Massachusetts Lowell's Henry Welsch (33) with the glove save during the shootout on Clarkson's Trey Taylor (4). It would be the final game of the 2nd annual Adirondack Winter Invitational presented by Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, and it would feature a matchup of a pair of top 20 teams as the #16 Massachusetts Lowell River Hawks and the #20 Clarkson Golden Knights from the Lake Placid Olympic Center Herb Brooks Arena. It would take till the last minute of the period before we had our first game goal. Still, both teams would score within ten seconds of each other as Connor Eddy would get his third goal of the season for the Riverhawks, and Ryan Richardson would get his 5th of the year for the Golden Knights, and the period would end tied at one. The Golden Knights would take the lead in the game at the 8:32 mark of the second period on Ray Fust's first goal for the 2-1 lead. However, the Riverhawks would answer right back and tie the game at two 17 seconds later on the Mirko Buttazzoni second of the season. Then, just 90 seconds after that, the Riverhawks would regain the lead at 3-2 on Matt CCrasa'sthird of the season. The Golden Knights would keep fighting and tie the game up again on Ryan Richardson's second goal with 4:09 left in the second period to end the second period tied at four. When the teams returned for the third period, both would be looking for the go-ahead goal, but the Riverhawks would be the ones that would get the 4-3 lead with just under ten minutes left on Owen Cole's fifth of the season. The Golden Knights would not be denied on this day as they would tie it up again, this time on the Ellis Rickwood goal, his third of the season, and from there, the game would head to overtime. In the three-on-three overtime, both teams would have their chances. Still, no one would be able to light the lamp, and the game would officially go as a 4-4 tie, but because of the weekend tournament, a winner would be needed, which would be the Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks on the eighth round of the shootout. Henry Welsch would make saves in the winning effort for the Riverhawks, and they went to10-on the three seasons. As for the Golden Knights, Ethan Langenegger would make 23 saves as they go to 9-5-2 in the season. Gallery

Clarkson's Jack Sparkes (55) with the shot on net from the circle that Ryan Richardson (6) would tip in to tie the game at 3.Gallery

Providence's Zachary Borgiel (29) made the shoulder save on St. Lawrence's Jacob Bernandet (19) to keep the game tied at one at the time of 19, saving the night for the win. It would be the second day of the 2nd Annual Adirondack WinterInvitationall from the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY, and the first matchup of the day would feature the #10 Providence Friars taking on the Saints from St. Lawrence as the Friars would be looking to go perfect on the weekend against the North Country foes in front of 210 fans. The game would start well for the Friars as they would get the opening goal of the game just 3:21 into the contest as Tanner Adams would get his second of the weekend and eight on the season to give them the 1-0 lead, and that would be the only scoring of the first period In the second period,d the Saints would get their first goal of the weekend, and it would come from Tyler Cristall for second of the season as it would tie the game up atone1 just 2:31 into the period and that would be the lone goal of the period, and the teams would enter the third period tied at 1 The Saints would enter the third looking for the upset of number ten in the country, although that would not be happening on this day as the Friars would take the 2-1 lead at the 8:51 mark of the third on the John Mustrd's fourth of the season and that's how the game would end at 2-1 Friars In the winning effort, the Friars Zachry Borgiel would make 19 saves on the night as they go to 10-3-2 in the season As for the Saints, Dominic Basse would make 33 saves in the afternoon as the Saints go to 4-11 in the season, and both teams head back into conference play next season. Gallery

St. Lawrence's Tomas Mazura (10) with the clean open ice hit that takes the Providence's player off the puck and his feet.Gallery

