The Jeffmen were unable to get any real practice time entering the season and were forced to cancel their first two games due to a lack of ice.
Unfortunately, the lack of practice caught up with the squad and Army used a superior brand of hockey to score three unanswered in the latter portion of the game.
The next match for the Lord Jeffs was supposed to be at Williams, however, a snowstorm forced the game to be postponed to the end of February.
The Jeffmen scored three goals at the start of the game to take a sizable lead but weren't able to build on that for the rest of the match.
[4] The Lord Jeffs then put up a valiant effort against Hamilton, In what was possible their best performance to date, Amherst fell 2–5.
After returning home, the team was met by warm weather once more and were forced to cancel the rematch with Massachusetts Agricultural.