Bernie Nicholls dirty play at the end of game 6 1994 ECF

[tailgunner]

The other night they played game 6 of this game on MSG but this time they played the ESPN coverage of the game with Bill Clement and Gary Thorne doing the play by play.

I never heard this version of the game in it's entirety ever before except for the highlights of the goals over the years.

Funny observation...Bernie Nicholls with less than a minute left in the game purposely and dangerously fires the puck at Glenn Anderson and hits him with the puck in the back. Bill and Gary immediately declare this
a dirty and senseless act and suggest Bernie should get suspended for the next game.

If you hear the Devils broadcast of the game with Doc Emrick and Peter Mcnabb this incident is not even discussed or mentioned. Just a funny observation by me. But in reality Bernie really looks a lowlife doing
something like that towards the end of the game. A real dirty and crappy play by Bernie

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[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

And didn't he do it when he was touching up for icing?

 

[tailgunner]

yup...which makes it way worse

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

I'd be pissed too if the guy I was traded for lit up my team in an epic fashion

 

[JT Kreider]

The other night they played game 6 of this game on MSG but this time they played the ESPN coverage of the game with Bill Clement and Gary Thorne doing the play by play.

I never heard this version of the game in it's entirety ever before except for the highlights of the goals over the years.

Funny observation...Bernie Nicholls with less than a minute left in the game purposely and dangerously fires the puck at Glenn Anderson and hits him with the puck in the back. Bill and Gary immediately declare this
a dirty and senseless act and suggest Bernie should get suspended for the next game.

If you hear the Devils broadcast of the game with Doc Emrick and Peter Mcnabb this incident is not even discussed or mentioned. Just a funny observation by me. But in reality Bernie really looks a lowlife doing
something like that towards the end of the game. A real dirty and crappy play by Bernie

Lmao I'm watching this right now. That was cheap as hell, as were so many other little things the Devils did once the tide started to turn.

How about that horrific turnover that lead to the 2nd Messier goal by Carpenter, who got deked out of his skates by Leetch on the previous goal

 

[Edge]

The thing that I remember about watching Bernie in that series was how much it felt like forever since he was a Ranger.

In reality it was only about 30 months later. But he felt so much older and like a part of a long-distant era.

 

[JT Kreider]

I'd be pissed too if the guy I was traded for lit up my team in an epic fashion

Not only that but Mess was his guy on the go ahead goal and he got totally bitched out and then put on his ass

 

[True Blue]

Didn't Beuk plant his face into glass the previous game?

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Didn't Beuk plant his face into glass the previous game?

Was that why he was suspended for Game 6?

 

[True Blue]

Was that why he was suspended for Game 6?

I think so

 

[eco's bones]

Nicholls was a hell of a player. Might be a Hall of Famer one day. I don't think he wanted to leave the Rangers and the timing was awful--his wife was having pregnancy issues of some kind or other.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Bernie may have been embarrassed and frustrated as Messier’s 2nd goal was on him (stevens was back slow too). Messier stick plowed through Bernie’s skate to the puck which went in while Bernie went down

 

[TheBloodyNine]

Nichols was always bitter that the Rangers traded him. f*** him.

 

[Thirty One]

Didn't Beuk plant his face into glass the previous game?

Richer I think. Nicholls was suspended for Game 4 for crosschecking Kovalev in the head. "He took a big dive. If I had tried to hurt him, he wouldn't have finished the game."

 

[True Blue]

Richer I think. Nicholls was suspended for Game 4 for crosschecking Kovalev in the head. "He took a big dive. If I had tried to hurt him, he wouldn't have finished the game."

Yes, you are correct.

 

[Machinehead]

No offense but seems like an odd thing to bring to the table 26 years later.

 

[Thirty One]

Underrated thing about the Rangers winning that year was depriving Nicholls of a Cup. The Devils won without him the next season.

 

[JT Kreider]

No offense but seems like an odd thing to bring to the table 26 years later.

What we should really be talking about is the total BS penalty on Couture in Game 7 against LA. Doughty scored right away to tie and the Sharks fell apart.

That cost us the Cup two months later.

 

[Machinehead]

What we should really be talking about is the total BS penalty on Couture in Game 7 against LA. Doughty scored right away to tie and the Sharks fell apart.

That cost us the Cup two months later.

F
For my money LA was the only team in the West beating us so yeah

 

[egelband]

The thing that I remember about watching Bernie in that series was how much it felt like forever since he was a Ranger.

In reality it was only about 30 months later. But he felt so much older and like a part of a long-distant era.

I remember waiting outside the Garden after a game while Bernie was a Ranger. He came out of the clubhouse wearing a fur coat.
My 16 year old self was impressed.

 

[tailgunner]

No offense but seems like an odd thing to bring to the table 26 years later.

Well we are in the midst of a pandemic with no hockey being played right now....what else do you want to talk about? the weather

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Nicholls was a hell of a player. Might be a Hall of Famer one day. I don't think he wanted to leave the Rangers and the timing was awful--his wife was having pregnancy issues of some kind or other.

Yikes. Hope not.

 

[Steve Kournianos]

Always like Bernie. He made the franchise legit. They were going nowhere before that trade. All-star weekend ‘90 in Pittsburgh when it happened and Nicholls was there. He played for the Campbell but I think he was already a Ranger by then.

1990 was a fun season. First division title since 1940. John Druce, man.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Always like Bernie. He made the franchise legit. They were going nowhere before that trade. All-star weekend ‘90 in Pittsburgh when it happened and Nicholls was there. He played for the Campbell but I think he was already a Ranger by then.

1990 was a fun season. First division title since 1940. John Druce, man.

Game 4 of that series still bugs me.

 

[Adam Fox Time]

Bernie Nicholls is a throwback player.

Did you know he has two 100-point seasons (one without Gretzky) and is one of 5 players in NHL history with a 150-point season?