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American ice hockey player
Ice hockey player
Chris Nilan
Born
(1958-02-09) February 9, 1958 (age 66) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position
Right wing
Shot
Right
Played for
Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers Boston Bruins
National team
United States
NHL draft
231st overall, 1978 Montreal Canadiens
Playing career
1979–1992
Website
Official website
Christopher John Nilan (born February 9, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey player and former radio host. Nilan played 688 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season games as a right-wing for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Boston Bruins between 1980 and 1992. He won the Stanley Cup in 1986 with Montreal.
Known as "Knuckles" or "Knux", he was famous for his propensity to fight. He holds a record for most penalty minutes by an American-born player. Nilan's life and career are prominently featured in Alex Gibney's 2011 documentary film The Last Gladiators.
Christopher John Nilan (born February 9, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey player and former radio host. Nilan played 688 National Hockey...
edition of Hockey Night In Canada, Don Cherry accused Grimson, along with ChrisNilan and Jim Thomson, of being 'pukes' and 'hypocrites' for supposedly making...
207 Craig Berube, 3,149 Tim Hunter, 3,146 ChrisNilan, 3,043 Rick Tocchet, 2,972 Pat Verbeek, 2,905 Chris Chelios, 2,891 Dave Manson, 2,792 Scott Stevens...
Carpenter, Ed Olczyk, Joel Otto, ChrisNilan, Dave Ellett, Mike Ramsey, Kevin Hatcher, Rod Langway, Phil Housley, Gary Suter, Chris Chelios Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso...
Steve Rooney 30 ChrisNilan 32 Claude Lemieux 44 Stephane Richer* Defencemen 5 Rick Green 18 Tom Kurvers 19 Larry Robinson (A) 24 Chris Chelios 17 Craig...
Lafleur Most points: 1,246, Guy Lafleur Most penalty minutes: 2,248, ChrisNilan Most consecutive games played: 560, Doug Jarvis Season Most goals in...
Linseman (1) – 02:25 Second period 18:27 – Kjell Dahlin (1) 19:16 – ChrisNilan (1) No scoring Third period No scoring Doug Keans 22 saves / 28 shots...
former teammates and opponents, including Dino Ciccarelli, Tie Domi, ChrisNilan, Gerard Gallant, Doug Gilmour, Stu Grimson, Joey Kocur, Brad McCrimmon...
Washington Capitals F Joe Mullen New York City, New York Calgary Flames F ChrisNilan Boston, Massachusetts Montreal Canadiens F Ed Olczyk Palos Heights, Illinois...
Stemkowski, Dave Maloney, Ron Greschner, Pierre Larouche, Emile Francis, ChrisNilan, and Ulf Nilsson filled in for Messina. During the years when only the...
was forced to pick another since it was already taken by right winger ChrisNilan (he instead chose 33, which itself became popular as a choice). USHL...
by including enforcer ChrisNilan and checker Brian Skrudland ahead of players such as Kirk Muller and Guy Lafleur. However, Nilan and Skrudland both missed...
17:23 2:00 MTL ChrisNilan Elbowing 17:23 2:00 QUE Mario Marois Slashing 20:00 2:00 2nd QUE Michel Goulet Holding 3:52 2:00 MTL Chris Chelios Roughing...
Brad May as AHL analyst". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-12. "Face to face: Chris McAllister". February 2005. "Sandy McCarthy hockey statistics and profile...
exchange for ChrisNilan. Montreal's first-round pick went to the Rangers as the result of a trade on January 27, 1988 that sent ChrisNilan to the Rangers...
United States Navy William Martin, novelist Joe Nash, former NFL player ChrisNilan, former NHL player and coach. Richard Olney, former United States Attorney...
of the 1997–98 ECHL season. They were coached by noted NHL enforcer ChrisNilan for both of their seasons. The Icebreakers 34-28-8 record was good for...
LaFontaine (injured/did not play), Craig Ludwig, Moe Mantha, Jr. and ChrisNilan. Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Glenn "Chico" Resch. Training camp only --...
April 12 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Quebec Nordiques Quebec Coliseum Recap ChrisNilan (1) – 01:53 Mark Hunter (1) – 09:00 First period 02:22 – Marian Stastny...
1986 Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, 1987 Golden State Warriors ChrisNilan – Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers Jamie Oleksiak...
(given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: ChrisNilan, Sandra Bezic, Jeremy Roenick. Running order Individual judges scores...
Edition. Toronto: Total Sports Publishing. p. 778. ISBN 1-894963-16-4. "Nilan, Grimson, Thomson want accountability from Cherry | NHL | Hockey | Sports...
Second period No scoring Stew Gavin (3) – 19:02 Third period 10:42 – pp – ChrisNilan (1) Mike Liut 26 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 19 saves /...
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