TRENTON DEVILS

'Trenton Devils'
'Founded'	1999
'Home ice'	Sovereign Bank Arena
'Based in'	Trenton, New Jersey
'Colors'	Black, Red
'League'	ECHL
'Head coach'	Rick Kowalsky
'General manager'	Jim Leahy
'Owner'	New Jersey Devils
'Affiliates'	New Jersey Devils (NHL) Lowell Devils (AHL)

The 'Trenton Devils' are an ECHL team in Trenton, New Jersey. They are owned by the NHL's New Jersey Devils and AHL's Lowell Devils. They play their home games at the Sovereign Bank Arena. The Sovereign Bank Arena holds 8,500 people.
The team was previously affiliated with the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL and Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL from its inception to the 2006-07 season. For 2005-06, the team signed a one-year temporary affiliation with the New York Islanders and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, as the Islanders' ECHL affiliate in Biloxi, Mississippi, was forced to suspend operations because of Hurricane Katrina.
They played their first season in 1999 as the 'Trenton Titans' and were founded in 1996 when the ECHL decided to give Trenton, New Jersey an expansion team. In 2004 the Trenton Titans celebrated their 5th anniversary.

★ In 2001 the Titans reached the Kelly Cup Finals, but lost to the South Carolina Stingrays 4-1.

★ In 2005 the Trenton Titans won the Kelly Cup by defeating the Florida Everblades 4-2. 2005 was a historic Flyers system domination as both clubs in the Flyers system won their respective championships.
On May 18, 2007, the team announced they were changing their name to the Trenton Devils [1]

Contents

Current roster

2004-2005 Kelly Cup champions

Intrastate rivalry

Trenton Devils in the NHL

References

External links

Current roster

As of December 31, 2006. Numbers taken from ECHL website.
^[1]

Goaltenders
#		'Player'	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
'29'		Gregg Naumenko	L	March 30, 1977	Chicago, Illinois, USA
'35'		Joel Martin	L	October 8, 1982	Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Defensemen
#		'Player'	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
'2'		Olivier Magnan	L	May 1, 1986	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
'4'		Bryan Miller	R	February 17, 1983	Wayne, New Jersey, USA
'6'		James Pemberton	L	October 2, 1983	Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA
'7'		Rosario Ruggeri	R	June 8, 1984	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
'8'		Chris Cava	L	October 14, 1980	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
'25'		Evan Shaw	L	March 24, 1984	Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA
'26'		Peter Tormey	L	September 10, 1980	Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA
'''		Matt Cohen

Forwards
#		'Player'	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
'9'		Mike Pandolfo	RW	R	September 15, 1979	Winchester, Massachusetts, USA
'15'		John Laliberte	F	L	August 5, 1983	Saco, Maine, USA
'16'		Benoit Mondou	RW	L	May 3, 1985	Sorel, Quebec, Canada
'19'		Scott Bertoli	LW	L	March 23, 1977	Milton, Ontario, Canada
'21'		Troy Riddle	C	R	August 24, 1981	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
'22'		Jim Henkel	C	L	May 25, 1979	Hazlet, New Jersey, USA
'23'		Mark Pandolfo	LW	L	June 5, 1983	North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
'27'		Mike Manley	C	L	January 13, 1982	London, Ontario, Canada
'28'		Les Haggett	F	L	July 8, 1980	Norwood, New York, USA

Staff
Title	'Staff Member'
'Head Coach'	Rick Kowalsky
'Assistant Coach'	Vince Williams
'Trainer'	Chris Vigneault
'Equipment Manager'	Jeff Madill
'Public Address Announcer'	Butch Seltzer

2004-2005 Kelly Cup champions

In 2004-2005 season the Trenton Titans won the 2005 Kelly Cup by defeating the Florida Everblades 4 games to 2. Trenton won the first 2 games at Florida, Florida won the next 2 games at Trenton, Trenton won the last 2 games at Trenton then Florida. Leon Hayward won MVP of the Kelly Cup Finals. Rick Kowalsky led the Titans as captain.

★ The Trenton Titans beat the Alaska Aces in the National Conference finals, 4-3 in a seven-game series.

★ The Trenton Titans beat the Reading Royals in the Northern Division finals, 3-1, in a five game series.

★ The Trenton Titans beat the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in the Northern Division quarterfinals, 3-0, in a five game series.
The team's head and assistant coach left the team after the championship run, as other teams began to find the talent in Trenton. Assistant coach Ted Dent, who had joined the team following four years with the Washington Capitals in the video operations department before being laid off in expectation of the lockout, was signed by Columbia (SC), and head coach Mike Havilland, who had rejoined the team in 2004 after two years in Atlantic City, where he had won a Kelly Cup in 2003, was signed by the AHL's Norfolk Admirals. Doug McKay, who had coached Ritten Renon in the Italian `A' league, was named the Trenton head coach for 2005-06, but was later fired because he wanted to trade away star player Scott Bertoli.

Intrastate rivalry

Before moving to Stockton, California in 2005, the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies were the Trenton Titans' archrivals. They played for the Garden State Cup, which awarded to the regular season series winner between New Jersey's two ECHL teams. The Garden State Cup was called the Grainger Cup for the 2001/2002 season when it was sponsored by Grainger, an industrial supply company with branches in both cities. The Bullies and Titans met 10 times during the 2001/2002 regular season with Trenton winning 6 of the games for the one and only Grainger Cup. The Titans and Bullies met 10 times during the 2002/2003 season, with Atlantic City winning 6 of the games for the Garden State Cup. The Titans and Bullies met 10 times in the 2003/2004 season with the Titans winning 6-4. The Titans and Bullies met 10 times in the 2004/2005 season with the Titans winning 5-3-2 against the Bullies 5-4-1, in the final Garden State Cup. The Titans and Bullies met for the last time in the first round of the 2005 ECHL Playoffs with the Titans sweeping the Bullies 3-0.

Trenton Devils in the NHL

★ Stephen Valiquette Goalie

★ Ruslan Fedotenko Right Wing

★ Todd Fedoruk Left Wing

★ Francis Belanger Left Wing

★ Jesse Boulerice Right Wing

★ Matt Henderson Left Wing

★ Cody Rudkowsky Goalie

★ Jerred Smithson Center

★ Pat Leahy Right Wing

★ David Printz Defenseman
Matt Henderson's NHL debut came before his Titans
★ debut, but he later returned to become the first Titan
★ to appear in the NHL before and after Trenton.
Note:
★ Before the name change.

References

1. http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/roster.php?team_id=22

External links

★ Official Trenton Devils site

★ New Jersey Devils acquisition of the Trenton Titans

★ Renaming of the team

★ New Jersey Devils Hockey Club (NHL)

★ Lowell Devils Hockey Club (AHL)

★ Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)

★ ECHL (East Coast Hockey League)

★ Sovereign Bank Arena