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NCAA Division III Men's Hockey: Middlebury Panthers @ #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals January 12th 2024

Plattsburgh State's Colin Callanan (17) and Middlebury's Ryan Pineault (37) battle for the puck as they drive the zone. The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would play their old crosstown rivals the Middlebury Panthers at the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in front of 1800 loyal Cardinal fans. The Cardinals get on the board early in the game just 5:45 into the first on the Bennett Stockdale powerplay goal to make it a 1-0 game. The Cardinals would strike again on the powerplay at the 13:37 mark of the period on the Luk Jirousek as the Cardinals go up 2-0 Then just about 90 seconds later the Cardinals would keep the machine going as Josh Belgrave would make it a 3-0 game. Then to finish off the first period of scoring Trey Thomas would score just 53 seconds later to make it a 4-0 Cardinals game. The Cardinals would come out in the second period hot and score just 1:13 in on the Ryan Hogg goal to make it a 5-0 Cardinal game. That would be all the scoring on this night as the Panthers defense would button down the hatches from there on but the Cardinals would get the 5-0 win. In the winning effort, Jacob Hearne would make 26 saves as he would get his first shutout of the season the Cardinals go to 13-2 on the season and will be back in action tomorrow to take on Williams in Massuschetts. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Luk Jirousek (29) with the goal early in the game to give the Cardinals the 2-0 lead. Gallery