Dan Rice
Dan Rice is in his 7th year of reporting for THW & has covered NJ Devils home games for 13+ years at various websites. He began his journey working for legendary broadcaster/writer Stan Fischler from 2002-04 & completed an internship at the ECHL; he also has been writing features for the NWHL (nwhl.zone) website since 2016.
Author's Posts
Devils Youth (and Rust) on Display in Season Opener
January 15th, 2021 If you weren’t able to watch the game and only saw/heard about the final score of the New Jersey Devils opening game of the 2020-21 NHL season - a 3-2 shootout loss to the Boston Bruins at Prudential Center - you might think they did pretty well considering the Bruins were the President’s Trophy winners last season. You’d be...
A New Era of Devils Hockey Begins
January 14th, 2021 Tonight the New Jersey Devils are back on the ice in a meaningful game for the first time in over ten months. Since that last game, a 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 11 at Prudential Center, we’ve all added words like zoom, bubble, sanitizer, pandemic, masks, and now taxi squad to our daily vocabulary. It's been 310...
Connecticut Whale 2021 Season Preview
January 11th, 2021 The Connecticut Whale are hoping to carry the momentum and feel-good vibes from the end of last season into Lake Placid and make a splash in the 2021 NWHL season. The franchise won its first playoff game since season one back in March, and they were tied with the juggernaut Boston Pride with ten minutes remaining in the semifinals...
Boston Pride 2021 Season Preview
December 31st, 2020 The Boston Pride were on the cusp of the second Isobel Cup in franchise history. They had just ended a three-game postseason losing streak to advance to the 2020 Isobel Cup Final before the pandemic happened. They set a plethora of records in getting there, highlighted by their 23-1-0 regular-season record. Their roster boasted the...
Beauts’ Jordan Juron’s Epic Journey Isn’t Over Yet
December 24th, 2020 Jordan Juron has been through a lot the past few years, battling through serious injuries, and so much more. In parts of three NWHL seasons, she has tallied five points (2g-3a) in 12 regular-season games and one goal in two playoff games. She’s retired almost as many times as Brett Favre (kidding, kind of), but on Nov. 23 she...
Buffalo Beauts 2021 Season Preview
December 15th, 2020 For the first time in franchise history, the Buffalo Beauts didn’t qualify for the Isobel Cup Final last season. But due to the pandemic eventually canceling the NWHL’s title game in 2020, the Beauts can still say that they have still played in every Isobel Cup Final that has been held. Despite having so many new faces, don’t...
