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...
ability best compete good matter practice talents warrior whether
His ability to compete is his best talent, and his talents are good ? they're really good. He's just got a warrior mentality, and he does it every day. He's one of those really, really good players, and it doesn't matter to him whether it's practice or a game.
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.
afraid forward perfect scenario step
He's not afraid to step forward and get it done, and it's a perfect scenario for us.
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.
difference excellent good league major philosophy referee
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.
beat best cry fourth line rallying stretch team
If you think back to the stretch where we got beat up so much as a team our best line was our fourth line. Kind of the rallying cry around this team was that line and how they've played.
knew net shots wrist
I knew going in that they were going to put it at the net with wrist shots and tips. That's what they do so very well.
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.
last tremendous
The crowd's been tremendous over this last stretch.
best certainly despite dismiss hockey ice interest meet parting program team wish
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.
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.
fact period playing proudest team third tough
I'm proudest of the fact that this team doesn't quit. To come back when you're down two in the third period when they're playing that well, that's tough to do.