Media MSG Plus MSG WFAN Owner(s) Jeffrey Vanderbeek General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Peter DeBoer Captain Zach Parise Minor league affiliates Albany Devils (AHL) Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) Stanley Cups 3 (1994–95, 1999–00, 2002–03) Conference championships 5 (1994–95, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12) Presidents' Trophies 0 Division championships 10 (1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10) This article is about the hockey team in New Jersey. For the cryptozoology creature, see Jersey Devil. For other uses, see Jersey Devil (disambiguation). The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club was founded in Kansas Cit! y, Missouri as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974, moved to Denver, Colorado as the Colorado Rockies after only two seasons, and then settled in New Jersey in 1982 . The franchise was poor to mediocre for most of its first thirteen seasons, only making the playoffs once. However, under current president and general manager Lou Lamoriello, the Devils have made the playoffs all but three times between 1988 and 2012, including thirteen berths in a row from 1997 to 2010. They finished with a winning record every year from 1992–93 to 2009–10, tied with the Detroit Red Wings as the longest such streak of any team in America's four major sports.[1] They have qualified for five Stanley Cup Finals in their history, winning in 1994–95, 1999–00 and 2002–03.[2] For their first 25 seasons in New Jersey, the Devils were based in East Rutherford and played their home games at Brendan Byrne Arena/Continental Airlines Arena. Prior to the 2007–08 season, the Devils reloca! ted to Newark to play their home games at the newly-constructe! d Prudential Center.[3] The Devils were known for their defensive-oriented style of play throughout their years of Cup contention, but have recently moved towards a more offensive style of play, led by Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk.[4][5] The Devils have a rivalry with their cross-Hudson River neighbor, the New York Rangers,[6] as well as a rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers. Since the division's creation in 1993, the Devils have won the Atlantic Division season title nine times, most recently in the 2009–10 season.[7][8] Since the departure of the Nets to Brooklyn, the Devils are the only major professional sports team to explicitly brand itself as a New Jersey franchise; although the New York Giants, New York Jets, and New York Red Bulls are headquartered, and play, in New Jersey, these teams still brand themselves as being from New York City. Contents 1 History 1.1 Kansas City and Colorado 1.2 New Jersey 1.2.1 1982–1993: Building a team 1.2.2 1993–2000: Champion! s 1.2.3 2001–2004: Another Cup and the lockout 1.2.4 2005–2007: Post-lockout 1.2.5 2007–present: A new home in Newark and a run to the Finals 2 Season-by-season record 3 Team identity 3.1 Logo 3.2 Jerseys 3.3 Mascot 3.4 Style of play 4 Players and personnel 4.1 Current roster 4.2 Honored members 4.3 Team captains 4.4 Head coaches 4.5 Franchise records 5 Home arenas 6 Broadcasters 7 See also 8 References 8.1 General 8.2 Footnotes 9 External links [edit] History [edit] Kansas City and Colorado Main articles: Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies (NHL) In 1974, the NHL ended its first expansion period by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri and Washington, D.C.[9] The Kansas City franchise was to be called the Mohawks, since the Kansas City metropolitan area includes portions of Missouri and Kansas. However, the Chicago Black Hawks objected to the similarity. The team was renamed the Scouts after The Scout, the iconic statue located in Penn Valley Park that overlooks ! downtown.[10][11] Logo of the Kansas City Scouts (1974–1976). On Octo! ber 9, 1974, the Scouts hit the ice for the first time at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto and lost 4–2 to the Maple Leafs. Due to a rodeo being held in Kansas City's brand-new Kemper Arena, the Scouts were forced to wait nine games before making their home debut. Although they lost that game to the Black Hawks 4–3, the next night they beat their expansion brethren, the Washington Capitals, 5–4. Like most expansion teams, the Scouts were terrible, garnering only 41 points in their inaugural season. The next season, they won only 12 games (including only one win in their last 44 games)—still the worst in franchise history. The Scouts failed to make the playoffs in either season in Kansas City and won only 27 of 160 games. Although they were better than the Capitals (who won only eight games in their inaugural season), the Scouts began to suffer from an economic downturn in the Midwest. For their second season, the Scouts sold just 2,000 of 8,000 season tickets and were ! almost $1 million in debt. The Scouts' owners did not have the resources or the patience to handle such massive losses, and decided to get out after only two years. After the 1975-76 season, the franchise was moved to Denver and was renamed the Colorado Rockies.