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File:New Jersey Devils.gif
ConferenceEastern
DivisionAtlantic
Founded1974
HistoryKansas City Scouts
1974–1976
Colorado Rockies
1976–1982
New Jersey Devils
1982–present
Home arenaContinental Airlines Arena
CityEast Rutherford, New Jersey
Team colorsRed, Black, and White
MediaFSN New York
MSG Network
WFAN (660 AM)
Owner(s)Jeffrey Vanderbeek
General managerLou Lamoriello
Head coachClaude Julien
CaptainPatrik Elias
Minor league affiliatesLowell Devils (AHL)
Trenton Titans (ECHL)
Stanley Cups1994-95, 1999-00, 2002-03
Conference championships1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03
Division championships1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06

The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are currently members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Devils have won the Stanley Cup three times, first in the lockout-shortened 1995 season. The club was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1974, moved to Denver, Colorado after only two seasons, then settled in New Jersey in 1982. Under current general manager Lou Lamoriello, the Devils have earned a playoff spot in each of the last nine seasons.[1]

Since their move to New Jersey, the Devils have played their home games at the Continental Airlines Arena. In 2007 the team is expected to move to a new arena currently under construction in the city of Newark.[2]

Franchise history

Kansas City and Colorado

See also: Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies (NHL)

In 1974, the National Hockey League ended its first expansion period by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri, and Washington, D.C.[3] The Kansas City franchise was to be called the Mohawks to represent the Missouri and Kansas areas, however the Chicago Black Hawks objected to the similarity. The team was renamed the Scouts after a statue in the city.[4]

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Logo of the Kansas City Scouts (1974–1976)

On October 9, 1974, the Kansas City Scouts took the ice for the first time in Toronto, and lost 6-2 to the Maple Leafs. Due to a rodeo being held in Kemper Arena, the team's normal home ice, the Scouts were forced to wait nine games before making their home debut. Although they lost that game to the Black Hawks 4-3, the next night they beat fellow newcomer the Washington Capitals 5-4. The Scouts failed to make the playoffs in either of their two seasons, and managed to win only 27 out of 160 games. For the second season, the team sold only 2,000 of 8,000 season tickets and was almost $1 million in debt. Due to these on- and off-ice disappointments, the Scouts moved to Denver and were rechristened the Colorado Rockies.[4]

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Logo of the Colorado Rockies (1976–1982)

The team made a fresh start in Colorado, winning its first game 4-2 over Toronto. They picked up momentum and looked like a possible playoff contender, but things collapsed in February, and the Rockies finished the 1976-77 season with a record of 20-46-14. The next season, despite finishing with fewer wins, they managed to edge the Vancouver Canucks out of the last playoff spot by two points, but were quickly eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round.

Prior to that 1978-79 season, owner Jack Vickers sold the team to Arthur Imperatore, who announced that he wished to move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands. The NHL vetoed the move, requiring the team to remain in Denver until the Meadowlands Arena was complete. In 1979 the team hired Don Cherry as head coach and traded for Maple Leafs star Lanny McDonald, but despite these moves, the Rockies posted the worst record in the league. They played the next two seasons with the possibility of moving until New Jersey shipping tycoon John McMullen purchased the team on May 27, 1982, and announced that the long-expected move to New Jersey would finally be reality.[5] The team would now be playing right in the middle of the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, home to the three-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders, the New York Rangers, and the Philadelphia Flyers.

New Jersey

1982–1993

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The 1982-83 New Jersey Devils

The team was officially renamed the New Jersey Devils on June 30, 1982. Over 10,000 people voted in a contest held by local newspapers to select the name,[6] which is influenced by the legend of the Jersey Devil, an ominous cryptozoological creature supposed to inhabit the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.[7] The Devils' first game ended in a 3-3 tie to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their first win, a 3-2 victory, came in New Jersey at the expense of their new trans-Hudson rivals, the New York Rangers.[8] The team finished with a 17-49-14 record.

