Suffolk's Ava Buckley (7) with the top shelf netter on Plattsburgh State's Chloe Lewis (30) as it gets the Rams within three. It would be the second game of the weekend series between the #15 Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the Suffolk Rams from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in front of 350 fans. The Rams scored the opening goal at the 5:28 mark from Katie Newkirk. From there the Cardinals woud go on a tare scoring 5 goals in the next 11 minutes coming from Riley Keller, Sydnee Francis, Molly Riggi, Emily Kasprzak and Taya Balfour to give the Cardinals the 5-1 lead after the first, In the second perriod the Cardinals would keep it coming and score at the 4:07 mark for Emily Kasprzak second of the game and make it a 6-1 game. The Rams answered back at the 7:05 and 11:50 marks of the second period from Bella Schmidt and Ava Buckley to make it a 6-3 game. The Cardinals would have another answer at the 17:55 mark from Kate Conlon to make it a 7-3 game, and that's where the second period would end. The Cardinals would add one more in the third period from Piper Smith, as they cruised to an 8-3 win. In the winning effort for the Cardinals, Chloe Lewis would make 8 saves on the night as they go to 9-5-1 as they head back into conference play. As for the Ram,s Katelyn Michals would make 50 saves as they go to 5-9-1 on the season. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Piper Smith (12) with the goal on the scramble in front as they get the 8-3 win. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Emily Kasprzak (22) with the clean open ice hit on Suffolk's Julia Holmes in the open ice as they go after the puck. The #15 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would return to the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena for the first time in two months with a non-conference tilt against the Suffolk Rams in front of 300 fans. The Cardinals would get the opening goal of the game at the 7:12 mark of the first period when Zoe Puc would find the back of the nnetfor the 1-0 lead. The Rams would fight back and tie the game at the 11:40 mark of the period, when Bella Schmidt scored to make it a-1 The Cardinals would come back and regain the lead at 2-1 on a power-play goal by Seeyoung Yoo at the 17:30 mark of the first. In the second period, the Cardinals would get the lone goal of the period at the 11:34 mark when Kayson Ruegge scored a shorthanded marker to make it 3- The game would stay there till the 10:06 mark of the third when Kayson Ruegge would net her second of the game to increase the lead to 4-1 Then just a minute later Brooke Terry would score for the Cardinals to make it a 5-1 game. The Cardinals ended their three-minute blitz with a goal from Emily Kasprzak to make it 6-1, and they would cruise to the win. In the Cardinals' winning effort, Chloe Lewis made 14 saves as they went to 8-5 on the season. As for the Rams, Katelyn Michals made it as they fell on theseasothe season, and teams finish off their series tomorrow. Gallery

Suffolk's Bella Schmidt (17) scores on the scramble play in front of the net. Gallery

Wesleyan's Patrick McDevitt (1) with the blocker save as part of a 30-save afternoon in the winning effort. It would be the consolation game of the 2026 Comfort Inn Cardinal Classic, featuring the Suffolk Rams and the Wesleyan Cardinals at the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena, in front of 200 fans. The Cardinals would get the opening goal of the game at the 10:22 mark of the first period from Danny Markham for the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till the 2:21 mark of the second period when Suffok's Nolan Leonard would score to tie the game at 1. The Rams would keep coming and take the 2-1 lead on the Aidan O'Connell powerlay goal at the 8:07 mark. However, the Cardinals would answer right back 80 seconds later and end the game at two on the Andrew Haxton goal. The game would stay there through the rest of the regulations, and they would head to overtime. Over time, the Cardinals got the game-winner three minutes in thanks to D'Tlan Mar.... In the Cardinals' winning effort, Patrick McDevitt made, and they improved to 3-6 on the season. As for the Rams, Austin McNicholas made n9saves as they fell to 55-5-1 on the season, heading back into conference play. Gallery

Suffolk's Ryan Webb (22) with the hard hit along the end boards on Wesleyan's Dtlan Margel to break up the play and head the other way. Gallery

Amherst's Andrew Palena (30) with the pad save on Suffolk's Josh Milso (2) as he tried to slide it by for the goal. It would be the opening game of the 2026 edition of the Cardinal Winter Classic. It would see a battle between the Amherst Mammoth and the Suffolk in front of 800 fans at the Ronald Stafford Ice Arena to see who would play in the championship game Saturday evening. The Mammoth would get the opening goal of the game at the 16:08 mark of the first period when Carson Baylis would light the lamp for the 1-0 lead. The Rams would answer right back, like 90 seconds later, when Marko Giourof would tie the game at one on a wrister. The Mammoth would not stay quiet, though, as they would regain the lead at 2-1 on Daniel McKiernan's goal at the 6:15 mark of the second period. The Rams would answer right back once again and tie the game at two on the Cristobal Tola goal two minutes later. The game would stay there through the rest of regulation, and overtime would not be needed on this day. The game winner would come in overtime for the Mammoth as Caden Olenczak would snip one through the goalie to give them the win. In the winning effort, Mammoth Andrew Palena made 29 saves as they headed to the championship against the winner of Plattsburgh State and Wesleyan. As for the Suffolk Rams, Austin McNicholas would make 23 saves as they head to the third-place game tomorrow. Gallery

Suffolk's Aidan O'Connell (20) with the crunching hit on Amherst Ryan Corcoran (13) as they went after the puck behind the net. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Kevin Weaver Vitale (8) with the goal that sneaks by the defenders and goalie to make it a 3-2 game down the stretch. It would be the 2025 Comfort Inn Winter Classic championship game from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. It would also see the host Plattsburgh State Cardinals taking on the #15 University of New England Noreasters in front of 1,100 fans. It would take until the early stages of the second period before we would get our first score of the game, where it would see the Noreasters take the 1-0 lead on the power play goal from Juraj Elias at the 2:55 mark. The game would stay there till the final 5 seconds of the period when the Noreaster's Drew Olivieri would beat the clock and give the Noreasters the 2-0 lead after the second period. The Cardinals would come out on fire in the third period and get the game to 2-1 just 1:50 into the period on the Colin Callahan goal. The game would stay there till the 12:48 mark of the period when Drew Olivieri would score his second of the night and regain the two-goal lead at 3-1. However, the Cardinals would keep fighting and get the game within one again with 2:20 left when Kevin Weaver Vitale would roof the shot to make it 3-2. However, the Noreasters would finish the game in the final 13 seconds on the Nathan Chickering empty netter to secure the 4-2 victory. In the winning effort for the Noreasters, Stefan Carney made 27 saves, and they went to 9-5-1 in the season. As for the Cardinals, Jacob Heane would make 28 saves as they fall to 7-6-1 on the season and head into their games next weekend against Middlebury and Williams. Gallery

University of New England's Stefan Carney (31) with the pad save as Plattsburgh State's Aaron Catron (12) looked to sneak it into the corner for the goal. Gallery