He often played with Gretzky, which is how he wound up with 70 goals and 150 points in 1988-89. I'm hoping Bernie can replicate those numbers in our league .
If you need some evidence that they played together:
Along with veteran leaders Dave Taylor and Jim Fox (and Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey), the “Young Guns” of the Kings became my first hockey heroes and idols. The eldest of them was a highly talented scoring center (and sometimes Right Winger), Bernie Nicholls.
If you observe the scoring log for Bernie Nicholls in 1988-89, you'll notice that Gretzky and Nicholls connected for 74 goals together.