In the following season, the Devils were publicly humiliated by Wayne Gretzky after they were blown out 13-4 by his team, the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzky was upset that former teammate Ron Low played for what he considered an inferior team, and in a post-game interview said:

"Well, it's time they got their act together. They're ruining the whole league. They had better stop running a Mickey Mouse organization and put somebody on ice."[9]

Later, Gretzky publicly admitted that his comment went too far, but privately maintained that his comment was accurate.[10] In response, when the Oilers returned to New Jersey, many Devils fans wore Mickey Mouse apparel.[9]

In the 1983-84 season, the Devils hosted the annual NHL All-Star Game at the Brendan Byrne Arena. Glenn "Chico" Resch was the winning goaltender, and Devils defenseman Joe Cirella tallied a goal as the Wales Conference beat the Campbell Conference 7-6.[8] However, the team did not achieve much success. Original head coach Bill MacMillan was fired midway through the season and replaced with Tom McVie, and the Devils posted their worst record in team history, finishing 17-56-7. McVie was fired after the season and replaced by Doug Carpenter.

File:LouNJ.jpg
CEO, President, and General Manager Lou Lamoriello

Meanwhile, the Devils had begun building a nucleus of young players. John MacLean, Kirk Muller, and Pat Verbeek all complemented the veteran leadership of Resch. The team's record improved each season between 1984 and 1988. Providence College coach and athletic director Lou Lamoriello was hired as team president in April 1987, and he named himself general manager shortly before the 1987-88 season. Although Lamoriello had been a college coach for 19 years, he had never played, coached, or managed in the NHL.

The team played solidly, garnering the first winning record in the franchise's 13-year history. On the final day of the regular season, the Devils found themselves tied with their nemesis, the Rangers, for the final playoff spot in the Wales Conference. After New York defeated the Quebec Nordiques 3-0, all eyes were on the Devils, who were playing the Blackhawks in Chicago. The Devils were trailing 3-2 midway through the third period when John MacLean tied the game, and with two minutes left in overtime, he added the winning goal, earning New Jersey its first ever playoff berth.[11]

The Devils made it all the way to the conference finals, but lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games. In that series, head coach Jim Schoenfeld verbally abused referee Don Koharski, screaming obscenties and suggesting the official "have another donut". The incident resulted in a suspension for Schoenfeld and an appeal to the New Jersey Superior Court. This unprecedented appeal to authority outside the NHL gave the Devils a preliminary stay of his suspension. In protest, referee Dave Newell and the assigned linesmen boycotted the next scheduled New Jersey–Boston playoff match. Two linesmen from youth leagues were found in the stands to work the game wearing yellow practice jerseys. The NHL suspended Schoenfeld, who later admitted he regretted his comments, for the next game to resolve the incident.[12]

The following season, the Devils once again slipped below .500 and missed the playoffs. After the season, Lamoriello made several player changes, the most notable one being the signing of the first two Soviet stars to play in the NHL: Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov. The Devils had drafted Fetisov years earlier in the 1983 entry draft, but his government would not allow Fetisov to leave the country.[13] Shortly after, the Devils signed Fetisov's defense partner, Alexei Kasatonov. Herb Brooks, who coached the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" team, was brought in for the 1992-93 season. After he failed to take the team past the first round of the playoffs, he was fired and replaced with former Montreal Canadiens forward Jacques Lemaire.[14]

The team steamrolled through the 1993-94 regular season with a lineup including defensemen Scott Stevens and Scott Niedermayer, forwards Stephane Richer, John MacLean, Bobby Holik, and Claude Lemieux, and goaltenders Chris Terreri and Martin Brodeur, who was honored as the league's top rookie with the Calder Memorial Trophy. The Devils finished with the league's second-best record behind the New York Rangers and their first 100-point season. The Devils took the Rangers to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals before losing the deciding game in double overtime.

1994–2000

Despite the setback, the team returned to the Eastern Conference Finals during the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two. They went on to win New Jersey's first-ever Stanley Cup, sweeping the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings, amid rumors that the team would move for the third time in its history.[15]

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The 1995 Stanley Cup champions

The Devils missed the playoffs the following season and failed to live up to expectations through the remainder of the decade. In 1999-00, however, they reached the top again, defeating the defending champion Dallas Stars in six games to win the Stanley Cup for the second time. Stevens, Holik, Lemieux, Niedermayer, and Brodeur, all integral parts of the 1995 team, were backed up by new players acquired in the intervening five years including Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora, Jason Arnott, Alexander Mogilny, and rookies Brian Rafalski, John Madden, and Calder Trophy recipient Scott Gomez.

