Chico Resch mic’d up in Devils-Rangers game in ’83

The Devils won this one, too. Listen for Bob Arsena’s voice in the background — and notice Doc Emrick narrating for Hockey Night in Canada.

What are your thoughts? Comment here, on Google+ or on our Facebook Group.

15 Things for the Devils to do in ’15 — Part 3 of 3

By Kevin Canessa Jr.
NewJersey-Devils.com
Publisher

Click here to read Part 1 | Click here to read Part 2

So we’re up to the final 5 of 15 ideas for the New Jersey Devils in ’15. Believe it or not, coming up with 15 concepts was no easy at all — so in no way to I envy the team’s marketing department.

I realize a lot of these concepts are difficult — and the chance of the team acting on any of these are slim (the least of which is their fear that I’d except to be paid for the concepts … which I wouldn’t). But I am glad I tried nonetheless — and had fun the in the process.

Folks, if you’ve got any ideas, please leave them in the comments, on Google+ or in our Facebook group. I’d like to post reader-generated concepts as a future story later this week.

At any rate — the final 5.

11. Have $1 dog nights once a month to commemorate the 1995 season. That year, every night was Dollar Dog Night because of the lockout. And let me tell you — I definitely had a few dogs that year.

In 1995 the
most expensive
seat was $45.

12. Bring back the day-of-game, upper-corner $10 seats. For some, it was the only way to get to a game, and in this current economy, it might still be the case.  There’s no reason why the team cannot afford to do this.

13. Have a 1995 ticket special twice — once in the first half of the season, the other in the second half, perhaps against a lesser opponent, and sell tickets to the two games for the price of tickets in the 1994-95 season.

Chico Resch

14. Have a Glenn Chico Resch night. The man was part of this organization forever. And he typifies what it means to be a New Jersey Devil. Honour him and consider retiring his No. 1 sweater.

15. It’s also the 15th anniversary of the 1999-2000 Stanley Cup Champions, so let’s let this season come full scale with a night to honour that team, as well. Do it when the San Jose Sharks are in town so Larry Robinson can be present for the ceremony.

So that’s it. I want to thank Shannon Shark and MetsPolice.com for inspiring this idea. They’re in the midst of doing 41 (for Tom Seaver) fan ideas for the New York Mets — so that’s how I dreamed up 15 for ’15 for the Devils.

One thing is for sure — this team should be much better than it was a year ago — so we do have that to look forward to, though it will be bizarre not to see No. 30 anywhere around the team.

Be sure to keep on reading throughout the summer. We’re your best source for all the Devils stuff you won’t find elsewhere. And as always, Let’s Go Devils!

What are your thoughts? Comment here, on Google+ or on our Facebook Group.

Chico was great on with Joel yesterday; some highlights of his chat

Chico Resch was great yesterday when he went on my dear friend Joel the Mouth’s radio program. Here are some highlights of what he said because, of course, yesterday was the first time the Internet stream didn’t work properly (and I was thus unable to record the segment).

— He mentioned the obvious, that the Devils do need to score more, especially when Cory Schneider is in net. And, the team went out and did just that for him last night in Raleigh.

— He was dismayed that Marty would have even said he’s no longer the no. 1 goalie on this team. He said he will be the no. 1 goalie until he leaves or retires.

— Though he was again dismayed by the reports, he did say it would be fine if Marty were to accept a trade at the end of this season to go to a team that had a chance to win a Stanley Cup.

— Watching Jaromir Jagr’s resurgence has been one of the most enjoyable things for Chico, he says, in some time.

— Joel asked Chico a question for me about the team’s pitiful attendance this season. I learned something I had never known before yesterday. Each game, there are two attendance figures — one is the one we see in the box-scores and the other is a turnstile count that goes to the league and club executives.

I always believed the announced attendance should be the turnstile count — and there is apparently a mechanism to do just that. What I wouldn’t give to see the nightly turnstile count.

— He refused to place blame on Darcy Regier in Buffalo. In fact, he says some of the final trades that he made before he was fired (Matt Moulson, etc.) will turn out to be extremely beneficial for the Sabres — though it might take three years before the fruits of those trades are noticed.

Glenn Resch explains how he got the name Chico