Northeastern Clinton's Josh Seymour (17) breaks in on net for the shot as Storm's Jack Pierce (2) breaks into the play. It would be day 2 of the Applebee's Winter Classic from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena, and it would see the Northeastern Clinton Cougars and Guilderland Stoem in the Consolation game. The game would start well for the Storm as they would get the opening goal at the 9:10 mark of the first period when Keegan McGovern would score to make it a 1-0 Storm game. The game would stay there until the 6:08 mark of the second period when the Storm would strike again from Klaidi Gjini to score to give them the 2-0 lead. Then, with just under three minutes left in the game, the Storm and Gjini would strike again as the Storm would secure the 3-0 victory. In the winning effort, the Storm would finish third in the tournament behind Devin Kelly's 23-save night as they went to 2-4 in the early season. As for the Northeastern Clinton Cougars, Greysn LaFountain would make 34 saves and drop to 0-3 on the season. Gallery

Northeastern Clinton's Baylon Cronkrite (9) splits a pair of defenders as he races into the zone for the shot on net. Gallery

Beekmantown's Parker Broughton (11) with the shot from the circle on the net over the defender as the Eagles get the 9-3 win. It would be the opening game of the 2024 edition of the Applebee's Winter Classic from the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse, and it would feature the Guilderland Storm from Section II and Beekmantown Eagles from Section VII. The game would start great for the Eagles as they would light the lamp five times in the opening period from Jacoby Weeden, Mason Carter (twice), Evan Bruyere, and Pryce Parker. When the teams returned for the second period, it would be more of the same for the Eagles as they would add another three goals from Novak Jarus, Jackson Deyo, and Edward Sweenor for the 8-0 Eagles lead. In the third period, they would finish off their scoring on Novak Jarus's second of the night. The Storm would answer back their way with three goals in the period, but it would not be enough as the Eagles would get the 9-3 win and head to the finals against the Rye Garnet. In the winning effort, Jack Bell made 19 saves. Gallery

Storm's Burns (55) with the poke check on Beekmantown's Mason Carter (12) to break up the play as he broke in on the goalie.Gallery

A pair of Northeastern Clinton players Caeson Gacreau (5) and Winnie Simpson (18) sandwich the Storm skater between them and break up the play. It would be the consolation game of the Appebee's Winter Classic and would feature the Guilderland Storm and the Northeastern Clinton Cougars. In the opening period the teams would combine for 5 goals and the Storm would have a 3-2 lead. The three for the Storm would come from Keegan McGovern and Klaidi Ginghi while scoring for the Cougars would be Scott Wryre and Owen Ebersole. In the second period, the Storm would add another two goals from Quinn Rice while the Cougars would add one more from Winnie Simpson as the Storm would take a 5-3 lead into the third period. In that third period, the teams would combine for 8 goals. The Storm would have a pair of goals in the period from Quinn Rice and Joe Kosier. While the Cougars would get 6 goals in the period including a span in the period where the Cougars would score 4 goals in 3:12 scoring in the period would be Owen Ebersole (twice), Winnie Simpson (three), and Garrett Pilon as the Northeastern Clinton Cougars would get the 9-7 win. The Northeastern Clinton Cougars return to action on December 30th as they host out of Rice Memorial Green Knights. Gallery

Northeastern Clinton's Owen Ebersole (14) with the hard hit on Storm's Peter Boldyrev (7) sending him to the ice.Gallery

Northeastern Clinton's Thomas Richard (21) with the crunching hit along the end boards on Storm's Robbie Stubbs (11) to free the puck. It would be the second day of the 2021 Applebee Winter Classic and the first game of the day would feature the Northeastern Clinton Cougars and Storm Hockey. The game would start off great for the Storm as they would answer with four goals in the opening period from Sean Bruno (twice) Klaidi Gniji and Axel Kotikoski for the 4-0 lead after one. In the second period, the Storm would stay hot and get another four goals this time from Nick Donlon, Robbie Stubbs, Dylan Bzdell, and TJ Pierce for the 8-0 lead. In the third period, they would lighten up on the offense with the game hand and get two goals from Robert Bohl and Axel Kotikoski (for second of the game. With the win, the Storm would stay undefeated in the early season at 5-0 while the Northeastern Clinton Cougars go to 0-4 on the season. Gallery

Storm's Aidan Pike (37) with the pad save on the low shot from Northeastern Clinton's Ryan Racine (10). Gallery

Beekmantown's Nolan Latinville (26) with the hard open ice hit on the Storm puck handler at center ice. It would be the second game of the opening day of the Applebee Winter Classic and it would feature the host Beekmantown Eagles and Storm. The game would start off good for the host Eagles DJ Gonyo would light the lamp at the 3:05 mark of the first period for the lone goal of the first. In the second period, the Storm would waste little time tying the game up at the 1:53 mark. The tye would be short-lived as the Eagles would answer back at the 2:59 mark on the Keegan Rodier goal to make it 2-1. The Storm would answer back and tie the game with just under 1:30 left in the game on Dylan Bzdell's second goal of the period. In the third period when the game was starting to look like it was going to overtime Storm's Dylan Bzdell said hold that thought and light the lamp for the third time on the night with just over three minutes left for the 3-2 victory. The Eagles would put up a fiery counter in the closing minutes but wouldn't be enough as the Storm hold on for the 3-2 victory. With the win, the Storm goes to 4-0 on the season and will take on Northeastern Clinton for a chance to win the Applebee's Winter Classic. Gallery.

Storm's TJ Pierce (21) cuts around Beekmantown's Sweenor at center ice and carries it into the zone. Gallery.