What is your favorite Devil memory?

This is mine by far. I was so happy after that series it was unbelievable.

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The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

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being at Game 7 against the ducks when we won the cup...absolutely amazing

arnott's cup winning goal is a close 2nd though

Game 7 Ottawa 2003

"...takes it, that went wide and boy they had a couple of screens, the Devils did in front. Back to the point, Stevens stepped up to hold it in; did; Hull stole it, Stevens holds it in again. Shot it right through the top of the crease. Elias centered..."

game 3 and 4 of the red wing series in 95. words cant explain wut the atmosphere wut was like in the parking lot and in the arena. june 24th 1995 is one night ill never forget!!!!

The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

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I was 11 and i remember waking up my whole house screaming after arnott scored, didn't elias skate around with sykora's jersey after they won because sykora was still in the hospital

Aside from the finals...Friesen's game 7 goal against Ottawa. I almost jumped through the ceiling.

1. 03 Stanley Cup....I don't know why, but I cried like a little baby that time..:)

2. Arnott's game winner...after that I was in shock, I just didn't know what had just happened.

3. The comeback against the Flyers. I still remember the series and the whole 7:th game like it was yesterday! That was really sweet, and especially because of the way it happened after Larry's tirade and all.

1) When we held Toronto to only SIX shots that one game and Stevens flung Domi like a rag doll.

2) When I was sitting in History class and my friend told me we had just acquired Mogilny. :amazed:

So friggin many but, most recent for me was being at MSG for Devils series clincher!!!
A close second was the Philly series in 2000.:D

Game 4 of the Finals in 1995. It was just crazy in the Arena!

Comeback against the Flyers,

Nuff Said :yo:

The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

Ditto. My favorite moment ever.

I love the Arnott one, but I love the game 7 against Philly even more, 2 minutes left, in the opposing teams barn, you've just erased a 3-1 series lead against a rival team, and you score the game winner to go to the friggen Stanley Cup Finals and hear 18,000 fans and 22 players hearts break.

I especially love the 2003 Stanley Cup Game 7. You couldn't hide the fact that the Ducks were the media darlings, so the Devils go out and shutdown Anaheim with THE MIGHTY MIKE RUPP clinching the Cup with 2 goals. (I think it was 2 by Rupp).

I especially love the 2003 Stanley Cup Game 7. You couldn't hide the fact that the Ducks were the media darlings, so the Devils go out and shutdown Anaheim with THE MIGHTY MIKE RUPP clinching the Cup with 2 goals. (I think it was 2 by Rupp).

I actually think J-Freeze had 2 goals, Rupp had 1 goal 1 helper. Just taking away that cup from Oates and Steve Thomas was great.......because if I had to see another puke fest like ****ing Ray Bourque getting the cup in 2001, I would seriously blow a gasket.

Our "STREAK" run last year is also a one to remember.

I actually think J-Freeze had 2 goals, Rupp had 1 goal 1 helper. Just taking away that cup from Oates and Steve Thomas was great.......because if I had to see another puke fest like ****ing Ray Bourque getting the cup in 2001, I would seriously blow a gasket.

Fair enough, but I definitely do remember Rupp's goal winning the Stanley Cup.

YOUTUBE UPDATE: Someone has a clip of Rupp's deflection! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ2_jMZapCg) Giguere was so unhappy at that goal, but I sure as hell was happy!

Rupp had the GWG and two helpers.

The 2000 ECF is a very close second, followed by Friesen's goal in 2003 to clinch the 2003 ECF. After that it's back to 1995, and then we hit the 2003 cup for me.

Any of Stevens' open ice hits. :yo:

John Macleans OT goal vs Chicago in 88 to put us into the playoffs for the first time. Our streak at the end of last year was comparable to the streak Sean Burke put on after the olympics that year to get us into the playoffs. He went 10-1 to start his NHL career.

The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

Martin Brodeur scoring a playoff goal against the Montreal Canadiens. Watching that gives me shivers down my spine, every single time.

Other than the Stanley Cups, my fav moment was when John Maclean scored that OT goal in Chicago to put the Devils in the playoffs

Our "STREAK" run last year is also a one to remember.
Especially the Montreal game to end the season.

