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New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National hockey League (NHL). The Devils have the honor of winning the Stanley Cup three times, in 1995, 2000, and 2003.

The club was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1974. After only two seasons, it moved to Denver, Colorado and then settled in New Jersey in 1982. The Devils have earned a playoff spot in each of the last nine seasons, and in 17 of the last 19 seasons under current general manager Lou Lamoriello.

The Devils have played their home games at the Continental Airlines Arena since their move to New Jersey. The team is expected to move to the Prudential Center in 2007. Pruddential center is under construction in the city of Newark. The New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers are their main rivals. The Atlantic Division title is won either by the Devils or Flyers every season since 1995.

The teams in Kansas City, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. were added in the NHL in 1974. Since the Kansas City metropolitan area includes portions of Missouri and Kansas, the Kansas City franchise was to be called the Mohawks. However, there were objections from the Chicago Black Hawks. The team was renamed the Scouts after a statue in the city.

The Scouts took the ice for the first time in Toronto on October 9, 1974. They lost 6-2 to the Maple Leafs. The Scouts had to wait nine games before making their home debut because a rodeo was being held in Kansas City's brand-new Kemper Arena. The Scouts won only 27 of 160 games. They failed to make the playoffs in either season in Kansas City.

The team began to suffer from the economic downturn in the Midwest. The Scouts sold just 2,000 of 8,000 season tickets for their second season.They were almost $1 million in debt. These on- and off-ice disappointments led the franchise moved to Denver and was renamed the Colorado Rockies.

In Colorado, the team made a fresh start by winning its first game 4-2 over Toronto. They picked up momentum and appeared to be a possible playoff contender. But things collapsed in February, and the Rockies finished the 1976-77 season with a record of 20-46-14.

On May 27, 1982, the team was purchased by John McMullen, New Jersey shipping tycoon. The team would now be playing right in the middle of the New York New Jersey Connecticut tri-state area. It has been home to the three-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders, as well as the New York Rangers.

On June 30, 1982, the team was renamed the New Jersey Devils. The Devils' first game ended in a 3-3 tie to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team tasted their first win, a 3-2 victory, in New Jersey when they defeated their new trans-Hudson rivals, the New York Rangers. The team finished with a 17-49-14 record. This record put them three points above last place in the Patrick Division.

The 1987-88 Devils garnered the first winning record in the franchise's 13-year history. On the final day of the regular season, they were tied with their nemesis, the Rangers, for the final playoff spot in the Patrick Division. Although the Rangers and Devils both finished with 82 points, the Devils had one more win, sending them to the playoffs for the second time in franchise history.

The team made it all the way to the conference finals, but lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games. The following season, the Devils once again slipped below .500 and missed the playoffs.

Despite the setback, the team returned to the Eastern Conference Finals during the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season. They were able to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two. They swept the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings and were successful in winning New Jersey's first-ever Stanley Cup, and the first professional sports championship in the state's history. Claude Lemieux was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP. The Devils established an NHL record by posting 11 road victories in one playoff season.

The Devils reached the top again in 1999-00 and were successful in winning the Stanley Cup for the second time. They defeated the defending champion Dallas Stars in six games. A highlight of the Devils' second championship run was their come-from-behind victory in the conference finals. They trailed the Philadelphia Flyers three games to one, but rebounded to win the series. This was both the first time in Devils playoff history and in NHL Conference Finals history that a 3-1 deficit was surmounted. Team captain Scott Stevens was named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy.

The Devils won their first round Stanley Cup playoff series against the New York Rangers four games to none on April 29, 2006. They were successful in extending their winning streak to fifteen games and marking the first time the Devils defeated their cross-river rival in a playoff series.

Whilst facing fear and strife, Humans have conjured up various incarnations of evil in the form of vile creatures, blaming them for everything from a bad crop to possessing ones who questioned authority. The New Jersey Devils wreak a different kind of havoc upon anyone who vies against them. Possessing their namesake ice hockey team, they are members of the Atlantic Division of the National Hockey League's Eastern Division.

The New Jersey Devils were spawned in 1974 as the relatively benign Kansas City Scouts and later transmuted into the Colorado Rookies. After a period of lackluster performance they morphed into their current diabolical form in the early eighties, and took a couple more years in finding their cloven footing.

The New Jersey Devils reap their spawn from NHL's annual draft held in June. Starting off with their first draft pick of Rocky Trottier, the team has been able to get their highest pick of second overall only twice, clamping on Kirk Muller in 1984 and Brendan Shanahan in 1987. Over the years, the Devils have drawn their players from 13 different countries, mostly from Canada's Ontario Hockey League.

The New Jersey Devils have clinched three Stanley Cups, 4 Conference championships and 9 Division wins. Goaltender Martin Brodeur has come out on top as the Devil himself by garnering a horde of accolades that include 4 each of the Vezina Trophy and Jennings Trophy as well as a Calder Memorial Trophy, with two Olympic gold medals to boot.

The New Jersey Devils is a sensational pro ice hockey team, one of the very best within the greatest American professional ice hockey league, the NHL. This spectacular team plays within the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. The New Jersey Devils was formed back in 1974 as the Kansas City Scouts until 1976 when the team moved to Colorado and became known as the Colorado Rockies. In 1982, this team moved to its present home, New Jersey, and is today known as the New Jersey Devils. The home arena of this incredible team is the Prudential Center, located at Newark within New Jersey. The official team colors are white, red and black; the owner of this franchise is Jeffrey Vanderbeek with the head coach being Peter DeBoer and the captain, Zach Parise.

The New Jersey Devils have two minor league affiliate teams; the Kalamazoo Wings and the Albany Devils. Over the course of their superb pro ice hockey career, this team has won some of the most coveted pro ice hockey championships. The New Jersey Devils have won not one but three Stanley Cup championships, the greatest championship within the NHL and the equivalent of the NFL's Super Bowl. And if that isn't enough, the New Jersey Devils have also reigned supreme in their conference, winning four Conference Championships and also within their division, winning a record nine Division Championships. This team is also a maker and breaker of many records; despite a slow start in pro ice hockey, this team suddenly rose and had a mind blowing winning record from 1992 until 2010; the Longest Winning Streak in any of the four major American sports. This, therefore, is truly a team worth seeing play ice hockey live, through New Jersey Devils Tickets.

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