Albany Devils

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Albany Devils
2015–16 Albany Devils season
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City Albany, New York
League American Hockey League
Conference Eastern Conference
Division North Division
Founded 1998
Home arena Times Union Center
Colors Red, black, white
              
Owner(s) New Jersey Devils
General manager Tom Fitzgerald
Head coach Rick Kowalsky
Captain Rod Pelley
Media Albany Times Union
WTMM-FM/104.5
Affiliates New Jersey Devils (NHL)
Franchise history
1998–2006 Lowell Lock Monsters
2006–2010 Lowell Devils
2010–present Albany Devils

The Albany Devils are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). The top AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s New Jersey Devils, the team has as its home the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. This is the second time the New Jersey Devils have been affiliated with an Albany-based AHL team; from 1993 to 2006, the Devils used the Albany River Rats as their top minor league team. Unlike the River Rats, the Devils own their Albany affiliate outright.

The current Albany franchise was originally located in Lowell, Massachusetts from its founding in 1998. It took on the Devils name when the franchise purchased the then-Lowell Lock Monsters in 2006 and retained it when the parent club moved them to Albany in 2010.

History

On February 10, 2010, Albany River Rats owner Walter L. Robb sold his team to MAK Hockey LLC, led by Charlotte beer distributor Michael Kahn, owner of the ECHL Charlotte Checkers. It was then announced that the River Rats would play the 2010–11 season as the Charlotte Checkers, and the ECHL franchise was relinquished to the league. Meanwhile, Robb, as well as members of the River Rats and Times Union Center's front office, had already begun looking for an American Hockey League team to replace the River Rats.[1][2]

On April 26, 2010, the New Jersey Devils sent Albany County a letter of intent to relocate their AHL affiliate to Albany, with a five-year commitment, on the grounds that the arena have specific renovations made.[3][4] New Jersey Devils General Manager Lou Lamoriello, in a letter to the members of the Lowell Devils Booster Club, stated that changes presented in the lease with Lowell made it "financially impossible" to stay.[5]

On May 10, 2010, the county legislature voted 35–2 in favor of a $1.6 million upgrade to the facility to be spent on a new scoreboard, ribbon board advertising, and exterior lighting.[6]

On June 10, 2010, the New Jersey Devils officially announced on their website that they were moving the Lowell Devils to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York beginning with the 2010–11 AHL season to play as the Albany Devils.,[7] playing 36 of their 40 home games in Albany. The other four home games will be played in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at Boardwalk Hall.

Soon after that, on June 17, 2010, the New Jersey Devils announced they had promoted John MacLean to fill their head coaching vacancy. MacLean had been the head coach of the Lowell Devils during the 2009–10 season.[8]

On August 10, 2010, it was announced that Rick Kowalsky was named head coach of the team, with former New Jersey Devils defenseman Tommy Albelin being named the assistant coach.[9]

On December 28, 2013, the Devils achieved six consecutive wins at home, a franchise record, in front of a crowd of 4,566.[10]

On May 8, 2015, the Albany Devils announced that they had renewed their lease at Times Union Center.

On January 13, 2016, the Devils won their 11th consecutive home win to set a new franchise record. [11]

On April 1, 2016, the Devils broke the franchise's previous wins record, set in 2013-14, with their 41st win: an overtime victory over the Binghamton Senators.[12][13]

On April 4, 2016, the Times Union Center and its managing group SMG announced they had reached an agreement with the New Jersey Devils to extend the lease of its AHL affiliate through the 2018-2019 season.[14]

Season-by-season results

Calder Cup Champions Conference Champions Division Champions League Leader

Records as of the end of the 2015–16 AHL season.[15]

Regular Season Playoffs
Season Games Won Lost OTL SOL Points PCT Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Standing Year 1st
round		 2nd
round		 3rd
round		 Finals
2010–11 80 32 42 1 5 70 .438 217 283 8th, East 2011 Out of playoffs
2011–12 76 31 34 6 5 73 .480 190 226 5th, Northeast 2012 Out of playoffs
2012–13 76 31 32 1 12 75 .493 193 225 4th, Northeast 2013 Out of playoffs
2013–14 76 40 23 5 8 93 .612 220 193 2nd, Northeast 2014 L, 1–3, STJ — — —
2014–15 76 37 28 5 6 85 .559 199 201 4th, Northeast 2015 Out of playoffs
2015–16 76 46 20 8 2 102 .671 212 167 2nd, North 2016 W, 3–1, UTI L, 3–4, TOR — —
Totals 460 217 179 26 38 498 .541 1231 1295 2 Playoff Appearances

Players

Current roster

Updated May 25, 2016.[16]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
41 Canada Ken Appleby G L 29 2015 North Bay, Ontario New Jersey
21 Canada Graham Black C R 31 2014 Regina, Saskatchewan New Jersey
9 Canada Joseph Blandisi C L 29 2015 Markham, Ontario New Jersey
14 United States Reid Boucher LW L 30 2012 East Lansing, Michigan New Jersey
7 Canada Brandon Burlon D L 34 2011 Nobleton, Ontario New Jersey
11 United States Blake Coleman F L 32 2015 East Lansing, Michigan New Jersey
40 Canada Yann Danis G L 43 2015 Lafontaine, Quebec New Jersey
17 Canada Marc-Andre Gragnani D L 37 2015 Montreal, Quebec New Jersey
2 United States Seth Helgeson D L 33 2013 Faribault, Minnesota New Jersey
29 Belarus Raman Hrabarenka D R 31 2012 Mogilev, Belarus New Jersey
8 United States Dan Kelly D L 35 2010 Morrisonville, New York New Jersey
22 Canada Ryan Kujawinski C L 29 2015 Iroqouis Falls, Ontario New Jersey
25 United States Nick Lappin RW R 31 2016 Geneva, Illinois New Jersey
32 Canada Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond RW L 39 2013 Lévis, Quebec New Jersey
28 Canada Matt Lorito LW L 33 2015 Oakville, Ontario Albany
33 United States Corbin McPherson D R 35 2011 Folsom, California New Jersey
23 Czech Republic Vojtech Mozik D R 31 2015 Prague, Czechoslovakia New Jersey
12 United States Max Novak RW R 33 2015 Oak Ridge, New Jersey Albany
13 United States Jim O'Brien C R 35 2014 Maplewood, Minnesota New Jersey
10 Canada Rod Pelley (C) C L 39 2013 Kitimat, British Columbia Albany
18 United States Blake Pietila LW L 31 2015 Brighton, Michigan New Jersey
24 Canada Reece Scarlett D L 31 2013 Sherwood Park, Alberta New Jersey
19 United States Mike Sislo (A) RW R 36 2011 Superior, Wisconsin New Jersey
15 United States Paul Thompson RW R 35 2014 Methuen, Massachusetts New Jersey
26 Canada Ben Thomson LW L 31 2014 Orangeville, Ontario New Jersey
31 Canada Scott Wedgewood G L 31 2012 Brampton, Ontario New Jersey
44 Czech Republic Pavel Zacha LW L 27 2016 Brno, Czech Republic New Jersey

Team Captains

References

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External links

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