Primelink Great Northern Shootout Championship Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs #1 Norwich Cadets November 29th 2010

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey
champions
Photo By: 
Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Cole Stallard (20) with the power-play goal on the rebound as part of a two-goal night. It would be the host Plattsburgh State Cardinals and Concordia Cobbers in the First Round of the Primelink Great Northern Shootout. It would not start off good for the host Cardinals as they would give up two goals in the first period and trail 2-0. In the second period, both offenses would come alive as the Cobbers would score twice and the Cardinals would get three goals two from Cole Stallard and another from Jesse Neher to make it 4-3 Cobbers after two. In the third period, both defenses would step and there would be no scoring as the Cardinals fall 4-3. In the losing effort, Brady Rouleau would stop 16 as the Cardinals fall to 3-3 on the season. Gallery.

Primelink Great Northern Shootout Semi-Finals Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs St. John's (MN) Johnnies November 28th 2010

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey
rifle on net
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Paul Puglisi (5) shot on net slices right by the St. John's defender on the way to the net. The game would turn into a shootout as the Cardinals would get the 7-4 win. The two teams would score early and often in the first period combining for 5 goals and the Cardinals would trail 3-2 on goals from Cody Adams and Dylan Adams. In the 2nd period, the Cardinals would get three unanswered goals to lead 5-3 on goals from Eric Satin, Vick Schlueter, and Patrick Jobbs. In the third period, the Cardinals would finish off the Johnnies for the 7-4 win on goals from Dan Sliasis & Dylan Clarke (2nd of the night). In the winning effort John Leis would stop 22 Gallery.

#8 Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs Morrisville State Mustangs November 13th 2010

SUNYAC Men's Hockey
open ice hit
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Kyle VanDermale (18) and the Morrisville defender with the big hip check at the blue line as the Cardinals were charging. The #8 Plattsburgh State Cardinals were upset by Morrisville State 3-2 for the home opener of the 2010-2011 hockey seasons. The downfall for the Cardinals would be that they had a hard time staying out of the penalty box and the Mustangs capitalized with two power-play goals (2-8 on the night). Along with not being able to get there power play going as they went 1-9 on the night with the man up. The cardinals will home to get back on the right track next weekend as they will host Buffalo State and Fredonia. Gallery.

Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs Norwich Cadets March 19th 2010

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey National Semi-Finals
scramble in front
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh State's Mat Blessing (11) with the shoot in close on the Norwich goaltender and crashes the net for the rebound. Plattsburgh State would fall short in their effort to get back to the National Championship 3-2. Norwich would get on the board first just over five minutes into the first period. The score would remain 1-0 until the thirteen-minute mark of the second period when the Cardinals Andrew Willock tied the game at 1. Norwich would take the 2-1 lead into the final period when they scored in the final minute of the second period. Norwich would extend there lead to 3-1 eight minutes into the third. Mike Kavanagh would score for the Cardinals to make it 3-2 with six minutes setting up an exciting finish. Although the Cardinals would fall short 3-2 and their season would come to end for the Cardinals in the Final Four with a record of 19-6-4.Gallery

Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs Morrisville State Mustangs February 6th 2010

SUNYAC Men's Hockey
pad save
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Kyle Coryea

The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals returned to the Stafford Ice Arena to take on SUNYAC opponent Morrisville State Mustangs in a game that would be tight till the 3rd period. When the Cardinals exploded for 3 goals to secure 4-1 win. The Cardinals would be helped by stellar goaltending by Josh Leis (31) as seen with this pad save at point-blank range. Gallery

Cardinal Classic Finals: Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs Trinity Bantams January 2nd 2010

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey
goal
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Kyle Coryea

The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Trinity Bantams in the finals of the 14th annual Cardinal Classic at the Ronald B. Stafford Arena. The Cardinal would control the game from the drop of puck and would have a 2-0 lead after the first period before they exploded for five goals in the second period and then added a couple more in the third period for the convincing 9-0 win. Plattsburgh State's Patrick Jobb (9) put the quick wrister right on the net from right in front of the net on Trinity goaltender Wesley Vesprini (30) as the Cardinals would outshoot the Bantams 70-23. Gallery

Cardinal Classic Semi Finals: Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs Castleton State Spartans January 1st 2010

NCAA Division III Men's Hockey
goal
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Kyle Coryea

The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals opened up the Cardinal Classic with a very impressive 8-1 victory over the Castleton State Spartans. The Cardinals would take the quick 1-0 lead just 54 seconds into the game and would not look back. They would take a 4-0 lead into the final period before doubling there score in the final period for the 8-1 victory. Plattsburgh State's Ian Delong (10) would slide it under Castleton State's goaltender Justin Roethlingshoefer (35) for his fifth goal on the season and would also help with two assists. Gallery

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