training camp GUIDE 2 2016-17 NEW JERSEY DEVILS TRAINING CAMP TABLE OF CONTENTS ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTORY ....................................................................... 2 OWNERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES ............................................................................... 3 HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF BIOGRAPHIES ..............................................4-6 COACHING STAFF BIOGRAPHIES ............................................................... 7-15 HOCKEY OPERATIONS & SUPPORT STAFF ................................................... 16 HOCKEY OPERATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL STAFF ...................................... 17 PLAYER HEADSHOTS ................................................................................. 18-20 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER AT A GLANCE.................................................. 21-23 PLAYER CAREER STATISTICS .................................................................... 24-66 SCHEDULE ................................................................................................... 67-69 New Jersey Devils and the Devils’ logo are registered trademarks of the New Jersey Devils. ©2016 the New Jersey Devils, all rights reserved. Editors: Pete Albietz & James Stolfi 1 2016-17 NEW JERSEY DEVILS HOCKEY OPERATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTORY Owner/Chairman/Governor ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Joshua Harris Owner/Vice Chairman/Alternate Governor ...................................................................................................................................................................David Blitzer Co-Owners .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Marc Leder, Michael Rubin Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Devils & Prudential Center/Alternate Governor ....................................................................................................... Scott O’Neil President, New Jersey Devils & Prudential Center ........................................................................................................................................................... Hugh Weber Executive Vice President, Hockey Operations/General Manager/Alternate Governor .......................................................................................................... Ray Shero Assistant General Manager, Hockey Operations ......................................................................................................................................................... Tom Fitzgerald Senior Director of Player Personnel, Hockey Operations............................................................................................................................................. Dan MacKinnon Vice President, Hockey Operations ........................................................................................................................................................................ Stephen Pellegrini HOCKEY CLUB PERSONNEL EQUIPMENT/TRAINING STAFF ANAYTICS John Hynes Kevin Morley Sunny Mehta Head Coach Head Athletic Trainer Director, Analytics Geoff Ward Steve Ruhmel Sai Okabayashi Alain Nasreddine Assistant Trainer Data Scientist Ryane Clowe Rich Matthews Assistant Coaches Equipment Manager HOCKEY COMMUNICATIONS Chris Terreri Jason McGrath, Chris Scoppetto, Pete Albietz Goaltending Coach Mike Thibault Director, Communications/Team Services Pertti Hasanen Assistant Equipment Managers Eric Marin Development/Skills Coach Joe Lorincz Director, Website Content Patrick Rissmiller Strength/Conditioning Coach James Stolfi Eric Weinrich Jaime Rodriguez Manager, Communications/Team Operations Development Coaches Assistant Strength/Conditioning Coach Scott Clemmensen Brian Smith TELEVISION/RADIO Goaltending Development Coach Massage Therapist MSG PLUS Taran Singleton Dr. Jonathan L. Glashow Television Outlet Hockey Operations Video Coordinator Chief Medical Officer Steve Cangialosi, Play-by-Play Matthew DeMado Dr. Michael Shindle Ken Daneyko, Color Video Assistant Team Orthopedist Television Broadcasters Jacques Laperriere Dr. Michael Farber Sports Radio 66 AM & 101.9 FM WFAN Consultant Sports Medicine Internist Radio Outlet Paul Castron Dr. H. Hugh Gardy Matt Loughlin, Play-by-Play Director, Amateur Scouting Dr. Jason Schepis Sherry Ross, Color Gates Orlando Team Dentists Radio Broadcasters Asst. Director, Amateur Scouting Mitch Kaufman Ryan Breen Video Consultant Glen Dirk Scott Lachance ALBANY DEVILS PERSONNEL 16,514 Jan Ludvig Rick Kowalsky Seating Capacity Jim Mill Head Coach, Albany 200 feet x 85 feet Pierre Mondou