The crowd at Saturday's non-league challenge between the Mahtomedi Zephyrs (Mahtomedi, MN) and the visiting Orono Spartans (Long Lake, MN), witnessed Mahtomedi's ice hockey team hold off Orono by a score of 4-3.

The Zephyrs (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Minnetonka (Minnetonka, MN). The Skippers come into the non-league challenge with a 6-5 record.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Providence Academy Lions (Plymouth, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Thursday, January 2. Orono will attempt to better on its 5-4 season record. The Lions come into the challenge with a 2-2 record after their 9-4 non-league loss to Marshall (Duluth, MN).