Plattsburgh's Owen Chapple (72( watches the puck in the chest for one of his 30-plus saves on the night on the shoot from La Salle's Ben Mannis (14). It would be the opening night of the High School Hockey season, and see the Plattsburgh Hornets host the Lasalle Cadets from Section 2 from the Ameri-can North Arena. The game would start well for the road Cadets as they would get the game's opening goal in the first five minutes of the contest. The Hornets would keep coming and tie the game up at one at the 8:19 mark of the first period when Colby Chase would get his first goal. The game would not stay tied very long cause at the 10:46 mark of the period, just two minutes later, the Hornets would take the 2-1 lead on the Lucas Dashnaw power-play goal to give the Hornets the 2-1 lead, and that's where the first period ended. There would be no scoring in the second period of the game, but both teams would have their chances to take the lead; they just couldn't put it away. When the teams head to the third period, the Cadets do not waste time tying the game up, as they get the equalizer from Michael Nocera at 4:53. The rest of the period and overtime would go by without the teams finding the net again and the game would end in a 2-2 tie. Both goalies would be on point for the opener as Carter Irving for the Cadets and Owen Chapple for the Hornets would have over 30 saves on the net as both teams start the season 0-0-1. The Cadets are back in action on Saturday as they will take on the Beekmantown Eagles. As for the Hornets, they will be back in action Saturday against Niskayuna Hawks. Gallery

La Salle's Edward Donohue (21), with the hard hit on Plattsburgh's Sam Bezio (10), sends him to the ice. Gallery

Beekmantown's Logan Lapier (16) with the hard hit on Plattsburgh's Ben Biezo (7) to knock the puck loose as they entered the zone. It would be the semi-finals from the Section VII Boy's Hockey and it would see the #1 Beekmantown Eagles hosting the #5 Plattsburgh Hornets at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena for the right to play for the sectional title on Monday evening. The favor Beekmantown Eagles would get off to a good start as they would score twice in the first period from Sam Bingel and they would have a 2-0 lead at the end of the first. In the second period, the Eagles would get another couple of goals this time from Ryan Demers and Sam Bingel and Bingel would get the hat trick as the Eagles extended their lead to 4-0. In the third period, the Eagles would put the exclamation point on the game as they would add another three goals from Zach Lapier, Braden Nephew, and Pryce Parker as the Eagles got the 7-0 win and advanced to Section VII Boy's Hockey Finals against the winner of the Saranac Spartans and Saranac Lake/Lake Placid Lakers. In a losing effort, the Plattsburgh Hornets goalie Owen Chapple would do everything he could to keep his team in the game with 63 saves on the evening. Gallery.

Plattsburgh's Chase Lravia (20 and Beekmantown's Edward Sweenor (10) chase after the loose puck in the zone. Gallery

Christain Brothers Academy's Ethan Premo (21) backs his way into Plattsburgh's Lucas Dashnaw (27) and pins him along the boards. It would be a matchup between neighboring sections as the Christain Brothers Academy Brothers from section II would come to Plattsburgh and the Ameri-can North Sports Center and take on the Plattsburgh Hornets. The opening goal of the game would come with about four minutes left in the first period when Patrick Feranec would light the lamp for the 1-0 Brothers lead. The lead would be short-lived though as the Hornets would come back about two minutes later and get the equalizer to tie the game at one on the Braeden Calkins goal. The game would stay there through most of the second period until Brothers Dom Waters would make it a 2-1 game with five minutes left in the period. The Hornets would come back again and tie the game at two on the powerplay goal from Cooper Holland 1:18 later in the period. In the third period though the Brothers would be too much for the Hornets on this day as they would get three goals from Dom Waters, Mason Famulare, and Ethan Premo while the Hornets would get one from Braeden Calkins as the Brothers would get the 5-3 win. In the winning effort, Christan Brothers Academy would go to 6-13-1 on the season and the Plattsburgh Hornets would fall to 1-16-1 on the season as they head to their Wednesday contest with the Saranac Lake/Lake Placid Lakers. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Chase Laravia (2) with the hard hit on the Christan Brothers Academy staker and knocks the puck loose for the offense. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Owen Chapple (30) with the shoulder save on the shot from Saranac's Brody McComber (4). It would be the second meeting of the year for the Saranac Spartans and Plattsburgh Hornets at both their home rinks the Ameri-can North Sports Center in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference. It would take till the midway mark of the first period that the Saranac Spartans would take the lead on the Landon Giroux goal to give the Spartans the 1-0 lead. Then with just about 3:30 left in the opening period, the Spartans would double their lead on the Landon Duprey goal and that's how the first period would end. Then again about halfway through the second period the Spartans would strike and take a 3-0 on Landon Giroux's second goal of the game. However, the underdog Hornets would not go quite down three they would score at the 1112 mark of the period on a turnover in front of the net that Ben Beizo would slam away for the goal to make it a 3-1 game. Then just about 90 seconds later the Hornets would strike again this time from Braeden Calkins to make it a one-goal game at 3-2 and that's how the second period was. In the third period, the Spartans would waste little time regaining the two-goal lead at 4-2 on the second Landon Duprey goal of the night at the 4:37 mark. Then at the ten-minute mark of the third Landon Giroux would score to complete his hat trick and make it a 5-2 game. Then with just about two minutes left in the game, Ashytn Caitlin would score on the powerplay as the Spartans would secure the 6-2 victory. In the winning effort, Mason Patnode would make 24 saves as the Spartans go to 8-6-1 on the season as they head to Lake George region for a pair of games this weekend. As for the Hornets Owen Chapple would make 40 saves on the night as they fall to 1-14 on the season and their next tilt Wednesday night against the Saranac Lake/Lake Placid Lakers at Amer-can North Sports Center. Gallery

Saranac's Adrian Barnes (8) stakes the zone as Plattsburgh's James Bayer (13) attempts to poke it away and breakup the charge. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Chase Laravia (2) rifles it into the back of the net and past the Pirates goal. It would be nonconference action at AC North today as the Plattsburgh Hornets would take on the Pearl River Pirates as teams look to build as they head down the stretch of the season. The Hornets would come out buzzing as they would score five goals in the opening period with four of them coming from Braeden Calkins and Chase Laravia would add one. In the second period, the Hornets would stay hot and they would another three goals 2 of them from Braeden Calkins, and James Bayers would get one to take the 8-0 lead after the second period. When the teams back for the third period the Hornet's offense was not done yet as they would another two goals this time from Dylan Pachter and Cooper Holland to secure the 10-0 win. In the winning effort, Owen Chapple would make 31 saves on the night as the Hornets would get their first win of the season and are now 1-11 on the season as they head into their game next weekend against Tupper Lake while the Pearl River Pirates go to 5-4-1 on the season. Gallery.

Pearl River's Grant Galvin (17) with the hard hit on Plattsburgh's James Bayer (13) pancaking him on the boards. Gallery.