Rye's Sasha Vasyuta (27) with the pad save on the breakaway attempt by Northeastern Clinton's Lucas Bedard (17). It would be the consolation game of the Applebees' Beekmantown Winter Classic between the Rye Garnets and the Northeastern Clinton Cougars. It would be a matchup between a couple of evenly matched teams and there would be no scoring in the opening period. The Garnets would finally breakdown the wall at the 8:41 mark of the second period on the Cal McLoughlin goal to make it 1-0. The game would stay there til the six minute mark of the third period when the Cougars would tie the game up at one the Lucas Bedard goal. It was starting to look like overtime until Rye's Carter Bradford would come in on a breakaway and beat the goalie with 34 seconds left to give the Rye the 2-1 victory. In the losing effort the Cougars fall to 1-2 on the season Gallery.

Siena's Jalen Pickett (22) with the three from the wing as a pair of Bucknell defenders are chasing him down as part of a 12 point night. The Siena Saints would host the Bucknell Bisons in front of 5500 fans at the Times Union Center. It would be a game the Saints would start off in control of a gradually pull away and have a 43-31 lead at the intermission. In the second half the Bisons would make it a more competitive game and on a few occasions have it down to a five-point game and actually win the half 40-38. Although the Saint's hot start would be too much to handle and they would get the 81-71 victory. In the winning effort, Elijah Burns would lead the way with 28 points as the Saints go to 3-5 on the season and the Bison fall to 4-8 on the season. Next up for the Siena Saints is the MAAC season opener as they host Canisius. Gallery

Saranac Lake/Lake Placid's Andres Stanton (1) with the glove save as part of a 16 save night. It would be opening night of the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference season and the Saranac Chiefs would host the Saranac Lake/Lake Placid Lakers at Amer-can North. The opening goal of the game would come to the Chiefs Austin Carpenter at the 5:39 mark of the first period for the 1-0 lead. In the second part of the period, the Lakers would strike two goals from Rhett Darrah and Dustin Patterson for a 2-1 game at the end of the period. In the second period, the tables would flip and the Chiefs would score twice while the Lakers would get one. The goal scores would be Dylan Eagleson and Bailey Marsh for the Chiefs and Ben Munn for the Lakers and game would be tied at three headed to the third. In the third period, the Lakers offense would come alive and strike for four goals from Tyler Hinckley (twice), Hunter Walmont and Dylan Amell. While the Chiefs would get a lone goal from Austin Carpenter as the Lakers would get the 7-4 victory. In the winning effort, Tyler Hinchley would score twice and Dylan Amell would have 5 points on the night for the Lakers, while Erick Frechette would have 51 saves on the night. The Saranac Lake/Lake Placid Lakers go to 4-1 while the Saranac Chiefs fall to 4-1 on the season. Gallery.

Plattsburgh's Ty Calkin (31) with the glove save in the opening period to keep the game close. The Plattsburgh Hornets would host the Grand Island Vikings in nonconference action. The Vikings would strike twice and quick as they would have a 209 lead in the first three minutes of the game. Although the Hornets wouldn't let that stop them as they would score at the 445 marks on the Brandt Clarke goal to make it 2-1. That would be the scoring for the first period and stay there til 3:42 mark when the Vikings would extend the lead to 3-1. The Vikings would extend there lead to 4-1 on a last-minute goal in the second period. The Hornets would do there best to bounce back with a goal by Ethan Kay in the first two minutes of the third to make it 4-2. Although that would be it as Grand Island gets an empty netter late for the 5-2 win. In the losing effort, the Hornets fall to 0-2 on the season. Gallery.

Beekmantown's Alex Briezna (18) with the rebound goal to extend the Eagles lead. The Beekmantown Eagles would host Kenmore East Bulldogs in nonconference action. The Eagles would get the opening goal of the game at the 4:26 mark of the first period on the Alex Brienza goal and that would be the only scoring of the first period. The Eagles would extend there lead to two on the Collin Latinville goal at the 5:29 mark of the second period. Then at the 11:36 mark of the second Alex Brienza would get second of the night on the shorthand to make it 3-0. Then with just four seconds left in the period, Alex Brienza would score to complete his hat trick and make it 4-0. From there on there would be no scoring in the third period and the Beekmantown Eagles would get the 4-0 victory. In the winning effort, the Beekmantown Eagles go to 2-1 on the season as Riley Hansen has the shootout and Alex Brienza with the hat trick. Gallery.

