New Jersey Devils
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Logo of the Kansas City Scouts (1974-1976) |
In
1974, the
National Hockey League expanded for the final time in an eight-year span with the addition of teams in
Kansas City and
Washington, D.C. The Kansas City team was originally named the Mohawks, which would signify a combination of the Missouri and Kansas areas. However, the
Chicago Black Hawks objected, and so the team was instead named the Scouts, after a statue in the city. On
October 9,
1974, the
Kansas City Scouts took to the ice for the first time in
Toronto, Canada, and lost 6-2 to the
Toronto 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 Blackhawks 4-3, they won the next night by beating fellow
expansion team Washington Capitals 5-4. Unfortunately, the Scouts failed to make the playoffs in either of their two seasons, and managed to win just 27 games out of a possible 160. For the second season, the team managed to sell only 2,000 of 8,000
season tickets. The Scouts' lack of success on the ice, coupled with financial problems (the team was almost $1 million in debt by the
1975-1976 season) forced them to move to
Denver as the
Colorado Rockies after only two years.
[History of the Kansas City Scouts on Sports E-Cyclopedia. Accessed March 25, 2006.] |
Logo of the Colorado Rockies (1976-1982) |
The Rockies started off better than the Scouts had, winning their first game 4-2 over the Maple Leafs (ironically the team that had beaten the Scouts in their debut). The team picked up momentum, and looked to possibly make the playoffs. However, things collapsed in February, and they finished the
1976-77 season with a record of 20-46-14. The next season marked a high point of sorts for the team; despite finishing with a worse record than the year before, they managed to make the playoffs. Unfortunately, they were summarily finished by the
Philadelphia Flyers, losing the series two games to none.
Prior to the
1978-79 NHL season, hints of a Rockies' move began to arise. Owner Jack Vickers sold the team to Arthur Imperatore. Imperatore announced that he wished to move the team to the
New Jersey Meadowlands. However, the NHL vetoed the move, saying the team would have to remain in Denver until the
Meadowlands Arena was finished with construction. In
1979 the team hired
Don Cherry as coach, and traded for Maple Leafs star
Lanny McDonald. Neither move was enough to prevent the Rockies from posting the worst record in the NHL. The Rockies continued to play with the possibility of moving for the next two seasons, until they were finally purchased by New Jersey shipping tycoon Dr. John McMullen on
May 27,
1982. McMullen announced that the long-rumored move to New Jersey would finally take place.
[History of the Colorado Rockies on Sports E-Cyclopedia. Accessed March 25, 2006.]The move appeared to make little sense. The team would be playing right in the middle of the
Tri-State Area, home to the three-time defending
Stanley Cup champion
New York Islanders and NHL power
New York Rangers. McMullen had to compensate the Islanders, Rangers and
Philadelphia Flyers for invading their territory as a condition of the move.
New Jersey
1982-1993: Early struggles
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1982-1983 New Jersey Devils Official Team Photo |
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, and selected the Devils, a name influenced by the
legend of the
Jersey Devil, an ominous
cryptozoological creature supposed to inhabit the
Pine Barrens.
[Kat's Devils Den. Accessed March 25, 2006.]The team's first game ended in a 3-3 tie to the
Pittsburgh Penguins; team captain
Don Lever scored the first goal for the "new" team. Its first win came at the expense of its new
Hudson River rivals, the
New York Rangers, as the Devils won at home 3-2.
[Dates in Devils History. Accessed March 25, 2006.] Despite high points during their first season, the team finished with a 17-49-14 record.
The following season marked one of the lowest points in the team's history. On
November 13,
1983, the Devils were destroyed by the
Edmonton Oilers, 13-4.
Wayne Gretzky was upset that former teammate
Ron Low played for what he considered an inferior team, and made this comment in a post-game interview:
"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." [Kat's Devils Den. Accessed March 25, 2006.]
Gretzky later publicly admitted that his comment went too far, but privately maintained that his comment was accurate.
