February 8th, 2010
During Monday Night's matchup between the New Jersey Devils and the Philadelphia Flyers, Devils defensivemen Anssi Salmela scored a pretty goal in the second period to give the Devils, a 2-0 lead.Nearing the end of his shot, Flyers centre Jeff Carter absolutely unloaded on him with a hit that knock Salmela flat out on the ice.Salmela was taken off the ice in a strecher (as evidenced in the video), there is no current word on his status.The hit itself appeared to be legal since Carter'…
February 7th, 2010
Our good friend Scotty of Scotty Hockey had a different perspective on who the hero was in last night’s New York Rangers vs. Devils game: Let the entire NHL hate Sean Avery. Let the refs grind their axes against him
February 6th, 2010
I'm going to open up my yapper once again to voice my opinion. Yet again ANOTHER QMJHL player is suspended indefinitely for an illegal hit.
February 6th, 2010
((HT: NHL/Rogers Sportsnet))Wearing his familiar number 17 the Newest New Jersey Devil, Ilya Kovalchuk ((pictured picking up two points last night in two ways, thanks Saed Hindash/Newark Star-Ledger)), was paired with Jamie Langenbrunner and Dainius Zubrus for his coming out party against the Toronto Maple Leafs.The end result: two assists in the 4-3 win. The Devils were, actually, down 3-1 with five minutes to go in regulation.
February 6th, 2010
The Nets want out of the Izod Center so badly, they’re going to move to Newark before they move to Brooklyn. The Nets have reached a preliminary lease agreement with their old Meadowlands roommates, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, that will have both teams co-habitating at the Prudential Center starting next season, the New York Daily
February 6th, 2010
The Washington Capitals look like Tier I Stanley Cup contenders right now, not with the way they have been playing (especially in their last four games), but because they’ve strung together 13 wins in a row. If the Caps were in the playoffs right now and hypothetically played three teams in three series, they’d figure to be be in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals in relatively short order. They are the class of the East.
February 6th, 2010
The Devils have made the biggest splash thus far before the March 3rd trade deadline. They acquired sniper Ilya Kovalchuk and defenseman Anssi Salmela in exchange for defenseman Johnny Oduya, rookie forward Niclas Bergfors, prospect Patrice Cormier , and a first round draft pick. Kovalchuk is a free agent at the end of the year and just
February 5th, 2010
NEWARK, N.J.(AP) Ilya Kovalchuk 's debut with the New Jersey Devils had a storybook ending, except journeyman Jay Pandolfo provided the big goal instead of the high-scoring Russian.
February 5th, 2010
Jay Pandolfo capped a three-goal outburst in the final 3:04 and the New Jersey Devils welcomed Ilya Kovalchuk by rallying for a 4-3 victory over the stunned Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.
