It’s been a rough year for New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider. The former 2016 NHL All-Star hasn’t won a regular season game in the past calendar year. Schneider has put up a record of 0-15-3 since December 27, 2017.
By Cara Bahniuk 4 years ago
New Jersey Devils starting goaltender Cory Schneider may not have played Thursday against the Capitals, but he unwittingly found himself a part of the action during a second period power play.
As Brooks Orpik defended Marcus Johansson as he entered the zone, the Caps defenseman swung his stick and accidentally struck Schneider in the side of the head.
It was scary, but Cory would be okay.
Devils starting goaltender Cory Schneider sat out Monday night as New Jersey played their first preseason game of the year against the Washington Capitals. Devils head coach John Hynes chose instead to give Keith Kinkaid and Scott Wedgewood equal time in net during the team’s 4-1 win.
Schneider, however, managed to stay active during the game, taking on a new role with the team.
If you didn’t know already, locker room logos are sacred. You don’t step on the logo, it’s considered disrespectful and you probably want the team that the logo belongs to, to lose forever if you do commit said act. I’m not much of a superstitious gal, but it’s getting to the point in my fandom with this team that I think we should probably try everything and anything. Even if that means we won when I ate a kale salad and now I need to eat kale salad for lunch every single game day.
By Elyse Bailey 7 years ago
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The New Jersey Devils began a week-long celebration to honor one of the greatest goaltenders of all-time, Martin Brodeur. On Saturday, Brodeur was the honoree in the Caps-Devils ceremonial faceoff. But instead of the two teams’ captains participating, Brodeur dropped the puck between starting goaltenders, Cory Schneider and Braden Holtby.
It was fun, awkward, and silly.
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The Montreal Canadiens’ PK Subban just took a selfie during the Skills Competition. I see Patrice Bergeron, Kris Letang, Cory Schneider, Sophia Jurksztowicz playing with her hair, and… hey, wait a second!
We’re going to need to enhance the right-hand corner of the photo.
Photo credit: Patrick McDermott
On Thursday night, Adam Oates was back behind the bench at Verizon Center for the first time since being fired at the end of last season. Much has changed since then. On this night, the Capitals were playing with sticks that were familiar to them and their coach was not giving his players the cold shoulder. But the most important change, at least on this night, came on defense. Oates instituted a defense system that required blueliners to give up the puck almost immediately after gaining it. This led to forced passes and a myriad of odd-man breaks against. It turned former Norris Trophy nominees like Mike Green into subject of ridicule. The Capitals defense, on the whole, was very bad.
This year, however, things are different. In offseason, new general manager Brian MacLellan added some much needed balance to the Capitals by signing Brooks Orpik and Matt Niskanen to big money deals. New coach Barry Trotz has also freed up its defensemen, allowing them to carry the puck when necessary. This has led to a resurgence for Green, who has 39 points this season. Other blueliners have also chipped in. Through 73 games, Karl Alzner had more than doubled his career high in goals and surpassed his career high in assists.
Against the Devils, Alzner added his fifth goal of the year in a decidedly un-Oatesian way.
By Chris Gordon 8 years ago
