Plattsburgh Rink Renovation Nears Completion

Josh Colligan of SUNY Plattsburgh's Cardinal Points student newspaper has an update on the ongoing renovation of Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. Must be nice to have a student newspaper with a website.

Women's Tennis Winless; Card Transfer Garrow Unbeaten in Singles

The Oswego State women's tennis squad dropped a 7-2 decision to Oneonta Friday at the AJ Heissan Tennis Courts in Oneonta, N.Y. The loss dropped the Lakers to 0-2, as they also lost their season opener Wednesday to St. john Fisher by a score of 6-3.

Through the two losses, there has been one bright spot on the Laker roster. Junior Tiarra Garrow has yet to lose a set in her two singles matches and has dropped just four games. This is Garrow's first season with Oswego State. She is a transfer from SUNYAC rival Plattsburgh where she won the 2006 SUNYAC title at No. 3 singles. She was also a member of the 2007 national champion women's ice hockey team.

Bye Bye Bleachers

A look at the ongoing renovation of Plattsburgh's Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. These photos were posted on CardinalHockey.net.

CardinalHockey.net Presents Rockin' Ducky

Ducky Drake is the longtime radio play-by-play announcer of Plattsburgh Cardinals hockey. He is also the host of "Behind the Bench," a weekly sports talk show with Cards coach Bob Emery. The shows are archived on the web and you can hear them by clicking on "Rockin' Ducky" at CardinalHockey.net.

Walk-Off Home Run Spoils Laker Upset Bid

Laker hurler Michelle Jackson threw six shutout innings of two-hit ball, but surrendered a two-run blast in the seventh to Amy Woo as Plattsburgh topped the Lakers 2-1 in the SUNYAC tournament opener.

More to come...

BOX SCORE

Lakers, Plattsburgh Split Doubleheader

The Oswego State Lakers crushed Plattsburgh 16-0 in the first game of a baseball doubleheader today at Laker Field. Oz hurler Dave Widrick tossed a complete game shutout, allowing eight hits. The Cards then managed a split of the twin bill with a 10-3 victory in the second game.

Jones Shuts Out Plattsburgh

St. Norbert beat Plattsburgh 2-0 in today's NCAA title game in Lake Placid. Senior goaltender Kyle Jones became the first player to earn two shutouts in a single Frozen Four. The win gives St. Norbert their first NCAA ice hockey championship. Green Knight coach Tim Coghlin is the first person to win a D-III championship as a player and a coach. He captained Wisconsin-Stevens Point to the 1989 title and was an assistant under Joe Baldarotta for their 1993 championship. Baldarotta is now the head coach at SUNY Cortland.

ESPN.com Report

Plattsburgh & St. Norbert Scoreless After One

The Plattsburgh Cardinals and St. Norbert Green Knights are scoreless after 20 minutes of play in Lake Placid. Brian Hince has stopped 14 shots for the Cards while Kyle Jones has 10 saves for the Knights. The game is being broadcast on CSTV and webcast on CSTV.com.

Plattsburgh Advances To Easter Showdown With St. Norbert

Plattsburgh beat Elmira 6-3 tonight in Lake Placid to earn a spot in tomorrow's championship game against St. Norbert.

Dylan Clarke Gives Plattsburgh 3-2 Lead

Plattsburgh's Dylan Clarke just put home a rebound for his 10th power play goal of the season to put the Cards up 3-2 over Elmira in the second. Elmira had jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, but the Cards evened it at 2-2 after a Bob Emery timeout.

Plattsburgh Sweeps Championship Saturday

The Plattsburgh Cardinals are the SUNYAC Champions in men's basketball and ice hockey.

Hockey story from the Pall-Times.

Hoops story from Oswego State.

Pall-Times writer Josh Hines's Laker hockey blog.

Oswego vs. Plattsburgh Tonight on WNYO

Men's Hockey Cracks Top 5

Oswego State is ranked #5 in the latest USCHO.com national poll released just moments ago. The Lakers were ranked #9 before this weekend's 4-1 win over Fredonia in the SUNYAC semifinals. The Lakers SUNYAC title-game opponent, Plattsburgh, bumped up a spot to #2. St. Norbert retained the top spot in the poll, earning 19 of a possible 20 first-place votes.

Plattsburgh Tix On Sale Now

Oswego State has received an allocation of 100 tickets for Saturday's SUNYAC Championship in Plattsburgh. Tickets are on sale now, you can call the box office at (315) 312-2056 to reserve your seats. Read more.

