NEWARK, NJ— Armando Benitez blew a comfortable lead during a showcase game.
Sound familiar? Benitez wasn’t even wearing a Mets uniform this time. Instead, the Newark Bears closer failed to hold a two-run ninth inning lead in the Atlantic League’s All-Star game Tuesday night, giving up four runs on five hits as the Liberty Division stormed [...]

Newark, NJ – Every Met fan knew the look, the feel, and motions of this blown save. Heck, even Yankee fans had to suffer through this for a few weeks.
And now, with Armando Benitez in the Atlantic League, things haven’t changed.
The erstwhile major league closer came into Atlantic League All-Star Game in Newark with his [...]

NEWARK, NJ— Ozzie Smith’s cleats barely left the Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium grass as he jogged out to shortstop.
No backflips accompanied Smith as he took his position during the Atlantic League’s All-Star pregame celebrity exhibition softball game. The 54-year-old said his crowd-pleasing acrobatic ways are a thing of his playing days.
“I play too much [...]

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 [...]

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 – 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 [...]

NEWARK, NJ – “Things can be accomplished if your team has success,” New Jersey Devils’ Head Coach Brent Sutter said after Thursday’s 5-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.
Sutter could have been referring to a few different things happening in the Devils organization.
The win over Phoenix marked a team-record ninth straight home win, which comes after [...]

NEWARK, NJ – The New Jersey Devils were determined to not let a big loss on Saturday “snowball” into a losing streak, and Tuesday night they turned up the heat on the Calgary Flames in a 3-2 win.
In a game that some predict may be a Stanley Cup Final preview, the Flames took an early [...]

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 [...]