Glenn Resch Glenn Allan " Chico " Resch ( born 10 July , 1948 in Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian professional goaltender who played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) from 1973 to 1986 . He is currently the color commentator on New Jersey Devils telecasts . Playing career . Resch played a successful 14 seasons in the National Hockey League in which he won one Stanley Cup with the New York Islanders in 1980 . He started his playing career with the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs . After earning a four - year degree in education , he turned pro by joining the Muskegon Mohawks of the IHL where he won three prestigious awards in his first season : the James Norris Memorial Trophy ( fewest goals against ) , rookie of the year honours , and selected as a First - Team All - Star . Having out - grown the IHL , the following year he stepped - up to play for the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL and then spent most of the 1973 – 74 season playing for the Fort Worth Wings of the CHL where he won the league ' s MVP Honours and was voted as a CHL First Team All Star . He made his National Hockey League debut for the Islanders on February 3 , 1974 in a 4 – 2 defeat to the California Golden Seals and earned his first NHL victory two nights later , with a 6 – 2 win over the Minnesota North Stars before returning to the Wings for the remainder of the season . The next season , 1974 – 75 , Resch was ready for the NHL and was brought up to play back - up goaltender . In 25 games as a bench - warmer , he had 12 wins , 7 losses , 5 ties and 3 shut - outs with a 2 . 47 goals against average . His success during the regular season carried over into the playoffs as he had an incredible 8 wins and 4 losses with a 2 . 17 goals against average . Resch was in goal as the Islanders erased 3 – 0 deficits to both the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers . The Isles defeated the Penguins in seven games , winning the decisive game 1 – 0 on a goal by team captain Ed Westfall . The comeback is considered one of the greatest in sports history and marked one of only three times in history that a North American professional sports team won a best - of - 7 series after losing the first three games . In the following round , the Islanders again rallied from a 3 – 0 deficit to force a game seven , but the defending champion Flyers eliminated the Islanders with a 4 – 1 win in the decisive game . His numbers were so impressive that he earned himself the role of starting goaltender for the next season , 1975 – 76 and he did not disappoint . In 44 games , he had 23 wins , 11 losses , 8 ties , and 7 shut - outs with a 2 . 07 goals against average . Over the next few seasons , he would share the workload with another promising young goalie , Billy Smith . Finally , in 1980 , his sixth full season with the Islanders , Resch was part of a Stanley Cup win . But Resch was on the bench through most of that playoff run . Billy Smith led the team to victory . The next season , on March 10 , 1981 , Resch was traded to the struggling Colorado Rockies along with Steve Tambellini for Mike McEwen and Jari Kaarela . He returned to Long Island for the first time as an opponent on February 20 , 1982 . The Islanders defeated the Rockies 3 – 2 on a goal in the final minute by John Tonelli . The victory was the Islanders ' 15th straight , which set an NHL record at the time . While with the Islanders , he never had a losing season and compiled an impressive 157 wins and only 69 losses . After he was traded , he didn ' t have a winning season again until his very last one with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1986 – 87 where he went 6 – 5 – 2 in 17 games . Resch played in Colorado for only the rest of the 1980 – 81 season and the 1981 – 82 before the franchise picked up and moved to New Jersey and became the New Jersey Devils . Resch shouldered a heavy load over the next few years , but the lowly Devils didn ' t win many games . Resch was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on March 11 , 1986 for a third round pick in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft ( Marc Laniel ) . The next NHL season would be his last . Resch backed up rookie sensation Ron Hextall in 1986 – 87 as the team roared through the playoffs and came within one win of taking the Stanley Cup . Though he didn ' t get any playing time in the ' 87 playoffs , he was ejected from one of the games for his part in starting a brawl with Montreal ' s Claude Lemieux in the pre - game warm - up of game 6 of the conference finals contest with the Montreal Canadiens . The Flyers won that series but lost to the Edmonton Oilers in 7 exciting games in the Stanley Cup Finals . Awards . Resch won the Bill Masterton Trophy in 1982 and made a total of three NHL All - Star game appearances in 1976 , 1977 , and 1984 , in the 1984 NHL All - Star Game he was the winning goaltender for the Wales Conference . He also played in two Canada Cup s , once for Canada ( where he was the third , spare , goaltender ) and once for the United States in 1984 . Resch also played for Team USA at the 1982 Ice Hockey World Championships ( he was originally shortlisted for the 1981 Canada Cup but missed the tournament as his application for American citizenship had not been fully processed by the time the tournament started ) . In 1980 , he helped lead the New York Islanders to their first of four Stanley Cup s in a row . Broadcasting career . Resch was considered to be a good interview during his playing days , so it was no surprise that he became a television commentator . He actually began broadcasting during his playing days , often working as an analyst for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ' s " Hockey Night in Canada " in the playoffs after his team had been eliminated . After retiring as a player in 1987 , he had a short broadcasting stint with the Minnesota North Stars , working as a color analyst on the team ' s television broadcasts during the 1987 – 88 and 1988 – 89 seasons . Following work as a general manager for a Canadian junior hockey team and as a professional coach , mainly for the Ottawa Senators , Resch joined Fox Sports NY as a commentator on New Jersey Devils games , where he is paired with Doc Emrick . During the second intermission of Devils television broadcasts , a segment entitled " Chico Eats ! " is regularly shown , in which Resch tastes food from the many eateries at the Devils ' newly opened Prudential Center . Famous nickname . Resch was given the nickname " Chico " by former Islander teammate Doug Rombough . The nickname is a reference to the character portrayed by Freddie Prinze on the 1970s sit - com " Chico and the Man " . Chants of " Let ' s go , Chico ! " rang out at every Devils game during his reign as goaltender . In the early 2000s , the same nickname was passed on to goaltender Robert Esche , then with the Phoenix Coyotes . Like many hockey players , Esche ' s sticks had his first initial , and then his last name . Hence , " R . Esche " became " Chico " .