Author Archives: Derek

Today, the All-Star teams are named. Figure there to be a few surprises with a new way of selecting the squads for the game in Raleigh. Be that as it may, here’s how my Eastern Conference team would look: EAST … Continue reading →

The encouraging news is the Islanders continued their impressive play last night, posting a 5-2 win over the Flames at The Saddledome. John Tavares tallied twice and set up another matching a career high three points and Matt Moulson added … Continue reading →

Taking a moment to reflect on something other than a Devils’ season from hell, I’ve actually wanted to write about the Winter Classic ever since seeing the first episode of HBO’s 24/7 reality series spotlighting both Pittsburgh and Washington in … Continue reading →

“What are they doing here? They’re selling. Well, that’s not right.” That was a classic scene from Trading Places which ironically was just on Comedy Central the other night. If you grew up in the 80’s, then you know it … Continue reading →

The weekend in South Florida wasn’t too kind to the Rangers, who fell to the Lightning for the third straight time this time 2-1 in overtime on a Nate Thompson goal 19 seconds in from David Tyrell. Seriously. Thanks to … Continue reading →

Despite their loss on Wednesday to the Rangers, for the first time in weeks the Devils played a competitive game and Friday they followed that up with a nice 3-1 win over Atlanta where ex-Thrashers Johan Hedberg and Ilya Kovalchuk … Continue reading →

As I sit here in this Huguenot Library, thoughts of the Islanders ending Sid The Kid’s 25-game point streak are still fresh. Who’d have thought when I mentioned that the other day that it would be the once proud franchise … Continue reading →

They skated. They forechecked. They took shots. They finished checks. They got big saves. These are all traits that made the Devils one of the best teams in the game spanning two decades. Despite all that, it still didn’t matter in … Continue reading →

“I’ll be home for Christmas,” never seemed more appropriate for most of the Northeast than the day after Santa delivered goodies for everyone. Well, unless you were Jewish. While many of us were celebrating this special time of year at … Continue reading →

If the Devils’ nightmare of a season has become boring on-ice, it’s getting interesting off it once again after today’s announcement that winger Brian Rolston would be assigned to Albany with the intention on exposing him to re-entry waivers. Once … Continue reading →