The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Houston Hawks (Big Lake, AK) and the visiting Palmer Moose (Palmer, AK), witnessed Houston's ice hockey team defeat Palmer by a final score of 7-3.

The Hawks (4-3) will now prepare for their challenge against North Pole (North Pole, AK). The Patriots enter the Aurora battle with a 7-0 record.

The Moose now possess a 8-2 record. They play next when they travel to Kenai Central for a Northern Lights battle on Thursday, December 4. Palmer will confront a Kardinals squad coming off a 1-0 non-league loss to Soldotna (Soldotna, AK). The Kardinals record now stands at 2-7.