Amherst received welcome news at the start of the season when Leon Plumer was able to return to the ice for the first time in almost three years.
For the first time in years, the weather was accommodating and allowed the team to get in several days of practice ahead of their opening match with Columbia.
Though Amherst fell to the Lions 2–5,[1] it was later revealed that Columbia used ringers in their games and the school forfeited all of their wins for the season.
When the rematch finally did take place, fast ice allowed Albert Sylvester to score twice, sandwiching his goals around one marker from MAC and another from Titus.
[5] The Jeffs then had the chance to prove that they were the best of the small schools in the rematch a week later, however, Williams buckled down and completely overwhelmed Amherst to split the season series.
While the Bulldogs were not having a good season by their standards, they were still one of the best college teams in the country; a fact they made very clear by their treatment of the Lord Jeffs.