The Mankato West Scarlets (Mankato, MN) ice hockey trounced the host Austin Packers (Austin, MN), 8-2 in Thursday's league outing.

The Scarlets now own a 3-1 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Red Wing for a non-league outing on Saturday, November 23. Mankato West will encounter a Wingers team coming off a 20-1 non-league loss to Hutchinson (Hutchinson, MN). The Wingers record now stands at 0-2.

With the defeat, Austin moves to 1-3 on the season. The Packers travel to Mayo (Rochester, MN) to encounter the Spartans in a Big 9 outing on Saturday, November 23. The Spartans go into the outing with a record of 1-2. Mayo won 3-0 in their recent league outing against Winona (Winona, MN)