Ilya Kovalchuk

• Ilya Kovalchuk, Left Wing

-12 PLAYOFFS : CAREER PLAYOFFS Goals : 7 : 10Assists : 11 : 16Points : 18 : 26

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 01, 2012

• 5 Key Offseason Moves That Do Not Involve Ilya Kovalchuk

* [Craig Button] says: "(Red Wings coach) [Mike Modano] (Babcock) says they're going to have ([Dan Hamhuis]) Cleary, Modano and [Jiri Hudler] play together. If that's your third line, that means you're playing against other teams' third pairing on defense and not against their best checkers. That's where teams take advantage.

• Sporting News, The
• September 07, 2010

• Ilya Reason Formerly Freezing N.J. Now Nhl's Hottest Team

NEWARK - Ilya Kovalchuk represents everything you need to know about the current version of the Devils. He's sizzling hot.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• February 21, 2011

• Lots of Good Options Await Sabres at the Deadline

In the three days leading into the NHL trade deadline last season, teams made 40 trades involving 68 players including a record 31 swaps and 51 players on March 3 alone. The move that made the biggest splash was made a month earlier when Ilya Kovalchuk was shipped from Atlanta to New Jersey. Chicago was quiet in acquiring Nick Boynton, Hannu Toivonen and Danny Richmond and promptly giving their three newcomers a bus ticket to AHL Rockford. Boynton surfaced for seven games during the season and three more in the playoffs, making a minor contribution during their run to the Stanley Cup.

• Buffalo News
• February 21, 2011

• Kovy Improving but Still a Long Shot to Play

NEWARK - The Devils found a way to win without Ilya Kovalchuk on Saturday. They'll probably have to do it again tonight when they host the Carolina Hurricanes.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• November 08, 2011

• Ko by Kovy

NEWARK -- This was not one of Ilya Kovalchuk's better games. At least that's what he and Devils coach Jacques Lemaire believed.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 07, 2011

• Nhl Report / Scores and Fast Facts

Friday's games New Jersey 4, Washington 3 (SO): Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias scored in the shootout and Martin Brodeur made an outstanding glove save on Alex Ovechkin. Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist in regulation.

• Buffalo News
• December 27, 2011

• Devils' Uprising All Ilya & Jacques

NEWARK - Hand to his heart, Ilya Kovalchuk insists the early season slump that defined both him and the Devils he plays for had nothing to do with the oversized contract he signed in the off- season, had no connection to the inside of his pressurized head telling him he had to deliver as a $100 million dollar man. And there is little doubt Kovalchuk believes his own testimony, one that swears his stalled engine had everything to do with a system of hockey that bore little connection to his personal skill set and nothing to do with any personal shortcomings.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 07, 2011

• Kovalchuk Thirsts for First Crown

NEWARK - Ilya Kovalchuk has seen Stanley Cup rings before. He was even at a party with the Cup in 2003 in Moscow after Oleg Tverdovsky won it with the Devils that season.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• May 30, 2012

• Devil of a Deal

The Devils' patience and persistence paid off. General manager Lou Lamoriello and principal owner Jeff Vanderbeek finally got their man Monday when Ilya Kovalchuk ended his 19-day unrestricted free agent odyssey by agreeing to a 17-year contract worth $102 million.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 21, 2010