The crowd at Thursday's league challenge between the Winona Winhawks (Winona, MN) and the host Mayo Spartans (Rochester, MN), witnessed Winona's ice hockey team defeat Mayo by a final score of 4-0.

The Winhawks (11-6) will now prepare for their challenge against Owatonna (Owatonna, MN). The Huskies come into the Big 9 challenge with a 10-6 record. In their last challenge, Owatonna got by Hastings (Hastings, MN), 4-3, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Spartans battle the Austin Packers (Austin, MN) in a Big 9 challenge, on Saturday, February 15. Mayo will attempt to upgrade on its 3-14 season record. The Packers come into the challenge with a 15-6 record after their 2-0 league loss to Mankato West (Mankato, MN).