[Couch Potato Hockey. Accessed March 25, 2006.] In response, when the Oilers made the return trip, Devils fans were asked to wear
Mickey Mouse apparel.
The Devils changed coaches and front office staff often in their first several years, trying to find someone who would reverse the team's losing history. Original head coach Bill MacMillan was fired midway through the
1983-84 season and replaced with Tom McVie. A highlight of the season was when the Devils hosted the annual
NHL All-Star Game at Brendan Byrne Arena.
Glenn "Chico" Resch was the winning goaltender, and Devil defenseman Joe Cirella added a goal as the Wales Conference beat the Campbell Conference 7-6.
[Dates in Devils History. Accessed March 25, 2006.] Unfortunately, the Devils posted their worst record in team history, finishing with a 17-56-7 record. McVie was fired after the season, and replaced by
Doug Carpenter.
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 Devils' record improved each season between
1984 and
1988. Part of the reason for the improvement was yet another front-office shakeup, when
Providence College coach and athletic director
Lou Lamoriello was hired as team president in April of
1987. Lamoriello 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 and was not well-known outside the American college hockey community.
The Devils played solidly throughout the season, garnering the first winning record in the franchise's 13-year history. On the final day of the regular season, the team found themselves tied with their nemesis, the Rangers, for the final playoff spot. After New York defeated the
Quebec Nordiques 3-0, all eyes were on the Devils, who were playing the Blackhawks in Chicago. Despite trailing 3-2 midway through the third period, John MacLean tied the game, and with two minutes left in overtime, scored the go-ahead goal, giving New Jersey a win and their first playoff berth. Although the Devils made it to the conference finals, they lost to the
Boston Bruins in seven games. The conference final was notable for a confrontation between Devils coach
Jim Schoenfeld and referee
Don Koharski that resulted in a suspension for Schoenfeld and an appeal to the
New Jersey Superior Court. The unprecedented appeal to authority outside the NHL gave the Devils a preliminary stay of his suspension, and 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 to provide one of the more infamous images from that season.
The following season, the Devils once again fell below .500, and missed the playoffs. However, after the season, Lamoriello made several player changes, the most notable being the signing of two
Soviet players,
Viacheslav Fetisov and
Sergei Starikov, the first Soviet stars to play in the NHL. The Devils had drafted Fetisov years earlier in the
1983 NHL Entry Draft, but the Soviet government would not allow Fetisov to leave to America. The Devils later followed by signing Fetisov's defense partner,
Alexei Kasatonov. All the while, the team continued to show improvement, but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Coaches came and went each season; former
Miracle on Ice coach
Herb Brooks was brought in for the
1992-93 season, but he fared no better than his predecessors. After Brooks failed to take the team past the first round of the playoffs, he was fired and replaced with former
Montreal Canadiens forward
Jacques Lemaire, a move that would prove instrumental in the Devils' future success.
1994-2000: Rise to Glory
Between
1990 and
1993, the Devils made the playoffs each year, only to bow out in the first round each time. In
1994, the Devils started gaining respectability in NHL circles. A team headlined by defensemen
Scott Stevens and
Scott Niedermayer;
Claude Lemieux,
Bobby Holik,
Valeri Zelepukin,
Stephane Richer and
John MacLean on offense; and goaltenders
Martin Brodeur and
Chris Terreri steamrolled through the regular season, finishing with the league's second-best record and the franchise's first 100-point season. The Devils took the
New York Rangers, the only team with a better record during the regular season, to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals before losing the seventh game in double overtime.
Despite the setback, the team returned to the Eastern Conference Final during the
lockout-shortened 1994-95 NHL season and defeated the
Philadelphia Flyers, four games to two. The team went on to win its first-ever Stanley Cup, sweeping the heavily favored
Detroit Red Wings, who then had the longest
Stanley Cup drought at the time, in four games. The win was accomplished amid rumours that the team would move for the third time in their history.
