The crowd at Saturday's league challenge between the Vermont Academy Wildcats (Saxtons River, VT) and the visiting Buckingham Browne & Nichols Knights (Cambridge, MA), witnessed Vermont Academy's ice hockey team defeat Buckingham Browne & Nichols by a final score of 8-2.

The Wildcats (4-10) will now prepare for their challenge against Tournament Opponent (, ). The come into the non-league challenge with a 12-12 record.

In their next game, the Knights battle the Roxbury Latin Foxes (West Roxbury, MA) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 3. Buckingham Browne & Nichols will attempt to upgrade on its 2-5 season record. The Foxes come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 3-1 non-league win over Winchendon (Winchendon, MA).