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The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. They are currently members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). more...

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The Devils have won the Stanley Cup three times, first in the lockout-shortened 1995 season. The club was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1974, moved to Denver, Colorado after only two seasons, then settled in New Jersey in 1982. Under current general manager Lou Lamoriello, the Devils have earned a playoff spot in each of the last nine seasons.

Since their move to New Jersey, the Devils have played their home games at the Continental Airlines Arena. In 2007 the team is expected to move to a new arena currently under construction in the city of Newark.

Franchise history

Kansas City and Colorado

See also: Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies (NHL)

In 1974, the National Hockey League ended its first expansion period by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. The Kansas City franchise was to be called the Mohawks to represent the Missouri and Kansas areas, however the Chicago Black Hawks objected to the similarity. The team was renamed the Scouts after a statue in the city.

On October 9, 1974, the Kansas City Scouts took the ice for the first time in Toronto, and lost 6-2 to the Maple Leafs. Due to a rodeo being held in Kemper Arena, the team's normal home ice, the Scouts were forced to wait nine games before making their home debut. Although they lost that game to the Black Hawks 4-3, the next night they beat fellow newcomer the Washington Capitals 5-4. The Scouts failed to make the playoffs in either of their two seasons, and managed to win only 27 out of 160 games. For the second season, the team sold only 2,000 of 8,000 season tickets and was almost $1 million in debt. Due to these on- and off-ice disappointments, the Scouts moved to Denver and were renamed the Colorado Rockies.

The team made a fresh start in Colorado, winning its first game 4-2 over Toronto. They picked up momentum and looked like a possible playoff contender, but things collapsed in February, and the Rockies finished the 1976-77 season with a record of 20-46-14. The next season, despite finishing with fewer wins, they managed to edge the Vancouver Canucks out of the last playoff spot by two points, but were quickly eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round.

Prior to that 1978-79 season, owner Jack Vickers sold the team to Arthur Imperatore, who announced that he wished to move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands. The NHL vetoed the move, requiring the team to remain in Denver until the Meadowlands Arena was complete. In 1979 the team hired Don Cherry as head coach and traded for Maple Leafs star Lanny McDonald, but despite these moves, the Rockies posted the worst record in the league. They played the next two seasons with the possibility of moving until New Jersey shipping tycoon John McMullen purchased the team on May 27, 1982, and announced that the long-expected move to New Jersey would finally be reality. The team would now be playing right in the middle of the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, home to the three-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders, the New York Rangers, and the Philadelphia Flyers.

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