WATCH: Everything Michigan State Coach Adam Nightingale Said After 4-3 Win Over Wisconsin
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- No. 1 Michigan State hockey continues to get it done.
The Spartans were tested in their meeting with Wisconsin at Munn Ice Arena on Thursday. After falling into a 3-1 hole, Michigan State battled back, scoring four unanswered goals to defeat the visiting Badgers, 4-3.
Spartans coach Adam Nightingale addressed the media after the win.
You can watch his presser below:
Below is a partial transcript from Nightingale's presser:
Opening statement:
Nightingale: "Well, that was a big-time comeback. I mean, that doesn't happen often, right? ... I really liked us for the first 15 minutes; I thought we got into our game. And then, I thought the next 5 of the first, they were the better hockey team, and then, I thought a lot of the second, they were. And we had to get back to being us. And we thought we wanted things to be a little bit easy, and they're a hard team to play against, but again, this group has shown they do a great job of just making it about their next shift and what's in the past is in the past, [what] you can control moving forward. And obviously, I thought that was big-time. It was great for -- a great crowd and they were into it. And so, looking forward to -- we'll get on the road, and we'll have a practice down there in Chicago and get ready to roll."
Q: You've preached the idea of next shift; at what point do you trust it just being engrained?
Nightingale: "Yeah, I mean, we got some really good leadership in our room, right? And I think the buy-in has been great on that. And I think it helps, too, is, again, we're trying not to judge our guys on the results, right? You can play really good hockey and lose a hockey game, and so just really making sure our guys understand that we're not into stealing games, we're not into not playing our best; that's what it's always about. So, even in practice, right? It's just about the next rep, the next -- whether in the weight room or whatever. So, it's been pretty much the message for two-and-a-half years here, and the guys have done a heck of a job buying into it."
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