[New Jersey Daily Briefing; Suing Over Meadlowlands Lease, S. Keller]The Devils missed the playoffs the following season,
'95-96, and failed to live up to expectations throughout the remainder of the 1990s. In
1999-00, however, they reached the top again. Stevens, Holik, Lemieux (who had returned in
1998 after winning another Cup with the
Colorado Avalanche), Niedermayer, and Brodeur, all integral parts of the 1995 team, were backed up by new blood that the Devils had acquired in the intervening five years:
Patrik Elias,
Petr Sykora,
Jason Arnott,
Alexander Mogilny, and rookies
Scott Gomez,
Brian Rafalski and
John Madden. Gomez was awarded Rookie of the Year. They defeated the
Dallas Stars in six games for the Stanley Cup.
Shortly before winning his second Cup, McMullen sold the team to
YankeeNets for $175 million. YankeeNets then owned the
New York Yankees and
New Jersey Nets. The new owners largely left control of the Devils in Lamoriello's hands.
2001-present: Perennial contender
The team fell short of winning their third Stanley Cup in
2001, losing to the
Colorado Avalanche in seven games. In
2002, they were thought to be contenders once again, but lost to the
Carolina Hurricanes in the first round. In
2003, they returned to the top, beating the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for the Stanley Cup, four games to three.
Martin Brodeur,
Scott Stevens,
Scott Niedermayer,
Ken Daneyko, and
Sergei Brylin each won their third Cup and
Jeff Friesen,
Jamie Langenbrunner,
], and [[Brian Rafalski were all important contributors. In 2004 the team fell short of repeating as champions falling to the Phildephia Flyers in 5 games.
From their first Stanley Cup insurgence in 1995 all the way to the present day, the New Jersey Devils have remained amongst the best teams in the NHL, second perhaps only to the
Detroit Red Wings in regular and post season success. This was a team
Wayne Gretzky had once dubbed a "Mickey Mouse" organization—by the end of the nineties, the Great One had changed his tune and proclaimed the Devils to be the best defensive team the NHL had ever seen.
Gomez tied
2003-04 Art Ross Trophy winner
Martin St. Louis in first for league assists with 56.
During the 2004-2005 NHL lockout the teams players mostly played in Eurpean leagues and in the hockey world championships. One of the teams star players Patrick Elias was diagonsed with hepitus A, after eating poorly cooked fish at a Russian air port.
After the NHL lockout the Devils would have possibly the worst offseason in team history. The team started off by looseing a key player in the foundation of the team since the mid 1990's. Than the team tried to sure up it's defense by aquireing highly priced and underpreforming verterans Vladimir Malakhov and Dan M. The team's only good move that offseason was resigning Brian Refalski for 4 years. The team would make one more bad move that offseason ; in an attempt to sure up the offense in Elias's absense they brought back veteran winger Alexander Mogilny. Alexander Mogilny would underpreform and turn out to be a clubhouse cancer.
2005-06 season
In July 2005 it was announced that head coach
Pat Burns would not return for the
2005-2006 season after being diagnosed with
cancer for the second time in little more than a year.
Larry Robinson, the Devils' coach from
March 23,
2000, to
January 28,
2002, returned as head coach in the 2005-2006 season, but he resigned on
December 19,
2005, due to high stress. Lamoriello moved down to the bench to be the interim coach, and would remain as head coach for the 2005-2006 season [
1].
The Devils also started 2005-2006 without two defensive stalwarts:
Scott Niedermayer signed with the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and longtime captain
Scott Stevens announced his retirement on
September 6,
2005. Stevens' #4 jersey was retired by the Devils on February 3rd, 2006.
John Madden,
Alexander Mogilny,
Brian Rafalski and
Colin White were all named alternate captains, but no official captain was named. Once
Patrik Elias returned from his bout with
hepatitis, he was given his position as alternate captain back, and many suspect he will eventually be named the next captain.
