Columbia began their season with a win over defending champion Cornell in convincing fashion, though the Big Red were shadows of their former selves.

With Bates leading the way, Columbia scored five times and won 5–4, giving the Lions hope that they could finally break through for a championship.

While Yale had yet to play a game, Harvard had left the league, leaving the match between Columbia and Princeton as the deciding contest.

[2] Columbia ensured themselves of a second-place finish when they defeated Yale in February and, despite losing the championship, the Lions were encouraged with the growth of the program over the previous two seasons.

[3] An ill omen came later as despite possessing a good schedule, there was so little interest in the freshman hockey team that it was disbanded in mid-February.