While the offense was still trying to figure things out, the team had settled on Mathieu Caron as their starting goaltender.

[1] The Bears were hit and miss over the next few months but were able to win twice more against top-20 teams, including a very strong performance over Merrimack.

After allowing 6 goals in each of his first two games he settled into the role but the Bears ended up losing 5 of those contests.

The losses caused the Bears to drop to 11th in the conference and set them up against Clarkson in the first round.

Caron looked much better after a full week of practice and weathered a barrage of shots, but Brown's offense gave him no support.