The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders (St. Cloud, MN) and the host Fergus Falls Otters (Fergus Falls, MN), witnessed St. Cloud Cathedral's ice hockey team hold off Fergus Falls by a score of 8-7.

The Crusaders (7-9) will now prepare for their challenge against Monticello (Monticello, MN). The Magic come into the non-league challenge with a 8-0 record. In their last challenge, Monticello got by Cambridge-Isanti (Cambridge, MN), 7-1, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Otters battle the Willmar Cardinals (Willmar, MN) in a Central Lakes challenge, on Thursday, January 16. Fergus Falls will attempt to better on its 5-5 season record. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a 4-5 record after their 11-0 non-league win over Wadena-Deer Creek (Wadena, MN).