The entire defense had to be rebuilt with all former defensemen and goaltenders having graduated, save for a brief appearance by Hunt the year before.

[1] While there was more to work with on the forward line, coach Christensen would have to find a replacement for Warren Percival, who had led the offence in scoring for the past three seasons.

Even with poor weather hampering their development, the Wildcats opened the year with a home game right after the winter break.

The lack of teamwork and practice time left New Hampshire at a disadvantage to start and allowed the Engineers to score 5 goals in the first two periods.

[2] A few days later, the team looked ready from the drop of the puck and Ed Hunt put forth a far better performance.

Howie Crins, a former Wildcat who had transferred two years earlier, came back to haunt his old club by opening the scoring and then assisting on another marker.

Both teams skated up and down the ice and provided a good deal of excitement, however, neither could solve the opposing netminders.

[8] The match also saw Stan Hunt set program records for shutouts in a season (4) as well as consecutive (3) that would stand for many years.

[9] UNH attempted to reschedule the Colby game for February 9, however, the weather would still no cooperate and the match was finally abandoned.

BU's passing put the home team to shame and allowed them to rack up 5 goals against the star goalie.