With new coach Pat Petroski in charge, the weather generously turned cold in December, allowing the team plenty of time to practice before their first game.

Upon returning home, the hard work began to show when they lost a close decision to Northeastern and then followed that up with their first win of the year.

The UNH defense, led by Tom Kelly, didn't acquit itself well in a pair of losses to fairly weak competition but by the end of the month they had coalesced into a serviceable group.

After a second loss to BU, UNH knocked off Norwich to put themselves into contention for the inaugural NEIHL tournament.

While their chances weren't good, any hope they had was erased when MIT won the rematch game and UNH sputtered to the finish.