When Brown discontinued its ice hockey program in 1906, the primary reason given was the lack of a local indoor rink that would allow them to compete with the other ivy league schools.

[2] After the administration announced the return of varsity ice hockey, the school hired Jimmy Gardner as the team's first head coach.

Their chances were made even worse when Josh Billings, a projected starting winger, was ruled academically ineligible just before the game.

That caused the team to tire for brief moments in the game while the Bulldogs, who brought their full contingent of players on the trip, were quick to capitalize and score in bunches.

Billings was able to fix his academic issue and appear in the match, as did Fielding, Peters and Chase, the last of whom scored the lone goal for the Bears.

The extended time off did not appear to blunt the team's edge, however, they faced a Wildcat squad in the midst of a fine season.

The visitors scored twice in the first and controlled the pace of play, however, Brown began to fight back in the middle period.

An injury to Billings caused the attack to bog down for a while but a second marker from Partridge just before the bell gave Brown its first lead of the match.

Billings was back on the ice in the third but the team nearly suffered a catastrophic injury when captain Ben Fessenden was struck in the face by a shot and knocked cold.

[13] After the second win of the season, Brown was supposed to have a rematch with UNH, however, upon their arrival in Durham, the team found the local rink buried under a foot of snow.