With just one player departing due to graduation and team captain Harry Watkins returning in the same capacity, the Ephs had a solid foundation for their '26 campaign.

Popham scored on a brilliant pass form Watkins in the second while Chapman and the defense proved to be invincible, turning aside everything the Elis could throw at them to take both the game and the series.

[6] Williams kept rolling after their hot start in a match with the Apawamis club, easily winning 7–0, before heading to New York City to make their first appearance at Madison Square Garden.

Popham put the Ephs up by 1 in the third overtime but, in the longest game in the history of Williams hockey, the team was beginning to tire.

Sticky ice slowed the match but hindered the home team just as much as the Ephs and Williams was able to shutout Rensselaer for their third zero of the season.

[7] Excellent ice conditions awaited the team for their first home game of the season and the Ephs used the atypical surface to great effect.

Despite a strong goaltending performance from the scarlet netminder, Williams was able to dent the twine on three occasions with Watkins serving as the catalyst for the offense.

Several scoring chanced were wiped away by the Harvard defenders while a fourth goal with about 5 minutes remaining put the final nail in Williams' coffin.

The team was supposed to kick of the back half of their schedule with a home game against Amherst on the 4th but that match had to be cancelled when the Lord Jeffs didn't show.

The forward unit shelled the Nichols cage all night long and it was only through outstanding goaltending that the Ephs were limited to 3 goals.

[11] Before the game with Dartmouth, Williams welcomed Blaney back into the lineup while freshmen Brigham and Field were now eligible to play, having completed one semester of study.

The Ephs did not look outclassed in the game and gave the Indians a tough challenge, but the Purple had a fatal tendency to play as individuals rather than as a team.

[12] Williams returned home and, on a rink that had been built next to Sage Hall, proved they were still the class of the small colleges by dropping the Mass Aggies 7–0.

Blaney's hat-trick showed that he was worthy of a spot on the top line while coach Bower used more than a dozen men in the contest including Ebenezer Smith and Shepler who were both seeing the first action of the season.

Despite playing a ragged game, the Ephs kept the puck in their opponent's end for most of the match and proved that they were still the class of the small colleges.

In an almost carbon-copy of their earlier match with Harvard, Williams jumped out to an early lead but vast reserves employed by the Tigers enabled the home team to wear down the Purple squad and eventually eke out a win.