fo to 2-4 while the Panthers fall to 3-3 on the season. Gallery

Brushton-Moria's (23) takes it up strong underneath for the basket with Beekmantown's Alex Price (10) hanging strong. Gallery

Saranac's Kaleb Keysor (24) drives the lane and draws the contact as he takes flight for the layup basket. In the last of five games in the Challenge it would be the Malone Huskies and Saranac Chiefs from the Plattsburgh State Field House. This would be a half-court game with defenses stepping up to keep their team in the contest after the first half the Huskies would have 24-19 lead on the Chiefs. In the second half the offenses would find some more space and the Huskies would win the half 33-24 to secure the 57-43 win. With the win Huskies go to 7-1 while the Chiefs fall to 3-4 on the season. Gallery

Malone's Alex Johnson (15) extends out and grabs the defensive rebound and starts the breakout. Gallery

Saranac's Jeffrey Smith (41) with the glove save that he sends over the top of the net. The Saranac Chiefs would host the Tupper Lake Lumberjacks in a nonleague match at the Plattsburgh State Field House. The Chiefs would take the 1-0 at the 4:45 mark of the first Kevin Fisher's goal. Then with just over a minute left in the first the Chiefs would extend the lead to 2-0 Jacob Lillendahl's goal. Then in the first minute of the second period the Lumberjacks would get on the board on Elliott Fletcher's goal to make it 2-1. That is where the game would stay til the 12:45 mark when Tupper Lake would tie it up on the power-play goal by Chase Bedore. Then just 20 seconds later the Chiefs would take the 3-2 lead with Kevin Fisher's second goal of the night. Then at the 6:06 mark of the third the Chiefs would make it 4-2 on Tristan Archambault's goal. Just over two minutes later the Lumberjacks would get back within one at 4-3 Elliott Fletcher's second goal. Then in the last minute of the game the Chiefs would put the game out of reach on Kevin Fisher's third of the night. With the win the Chiefs go to 1-3-1 while the Lumberjacks fall to 0-6-1 on the season. Gallery

Saranac's Alex Zurlo (5) cuts in front of Tupper Lake's Tyler Nilsson (1) for the shot on net that is put in off the rebound. Gallery