[1] In his place the school turned to another former Aggie and Howard "Doc" Gordon agreed to take over control of the ice hockey team.
The team had tried to get over to use the Boston Arena during the winter break, however, the rink was in high demand from many other colleges and organizations and MAC could only get in one full practice session.
Once ice did form on Alumni Field, coach Gordon tried to cram as much training as he could into a short span of time.
[3] After a temperature spike caused the game to be postponed until a later date, the Aggies returned home and played host to Amherst.
It was somewhat fortunate that the second goal didn't decide the game as it prevented a controversial outcome, but it still left the Aggies with a loss to open the year.
While the golfers were former college players themselves, the soft ice gave the game a similar character to the Amherst match and provided the Aggies with an unexpected advantage.
The team played about as well as could be expected and scored twice in the final period but each goal was matched but one from Hamilton and the Aggies were unable to wear down their opponents.
The blame for the colossal defeat was laid on the size of Bulldog team as Yale could rely on many more substitutes than MAC to keep their players fresh throughout the match.
The MAC forwards bombarded the Cadet cage with shots all game long but could not pull away from the home team.
MAC desperately tried to win the match for their fallen captain and launched about 20 shots at the Army net in the final five minutes but nothing got past the Cadet goalkeeper.
John Stephenson took over the game in the third, scoring 4 goals in quick succession and putting the match out of reach for the Aggies.