With a new coach and half of the players new to the program, the Engineers had precious little time to get ready for their first game of the season.
With almost a month until the next game, the Engineers spent whatever time they could scrounge at the Boston Arena, preparing for the showdown with Princeton.
Unfortunately, MIT was no match for the mighty Tigers and the Bostonians were swept off of the brand new Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.
Though it was a much closer game, the Engineers proved to be the superior squad and then carried that momentum into a win over Army a few days later.
January ended with the team facing its old nemesis, Harvard, with MIT still hopelessly outgunned by the college hockey elite.