Unfortunately, the news wasn't all good; Nick Tedesco, one of the top-rated wingers in the country, was told by doctors that he would have to sit out the entire season.

[1] Worse, most of the returning players were unavailable for the first match against Dartmouth and coach Foley had to rely on a contingent made up entirely of men from last year's freshman team.

Once many of the regular starters returned after New Years, they showed a lack of teamwork as they had yet to figure out how how to operate without Tedesco.

Against Loyola, "Pete" Sanford was starting his first game at center but apparently didn't know how to fulfill the role and never attempted to pass the puck to his wingers.

Though BC made the Canadians work for every goal, there was no shortage in scoring and the Eagles were soundly beaten to the tune of 0–6.

[2] The Eagles had little time to recover from their poor start as they played three games over a four-day road trip.

Fitzgerald held the Tigers scoreless in the first two periods, allowing Sliney's goal early in the second to give BC a lead going into the third.

The Eagles were playing a very strong game on both ends of the ice to that point but Princeton would not go down without a fight.

By the end of the match, there were only five skaters on the ice (three for BU two for BC) with the rest having been crammed into the penalty box.

The final goal resulted when Gibson found an open Groden in front of the cage who whacked the puck past the amateurs' netminder for the winner.

BC then headded off on its second road trip of the year, making its first stop in Connecticut for a match with Yale.

This time the Maroon squad put up a decent fight and had the match tied entering the third period.

Though they ultimately fell in the game, the fact that the team managed to keep the score within one goal spoke very highly of the squad.