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Get Acquainted With the New Jersey Devils Hockey Team

The New Jersey Devils hockey team hashockey circuit of New York, New Jersey and
traveled a long way from its humble originsConnecticut.
to become one of the most popular ice hockey
teams in the country. The New Jersey DevilsThe Devils have displayed a particular style
Hockey Club, then called the Kansas Scouts,of playing and have always been known as a
which was formed in 1974 as a result of thedefense first rather than offense first team.
NHL expansions has seen a whole lot of upsThe team places an emphasis on speed and
and downs, name and ownership changes to lastalacrity and have patented their own style of
any decent hockey team more than tworun and gun ice hockey. Today, the team is
lifetimes.one of the most popular in the country, with
a number of Stanley Cup trophies and Atlantic
Due to an extremely dismal performance in theDivision titles under their belt. While the
first two years of their inception, winningclub faces almost all of the country's
only 27 out of 160 games, the team moved toprofessional ice hockey teams as a member of
Colorado in 1976 with the aim of making athe Atlantic Division of the Eastern
fresh start altogether and was re-christenedConference of the NHL (National Hockey
the Colorado Rockies. However, while theLeague), its arch rivals are still the
team's performance definitely improved inneighboring teams of the New York Rangers and
Colorado over what it was earlier, it wasthe  Philadelphia  Flyers.
still nothing much to write home about. The
final move came when the team was bought bySome of the most popular players of the New
New Jersey shipping tycoon John McMullen andJersey Devils hockey team till date have been
shifted to New Jersey. The team had now movedPatrik Elias, John Madden and Brian Gionta,
amidst the tigers, and had to contend withwho have been responsible for taking the team
the Philadelphia Flyers, the New York rangersfrom strength to strength. Other popular
and the three time Stanley Cup Winners, Newplayers, especially among the younger lot are
York Islanders, who were all baying for theTravis Zajac and Zach Parise.
blood of the new team to join the tri-state



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