New York's Landon Blaine (33) made the save on the scramble play in front of the net as part of a 42-save night. 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

Sherbrooke's Simon Gauthier (19) with the hard hit on the Dynamo player along the endboards to knock him off the puck.Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Blake with the crunching hit on Amherst's Zack Jesse (4) that knocks him off the puck and his feet. 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

Amherst Jacob Pohl (7) with the hit on Plattsburgh State's Mike English (20) that pins him along the boards. Gallery

Wesleyan's Patrick McDevitt (1) with the blocker save as part of a 30-save afternoon in the winning effort. It would be the consolation game of the 2026 Comfort Inn Cardinal Classic, featuring the Suffolk Rams and the Wesleyan Cardinals at the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena, in front of 200 fans. The Cardinals would get the opening goal of the game at the 10:22 mark of the first period from Danny Markham for the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till the 2:21 mark of the second period when Suffok's Nolan Leonard would score to tie the game at 1. The Rams would keep coming and take the 2-1 lead on the Aidan O'Connell powerlay goal at the 8:07 mark. However, the Cardinals would answer right back 80 seconds later and end the game at two on the Andrew Haxton goal. The game would stay there through the rest of the regulations, and they would head to overtime. Over time, the Cardinals got the game-winner three minutes in thanks to D'Tlan Mar.... In the Cardinals' winning effort, Patrick McDevitt made, and they improved to 3-6 on the season. As for the Rams, Austin McNicholas made n9saves as they fell to 55-5-1 on the season, heading back into conference play. Gallery

Suffolk's Ryan Webb (22) with the hard hit along the end boards on Wesleyan's Dtlan Margel to break up the play and head the other way. Gallery

Wesleyan's Mike Fritz (2) with the dive to break up the breakaway attempt of Plattsburgh State's Felix-Antoine Parenteau (73) scoring chance. It would be the second game of the 2026 edition of the Cardinal Winter Classic, featuring the host Plattsburgh State Cardinals taking on the Wesleyan Cardinals in front of 1600 fans at the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena, with the winner advancing to the finals tomorrow evening against the Amherst Mammoths. The home Cardinals would get the first goal of the game just 2:23 in on the deflected goal by Mike English for the 1-0 lead. He would stay there until there was just about 2:30 left in the second period, when Wesleyan would tie the game at one on the Danny Markham goal. Then, with just 10 seconds left in the period, Latsburghburghe would regain the lead at 2-1 on Aaron Catron's goal. Then, with just under 100 seconds left in the game, Gabriel Filon would make it 3-1 for Plattsburgh State on the scramble in front of the net and secure the Plattsburgh State win. In the winning effort, Brady Sprymadee made 22 saves as they went to 7-4-1 on the season and the finals of the Cardinal Winter Classic. As for the Wesleyan Cardinals, Patrick McDevitt would make 38 saves on the night as they fell to 2-6 on the season and will take on Suffolk in the Consolation game. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Vlad Pshenichnikov (14) with the brutal hit on Wesleyan's Owen Mahar (14) that takes him to the glass. Gallery

Amherst's Andrew Palena (30) with the pad save on Suffolk's Josh Milso (2) as he tried to slide it by for the goal. It would be the opening game of the 2026 edition of the Cardinal Winter Classic. It would see a battle between the Amherst Mammoth and the Suffolk in front of 800 fans at the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena to see who would play in the championship game Saturday evening. The Mammoth would get the opening goal of the game at the 16:08 mark of the first period when Carson Baylis would light the lamp for the 1-0 lead. The Rams would answer right back, like 90 seconds later, when Marko Giourof would tie the game at one on a wrister. The Mammoth would not stay quiet, though, as they would regain the lead at 2-1 on Daniel McKiernan's goal at the 6:15 mark of the second period. The Rams would answer right back once again and tie the game at two on the Cristobal Tola goal two minutes later. The game would stay there through the rest of regulation, and overtime would not be needed on this day. The game winner would come in overtime for the Mammoth as Caden Olenczak would snip one through the goalie to give them the win. In the winning effort, Mammoth Andrew Palena made 29 saves as they headed to the championship against the winner of Plattsburgh State and Wesleyan. As for the Suffolk Rams, Austin McNicholas would make 23 saves as they head to the third-place game tomorrow. Gallery

Suffolk's Aidan O'Connell (20) with the crunching hit on Amherst Ryan Corcoran (13) as they went after the puck behind the net. Gallery