Plattsburgh State's Colin Callahan (17) with the shot on net through Plymouth State's Brendan Doyle (14). The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would face off with the Plymouth State Panthers in Non-Conference action at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in front of 1400 fans. The Cardinals would take the 1-0 lead with just over three minutes left in the first period when Quinn Tavares would score. The game would stay there til there was 1:41 left in the second period when Blake Hall would score on the shorthand to make it a 2-0 game. The Cardinals would add a second shorthanded goal at the 1:59 mark of the third period when Josh Belgrave would score to make it a 3-0 game. Then, in the closing seconds of the game, the Cardinals would put the icing on the cake with Aaron Carter's goal to secure the 4-0 victory. In the winning effort for the Cardinals, Brady Spry would make 34 saves in the shutout win to go to 2-0 on the season. As for the Panthers, Connor Strobel made 31 saves as they fell to 0-2 on the season. Gallery

Plymouth State's Kim Hilmersson (23) with the brutal hit on the Cardinals defender that takes him off his feet. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Gabriel Filion (22) with the shot on net by the defender as he would have two goals on the night. It would be the 2025-2026 season openers for the Plattsburgh State Cardinals and the Castleton State Spartans from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in front of 1100 fans. The Cardinals would get the opening goal of the game at the 16:51 mark of the first period. Patrick Cole would give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead. The Spartans would answer right back 1:10 later on a shorthanded goal by Emmett McHardy to tie the game at 1. The Cardinals would come back and retake the lead at 2-1 on the Blake Hall goal 4:06 into the second period. Then, in the closing minutes of the period, the Cardinals would add three quick ones from Gabriel Filion (twice) and Aaron Catron to give them the 5-1 lead at the end of the second period. Then, in the third period, the Cardinals would put the icing on the cake at the 13:41 mark on the power-play goal by Jake Sacratini to secure the 6-1 victory. In the winning effort for the Cardinals, Dominik Bovan would make 22 saves as they went to 1-0 on the season. As for the Spartans, their goalies would combine for 19 saves as they fell to 0-1. Gallery

Castleton State's Cole Matthews (4) with the crunching hit on the Cardinal defender to break up the play. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Aaron Catron (12) with the empty netter to seal the game away with his second goal. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would return home to the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena after the winter break and their first game in nearly a month as they would take on a brand new program, the Keene State Owls, from the Little East Conference in front of 1100 fans. The game would start with the Plattsburgh State Cardinals getting the opening goal near the midway mark of the first period on a goal from Colin Callanan at 9:38 for the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there until the 7:38 mark of the second period when the Cardinals would strike on the power play with Aaron Catron's goal to make it a 2-0 game. The Keene State Owls would do their best to stay in the game, but in the end, the Cardinals would be too much on this day as they would add an empty netter in the final minute of the game from Aaron Catron for his second of the night as they get the 3-0 lead. In the winning effort, the Cardinals would go to 6-5 on the season, and Jacob Hearne would make 26 saves in the shutout win as they head to Connecticut tomorrow and take on Weselyan. As for the Keene State Owls, Ben Skelton would make 33 saves in a losing effort as they fall to 5-6-1 on the season and play Amherst on Sunday. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Luk Jirousek (29) plays the puck from his knee in the corner as he is being crosschecked from behind. Gallery