The crowd at Tuesday's non-league challenge between the Minot Magicians (Minot, ND) and the host Century Patriots (Bismarck, ND), witnessed Minot's ice hockey team hold off Century by a score of 2-1.

The Magicians (1-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Devils Lake (Devils Lake, ND). The Firebirds come into the non-league challenge with a 0-2 record.

In their next game, the Patriots battle the Dickinson Midgets (Dickinson, ND) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 13. Century will attempt to better on its 1-2 season record. The Midgets come into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 4-1 non-league loss to Legacy (Bismarck, ND).