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 game job matter seem turn year
No matter what threesome I seem to have in there, they go out and do their job. But they've had an ability this year at times to go out and turn a game our way.
group last played seniors team wished year
This team is completely the new one. Last year's team was the end of the carryover. I think the group of seniors last year wished they had played for Ron.
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.
against good positive ranked schedule tough worry year
The real positive thing about a tough schedule is if you end up having a good year then you've been battle-tested. You don't have to worry about how are we going to do against a nationally ranked team.
earlier hope resilient win year
Right now, you hope to find a way to win and we did. We were resilient enough to win tonight. Probably, earlier in the year we wouldn't have done that.
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.
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.
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.
everybody games hockey knows time win
Everybody knows the significance of the games and the time of the year. We want to win two hockey games this weekend.
five kept six solid
That first period, they could have had five or six alone. He was really solid and kept us in the game.
defensive expect injury neutral scoring trouble zone
They've had trouble scoring and they've got some injury situations. I expect it to be a defensive game. I think we'll see some fallback and some neutral zone trapping.
almost deal grueling physically playing step taken
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.
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.
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.