Rick Comley
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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...
locker room saw stick until walked
I didn't know anything about it until I walked in the locker room one day, and I saw a stick in the garbage. I was going to take it out. Then I was notified that they're there for a reason.
pressure takes
I think it takes a lot of pressure off of this team.
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.
couple darn fashion games growth injuries last missed responding
He's missed so much time. The darn injuries the last couple years have really slowed his growth down, and now he's getting games in consecutive fashion and I think he's responding very well to that.
discredit ran somebody
Somebody just said to me and I think it's true, 'We just ran out of time,' and that's not to discredit Maine.
country due games lead missed
I don't know what our missed games are, but we must lead the country in games missed due to injury.
attack dangerous
I think we were more dangerous on the attack and we had the better speed. It's very encouraging.
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.
deserves
He deserves to play. We'll just see what happens.
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.
recognized
We wanted to get back to being a nationally recognized program. I think we're there.
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.