Plattsburgh's Ada Johnson (9) with the tying goal over the Massena's goaltender leg. It would be an Upstate New York Girls Hockey League game between the Plattsburgh Hornets and the Massena Red Raiders. The game would start well for the visiting Red Raiders as they would get the opening goal from Megs Wilmshurst 46 seconds into the game. Although the Hornets would keep the fight up and tie the game at 1 on Ada Johnson's goal at the 6:17 mark of the first period. The game would stay there until the 5:53 mark of the second period when the Red Raiders would regain the lead on the Hannah Chilton goal. Although it would be short-lived as the Hornets would tie it up at 2 90 seconds later on the Avery Holland goal. Although once again the Red Raiders would get the lead back on a goal at the 6:29 mark of the third period to make it 3-2. Once again the Hornets would tie the game up at three with 90 seconds left in regulation on the Gillan Boule goal to force. In the overtime, it would come quickly as Massena Red Raiders Hannah Chilton lights the lamp 31 seconds in for the 4-3 victory. In the losing effort, the Plattsburgh Hornets fall to 6-2 on the season. Gallery.

Adirondack's Eamon McAdams (34) with the glove save as part of a 39 save night. The Adirondack Thunder would host the Allen Americans in front of 2700 fans to finish off the weekend series. It would be a hard-hitting and chippy contest at times not to mention a shootout. It would start off slow as the Americans would get only two goals of the first period from Gagne and Fraser for a 2-0 lead. Although the scoring would pick up greatly in the second period as the teams would combine for seven goals and the Americans would have a 5-4 lead scoring for the Thunder is Sission, Curti, Henry, and Verpaelst. When the teams came back for the third period the Thunder would keep up the fight and tie the game at 6-6 on goals from Szmatula and Salhany and force overtime. In the 3x3 seven-minute overtime there would be nothing decided and they would go to the shootout. In the shootout it would take till the fourth round until we had a winner with the Americans getting the 7-6 win. In the losing effort, Curti and Sission would lead the way with four points as the Thunder fall to 11-11-5 on the season. Gallery,/a>

Beekmantowns Gavin Fessette (25) is pushed into Grand Island goaltender Bobbie Currie (31) as the puck approaches the crease for an Alex Brienza (11) goal. The Beekmantown boys hockey team was unable to hold off its highly ranked opposition Saturday, falling 4-2 to Grand Island at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. The game began well for the home team, as the Eagles held the Vikings - ranked No. 2 in Division 2 by the New York State Sportswriters Association - scoreless in the first period. Beekmantown added to that defensive effort with a Collin Latinville goal midway through the second period to take the lead. That lead was short-lived, though, as Grand Island scored a powerplay goal less than 5 minutes later to tie the game and tacked on an even-strength tally before the end of the period. Mounting a comeback became a more difficult task for Eagles only 21 seconds into the third period, as Grand Island captain Brian ONeill hit a sniping shot from the blue line for his second goal of the day. With 11 minutes remaining in the game, Dylan Bush made the lead 4-1 for the Vikings. Beekmantown looked to take advantage of special teams play to get back in the game, as a flurry of penalties - including a major for the board by Bush - gave the Eagles a 4-on-3 power play. A Grand Island defenseman pushed Gavin Fessette into Vikings goaltender Bobbie Currie with the puck approaching the crease, giving Alex Brienza an open net to shoot at to double the Eagles' score. That comeback effort fell short, though, as Grand Island maintained their undefeated record by a final score of 4-2 Gallery.

Plattsburgh State's Theresa Quinn (12) lays it up off the window for two of her ten-point afternoon. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Northern Vermont Johnson Badgers in the nonconference game to end the 2019 season. The Cardinals would come out and take charge early winning the opening quarter 22-12. In the second quarter, they would stay in control with a 16-6 quarter and have a 38-18 lead at intermission. When the teams came back for the third quarter the Badgers would try there best to make a game out of with a 22-19 Cardinals quarter to lead 60-37 into the fourth. In that fourth quarter, the Cardinals would leave little to the imagination with a 22-9 quarter to secure 82-46 victory. In the winning effort, the Cardinals go to 4-4 on the season while Taylor Durnin would lead the way with 19 points. As the Cardinals head into the break and will return to action on January 7th as they head to Middlebury. Gallery

Plattsburgh Ethan Kay (#2) celebrates with teammates Brandt Clarke, Hayden Colburn, and Jace Lacey after scoring a powerplay goal to tie the game against Kenmore East en route to a 4-2 win for the Hornets. The Plattsburgh High School boys hockey team capitalized on power-play opportunities Saturday to earn its first win of the season, victorious by a score of 4-2 over Kenmore East at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. The Hornets faced an uphill battle after falling behind 2-0 in the first period despite outshooting the Bulldogs 13-9, but they took advantage of their opportunities to pull it back. Late in the second period, Kenmore Easts Bryan Crispin and Tyler Laporta were called for holding and slashing, respectively, to give Plattsburgh a minute-long 5-on-3 opportunity, and it only took 18 seconds for defenseman Ethan Vaughn to find the back of the net. Exactly 30 seconds after Vaughn scored the first goal of the season for the Hornets, Ethan Kay took advantage of the continuation of the powerplay with a slapshot from the point, tying the game 2-2 in the final minute of the second period. Plattsburgh continued that strong play in the third period, outshooting the Bulldogs 14-6 in the final 15 minutes and scoring twice on three power-play opportunities to earn the 4-2 win. Gallery.