The atmosphere at Prudential Center on February 9, 2016, was filled with a heightened level of excitement. Fans in a sea of #30 jerseys were nervous and excited as they rushed to get to Prudential Center by 6PM. Outside of the arena, in the cold, bitter air, one...
We live in a society today where more and more women are breaking into the world of sports at various levels. Women are working for teams. More women are becoming sports reporters. More women are working in the league corporate offices. While women are making great...
The Devils loss to Detroit on Monday, followed by their loss to Montreal on Wednesday, may have exposed a certain weakness. With the Devils officially at the halfway mark, winning 20 of their 41 games or 49% of their games this season, they seem to be on par with...
The New Jersey Devils have started this season with a huge question mark on it. No one knows what to expect of the club after their fearless leader of 28 years, Lou Lamoriello, decided to head north to the Toronto Maple Leafs, leaving the club in the hands of Ray...
The Devils made quite a number of changes over the summer. From Lou Lamoriello stepping down as President and General Manager of the New Jersey Devils and giving the role to Ray Shero to completely revamping the roster and signing a new coach, the Devils of old are...
NEW YORK -- It was nine years ago when Henrik Lundqvist, then a rookie, was making his first debut in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He had just come off an incredible Gold Medal win in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy when he headed into his first playoff game. ...
In a surprising move today, Lou Lamoriello of the New Jersey Devils stepped down as General Manager and named Ray Shero as the new GM of the Devils. Lamoriello will continue as the President of the Devils. Shero will report to Lamoriello, and Lamoriello will report...
Druzhba 78 was one of the best youth hockey teams in the world. They had one of the most impressive win records. They rarely lost. The young team was reminiscent of the cold war Soviet teams that struck fear into every hockey club around the world. Back in 1993,...
As part of a new series this season, we’ll be taking a look at heroes and what NHL players define as heroes. From comic book characters to the people that inspired them while they were growing up to modern day heroes, players give us an inside look at what inspired...
With their first back to back win since November 11-14, 2014, the New Jersey Devils are starting to make a turnaround after the firing of coach Peter DeBoer. With Scott Stevens, Adam Oates and New Jersey Devils’ President/General Manager Lou Lamoriello behind the...
NEW YORK -- If you’re going to turn a bad night into an amazing night, New York Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein knows exactly how to change the course of events. During the Rangers match against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night, Zach Sill clipped Klein’s ear at...
It’s an odd thing. Watching the Rangers allow 15 goals in three meetings with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season. Weren’t the Rangers just in the Stanley Cup Final? And what about Henrik Lundqvist? Since when does he give up 14 goals in three games to one team? ...
https://twitter.com/JRNYR/status/535136365072351232 In practically every sport in the world, from pee wee on up to the pros, it has been an ongoing tradition that the home team wears their white jerseys. When they play in away games, they wear their colored jerseys....
It’s been 20 years since I last picked up a comic book. I was always a Superman fan from day one. I grew up watching the reruns of George Reeves playing Superman back in the 1950s. Christopher Reeve (a New York Rangers fan) dominated my childhood idea of Superman....
Things are not going as planned for the New Jersey Devils this season. Their ongoing motto during training camp was to win as many games as they can at the start of the season so that they won’t be playing catch-up in the latter half of the season. Those early...
Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins) and Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins) dominated the 2014 NHL Awards on Tuesday night, each walking away with three awards a piece. Crosby was previously named the winner of the Art Ross Trophy after he led the league in points at the...
In a push to stay in the playoffs, the Rangers took Game 6 with a 1-0 win over the Capitals to send the series to a Game 7. Washington expected the Rangers to come in hard to win Game 6 at home. “I would think the guys are a little more relaxed,” Washington coach Adam...
The Rangers have been riding high since December 17th. With three wins in a row, what better way to start off the Christmas break than to win before HBO’s 24/7 cameras just one week before the Winter Classic? And what better way to show their holiday spirit on Madison...
The Devils have started off their season sub-par. In the back of the minds of many, it could be worse. Last season was one of the worst seasons that anyone has ever witnessed coming from the Devils. From the problems with Ilya Kovalchuk’s contract to losing Zach...
June 7, 2012 Perhaps it was employing a little bit of 1942’s game strategy to mix things up in the Devils’ lineup that afforded the Devils their must need win. Maybe it was the fight for survival from complete elimination that forced the Devils to change what they...
June 5, 2012 After a 4-0 win over the Devils in Game Three of the Stanley Cup Finals, the LA Kings are now 3-0 in the series and one win away from a Stanley Cup. Even though the Devils have an 18% chance of winning at this point, they still have a chance. According to...
June 3, 2012 The Los Angeles Kings took Game Two in overtime to lead the Stanley Cup Finals series 2-0 over the New Jersey Devils, improving their road win record to 10-0. They’ve tied this post-season road win record with the Calgary Flames (2004), who were also...
May 27, 2012 After defeating the Rangers in overtime, the New Jersey Devils are heading to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2003. That year was also the last time the Devils won the holy grail. Did the Rangers have a solid chance at defeating the...
May 22, 2012 The bitter rivalry between the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils just got really heated. From spearing to cross-checking to punching a legendary goalie across the face to taking turns punching each other in the jewels…oops…that did happen. While...
May 20, 2012 The Rangers took a 2-1 series lead following their 3-0 win over the Devils on Saturday. “We’re not the first team [Henrik] Lundqvist has done this to,” coach Peter DeBoer said of the Rangers’ shutout win. “So you have to battle through. It’s a little...
May 8, 2012 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCRlD5v6y4] It’s amazing how one shift can change an entire series. I’m talking about Claude Giroux’s shift in the final seconds of the second period of Game Four of the Devils-Flyers series. For most watching the...
April 29, 2012 For those comparing the future success of the Rangers based on their prior two playoff eliminations by the Washington Capitals…you can stop. John Tortorella said it was a bunch of “crap.” His assessment is right. What happened in the last two playoff...
April 28, 2012 A new era has begun for the Devils. For the first time in five years since moving to Newark, the Devils have advanced to the second round of the playoffs. This feat has been five years in the making. Each step presented new challenges and great risks....
April 21, 2012 Martin Brodeur has been breaking records left and right over these past few years. On Thursday night in Game 4 of the Devils vs. Panthers series, he recorded his 24th career playoff shutout, bypassing Patrick Roy’s previous record. This shutout, but...
It was a wild affair, but the Florida Panthers edged a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils in game three of their best-of-seven series. What started off as an early lead that had the Devils laughing after scoring three goals and watching Florida’s goaltender Jose...