Shortly before this victory, McMullen sold the team to Puck Holdings, an affiliate of YankeeNets, who owned the New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets, for $175 million. The owners wanted to use the Devils for programming on the YES Network and move both teams to a new arena in Newark. (Neither of these proposals would become reality under Puck Holdings' ownership.)[16] For the start of the next season, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello was appointed CEO of both the Devils and Nets. He would remain at the helm of the basketball team until it was sold with the intention of moving it to Brooklyn.[17]

2001–2004

The team fell short of winning their third Stanley Cup in 2001, losing to the Colorado Avalanche in seven games. The next season, they were expected to be contenders once again,[18] but lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round. In 2003 the Devils brought the Stanley Cup to New Jersey for a third time, beating the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim four games to three. Martin Brodeur, Scott Stevens, Scott Niedermayer, Ken Daneyko, and Sergei Brylin each won their third cup.

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The exterior of the Newark Arena, shown in this computer rendering, was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. HOK Sport + Venue + Event is responsible for the interior.[19]

The next season, the Devils once again bowed out in the first round, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers. Near the end of the season, Lehman Brothers executive Jeffrey Vanderbeek, who had been a minority owner since the 2000 sale, purchased a controlling interest from Puck Holdings and resigned from Lehman Brothers to assume full-time ownership.[20]

Vanderbeek was a strong proponent of the proposed Newark Arena, which first received funding from the city council during Puck Holdings' ownership in 2002.[21] After legal battles over both eminent domain and the city's financial participation in the arena project, the final deal was approved by council in October 2004,[22] and the groundbreaking occurred almost exactly a year later.[2] Even after this, financial issues threatened to halt the deal, as the Devils did not provide the city with a required letter of credit until the last possible day in January 2006.[23]

Though construction was well underway, in late summer 2006 Cory Booker, who had recently taken office as Mayor of Newark, promised to reevaluate the deal and consider backing out.[24][25] In October Booker conceded there would be "a first-class arena built in the city of Newark, whether we like it or not",[26] and soon after the Devils struck a deal including both property and monetary givebacks that appeased city officials.[27] The Newark Arena is scheduled to open for the start of the 2007-08 season.[28]

2004–present

Goaltender Martin Brodeur has led the Devils to three Stanley Cup championships, and he is the third winningest goalie in NHL history.[29]

During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, many Devils players played in European leagues and in the hockey world championships.[30] Patrik Elias, who was playing in the Russian Superleague, contracted hepatitis A by eating poorly cooked fish.[31] Faced with Elias' indefinite recovery timetable, plus the loss of defensive stalwarts Scott Niedermayer to free agency and Scott Stevens to retirement, Lamoriello signed veteran defenseman Dan McGillis and two former Devils – winger Alexander Mogilny and defenseman Vladimir Malakhov.[32] In July 2005 the team announced that head coach Pat Burns would not return for the 2005-06 season after being diagnosed with cancer for the second time in little more than a year.[33] Assistant coach Larry Robinson, the Devils' head coach from 2000 to 2002, was promoted to start the season. Instead of naming a captain, Robinson chose four alternate captains: John Madden, Alexander Mogilny, Brian Rafalski, and Colin White.

The team struggled early in the season, ending the 2005 calendar year with a 16-18-5 record.[34] Robinson resigned as head coach on December 19, and Lamoriello moved down to the bench.[35] Once Elias returned from his bout with hepatitis, the team quickly turned around, finishing 46-27-9 after a season-ending eleven-game winning streak capped with a dramatic 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens. During that final victory, which clinched the Devils' sixth division title, Brian Gionta set a new team record for goals in a season with 48, topping Pat Verbeek's 46.[36]

On April 29, 2006, the Devils won their first round Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Rangers four games to none, extending their winning streak to fifteen games and marking the first time the Devils defeated their cross-river rival in a playoff series. The team's season ended in the next round with an 4-1 game 5 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, who would go on to win the Stanley Cup.