My favorite Devils moments are during the regular season, but there's too many of them to choose one.

Shawn Chambers' goal in 1995 to make it 5-2 in game 4 of the finals. That's when it hit me: The Devils were going to win the Cup.

Stevens winning the Conn Smythe.

Standing on my porch in Bryn Mawr PA after the Devs won Cup #1 and screaming outloud to the Filthy fans on my block (South Roberts Rd.) that they s^ck!

haha woo Bryn Mawr! i go to Villanova

Janssen scoring:sarcasm:

Any of the three Stanley Cup clinchers are certainly more important, but my favorite moment is the Devils making the playoffs for the first time in New Jersey. As the regular season moved towards its conclusion, the surging Devils, behind the outstanding goaltending of rookie Sean Burke, insinuated themselves in the race for the final Patrick Division playoff spot with the Rangers and Penguins. The green Devils would upset the Islanders and Capitals to capture the Patrick Division Playoff Championship and take the Bruins to Game 7 of the Wales Conference Finals before the season came to an end.

At any rate, it was magical for me as a kid watching the game on Sports Channel. The thought of the playoffs had not ever crossed my mind until about a week before the season ended. I watched this game hoping for something new to me as a Devils fan, a chance to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and only a win would do. Gary Thorne calls the action as the Devils and Blackhawks play in overtime:

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It also made top 25 moments in Devils history
# 14, Devils Clinch First Playoff Birth (http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/fanzone/contests/25th/part2/video/14playoffs.html)

1. Arnott goal in OT to clinch the cup. I remember being only 7 years old and I sneaked out of bed to get to a tv and when he scored, I screamed to the top of my lungs. Woke up everyone.

2. The entire 2003 playoffs

3. Retiring Dano's and Stevens' numbers.

Any of the three Stanley Cup clinchers are certainly more important, but my favorite moment is the Devils making the playoffs for the first time in New Jersey. As the regular season moved towards its conclusion, the surging Devils, behind the outstanding goaltending of rookie Sean Burke, insinuated themselves in the race for the final Patrick Division playoff spot with the Rangers and Penguins. The green Devils would upset the Islanders and Capitals to capture the Patrick Division Playoff Championship and take the Bruins to Game 7 of the Wales Conference Finals before the season came to an end.

At any rate, it was magical for me as a kid watching the game on Sports Channel. The thought of the playoffs had not ever crossed my mind until about a week before the season ended. I watched this game hoping for something new to me as a Devils fan, a chance to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and only a win would do. Gary Thorne calls the action as the Devils and Blackhawks play in overtime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzUSdrAioM


It also made top 25 moments in Devils history
# 14, Devils Clinch First Playoff Birth (http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/fanzone/contests/25th/part2/video/14playoffs.html)

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Beating the pulp out of and eliminating the NYR in their own building, watching NYR fans leave both games early and hearing the "Let's Go Devils" chant echo throughout MSG last year in Games 3 & 4 of the opening round.

The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

Definately this one!!!! The suspense with the previous game going into multiple OT's as well. Being in the arena for the 03 Cup win is a close 2nd.

Besides the big ones that we've all mentioned. Here's a few that still stick out:

1. Marty scoring in '97
2. Patrick Sundstrom's 8 pts. against Washington
3. Marty/Hasek not allowing anything for more than two hours. Even though that one didn't end well, still sticks out in my mind.

There are so many memories. Many of the early ones, while not as significant historically, are amazing as well.

The run in 1988 was so unexpected. I am gonna sound old here, but, you young'uns have no idea how much that meant to us back then. The Cups and everything since 1995 are great, and every run is special, but that spring, New Jersey had Devils fever, and it was IMPOSSIBLE to get tickets to any playoff game. In fact, the capacity of the arena became 19,096 due to the inclusion of 56 SRO "Seats" which are now illegal for fire code reasons.

Here are my faves from that year:

1. Winning playoff games in 2 places where we NEVER (and I mean NEVER) won. The Mausoleum (Bob Sauve, thank you) and the Cap Centre. In fact, they won either Game 1 or 2 and it was the first win we ever had in that arena. EVER.

