[1] In 1920 an effort was made to revive the team and the 181st Street Ice Palace was secured as a practice facility.

Once enough interest had been demonstrated and a team was formed, manager A. L. Walker Jr. put together a tentative schedule.

[3] The Lions took more than two weeks to play their next game and, once they did, they found themselves on a sheet of ice nearly double the size of their practice rink.

[4] In their game against Williams the team began well, leading 1–0 after the first, but slumped badly in the middle frame, allowing 5 goals and losing any chance they had at winning their first game of the season.

[5] After letting another early lead slip away against Cornell a lineup change seemed to give Columbia the spark they needed and the Lions mauled Colgate 11–3, winning their first game in over six years.