Rick Comley
Rick Comley
Rick Comleyis a former collegiate ice hockey player and former head coach at Michigan State University. He finished his 38-year coaching career with a 783-615-110record. In 2007, he became the third coach in NCAA history to win a national championship at two different schools...
group last played seniors team wished year
This team is completely the new one. Last year's team was the end of the carryover. I think the group of seniors last year wished they had played for Ron.
excellent game hockey last played playing tight type
This was an excellent hockey game. We played a tight game defensively and really have been playing the type of hockey we need to over the last month.
convinced couple fighting fights-and-fighting hard legitimate level national
We've been fighting hard now for a couple of years to get back nationally to a legitimate national level of a program. I'm convinced we're there.
chances good perfect puck start time year
(We had) good chances and the puck started to go in for us. Perfect time of the year for that to start happening.
recognized
We wanted to get back to being a nationally recognized program. I think we're there.
came christmas contribute guys hard step worked
We came back after Christmas and the guys worked so hard to get better. It's encouraging when different guys step in and contribute each night.
areas aspect attention detail game pay practice struggled talk time work year
We pay attention to detail. Each and every aspect of the game - we talk about it, we practice it. I thought we struggled early, but it is another one of those areas we work at. It?s detail at this time of year that?s important.
beat country ranked sixth teams third
We beat the two teams ranked third and sixth in the country.
coming good knew played power
We knew coming in how good their power play was. And obviously, we played right into their game.
focusing kids looked maybe point points start time tired win
We maybe looked a little tired tonight, but I thought our kids never panicked, and got a hard-earned win in overtime. It is so important, particularly at this point of the season, to get points on the road. We got one win, and now its time to start focusing on getting another one tomorrow.
couple fighting fights-and-fighting last months talking thinking wins
We're fighting for a first-round bye so that's the only thing we're kind of thinking about, talking about ? just as we've done over the last couple of months is just try to put wins on the board.
grown steady
We're getting steady goaltending and we've grown up as a team. We're battle-tested.
coming ready
We've got Notre Dame, a much-improved team, coming up, so we've got to let this one go and get ready for Friday.
coming hard improved knew shots worked wrist
We worked so hard to get here, and we improved so much. I knew coming in they were going to try to do it with wrist shots and tips. Unfortunately, they went in.