Sergei Brylin Dimensions of Rink Lou Reycroft Assistant Coach, Albany Red, Black & White Andy Schneider John Sardos Club Colors Steve Smith Strength/Conditioning Coach, Albany Geoff Stevens Mike Regan Amateur Scouting Staff Video Coordinator, Albany Timo Blomqvist Scott Stanhibel Niklas Evertsson Athletic Trainer, Albany Misha Manchik Andrew Schmidt Vaclav Slansky, Jr. Equipment Manager, Albany Amateur Scouting Staff- Europe Corey Wood Bob Hoffmeyer Assistant Equipment Manager, Albany PRUDENTIAL CENTER Claude Noel 25 Lafayette Street Andre Savard EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/ Newark, NJ 07102 Nick Vitucci GENERAL MANAGER’S OFFICE Phone: (973) 757-6100 Pro Scouting Staff Marie Carnevale Fax: (973) 757-6399 Callie A. Smith Director, Hockey Administration newjerseydevils.com Scouting Staff Assistant Christine Garcia njdevilspr.com Dr. Aimee Kimball Executive Assistant to the Exec. VP/GM and twitter.com/njdevilspr Director of Player Development & Hockey Operations facebook.com/NewJerseyDevils Team Development Kristin Farina twitter.com/njdevils Director, Hockey Finance prucenter.com 2 2016-17 NEW JERSEY DEVILS OWNERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES JOSHUA HARRIS – OWNER/CHAIRMAN/GOVERNOR Along with Co-Owner David Blitzer, completed the purchase of the New Jersey Devils and its long-term operating interest in Prudential Center and related assets on August 15, 2013. He also serves as Managing Owner and Governor of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. In August 2014, was named The Star-Ledger’s most influential individual – along with David Blitzer – in New Jersey sports. Harris is Managing Partner of Apollo Management, L.P., which he co- founded in 1990. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker and Loeb Scholar. Among other civic activities, Josh serves as a member of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Investors Advisory Committee on Financial Markets and the Undergraduate Executive Board of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Josh has strong ties to northern New Jersey; his grandparents lived in Newark, while his father attended Caldwell High School. DAVID BLITZER – OWNER/VICE CHAIRMAN/ALTERNATE GOVERNOR Along with Co-Owner Joshua Harris, completed the purchase of the New Jersey Devils and its long term operating interest in Prudential Center and related assets on August 15, 2013. He is also the Co-Managing Owner and Alternate Governor of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. Named the most influential individual in New Jersey sports – along with Joshua Harris – by The Star-Ledger, August 2014. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Chair in the Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. David is based in New York following 10 years in London establishing Blackstone’s corporate private equity business in Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 1991, David has been involved in the execution of its investments in Spirit Group, SULO, Allied Waste, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, Universal Orlando, Centerplate, Cadillac Fairview, Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Southern Cross, NHP, Orangina, United Biscuits and Jack Wolfskin. Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and he currently serves as a Director of United Biscuits and Jack Wolfskin. A native of Scotch Plains, NJ, David’s parents still live in the home that he was raised in, while his grandparents also grew up in New Jersey. 3 2016-17 NEW JERSEY DEVILS HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF RAY SHERO – EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/ GENERAL MANAGER/ALTERNATE GOVERNOR Completed first season as Devils’ general manger with 38-36-8 record (84 points)…Named fourth general manager in team history May 4, 2015; has overall authority regarding all hockey decisions…A member of the 2016 U.S. Men's National Team Advisory Group that finished fourth at the International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championship in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia…Spent eight seasons, 2006-07 through 2013-14, as executive vice president and general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins…Named to post in May 2006 and turned the club into a perennial playoff contender…During that time, the team compiled a 373-193-56 (.645) mark, won the 2009 Stanley Cup Championship, two consecutive Eastern Conference titles in 2007-08 and 2008-09 and had three first-place divisional finishes…Recipient of the General Manager of the Year Award in 2012-13, as voted on by the 30 NHL GMs, a panel of NHL executives, as well as print and broadcast media…Previously spent 14 seasons as an assistant general