New Jersey Devils defenseman Ben Lovejoy (Getty Images)What is your most memorable hockey moment from when you were a kid? “My Hanover youth hockey team won the New Hampshire state tournament when I was a Mite.” What has been the most embarrassing moment so far in your National Hockey League … [Read more...]
Santini, Barzal focus on details with hockey stick selection
New Jersey Devils prospect Steve Santini. (Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images)Steven Santini does his best to not get too attached to his hockey sticks. At any point, a stick could break or lose its luster. But that doesn’t mean the 23-year-old New Jersey Devils defenseman skimps on making sure every … [Read more...]
Santini savors opportunity with Binghamton, aims for role with New Jersey
Steven Santini played in one NHL game this season on Oct. 20 but suffered a broken jaw. (JustSports Photography)Steven Santini has been presented with two options throughout 2018: Dwell on the negative, or focus on the positive. He keeps choosing the latter, even through the most difficult of … [Read more...]
Ryan Hitchcock won’t take his chance for granted
First, Ryan Hitchcock said it. Then, he did it. After being invited to the New York Islanders’ 2017 summer rookie camp as a tryout, Hitchcock stated that his goal was to one day become a professional hockey player. In May, following his senior season at Yale University and a tryout with the … [Read more...]
Former Rangers star Nick Fotiu reflects on growth of Staten Island hockey
Nick Fotiu is the epitome of tenacity. Born and raised in Staten Island, Fotiu, with sheer grit and determination, became the first National Hockey League player from the "Forgotten Borough" and first New York City native to skate for the New York Rangers. A left-handed shooting forward, Fotiu … [Read more...]
Joe Gambardella: One call away from ‘The Show’
Joseph Gambardella is a family man to his core. He’s also one call away from becoming the next Staten Island native to play in the National Hockey League. "The biggest thing to me," said Gambardella, an Eltingville resident, "is my parents, family, girlfriend, friends, coaches and trainers get … [Read more...]
After brief OHL Stint, Kevin Labanc carves out role with San Jose Sharks
If you threw a dart at a map of Staten Island, Lighthouse Hill would be just outside of a bull’s-eye. That hill also holds a special spot in San Jose Sharks right wing Kevin Labanc’s memory. "My dad (Milan) drove me there and we skated up and down it when I was a kid," remembered the 22-year-old, … [Read more...]
Zach Aston-Reese latest Staten Island native to thrive in NHL
When Zach Aston-Reese became the second Staten Island-born player to appear in a National Hockey League game, his family didn’t have to travel far to attend his debut. A short trip across the Goethals Bridge was all it took. Aston-Reese, now in his second full professional season, donned a … [Read more...]
Staten Island: A growing passion and unlimited potential
Imagine going to a professional ice hockey game in the heart of Staten Island. It almost became possible in the mid-1980s when the Atlantic Coast Hockey League — in which Vince McMahon of wrestling fame once owned a club, the Cape Cod Buccaneers — formed a team called the New York Slapshots. Named … [Read more...]
Hangin’ out with … former Boston College RW Matt Gaudreau
Noteworthy: In second pro season after re-signing with Sound Tigers in July. Last season, he recorded one assist in nine games with Bridgeport and 27 points (12-15-27) in 38 games with Worcester. Before BC, he played for Team Comcast and Omaha (USHL). … [Read more...]
Hangin Out With … Utica Comets’ D-Man Dylan Blujus
Dlujus signed one-year AHL deal with Utica in June and is entering fifth professional season. Has totaled 65 points (15-50-65) in 196 regular-season AHL games and two assists in nine Calder Cup playoff contests with Syracuse and Utica. Started the 2017-18 season with Jacksonville (ECHL) and notched … [Read more...]
Maturation process continues for Devils draftee Reilly Walsh
Michael Tureski/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesReilly Walsh started laughing when New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero told him immediately after he drafted him that his upcoming college career at Harvard was going to be the "best three years" of his life. The reason Shero docked the … [Read more...]
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