 [Guest Writer: Sean Udicious]
Well, it was a fun run. The Flyers, going into playoffs as a number 7 seed, helped exorcise the demons of the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the New Jersey Devils to move on to the second round. Then, the Flyers pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to win the series 4 games to 3 over the Bosto...
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 Entering this offseason, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello knew he needed to improve the teams defense. His top priority should have, and may have, been to re-sign Paul Martin.
That can no longer happen. Martin, the top defenseman in this years free agent crop, signed a five-year, $25 million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
This is a major hit to New Jersey as Martin is one of the best puck moving ...
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 John MacLean has been named the new head coach of the New Jersey Devils.
MacLean was a Devils assistant coach for seven years before becoming the head coach of the teams minor league team in Lowell, MA. He had been passed over when the team hired new head coaches, Brent Sutter in 2007 and then again when Jacques Lemaire returned.
This time, with the experience of being a head coach under his belt...
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
April 15, 2010
The word random is defined as proceeding,made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern. The start of the NHLplayoff quarterfinals definitely featured a heavy dose of random because everygame was an upset of sorts. In fact, the only game that held true to form interms of ranking was the Phoenix Coyotes defeatof the heavily favored ...
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 This story was written by Double G Sports contributing writer Jake Link.
Ahh yesold rivalry ignited tonight on the ice between The 2nd place New Jersey Devils andthe 7th place Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the playoffs at therock @ 7:30. These two teams had heated playoff contests in the past. There isstill a bad taste in flyer fans mouths from the 2000 Eastern conferencechampionship ...
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 This story was written by Double G Sports contributing writer Danielle Correa.
With the NHL playoffs underway many New Jersey Devils fans are asking themselves, “Do the Devils have what it takes to get past the Flyers in round one?”
My take on this— absolutely! The Devils placed second in the Eastern Conference (and first in the Atlantic Division) so there is no reason why they shouldn’t ...
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 This story was written by Double G Sports contributing writer Danielle Correa.
If you’re an avid New York/New Jersey sports fan, then last night was a huge night for you as well as, an exhausting one.
Especially, if you were constantly flipping channels for four hours, like myself.
Boston fans were especially sad last night considering baseball and basketball, and the waterworks in Atlan...
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New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark is not a big fan of a fan's right to express their opinions. Brett reportedly got after a couple of fans for rocking the universal "I'm embarrassed of my team" brown paper bag on their heads following Monday's 14th straight home loss, which was to the Heat, 99-98.
Now I get that the fans doing this is basically the same as them saying,"hey Brett, you...
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College basketball analysts tend to look a lot like little kids at a merry-go-round this time of year. They can't decided to jump on or off, if they want to laugh or go into a crying fit, or if they want a grape or red snow cone which they no doubt throw on the ground after abut 2 minutes. Just take the Big East for example. Thursday morning they are the unshakable Goliath of college b...
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 The 2010 Vancouver Olympics were full of excitement, drama, and tragedy. Team USA had a terrific overall performance and came home with the most medals. 37 total medals as Team USA essentially won these games. That total is the most ever for Team USA in the Winter Olympics. Alpine Skiing was the big winner this year, bringing home a total of 8 medals.
There were some significant New York an...
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