The crowd at Friday's league challenge between the Kenai Central Kardinals (Kenai, AK) and the host Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears (Juneau, AK), witnessed Kenai Central's ice hockey team nip Juneau-Douglas by a final score of 5-4.

The Kardinals (11-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Juneau-Douglas (Juneau, AK). The Crimson Bears come into the Northern Lights challenge with a 9-6 record. In their last challenge, Juneau-Douglas got by Homer (Homer, AK), 9-2, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Crimson Bears battle the Kenai Central Kardinals (Kenai, AK) in a Northern Lights challenge, on Saturday, January 25. Juneau-Douglas will attempt to upgrade on its 9-7 season record. The Kardinals come into the challenge with a 10-9 record after their 11-1 league win over Homer (Homer, AK).