2023-24 Plattsburgh State Men's Ice Hockey Schedule
 
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's ice hockey team will look to defend its State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) championship when it embarks on a 25-game regular-season schedule in 2023-24, as announced Tuesday by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation.
 
The Cardinals went 20-6-2 overall (12-3-1 SUNYAC) under the direction of fourth-year head coach Steve Moffat in 2022-23, winning their 24th SUNYAC title and qualifying for the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 23rd time in program history.
 
Plattsburgh State tunes up for the regular season with a pair of exhibition games, first visiting Castleton University on Oct. 14 before hosting Saint Michael's College on Oct. 21. The Cardinals open the regular season at Saint Anselm College on Oct. 27 before hosting Castleton University on Oct. 28. SUNYAC play begins with a game at SUNY Morrisville on Nov. 1, and Plattsburgh State entertains SUNY Geneseo (Nov. 10), SUNY Brockport (Nov. 11) and SUNY Potsdam (Nov. 17) before hosting the LayerEight Shootout from Nov. 24-25. The Cardinals' first game at the tournament will be against St. Olaf College on Nov. 24, and they will square off with either Norwich University or Middlebury College on Nov. 25. The 2023 portion of their schedule finishes up with home games against SUNY Cortland (Dec. 1) and rival Oswego State (Dec. 2) and road contests at Buffalo State (Dec. 8) and Fredonia (Dec. 9).
 
The Cardinals ring in the New Year by hosting the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic from Jan. 5-6, taking on Rivier University on Jan. 5 before hosting either Nazareth University or Albertus Magnus College on Jan. 6. Plattsburgh State then entertains Middlebury on Jan. 12 before visiting Williams College on Jan. 13. SUNYAC action resumes with a home game against Morrisville on Jan. 20 and a pair of games at Geneseo (Jan. 26) and Brockport (Jan. 27), while a home contest versus Norwich on Jan. 31 marks a rematch of last year's NCAA Division III Tournament first-round game that the Cadets won in overtime. Following road games at Potsdam (Feb. 3), Cortland (Feb. 9) and Oswego (Feb. 10), Plattsburgh State closes out the regular season at home against Buffalo State (Feb. 16) and Fredonia (Feb. 17).
 
The top six teams in the final regular-season conference standings will qualify for the SUNYAC Tournament, with the first round set for Feb. 21, the semifinals set for Feb. 24 and the championship set for March 2. The top two seeds earn byes to the semifinals, while the bottom four seeds begin the tournament in the first round on Feb. 21.

Ticket information for the 2023-24 season will be forthcoming.