The Plattsburgh Cardinals are a Men’s Division III ice hockey team representing the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, located in Plattsburgh, New York from the State University of New York Athletic Conference. The team is based out of the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena, which is located just minutes from the school’s campus.  The men’s program was established for the 1975-76 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: State University of New York at Plattsburgh
• Location: Plattsburgh, New York
• School Founded: 1889
• Enrollment: ~4,561
• Colors: Red, Black, White
• Home Arena: Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena
• Arena Capacity: 2,000
• Rink Dimensions: 185′ x 85′
• Conference: State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC)
• Head Coach: Steve Moffat
• Conference Titles: 16 (1978, 1979, 1987^, 1992, 1993, 1995 co-champ, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016)
  • ^1987 title vacated due to NCAA violations
• Conference Tournament Titles: 23 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1985*, 1987^, 1988*^, 1990*, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2023)
  • ^1986 and 1987 titles vacated due to NCAA violations 
• National Titles: 3 (1987^, 1992, 2001)
  • ^1987 title vacated due to NCAA violations 

Conferences

• NCAA Division II Independent (1975-1976)
• ECAC Division II (1976-1985)
• New York Collegiate Hockey Association (1977-1981)
  • conference ran within ECAC Division II
• ECAC West (1985-1992)
• State University of New York Athletic Conference (1992-present)

Arenas

• Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena (1972-present)
  • known as Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse Arena until 1987

