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Jerez Preview: Can Anyone Stop the #72?

  Lately, Marco Bezzecchi is making winning look easy. With a flawless hat trick of victories in Thailand, Brazil, and the USA, the #72 has treated the early-season standings like his own personal victory lap. Next stop: Jerez. Will the win streak continue in Spain, or can anyone actually disrupt the rhythm of Bez? The "Global Takeover" in Three Acts: Thailand: To open the season in Buriram, Bezzecchi converted a dominant pole position into a Sunday masterclass. Every lap was led by him, crossing the finish line with a 5.5-second cushion over Pedro Acosta, setting the tone for a flawless start to the season. Brazil: In a treacherous race in Goiânia that was shortened due to track degradation concerns, Bez pulled an ambush at the first corner. He kept his cool on a track that felt more like a gravel pit than a circuit, bringing home back-to-back wins from second on the grid. USA: At COTA - the most technical track they face - Bezzecchi proved he could win anywhere. He...

Devils Fall To The Canucks In New Jersey 6-4, 1/6/24

 






   The Devils and Canucks had their Hughes Bowl 2.0 on Saturday, January 6th. Unfortunately, Jack Hughes wasn't out tonight - So, so it wasn't a complete Hughes Bowl 2.0 .. However, this was a great game! The Vancouver Canucks won with a 6-4 score.


Devils lineup against the Canucks:

Toffoli - Mercer - Bratt

Haula - Hischier - Bastian

Lazar - McLeod - Holtz

Smith - Tierney - Clarke


Siegenthaler - Nemec

Hughes - Marino

Bahl - Miller


Daws

Vanecek


Canucks lineup against the Devils:

Pettersson - Miller - Boeser

Mikheyev - Suter -  Kuzmenko

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Hoglander - Aman - Lafferty


Hughes - Hronek

Soucy - Myers

Cole - Juulsen


Demko

DeSmith


   Brock Boeser scored - It was challenged by New Jersey and ended up being no goal due to goaltender interference. The score after the first period was 0-0.


   Elias Pettersson gets the Canucks started early in the second, scoring his 16th of the season. J. T. Miller scores the second for Vancouver at the 16:27 mark - Miller nets another soon after! Colin Miller scores the first goal for the Devils, this also being his first as a Devil! Erik Haula nets one with only seconds left in second - Connor Garland answers back with only 10 seconds left. The final score of the second period was 4-2.


   Elias Pettersson scores his second of the night early in the third! Colin Miller scores his second of the night and his second goal as a Devil - Brendan Smith scores soon after getting the Devils to 4 goals. Dakota Joshua scores the last goal of the night late in the third, the final score being 6-4.




"I thought that there's some good and bad," Erik Haula said. "They had such a good start, and we didn't match that."



- Timo Meier is on injured reserve

- Jack Hughes wasn't out tonight, upper-body injury

- Graeme Clarke made his NHL debut tonight!

- Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt both wore A's for the Devils due to Jack Hughes and Ondrej Palat not being in the lineup.

- Quinn Hughes now holds the franchise record for most multi-point games by a Canucks defenseman with 69.

- Erik Haula hit 300 Career NHL points

- 100th Career Win for Thatcher Demko - Also in the top 5 in Canucks history with the most franchise wins!



"It feels good to win a game on a big road trip," J. T. Miller said. "I liked a lot of our game today."










*All photos used by the New Jersey Devils used with permission*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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