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Bernie Nicholls

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: June 24, 1961 in Haliburton, Ontario

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round (73rd overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:24AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #65. Jari Kurri… #66. Ted Lindsay… #67. BERNIE NICHOLLS… #68. Chris Chelios… #69. Eddie Shore… #69. Bill Barber… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 20 LAK NHL 22 14 18 32 12 2 27 5 8 1 1 63 22.2
1982-83 21 LAK NHL 71 28 22 50 21 -23 124 16 12 0 3 171 16.4
1983-84 22 LAK NHL 78 41 54 95 37 -21 83 29 8 4 2 255 16.1
1984-85 23 LAK NHL 80 46 54 100 39 -4 76 31 15 0 6 329 14.0
1985-86 24 LAK NHL 80 36 61 97 37 -5 78 22 10 4 0 281 12.8
1986-87 25 LAK NHL 80 33 48 81 31 -16 101 22 10 1 2 227 14.5
1987-88 26 LAK NHL 65 32 46 78 30 2 114 17 8 7 1 236 13.6
1988-89 27 LAK NHL 79 70 80 150 60 30 96 41 21 8 6 385 18.2
1989-90 28 TOT NHL 79 39 73 112 41 -9 86 24 15 0 1 287 13.6
1989-90 28 LAK NHL 47 27 48 75 27 -6 66 19 8 0 1 172 15.7
1989-90 28 NYR NHL 32 12 25 37 13 -3 20 5 7 0 0 115 10.4
1990-91 29 NYR NHL 71 25 48 73 27 5 96 17 8 0 2 163 15.3
1991-92 30 TOT NHL 50 20 29 49 19 4 60 13 7 0 2 117 17.1
1991-92 30 NYR NHL 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1991-92 30 EDM NHL 49 20 29 49 19 5 60 13 7 0 2 115 17.4
1992-93 31 TOT NHL 69 13 47 60 20 -13 80 8 5 0 1 132 9.8
1992-93 31 EDM NHL 46 8 32 40 13 -16 40 4 4 0 1 86 9.3
1992-93 31 NJD NHL 23 5 15 20 7 3 40 4 1 0 0 46 10.9
1993-94 32 NJD NHL 61 19 27 46 18 24 86 16 3 0 1 142 13.4
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 48 22 29 51 20 4 32 9 11 2 5 114 19.3
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 59 19 41 60 21 11 60 13 6 0 2 100 19.0
1996-97 35 SJS NHL 65 12 33 45 16 -21 63 9 2 1 0 137 8.8
1997-98 36 SJS NHL 60 6 22 28 9 -4 26 3 3 0 0 81 7.4
1998-99 37 SJS NHL 10 0 2 2 1 -4 4 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 110 11:01
Career NHL 1127 475 734 1209 459 -38 1292 295 152 28 35 3231 14.7 110 11:01

