Stephen Gionta seems to have picked up where he left off in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the New Jersey Devils.
Just ask his head coach.
“I can’t say I expected it,” said Devils head coach Peter DeBoer at NJ.com. “He spent the year in the minors, otherwise we would’ve had him up earlier. He made a believer out of me in the playoffs. He’s picked up where he left off."
Gionta scored his first goal of the 2013 regular season, and just the second of his NHL career, in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Washington Capitals at the Prudential Center. His first came in the season finale last year against Ottawa, also in Newark.
Anyone who watched the NHL playoffs last year knows that Gionta was a key cog in the Devils machine that came within two victories of the franchise's fourth title.
Gionta paired with Ryan Carter and Steve Bernier to form a highly effective fourth line, with Gionta tallying three goals and four assists for seven points in 24 postseason contests while also helping to check opposing top lines.
Gionta played with Albany (AHL) during the lockout, where he ...
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Stephen Gionta Keeps on Scrapping, Scoring for New Jersey Devils
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