Clarkson's Jack Sparkes (55) with the crushing hit on Providence's John Mustard (21) that jars the puck loose along the end boards. It would be the second game of the day from the famed Herb Brooks Arena as part of the 2nd annual Adirondack Winter Invitational, and it would feature a matchup inside the top the 20 as the #10 Providence Friars would square off with the #20 Clarkson Golden Knights. The game would start for the Friars as they would waste little time getting the contest's opening goal at the 4:15 mark of the first period on Tanner Adams's seventh goal of the season and take the early 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till the 13:34 mark of the period when the Friars would score this time on the shorthand from Nick Poisson for his 4th of the season. The Golden Knights would finally get into the scoring act two minutes later when Jared Mangan scored the powerplay for his fourth season, and that's where the first period would end. The game would stay there till the 8:57 mark of the second period when the Golden Knights found the equalizer from Ryan Richardson for his fourth of the season and tied the game. That would be the last of the scoring for regulation, and the next 32 minutes would go without a goal. So the teams would head to the overtime, and for some three-on-three hockey, at the 1:57 mark of the period, Graham Gamache would get the game-winner and his third goal of the season. In the winning effort for the Friar, Phillipp Svedeback made 23 saves as they went to 9-3-2 in the season and played for the St. Lawrence Saints tomorrow to finish the tournament. As for the Golden Knights, Ethan Langenegger would make 28 saves as they fall to 9-5-1 and will have another top-20 opponent tomorrow as they will take on the Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks. Gallery

Providence's Alexander Bales (6) with the hip check on Clarkson's Ellis Rickwood (19) as they go after the loose puck behind the net. Gallery

St. Lawrence's Mike Kucenski (1) with the save on the breakaway attempt by Massachusetts Lowell's to keep the game 1-0 late. It would be the opening game of the 2024 edition of the Adirondack Winter Invitational from the famed Herb Brooks Arena, and it would feature a matchup between hockey east and ECAC foes as the #16 Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks would face against the St. Lawrence Saints. There would be no scoring through the opening twenty minutes of the game as the teams were feeling each other out in the opening period. The Mass Lowell would finally break through in the second period and get the game's opening goal at the 11:25 mark from Dillan Bentley for the 1-0 lead, and that's where the game would be at the end of the second period. When the teams returned for the third period, both teams had a chance to tie the game up or take control of it, but both goalies were up to the challenge. The Riverhawks would get an empty netter goal in the final minute from Scott Trurman to give them the 2-0 victory. For the Riverhawks, Beni Halasaz would make 20 saves in the shutout victory as they go to 10-3 on the season and will play the Clarkson Golden Knights tomorrow at the end of the tournament. As for the Saints, Mason Kucenski would make 28 saves on 29 shots as they fall to 4-10 on the season and will have a matchup tomorrow with the #10 Providence Firares, Gallery

Massachusetts Lowell's (6) pins the St. Lawrence's attacker along the boards and frees the puck up.Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Riley Sutherland (27) goes one-on-one with Morrisville State's Grant Linville (1) as he comes in on the net. The Cardinals would return home for the second straight night as this time they would take on SUNYAC contender the Morrisville State Mustangs from the Ronnie B in front of 1600 fans on Casella Teddy Bear toss night. The game would start well for the Cardinals as they would get the game's opening goal from Tio D'Addario at the 6:09 mark of the first period. The lead would only stay at one for a short time as the Cardinals would extend their lead to 2-0 just over a minute later on the Colin Callanan goal. The game would remain there till the 3:44 mark of the third period when Jake Sacratini power-play goal to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead. The Mustangs would finally be able to get on the board at the 9:03 mark of the third period when they would light the lamp on the Evan Fraccaro power play goal. The Cardinals would waste little time regaining their three-goal lead when Ryan Poorman scored a shorthanded goal 40 seconds later, making it a 4-1 game. The Cardinals would control the game from there for the win as they go to 3-3 on the season. Jacon Hearne would make 11 saves on the night, and they go to 3-3 season. The Cardinals will return to action next weekend in Middlebury for the annual Layer 8 shootout. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Tio Aaddario (9) and the Mustang defender go shoulder to shoulder as they come crashing into the attackers zone for the puck. Gallery