Carleton Wiggin, who had led the Bobcats for the previous 6 seasons and won 3 state championships, was being released from his position as athletics coach.
While the college could have kept him on staff in some capacity, the administration decided to have one man coach the baseball, hockey and football teams and announced that Dave Morey would take over at the start of the following school year.
Johnny Cogan was about the only player of the 15 used in the match who appeared ready to play and he ended up scoring both of the team's goals in the win.
14 penalties were called in the contest, which included fighting majors to both Maher and Lovett, but it was the sensational play of Irvine that stole the show.
Even with Zeke Secor's injury, the offense finally woke up against Army and Johnson's hat-trick led the team to a 5–0 demolition of the Cadets.
[6] Hopes that the team had turned the corner were dashed in the next game when the Garnet failed to get a single goal against the Mass Aggies.
The team could only manage 11 shots in the game and ended up squandering another strong performance from first-year starter Topolosky and the defense.
UMass pulled ahead at the start of overtime and Bates was unable to get another tying goal, losing in heartbreaking fashion.
With the team's newfound superiority and Cogan back in the lineup, the Bobcats downed Colby a few days later to take second place in the intrastate standings.
McCluskey became the team's new star forward and led the way with a pair of goals as Bates ended the season on a high note.