Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsMore than any other sport hockey players have their fair share of superstitions and good luck charms. Two seasons after his NHL playing career ended Andrew Peters still has an impact on his former teammates with the New Jersey Devils. It actually makes allot of sense that a player of Andrew Peters pugilistic skillset is ...
We have reached the halfway point of the NHL playoffs and there are some very clear Conn Smythe candidates separating themselves from the pack. Many of the opening round contenders have continued on strong through the second round, but not everyone survived the cut. Before identifying the top playoff performers heading into the Conference Finals, ...
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 ...
Martin Brodeur is, if not the best, one of the best goalies to ever play in the National Hockey League. He has captured three Stanley Cups, four Vezina Trophies, and holds all-time records for most wins, shutouts, and games played. At 40 years old, and having played 18 NHL seasons, Brodeur’s career is nearing its ...
After narrowly escaping their first two series in the 2012 Playoffs, the Rangers face a familiar foe in the Eastern Conference Finals in the New Jersey Devils. The two teams have taken different paths to get to this point, but this series has all of the makings of a classic series: divisional rivalry, recent regular ...
It’s not quite a subway series, rather a bridge and tunnel series. At every sports bar from Asbury Park to Astoria talk revolves around the Eastern Conference series final uniting fans in a friendly manner. New York Rangers fans are talking Devils, and New Jersey Devils fans are talking Rangers. We’re like family, kind of. ...
Despite recently turning 40, legendary New Jersey Devils stopper Martin Brodeur has to be feeling like a kid again. He looks calm and poised in net as the Devils are headed to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 2003 when they won their last Stanley Cup. Since the lockout, the Devils revolved ...
Buy in. It’s what every executive, every coach, every leader seeks from his charges. Perhaps nowhere is “buy in” more important than in team sports, where one player not believing in the coach’s concept can sabotage an entire squad. The New Jersey Devils advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night, defeating the heavily-favored ...
Don’t believe everything you hear, see, or read a wise old man once said. That age old expression does a lot of justice to the Ilya Bryzgalov bashing that is taking place in newspapers and on websites internationally following the Flyers 4-1 series loss to the Devils. A lot of these rumblings would have you ...
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 ...
