A very mild winter left the Hilltoppers with essentially no ice prior to their first slate of games during the Christmas holiday.

The team was led by Harold McFadyen and showed great improvement during their trek through Northern Michigan and Minnesota.

Unfortunately, the warm weather had not abated and Marquette was forced to remain idle for the entire month of January.

With their ice just barely serviceable, they welcomed Michigan Tech for a pair of games and won the series despite the layoff.

Those games turned out to be the only home matches for the entire season and Marquette had to piece together the rest of their schedule on the fly.