2. The save by Sauve in Buffalo against Larry Playfair? to secure a tie, that if we had not gotten, would not have made the playoffs.

3. Patrik Sundstrom scoring 8 points in a 10-4 Devil whipping of the Caps. That series still holds the record for most PIMs by both teams in a playoff series.

4. Playing the Boston Bruins in the playoffs. It's no big deal now, but holy moly, back then the thought of the baby Devils are playing the Big Bad Bruins in the playoffs, to see who gets to play Gretzky in the Finals was and still is mind-blowing to me.

5. Sean Burke' save on Pat LaFontaine in the closing seconds of game 6 vs. NYI

6. Dougie Brown's OT winner in game 2 vs. Boston. Our first OT win ever.

Those are a few of my favorites, a bit off the radar, but special none the less.

Wow, interesting memories we have here. I feel so stupid for becomig a fan around 2000. I really missed out on a lot it seems from the past. :( I'll list what I remember anyway...

1. 2003 playoffs and Cup (Friesen and Arnott's goal are my favs)
2. Stevens Night (Was an amazing night being at the arena, emotions were high as anything I've ever felt for the team, I don't think I can put into words what I felt about that night)


I know its not much, but I hope that following the team now gives me something more to remember with the new era we are entering.

that first cup is still the sweetest for me. I was 9 years old at the time and I remember it being a big deal that I was allowed to stay up and watch all the games because the Devils made the finals. The other cups were great, but that first one is still the best.

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"Save by Pang! Rebound!!...THEY SCORE!!!!! THEY DID IT!!! THEY DID IT!!!! THE DEVILS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY!!!! JOHN MACLEAN THE OVER TIME GOAL, AND THEY WIN IT FOUR TO THREE!!!!"

I wore my Jason Korn (Anyone remember him?) jersey to school the next day, and I told every Islander fan I knew that they were going down in the playoffs.

Hmmm, probably my first. Late 80's game against the mighty Whalers. We had pretty good seats near the ice and (I think) Pat Verbeek got his head busted open.
Blood everywhere and they had to bring out the shovel. They lost that game 3-2.

I just find it amusing that I still have a decent memory of the actual event. Should have been 9 or 10 depending on the year this actually happened in.

Alot of my favorites involve fans and most can't be mentioned here. There was an all time classic in the '00 Flyers series, involving an old man taking his cane to a bunch of kids, but again, moderated, can't explain it in detail. And the kid of an apparent Maple Leafs employee, who said some things to me, after the Leafs won Game 4 in that same playoff, that I still can't believe a 12 year old or so said.

The champ, though, is the Montreal fan who said he'd take off his pants if the Habs
gave up another goal in Game 5. They did. And he lived up to his end of the bargain until security removed him.

*The Steve Sullivan goal* was also something to behold. They finally replayed it during the season recaps this year.

The last playoff game when they won the first cup was the first time I watched the devils for the entire series. Therefore it was very memorable when they ended up winning, I couldn't believe it!

Elias-Arnott-Sykora had about 6 of my fav top-10 Devils plays.

They were phenomenal together, really remarkable.

Elias-Arnott-Sykora had about 6 of my fav top-10 Devils plays.

They were phenomenal together, really remarkable.

Yeah I wish we had those 3 guys in combo again, they were our highest scoring line ever.

Elias-Arnott-Sykora had about 6 of my fav top-10 Devils plays.

They were phenomenal together, really remarkable.

Cheers to that... the A-Line was just poetry in motion... I was so sad when they were broken up. I think that will stand as the most potent Devils line for the ages.

Personal favorite moment isn't the cup wins really - it was seeing a spectacular goal by my man Stephane Richer in the playoffs in 1994:

May 7, 1994 - At 14:19 of overtime, Game 4 ends of the Eastern Conference Semfinals ends with a 5-4 Devils victory over the Bruins.

That goal was so un-devils, as Richer lined up at the left D position with the faceoff at the right faceoff dot just outside the defensive zone due to an offsides. While the linesman is getting ready to drop the puck, Richer skates back toward the net, gets up speed and starts breaks up toward the blue line as the puck is dropped. I don't recall specifically who took the faceoff, but I think it was Carpenter, and he won it straight back to the right D who then shoots it up off the far left boards on a bank-pass for richer to pick up mid-stride and he blows past the Bruins defense and roofs it top shelf to end the game.