In the offseason, the Devils hired former Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien to replace Lamoriello behind the bench.[37]

Style of play

The Devils have been known as a defense-first team since Jacques Lemaire's tenure, when he implemented a system commonly called the neutral zone trap.[38] This system is designed to force teams to turn over the puck in the neutral zone leading to a counterattack.[39] Due to this, coupled with poor attendance and television ratings, the team had been chastized by the media and sports fans for making the NHL boring.[40] Devils coach Larry Robinson asserted that the successful Montreal Canadiens teams he played on in the 1970s used a form of the trap, though it did not have a name.[41]

Since Jacques Lemaire, the team has adopted less of a trap and more of a transitional, "run and gun" style of play. Players such as John Madden, who excels at shorthanded goals, have led the team to place a greater emphasis on speed and forechecking for the puck. Likewise, Scott Gomez and Patrik Elias are known as strong playmakers on the offensive side of the ice.

Team colors and mascot

The Devils' logo is a monogram of the letters "N" and "J", rendered with two devil horns at the top of the "J" and a pointed tail at the bottom. The monogram is red with a black outline, and sits inside an open black circle. The logo lays on a field of white in the middle of the chest on both uniforms. Prior to the 1992 season, the black circle and outline were green.

Jerseys

The old green style jerseys used from 1982 to 1992
The current jerseys used since 1992

The current team colors are red, black and white, and they can be seen on both the home and road jerseys. The home jersey, which was the team's road jersey until 2004 when the NHL decided to switch home and road jerseys,[42] is dominantly red in color. There are three black and white stripes, one across each arm and one across the waist. The road jersey is the team's former home jersey, white in color with a similar design, except that the three stripes are black and red. The shoulders are draped with black on both uniforms. Before 1993, the uniforms were green and red with slightly different striping.[14]

Mascot

The current mascot is "NJ Devil", a 7-foot tall devil who plays into the myth of the Jersey Devil. NJ tries to get the crowd pumped up at every Devils home game while sporting team apparel. He also signs autographs, participates in entertainment during the intermissions, skates across the ice, and runs around the aisles of the Continental Airlines Arena to give the crowd high fives.[43]

Prior to 1993, the mascot was "Slapshot", a large Devils hockey puck that would also interact with the fans. However, the man inside the costume, Brad Patrick Ebben, was fired after he improperly touched three women while in costume. To remove the stigma of the lawsuit, Slapshot was retired and has not returned since.[44]

Statistics and records

Season by season Records

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Records as of August 21, 2006.

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
1982-83 80 17 49 14 — 48 230 338 1270 5th, Patrick Did not qualify
1983-84 80 17 56 7 — 41 231 350 1352 5th, Patrick Did not qualify
1984-85 80 22 48 10 — 54 264 346 1282 5th, Patrick Did not qualify
1985-86 80 28 49 3 — 59 300 374 1424 6th, Patrick Did not qualify
1986-87 80 29 45 6 — 64 293 368 1735 6th, Patrick Did not qualify
1987-88 80 38 36 6 — 82 295 296 2315 4th, Patrick Won in Division Semifinals, 4-2 (Islanders)
Won in Division Finals, 4-3 (Capitals)
Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Bruins)
1988-89 80 27 41 12 — 66 281 325 2499 5th, Patrick Did not qualify
1989-90 80 37 34 9 — 83 295 288 1659 2nd, Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Capitals)
1990-91 80 32 33 15 — 79 272 264 2024 4th, Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Penguins)
1991-92 80 38 31 11 — 87 289 259 1611 4th, Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Rangers)
1992-93 84 40 37 7 — 87 308 299 1815 4th, Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Penguins)
1993-94 84 47 25 12 — 106 306 220 1734 2nd, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Sabres)
Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Bruins)
Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Rangers)
1994-951 48 22 18 8 — 52 136 121 787 2nd, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Bruins)
Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-1 (Penguins)
Won in Conference Finals, 4-2 (Flyers)
Stanley Cup Champions, 4-0 (Red Wings)
1995-96 82 37 33 12 — 86 215 202 1486 6th, Atlantic Did not qualify
1996-97 82 45 23 14 — 104 231 182 1135 1st, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Canadiens)
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Rangers)
1997-98 82 48 23 11 — 107 225 166 1488 1st, Atlantic Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Senators)
1998-99 82 47 24 11 — 105 248 196 1355 1st, Atlantic Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Penguins)
1999-00 82 45 24 8 5 103 251 203 1313 2nd, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Panthers)
Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-2 (Maple Leafs)
Won in Conference Finals, 4-3 (Flyers)
Stanley Cup Champions, 4-2 (Stars)
2000-01 82 48 19 12 3 111 295 195 1235 1st, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Hurricanes)
Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-3 (Maple Leafs)
Won in Conference Finals, 4-1 (Penguins)
Lost in Finals, 3-4 (Avalanche)
2001-02 82 41 28 9 4 95 205 187 1010 3rd, Atlantic Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Hurricanes)
2002-03 82 46 20 10 6 108 216 166 938 1st, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Bruins)
Won in Conference Semifinals, 4-1 (Lightning)
Won in Conference Finals, 4-3 (Senators)
Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Mighty Ducks)
2003-04 82 43 25 12 2 100 213 164 894 2nd, Atlantic Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Flyers)
2004-052 — — — — — — — — — — —
2005-063 82 46 27 — 9 101 242 229 938 1st, Atlantic Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Rangers)
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Hurricanes)
2006-073 9 4 4 — 1 9 25 32 95 — —
Totals 1836 840 748 219 29 1928 5841 5738 33299 — —
1 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
2 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
3 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).

