PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Coming off a State College of New York Athletic Convention (SUNYAC) championship and its thirteenth consecutive NCAA Event look final season, the Plattsburgh State ladies’s ice hockey staff has introduced its 2025-26 schedule because the Cardinals put together to defend their convention title and make one other run at nationwide competition.
Plattsburgh State completed the 2024-25 season with a 20-7-1 total document (14-3-1 SUNYAC), highlighted by a 2-0 victory over Oswego State to safe this system’s first-ever SUNYAC championship and thirteenth convention title total (seven within the ECAC West and 5 within the NEWHL). Head coach Kevin Houle, getting into his twenty third season on the helm, stays the winningest lively coach by successful share throughout all divisions of NCAA ladies’s ice hockey, holding a exceptional .865 profession mark (517-69-28). Houle has led Plattsburgh State to a Division III-record seven nationwide championships and can look so as to add an eighth to his résumé this season.
The Cardinals will tune up for the common season with a pair of exhibition video games, beginning on the street at VTSU Castleton on Oct. 18, adopted by a house matchup in opposition to the Ottawa Girl 67’s on Oct. 25 on the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Area. Plattsburgh State formally opens its season on Oct. 31, internet hosting Norwich on residence ice. The Cardinals then journey to Endicott on Nov. 8 earlier than returning residence to open SUNYAC play, internet hosting new convention member William Smith on Nov. 14 and Buffalo State on Nov. 15. The staff then hits the street for back-to-back convention matchups, visiting Morrisville on Nov. 21 and Cortland on Nov. 22.
The Cardinals will as soon as once more compete within the Panther/Cardinal Basic in 2025, a two-day event starting on Nov. 29 that options host Middlebury, two-time defending nationwide champion UW-River Falls and Endicott, after making a run to the championship sport in final 12 months’s occasion. The staff then concludes the 2025 portion of their schedule internet hosting Williams on Dec. 6.
Plattsburgh State rings within the New 12 months on the Norwich East-West Hockey Basic, starting with an NCAA Event rematch in opposition to Elmira on Jan. 4. The 2-day event will function comfort and championship video games the next day. The squad wraps up its street journey on Jan. 13 with a matchup in opposition to Trinity (Conn.) earlier than returning residence for a five-game homestand. Plattsburgh State opens the stretch with back-to-back video games in opposition to Suffolk on Jan. 16 and 17, adopted by three SUNYAC contests: internet hosting Canton on Jan. 23, a championship rematch in opposition to Oswego on Jan. 24, and shutting out their residence slate for the month in opposition to Potsdam on Jan. 30. The Cardinals then journey to Potsdam for a second matchup the next day, Jan. 31.
The Cardinals open February at residence with a non-conference matchup in opposition to Middlebury on Feb. 3 earlier than starting their remaining street stretch of the common season. The journey begins with SUNYAC video games at Buffalo State on Feb. 6 and William Smith on Feb. 7. Plattsburgh State then visits Oswego on Feb. 13 and Canton on Feb. 14 to shut out the street swing. The Cardinals return to the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Area for his or her remaining regular-season convention video games, internet hosting Cortland on Feb. 20 and Morrisville on Feb. 21.
The highest 4 groups within the remaining regular-season convention standings will qualify for the SUNYAC Event, with the semifinals set for Feb. 28 and the championship set for March 7.
Season ticket gross sales will start on Monday, Aug. 18.
