Plans for the New England Intercollegiate Hockey League began after the completion of the Rhode Island Auditorium that allowed both Brown and Providence access to consistent ice for the first time.
The prospective teams were planning on holding all conference games at either the Auditorium, the Boston Arena, or the Big E Coliseum, which had just recently been converted to allow for ice hockey.
With all three groups losing starters (forward, defense and goalie) the team would have to be rebuilt by coach Ball, but he was still a relative novice in the sport.
The Aggies would have to rely on team captain Joe Forest all the more to pull them out of a scoring drought that had plagued them all of last season.
In a brilliant individual effort, Forest skated through the Bobcats and fired home the winning goal to start the team's season in style.
[5] Aside from the loss, the team was bit by the injury bug; Forest was hit in the face with a high stick and had a badly swollen lip while Abrahamson tweaked his knee.
Due to an infected lip, Forest was forced to miss the game and his absence had a damaging impact on the Aggie offense.
One of the Purple wingers received a 3-minute penalty for hitting Galanie in the head with a stick and the rest of the Sabrinas were so oft sent to the box that, at one point, there were only two Amherst players on the ice (one skater and the goalie).
MAC went on its third and final road trip at the start of February and tried to escape the poor ice conditions in Vermont.