All Entries in the "New Jersey Devils" Category
Is it Time for the New Jersey Devils to Consider Sending Mattias Tedenby to the minors?
Last night was a fun night for the Devils. Sure, it was a little agonizing at times, but in the end, the Devils were victorious by a 3-2 score, thanks to Adam Henrique’s late third period wraparound goal, his second straight game with the deciding goal. For the most part, the team played pretty well, [...]
Five More Things To Like/Dislike About New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils rose above the .500 mark again Saturday night, defeating the Winnipeg Jets by a 3-2 margin in overtime. With that, I figure its time for another installment of five things that I both like and dislike about the Devils and their recent play. Five Things I Like About the Current State [...]
Before and After: Terry Murray on starting Bernier vs. Devils
Kings coach Terry Murray has been all the talk in LA hockey circles this week, as he decided to rest uber hot Jonathan Quick – riding a streak of three straight shutouts – and put in back-up Jonathan Bernier for Tuesday’s game vs. the Devils. Barry Melrose went on NHL radio yesterday saying he would [...]
Five Devilish Things To Worry About in New Jersey
Well, the New Jersey Devils have hit their first “crisis” mode of the season. While it certainly isn’t time to panic, there are a few things to have general concerns about. The reason for worry goes beyond the fact they have lost the last two games, but more so how outbadly they were outplayed by [...]
Kings’ Willie Mitchell on his past, present and future
Willie Mitchell has already revisited his past once this season and he’ll be doing in again on Tuesday night when the New Jersey Devils come to Staples Center in LA. “Where it all started. That’s the first thing I think about when it comes to playing the Devils,” the 10-year NHL veteran said. “It doesn’t [...]
Devils Rise Above the .500 Mark; Five Things to Like and Five Not to Like Thus Far
When you compare the idea to most Devils teams in recent years, it isn’t that significant of an accomplishment, but after last year’s disaster of a season, it is worth noting that after Thursday’s 2-1 shootout victory over the Los Angeles Kings, the New Jersey Devils are now above .500 (2-1-0) for the first time since the final game of the [...]
Time for a Do-Over: A New Season for the New Jersey Devils Begins Tonight
Things changed greatly for the New Jersey Devils last season. Rookie Head Coach John MacLean was brought in to help the Devils continue their winning ways. After all, the team was coming off of 13 consecutive playoff appearances, and had reached the Stanley Cup finals three times during that span. Ilya Kovalchuk was signed to [...]
Getting Ready for the Season in New Jersey; Predicting the 23-man roster
The New Jersey Devils have now wrapped up their preseason games and despite not neccessarily getting the preferred results, they are closer to having their roster set for Opening Night. The first cuts came last week when they “cut” 19 players, sending five players to their junior team and 14 to their AHL affiliate in Albany. None [...]
PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR CHARITY
We here at HI support this effort by Pat LaFontaine and Steve Webb, and personally implore you to give just anything you can in support of this…. HOCKEY LEGENDS PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR W20 FOUNDATION AND COMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION NEW YORK (September 19, 2011) –NHL alumnus Steve Webb [...]
Devils with Intrasquad Scrimmage Today
With a few days of training camp behind us and everyone seemingly settled in, the New Jersey Devils prepare themselves for an intrasquad scrimmage today. It will be the first taste of game action for this group of players and will be the precursor for the preseason games to follow later this week.While it will [...]
New Jersey Devils Training Camp Opens
It may not have the same hoopla as last year’s Summer of Kovalchuk, but once again, it looks as if it will be a very interesting training camp for the New Jersey Devils, as the rookies and other youngsters reported today, while the vets report Friday, with their first on-ice practice slated for Saturday. There are [...]
Scott Niedermayer’s Jersey to Be Retired By New Jersey Devils
Scott Niedermayer was one of the best defensemen ever to wear an NHL jersey. A winner at every level he played at, Niedermayer did it all, winning four Stanley Cups, two Olympic Gold Medals, a Memorial Cup, a World cup, an IIHF World Championship and a World Junior Championship. He’s the only player ever to win every possible [...]
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) plane crashes; 43 people dead, many former NHLers ***updated***
Forty-three people have died in a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia. The majority of victims were members of the local ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Kontinental Hockey League. The plane crashed on take-off after hitting an air traffic tower at the airport and witnesses are reporting [...]
Nassau County Is Decadent and Depraved
Written under duress (and disappointment) by B.D. Gallof I’ve been following things in regard to the arena for a long time now. I never asked for it, nor do I derive any satisfaction from the writing of it. I’ve just striven for truth within a giant murk of all sorts of intentions, public [...]
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Hockey Independent mock draft part 1
With the NHL Entry Draft looming I decided to organize a mock draft with several of HI’s writers to give you an idea of what tonight’s entry draft could look. Participants: Fred Poulin, Cris Cohen, Lawrence Duchenski, John Scott Moore, Jeremy Scriven, Alexander Monaghan, Jamie Fraser, Andre Garabedian, WB Philp, Al Cimaglia, Adrian Fung, Gordon [...]
Nick Giglia’s 2011 Mock Draft: The Swami Speaks
This year, once again with the assistance of my good friend Andrew R (and some Bitches Brew…..both the beer and the music), I sat down to do my NHL Mock Draft. As per usual, trades were considered, and by a phenomenal stroke of luck we called Carter to Columbus for Voracek and the [...]
BD’s TAKE ON THE NY ISLANDERS DRAFT: Part 2, A Trio Of Choices At Forward
Part 2 Well here we are at part 2, so let’s just cut to the chase. Here are the three that would, if I look correctly at NY Islanders Draft History, would be the likely targets at the #5 position, or if the Isles move back within the top 10. I asked my pal, Kirk [...]
Mock Draft 1.0
Mock Draft 1.0 Here we go….1-10 Only…. 1. Edmonton Oilers – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C Red Deer (WHL)– RNH is the best player in the draft, and with the number 1 pick, you use that on the best player. It just so happens that Edmonton is in need of a Number one Center and RNH is [...]
Nordiques Nation invade Prudential Center, New Jersey
After more than 1,100 hockey fans from Quebec City invaded Nassau Coliseum back on December 11, 2010, for a game between the New York Islanders and the Atlanta Thrashers, the Nordiques Nation invaded another NHL arena of the Greater New York area this past Sunday. About 2,000 Quebec Nordiques fans made the trip to Newark, [...]
