My brother and I are diehard Patriots fans. When we were kids, he never — and still doesn’t — wore his Patriots hat when the team won. But he’d always wear it after they lost. He taught me that anyone can support a team when they win, but only true fans support them when they [...]

The Devils are facing elimination, but more than just Lord Stanley is on the line. When the Devils take the ice at the beginning of Game 4, chances are Zach Parise will be one of the five Devils shifting from skate to skate as the National Anthem resounds through the Staples Center’s speakers. With Parise [...]

Maybe if you look down at the Prudential Center ice you can still see them, tapping their sticks next to the scarred and scratched Devils logo. Maybe you can still see captain Scott Stevens, lifting the heavy Stanley Cup past his weathered playoff beard. Maybe you can see a younger Martin Brodeur, still with playoff-worn [...]

On Monday night ex-Devils Mike Rupp skated around the net after being whistled for a penalty and slammed his fist into Martin Brodeur’s chest. New Jersey’s Ryan Carter and Steve Bernier, unhappy with the hit, grabbed the Rangers closest to them and before long almost every blue shirt was tangled with a red one, save [...]

I can’t be this lucky. There’s no way, I thought to myself as my head bounced gently against the soft seat on the top level of the NJ Transit train on our way home from the Prudential Center on Sunday night. My dad and I were surrounded by Flyers fans, quiet Flyers fans. I saw [...]

“My Devils necklace didn’t even survive the first OT,” I told my dad over the phone, glancing down at the knot I’d made to temporarily fix the piece of jewelry. “Your Devils necklace?” His voice crackled through the phone, hazed by the oceans separating the US and Australia. “Yes,” I said. “I pulled on it [...]

I’m extremely emotional, sentimental and nostalgic, and now more so because I’ll be on a plane to Sydney in a month. That means I’ll be leaving the Devils behind, one of my favorite teams. Since I came home, I’ve been watching every game attentively and hanging on every Travis Zajac shot and Martin Brodeur save, [...]

On Friday night, Scott Niedermayer stood at the podium. It was the first time Niedermayer ever took to the Prudential Center ice as a Devil, and the first time in seven years that the British Columbia native donned a Devils jersey. Scott Stevens, Ken Daneyko and Marty Brodeur — three of the only other four [...]