Year: 2010

When the Devils traded for Ilya Kovalchuk last month, they were aiming to improve their hockey team, not necessarily their attendance marks. While the results haven’t come on the ice in results of wins and losses just yet, it certainly has in the attendance so far. Continue Reading: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/362408-devils-witnessing-post-kovalchuk-trade-attendance-boost

Pekka Rinne answered the hopes of Nashville Predators fans by earning his 4th shutout of the season tonight, stopping 31 Anaheim shots as the Preds took a 1-0 win on the road. The win pushed Nashville two points ahead of Calgary in 7th place heading into the weekend. Continue Reading: http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2010/3/13/1370912/pekka-rinne-earns-4th-shutout-as

Bill Kostroun / AP NEWARK, N.J. — Ilya Kovalchuk doesn’t require the Vladimir Zharkov shuttle service to and from Prudential Center anymore. That’s good news considering Kovalchuk has had to tell his younger Russian teammate to slow his Porsche down a few times. The Devils left wing finally got his car earlier this week after

Richard Chere The Star Ledger March 12, 2010 Pandolfo will replace Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond up front while Anssi Salmela takes rookie Mark Fraser’s spot on defense. Additional Reading: http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2010/03/jay_pandolfo_anssi_salmela_bac.html

Stars Top 20 prospects, Spring 2010Mike Farkas Hockeysfuture.com March 11, 2010 5. (12) Perttu Lindgren, C – 7.0D, Texas Stars (AHL)3rd round (75th overall) in 2005 – Age: 22 Another player who has spent some time on both sides of the pond is Perttu Lindgren. He has returned from a loan to Lukko Rauma (SM-Liiga)

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Jason Botchford The Province March 12, 2010 2 KES-ROWS You couldn’t help but wonder if somewhere Team Sweden head coach Bengt Ake Gustafsson was watching Mikael Samuelsson’s elsson’s dynamic performance and muttering the name Mattias Weinhandl under his breath during the past few games. Gustafsson chose to go with Weinhandl over Samuelsson at the Olympics

Devs eye shutting down Crosby, PensMark Everson The New York Post March 12, 2010 That defense, widely regarded as the team’s weak link, will be tested again tonight when Olympic champ Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup champion Penguins visit Newark, seeking their first victory in five tries against the Devils this season…. Colin White,

Bruce Garrioch Slam! Sports March 12, 2010 The Senators’ stay-at-home defenceman went into the game against the Flames needing one blocked shot for 1,000 in his career. Volchenkov blocked No. 999 against the Oilers in Tuesday’s 4-1 win. The NHL started counting the statistic following the 2005-06 season. Pretty impressive numbers. “(Volchenkov’s) a pretty special