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 year at home, the Devils lost [...]

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 fact [...]

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, two bad shifts. One good [...]

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 whole game. With starting goaltender Martin Brodeur not suiting [...]

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 related news, Islander fans [...]

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 clock?  How did [...]

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 of the team’s toughness.
On a [...]

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 could happen.”
The all-time winningest goalie knows [...]

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 tally pushed the series back to Carolina for Game [...]

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, Carolina counters with Cam Ward, who has also taken a team to the top and [...]