After playing ice hockey since the end of the 19th century, Princeton finally upgraded the men's program to major status in 1925.

The St. Nicholas Hockey Club provided an early-season glimpse at the team and would help coach Ramsay determine who and what skills still needed work.

However, the amateur club, which was made up primarily of former college stars, refused to go away and scored three times in the third period to steal the match.

[4] Afterwards, the team had over two full weeks to both practice and disband for the winter break before returning for a jam-packed trip through New York and Canada.

Shortly after Christmas, the team played two games at the brand new Madison Square Garden against Canadian colleges.

After losing both games by a 2-goal margin, the team set off to Buffalo and were finally able to earn their first win against the Nichols Hockey Club.

Despite hopes that Princeton could exhibit a better brand of hockey after their arduous trip, the team's offense failed utterly and ended their non-collegiate schedule with a poor mark of 1–5.

Princeton jumped out to a huge lead on the Crimson, scoring three times in the first period and routinely held Harvard in their own end.

By this point, Wilkinson had dropped back to join Hallock on defense and allowed Davis, Harding and Pitman to form a potent starting line.

The Elis had made arrangements to use Madison Square Garden as their home rink this season since the New Haven Arena was still being rebuilt.

After a scoreless first period, the two teams exchanged a barrage of goals with Hallock, Pitman, Davis and Wilkinson all contributing to a 4–3 lead at the start of the third.

The Tigers were led from the back as Wilkinson and Hallock routinely skated the puck up the ice and fired shots on goal.

The two defensemen both scored in regulation and were joined by Pitman to equal the total of the amateur club and force the match into overtime.

The team was nearly met with disaster when Colebrook was caught out of position but two players jumped in front of the puck to stop the New Yorkers from scoring.

After opening up a 2-goal lead, Princeton was pressed into their own zone for most of the game and were forced to defend against one of the most well-disciplined units in college hockey.

Hallock's second of the game came in the final minutes of the match and led to a spirited, if brief, resurgence but the team was handed a loss and their chances at a title fell by the wayside.

However, with live legs and a faster lineup, Dartmouth fired 8 goals into the net in the final period to trample the Tigers.

[1] [1] Note: a contemporary account refers to the match with the Nichols Hockey Club as a loss but does not report a score and is not corroborated in other records.