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 [...]

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 [...]

NEW YORK – In football, it’s called a trap game – a match where a team overlooks its inferior opponent.
Yet, when it comes to the Minnesota Wild, it’s always a trap game, as Jacques Lemaire’s system slows down the attacking opponents almost to a crawl.
In the end though, the Blueshirts didn’t get trapped, coming out [...]