Last season ended about as badly as one could end for Steve Bernier; not only did his team, the New Jersey Devils, lose in the Stanley Cup Finals but he was kicked out of the final game for a boarding major against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi. The ensuing five-minute major penalty resulted in ...
The toughest part is to ascertain what a team needs. There are no sure things in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, The New Jeresy Devils were just a couple games from winning the Stanley Cup and some may say a play or two (err call). However with the draft less than a week away and ...
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 ...
On the surface, comparing hockey and baseball is like comparing apples and oranges. Setting aside the obvious differences in the two games, comparing teams and their make up, personnel, character and heart isn’t much of a stretch. Any group of athletes who play a team sport, be it hockey, baseball, football or a host of ...
With one fell swoop of Adam Henrique’s stick, the New York Rangers’ Stanley Cup hopes came tumbling down like a house of cards. It was an end to a playoffs that didn’t go according to plan for the Rangers, to put it lightly. After a strong regular season as one of the league’s elite teams, ...
One is an undrafted career minor leaguer who was called up for the last game of the regular season. One was released from traning camp only to be called up halfway through the season. One was claimed off of waivers from the Florida Panthers shortly before the season started. But together, the trio of Stephen ...
“The New Jersey Devils winning the Stanley Cup? They haven’t been that good in years!” That seems to be the common opinion floating around hockey circles lately with regards to the Devils and their chances of winning the Cup this year, especially compared to the remaining competition. Hell, the Los Angeles Kings and their supporters ...
To be relegated to the dreaded “fourth line” is usually bad news for a hockey player. Wikipedia defines the fourth line of a hockey team as “usually composed of journeymen with limited scoring potential, but strong physical play and, as often as possible, strong skating abilities.” Apparently, no one on the New Jersey Devils read ...
For the third time in three tries the New York Rangers lost Game 2 of a series at home, this time dropping a 3-2 decision to the New Jersey Devils in Game 2 at MSG. David Clarkson scored his third game-winning goal of these playoffs early in the third period, breaking a 2-2 deadlock and ...
