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Daneyko and Dowd also described the locker room dynamic with the 1995 Cup team that helped them be so successful.
"We would battle each other, hold each other accountable, hate each other at times, but that's ok," explained Daneyko. "But once we got on that ice, it was because everyone had character, everyone had that will to win."
"Everybody held everybody accountable, like there was no BS. If you weren't doing the right things on the ice, off it, whatever, guys held each other accountable," said Dowd. "You respected the older guys, that was huge, that was a huge part of it."
Driver provided some insight into the mentality the team had during their Stanley Cup Final series against Detroit, and how confident they were after winning the first two games.
"Once we came back, up on Detroit 2-0, and back then ESPN was covering everything and all they kept saying was, you know, how Detroit was trying to figure out how to change their game to play against the way the Devils are playing," explained Driver. "We kind of knew we had them, we just had to stick to our game plan. Yeah there was always going to be that nervousness, you know, like you guys said a little bit of nerves up there early in the skate on the day of the fourth game but we pretty much settled down and started right into our system and that was it."
When thinking back to the celebrations following their Stanley Cup wins, the former Devils had some entertaining stories and moments they remember.
"25 years ago, I'm sure we had a good time. Different era when we won," joked MacLean. "We had a lot of fun with it, it was a little more relaxed, I think the Cup was a little freer, after all the celebrations, it might have traveled around to a local establishment here or there."
"I don't really remember throwing out any money, I think the State of New Jersey paid for everything. Any place that we went we weren't paying for anything," explained Driver. "Everyone was just having a great time, and just trying to involve as many fans as possible."
Ken Daneyko confirmed that their celebrations were quite inexpensive compared to recent Stanley Cup teams.
"We were a lot lower maintenance, I mean nowadays these guys are ordering Cristal and bottles of champagne. We were strictly beer and shots guys," said Daneyko. "I think Bruce was right, we didn't have to pay for a thing back then. The State of New Jersey, all the establishments, it was on the house!"
