The first four-game took place at Lake Placid In the opening match against Dartmouth, neither team had been able to get much practice in ahead of time and the game was considerably slowed when the surface cracked and allowed water to seep up from below.

Nowhere was this fact more evident than the match against Yale; the Bulldogs had been playing together since mid-November and were one of the best teams in the nation but were still only able to get a single goal past Lowes.

[3] The team took an overnight train to Buffalo for a match on New Year's Eve but found that the rink they were to use had been made unusable due to a thaw.

Frank Baird helped the team quickly gain the use of a rink at Port Colborne, about 25 miles away from Buffalo, and hastily played a game against a local aggregation.

Soft, slushy ice and a late rain limited the game to just 30 minutes and slowing the players down but it was the defensive efforts of the visitors that prevented any Eph from finding the twine.

On an individual basis, the Purple players appeared to be better than their northern counterparts, however, the severe lack of practice left them playing as solitary figures rather than a team.

Captain Stephenson was moved back to defense in place of Pressprich while Popham assumed the role at left wing but that change didn't provide any tangible benefit.

Both squads were evenly matched throughout the game but the Lord Jeffs held a narrow lead in the third and were trying to squeeze out a close win.

Tired out by the pace of the game, the Ephs' defense allowed two goals in the third and fourth overtimes and handed bragging rights, at least temporarily, to Amherst.

[6] The rematch happened a week later at Amherst with a freshman, Russ, being inserted at right wing while Stephenson and Pressprich were returned to their former position.

Feeling that it would be unfair to ask Williams to play without its regular goal guard, Army offered not only to loan the Ephs their backup netminder but to also not count the game as an official match.

[10] The Ephs headed out at the end of February to take on the Albany Country Club but the game was cancelled due to poor ice conditions.