Saranac's Adrian Barnes (8) and Saranac Lake Placid's Ethan Knight (6) battle for the puck in the corner during the third period. We would have Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Boy's Hockey, and it would be a rematch of last year's thrilling Semi-final game as the #13 Saranac Spartans would host the Saranac Lake Placid Lakers from the AC North Sports Center in an early season conference match-up. The game would start well for the home Spartans as Gabe Moore would get the game's opening goal at the 3:30 mark of the period for the 1-0 lead. Later in the period, the Lakers would get the equalizer from Ayden McCormick to tie the game after the first period. In the early stages of the second period, the Spartans would regain the lead on the Landon Giroux at 2-1. The game would stay there till the 7:35 mark of the period when Ryan Campbell would light the lamp on the rebound goal. Then, with just under five minutes left in the period, Campbell would strike again for his second of the night and make it a 4-1 game. The Lakers would answer back on the powerplay with 1:35 left in the second period on Ayden McCormick's second goal of the night, and the period would end at 4-2 Spartans. It would take the 11:52 mark of the third period for the next goal when Ashytn Catlin would score for the Spartans and make it a 5-2 game, but just 15 seconds later, the Spartans would extend it to 6-2 on Nolan Miner's goal. Then, just two minutes later, the Spartans would end their scoring spree as Chase Carpenter would get on the board and make it a 7-2 game. The Lakers would get one in the closing minute from Ayden McCormick for his second goal to finish the game at 7-3 Spartans. In the winning effort, the Spartans will go to 6-2-1 on the season, and Ryan Campbell will lead the way with two goals as they head into their weekend series on January 17th and 18th. As for the Lakers, they will drop to 4-4 on the season but will be right at AC North Sports Center on Saturday as they will take on the Plattsburgh Hornets. Gallery

Saranac Lake Placid's Evan Harvey (24) with the brutal hit on Saranac's Evan Patrie (6) after the shot that takes him off his feet. Gallery