The Devils posted an eleven game winning streak to close out the season, beating the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in come-from-behind fashion on the final day of the season. Combined with the then division-leading Rangers ending the season on a five game losing streak, the Devils won the Atlantic Division for the sixth time in franchise history. The win was made all the more amazing considering just three weeks prior they were falling out of playoff contention. Also of note during the last game was
Brian Gionta setting a new team record for goals in a season with 48; his two goals in the game broke
Pat Verbeek's previous record of 46.
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. The series was marked with strong play and several outstanding performances from goalie
Martin Brodeur. The Devils season ended on
May 14,
2006 with an Eastern Conference semifinal Game 5 loss to the
Carolina Hurricanes (who would go on to win the Stanley Cup against the
Edmonton Oilers) by a score of 4-1. By winning Game 4 against the Hurricanes,
Martin Brodeur is now in third place for all-time NHL playoff wins.
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Computer rendition of planned Newark Arena |
Newark Arena
The Devils are moving to
Newark, New Jersey. Construction on the proposed
Newark Arena will be completed for
2007-08 Devils season. The project is costing $310 million and the location is accessible to public transportation at the nearby
Newark Penn Station.
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
| Season| League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1982-83 | NHL | 80 | 17 | 49 | 14 | -- | 230 | 338 | 48 | 1270 | 5th, Patrick | Out of playoffs |
| 1983-84 | NHL | 80 | 17 | 56 | 7 | -- | 231 | 350 | 41 | 1352 | 5th, Patrick | Out of playoffs |
| 1984-85 | NHL | 80 | 22 | 48 | 10 | -- | 264 | 346 | 54 | 1282 | 5th, Patrick | Out of playoffs |
| 1985-86 | NHL | 80 | 28 | 49 | 3 | -- | 300 | 374 | 59 | 1424 | 6th, Patrick | Out of playoffs |
| 1986-87 | NHL | 80 | 29 | 45 | 6 | -- | 293 | 368 | 64 | 1735 | 6th, Patrick | Out of playoffs |
| 1987-88 | NHL | 80 | 38 | 36 | 6 | -- | 295 | 296 | 82 | 2315 | 4th, Patrick | Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Bruins) |
| 1988-89 | NHL | 80 | 27 | 41 | 12 | -- | 281 | 325 | 66 | 2499 | 5th, Patrick | Out of playoffs |
| 1989-90 | NHL | 80 | 37 | 34 | 9 | -- | 295 | 288 | 83 | 1659 | 2nd, Patrick | Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Capitals) |
| 1990-91 | NHL | 80 | 32 | 33 | 15 | -- | 272 | 264 | 79 | 2024 | 4th, Patrick | Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Penguins) |
| 1991-92 | NHL | 80 | 38 | 31 | 11 | -- | 289 | 259 | 87 | 1611 | 4th, Patrick | Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Rangers) |
| 1992-93 | NHL | 84 | 40 | 37 | 7 | -- | 308 | 299 | 87 | 1815 | 4th, Patrick | Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Penguins) |
| 1993-94 | NHL | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | -- | 306 | 220 | 106 | 1734 | 2nd, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Rangers) |
| 1994-951 | NHL | 48 | 22 | 18 | 8 | -- | 136 | 121 | 52 | 787 | 2nd, Atlantic | Stanley Cup Champions, 4-0 (Red Wings) |
| 1995-96 | NHL | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | -- | 215 | 202 | 86 | 1486 | 6th, Atlantic | Out of playoffs |
| 1996-97 | NHL | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | -- | 231 | 182 | 104 | 1135 | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Rangers) |
| 1997-98 | NHL | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | -- | 225 | 166 | 107 | 1488 | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Senators) |
| 1998-99 | NHL | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | -- | 248 | 196 | 105 | 1355 | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Penguins) |
| 1999-00 | NHL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 251 | 203 | 103 | 1313 | 2nd, Atlantic | Stanley Cup Champions, 4-2 (Stars) |
