tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post5442272703871484422..comments2024-03-21T17:47:00.116-04:00Comments on Thank You Terry: PSU-Neumann Postgame Transcript (Penn State)Kyle Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03988727251887693489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-25903904748289026972012-01-06T23:42:20.739-05:002012-01-06T23:42:20.739-05:00Can't improve on any of that, well said.
It r...Can't improve on any of that, well said.<br /><br />It really is pretty disappointing to hear about the NU fans, the only true negative to the event (the final score was another I suppose, but it was expected). I realize PSU is an easy target these days, but since these are two schools that quite literally have zero reason to care about each other on any evening before or after January 4, 2012, it still caught me off guard. Maybe it's time to grow some thicker skin and realize that it will be the norm once we're playing in front of more than parents and girlfriends on the road.Kyle Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03988727251887693489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327069433246447816.post-8842556293928484252012-01-05T12:52:25.360-05:002012-01-05T12:52:25.360-05:00It was a great event. I am glad that I went. Penn ...It was a great event. I am glad that I went. Penn State played really well with a respectable Division III team. The Neumann fans kept boasting that Penn State's fitness level would leave them unable to keep up during the third period. Such a third-period lull never materialized. The game was very close, despite the score. When one considers that three of Neumann's six goals came on a power play or an empty net, it shows how close the game was. Gadowsky's system is not fundamentally defensive, unlike that of his former ECAC peer, Schafer at Cornell, so surrendering power-play goals is a risk. Defensively, Penn State will need to elevate its game to play with D-I teams next season. I am hopeful for its next season if it does so because Penn State managed to register three goals on a team that is relatively sound in D-III play. Penn State's goaltending needs to improve. Gadowsky alludes to that somewhat in the transcript. If Penn State had managed a SV% of only 0.909 (as opposed to the combined SV% of Madrazo and Musico of 0.727), Penn State would have won the game. <br /><br />I liked the event, but most of the Neumann fans in the area where I sat during the game and in the crowd surround me as my group of friends left were disrespectful, rude, and offensive toward Penn State. It is not hard to imagine what recent events at Penn State they would invoke to offend Penn State fans. Sadly, it casts a bad pall over the evening. I am used to Cornell and Michigan hockey fans who taunt like no others about the situations and play on the ice, but treat the fans with a certain level of respect (despite mocking their level of hockey play, poor goaltending, intelligence of their hockey players regarding offsides penalties, lack of good looks of their players, and ugly parents of the hockey players) that was lacking among the Neumann fans. Penn State fans did what they do best and treated Neumann fans with respect. I think it was Neumann was glad to have a victory over such a large, globally significant, and athletically prominent university, but that doesn't excuse poor sportsmanship, undifferentiated profanity at fans in the stands (well beyond the typical "asshole" chants that one hears at most sporting venues when a fan of the opposing team finds himself surrounded by fans of the other team), or offensive comments about pedophilia. Penn State fans have their reputation, and now, in my mind, sadly, Neumann fans have theirs.<br /><br />On the ice, it was an amazing event with both teams conducting themselves admirably and respectably, and it was exciting to be part of this transitional moment in Penn State Icer and Nittany Lions history.Aaron Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726344586082248891noreply@blogger.com