Head Coaches

• John Corker (1975-1976) 14-11-1 (.558)
• Lou Frigon (1976-1980) 75-30-2 (.710)
• Herb Hammond (1968-1980) 62-29-5 (.672)
• Doug Kacharvich (1980-1997) 16-18-0 (.471)
• Steve Hoar (1984-1989) 131-48-2 (.729)
• Bob Emery (1989-2019) 624-215-65 (.726)
• Steve Moffat (2019-present) 95-57-11 (.617)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
ECAC Division II Independent										Overall Record
1975-76	26	14	11	1	-	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	14	11	1	-	-
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1976-77	18	5	13	0	55	132	10	13th West	N/A	23	9	14	0	85	144
ECAC Division II (New York Collegiate Hockey Association)										Overall Record
1977-78	19 (14)	16 (13)	3 (1)	0 (0)	129 (104)	60 (46)	32 (26)	1st West (1st)	W, QF 6-3 (Army) L, SF 4-3 (Elmira)	22	18	4	0	157	79
1978-79	24 (12)	22 (12)	2 (0)	0 (0)	193 (109)	84 (37)	44 (24)	1st West (1st)	W, QF 11-1 (Williams) L, SF 6-5 (Norwich)	29	26	3	0	219	97
1979-80	25 (14)	18 (10)	5 (3)	2 (1)	143 (92)	94 (61)	38 (21)	2nd West (-)	W, QF 4-3 (Norwich) W, SF 4-3 (N. Adams St.) L, F 8-3 (Oswego)	33	22	9	2	161	122
1980-81	22 (14)	17 (11)	3 (2)	2 (1)	131 (93)	84 (59)	36 (23)	2nd West (2nd)	W, QF 9-5 (Westfield St.) W, SF 5-2 (Elmira) W, F 7-6 (Oswego)	33	27	4	2	206	124
ECAC Division II										Overall Record
1981-82	25	18	6	1	175	102	37	2nd	W, QF 7-3 (Elmira) W, SF 11-3 (Potsdam) W, F 14-3 (N. Adams St.)	40	25	13	2	246	180
1982-83	24	16	8	0	115	103	32	T-3rd	W, QF 5-2 (Potsdam) W, SF 5-4 (N. Adams St.) W, F 9-6 (Oswego)	33	20	12	1	147	131
1983-84	25	14	11	0	131	89	28	7th	W, QF 6-1 (Elmira) L, SF 6-2 (RIT)	34	16	18	0	158	134
1984-85	23	19	4	0	174	71	38	2nd	ECAC West: W, QF 5-2 (Potsdam) L, SF 2-1 OT (Union) SUNYAC: W, SF 8-3 (Brockport) W, F 5-3 (Oswego)	37	26	11	0	250	129
ECAC West										Overall Record
1985-86	22	16	5	1	171	74	33	3rd	ECAC West: W, QF 6-3 (Geneseo) W, SF 3-2 (Elmira) L, F 9-5 (RIT)	41	27	3	1	286	171
1986-87	24	23	1	0	162	72	46	1st	ECAC West: W, SF 9-4 (Canisius) W, 5-2 (Oswego) SUNYAC: W, SF 8-1 (Potsdam) W, F 4-2 (Oswego)	39	33	6	0	243	148
1987-88	25	19	6	0			38	2nd	ECAC West: W, QF 6-3 (Canisius) L, SF 7-5 (Oswego) SUNYAC: W, SF 8-1 (Geneseo) W, F 6-2 (Oswego)	37	24	13	0	239	144
1988-89	26	20	5	1	173	96	41	2nd	Voluntarily ineligible due to NCAA Investigation	26	20	5	1	174	95
1989-90	26	17	8	1	172	92	35	6th	ECAC West: L, QF 3-1 (Geneseo) SUNYAC: W, SF 6-0 (Fredonia) W, F 5-4 (Oswego)	35	22	10	3	219	127
1990-91	25	18	7	0	162	107	36	5th	Did not qualify	27	19	7	1	176	117
1991-92	27	24	1	2			50	1st	ECAC West: W, QF 6-2 (Hobart) W, SF 7-5 (Fredonia) W, F 6-3 (Mercyhurst) SUNYAC: W, SF 6-4 (Geneseo) W, F 8-4 (Fredonia)	37	32	2	2	271	130
State University of New York Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1992-93	12	11	0	1	92	34	23	1st	W, SF 12-5, 5-1 (Oswego) W, F 10-5, 12-4 (Cortland)	33	25	6	2	219	129
1993-94	12	9	2	1	77	30	19	2nd	W, SF 7-1, 3-7, 1-0 minigame (Oswego) L, F 5-6, 3-6 (Fredonia)	29	18	9	2	189	101
1994-95	14	12	2	0	105	57	24	T-1st	W, SF 6-2, 9-2 (Potsdam) L, F 3-3, 1-4 (Fredonia)	32	20	9	2	194	111
