A warm winter meant that most of the early-season training for the team happened off the ice and all of those degrading effects caused the Maroons to open the year with a bad defeat at the hands of Williams.
[3] After a subsequent loss to Amherst, Benny Leonard was admitted to hospital with acute Appendicitis and needed surgery to fix the issue.
Somewhat surprisingly, the team was able to win its next game but Rensselaer was and had been one of the worst programs for over a decade and the Maroons' victory had as much to do with the quality of their opponent as anything else.
The shorthanded team got a small bit of good news heading into the rematch with Amherst; the Lord Jeffs were dealing with similar roster problems.
YMCA had a chance to avenge their earlier defeat but, even handicapped, the Sabrinas were too much for the Maroons and handed them yet another shutout loss.