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Brodeur Plays 1000th Game In Devils Opening Loss

NEWARK – Imagine having a performance review at work 1,000 times over a 16 year span in front of your board of directors and share holders. Martin Brodeur has done just that, appearing in his 1,000th career game Saturday night to open the New Jersey Devils’ 2009-2010 season. Opening the new...

Happy to Have Been Here, Hope I Helped

When Brendan Shanahan first broke into the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils in 1987, he probably didn’t expect to still be skating around and putting pucks in the net. Not many careers span three decades so if he does in fact retire then he can at least feel comfortable in the...

Devils Tune Up Isles, Get Ready for the Season

NEWARK – It was apparent early on that the first team to make a mistake would pay dearly for it. The Devils and the Islanders played 20 minutes of scoreless hockey to open up Tuesday’s game, and the Islanders killed off the one power-play opportunity afforded to the Devils. “Two good shifts...

Devils Beat Rangers In First Preseason Meeting

NEWARK – Jacques Lemaire’s second go-round with the Devils has officially began. The Devils used solid goaltending from Yann Danis and a surprise scoring output by David Clarkson to defeat the New York Rangers 3-2 in a shootout Wednesday night. The pre-season opener featured Danis in net the...

Devils Go Back to the Future With Lemaire

It’s Back To The Future all over again for Jacques Lemaire and the Devils. As was speculated here over the weekend, apparently the time machine has been set back to the year 1993. The worst kept secret finally came true earlier today when the veteran coach was rehired by Lou Lamoriello. In...

Two Late Goals End Devils Season

NEWARK, NJ - No one had ever seen anything like it. Long after the final buzzer ended, there was a zombie-like haze amongst the players and the coaches. How could everything change in one minute and twenty seconds? How could home-ice advantage and a raucous crowd just melt away in 80 ticks of a...

Clarkson and Rupp Give Devils 1-2 Punch

NEWARK, NJ- In the boxing ring, a fundamental tool of success is a good left-right punch combination. The New Jersey Devils have a great left-right wing combination that’s been known to throw a few punches, with left wing Mike Rupp and right wing David Clarkson on the fourth line, the heart...

Brodeur Fantastic in 1-0 Devils Win for Game 5

Martin Brodeur would have preferred a larger margin for error, but he and the New Jersey Devils will have to settle for a 1-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. “Well, I like the 2, 3-nothing better,” Brodeur joked. “It makes it tough at the end, because one lucky bounce, anything...

?Canes Even Series Up

NEWARK, NJ - Friday night, Tim Gleason told Mike Mottau, “Anything you can do, I can do better,” by scoring his first goal of the season as an overtime game-winner. Mottau’s second goal of the season started the playoff scoring for the Devils on Wednesday, but Gleason’s...

Devils Take Early Lead With 4-1 Win

NEWARK, NJ- Scan through the NHL’s postseason media guide and the importance of quality goaltending for championship-caliber teams becomes apparent. Martin Brodeur has led the Devils to three championships and four finals appearances. But while New Jersey claims a battle-tested netminder...

Devils Comeback Against ?Canes to End Regular Season

NEWARK, NJ - Eerily reminiscent of a game not so long ago, when the Hurricanes scored two late goals to beat the Devils at home, New Jersey took a one goal lead into the third period against Carolina Saturday afternoon. With the score 2-1, it was apparent that the Devils needed to play 60 complete...

No Contest in Jersey, Leafs Down Devs, 4-1

NEWARK, NJ - A professional hockey game lasts 60 minutes, but for the New Jersey Devils, it seemed the match against the Toronto Maple Leafs was over after only 20 minutes had been completed. Toronto scored three goals in the first period off of Devils miscues to start them on a 4-1 victory in...

Devils off the Slide

NEWARK, NJ - Martin Brodeur was supposed to observe the night honoring his record win total from the bench. Instead, he added win number 554 to the column in a 5-4 overtime win against the Tampa Bay Lightning and snapped a six-game losing streak for the New Jersey Devils. Fifty-six seconds into the...

Rangers Blank Devils, 3-0

NEW YORK - It was a “Code Blue” evening for the New Jersey Devils Monday; the New York Rangers suffocated them every inch of the ice and the Devils’ offense flat lined. There was no rescuing the club from themselves, resulting in a season-high fifth straight loss, a 3-0 shutout by...

Anatomy of a Losing Streak

NEWARK, NJ - The hip bone is connected to the leg bone, and the leg bone is connected to the ankle bone. Just like the structure of the human body, the anatomy of a losing streak is all connected and sometimes has a mind of its own. After a 2-1 loss, the first of the season after taking a lead into...

Brodeur Wins 552nd with 3-2 Victory

NEWARK, NJ - Cutting down the net seemed very appropriate. Martin Brodeur took home the net he guarded during the third period of his 552nd win, the win that pushed him past Patrick Roy to first on the all-time victories list. The Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks Tuesday night, 3-2, in a special...