1995-96	14	13	1	0	100	44	26	1st	W, SF 7-3, 2-2 (Fredonia) L, F 4-4, 3-3, 0-1 minigame (Potsdam)	29	20	6	3	170	93
1996-97	14	10	3	1	70	35	21	2nd	W, SF 6-2, 7-4 (Potsdam) W, F 1-1, 6-1 (Fredonia)	31	22	6	3	159	84
1997-98	14	9	4	1	79	42	19	3rd	W, QF 7-2, 6-2 (Fredonia) W, SF 7-1, 4-2 (Geneseo) W, F 4-3, 4-2 (Oswego)	35	26	8	1	193	99
1998-99	14	13	0	1	94	29	27	1st	W, SF 5-0, 8-1 (Geneseo) W, F 5-4, 4-4 (Oswego)	31	23	5	3	190	82
1999-00	14	13	0	1	95	42	27	1st	W, SF 9-3, 7-2 (Geneseo) W, F, 6-0, 6-2 (Potsdam)	33	26	4	3	190	99
2000-01	14	13	1	0	89	32	26	1st	W, SF 8-2, 7-1 (Geneseo) W, F 6-3, 2-6, 5-1 (Potsdam)	34	29	5	0	173	79
2001-02	14	13	1	0	71	25	26	1st	W, SF 7-1, 1-2, 3-0 minigame (Geneseo) W, F 2-2 OT, 3-3 OT, 2-1 (Oswego)	33	20	9	4	134	76
2002-03	14	9	4	1	77	35	19	3rd	W, QF 9-2, 7-2 (Cortland) W, SF 3-2 OT, 5-2 (Fredonia) L, F 5-3, 4-7, 3-5 (Oswego)	32	20	9	3	158	92
2003-04	14	12	0	2	77	27	26	1st	W, SF 8-1, 8-2 (Fredonia) W, F 4-3 OT, 3-2 OT (Oswego)	31	23	5	3	142	78
2004-05	14	7	7	0	51	43	14	T-4th	W, QF 6-0, 4-1 (Potsdam) W, SF 3-2 OT, 3-1 (Oswego) L, F 2-5, 4-5 OT (Geneseo)	31	18	13	0	112	90
2005-06	14	8	6	0	67	42	16	4th	W, QF 5-4, 8-1 (Buffalo St.) W, SF 6-3, 5-2 (Oswego) L, F 4-1, 3-4, 3-4 (Geneseo)	32	19	12	1	143	87
2006-07	14	6	4	4	61	40	16	3rd	W, QF 9-2 (Brockport) W, SF 8-2 (Geneseo) L, F 6-4 (Fredonia)	28	14	8	6	129	76
2007-08	16	14	2	0	75	32	28	1st	W, SF 6-0 (Potsdam) W, F 4-3 (Oswego)	30	25	5	0	140	62
2008-09	16	15	0	1	81	25	31	1st	W, SF 7-2 (Brockport) W, F 5-4 OT (Oswego)	28	24	2	2	135	54
2009-10	16	13	2	1	76	30	27	2nd	W, SF 5-2 (Brockport) L, F 6-3 (Oswego)	29	19	6	4	125	60
2010-11	16	9	7	0	64	49	18	4th	W, QF 4-3 OT (Morrisville) W, SF 3-2 OT (Geneseo) W, F 4-1 (Fredonia)	29	20	8	1	116	75
2011-12	16	12	3	1	54	32	25	2nd	W, SF 4-3 3OT (Buffalo St.) W, F 3-2 (Oswego)	28	19	5	4	92	56
2012-13	16	13	2	1	62	25	27	2nd	W, SF 5-1 (Geneseo) L, F 4-0 (Oswego)	27	19	7	1	99	49
2013-14	16	12	2	2	68	28	26	2nd	L, SF 2-1 (Oswego)	26	19	5	2	101	50
2014-15	16	13	2	1	75	30	27	1st	W, SF 7-5 (Brockport) W, F 2-1 (Oswego)	28	20	6	2	115	60
2015-16	16	12	1	3	63	33	27	1st	W, SF 4-3 OT (Oswego) L, F 7-1 (Geneseo)	27	20	4	3	111	65
2016-17	16	10	5	1	54	51	21	T-2nd	W, SF 5-2 (Geneseo) W, F 3-2 (Oswego)	27	17	10	1	95	92
2017-18	16	7	8	1	48	52	15	T-4th	L, QF 4-3 (Fredonia)	26	13	12	11	86	78
2018-19	16	10	5	1	50	32	21	3rd	W, QF 3-1 (Brockport) L, SF 3-2 (Oswego)	27	13	12	2	70	65
2019-20	16	6	8	2	45	49	14	5th	W, QF 3-2 OT (Brockport) L, SF 4-1 (Oswego)	27	10	14	3	70	86
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	16	11	4	1	68	47	32	3rd	L, QF 7-6 OT (Brockport)	26	15	8	3	112	83
2022-23	16	12	3	1	68	40	25	2nd	W, SF 5-1 (Geneseo) W, 2-1 (Oswego)	28	20	6	2	103	55
2023-24	16	12	3	1	68	37	25	3rd	W, QF 3-2 (Potsdam) W, SF 3-2 (Oswego) L, F 3-2 (Cortland)	28	21	5	2	111	60
2024-25	14	8	6	0	47	38	16	4th	W, QF 5-3 (Potsdam) W, SF 4-3 OT (Cortland) L, F 5-2 (Oswego)	28	16	11	1	92	77
2025-26	18	9	9	0	48	49	18	6th	L, QF 4-3 (Skidmore)	26	13	13	0	74	69

National Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (1984-1987; 1991-2001)
NCAA Division II
1981	N/A	N/A	W, 10-4 (Concordia Cobbers)	L, 5-4 (Lowell Chiefs)	--
1982	N/A	W, 4-3, 1-1 (Babson Beavers)	W, 4-3 (Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties)	L, 6-1 (Lowell Chiefs)	--
NCAA Division III
1985	N/A	W, 6-1, 4-2 (Salem State Vikings)	L, 8-7 3OT (Bemidji State Beavers)	--	L, 9-6 (Union Dutchmen)
1986^	N/A^	W, 7-5, 5-8, 3-1 (Babson Beavers)^	W, 7-5 (Mankato State Mavericks)^	L, 8-5 (Bemidji State Beavers)^	--^
1987^	N/A^	W, 6-2, 3-4, 2-1 OT (Norwich Cadets)^	W, 7-4 (Bemidji State Beavers)^	W, 8-3 (Oswego Lakers)^	--^
1988^	N/A^	L, 2-5, 3-2, 0-1 (Babson Beavers)^	--^	--^	N/A^
1990	N/A	W, 2-5, 4-2, 1-0 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	W, 4-4, 4-4, 2-1 (Babson Beavers)	L, 1-10, 6-3, 0-1 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	N/A
1992	N/A	W, 3-1, 8-1 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	W, 8-5 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	W, 7-3 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--
1993	N/A	W, 5-2, 9-4 (Babson Beavers)	L, 4-2 (Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons)	--	L, 8-3 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)
1995	N/A	L, 2-3, 1-6 (Middlebury Panthers)	--	--	--
1997	N/A	L, 3-3, 2-5 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	--
1998	N/A	W, 6-3, 2-3, 2-0 (RIT Tigers)	L, 8-2 (Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers)	--	W, 9-5 (Augsburg Auggies)
1999	N/A	L, 4-4, 2-3 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	--
2000	N/A	W, 1-1, 4-4, 1-0 (Middlebury Panthers)	L, 7-1 (St. Thomas Tommies)	--	W, 2-0 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)
2001	N/A	W, 3-1, 5-2 (Middlebury Panthers)	W, 5-3 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	W, 6-2 (RIT Tigers)	--
2002	Bye	W, 4-4 OT, 2-2 OT, 1-0 (RIT Tigers)	L, 5-0 (Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets)	--	N/A
2004	Bye	W, 5-4 OT (Curry Colonels)	L, 4-1 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	--	N/A
2008	Bye	W, 5-2 (Hobart Statesmen)	W, 6-1 (Elmira Soaring Eagles)	L, 2-0 (St. Norbert Green Knights)	N/A
2009	Bye	L, 5-4 OT (Neumann Knights)	--	--	N/A
2010	Bye	W, 3-2 OT (Middlebury Panthers)	L, 3-2 (Norwich Cadets)	--	N/A
2011	Bye	L, 3-2 OT (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	N/A
2012	Bye	L, 3-1 (Amherst Lord Jeffs)	--	--	N/A
2015	Bye	L, 5-1 (Trinity Bantams)	--	--	N/A
2017	L, 4-1 (Trinity Bantams)	--	--	--	N/A
2023	L, 2-1 OT (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	--	N/A
23 appearances^**		3-time National Champions^	3-time National Runner Up^	2-Time Third Place Finishers	13 Frozen Fours^

^ = 1986, 1987, and 1988 NCAA Tournament appearances and results vacated due to players receiving impermissible benefits

** = Two additional NCAA Division II tournament appearances

See Also

• Plattsburgh men’s ice hockey website
• SUNYAC men’s hockey website