[10] Logo of the Colorado Rockies (1976–1982). The team made a fresh start in Colorado, winning its first game 4–2 over Toronto. They picked up momentum and looked like a possible playoff contender, but things collapsed in February, and the Rockies finished the 1976–77 season with a record of 20–46–14; good for 54 points. The next season, they seemed to regress, finishing with only 59 points and 21 games under .500, the sixth-worst record in the league. However, the Smythe Division was so weak that year (only the Black Hawks finished above .500) that the Rockies were able to edge out the Vancouver Canucks for second place in the division by two points. In those days, the division runners-up were guaranteed ! a playoff spot. They didn't last in the playoffs long, though; the Phil! adelphia Flyers eliminated them in a two-game sweep. A lack of stability continually dogged the team. In their first eight years, the Scouts/Rockies went through ten coaches (including eight in their first seven years), none lasting more than one full season. While in Denver, the team changed owners twice. Prior to the 1978–79 season, owner Jack Vickers sold the team to Arthur Imperatore, who announced that he wished to move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands. The NHL vetoed the move since the Brendan Byrne Arena was still being built, and there was no suitable temporary facility in the area. In 1979, the team hired Don Cherry as head coach and traded for Maple Leafs star Lanny McDonald. Despite these moves, the Rockies still posted the worst record in the NHL. They played the next two seasons with the possibility of moving until May 27, 1982, when New Jersey shipping tycoon John McMullen purchased the team and announced that the long-expected move to New Jersey would! finally come to pass.[12] The team would now be playing right in the middle of the New York–New Jersey–Connecticut tri-state area, home to the three-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders, as well as the very popular New York Rangers. The Devils had to compensate the Islanders, Rangers and Flyers for "invading" New Jersey.[13] [edit] New Jersey [edit] 1982–1993: Building a team The Jersey Devil, the inspiration for the team's current name. On June 30, 1982, the team was renamed the New Jersey Devils, after the legend of the Jersey Devil, an ominous cryptozoological creature supposed to inhabit the Pine Barrens of South Jersey.[14] Over 10,000 people voted in a contest held by local newspapers to select the name.[15] The team began play in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Brendan Byrne Arena, later renamed the Continental Airlines Arena and now the Izod Center, where they would call home through the 2006–07 season. The Devils' first game ended in a! 3–3 tie to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Their first win, a 3–2 victory! , came in New Jersey at the expense of their new trans-Hudson rivals, the New York Rangers.[16] The team finished with a 17–49–14 record, putting them three points above last place in the Patrick Division. In the following season, the Devils were publicly humiliated by Wayne Gretzky after they were blown out 13–4 by his team, the Edmonton Oilers. Gretzky was upset that former teammate Ron Low played for what he considered an inferior team, and in a post-game interview said: " Well, it's time they got their act together, folks. They're ruining the whole league. They had better stop running a Mickey Mouse organization and put somebody on ice.[17] " Later, Gretzky publicly admitted that his comment went too far, but privately maintained that his comment was accurate.[18] In response, many Devils fans wore Mickey Mouse apparel when the Oilers returned to New Jersey.[17] In the 1983–84 season, the Devils hosted the annual NHL All-Star Game at the Brendan Byrne Arena.! Chico Resch was the winning goaltender, and Devils defenseman Joe Cirella tallied a goal as the Wales Conference beat the Campbell Conference 7–6.[16] However, the team did not achieve much success. Head coach Bill MacMillan was fired midway through the season and replaced with Tom McVie, and the Devils won only 17 games. After the season, McVie was replaced by Doug Carpenter. Meanwhile, with stable ownership at last in place, the Devils began a slow journey to respectability. They assembled a nucleus of young players; John MacLean, Bruce Driver, Ken Daneyko, Kirk Muller, and Pat Verbeek all complemented the veteran leadership of Resch. The team's record improved each season between 1984 and 1987. However, playing in a division where the same three teams—the Flyers, Capitals and Islander
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