Finlandia and Gustavus JV

We went 1-2 on the weekend and I wish it was 3-0 but overall it was a better weekend for us. We saw flashes of good, and bad but not ugly.  We will now enter the gauntlet of our schedule playing WSC, Kenora, and Minot St. It will be a good test for this young squad and we have to learn from our experiences and get better every day. The biggest thing we learned this weekend is that we need to compete for 60 minutes > every shift. Most of the goals we gave up this weekend we would want those shifts back and we might have been 3-0. Our biggest thing we really need to work on right now is our mental game. We need to focus on the task at hand and being a good teammate. We saw 3 differant NCAA Division III games this weekend and it was good to see that level of hockey and how hard those student-athletes compete. It was very satisfying seeing Troy Chandler (Jacks '12) playing at Finlandia. He kept his team in it but they could not get the equalizer and lost 3-2. Two more wins would have made this weekend better but hopefully we learned from the close losses and that will help us down the road.  I BELIEVE IN THIS TEAM!!! Long Live Those Lumberjacks!