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...
grown steady
We're getting steady goaltending and we've grown up as a team. We're battle-tested.
control destiny playing teams
You always like to control your own destiny and we do that by playing teams that we need to beat.
coach seconds sports tyler worried
Tyler Howells made a play that was just great. But as a coach, I was still worried with 10 seconds left.
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.
found nights score three win
Most nights we don't score more than three goals, but we've found a way to win with three.
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.
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.
beat country ranked sixth teams third
We beat the two teams ranked third and sixth in the country.
playing
He's really playing well. He stabilized us (when we were struggling).
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.
allowed close guy mind steps
He (the referee) told me that he's allowed to play it when he steps off the bench. In his mind, he thought the guy was close enough.
games goal group ncaa state straight three
I know (Michigan) State hasn't scored a goal in three straight NCAA games. But this group ? they do what they need to do.
battle easy game kids respect seniors spirit turn
I just have so much respect for our seniors and our kids and the battle and spirit that they had. It would have been so easy for that game to turn into like a 9-2 game.