In the crazy season that just ended aka the lockout-shortened 48-game NHL 2013 season, every team dealt with major issues, be it crazy road trips, not enough practice time to correct specific flaws or injuries to key players. But of all the storylines in the 30-team league, one of the most interesting was how quickly ...
An 11-year NHL veteran, Brian Gionta is the New Jersey Devils franchise leader for goals (48) in a single season (2005-06), is a Stanley Cup champion (2003) and the 34-year-old (standing at 5’7”) is currently the captain of the one of the NHL’s most-storied franchises: the Montreal Canadiens. His brother, 29-year-old Stephen Gionta is currently ...
Close your eyes. What comes to your mind when you think about the New Jersey Devils? Now open them. BOOM, Scott Stevens lays out a forward streaking into the zone! Close them again. Now open. CRUNCH, a grinding check by Ken Daneyko plants an opposing player face first into the glass. Now close and open ...
The New Jersey Devils are still in the top half of the Eastern Conference with 22 points (9-3-4), but they haven’t put together a solid 60-minute game since completing a home-and-home sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 10 by identical 3-1 scores. Those two ‘convincing wins’ were followed up by roller coaster week: a ...
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 ...
Jacob Josefson has had a bumpy start to his NHL career with the New Jersey Devils — he has shown flashes of brilliance, but has also fallen victim to the injury ninja. Not just any injuries though, ones that last months rather than days or weeks. Now in his third season as a pro (2009 ...
Family affairs are nothing new with the New Jersey Devils. Lou Lamoriello is the General Manager of New Jersey and his son Chris serves in the same capacity at Albany. There are also the three Zajac’s in the organization, Travis, Darcy and Kelly. Over the years the Devils have either had brothers in the organization ...
Often deemed too small by NHL scouts, small, undersized, but skilled players, often have a harder time convincing NHL executives and coaches to give them a chance at the pro hockey level than a 6’4”, 220 pounds forward with lesser skills, but with a bigger physical frame. The rigour of the 82-game NHL calendar take ...
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 ...
