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The 1995–96 New Jersey Devils season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 14th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. [1]
The New Jersey Devils were 10th [23] in order of selection at the 1996 NHL entry draft, held June 22, 1996, in St. Louis. In a move interpreted to be an affirmation of their commitment to a defense-first philosophy, the Devils chose 6–3, 195-pound Lance Ward of the Western Hockey League 's Red Deer Rebels , who had not been ranked anywhere ...
The Devils arrived in New Jersey in 1982 after transferring from Denver, where they had been known as the Colorado Rockies since 1976. Before that, the franchise entered the league as the Kansas City Scouts in 1974. The 2021–22 season is the 39th season of play in New Jersey. It is the 47th year for the Devils franchise, and including the ...
The New Jersey Devils became the first team since the 1969–70 Montreal Canadiens to miss the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup during the previous season. Four teams allowed 300 or more goals in 1995-96. A total of three would do so from 1996-97 through 2003-04.
The 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 16, 1996. The playoffs ended on June 10, 1996 , with the Colorado Avalanche sweeping the Florida Panthers to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history in both teams' first Finals appearance.
John Madden won two Stanley Cups in New Jersey before joining the Chicago Blackhawks. Paul Martin began his career with the Devils before signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Johnny Oduya signed with the Devils as a free agent in 2006. Jay Pandolfo was a Devil from 1996 to 2010. Zach Parise during his time with the New Jersey Devils.
Although the Rangers and Devils both finished with 82 points, the Devils had two more wins, sending them to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history as the New Jersey Devils. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] The team made it all the way to the conference finals in the 1988 Stanley Cup playoffs , but lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games.
The goal, Broten's second of the game, gave the Devils a 3–2 lead. New Jersey would increase its lead with goals by Sergei Brylin and Chambers (his second of the game) at 7:46 and 12:32 of the third period. The Devils won the game 5–2 and the series four games to none. It was New Jersey's first Stanley Cup Championship in team