New Jersey Devils Legends
Friday, February 8, 2013

Kevin Todd

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Despite a strong junior career with Prince Albert, Kevin Todd was never a sure-thing prospect. He was not a great skater. He was small and ...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Uli Hiemer

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Uli Hiemer is a legend in German hockey circles. He also had a good three seasons with the New Jersey Devils but elected to return to Germ...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Randy Velischek

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When you break down Randy's game, you kind of wonder how he managed to play in the NHL for more than 500 games He was at best average at...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Grant Marshall

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This is Grant Marshall. He was an energetic grinder with good mixture of size, speed and toughness. He was an aggressive forechecker who cou...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Paul Gagne

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Paul Gagne was a high draft pick of the Colorado Rockies. Selected 19th overall in 1980, Gagne was never able to warrant such a high selecti...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Joe Cirella

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Long time New Jersey Devils defenseman Joe Cirella took a while to find his NHL groove. It did not help that high expectations were heaped...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Dave Pichette

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Tall and lanky, Dave Pichette was an interesting player. He was an excellent power play pointman, as he showed with the New Jersey Devils in...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Valeri Zelepukin

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  Valeri Zelepukin was a classic Soviet winger. While he was not the fastest skater on the ice, he had tremendous acceleration to get a qui...
Saturday, April 9, 2011

Jan Ludvig

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Jan Ludvig's journey to the National Hockey League was not at all standard. Born in Liberec, Czechoslovakia in 1961, it was not exactl...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Scott Niedermayer

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The key component for two Canadian Olympic gold medals seems to be hockey's winningest man: Scott Niedermayer. Niedermayer captained T...

Turner Stevenson

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Turner Stevenson is the proud product of Prince George, British Columbia, a hard working, tough as nails northern Canadian town that loves i...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Bruce Driver

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Bruce Driver, once the New Jersey Devils' all-time leader among defensemen in goals and points, announced his retirement from the NHL in...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Tom Chorske

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When thinking back of Tom Chorske the first thing that immediately comes to mind was his breakaway speed. But the rest of his skill set did ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Randy McKay

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The right winger on the hugely popular and even more effective Crash Line with Bobby Holik and Mike Peluso, Randy McKay was a devil of a ho...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Tapio Levo

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When the Colorado Rockies spent a lot of time and money to bring Tapio Levo to the NHL, many NHL scouts predicted he could be one of the ver...
Monday, February 14, 2011

David Maley

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Maley was drafted by the Montreal Canadians in 1982. A second round draft choice (33rd overall), he played his amateur hockey at the Univers...

Kevin Maxwell

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Meet Kevin Maxwell - hockey's Mr. Jekyl and Dr. Hyde. John Mariucci, who scouted Maxwell and convinced the Minnesota North Stars to dr...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Hector Marini

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Hector Marini was the lone representative of the New Jersey Devils at the 1983 NHL All Star game. Every team needed a rep, which always led ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Tory Crowder

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Troy Crowder almost quit on his pro hockey career before it even really began. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils 108th overall in 19...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Doug Sulliman

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One of the greatest lines in the history of hockey came out of the WHA and the city of Winnipeg. Bobby Hull joined European imports Ulf Nils...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

John MacLean

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John MacLean was a very good player in many aspects of the game. But first and foremost he was a goal scorer. Through nineteen NHL seasons...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Claude Loiselle

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I best remember Claude Loiselle with the New Jersey Devils and later with the Quebec Nordiques. He bounced around late in his career, a util...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Bobby Holik

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For a long time everyone in hockey thought Bobby Holik was underrated. He was this hulking, 6'3" 220lb shutdown center, a fantas...

Bobby Carpenter

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Following the United States "Miracle on Ice" victory over the heavily favored Russians at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, hocke...

Claude Lemieux

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No, Claude Lemieux is not related to Mario Lemieux. Although he plays a very different style than Super Mario, this Lemieux was also o...

Scott Stevens

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On February 3, 2006, the New Jersey Devils retired a uniform number for the first time in franchise history: Scott Stevens' #4. As v...

Pat Verbeek

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Would you believe me if I told you there was a hockey player who scored 522 career goals, scored nearly 1,100 career points, earned 2,905 pe...

Aaron Broten

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Aaron Broten is one of three hockey playing brothers to come out of Roseau, Minnesota. Aaron is generally regarded as the 2nd best of th...
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