Facing off against Death for the right to stay in my own world? I think Noel would have a few options to beat him with, as I'm pretty sure Death isn't exactly a renowned hockey player. We need to take Death's physical makeup into account here too, he is pretty much just a bony cloaked figure. I'm not sure what kind of hands or how good of a shot he would have, so maybe a stick handling competition, or a shootout competition or something. I'm sure Death would probably have a hard time scoring on an SHL goaltender. We could also go at it in a hardest shot competition. As far as I know the guy doesn't have any muscle whatsoever so I'm sure Noel could rip a clap bomb harder than Death could. I think I would go with that option and hope that Death's mystical magic strength is limited.