Cornell commenced its season on January 4 while the ice was still too thin for the temporary boards to be set up.

[1] The team scheduled its first game in mid-January so it would have a couple of weeks to practice together ahead of the match, a luxury the Big Red rarely possessed in recent years.

Unfortunately, Cornell was hopelessly outmatched by Clarkson and embarrassed to the tune of 0–10.

A rematch with Clarkson that was to be played on the 10th was cancelled due to weather.

[5] Cornell ended up having to finish its season on the road and the lack of available ice for practice proved disastrous.