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 [...]

As off-season’s go, Glen Sather really hasn’t had a good one since the lockout.
You might remember that one when the Ranger’s GM scrambled to fill his team with Czechs, just to keep Jaromir Jagr, his one superstar, happy. That worked with the Rangers making the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
But since then…Uggh.
The [...]

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 Newark.
“Three straight [...]

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 second period, down [...]

UNIONDALE, NY- There is no telling if the Islanders matinee performance against the Devils Saturday was a harbinger of a promising future or merely a welcome respite to a frustrating season.
But for one afternoon at least, the core of the Isles youth movement was able to  combine effort and skill to outwork a veteran team. [...]

The move everyone expected the Rangers to make has been made today as the team claimed left wing Sean Avery on re-entry waivers from the Dallas Stars.
“We feel, especially in the division, we need a little more jam on our team,” coach John Tortorella said to reporters in Greenburgh. “Hopefully he can kick in a [...]

NEWARK, NJ – March is coming in like a lion, and if the New Jersey Devils are on your schedule, so are they.
Martin Brodeur, Jamie Langenbrunner and Brian Gionta all achieved career milestones in a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers Sunday afternoon.
Brodeur reached the 100 career shutout plateau, only the second goaltender ever to [...]

NEWARK, NJ – There is nothing like a hockey team on a roll. When everything is clicking on offense and defense, the goalie is absolutely confident and the coach trusts his team to go out and just play, the results can be magical.
A spark of that magic was visible in Saturday afternoon’s 7-2 win by [...]

NEW YORK – John Tortorella didn’t come in with some magic goal scoring serum. And the last time we checked, there haven’t been any miracles to his credit.
Tortorella is just a hockey coach – a good one – but not someone who can turn around the Rangers over night.
Because of that the first two game [...]

On breakup day, after the Rangers were eliminated by the Buffalo Sabres  in 2007, Tom Renney addressed the media. Right after he was finished, I handed him the newest issue of New York Sportscene with an article I wrote on the coach.
Usually when you hand sports figures press on themselves, they take it, thank you, [...]