By any name, that was Nick Fotiu. When Schultz or one of the other Flyers roughed up Ulf Nilsson or threw a cheap shot at Ron Greschner, the Ranger coach could point to Fotiu and know that he ...

Fotiu was in a WHA Whalers uniform the night the Civic Center opened Jan. 11, 1975. He was in a Whalers NHL uniform the night the Civic Center re-opened after a roof collapse on Feb. 6, 1980.

He tells a hilarious pranking story with his teammate Nick Fotiu involving Dave Maloney’s room, girls, a fire hose under the door and the water pressure on high — they got in a bit of trouble.