The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Luverne Cardinals (Luverne, MN) and the visiting Albert Lea Tigers (Albert Lea, MN), witnessed Luverne's ice hockey team hold off Albert Lea by a score of 3-2.

The Cardinals (9-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Mankato East (Mankato, MN). The Cougars come into the non-league challenge with a 6-6 record. In their last challenge, Mankato East got by Owatonna (Owatonna, MN), 6-3, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the Tigers battle the Red Wing Wingers (Red Wing, MN) in a Big 9 challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Albert Lea will attempt to better on its 4-3 season record. The Wingers come into the challenge with a 1-9 record after their 6-0 league win over Faribault (Faribault, MN).