DeBoer Delivers Devils Back To The Stanley Cup Finals
Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello last summer turned to DeBoer to rescue a team that was low on morale, lower on scoring punch and desperate for a new identity.
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Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello last summer turned to DeBoer to rescue a team that was low on morale, lower on scoring punch and desperate for a new identity.
The 2012 Stanley Cup Finals might be the final hurrah in Martin Brodeur's glorious career.
A new generation of Devils have lived up to the organization's proud standard by reaching their first Stanley Cup Finals since 2003.
Adam Henrique scored off a wild scramble in front at 1:03 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 to advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since 2003.
Eighteen years ago, Mark Messier set the stage for one of sports' most dramatic moments. Suddenly-fiery Devils coach Peter DeBoer almost went there, too.
If confidence can be conveyed in words, then the Rangers seem loaded with it as their season hangs in the balance.
When the Rangers take the ice Friday night in Newark, they will find themselves in the same position that the 1994 Stanley Cup champions were when they faced the Devils in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The unforeseen success of the Devils' fourth line has given New Jersey newfound energy -- and belief -- as they look to close out the Eastern Conference finals.
The comparisons to 1994 were apparent before this series even started -- now it's reaching a crescendo. All that's missing is a guarantee from the Rangers captain.
Ryan Carter snapped a tie with 4:24 left, and the New Jersey Devils posted a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers after blowing a three-goal lead in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night.
There can be no more loose play, missed opportunities or slow starts. The New Jersey Devils are simply too good to let the Rangers get away with that kind of play any longer.
The Devils stayed remarkably cool against the chippy Flyers in their last series. But head coach Peter DeBoer broke his team's stoic demeanor on Monday.
For the third straight series, the Eastern Conference's top-seeded team is all even through four games, and each time New York has headed into Game 5 off the disappointment of a loss that would have given the Rangers a commanding 3-1 edge.
A great road playoff run has the Los Angeles Kings in a place they haven't been since the Great One was skating in Southern California.
Peter DeBoer shook up the Devils' forward lines and his players responded by dominating Game 4 and evening the Eastern Conference Finals.
