The Plattsburgh State Cardinals pose for there team photo as they are crowned the 2018 WB Mason Winter Classic champions. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Babson Beavers in the finals of the 2018 WB Mason Winter Classic. The Cardinals would strike first with the opening goal 11 minutes into the first period from Cole Stallard. The Cardinals would extend the lead 2 minutes into the second period on the Rich McCartney goal to make it 2-0. The game would stay there till the 7-minute mark of the third period when Rich McCartney would get his second goal of the night to make it 3-0. The Beavers would get on the broad with 5 minutes left in the third on a Patrick Flynn goal to make it 3-1. Then with under two minutes left the Cardinals would add an empty netter from Greg Malafronte to secure the 4-1 victory. In the winning effort, Lawson Fenton would make 29 saves as the Cardinals go to 7-7 on the season. Gallery.

Plattsburgh State's Ross Sloan (26) with the goal over the shoulder over the Elephants' goal. It would be the semi-finals of the W.B. Mason Winter Classic featuring the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the Tufts Elephants. The game would remain scoreless until the 2:55 mark of the second period when Matt Quality would open up the scoring. Then just 47 seconds later the Cardinals would extend there lead to 2-0 on Andrew Pizzio goal. Then just over a minute later the Cardinals would strike again on Antoine Desnoyers's goal to make it 3-0. Then with 19 seconds left the Cardinals would make it 4-0 on Ross Sloan's goal. Then four minutes into the third period Anthony Fournier-Gosselin would score to secure the 5-0 victory. In the winning effort, the Cardinals would go to 6-7 on the season as Lawson Fenton would make 25 saves on the night. Gallery.

Plattsburgh State's Jesse Neher (22) with the one-timer that he uses to put the Cardinals on the board. It would be a rivalry game of the season as the Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host #4 Oswego State Lakers in SUNYAC play. The Lakers would get the opening goal of the game at 8:20 of the first period from Michael Gillespie. The game would stay there until the 7:48 mark of the second period when the Lakers would score on the power play thanks to Mitch Emerson to make it 2-0. Then at the 15:38 mark, the Lakers would score twice in 23 seconds from Joseph Molinaro and Mitch Herlihey to make it 4-0. The Lakers would add another one at 3:44 of the third period to make it 5-0 from Cameron Berry. Then the Cardinals would do there best to make a game of it as Phillip Middleton would make it 5-1 at 9:18 of the third period. Then at 13:13 Jesse Neher would strike to make it a 5-2 game. As that would be all as the Oswego State Lakers would hold on for the 5-2 victory. In the losing effort, Jimmy Poreda would make 29 saves as the Cardinals fall to 5-7 on the season Gallery.

Plattsburgh State's Phillip Middleton (4) with the rebound and slides the puck in the open net for tying goal. It would be the Plattsburgh State Cardinals hosting the Cortland State Red Dragons in SUNYAC action. In a very physical game, the Red Dragons would get the opening goal of the contest with 3 seconds left in the first period from Alex Storjohann. The game would stay there till 8:34 of the second period when Phillip Middleton would tie up on the rebound goal. The Cardinals would take the lead 22 seconds into the third period on the Cam Owens goal. The Cardinals would add another goal at 16:12 from Mike Falanga to make it a 3-1 game. In securing the 3-1 victory the Cardinals go to 5-6 on the season as Jimmy Peroda makes 20 saves on the night. Gallery.

The Harvard Crimson pose for there team photo as they are crowned the 2017 ECAC Hockey champions for the second time in three years. The #1 Harvard Crimson would meet up with the #3 Cornell Big Red in the championship of ECAC Hockey. The Harvard Crimson would get the first goal of the game on Ryan Donato's power-play goal at 14:46 of the first period for a 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till 16:08 of the second period when Harvard's Luke Esposito would score to make it 2-0. The Crimson would expand there lead to 3-0 on Michael Floodstrand's goal that bounced in off the backboards. Then at 11:10 of the period, Harvard's Ryan Donato would get his second of the night and make it 4-0. In the closing minutes of the game, Cornell's Jeff Malott would score to break up the shutout and make it 4-1 game. In the winning effort, Merrick Madsen would make 25 saves as the Harvard Crimson are crowned the 2017 ECAC champions, Gallery.

Cornell's Mitch Gillam (32) with the body save to secure the puck as part of a 33 save night. The #2 Union Dutchmen would meet up with the #3 Cornell Big Red in the second semi-final of the ECAC Hockey Championships. The game would remain scoreless until the 3:03 mark when Cornell's Noah Bauld would give the Big Red the 1-0 lead. Then just over four minutes later the Big Red would extend the lead to 2-0 on Jake Weidner's goal. The game would stay there til the 7:23 mark of the thirds period when Union's Cole Maier would score to make it 2-1 down the stretch. Then at 16:48 of the third, the Big Red would regain the 2-0 lead on Eric Freschi's goal. Then just over a minute, later the Big Red would put the game away on Beau Starrett's goal. In the winning effort, Mitch Gillam would make 33 saves as the Cornell Big Red advance to the finals on Saturday evening against Harvard. Gallery.