OSWEGO-PLATTSBURGH XCIII

The Oswego State Lakers defeated Fredonia 4-1 and Plattsburgh downed Potsdam 6-0 to set up a Laker-Cardinal SUNYAC final. More to come throughout the week.

Men's Hockey Returns To Top 10

Oswego State moved up three spots to the number nine ranking in the latest national men's hockey poll released Monday. The Lakers received 127 points in the USCHO poll after their 3-0 victory Saturday at Cortland. This is Oswego State's highest ranking since the Nov. 5, 2007 poll where they were also voted ninth.

The top three spots of the poll remained unchanged as St. Nortbert retained the top spot, followed by Elmira and Plattsburgh.

Lakers Still Nationally Ranked

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team is ranked tied for 14th in the latest USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll, released Monday afternoon.

The Lakers went 2-1-0 in three games last week, defeating Morrisville at home 9-1 and Potsdam on the road Saturday by a 6-0 score. Friday, Oswego State fell to No. 3 Plattsburgh 3-2 in overtime.

Oswego State returns home this weekend for its final two regular-season home games of the season. The Lakers host Geneseo on Friday and Brockport on Saturday. Both games start at 7 p.m.

Sweep! Cards Go 2-For-2 Against Lakers

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. -- For 64 minutes, it looked as though the SUNYAC regular season-title race would be a dogfight until the end. Then, with a simple left-wing wrister from sophomore Ward Smith (pictured), the Plattsburgh Cardinals took a commanding five-point lead in the conference standings.

Plattsburgh (17-2-0, 10-0-0) earned a 3-2 overtime victory over Oswego State in a match-up of SUNYAC powerhouses. They also completed a regular season sweep over the Lakers for the first time since the 2003-2004 season.

Senior goaltender Ryan Scott stopped a season-high 37 shots. His effort kept the Lakers in the game despite the fact they were out-shot 20-4 over the game's final 24:07. Overall, Plattsburgh put 40 shots on Scott. The last coming off the stick of Smith, whose marker sent the hometown crowd into a frenzy and his teammates pouring onto the ice.

That same crowd had been on pins and needles at the start of the third period as they found their team in an unfamiliar spot...trailing. The Cardinal faithful had only seen their club trail after two periods one other time this season. Meanwhile, the Lakers had won 12 straight when leading after 40 minutes.

Laker assistant captain Kyle McCutcheon single-handedly gave Oswego State (11-5-2, 7-2-1) the lead midway through the second. The senior defenseman bumped an attacker off the puck in the defensive zone, carried the puck coast-to-coast, and wristed a shot past freshman standout Brian Hince for a 2-1 lead.

McCutcheon's goal was a quick answer to Plattsburgh's game-tying power play marker just minutes earlier. Freshman Dan Sliasis had scored on a feed from Dylan Clarke at the 7:12 mark to bring a small flurry of tennis balls onto the ice and even the game at 1-1. Five of Sliasis' six goals this season have come on home ice. No delay-of-game penalties were called for the tennis ball-toss.

The Lakers lit the lamp first in the game's 11th minute on a two-on-one rush as Brendan McLaughlin put home a rebound off a shot by line-mate Peter Magagna. The goal was McLaughlin's eighth on the year and extended his points streak to nine straight games. It also gave the Lakers a 1-0 lead; Oswego State had won 12 straight when scoring first coming into the match-up.

The Lakers maintain a one-point advantage over Fredonia for second-place in the SUNYAC. Oswego State will try to earn two points Saturday at 7 p.m. at Potsdam. The game will be featured on FSN television (Time Warner Cable channel 54 in CNY). The Cards look to pad their comfortable conference lead against Cortland Saturday at 7 p.m. The Red Dragons led Plattsburgh 1-0 after two periods in their first meeting this season.

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Lakers vs. Cardinals Tonight

One of the biggest rivalries in DIII hockey takes center stage tonight as Oswego State (11-4-2, 7-1-1) pays a visit to Plattsburgh (16-2-0, 9-0-0). Catch the play-by-play on 88.9 FM WNYO starting at 6:45 p.m.

Plattsburgh Tickets On-Sale Tomorrow

Oswego State has received an allocation of 100 tickets for fans wishing to follow the men's ice hockey team at their game at Plattsburgh on Jan. 25.

These tickets will go on sale Saturday, Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. at the Campus Center Box Office. The box office will also be open on Sunday, Jan. 20 from 1-5 p.m. Hours on Jan. 21-23 are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and can be ordered by telephone, but must be picked up at the Campus Center Box Office. They cannot be mailed, or held at Plattsburgh's ticket office. The phone number to the box office is (315) 312-3073.

All tickets will cost $7.