New Jersey Devils News

Hockey coverage from the Staten Island Advance

• Mottau happy to be back in the lineup
NEWARK -- Mike Mottau had a quiet Thanksgiving week.

• Devils' confidence starting to rise
Admit it. You thought the Devils were going to drop completely out of the playoff hunt when goalie Martin Brodeur went down with a torn tendon in his left arm.

• Devils' Zubrus strikes Lightning with four goals
TAMPA, Fla. -- With John Madden sitting at home with a bruised ankle, Devils center Dainius Zubrus knew he would face the difficult challenge of trying to shut down the Tampa Bay Lightning's notoriously explosive top line.

• Devils pound Islanders and send a message
NEWARK, N.J. -- No longer do the Devils lack the passion coach Brent Sutter said was missing against the Islanders all of last season.

• Elias still playing vital role
NEWARK, N.J. -- There is a letter "C" hidden in one of Devils equipment manager Rich Matthews' cabinets just waiting to be sewn onto the front of Zach Parise's jersey.

• A lucky 'break' for Holik
NEWARK -- Devils center Bobby Holik said yesterday he feels fortunate he didn't lose his right pinkie to an infection.

• Clemmensen trying to show he belongs
Make no mistake, this is not a personal battle taking place between Scott Clemmensen and Kevin Weekes for the designation as the Devils' No. 1 goalie while Martin Brodeur recovers from biceps-tendon surgery. There is a great deal of respect between the two capable veterans.

• Devils exhale: Parise avoids injury
NEWARK -- When Zach Parise, the Devils' leading scorer, fell to the ice after being struck by a shot from Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi with 8:01 remaining in last night's game, a lopsided loss to the Rangers didn't seem so important.

• Brodeur still optimistic about playing this year
NEWARK, N.J. -- Surgeons have told Devils goalie Martin Brodeur that for the next eight weeks he will be allowed almost no physical activity. That is how long it takes for the surgically repaired biceps tendon to safely reattach itself to the bone in his left arm.

• Oilers slip by Devils
Critics might claim that the difference between Devils goalie Martin Brodeur and his two backups is neither acrobatic saves nor the number of stops he makes in a game. It is, very often, one key save.

• Parise becoming an elite player
NEWARK, N.J. -- J.P. Parise never misses a Devils game.

• Weekes gives Devils reason to hope
NEWARK, N.J. -- If Kevin Weekes had any doubts as to how badly his teammates would like to see him step in for the injured Martin Brodeur and carry the Devils for the next three or four months, it became evident last night at the Prudential Center.

• Empty-net syndrome for Devils
NEWARK, N.J. -- The one indispensable player on the Devils roster is out of action now for most, if not all, of the upcoming winter.

• Concern over Brodeur
NEWARK -- Until doctors are able to study a series of tests conducted yesterday on Martin Brodeur's injured left elbow, the Devils say they cannot be certain how long they might be without their No. 1 goaltender.

• Brodeur injured in win over Atlanta
NEWARK -- The Devils' three-game losing streak came to an end last night, but their succession of injuries did not.