Author Archives: Derek

Being down 2-0 with twenty minutes left against one of the NHL’s top defense-goaltender combos on the road isn’t an ideal position to be in. Certainly the Predators’ Pekka Rinne was on his game last night, making 39 saves. And … Continue reading →

Last night’s game certainly wasn’t a must-win for the Devils, not in October. Realistically though, it’s important for this team to get off to a good start – both because of the start we had last year and because of … Continue reading →

The Rangers and Flyers are being followed around by HBO cameras for the award winning series 24/7, which was such a success in its debut leading up to last year’s Winter Classic. Based on one week, it appears Sidney Crosby … Continue reading →

The season is almost a week in and it’s off to the usual unbalanced start. Such is the case when select teams have played three and four times already while others twice and even a few only once. This is … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, the Devils got off the schneid – both in scoring goals and winning, beating the Hurricanes 4-2 to even up their record and provide their first goals of the season. New captain Zach Parise scored twice – his … Continue reading →

Twenty-four hours later, I’m sure panic has been replaced by calm for both Islander and Devil supporters, whose teams each posted their first wins of the new season on Columbus Day. Ironically, the old Patrick rivals each hosted special Columbus … Continue reading →

Aside from the disaster that was the Devils’ 3-0 loss to the Flyers last night, there were things off-ice I wanted to comment on too. First off, my new seats in 120 are outstanding…literally spot-on right behind the net with … Continue reading →

If the Devils were looking to put a poor 2010 start behind them, tonight’s 3-0 loss to the Flyers did nothing to help. If anything, it reinforced all the outside pessimism about the Devils’ chances this year and already killed … Continue reading →

It wasn’t exactly the script they had in mind. When Marian Gaborik cashed in on a goal mouth scramble to steer the Rangers ahead 2-1 in yesterday’s big Euro opener at The Globe, it looked like Henrik Lundqvist would win … Continue reading →

As a Devils fan over the last decade and a half, I’ve seldom gone into a season with outright pessimism. Perhaps I have to go all the way back to 1999, when Jacques Lemaire left (the first time) and there … Continue reading →