Chico Resch the Mindreader

I had no problem watching last Friday's Islanders-Devils game on MSG Plus HD. Thanks to Cablevision's insistence on always placing the Islanders on MSG Plus 2 whenever the Rangers, Devils, or Knicks are playing the same night, I had to choose either listening to Howie Rose and Billy Jaffe and watching in low-def or watching in HD with Mike Emrick and Chico Resch. It was really no contest. Sorry, Howie and Billy, but I have a nice HD set and cannot watch hockey on low-def anymore. Plus, Emrick is one of the best play-by-play men anywhere—and now a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame—and I've never had a problem with Chico. The guy was an ex-Isle and he's likeably goofy. But did you know Chico was also a mindreader? Immediately after Frans Nielsen was leveled by Mike Mottau in the third period of the 5-2 Devils win, Chico came to Mottau's defense and said he knew that Mottau was not trying to go at Nielsen's head or injure him. Really? You knew what he was thinking? Well, Chico, I think ... (link)