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1981-82 20 LAK NHL 22 0.64 0.82 1.45 0.57 1.23 2.86 10 13 23 9 38 14 29 7 2 2.2 0.3 2.5
1982-83 21 LAK NHL 71 0.39 0.31 0.70 0.30 1.75 2.41 22 18 40 17 68 24 83 16 -23 2.7 0.3 3.0
1983-84 22 LAK NHL 78 0.53 0.69 1.22 0.47 1.06 3.27 32 43 75 29 123 37 136 29 -21 6.2 0.5 6.7
1984-85 23 LAK NHL 80 0.58 0.68 1.25 0.49 0.95 4.11 37 43 80 32 153 68 89 0 -4 7.0 1.0 8.0
1985-86 24 LAK NHL 80 0.45 0.76 1.21 0.46 0.98 3.51 28 48 76 28 140 49 114 18 -5 6.1 1.0 7.1
1986-87 25 LAK NHL 80 0.41 0.60 1.01 0.38 1.26 2.84 28 41 69 26 115 47 86 2 -16 5.3 0.5 5.8
1987-88 26 LAK NHL 65 0.49 0.71 1.20 0.46 1.75 3.63 27 38 65 25 125 53 102 32 2 5.6 0.9 6.5
1988-89 27 LAK NHL 79 0.89 1.01 1.90 0.76 1.22 4.87 58 66 124 50 194 63 139 38 30 13.0 1.3 14.4
1989-90 28 TOT NHL 79 0.49 0.92 1.42 0.52 1.09 3.63 33 61 94 35 152 70 104 13 -9 8.0 0.7 8.7
1989-90 28 LAK NHL 47 0.57 1.02 1.60 0.58 1.40 3.66 23 40 63 23 96 35 75 8 -6 5.6 0.2 5.9
1989-90 28 NYR NHL 32 0.38 0.78 1.16 0.42 0.63 3.59 10 21 31 11 56 35 29 5 -3 2.4 0.4 2.8
1990-91 29 NYR NHL 71 0.35 0.68 1.03 0.38 1.35 2.30 22 43 65 24 121 50 67 1 5 5.1 1.0 6.1
1991-92 30 TOT NHL 50 0.40 0.58 0.98 0.38 1.20 2.34 18 25 43 17 70 25 42 1 4 3.5 0.6 4.1
1991-92 30 NYR NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1991-92 30 EDM NHL 49 0.41 0.59 1.00 0.38 1.22 2.35 18 25 43 17 69 25 40 1 5 3.5 0.6 4.1
1992-93 31 TOT NHL 69 0.19 0.68 0.87 0.29 1.16 1.91 10 38 48 16 89 40 65 3 -13 2.9 0.6 3.5
1992-93 31 EDM NHL 46 0.17 0.70 0.87 0.29 0.87 1.87 6 26 32 10 56 28 46 2 -16 1.9 0.2 2.1
1992-93 31 NJD NHL 23 0.22 0.65 0.87 0.30 1.74 2.00 4 12 16 5 33 12 19 1 3 1.0 0.4 1.4
1993-94 32 NJD NHL 61 0.31 0.44 0.75 0.29 1.41 2.33 17 24 41 16 66 17 45 20 24 3.1 1.2 4.4
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 48 0.46 0.60 1.06 0.42 0.67 2.38 38 50 88 34 74 39 41 10 4 4.9 0.8 5.7
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 59 0.32 0.69 1.02 0.36 1.02 1.69 18 39 57 20 88 36 50 9 11 4.4 1.0 5.4
1996-97 35 SJS NHL 65 0.18 0.51 0.69 0.25 0.97 2.11 12 34 46 16 60 19 90 28 -21 3.0 0.2 3.2
1997-98 36 SJS NHL 60 0.10 0.37 0.47 0.16 0.43 1.35 7 25 32 11 42 12 43 9 -4 1.3 0.6 1.9
1998-99 37 SJS NHL 10 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.40 1.10 0 2 2 1 3 2 5 0 -4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
Career NHL 1127 0.42 0.65 1.07 0.41 1.15 2.87 417 651 1068 405 1721 665 1330 236 -38 84.3 12.5 96.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 20 LAK NHL 10 4 0 4 23 4 0 0 1
1984-85 23 LAK NHL 3 1 1 2 -2 9 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1986-87 25 LAK NHL 5 2 5 7 1 6 1 1 0 0 16 12.5
1987-88 26 LAK NHL 5 2 6 8 -3 11 1 1 0 0 22 9.1
1988-89 27 LAK NHL 11 7 9 16 -2 12 4 3 0 1 50 14.0
1989-90 28 NYR NHL 10 7 5 12 1 16 4 3 0 0 30 23.3
1990-91 29 NYR NHL 5 4 3 7 0 8 4 0 0 1 24 16.7
1991-92 30 EDM NHL 16 8 11 19 2 25 4 4 0 1 32 25.0
1992-93 31 NJD NHL 5 0 0 0 -5 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1993-94 32 NJD NHL 16 4 9 13 3 28 1 2 1 0 37 10.8
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 16 1 11 12 0 8 0 1 0 0 28 3.6
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 10 2 7 9 3 4 1 1 0 0 11 18.2
1997-98 36 SJS NHL 6 0 5 5 -2 8 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Career NHL 118 42 72 114 -4 164 25 16 1 4 274 13.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 17 North York Rangers ON-Jr.A 50 40 62 102 60 11
1978-79 17 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 2 0 1 1 0
1979-80 18 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 68 36 43 79 85
1980-81 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 65 63 89 152 109
1981-82 20 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 55 41 30 71 31
1984-85 23 Canada WEC-A 10 0 2 2 12
Career 1 Season AHL 55 41 30 71 31
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 135 99 133 232 194
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 50 40 62 102 60 11
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 0 2 2 12

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 18 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 3 1 0 1 10
1980-81 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 14 8 10 18 17
Career 2 Seasons OMJHL 17 9 10 19 27

