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June 24, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of the 1995 Stanley Cup championship, which the Devils won by sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in the Final.

All-day long, we're celebrating the Cup victory on social media and our website. Check out Stan Fischler's piece on the Cup run here, and join us at 8 pm ET on Facebook, Twitter, njd.TV, Twitch and YouTube as Devils radio play-by-play voice Matt Loughlin joins members of the '95 team Ken Daneyko, Bobby Carpenter, Bruce Driver, John Maclean, and Jim Dowd, to discuss the run.

Check out 25 things to know about that season below!

  1. The 1995 playoff was the first time in franchise history the Devils appeared in the Stanley Cup final.
  1. Finishing the regular season as the fifth seed in the East, the Devils became the lowest playoff seed to ever win the Stanley Cup. That record held until 2012 when the 13th seeded LA Kings beat the Devils in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
  1. The final, between the Devils and Red Wings was played in a single time zone. At the time, the Red Wings were the easternmost Western Conference team, with Detroit and New Jersey in the same time zone, despite different NHL conferences.

The 1995 final marked the first time since 1980 that the Stanley Cup Final had been held in a single time zone.

  1. The 1995 New Jersey Devils lost only four games all post-season leading up to their Stanley Cup championship.
  1. The 1995 Stanley Cup took just 20 games for the Devils to win. They are still one of three team to win the Stanley Cup in the last 25 years to win the championship in only 20 games. The other teams with the same accolades are the 1997 Red Wings and the 2012 L.A. Kings.
  1. When the Devils and Red Wings suited up for Game 3 of the 1995 final, it marked the latest calendar game in NHL history. Game 3 was played on June 22, 1995.
  1. The broadcast rights for the games were split between Fox and ESPN in the United States. Fox television were the lucky ones when it came to Game 4, they called the Stanley Cup clinching game to be played on network television since 1980.
  1. Martin Brodeur allowed just seven goals in the four games against Detroit in the final.
  1. New Jersey went 12-4 blazing their way through the Eastern Conference playoff series.
  1. In 16 of the 20 games New Jersey played in the 1995 post season, the team allowed two goals or less 16 times.
  1. Incidentally, Fox's play-by-play announcer Doc Emerick was also the Devils regional broadcaster. Regional broadcasters were not calling the games, but because of his affiliation with Fox, he was able to call the Championship series.
  1. Before the Devils made their way to Detroit, the Red Wings had been a perfect 8-0 at home during the post season. New Jersey won games 1 and 2 in Detroit.
  1. Ken Daneyko is one of only a few New Jersey Devils alumni who won all three championships in franchise history, but only once is his name listed as Ken Daneyko on the Stanley Cup. The 1995 Cup was the only one where 'Ken Daneyko' was engraved on the ring, the other two times he was listed as 'Kenneth S. Daneyko'.
  1. It was a memorable post-season for Claude Lemieux. He led the entire league in the post-season with 13 goals in 20 games. He had only six goals in the regular season. Lemieux was also awarded the Conn Smythe as the playoff MVP.
  1. Forward John MacLean had just 29 points in 46 regular season games during the 1994-95 season, meanwhile he turned things up a notch in the post-season with 18 points in 20 games.
  1. Because of the shortened season, the first time the Devils were facing a Western Conference opponent for the first time when they hit the ice for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Due to the abridged season, there were no out of conference games during the regular season.
  1. While the Devils were making their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Final, the Detroit Red Wings were making their 19th, however this was their first appearance since 1966.
  1. The series only lasted four games, but 17 Devils had points over the course of the series.
  1. The 1995 Devils team was the first team in NHL history to officially have a "Day with the Cup" to celebrate the championship individually during the summer months.
  1. Tickets to the championship game went for $60 in the 100 section, lower bowl.
  1. It was a season of championships for the entire franchise, with the Devils winning the Stanley Cup and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats winning the Calder Cup, the AHL's championship.
  1. Larry Robinson was an assistant coach behind the Devils bench in 1995, the 1995 Stanley Cup championship was the seventh of his career and first as a coach. Prior to joining New Jersey, Robinson had won six Cups as a member of the Montreal Canadiens. Robinson went on to win two more Cups with New Jersey and a 10th championship with the St. Louis Blues as an assistant coach/senior consultant in 2019.
  1. Daneyko, Bruce Driver and John MacLean had all been members of the Devils from the very beginning. All three shared a special moment after winning the 1995 Stanley Cup. The three gathered in the New Jersey Nets locker room to spend a few moments taking it all in together.
  1. The 1995 Devils became the first team since NHL expansion in 1967 to win the Cup without home-ice advantage in the four playoff rounds.
  1. The Devils 10 post-season road wins set a league playoff record.