Devils Reveal Nico Hischier Injury Timeline
PHILADELPHIA—New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe wears his heart on his sleeve. When he’s unhappy with the effort, you can see it. Following the Devils’ loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday,
Amid a 2-6-3 stretch in which the Devils have scored 20 goals, Keefe has made drastic changes to his lines leading into their game against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. With the onus on his star players to start producing, here are the lines the Devils showed in practice on Tuesday.
Editor’s note: This interview was originally published on Dec. 10. On Thursday, Sheldon Keefe will coach in Toronto for the first time since joining the New Jersey Devils. NEWARK, N.J. — The slogan that lines the dressing room wall of Sheldon Keefe’s New Jersey Devils team reads: Compete. Commit. Connect.
New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, head coach Sheldon Keefe announced Wednesday.
New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe shared with reporters that star forward Nico Hischier is now considered week-to-week due to his ongoing injury. In addition, Keefe said that they will check in on how Hischier is feeling next week.
NEWARK—Brenden Dillon didn’t forget what the Philadelphia Flyers did to the New Jersey Devils earlier this week. He eventually set the tone physically the Devils needed to propel them in the second period,
New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe discusses the pressure of being a head coach, in addition to TNT analysts providing outside perspective.
Keefe was coaching an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena for the first time since being fired by the Maple Leafs on May 9. Having been hired by the Devils 14 days later, he’d faced his former team twice this season, both at Prudential Center.
William Wallinder was named the first star for the Grand Rapids Griffins in a 4-1 victory over the Rockford IceHogs.
It appears Nico Hischier’s injury may be worse than anticipated. The New Jersey Devils captain will miss Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers and is now being considered “week-to-week,” head coach Sheldon Keefe said.
Devils captain Nico Hischier, who suffered an uppoer-body injury after a high cross check vs. Montreal, will be re-evalutated next week, coach Sheldon Keefe said.