Neumann 4
Adrian 0
Neumann's an okay team. I do think that UWSP was better. But make no mistake whatsoever. Neumann deserved to win this game. They outplayed us top to bottom, from start to finish.
This might have been the first time in program history that Adrian has been shutout. I'm not in a real big hurry to go look back. I'm sure you all understand.
I have heard and read that most of mankind's problems are self-inflicted. I am a big believer in that. I also believe that there are two things that you, and only you, can control every day of your life: your attitude and your effort. Those theories were on full display this afternoon at Arrington. Now, I'm not on the bench during the game, so I cannot fairly comment on the attitude. But I'm going to be blunt on this point: I thought our effort and performance absolutely sucked this afternoon. We got every bit of what we deserved on the ice. The passing, the skating, the turnovers, everything, was not good enough to win on most nights. And that's why the scoreboard looked the way it did after 60 minutes of play. That was the worst performance I've seen Adrian put forth in the 8 years that Arrington Ice Arena has stood.
Marian is coming to town next weekend. Get it fixed.