Dan Rice
Dan Rice is in his 6th year of reporting for THW & has covered NJ Devils home games for 12+ years at various websites. His career began working for legendary broadcaster/writer Stan Fischler from 2002-04 & an internship at the ECHL. He also has written for the NWHL (nwhl.zone) for the past two years.
Author's Posts
Devils See Stafford’s Value is More Than Just Stats
April 8th, 2019 Drew Stafford’s value to the New Jersey Devils can’t be found in a box score. It won’t show up in the pregame notes and you won’t see it in any advanced stat breakdown. The value of having Stafford, a 33-year-old veteran presence who has an NCAA title, and a World Juniors gold medal on his resume next to the 841 NHL games that...
NWHL Announces Plan to Expand to 7 Teams
April 2nd, 2019 It wasn’t on their immediate radar, not even in their upcoming plans for the next season. But on April 2 the NWHL announced that they would be adding two teams based north of the border to their existing five in the States. Things changed quickly on March 31 when the CWHL stunned the hockey world by announcing they were folding on May...
Devils Lost Season Filled With Silver Linings
March 24th, 2019 It’s not saying anything earth-shattering admitting that this New Jersey Devils season has been a massive disappointment. Perhaps they peaked a bit early last season when they qualified for the playoffs for the first time in the John Hynes/Ray Shero era. Would you feel better about the state of the franchise if last season and this...
Q & A with Jonna Curtis of the Whitecaps
March 23rd, 2019 This season in the NWHL was filled with memorable performances by many new faces to the league, but perhaps no one had a bigger impact in announcing their presence with authority than Jonna Curtis with the Minnesota Whitecaps. The native of Elk River, Minnesota, finished second in the league in scoring with 19 points, helped guide her...
Whitecaps Win Isobel Cup in OT Thriller
March 18th, 2019 In what was an instant classic the Minnesota Whitecaps finished an inaugural season for the ages when they defeated the Buffalo Beauts 2-1 just 49 seconds into overtime of the NWHL’s Isobel Cup Final. The Whitecaps become the fourth different franchise in four seasons to capture the NWHL championship and by virtue of having the...
3 Reasons the Whitecaps Will Win the Isobel Cup
March 16th, 2019 This season, their first as an NWHL team, the Minnesota Whitecaps won five straight games to start the season and five straight games to end the season. That was good enough to finish first in the league (12-4-0) and capture home-ice advantage on the final day of the season. In their first playoff game as a pro team, they knocked off the...
