Before the season, MIT was able to secure Chippy Gaw, a professional baseball player, as the team's head coach.
[1] The lack of practice caused the team to stumble out of the gate and lose its first two games by an identical 3–4 score.
In the second Boston College game, Nickle made nearly 50 saves to secure an overtime win.
[2] After a late goal game them a win over Amherst, the team faced its oldest foe in Harvard at the Arena.
playing with 6-man teams, rather than the 7-aside the Engineers were used to, Tech looked lost in the game and were easily beaten by the hill-toppers.