Devils raise Scott Niedermayer's number

[germany00]

Scott Niedermayer spoke with the same type of grace with which he played.

On a night in New Jersey that belonged to him and his No. 27, Niedermayer took several minutes out of his speech to thank so many people, including many from the Devils organization, both alive and deceased, to the training staff, former teammates, ex-coaches, the evening's MC, Mike Emrick -- and his family, even the one that housed him when he first came to New Jersey in 1991 as an 18-year-old.

At the same time, the Devils did all they could to thank Niedermayer, making Friday night at Prudential Center all his as they sent his No. 27 up to the rafters to join Scott Stevens' No. 4 and Ken Daneyko's No. 3 -- not to mention the Stanley Cup championship banners from 1995, 2000 and 2003 that the three of them helped to win.

Other than immortality for his number, the Devils gave Niedermayer a mountain bike, a Tiffany's crystal engraving of the banner that went up to the rafters, a framed No. 27 Devils jersey, a fully loaded 2011 Lincoln Navigator, and the opportunity to speak to the fans that chanted his name on so many occasions at the Meadowlands from 1991 through 2004.

 

[VC15]

The ceremony was amazing, for such an amazing player.

The game that night wasn't too bad, either.

 

[germany00]

He deserves every bit of it, always was an amazing player