New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils play in the Atlantic Division of the NHL's Eastern Conference.

The team has won three Stanley Cup championships in their franchise history.

Early Years

The team was originally founded on June 8, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri as the Kansas City Scouts. They joined the NHL for the 1974-1975 regular season. The Scouts only played for two seasons in that location after a disappointing 27-110 overall record plus a large amount of debt forced the team to relocate.

Colorado Years

The team moved to Colorado before the 1976-1977 season, becoming the Colorado Rockies, and making the playoffs for their first time in 1978. The following season they hired the colorful Don Cherry as their head coach. The team however continued to have financial issues until they were purchased by John McMullen in 1982.

To the Meadowlands

McMullen moved the team for the 1982-1983 season to New Jersey, where they played at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

The club qualified for the playoffs for the first time since relocating to the Garden State in 1988, going all the way to the conference finals. In one of the more unusual events in pro sports history, replacement referees needed to be used for Game Four. The on-ice officials assigned to the game boycotted after the Devils went into court and were granted a temporary injunction allowing then coach Jim Schonfeld to lead the Devils despite being suspended for a post-game verbal confrontation with Don Koharski.

The fortunes of the franchise changed when future Hockey Hall of Famer Lou Lamoriello was hired to become general manager. He was then able to parlay the loss of Brendan Shanahan in free agency into being awarded Scott Stevens as compensation. Lamoriello also drafted Scott Niedermayer, Patrik Elias, and Martin Brodeur.

Champions At Last

Following the shortened 1994-1995 season, the Devils finished second in their division going into the playoffs. After defeating the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers, they reached the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in their history. They swept the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup in four games.

The Devils returned to the Stanley Cup finals in both 2000 and 2003 and were victorious again, defeating the Dallas Stars and Mighty Ducks respectively.

Marty's better

On March 17, 2009, goaltender Martin Brodeur established a new NHL record for career victories by a goaltender with 552 in a 3-2 victory over Chicago. Brodeur has also surpassed the record for career shutouts.

Current Roster

Below is a list of players who are currently on the team roster.

Goalies

Defensemen

Forwards