| 2000-01 | NHL | 82 | 48 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 295 | 195 | 111 | 1235 | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in Finals, 3-4 (Avalanche) |
| 2001-02 | NHL | 82 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 205 | 187 | 95 | 1010 | 3rd, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Hurricanes) |
| 2002-03 | NHL | 82 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 216 | 166 | 108 | 938 | 1st, Atlantic | Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Mighty Ducks) |
| 2003-04 | NHL | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 | 894 | 2nd, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Flyers) |
| 2004-052 | NHL | | | | | | -- |
| 2005-06 | NHL | 82 | 46 | 27 | -- | 9 | 242 | 229 | 101 | 938 | 1st, Atlantic | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Hurricanes) |
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1 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.:2 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.Current squad
Active roster as of July 24, 2006 [2]Goaltenders| Number | | !width=15%|Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth |
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| - bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 30 | | Martin Brodeur | L | 1990 | Montreal, Quebec>- bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 40 | | Scott Clemmensen | L | 1997 | Des Moines, Iowa>}Forwards| Number | | !width=15%|Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth |
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|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"| 0 | | Michael Rupp | L | C/W | 2006 | Cleveland, Ohio>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 9 | | Zach Parise | L | C/LW | 2003 | Minneapolis, Minnesota>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 10 | | Erik Rasmussen | L | C/LW | 2003 | Minneapolis, Minnesota>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 11 | | John Madden - A | L | C/LW | 1997 | Barrie, Ontario>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 14 | | Brian Gionta | R | RW | 1998 | Rochester, New York>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 15 | | Jamie Langenbrunner | R | RW/C | 2002 | Cloquet, Minnesota>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 16 | | Jason Wiemer | L | C/LW | 2006 | Kimberley, British Columbia>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 18 | | Sergei Brylin | L | C/W | 1992 | Moscow, U.S.S.R.>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 20 | | Jay Pandolfo | L | LW | 1993 | Winchester, Massachusetts>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 23 | | Scott Gomez | L | C | 1998 | Anchorage, Alaska>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 25 | | Cam Janssen | R | RW | 2002 | St. Louis, Missouri>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 26 | | Patrik Elias - A | L | LW/C | 1994 | Trebic, Czechoslovakia>-bgcolor="#eeeeee" | 29 | | Grant Marshall | R | RW | 2003 | Mississauga, Ontario | |
*Viacheslav Fetisov D, 1989-95
*Peter Stastny, C, 1990-93
** Former Devils head coaches Jacques Lemaire (1993-98) and Larry Robinson (2000-02, 2005) are also Hall-of-Famers, for their playing days with the Montreal Canadiens, and had been elected prior to joining the Devils organization.Retired numbers*3 Ken Daneyko, D, 1982-2003 retired on March 24,2006
*4 Scott Stevens, D, 1991-2005 retired on February 3, 2006
*99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1979-1999 (Number Retired League-Wide by NHL at the 2000 NHL All Star Game)Team captainsNote: This list does not include former captains of the Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies
*Don Lever 1982-84
*Mel Bridgman 1984-87
*Kirk Muller 1987-91
*Bruce Driver 1991-92
*Scott Stevens 1992-2004
*Scott Niedermayer 2004 (served as captain while Stevens was injured)
*no captain 2004- presentFirst round draft picksNote: This list does not include selections as the Kansas City Scouts or Colorado Rockies.
