The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the South St. Paul Packers (South St. Paul, MN) and the visiting Johnson Governors (St. Paul, MN), witnessed South St. Paul's ice hockey team defeat Johnson by a final score of 9-2.

The Packers (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against St. Paul Academy-Summit (St. Paul, MN). The Spartans come into the non-league challenge with a 1-2 record.

In their next game, the Governors battle the Faribault Falcons (Faribault, MN) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, December 7. Johnson will attempt to upgrade on its 1-1 season record. The Falcons come into the challenge with a 1-3 record after their 11-2 league loss to Mankato East (Mankato, MN).