Bernie Nicholls

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Bernie Nicholls
Date of birth June 24, 1961
place of birth Haliburton , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 4th round, 73rd position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1978-1979 North York Rangers
1979-1981 Kingston Canadians
1981-1990 Los Angeles Kings
1990-1991 New York Rangers
1991-1993 Edmonton Oilers
1993-1994 New Jersey Devils
1994-1996 Chicago Blackhawks
1996-1999 San Jose Sharks

Bernard Irvine "Bernie" Nicholls (born June 24, 1961 in Haliburton , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1245 games for the Los Angeles Kings , New York Rangers , Edmonton Oilers , New Jersey Devils , Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks competed in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Nicholls, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game three times , won the silver medal with the Canadian national team at the 1985 World Cup .

Career

After a decent season with the Kingston Canadians , Nicholls was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round as 73rd. He stayed in Kingston for another year in the Ontario Hockey League .

The Kings added him to their roster the following year, but he started the American Hockey League season with the New Haven Nighthawks . There he was able to convince and was brought into the NHL at the end of the season. With 32 points in the remaining 22 games, he made a lasting impression. His first full season in the NHL was not as outstanding as one had hoped, but Nicholls came back to the following season 1983/84 at an excellent level. There were 95 points at the end of the season and in the two following seasons he was able to increase this value again with 100 and 97. The signing of Wayne Gretzky brought Nicholls to another level. In the 1988/89 season he scored 70 goals, a team record that is still valid today. A year earlier, on December 1, 1988, he had an outstanding game with eight scorer points and six assists. But as a center like Gretzky he did not fit into the concept of the Kings and was handed over to the New York Rangers in the course of the following season for the wingers Tony Granato and Tomas Sandström .

Nicholls was also successful as a scorer at the Rangers and achieved an average of more than one scorer point per game. But here too, a former large oiler was the reason for another change at the beginning of the 1991/92 season . The Rangers brought Mark Messier and Nicholls had to join the Edmonton Oilers together with Louie DeBrusk and Steven Rice . In Edmonton they wanted to rebuild the team in the following season and so his journey continued to the New Jersey Devils . The rhythm was maintained and after a year and a half the trip went to Chicago. In his two years playing with the Chicago Blackhawks , he did what was expected of him. He kept his cut of more than one point per game.

As a veteran, the San Jose Sharks signed Bernie Nicholls for the 1996/97 season . After three seasons, Nicholls ended his career at the age of 37.

Achievements and Awards

International

Team records

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1978/79 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 2 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1979/80 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 68 36 43 79 85 3 1 0 1 10
1980/81 Kingston Canadians OHL 65 63 89 152 109 14th 8th 10 18th 17th
1981/82 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 55 41 30th 71 31 - - - - -
1981/82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 22nd 14th 18th 32 27 10 4th 0 4th 23
1982/83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 28 22nd 50 124 - - - - -
1983/84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 41 54 95 83 - - - - -
1984/85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 46 54 100 76 3 1 1 2 9
1985/86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 36 61 97 78 - - - - -
1986/87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 33 48 81 101 5 2 5 7th 6th
1987/88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 32 46 78 114 5 2 6th 8th 11
1988/89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 70 80 150 96 11 7th 9 16 12
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 47 27 48 75 66 - - - - -
1989/90 New York Rangers NHL 32 12 25th 37 20th 10 7th 5 12 16
1990/91 New York Rangers NHL 71 25th 48 73 96 5 4th 3 7th 8th
1991/92 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Edmonton Oilers NHL 49 20th 29 49 60 16 8th 11 19th 25th
1992/93 Edmonton Oilers NHL 46 8th 32 40 40 - - - - -
1992/93 New Jersey Devils NHL 23 5 15th 20th 40 5 0 0 0 6th
1993/94 New Jersey Devils NHL 61 19th 27 46 86 16 4th 9 13 28
1994/95 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 22nd 29 51 32 16 1 11 12 8th
1995/96 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 59 19th 41 60 60 10 2 7th 9 4th
1996/97 San Jose Sharks NHL 65 12 33 45 63 - - - - -
1997/98 San Jose Sharks NHL 60 6th 22nd 28 26th 6th 0 5 5 8th
1998/99 San Jose Sharks NHL 10 0 2 2 4th - - - - -
OMJHL / OHL total 135 99 133 232 194 17th 9 10 19th 27
NHL overall 1127 475 734 1209 1292 118 42 72 114 164

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1985 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 10 0 2 2 12
Men overall 10 0 2 2 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Nicholls, Bernie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nicholls, Bernard Irvine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Haliburton , Ontario