The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Alexandria Cardinals (Alexandria, MN) and the host Brainerd Warriors (Brainerd, MN), witnessed Alexandria's ice hockey team defeat Brainerd by a score of 4-1.

The Cardinals (5-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Little Falls (Little Falls, MN). The Flyers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-3 record. In their last challenge, Little Falls got by Proctor (Proctor, MN), 3-2, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Warriors battle the Roseau Rams (Roseau, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 11. Brainerd will attempt to better on its 1-10 season record. The Rams come into the challenge with a 5-7 record after their 2-1 league loss to Warroad (Warroad, MN).