[2] After practice was well underway, coach Larrabee was invited to represent Union at the hockey rules meeting of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

School President Frank Parker Day was on hand to drop the ceremonial first puck for the new rink and then watch as Union won its first game with a solid performance.

[7] The subsequent match with Amherst was cancelled due to poor ice conditions and left the team with little practice time ahead of the game at Cornell.

Forbes was tasked with taking his spot while Savage was set to be used as a replacement for Werle, who was constantly handicapped due to having his stick on the wrong side.

Union held the Quakers to 2 goals in the first two periods but their lack of conditioning caught up to them in the third when Penn got the puck behind Foster seven different times to turn the match into a route.