Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsThe 2013 NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone and the defending Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Devils basically stood pat, only acquiring former-Devil Steve Sullivan from the Phoenix Coyotes for a 7th round draft pick in 2014. Currently the Devils are clinging to a playoff spot as the regular season enters it’s final 24 ...
With the framework in place to finally end the NHL lockout, many teams will be scrambling to assemble their teams, invite players to training camps and make important personnel decisions. For the New Jersey Devils, they have a pretty good idea who will be on their opening night roster, but one high profile question facing ...
Following Sunday’s article called Top 10 Undersized NHL Players, I decided to do the exact opposite and have a look at the NHL’s biggest and strongest players who can dominate the game with their size advantage over smaller and lighter players. These oversized jumbo players have always received extra attention from professional scouts and general ...
New Jersey Devils 1st Round selection, 29th overall: Stefan Matteau, LW If the last name sounds familiar it’s because his father, Stephane Matteau, scored one of the biggest goals in New York Rangers history, eliminating the Devils in double overtime of Game 7 in the 1994 East Finals. Stefan, was only three months old when ...
It can be devastating to come two wins short of hockey’s ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup, and that’s where the New Jersey Devils find themselves as they head into this offseason. Questions are abound in Newark as GM Lou Lamoriello faces some major questions regarding some important pieces of his franchise. Martin Brodeur, Zach Parise ...
They’ve only won one game in the Stanley Cup Finals, but the New Jersey Devils still have a pulse and will try to pull off one of the more improbable comebacks in NHL history. After winning Game 4, 3-1 in Los Angeles, spoiling the Kings championship coronation, both teams flew cross-country back to New Jersey ...
Over the years since the NHL has become a more international league, the Stanley Cup has traveled with victorious individuals to several different European countries. Up until this year’s finals, it has been won by 28 Swedish players, 22 Russian players, 22 Czech players, nine Finnish players, and six Slovak players. Numbers such as those ...
If there is anything I enjoy about hockey more than anything, it is the fact that it has become a worldwide sport. The IIHF has nearly 80 member nations on six continents and there is every reason to believe that number will continue to grow as the love of the game continues to intensify. There ...
It’s been 18 years since the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers played in the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, and in Game 1 of the 2012 East Finals it was the Rangers who took the early series lead with a 3-0 win behind 21 saves by Henrik Lundqvist and three, third period goals. The ...
Even the biggest fan of the New Jersey Devils didn’t see this one coming. Led by balanced scoring, timely goaltending and an unwillingness to retaliate the Undead Devils steamrolled the Philadelphia Flyers — winning four straight games, despite surrendering the opening goal in each of those victories. The Flyers managed only 11 goals in the ...
