[5] A week later, the annual rivalry with Boston University was renewed, however, the offense was particularly inept and only a tremendous rush up the ice by Joe Fitzgerald kept the team from being shutout.

[6] A day after the BU loss, the offense finally came to life against the Springfield Outing Club despite Cronin being absent from the match.

The Eagles were sluggish out of the gate and surrendered 2 goals in the first five minutes, however, Gibson quickly rang up a pair to tie the match.

The offensive outburst continued in the second with Linehan's only two goals of his college career coming after a Smokey Kelleher marker.

Despite the barrage of goals, Loyola wound;t go away and continued to penetrate the BC defense, scoring two in the middle period to keep the game within reach.