Individual records

Regular season

Playoffs

Current roster

As of October 26, 2006. [1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
30 Canada Martin Brodeur L 1990 Montreal, Quebec
40 United States Scott Clemmensen L 1997 Des Moines, Iowa
Defensemen
# Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
2 United States David Hale (IR) L 2000 Colorado Springs, Colorado
5 Canada Colin White - A L 1996 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
6 United States Jim Fahey R 2006 Boston, Massachusetts
7 United States Paul Martin L 2000 Minneapolis, Minnesota
8 United States Alex Brooks R 2002 Madison, Wisconsin
21 Canada Brad Lukowich L 2006 Cranbrook, British Columbia
28 United States Brian Rafalski R 1999 Dearborn, Michigan
29 Sweden Johnny Oduya L 2006 Stockholm, Sweden
Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
9 United States Zach Parise C L 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota
10 United States Erik Rasmussen C L 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11 Canada John Madden - A C L 1997 Barrie, Ontario
14 United States Brian Gionta RW R 1998 Rochester, New York
15 United States Jamie Langenbrunner - A RW R 2002 Cloquet, Minnesota
17 United States Michael Rupp RW L 2006 Cleveland, Ohio
18 Russia Sergei Brylin LW L 1992 Moscow, U.S.S.R.
19 Canada Travis Zajac C R 2004 Winnipeg, Manitoba
20 United States Jay Pandolfo - A LW L 1993 Winchester, Massachusetts
22 United States Dan LaCouture LW L 2006 Hyannis, Massachusetts
23 United States Scott Gomez C L 1998 Anchorage, Alaska
25 United States Cam Janssen RW R 2002 St. Louis, Missouri
26 Czech Republic Patrik Elias - C LW L 1994 Trebic, Czechoslovakia

Famous players

See also: List of New Jersey Devils players and New Jersey Devils notable players and award winners

Retired numbers

Note: Wayne Gretzky's number 99 was retired league-wide by the NHL at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game

Team captains

Note: This list does not include the former captains of the Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies.

Pro Hockey Hall of Famers

Note: Former Devils head coaches Jacques Lemaire (1993–1998) and Larry Robinson (2000–2002, 2005) had been elected to the hall-of-fame as players prior to joining the Devils organization.

Broadcasters

  • Mike "Doc" Emrick – Primary television play-by-play announcer
  • Glenn "Chico" Resch – Television color analyst
  • Steve Cangialosi – Television reporter, pre-game and post-game host, and alternate play-by-play announcer
  • Stan Fischler – Studio analyst
  • Matt Loughlin – Radio play-by-play announcer
  • Tom Chorske – Radio color analyst

References

General

  • "Kansas City Scouts season statistics and records". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  • "Colorado Rockies season statistics and records". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  • "New Jersey Devils season statistics and records". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  • "Year-by-year results, including game results" (PDF). New Jersey Devils. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  • "Individual regular-season records" (PDF). New Jersey Devils. Retrieved 2006-09-01.

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