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...
good proud team worked
This team has worked their tails off and I'm proud of them. They feel good right now and they should.
came christmas contribute guys hard step worked
We came back after Christmas and the guys worked so hard to get better. It's encouraging when different guys step in and contribute each night.
areas aspect attention detail game pay practice struggled talk time work year
We pay attention to detail. Each and every aspect of the game - we talk about it, we practice it. I thought we struggled early, but it is another one of those areas we work at. It?s detail at this time of year that?s important.
beat bit ohio win work
It's a big win obviously. Ohio State's a little bit beat up team, but I thought they're strong. They work hard.
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.
game played work
If there hadn't been an injury, they probably would have played every game together. I like the way they work off each other.
coached consistency game himself importance player prepares
I've never coached a player in 34 years who prepares like he prepares. To the detail, to the consistency, to how much he stresses the importance of getting himself into his game mode.
home maybe prettier ready win
Sometimes you like to win maybe better or prettier but, whatever, we'll take the win and go home and get ready for Saturday.
contribute good multiple players seniors teams time
Teams have to have good seniors and they have to have multiple players contribute at this time of the year. We had that.
control destiny playing teams
You always like to control your own destiny and we do that by playing teams that we need to beat.
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.
certainly delay momentum reviewing took
That would have been a big one. The long delay in reviewing it certainly took the momentum away.
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.
best gotten guys hockey hot peak played reached score team
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.