Chico Resch
Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch (* July 10, 1948 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan ) is a retired American- Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and coach, from 1973 to 1987 for the New York Islanders, Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia flyers of the National Hockey League played.
Career
As a junior he was on the University of Minnesota and played for the local team. After a season with the Muskegon Mohawks in the IHL gave him the Montreal Canadiens, in which the rights were to Resch, for which he had never played in the summer of 1972 to the New York Islanders from.
In the first season he played in the AHL for the New Haven Nighthawks. To his debut in the NHL he came in the 1973/74 season, but next two NHL - stakes he played mostly for the Fort Worth Wings in the CHL, where he was honored as the best goalkeeper in the league. The breakthrough in the NHL he succeeded the following year. By the early 80s, he remained with the Islanders. During this time he was twice elected to the Second All-Star Team and also often played in the NHL All-Star Game. In 1976, he played for the Canadian national ice hockey team at the Canada Cup. In the 1979/80 season when the Islanders picked up the first of four Stanley Cups to New York, he was a goalkeeper in the regular season. In the playoffs, Billy Smith was used more often than he.
Over the 1980/81 season, he was released along with Steve Tambellini to the Colorado Rockies. With the team he moved to in 1982 and played another three and a half years for the New Jersey Devils. During this time he won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy and played in his third All-Star Game. In the Ice Hockey World Championship 1982, he is now playing for the U.S. national hockey team for which he spent two years later at the Canada Cup took.
At the end of the 1985/86 season he was passed on to the Philadelphia Flyers. Here he helped with the gap that Pelle Lindbergh had left after his death, to close. The following season, he helped the young Ron Hextall, the goalkeeper of the Flyers was, before he ended his active career in the summer of 1987.
In the mid-90s he worked as a goalkeeper and assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators newly established.
His nickname " Chico" he received from a teammate during the period when the Islanders based on the American television series "Chico and the Man ". By 2000 the nickname has also been used for Robert Esche, whose name R. Ash recalled Resch.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1980
Personal Awards
- WCHA Second All-Star Team: 1971
- IHL First All -Star Team: 1972
- James Norris Memorial Trophy: 1972
- Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy: 1972
- CHL First All -Star Team: 1974
- Most Valuable Player - CHL: 1974
- NHL Second All-Star Team: 1976 and 1979
- Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: 1982
- Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1976, 1977 and 1984