He also scored a HUGE OT winner vs. the Rangerettes that year too - but we all know how that ended (see Least Favorite Moment thread for details on that series AND the NHL's bias for Ray Bourque in 2001 finals).:p:

There are way too many to pick one.
But here are some of the better ones.

1. Johnny Mac's OT goal in Chicago in '88 to get our first playoff birth
2. The '95 Cup run
3. The 2000 Cup run, Arnott's goal, Patrik's goal in Game-7 in Philly
4. The 2003 run, Game-7 in Ottawa
5. Sweeping and humiliating the Rangers in 2006
6. Marty's goal in '97 vs Montreal
7. The Buffalo series in '94
8. The '88 playoff run, beating the heavily favored Icelanders and Caps
9. Beating Edmonton on home ice, I think in '85 after Gretzky clowned himself and called us a Mickey Mouse team
10. The 3 Cup celebrations at CAA, which are MUCH better than a lame parade
11. Scotty Stevens' big hits

Much more, but those are the first that came to mind

So many, but the Top 5 (in no particular order):

1. MacLean's goal to get NJ into the playoffs for the first time.
2. 1995 Game 4.
3. Stevens' hit on Lindros.
4. Arnott's Cup Winner.
5. 1988 Mother's Day game against Boston (scab refs).

The First Cup was incredible.

Mike Peluso so emotional on the bench in the final minutes of game 4 to complete the sweep vs. Red Wings in 1995 was pretty special.

3. The comeback against the Flyers. I still remember the series and the whole 7:th game like it was yesterday! That was really sweet, and especially because of the way it happened after Larry's tirade and all.

That would be mine. Great time to be a fan.

Apart from that, it would be beating Toronto twice. I proudly wore my Devils gear all around Toronto while my friends pretended they didn't know me. One guy got all mad at me in the subway because I didn't cheer for my home team (hey, I like the Raptors!).

1988

Johnny Mac beats Darren Pang to beat the Blackhawks on the final night of the regular season and send the Devils to the playoffs for the first time.

1988

Johnny Mac beats Darren Pang to beat the Blackhawks on the final night of the regular season and send the Devils to the playoffs for the first time.

Now we NEVER would have guessed that from your screen name...
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Arnott, That goal is burned into my head. Probably because an overtime goal to win a cup has to be the ultimate excitement. Friesen's goal was a close second.

Beating the pulp out of and eliminating the NYR in their own building, watching NYR fans leave both games early and hearing the "Let's Go Devils" chant echo throughout MSG last year in Games 3 & 4 of the opening round.I was one of them chanting.:D

1. Philly 2000......what an amazing series

2. Friesen's GWG '03 vs OTT

3. Martys playoff goal vs MTL

to many more to name but 2000 was def a great year!!

1. Philly 2000......what an amazing series

2. Friesen's GWG '03 vs OTT

3. Martys playoff goal vs MTL

to many more to name but 2000 was def a great year!!

Yes when Marty scored vs MTL was also one of my favorites. One other thing I forgot to add, was Cam Janssen's goal and hearing Chico scream WOOOHOOOO like a woman. :D

I'd say for games that I was at would be the 2003 game 7, then the retiring of jersey #3 & 4

Then for not attending it would be the Arnott goal in 2000, and the philly series that same year :)

first hockey game i ever went to was in 95 devils vs islanders regular season. Devils went down 3-0 and scored 6 straight goals to win 6-3. Since that night i have been a huge devils fan.

The Jason Arnott goal in 2000 to win the cup. To this day I get shivers watching replays of that goal.

I agree 100%. Most favorite game ever. I've got the whole thing on VHS, and I usually watch it at least once a summer, just to get those hockey juices flowing for the fall!:D

Devils/Islanders in 1988 - nothing quite like that first ever playoff series as a fan.

Elias goal in game 7 vs. Flyers in 2000, then the Arnott goal in game 6 vs. Dallas.

Being in attendance during the 1995 Finals.