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...
five miss nice opportunity seniors super
It was so nice to have the opportunity to put them out there at the end. We have five seniors ? we'll miss them badly. They've been super for us.
college good intensity
It's the respect, it's the rivalry, it's the intensity ? it's everything that's good about a college rivalry.
game jam log mindset obviously tough
It's a log jam and obviously every game is very important. The mindset is so important because every game is going to be tough to win.
feels means obviously program proud rich
It means a lot. It's a proud program with a rich, rich tradition. Obviously it feels good.
goal good major
It was a good game, we had the lead. Then we got that major penalty, they got a power-play goal then they got going.
ability game job matter seem turn year
No matter what threesome I seem to have in there, they go out and do their job. But they've had an ability this year at times to go out and turn a game our way.
game gave kids lived ounce
It was a game that lived up to the game we all thought it would be. Those kids gave every ounce they had.
balanced competition good hockey league whale
It's what you want from a good league and good balanced competition. It should be a whale of a hockey game.
catalyst defense graduated offensive power run since team took tyler
Any top-level team has to have an offensive catalyst on defense, and that's something we've lacked since John-Michael Liles graduated (in 2002). We recruited Tyler because wanted him to run the power play, but it took some time.
agreement bargaining collective juniors kids knows nobody wait wave
Around the country, nobody knows what the juniors are going to do with this collective bargaining agreement. There could be a wave of kids leaving. We'll just have to wait and see.
last tremendous
The crowd's been tremendous over this last stretch.
created defensive drew family happy identity magnitude nobody numbers program talk
The magnitude that this family has had on this program ... well, you could talk about them every day. I'm so happy for Drew because he's created his own identity here. His (offensive) numbers are growing, and as a defensive forward, there's nobody better.
goal last type year
The goal that Fretter scored was the type of goal he got last year that he hasn't been able to get this year.
expectation faces happy nature schools smiles ten
I think the nature of Big Ten schools (is) they're not happy just to have programs. You put smiles on people's faces by winning. And the expectation is you do it the right way.