The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Austin Packers (Austin, MN) and the host Fairmont Cardinals (Fairmont, MN), witnessed Austin's ice hockey team defeat Fairmont by a final score of 9-1.

The Packers (9-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Owatonna (Owatonna, MN). The Huskies come into the Big 9 challenge with a 6-5 record. In their last challenge, Owatonna ran past Mankato West (Mankato, MN), 4-3, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Windom Eagles (Windom, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, January 20. Fairmont will attempt to upgrade on its 0-12 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 4-8 record after their 8-1 league loss to Marshall (Marshall, MN).