The first time Plattsburgh State and Middlebury played at Kenyon Arena this season, the game ended without a goal.
This time there were seven — all from the Cardinals.
Seven different players found the net for Plattsburgh in its nonconference men's hockey victory Friday.
Mathieu Cadieux made 25 saves to record the shutout.
"I think we've played a lot of games over the last couple years like (Friday's). The main thing that was different was we were very opportunistic," Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. "We found the back of the net.
"We got seven goals, but that didn't really win the game. The fact that we didn't give up any did."
The third-ranked Cardinals (11-2-3) have won their last five games and are unbeaten in their last nine. They visit No. 11 Williams tonight.
The Cardinals started the scoring barrage with two goals in the last five minutes of the first period. Jared Docking tipped in Paul Puglisi's shot for a power-play score, and then Alex Jensen lit the lamp with 44 seconds left.
"The second goal, (Patrick) Jobb made a great pass to Alex Jensen all alone, and he buried it," Emery said. "It's a cardinal sin in hockey — don't give up a late goal. But when you get one, you get that momentum coming out of the locker room."
Emery said the next goal was a big one, too. Alex Brenton notched a short-handed marker in the middle of the second period.
Shortly after Ryan Craig made it 4-0, Middlebury replaced starting goalie John Yanchek. Dan Fullam gave up goals to Kyle Taylor and Kyle Kudroch, and once the Panthers (6-5-2) turned to Mike Peters in the third period, Ryan Farnan beat him.
Jensen, Taylor and Kudroch all finished with a goal and an assist, and Puglisi and Jobb each earned two helpers.
Yanchek took the loss with 14 saves on 18 shots.
Plattsburgh went 2-for-4 with the man advantage, giving it four power-play goals in its last two games.
Emery said the Cardinals only played well for about 40 minutes in their previous two games, but Friday they turned in a complete game despite the lopsided score.
"You gotta keep your mind focused, forget about the past and try to get the next goal, do the little things," he said. "I think the coaching staff did a good job. Steve (Moffat) and Gregg (Fesette) did a good job of reminding the guys to not be satisfied with how we were playing and not be satisfied with the lead.
"We finally played 60 minutes."
Plattsburgh 7, Middlebury 0
Plattsburgh 2 3 2 — 7
Middlebury 0 0 0 — 0
First period- 1, PSU, Docking (Puglisi, Kudroch), 15:40 (pp). 2, PSU, A. Jensen (Jobb, N. Jensen), 19:16. Penalties: Steele, Mid (interference), 13:41.
Second period- 3, PSU, Brenton, 9:37 (sh). 4, PSU, Craig (A. Jensen, Mooney), 12:08 (pp). 5, PSU, Taylor (Kaye, Puglisi), 15:18. Puglisi, PSU (slashing), 7:38. Drolet, Mid (boarding), 11:43. Grace, PSU (holding), 15:41.
Third period- 6, PSU, Kudroch (Taylor), 0:38. 7, PSU, Farnan (Jobb), 14:53. Penalties: A. Jensen, PSU (cross checking), 8:27. Nerbak, Mid (roughing), 15:05.
Shots on goal:
Plattsburgh 13 7 7 — 27
Middlebury 5 10 10 — 25
Goaltenders (shots-saves): Cadieux, PSU, 25-25. Yanchek, Mid, 18-14. Fullam, Mid, 7-5. Peters, Mid, 2-1.
Power plays (goals-opportunities): Plattsburgh 2-3; Middlebury 0-3.
Attendance: 1,570.