Tales from the New Jersey Devils Locker Room

by Resch, Glenn Chico; Kerwick, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781683583875
• ISBN10: 1683583876
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2020-10-06
• Publisher: Sports Pub

Summary

Relive the best stories from throughout Devils history—​newly updated to include coverage of the 2019–​2020 season!
From the moment Dr. John McMullen brought professional hockey to New Jersey to the moment Scott Stevens lifted the Stanley Cup over his head for the third time, the Garden State has been in love with its New Jersey Devils. In this newly updated edition of Tales from the New Jersey Devils Locker Room, former New Jersey goalie Chico Resch and coauthor Mike Kerwick bring readers along for a wild ride from the lean early seasons to the three Stanley Cup championships and beyond. The book has it all, including details about John MacLean’s game winner against Chicago, the goal that propelled the Devils into the playoffs for the first time in 1988, Ken Daneyko’s emotional curtain call in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, Martin Brodeur’s yearly playoff dominance, and today’s Eastern Conference contenders. Tales From the New Jersey Devils Locker Room is an easy skate through Devils history, revealing insights behind the stories fans have heard and many others they have not heard until now.

Author Biography

Glenn "Chico" Resch played professional hockey for 14 seasons, including four memorable years with the New Jersey Devils. He is currently the color commentator for Devils radio broadcasts. He lives in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, during the season and Emily, Minnesota, in the summers.

Mike Kerwick is a former reporter for the Bergen County, New Jersey Record and the Asbury Park Press. A 1999 graduate of Boston University, he has contributed work to USA Today, the Boston Globe, and the Detroit News. In 2002 his writing was honored with first place awards from the New Jersey Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.