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 18 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Bernie Nicholls 14.4 8.7 8.0 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.4 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 1.9 -0.1
Michel Goulet 88.3 11.6 9.7 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.3 7.0 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.3 3.8 3.6 2.8 2.5
Denis Savard 88.1 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Bernie Geoffrion 88.0 11.5 10.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.6
Glenn Anderson 87.1 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Yvan Cournoyer 87.1 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.4
Joe Mullen 86.8 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 1.1 0.9
Pat Verbeek 86.5 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.0 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Rod Gilbert 86.3 11.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.6 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.3 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
Milan Hejduk 86.1 14.6 10.6 10.2 9.0 8.4 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.4
Pat LaFontaine 86.0 13.2 9.9 9.5 9.1 8.6 8.1 7.6 6.4 5.8 4.2 3.4 3.2 2.0 1.5 0.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Bernie Nicholls 14.4 8.7 8.0 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.4 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.5 1.9 -0.1
Michel Goulet 88.3 11.6 9.7 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.3 7.0 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.3 3.8 3.6 2.8 2.5
Denis Savard 88.1 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Bernie Geoffrion 88.0 11.5 10.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.6
Glenn Anderson 87.1 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Yvan Cournoyer 87.1 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.4
Joe Mullen 86.8 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 1.1 0.9
Ray Whitney 86.5 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Pat Verbeek 86.4 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.0 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.4
Rod Gilbert 86.3 11.6 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.6 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.3 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
Milan Hejduk 86.1 14.6 10.6 10.2 9.0 8.4 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1984 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL

Games Played

1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)

Goals

1984-85 NHL 46 (10)
1988-89 NHL 70 (2)
Career NHL 475 (49)

Assists

1988-89 NHL 80 (5)
1989-90 NHL 73 (6)
Career NHL 734 (44)

Points

1988-89 NHL 150 (4)
1989-90 NHL 112 (6)
Career NHL 1209 (43)

Goals Created

1988-89 NHL 60.2 (3)
1989-90 NHL 40.9 (9)
Career NHL 458.8 (42)

Even Strength Goals

1988-89 NHL 41 (2)
Career NHL 295 (54)

Power Play Goals

1984-85 NHL 15 (7)
1988-89 NHL 21 (4)
1994-95 NHL 11 (6)
Career NHL 152 (41)

Short-Handed Goals

1983-84 NHL 4 (8)
1985-86 NHL 4 (8)
1987-88 NHL 7 (3)
1988-89 NHL 8 (3)
Career NHL 28 (24)

Game-Winning Goals

1994-95 NHL 5 (7)

Shots

1984-85 NHL 329 (4)
1985-86 NHL 281 (9)
1988-89 NHL 385 (2)
Career NHL 3231 (58)

Goals Per Game

1988-89 NHL 0.89 (2)
Career NHL 0.42 (78)

Assists Per Game

1988-89 NHL 1.01 (6)
1989-90 NHL 0.92 (6)
Career NHL 0.65 (36)

Points Per Game

1988-89 NHL 1.90 (4)
1989-90 NHL 1.42 (6)
Career NHL 1.07 (30)

Goals Created Per Game

1988-89 NHL 0.76 (3)
1989-90 NHL 0.52 (10)
Career NHL 0.41 (44)

Adjusted Goals

1984-85 NHL 37 (10)
1988-89 NHL 58 (2)
Career NHL 417 (73)

Adjusted Assists

1988-89 NHL 66 (5)
1989-90 NHL 61 (6)
Career NHL 651 (60)

Adjusted Points

1988-89 NHL 124 (4)
1989-90 NHL 94 (6)
Career NHL 1068 (66)

Adjusted Goals Created

1988-89 NHL 49.6 (3)
1989-90 NHL 34.6 (9)
Career NHL 405.0 (64)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1988-89 NHL 194 (4)
Career NHL 1721 (48)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1984-85 NHL 68 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 70 (6)
1994-95 NHL 39 (5)
Career NHL 665 (42)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1988-89 NHL 139 (9)
Career NHL 1330 (57)

Offensive Point Shares

1988-89 NHL 13.0 (3)
1989-90 NHL 8.0 (9)
Career NHL 84.3 (62)

Point Shares

1988-89 NHL 14.4 (2)

Transactions

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January 20, 1990: Traded to NY Rangers by Los Angeles for Tomas Sandstrom and Tony Granato, January 20, 1990.

October 4, 1991: Traded to Edmonton by NY Rangers with Steven Rice and Louie DeBrusk for Mark Messier and future considerations (Jeff Beukeboom for David Shaw, November 12, 1991), October 4, 1991.

January 13, 1993: Traded to New Jersey by Edmonton for Zdeno Ciger and Kevin Todd, January 13, 1993.

July 14, 1994: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, July 14, 1994.

August 5, 1996: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, August 5, 1996.

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