Tag Archives: Alexander Holtz

Devils honor Sarge on an otherwise dishonorable night

For a change, I’m going to start with the good stuff before I get to the bad – of which there was plenty of last night – and that is the induction of Devils icon Sergei Brylin into the still … Continue reading

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Devils’ uncertain up-and-down season nears halfway point after spirited win over the Blackhawks

I had to look back and see when my last blog on the Devils was, turns out it was when we hit another valley losing the first three games of our pre and post-holiday homestand. Since then, the Devils have won … Continue reading

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Have the Devils…finally found their stride?

It’s been a while since I did write any form of a recap, for a reason. I just didn’t watch much of the team on the West Coast so I would have felt silly doing recaps of games I just followed … Continue reading

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Devils’ rolller-coaster week showcases their talent and flaws

It was a roller-coaster ride for the Devils in three games this week that highlighted the good, the bad, and ugly. Jack Hughes continues his torrid start. Continue reading

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Devils season opens tonight fresh off an extension for Lindy Ruff

Although we’re already two days into the NHL schedule, tonight is the official beginning of the season if you’re a Devils fan. To this point I’ve been detached and somewhat derelict in my duty as a fan to eat up … Continue reading

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Devils conclude a dominant preseason with seven straight wins

Admittedly with an 82-game regular season on the docket and an anticipated playoff run after, preseason games interest me even less this year than they have in the previous several seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I would have probably gone … Continue reading

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As training camp is set to open, Devils enter with few questions and plenty of anticipation

With baseball season long since over for both local teams, and football season in early peril after a pyrrhic win for the Jets and embarrassing no-show by the Giants on national TV, hockey fans are more than ready for that … Continue reading

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Calm after the storm: Devils finish successful deadline week on and off the ice with trade for Lazar

Another deadline day has come and gone, this one much more satisfying for Devils fans than the seller deadlines of the last few years where we often didn’t even have much to sell. After Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald already left … Continue reading

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Devils complete astonishing Western Canada sweep with comeback in Edmonton and OT winner in Calgary

Six…wins…in a row. The last time this franchise won six in a row Martin Brodeur was still in net for most of those games and Zach Parise(!) was our captain. That’s right…the end of the 2011-12 season was the last … Continue reading

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Devils take two steps backward against Caps

If you had told me after the first twenty-nine minutes of tonight’s game that I’d be storming out of the arena at the end of the second period booing the team off the ice yet again, I wouldn’t have believed … Continue reading

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