The team did not gather for its first practice until after Christmas but, even then, they could only work out for a few days before the temperature spiked and the ice was rendered unusable.

Ed Plourde even the count before the end of the first but the Bobcats continued to pressure Tasker, who was making his first start in goal.

The visitors got back into the lead at the end of the second while UNH, despite using many alternates in the match, looked to tire as the period went on.

Bates doubled its lead early in the third and looked to be heading for a win with how poorly the home side had been playing.

Penn relied heavily on a play where the center would pass to the right wing and then skate right in front of the UNH cage.

Team captain Donald McFarland opened the scoring on a pass from Plourde but the Bears counterattacked and netted three goals before the end of the first.

The home side pressured the visiting cage consistently over the final two periods but they were unable to get a second marker past the Brown goaltender.

Harry Croke was quick to respond and tie the game which then returned to being a fairly lazy affair for the remainder of regulation.

The team attacked the home side physically and were getting very close to losing control when McFarland knotted the score on a shot from the point.

The aggressive style employed resulted in a few injuries for New Hampshire; Croke was knocked out but returned to the game after recovering.

Wendelin was checked hard into the boards and though he didn't break any bones, as was initially feared, he would be out of the lineup for at least a week.

It wasn't until the final moments of the third that Eddie Plourde tied the game after collecting a loose puck in the BU zone.

Two days later, the team was back in Maine for a match with Bowdoin but an early-morning thaw ruined the local rink and forced the game to be cancelled.

The game was delayed due to some trouble with the trains but UNH was able to host Army to fulfill their part of the festivities.

[8] After the win, the team headed to Boston to face a second JV squad, this time in the form of the Harvard Crimson.

Knowing that they had little chance due to their circumstances, coach Christensen brough the entire team to Boston and used the game as more of a glorified practice than an official match.