After having to cancel their entire 1903–04 season due to poor weather conditions, MIT returned to the ice in January 1905.
Unfortunately, the weather again forced them to cancel their first game of the season against Brown.
After that initial embarrassment the team settled down and won their next five games, albeit against non-college opponents.
Note: Massachusetts Institute of Technology athletics were referred to as 'Engineers' or 'Techmen' during the first two decades of the 20th century.
By 1920 all sports programs had adopted the Engineer moniker.