Albany Devils

The Albany Devils were a professional ice hockey team of the American Hockey League (AHL). The top AHL affiliate and counterpart of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s New Jersey Devils, the team has as its home the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. This is the second time the New Jersey Devils have been affiliated with an Albany-based AHL team; from 1993 to 2006, the Devils used the Albany River Rats as their top minor league team. Unlike the River Rats, the Devils own their Albany affiliate outright.
The current Albany franchise was originally located in Lowell, Massachusetts from its founding in 1998. It took on the Devils name when the franchise purchased the then-Lowell Lock Monsters in 2006 and retained it when the parent club moved them to Albany in 2010.
== History ==
On February 10, 2010, Albany River Rats owner Walter Robb sold his team to Michael Kahn. It was then announced that the River Rats would begin playing the 2010–11 season as the Charlotte Checkers. Robb, however, as well as members of the River Rats and Times Union Center's front office, had already begun looking for an American Hockey League team to replace the River Rats.
On April 26, 2010, the New Jersey Devils sent Albany County a letter of intent to relocate their AHL affiliate to Albany, with a five-year commitment, on the grounds that the arena have specific renovations made. New Jersey Devils General Manager Lou Lamoriello, in a letter to the members of the Lowell Devils Booster Club, stated that changes presented in the lease with Lowell made it "financially impossible" to stay.
On May 8, 2015, the Albany Devils announced that they had renewed their lease at Times Union Center.
On May 10, 2010, the county legislature voted 35–2 in favor of a $1.6 million upgrade to the facility to be spent on a new scoreboard, ribbon board advertising, and exterior lighting.
On June 10, 2010, the New Jersey Devils officially announced on their website that they were moving the Lowell Devils to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York beginning with the 2010–11 AHL season to play as the Albany Devils., playing 36 of their 40 home games in Albany. The other four home games will be played in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at Boardwalk Hall.
Soon after that, on June 17, 2010, the New Jersey Devils announced they had promoted John MacLean to fill their head coaching vacancy. MacLean had been the head coach of the Lowell Devils during the 2009–10 season.
On August 10, 2010, it was announced that Rick Kowalsky was named head coach of the team, with former New Jersey Devils defenseman Tommy Albelin being named the assistant coach.
On December 28, 2013, the Devils achieved six consecutive wins at home, a franchise record, in front of a crowd of 4,566.
The team was announced as moving to Binghamton, New York for the 2017-18 season to replace the Binghamton Senators at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. The Senators were moving their AHL affiliate to Belleville, Ontario to be closer to the NHL club and to replace the former Belleville Bulls Ontario Hockey League team
==Season-by-season results==
==Lowell==
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing
1998–99	80 	33 	32 	13 	2 	— 	81 	219 	237 	1st, Atlantic
1999–00	80 	33 	36 	7 	4 	— 	77 	228 	240 	3rd, Atlantic
2000–01	80 	35 	35 	5 	5 	— 	80 	225 	244 	4th, New England
2001–02	80 	41 	25 	11 	3 	— 	96 	229 	209 	1st, North
2002–03	80 	19 	51 	7 	3 	— 	48 	175 	275 	5th, North
2003–04	80 	32 	36 	6 	6 	— 	76 	208 	242 	6th, Atlantic
2004–05	80 	47 	27 	5 	1 	— 	100 	242 	190 	3rd, Atlantic
2005–06	80 	29 	37 	— 	6 	8 	72 	222 	257 	5th, Atlantic
2006–07	80 	38 	30 	— 	6 	6 	88 	212 	220 	5th, Atlantic
2007–08	80 	25 	43 	— 	7 	5 	62 	183 	270 	7th, Atlantic
2008–09	80 	35 	36 	— 	2 	7 	79 	213 	243 	6th, Atlantic
2009–10	80 	39 	31 	— 	4 	6 	88 	239 	232 	4th, Atlantic
Season 	1st round 	2nd round 	3rd round 	Finals
1998–99	L, 0-3, Saint John	— 	— 	—
1999–00	W, 3-0, Saint John	L, 0-4, Providence	— 	—
2000–01	L, 1-3, Worcester 	— 	— 	—
2001–02	L, 2-3, St. John's	— 	— 	—
2002–03	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2003–04	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2004–05	W, 4-2, Hartford 	L, 1-4, Providence	— 	—
2005–06	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2006–07	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2007–08	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2008–09	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs. 	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2009–10	L,1-4, Worcester 	— 	— 	—
==Albany==
==Season-by-season results==
Calder Cup Champions	Conference Champions	Division Champions	League Leader
Records as of the end of the 2015–16 AHL season.Hockeydb.com, Albany Devils season statistics and records.
Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Playoffs	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
Season 	Games 	Won 	Lost 	OTL 	SOL 	Points 	PCT 	Goalsfor 	Goalsagainst 	Standing 	Year 	1stround 	2ndround 	3rdround 	Finals
2010–11 	80 	32 	42 	1 	5 	70 	.438 	217 	283 	8th, East 	2011 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2011–12 	76 	31 	34 	6 	5 	73 	.480 	190 	226 	5th, Northeast	2012 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2012–13 	76 	31 	32 	1 	12 	75 	.493 	193 	225 	4th, Northeast	2013 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2013–14 	76 	40 	23 	5 	8 	93 	.612 	220 	193 	2nd, Northeast	2014 	L, 1–3, STJ 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	76 	37 	28 	5 	6 	85 	.559 	199 	201 	4th, Northeast	2015 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2015–16 	76 	46 	20 	8 	2 	102 	.671 	212 	167 	2nd, North 	2016 	W, 3–1, UTI 	L, 3–4, TOR 	— 	—
2016–17 	76 	39 	32 	2 	3 	83 	.546 	204 	206 	3rd, North 	2017 	L, 1–3, TOR 	— 	— 	—
Totals 	536 	256 	211 	28 	41 	581 	.542 	1435 	1501 	 	 	3 Playoff Appearances	3 Playoff Appearances	3 Playoff Appearances	3 Playoff Appearances
===Team Captains===
*Stephen Gionta, 2010–12
*Jay Leach, 2012–13
*Rod Pelley, 2013–present
== References ==
==External links==
* Albany Devils Official Website
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:AHL Teams
Category:Established in 2010
Category:American Hockey League teams
Category:Ice hockey teams in New York
Category:Disestablished in 2017