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...
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It's a big win obviously. Ohio State's a little bit beat up team, but I thought they're strong. They work hard.
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It's great, to be honest with you. The last three years down here, we've had to just kind of sweat it out. What's going to happen? Lose the first game, do you have to win the second? Whereas now, you're playing for two championships, in essence.
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I'm not critical. I think that's a very good referee and an excellent crew, but I think there is a major difference in philosophy on what's called. That's a league philosophy.
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If there hadn't been an injury, they probably would have played every game together. I like the way they work off each other.
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I think they have the best set of forwards in the league. It'll be a tough weekend for us.
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It's no secret what we have to do (to have a successful) second half. Our goal differential is about 0.2. We score 3.1 goals a game and give up 2.9. You have to have a bigger margin of goals scored and goals against.
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This team has worked their tails off and I'm proud of them. They feel good right now and they should.
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A.J. did not meet the expectations for a student-athlete in the ice hockey program at MSU. It was in the program's best interest to dismiss him from the team immediately. Despite parting at this time, I certainly wish A.J. well in his hockey career.
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They're an older, bigger, stronger team, and those teams have given us a little bit of trouble at times because we're a younger team.
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I still think we can score more. We've got guys that haven't gotten hot yet. We haven't played our best hockey yet. I don't think we've reached our peak as a team by any means.
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They play a left wing lock, they don't give up much. You better be careful against them. These two teams will match up very well.
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Not only have we been through it mentally, but we're much better off physically because we have almost everyone. It's grueling for sure, but it is what it is and you have to find a way to deal with it. We're playing well, and I think we've taken a big step as a team.
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I know (Michigan) State hasn't scored a goal in three straight NCAA games. But this group ? they do what they need to do.
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They're obviously a battle-tested team and we knew coming into here that they're a big-game program. Their experience I thought was a factor. They got the jump on us before we could settle down. This was a learning game for us and hopefully we can take it to the next level.