* 1982: Rocky Trottier (8th overall) & Ken Daneyko (18th overall)
* 1983: John MacLean (6th overall)
* 1984: Kirk Muller (2nd overall)
* 1985: Craig Wolanin (3rd overall)
* 1986: Neil Brady (3rd overall)
* 1987: Brendan Shanahan (2nd overall)
* 1988: Corey Foster (12th overall)
* 1989: Bill Guerin (5th overall) & Jason Miller (18th overall)
* 1990: Martin Brodeur (20th overall)
* 1991: Scott Niedermayer (3rd overall) & Brian Rolston (11th overall)
* 1992: Jason Smith (18th overall)
* 1993: Denis Pederson (13th overall)
* 1994: Vadim Sharifijanov (25th overall)
* 1995: Petr Sykora (18th overall)
* 1996: Lance Ward (10th overall)
* 1997: J.F. Damphousse (24th overall)
* 1998: Mike Van Ryn (26th overall) & Scott Gomez (27th overall)
* 1999: Ari Ahonen (27th overall)
* 2000: David Hale (22nd overall)
* 2001: Adrian Foster (28th overall)
* 2002: none
* 2003: Zach Parise (17th overall)
* 2004: Travis Zajac (20th overall)
* 2005: Nicklas Bergfors (23rd overall)
* 2006: Matt Corrente (30th overall)Franchise scoring leadersThese are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the New Jersey Devils/Colorado Rockies/Kansas City Scouts franchise. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. Bold indicates a player still active with the Devils.
Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = PointsStanley Cup
*1994-95, 1999-00, 2002-03
Prince of Wales Trophy
*1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03
Vezina Trophy
*Martin Brodeur: 2002-03, 2003-04
James Norris Memorial Trophy
*Scott Niedermayer: 2003-04
Calder Memorial Trophy
*Martin Brodeur: 1993-94
*Scott Gomez: 1999-00
Conn Smythe Trophy
*Claude Lemieux: 1994-95
*Scott Stevens: 1999-00
William M. Jennings Trophy
*Martin Brodeur & Mike Dunham: 1996-97
*Martin Brodeur: 1997-98, 2002-03 (shared with Roman Cechmanek & Robert Esche of the Philadelphia Flyers), 2003-04
Frank J. Selke Trophy
*John Madden: 2000-01
NHL Plus/Minus Award
*Scott Stevens: 1993-94
*Patrik Elias: 2000-01 (shared with Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche)
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
*Ken Daneyko: 1999-00
Jack Adams Award
*Jacques Lemaire: 1993-94
Lester Patrick Trophy
*Lou Lamoriello: 1991-92
*Neal Broten: 1997-98
*Herb Brooks: 2001-02
*Mike Emrick: 2003-04*Most Goals in a season: Brian Gionta, 48 (2005-06)
*Most Assists in a season: Scott Stevens, 60 (1993-94)
*Most Points in a season: Patrik Elias, 96 (2000-01)
*Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Krzysztof Oliwa, 295 (1997-98)
*Most Points in a season, defenceman: Scott Stevens, 78 (1993-94)
*Most Points in a season, rookie: Scott Gomez, 70 (1999-00)
*Most Wins in a season: Martin Brodeur, 43 (1997-98/1999-00/2005-06)
*Most Shutouts in a season: Martin Brodeur, 11 (2003-04)
PLAYOFFS:
*Most goals in a playoff season: Claude Lemieux, 13 (1994-95)
*Most goals by a defencemen in a playoff season: Brian Rafalski, 7 (2000-01)
*Most assists in a playoff season: Scott Niedermayer, 16 (2002-03)
*Most points in a playoff season: Patrik Elias, 23 (9g,14a) (2000-01)
*Most points by a defenceman in a playoff season: Brian Rafalski & Scott Niedermayer, 18 (2000-01, 2002-03)
*Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Perry Anderson, 113 (1987-88)
* Mays, Jeffery C., George E. Jordan (February 3, 2005) Newark, Devils make arena a reality, The Star-Ledger (NJ).
* Kansas City Scouts info, Accessed on July 10, 2005.
* McMullen Interested in Purchasing Avalanche?, Accessed on July 10, 2005.
* Dates in NJ Devils History, Accessed on July 10, 2005.* List of New Jersey Devils players
* Head Coaches of the New Jersey Devils
* List of Stanley Cup champions
* Kansas City Scouts
* Colorado Rockies (NHL)
* List of NHL seasons* New Jersey Devils Official Web Site
* Devilsrule.com unofficial fan site
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