The crowd at Friday's non-league challenge between the Hancock Bulldogs (Hancock, MI) and the visiting Novi Wildcats (Novi, MI), witnessed Hancock's ice hockey team defeat Novi by a final score of 5-2.

The Bulldogs (4-6) will now prepare for their challenge against DeWitt (DeWitt, MI). The Panthers come into the non-league challenge with a 4-4 record. In their last challenge, DeWitt by Alpena (Alpena, MI), 3-2, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Wildcats battle the Houghton Gremlins (Houghton, MI) in a non-league challenge, on Saturday, January 4. Novi will attempt to upgrade on its 8-3 season record. The Gremlins come into the challenge with a 7-4 record after their 3-1 non-league loss to Stevenson (Livonia, MI).